"Are you OK?" Sarah asked. John had been sent crashing to the concrete floor by an impatient commuter, and hearing those words brought his momentarily confused thoughts back to reality. Sarah had decided to check on the stricken victim rather than chase after the selfish perpetrator, though she did so hoping someone else had apprehended them. John's palms stung a little after he had broken his fall, though he was relieved...

"So, there I was, locked in a dungeon. When they pushed me inside, they closed the cell door and secured it with a huge slide bolt that was pink and shaped like a three-foot-long cock. I was surprised to find I had company, but even more so when the man I was locked away with explained everything. He told me we could only escape if we generated enough erotic energy to slide the bolt open from the other side of the door. M...

"Welcome to our Ool. Notice there's no P in it." We've all seen that sign by people's backyard pools. It was cutesy back in the day, but has gotten a bit tired. And besides, you know "P" is still happening, sign or no sign. The tiled message by Tori's and Eric's pool is different. With the "P" in a bolder color, it cautions, "Welcome to our Pool. Beware of P." I've had my suspicions about the meaning, and intend to confir...

"I let my imagination run free quite often. Night shifts can be hours of nothing, with short bursts of controlled chaos in between," Naomi said as she and Henry chatted while waiting for the bakery to open. Henry's early-morning walks meant he had seen Naomi on her way home from her night shifts before, and his question about her downtime reminded Naomi exactly how her imagination had filled the quiet hours the previous n...

"It's my 'sauce-on-your-dinner' theory," Greg said to Liz with a smile. Liz laughed at Greg's comment, even though the conversation had already provided plenty of humour. "You might enjoy only a few dishes, but as long as you can add something to make them appetising, you can still look forward to a little of what you fancy without getting bored," Greg explained. "Is your cupboard full of magical flavours to add to your l...

"You're a bit overdressed, aren't you?" When Alan turned around to find the owner of the voice he'd heard, he was glad he had. Maria had helped him resolve an issue with his phone the previous day at the shop opposite his home. She had explained everything patiently and in a helpful, friendly manner, leaving Alan feeling less embarrassed about his shortcomings than he sometimes did. "Along with my ability to break technol...

Heidi raised one eyebrow as she read me the final question. “What state’s original flag featured an image of the North Star above a pine tree?” If I won, I’d get to shave her pussy and finally fuck her up the ass. But if she won… “Okay,” I began thinking out loud. “The Minnesota North Stars were a hockey team. Was that name significant? I’m not sure. Alaska has stars on its flag—the Big Dipper, I think. Maybe there was an...

"Miss Walters of 21 Park Road?" Brian asked as the door opened. Sharon was indeed Miss Walters, although it took Brian's explanation that he'd come to drop off some misdirected mail before she decided to confirm it. "If I were a betting woman, I'd stake my flat on you living at 21 Park Road South, and on you being called Brian. I always pop your letters back into the post box after writing 'South' in red when I get them,"...

"So, are you now terrified and worried that you're being dragged home by an unstable maniac?" Hannah asked John as they reached the entrance to her apartment. John smiled and shook his head in response to Hannah's question. Her revelations had been unusual, to say the least, but John didn't think either 'terrified' or 'worried' captured his feelings about what she'd told him. "Anyone whose outlook is a little different is...

"He's stolen my knickers!" Sally shouted as the unaccompanied dog ran off with one of the items from the bag she was carrying to the laundrette. As Phil watched the canine knicker-nicker trot triumphantly toward him, he thought how proud his own dog would have been if she'd pulled off a similar heist. Megan was a rascal, too. It was a hot summer afternoon, so Phil had left Megan at home on her cool mat, but he'd gone out...

As Mick watched Cheryl standing in the early afternoon sun, he wondered how she managed to focus on her promotional task. Impersonating an ice cream cone wasn't even the strangest way Cheryl had earned a living lately, so Mick's supportive smile at her outside the newly opened outlet was a welcome distraction. "I'm relieved my friends haven't dropped by today. When they tease me, they call me Miss Vanilla because of my su...

A♡ 4♡ 4♧ 5♡ 6♡ Q♧ My eyes lit up as I scanned the cards Heidi had dealt me; that 4-4-5-6 double run was worth a guaranteed twelve points. Perfect. I was eight points behind her and she needed only four more points to win. If I could keep her from pegging out, I’d blow past her and win the game—and the bet—before she got a chance to count up her hand. She’d taught me to play during lockdown, and she pretty quickly institut...

As Tina left the secure area, she was glad to have finished another shift. She'd heard every joke in the book about the long climb to and from work in her high-rise crane cab, though she wasn't averse to cracking one of her own. "Going down's always the highlight of my day, but I say that to all the boys," she told John, as he smiled at her through the mesh of the security fence. John had stopped outside the construction...

Paul's suggestion that he and Monica combine their creative talents had made her laugh more than she had in a long time. "I'm sure rude sci-fi isn't new, but it does sound like it could be a giggle," Monica said, thinking the casual conversation she had started with a stranger waiting for a bus had to be one of the more random ones she had enjoyed. Monica had begun a few days off work and intended to spend them relaxing w...

"I don't really function at my best in the dark," Brian told Claire, referring to issues that usually had him returning home before sunset. "If that was designed to get me home and let you function at your best there, that's outrageous, but it's the kind of upfront honesty the world needs more of," Claire said with a giggle. Neither Brian nor Claire was in the habit of spending evenings of mischief with strangers, but tha...