(This is a work of fiction and all characters are above the age of consent. It is a contemporary story drawing from the current situation with two characters and I attempt to alternate between their perspectives. This is a continuation of my earlier work, "My Indian Summer".
The story starts off with a young lad going to meet his newly widowed aunt who has a farm in the hills and finds himself falling in love with her. He professes his love for her and proposes too, she asks him for 10 days time to think it over, And a phone call to his mother reveals that a lockdown has been imposed as a pandemic is on the loose. Over the next few days they discover hidden facets of each other and end up in bed together as she guides him in the ways of love)
The story continues...
15 Stormy Nights.
She.
He had dropped me into the icy cold water of the stream, without so much as a warning, and as my head went under the surface, I panicked. Even though the water was hardly waist high, I was terrified as I didn't know how to swim. Somehow I managed to get my head above water, searching for something to latch on to, my hands flailing around, grasping at straws. I managed to grab hold of something, and as my nails dug in, I heard a scream. I managed to steady myself, uttering a stream of curses, as the panic subsided and anger took over.
I saw that I was holding on to his engorged pecker, now almost blue, the blood supply being drained off and deep indentations, where my nails had dug into the tender flesh. He had a pained look on his face, I don't know whether it was from seeing my state, witnessing my anger, hearing my filthy abuses, or being in great physical discomfort himself. Maybe a combination of all of these. To give him immediate relief, I let go of his dick, enclosing my arms around his thighs, and proffering an apology for my intemperance, as I panicked not knowing how to swim.
He looked genuinely contrite, saying he deserved what he got, and it was entirely his fault for letting me go without warning. He volunteered to remedy this, by teaching me how to swim at the earliest. As we dried ourselves and went within the house, I found myself strangely pensive. The dunking, and the feeling of panic it induced in me, had got me thinking.
For too long I had been running away from my fears, refusing to face up to them, as if ignoring them would make them disappear. Out of sight, does not mean out of mind, on the contrary the more you try to avoid something, the more you think of it, and the stronger you make it. There was something else which had been nagging me since the last six months, which I resolved to overcome this very afternoon.
I asked him, whether he would accompany me to a place, I didn't want to go alone. I knew that if I asked him to come with me to the ends of the earth he would, without giving it a second thought. And that with him besides me, I would be able to face up to my demons, my doubts and insecurities, that had plagued me for far too long, and emerge a stronger, better person. I hugged him tight in gratitude for acquiescing to my strange request, without bombarding me with even a single question, hoping that some of his strength and goodness would rub off on me.
As I walked down that long corridor, the feelings and memories too painful to face up to, started resurfacing, and I gripped his hand tight, almost vice like, but he didn't utter a word, just coming closer to offer me support. As we arrived at the door, I felt a strong urge to turn back and flee, to venture this far and no further. But the look of adoration with which he gazed at me, infused me with a strength I didn't know I had, I knew if I backed out now, I wouldn't be able to look myself in the face, let alone him.
Sensing my confusion and hesitation, he pushed open the doors, jammed from not being opened for months. We ventured together into that room, past a threshold that I had drawn in my mind, the shackles broken once and for all. As he cleaned the cobwebs and opened the drapes, the sunlight streamed in not only in the room but in my mind as well.
I was liberated, free at last of the last vestiges of pain. I basked in the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, and a surge of memories came flooding back in, this time devoid of any pain, and tears of unalloyed joy streamed down my face. I felt the connection which had been broken, reestablished once more, my creative juices flowing. I had got my mojo back.
As he uncovered the treasures that lay under the sheets, he was spellbound by the talent and the creativity, that had lain hidden for so long. The sensory overdose and the wellspring of joy, that emanated from being amidst my creations again, were intoxicating. I felt the room spinning around me, only anchored by his strong presence.
He gave my hand a reassuring squeeze, and my eyes glazed over with a surfeit of love that needed expression. He sneezed, from the dust floating around, and changed the mood, making it lighthearted and had me floating on cloud 9. As we uncovered the rest of the sheets, it was like meeting up with lost friends after ages.