{"id":257970,"date":"2013-09-11T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/09\/11\/flockoflamingos-carlos-rubs-his-eyes-before\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T08:49:42","slug":"flockoflamingos-carlos-rubs-his-eyes-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/09\/11\/flockoflamingos-carlos-rubs-his-eyes-before\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-257970 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/09\/11\/flockoflamingos-carlos-rubs-his-eyes-before\/attachment\/257971\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tumblr_msw3pjf1ie1qf5cimo1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tumblr_msw3pjf1ie1qf5cimo1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tumblr_msw3pjf1ie1qf5cimo1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/flockoflamingos.tumblr.com\/post\/60813924038\" target=\"_blank\">flockoflamingos<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Carlos rubs his eyes before replacing his glasses, unwilling to question why rosy-gold crepuscular rays are entering his west-facing kitchen window at 8am. Unwilling, because the sun is gilding the bronze edge of Cecil\u2019s jaw like electrum plating the pyramids. He presses into his lover\u2019s back, sliding hands alongside the man\u2019s waist as he inhales the scent of fresh coffee over his shoulder. It\u2019s so much easier to embrace him from behind, away from the galvanizing radiation of his eyes that makes Carlos stammer and blush far too readily.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Somehow, Carlos can hear Cecil smile. \u201cMorning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He closes his eyes, Cecil\u2019s neck warm against his cheek. \u201cIs it? Looks like sunset.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Oh, you know. Probably just a paperwork error.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>flockoflamingos: Carlos rubs his eyes before replacing his glasses, unwilling to question why rosy-gold crepuscular rays are entering his west-facing kitchen window at 8am. Unwilling, because the sun is gilding the bronze edge of Cecil\u2019s jaw like electrum plating the pyramids. He presses into his lover\u2019s back, sliding hands alongside the man\u2019s waist as he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/09\/11\/flockoflamingos-carlos-rubs-his-eyes-before\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9352,2528,7963],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257972,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257970\/revisions\/257972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}