"Online dating can seem like its own beast, no matter what galaxy you are in."
It always seethed under his skin, the constant reminder of it. The fact that he was Other.“Twenty-third time’s the charm,” he said as he heaved his heavy slug body onto the desk chair. Typing with cybernetic fingers - instead of his...
"'Oh, please, make me chase you, Birdie,' Bhas purrs. 'You know I will, and I will like it.'"
The unapologetic hand on her thigh and his brazen words both seem to stick in her craw. “What?” she bites at him, forgetting all her good upbringing on purpose. In her head, her grandfather’s outraged voice echoes: “That’s ‘beg your pardon,’...
"The tomcat, also in a human suit, observes her with piercing laziness."
The bird wants out.The bird wants out so bad.“Miss?”Paia flinches a little and turns her face towards the flight attendant, a lady in her forties with coral-colored lipstick and a little hat pinned to her blonde hair.The lady seems nice....
"During a quiet graveyard shift, these women discuss the various soundtracks of the male orgasm."
It was the graveyard shift and work had slowed to a crawl. Scarcity of calls lead to head nods, so discussion was always the night’s saviour. Only five women total – including the supervisor – were on the floor for...
“How bad is it?”The questioned lowered her sun-glasses and exposed cherry-red corneas.“Oooh, that looks bad.”“That motherfucker…”“Hey, he probably didn’t do it on purpose, right?”“I told him to drop it on my tits…”“You assumed he was a dropper when he’s obviously...
"One friend seeks advice from the other on which path to take..."
“Is it c-o-m-e or c-u-m?”“I’m old-school, so I go with the first one, but nowadays? Probably don’t matter that much.”“I feel like c-u-m is too nasty, but c-o-m-e sounds too fucking polite. Know what I mean?”“Does it matter? Both mean...
"Two middle aged women chattering on a bench. That's it really."
"I think I'm going a bit mad." "We're all going a bit mad, sweetie." Now I've never been a happy recipient of pet names or even inappropriate chumminess. 'Luv', 'babe', 'dearie', or even 'you guys' is likely to cause me to bristle...
"Jake and Josephine continue, and deepen, their relationship."
“Jake, I’ve heard from Josephine,” Livia said. “Apparently, you did quite well yesterday.”That was when JoJo was in her dominatrix mode. He was surprised, “I did?”“Yes, you certainly did. She was impressed with your, call in stoicism, during her discipline...
"Tina and Luke try and clear up some issues"
I rolled over to snuggle against Tina and was greeted with an empty bed. I lifted my head and there was no light coming from the bathroom and looking at the clock I saw I had overslept a touch. I...
Even though I couldn't see youThe love I felt was thereMy, how our feelings grewYou were the answer to my prayersIt started out with a helloWe talked about our livesEven though there was no audioOur chats now in the archivesSharing...
