Our First Advent Calendar

"Toby and Tori’s first Christmas season as a married couple."

We wrote notes and placed them in envelopes labeled with our names—Tori and Toby. After that, I attached Tori’s to the first 12 days, and she added mine to the remaining days.🎄❄️☃️🎄❄️☃️ ToriFour days later, it was the start of Advent.On...

Friends With Benefits, Part 1

"Mark and Leah go on a blind double date, but get stood up. While going back home, it starts to rain, and they take refuge in Leah's home."

As I approached the restaurant, I saw Leah waving at me."Hey! How are you?" she greeted me, giving me a hug."Honestly, I'm kinda nervous; it's been so long since I've gone on a date," I replied, reciprocating the hug. "You?""I'm...

Releasing Deep

"An 18-year-old girl goes for her first massage as an adult and finds the male massage therapist extra accommodating..."

“This might sound strange, but do you like it soft or hard?”“Hard, definitely,” I replied immediately and there was an awkward silence before I snickered at how I sounded. To my relief, the masseur chuckled too, releasing the tension.“Don’t worry....

The Delivery Driver

"Nadine caught sunning herself on the deck"

It was one of those blistering summer afternoons where the air itself feels thick and lazy. I’d just finished a tall glass of chilled rosé, the alcohol humming pleasantly in my veins, when I decided the deck was calling my...

She Has A Bright Future

"She’ll do what a girl’s got to do."

K’yanna began to sob as she listened to her academic advisor.“Miss Haynes, I cannot write you a law school letter of recommendation. You were admitted here at Hawthorn as a favor to your father, despite an ACT of 20 and...