Charles and Morticia met 12 years ago. She was 14 years younger than he was, 18 years old vs 32. She was attracted to him back then, figured an older guy could teach her a thing or two about "things". He didn't take much convincing, a sexy little love rocket like her was always going to be able to convince him to fool around.
Fast forward to now, they'd been in contact a bit over the years, but not much. Then, after messaging her for her birthday they got talking and rekindled the old flame.
They'd both been married, both unhappily. They talked together for weeks, convinced that things would be better with each other, convinced they were in love. They supported each other, gave each other a bit of what they were missing in their respective marriages.
They weren't together, they lived a long way apart, but they spoke every day. They were there for each other. They talked about their relationship and their respective relationships, as well as their lives, their work, just anything.
Morticia was going away on a long scheduled holiday with her husband. She realised then, she really didn't want to be with him, in fact she couldn't stand to be with him. She wanted to be with Charles, the man who'd shown her that she was more than just a side thing for some guy, that she was special.
It didn't last long, a month long holiday and three days in Morticia couldn't go any longer. She split with her husband.
Charles didn't know what to do, he wanted to support his new love, but couldn't from afar. He tried to contact her, but she wasn't available.
Morticia went through a raft of emotions. She'd just split from her husband. She'd never wanted to end it, she didn't want to be seen as having failed. She never wanted to be a failure. She didn't realise what she'd feel when it all came to a head. She just couldn't deal with any emotion, it was all too much. She put up walls, closed off completely. She stopped talking to the one person she'd talked to the most, Charles.
Charles was devastated. He didn't do anything wrong, and suddenly he couldn't even get to talk to Morticia. He was left to do his own overthinking. He did his best to try and keep in touch, sending messages every day,
"Good morning, how did you sleep?"
"How was your day?"
"How are you feeling?"
Anything to try and get Morticia to open up to him. For days on end he got nothing, or very simple sentences. Nothing like he was used to. He knew what was going on, he was being compartmentalised.
Morticia was a nurse. They'd spoken multiple times before about how she coped with difficult situations. Simple, you put the hard stuff in the too hard box and forget about it. People dying, drug addicts, incurable diseases, things she couldn't do anything to change, into that box. Now Charles was going in there too.
After a couple of weeks, Charles had had enough, he was languishing. He kind of thought that if Morticia leaves her husband, he'd leave his wife and they'd continue their relationship, eventually building to a point where they move to be together. Now all that was in disarray. There really was only one thing for him to do, put up his own walls, compartmentalise. He wasn't as good at it, but he had to.
He needed to know where he stood, so sent a volley of messages, tackling his feelings. Morticia finally responded, telling him that she needed space, she didn't have the emotional capacity to continue things with him. As hard as it sounded, it was actually good to hear that, to have words, clear direction. It allowed some sort of closure for Charles. When there was silence he was left to his own thoughts, now that he knew, he could step back from the relationship emotionally.
But, there was more than just emotions in this relationship. There were physical needs. They'd been doing long distance, so the one thing sorely lacking was physical. They'd both been sorting themselves out, Charles had gone into overdrive, jerking off to pictures and videos of Morticia three and four times a day. The endorphins from each auto-erotic sessions helped him get by. Morticia did the same, fingering herself daily, giving herself pleasure.
They kept in touch, a little more than before the talk. Charles was trying to give her space, and Morticia was dealing with her emotions better, starting to realise she could be having fun a single person. They were on different paths. Except for one thing, Morticia's holiday was almost over and she'd be driving home, right past Charle's place.
Charles had accepted that right now, the relationship was over. Morticia was protecting herself, building walls to keep any risk out. He'd been there himself. Break ups are hard, and one of the hardest things to do is to allow someone else be in control of your emotional wellbeing. He understood she needed her emotional space, but.
But there's always a but. They hadn't seen each other in the entire time they'd been "dating", talking online and on the phone, and she was going past. Forget about the feelings, and the emotions. They both had pysical needs.
Charles had nothing to lose. He hatched a plan, Morticia could meet him at a house he had access to. The owners were away, it could be just them. She didn't want to meet up. Charles had been telling her for weeks that he was in love with her, how she was so important to him. She didn't want to lead him on. She didn't understand. Compartments. There was a love compartment, and there was a lust compartment. Charles' love compartment was sealed. The box was shut. No feelings getting in or out. His lust compartment, it'd been empty for a long time. He wanted to fill it with Morticia. Actually he wanted to fill Morticia with his cock. Now all he had to do was see if she was as keen on it as he was.
He didn't know how to get her to play along with his plan. She was worried he'd fall for her, be too much in love with her. She didn't want to hurt him, and she secretly didn't want to hurt herself.
Back when they first met, they'd been talking, flirting, spending some time together for a couple of months when Morticia said she was going to be moving away. That made things easy. Keep the emotions away, just be physical. Now twelve years later, it seemed like that was the same rule to follow. Just keep it physical.
Charles was excited at the idea. A purely physical meetup. Morticia wasn't as convinced. Charles assured her he was nothing more than a hook up.