On their first weekend together, they went shopping. Nothing exciting – just to the grocery store. Already she knew that he always drove, but their destination store in her neighborhood had a notoriously overcrowded parking lot. She suggested they take her vehicle – a compact Hyundai hatchback – instead of his bulky luxury SUV. He agreed, […]
It started with her remote control. Well, no, that wasn’t the start. That was just the first time she said something. In fact, she had noticed immediately how he just made himself at home in her apartment. How could she not? He left a wake of debris everywhere he went – toothpicks, paperclips, business cards, receipts, […]
Having progressed through his career from firefighter, to fire marshal, to building safety inspector, the man was obsessed with safety. And not only fire safety – safety in general, including personal security. He tested the smoke detector in her apartment. Always made sure all the doors and windows were locked at night or when leaving. As a driver, […]
“I’m an ooooooold black man,” he was always saying. She wished he would knock it off; he was only five years older than her, and they were both still in their thirties. Granted, in five months he would turn forty, but still. Joking aside, forty wasn’t ‘old,’ and thirty-nine definitely wasn’t. Whenever he said it, she’d roll […]
The lovers had just met. He didn’t leave her place for several whirlwind days. On day two; he asked her to marry him. “Wwwwhat? No. You barely know me. I barely know you,” she laughed. The idea was absurd. Besides, she had never been the ‘get married’ type. He looked deep into her eyes, his face solemn. “I […]
She was a smoker of cigarettes. He was not, and never had been. He hated that she smoked. Honestly, she did too–she’d started at the tender age of 16 and maintained a pack-a-day habit ever since–and was always on herself, mentally, to quit. Like most nicotine addicts with a long history, she’d quit smoking before, many […]
As time passed, she noticed a pattern in his disappearances: he always left when she was at her most vulnerable; when she needed him, her ‘rock’, the most. She knew she wasn’t very good at expressing her own feelings, but she believed him when he said that he wanted to understand her, so she kept […]
Once upon a time, a slightly crazy, but warm-hearted and sensitive ginger fell in love with a wonderful man. Although her heart had been damaged by a past full of cruel people and failed relationships, and her ability to trust men was questionable, this one was different. His touch was magic; all her fears and insecurities seemed […]
The Buttony Tundra 