I had met him at Sterling cinema on Sunday last. I had gone to watch Sherlock Holmes morning show. The cinema hall was not crowded, and I thought probably Sunday morning is not the time most people in their right senses would trudge towards a local theatre to watch a movie. Though I had been an ardent follower of Arthur Conan Doyle's fiction novels and short...
In the weeks that followed everything seemed bright. Corey and I basically acted like really good friends in school. I met his friends and he met mine. We tried to distance ourselves somewhat so as to not attract suspicion, which was fine with me. I was going to let him take his time with this. During free periods, which coincided with Scott's we would hang,...
Buzz. BUZZ. BUZZ! Akuma rolled over, feeling the perfect numbness of sleep replaced by a throbbing and impetuous headache. Who was awake at ten o'clock on a Sunday? He grabbed his phone and checked the contact name. Fuck. "Oh fuck..." he groaned, pressing the button to answer. He knew that if he hung up or ignored that he'd just keep calling. "Hello Ni...
Kyle POV Before my best friend William came out to me then told me that he loved me, I was quite willing to live life as a straight guy. Of course I wasn't, but I was so scared of my own feelings and what my parents would say, that I was prepared to live the lie. That was until William kissed me, and it reawakened all these feelings that I had damped down...
The Ranch "I'm no cowboy," Eliot reminded his roommate. Behind the wheel of his black Hummer H1, Harlan said, "Neither am I." "But your dad—" "He's a wannabe cowboy." "Who just happens to own a 1,583-acre ranch in Texas." "Land is more like it. The former owner raised turkeys and hogs, but Dad sold the birds and hogs and had the hog barns demolished af...
Griffin's POV High school wasn't a horrible experience for me. I was lucky. I was able to fit in at my private high school by using my smarts and sense of humor to hide my true self. I made friends with everyone...the jocks, the stoners, the nerds...everyone loved me. I was a true chameleon. No one knew the true me. I wanted to go to college and was accept...
Whoever thought it was a good idea to celebrate the holidays in a cabin on a mountain is an idiot. I keep telling my parents that, and every other person who decided to attend too. Sure enough I'm joking most of the time, but there's a core of truth here: I really don't want to freeze my ass off during Christmas. And as it so happens, I'm going to. The weath...
Chapter Thirty - Traitorous Little Bastard "How come they agreed to see you in such short notice?" Harry questioned, as they rode in the elevator together. "Let's say I made them an offer they can't refuse," Heathcliff said thinly, and opened the folder in his hand for Harry to see the content. His agent whistled. "Talking about being caught red-handed. N...
This chapter's a little different. It's also a bit short, but I felt like the timing was right. -- Leon xx ***** Matty On December 16th, 1994, one year, eight months, and nine days after the birth of Julian Sami Osman, Laurent Zaki Osman was born. He was two weeks premature, weighing exactly six pounds, and, like most younger siblings, despised by th...
Editor's note: this story contains scenes of incest or incest content. ***** Lincoln lays awake and stares at a mosquito which has been quietly hanging upside down in the middle of his ceiling for a couple of days. It's not what he's looking at, however, that keeps him awake. It's the soft squeaking of his brother's bed in the room next to him. It's unmist...