Under My Skin

“Vivianna.”

Every time I heard Valentin say my name, it did something to me.

It always did.

But tonight, God, tonight felt different. Maybe it was the way the soft blue light from the whale tank danced over his face, casting shadows that only made him look more unreal. Or maybe it was that I’d spent the entire day thinking about him, only to have him appear here, looking like this. Tie loosened, t