William blew out a long breath and shook his shoulders. He's still baffled why he's doing this. It's rather immature and plain stupid for anyone but the child in him just can't see the rationality at all. He just had to find out - truth or not. It's a relief that all the people in the house retired since having the weekend party this evening. No one will wit...
Chapter Ten - I Want! I Don't Want! The sound of the alarm was unfamiliar, and, for seconds, Aidan had no idea where he was or whether he was still sleeping and dreaming. Shaking his head and groaning, he eventually pushed himself up. Or, better said, he tried. There was a heavy arm thrown over him, and Aidan was pretty much mortified when it struck him. H...
My name is Tom, and I had just closed a deal with a major company. I went back to my hotel room and changed my closed then headed to the bar to celebrate. I am not much of a drinker, but I felt I needed a mixed drink after completing a major sales like this. A basketball game was on the TV, so I sat down and drank my whiskey. A few minutes later two men appr...
"You're on your way home, Sir? Now?" "I am." Hal bit his bottom lip. Shoot, shoot, shoot. He hadn't planned anything for dinner. "How long until you get here?" Mac drove one-handed down their street, other hand holding his cell. "Actually, I'm about to pull in the drive." Hal ran a hand through his hair, mind whirling. A sudden flash of lights in the dr...
Note: This is a love story with plot and no instant sex. This is the first of four chapters and they should be going up daily. If there is any resemblance to real people or actual events it's definitely unintentional! * * * * * * The hardest thing about being an actor is getting a break. Sometimes it's a lot more about luck than your ability and there ar...
If there was one thing that Thomas hated it would be uncertainty and this mission reeked of it. From the beginning during the operational briefing something was off. In his 8 years of active duty and the last three as a Navy SEAL he had never been in a briefing where the majority of the information and tactical objectives were being given and laid out by a c...
Anything to save her from him Life was good. As police chief of the sweetest little town in the country--we used to say Quiquonia had so many "Qu's" in its spelling because it was the quietest little town in the state--I was in charge of a real-world Mayberry. I was the Andy Griffith--Chief of the Quiquonia PD. The only crime in town was the occasional par...
I was putting the finishing touches on a website I developed for a multi-national corporation. I had spent the last year of my life on it and was pretty proud of it. I sat back in my chair and thought about the last year. It started with my divorce. I married right out of college, which was too soon and lasted only two years. I was bummed about it in the b...
Chapter Thirty - How to Cure Performance Anxiety - A Short Guide Could Aron tell he was nervous? His friend closed his hand over Carter's, and all he could do was to think of the warmth he was feeling. It was not exactly like they were holding hands, and there was some room between them on the back seat, while the taxi driver seemed more preoccupied with wa...
Content/trigger warning: This series contains bullying, homophobic language, and non-consensual sexual acts, but they are integral to the plot and character development so please take them in context. DUSTY I'm at the lake and waiting for him. Jesse. It's early September so it's still plenty warm out, but my heartbeat is going at a pretty good clip and I'...