If you're looking for incest, find a different author.
This story was inspired by the media excitement over Fifty Shades and its imitators, which were repeatedly described as 'mummy porn', i.e. porn for middle-aged women, despite the heroines invariably being quasi-virginal straight young women and the men rich but lonely. An unscientific survey of my friends confirmed such books were completely unerotic (though more than one suggested a BDSM scene where someone was required to read from Fifty Shades while keeping a straight face...). In fact, the ultimate erotic mummy fantasy would be someone fulfilling their desires but forcing them to have a nap first.
Thus the following text is a detailed literary psychological examination of how the maternal experience, of both heavy responsibility and physical changes, impacts on women's sexual experiences.
Just kidding -- it's pure porn, but at least it's mummy porn that's actually related to a maternal situation.
Contains British English and polyamorous relationships. Same characters as my previous story 'Tell me what you want', but both stories stand alone.
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"You heard? Yes, they're saying there won't be any trains back south for hours, and the motorway's blocked too. Terrible... There's no way I'll be able to get home tonight... you'll need to pick up the kids... yes, nursery and the school. Yes, that's right, before six. OK? Phew. I love you."
Like dozens of other people in the rail station, Karen was on her phone, pacing, making arrangements. Everyone needed alternative plans. Travel was not happening that evening. "There's
hundreds
of people looking for places to stay here - all the hotels'll be rammed - who do we know round here? Could you put a call out and ask people to text me if they could put me up? Wossat? Yes, I'll be
fine
. What's that? Yes, it
would
be nice to see John again. Ha, ha... Look, I'm just wanting a bed for the night, don't try setting me up for a night of hot kinky sex!"
Her partner carried on winding her up on the phone, when Karen, exhausted after a long day,
really
didn't need it. She shot back:" Yes, I
know
we should do more of it! It would be lovely! And, yes, I do want to see more people for more of it, and it's great being poly with you and being able to go do kink with other people, that you're not into, but this is
not
the time -- and people are giving me funny looks! All right?
Yeah, thanks... Yes, I love you too. Tell the kids I love them and I'll be home tomorrow. Don't forget Charlie's sports kit...yes, in the drawstring bag... I
know
, you're a perfectly competent father and that's why I love you. Yes, that
and
the kinky sex..."
At this point Karen realised it wasn't just her paranoia; other stranded passengers, bored, really were eavesdropping shamelessly. Especially one dark-haired intense-looking man in early middle age, dressed unremarkably in black jeans and T-shirt. No-one else was looking at him, though.
"Love? You won't believe this. John's right here..."
The slim man sidled his way through the crowd to Karen.
"So. No-one's getting to London tonight. Do you want to come back to mine?" He'd never been one for small talk, Karen remembered.
She'd never been good at multiple conversations at once, and didn't know who to speak to first, with the result that while her partner of fifteen years told her to have fun with John, and finally hung up the phone (to her relief), John looked slightly downcast from her lack of response. He quickly aimed to reassure her.
"There's a perfectly good spare room!" He meant, no pressure to share his bed, though his face made it obvious that requiring that room would be a disappointment.
Seeing that expression on John's usually slightly cocky face convinced her; a night away from her two wonderful children -- who unfortunately tended to be much
less
wonderful when waking in the middle of the night -- with a dear friend and play partner, whom she and her partner trusted completely... yes, the day was finally improving...
She grinned, a startling expression in the crowd of grumpy people, a face totally inappropriate for a delayed train traveller. "Your bed will be just fine, dear. Let's get out of this station -- I've been here
hours
already. Lead on!"
John's facial expression returned to its usual cat-with-cream. He reached for her hand so that they could squeeze together to escape out of the station, where hundreds of commuters besieged hapless staff as the display screens all blared one word, "CANCELLED".
It was a long walk, but there was no point trying to get a bus, nor a cab, in the transport chaos. Within forty minutes they reached the cul-de-sac where John and his partner Cathy lived.
"Is Cathy in?", Karen enquired.