My eyes were still closed but I could tell it was morning from the sound of birds chirping outside my window, when I felt her fingers trace across the skin of my bare upper body. She tapped and slid her nervous fingers down my sides as though trying to decide whether to wake me or… “Hey,” I turned around on the bed, to face my older sister, “What’s happening with you, what’re you doing?” This was now the second time she h...

Charles stepped out through the back door of the farmhouse onto the warm, mid-morning sunlight with an apple in hand. He was dressed only in the boxers he had slept in. The sun felt nice and comfortable upon the skin of his toned body. He had woken up late and had found the bed empty where his wife had slept next to him. The house was deserted and having freshened up, and found an apple for breakfast, he walked out to the...

“And I believe that’s checkmate, Don,” said Charles with quiet satisfaction, casting a charming smile at his father-in-law. Don rested his glass of red wine on the table and passed his fingers through his long, dark blonde hair, casting a final glance at the chess board in a futile attempt to spot some avenue of escape.    Charles really was devilishly handsome and charming, thought Don to himself as he finally looked up...

Happy to be returning home early from work, Claire wondered if her son had looked up possible residence options for their upcoming vacation, like she had told him to. Ryan’s father had never really been involved in their lives and Amy had taken it upon herself to train her son early in exercising grown up responsibilities. She had brought him up for all of seventeen years with equal parts affection and strictness. Thankfu...