Unexpected intimacy Stories

Maybe it’s the posture. She shifts again in the oddly-shaped chair. It still feels wrong, what should be the headrest presses against her breasts, and the back forces her legs apart. She remembers being more comfortable the last time. Beside her he waits patiently, his intent unreadable behind his mask. Nearby is a tray of tools that she saw once when she arrived and from which she has averted her eyes ever since. He clea...

Some people might label my step-daughter as being 'Goth,' but she isn't, and it makes me laugh that people think so. She is, however, obsessed with all things Halloween. Her bedroom is decorated to look like a pumpkin patch, and she spends the entire rest of the year planning her costumes for the month of October. On any given day of that month, she might be dressed as a witch, a cat, a ghost, a scary robot, or any other...

Joseph was at the airport, his heart pounding as he waited for Carmin to appear. In his trembling hands, he held a bouquet of white flowers, a symbol of his love and his nervousness. The gate finally opened, and there she was, Carmin, with a smile that lit up the whole place. She was helping a couple of kids with their luggage, showing a tenderness and affection that Joseph had never seen before. He saw her as the sweetes...