Property As In Ownership
Disclaimer: anything you recognise isn't mine.
Warning: mild slash.
We have a triangle thing going on. Me, Marla and Tyler. Marla wants me, Tyler wants Marla, and I want Tyler.
This isn't about love as in caring. This is about property as in ownership. This is about having. This is about fucking.
I don't want Marla, Tyler doesn't want me, and Marla doesn't want Tyler. Except when she does.
Without me, Marla would have nothing.
Without Marla, Tyler would have nothing.
Without Tyler, I would be nothing.
Neither Marla or I want to make the first move. Tyler's made his.
I am Joe's shaking knees as I knock on Tyler's half-open door. Tyler is lying half-naked on his bed, and he barely looks up when I go in.
Tyler, I say, Tyler, I want to fight. I want to go to fight club. Tyler, I want you to come with me.
Tyler closes his eyes, and Tyler says, "Go alone. I don't want to fight."
Tyler, I say, Tyler, please.
I am Joe's broken heart because Tyler doesn't want me. Tyler wants Marla.
And Tyler goes, "No."
I say, Tyler, look at me!
And I'm thinking, suddenly of being dumped by girls in high school. I bet Tyler never got dumped by girls. Tyler's too beautiful to be dumped, even when his face is purple and yellow and green and his flesh is pushed out of shape. Tyler's even beautiful when his eyes are swollen shut.
Tyler, I say, Tyler, stand up.
Tyler thinks, and Tyler goes, "Will it make you shut up?"
I nod at him and Tyler shrugs his shoulders and Tyler stands up. Tyler stands up and he's a foot away from me.
If I was a woman, Tyler, I say, if I was a woman…
Tyler says, "If you were a woman what?"
If I was a woman this, I say, then I step forward and I kiss Tyler on the mouth.
I stop kissing Tyler and I lean back.
"Woah." Says Tyler. "You're a weird one, Psycho-Boy."
And Tyler leans forward and kisses me on the mouth. Tyler puts his tongue in my mouth.
Yes.
Oh yes.
Tyler sucks on my lip, pulling and biting. Tyler throws me onto his bed. Tyler straddles my waist with his legs.
I am Joe's gigantic grin.
Tyler sucks hickies all over my neck and chest. Tyler sucks on my tongue. Tyler sucks my dick.
This isn't about love as in caring. This is about having. This is about fucking. This is about property as in ownership.
Tyler owns me.