It wasn't the first time it had happened. I came home from work to find my wife's best friend - we'll call her Liz - crying to my wife on her couch. He had done it again. Her husband - a prick doctor with an ego way bigger than the rest of him - had fucked another one of his patients. She'd had enough. She was going to leave him. It wasn't the first time this had happened. But it was probably the best... at least for me....

I was seventeen, and it was the start of our junior year. She and I had been dating since the previous May, when our ACT study sessions had progressed from academic preparation to more of an intense study in anatomy and biology. She went away for the summer to a pre-college program, and when she came back, we were both eager to pick up where we had left off.  We were both on the swim team, and early in the season, our coa...

"Let's go for a walk."  It was the end of our senior year, and we were at my best friend's secluded lake house. All of our friends were heading down to the water to dive off the dock or go canoeing. But you suggested we hang back at the house for a bit. It was morning, and we had all just finished breakfast. As soon as the last of our friends shut the door, you grabbed me by the back of the head and kissed me, your tongue...

I see you come out of the gate through the glass window. Your long dark hair reflects the interior lighting of the airport. Your skin is smooth, and your smile when you catch my eye makes me lose my breath. I can't wait to kiss you. I motion you toward the exit from the gate area and run to meet you there. As you come out of the door through security, I lift you up, kiss you deeply, and hold you tightly in my arms. Your b...

We were on the first day of a two-day journey down the Current River in Missouri. We had been married just a couple of years and decided to do some adventuring while living in the Ozarks. It was late morning in August, and the sun was beating down on us. I was in the back of the canoe. I'm 5'10", 180 pounds, muscular build. My shirt was off and the only thing I was wearing was my short bathing trunks, flip-flops, a hat an...