Niharika: The Breakfast

"My Indian doctor friend-with-benefits and I can’t keep our bodies away from each other as we share coffee and breakfast before she sets off to go house hunting for the weekend."

I had anticipated Saturday’s breakfast the day before, making a trip to the grocery store for some decent all-butter croissants and fruit, so, after Niharika and I finished our shower, I got busy preparing something to eat. I started the...

Jack And Cynthia – Chapter 18 – I Hate My Alarm

"Jack has to go back to work and his boss teases him about his engagement"

I heard the alarm clock, but I couldn’t find it. My swearing at the invisible bastard made me madder. Suddenly, quiet. I smelled the coffee first. Then I opened my eyes. Cynthia was holding the four-letter word object close to...

Niharika: The Shower

"The morning after satisfying sex with my illicit Indian lover, we share a steamy shower."

I woke up, while it was still dark, to the sound of water running. For those first few seconds, my mind recalled and replayed the steamy sexual experience I had shared with Doctor Niharika Sabharwal at the end of the...

Making History

"A disaster brings two past lovers together"

3:28am – Jacksonville, SC; Three Weeks Ago“Ike. Can you hear me?”“Yes,” he replies in darkness, sitting up in bed and trying to come to life. “I’m here. What happened?”From the Federal Emergency Management Agency temporary command post, a frazzled coordinator...