The best things to wake up for

You wake up to an amateur moment that makes every early morning worth surviving — warm skin catching the soft light, a body stretched lazily across tangled sheets, completely unguarded and openly inviting your attention.

You take in the curve of a hip rising against pale fabric, the kind of sight that makes your pulse shift before your eyes fully adjust. You feel something tighten low in your stomach, immediate and honest.

You want to reach out and trace every line slowly. You already know this image will stay with you longer than your first cup of coffee ever could.