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This Again

May 3, 2025 4 Comments

By Alaina Hammond

Tilda watched her sleeping roommate, feeling something she hoped was lust. Please let it be lust. Please let me be anything but terminally, boringly straight.

The girl then shifted in her sleep, revealing a white crescent of breast.

Nope. Not lust. Definitely not lust. Rats!

Is it envy? No, that’s not right either. Gluttony? Wrath? Come on, Tilda, think!

What Tilda was experiencing—for the very first time—was maternal affection. Maternal protective instinct.

Years later, as her son slid down the slide on his own, she’d recall the image of her college roommate’s boob.

And think, Ah great. This again.

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  1. Toni Brayer says

    May 7, 2025 at 11:38 am

    Really good. A surprise and great ending.

    Reply
    • Alaina Hammond says

      May 7, 2025 at 11:33 pm

      Thank you so much, Toni!

      Reply
  2. Michael King says

    May 8, 2025 at 9:14 am

    Nice turn at the end.

    Reply
    • Alaina Hammond says

      May 11, 2025 at 7:47 pm

      Thank you!!

      Reply

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