Archive | 05.03.2010
- A Staged Romance
A romance is a tale told by an idiot, full of flowery phrases and stolen kisses, and signifying nothing.
To the fool, the teller of such tales, the fascination lies not with the sexual act: a messy business finishing with a shout and a grimace, but with the dance that brings them there. That eternal game of cat and mouse that brings two seemingly complex people into the hormone-induced dream world we call love. Love causes people to merge until they wed and propagate, or go their woeful ways.
The ... more
- Adam & Jesse Ch. 8
"Continuing Story - Please read other chapters."
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It had only been an hour or so when he felt Jesse stir, and he was awakened by her soft cry. Adam could tell instantly that she was dreaming. She had moved away from him and she had her hands in front of her as if trying to stop someone.
"Stop. " She cried so softly he could barely hear her and saw that she was dreaming.
"Honey, it's just a dream. You're okay. " He held her tightly to him and brushed her hair with his hand trying to ... more