This short story is an entry in the 2001 Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Summer Short Story Contest and is copyright by the author and commercial use is prohibited without permission. Personal/private copies are permitted only if complete including the copyright notice. The author would appreciate your comments
Category: Adult; No spankings <sigh>
Lost Opportunity
By
Dyke Grrl <dyke.grrl@verizon.net>
We were driving back from the coast. Although we didn't know it at the time, we were nearing the end of our relationship. We didn't know it because we were so determined to hold on to not breaking up. But we were excellent friends, it had been a good weekend, and, really, if the relationship had to end, there couldn't be a better person to end it with.
She is one of the more generous people in the world. As such, she had bravely volunteered to be my licensed driver as I practiced for my driving test, in my ancient stick shift car.
I remember the conversation clearly. I think of it every time I drive that stretch of road. We were on U.S. 26, coming back home by way of Seaside, in the long, straight stretch of road before you hit the traffic in Hillsboro. For now, all I had to do, driving, was keep the car pointed straight ahead, and the velocity somewhere between 60 and 75. So we were talking.
How we got on to the subject of masturbation, I can't remember. But I remember commenting, "I can see how you could get off on s/m while masturbating if you're a bottom, but I just can't see how it would work out if you were a top." I really couldn't. I suppose it proves I'm less of a switch than I think I am.
"Oh, it's easy to imagine topping," she said, and the air in the car suddenly became electric. We looked at each other, and then back out the windows.
The conversation expanded a bit, each of us carefully watching the empty highway. As we talked, I realized that we'd been far more compatible than I had dared to imagine. But because we didn't talk about it until too late, we never did get to act on the information.
So I guess this story has a moral: be clear about what you want. You may just get it.
The End
© Copyright Summer, 2001
Reviews
Simon <srb(at)imrryr(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
This was a very strong description of a real life situation. I thought the emotions and the characters came over very vividly. It was an original piece, and unusual in being a bit downbeat and essentially being about not getting spanked, but it worked well nonetheless.
Pablo <Pablo(dot)Stubbs(at)newsguy(dot)com>
Wistfulness pervades this quiet, well-told vignette - one of those moments when the universe stops a moment and chooses to go in one direction rather than the other. The fluent narration is just right, and captures the mood perfectly: small details, subtext, and yearning.