This is a brief idea I had a while back but it took me a bit to figure out how to portray it. While this is just an intro to the idea, I have a lot more ideas about where this could go. If you have any ideas or comments, please don't hesitate. All characters are ages 18 or over.
- Haze
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James had always been interested in law. As a boy he would look up to the police, lawyers, judges, and anyone else who he felt enforced the law and protected society from anyone who wished to do it harm. This feeling grew as he got older, and eventually led him to pursue a degree in law himself. When he was accepted into the law program at Brown University, it was the best day of his life. This was only topped by the day he met his eventual fiance Lana, a fellow law student, only a few months later.
Lana was beautiful, with long, dark hair that extended to her lower back. Her slim figure looked fantastic in her professional attire and, as James would soon find out, even better out of it. She was about 5'6" and around 120lbs. Her slim waist accentuated her hips and butt and drew attention to her C-cup breasts. She had an air of confidence about her that James found irresistible. From the way she dressed to the way she carried herself, she seemed to be simultaneously both down to earth and completely untouchable. James was almost intimidated by her, but couldn't look away when he first saw her walk into the lecture hall and was somehow rewarded by fate the next week when they were placed in the same group for their first research project.
The other two students in the group might as well have not existed to James. While he acted cool and collected on the outside, he couldn't stop thinking about her and stealing glances. Every so often she'd catch his eye and give him a little smile that would send his heart fluttering. When the project was finally over, it took him completely by surprise when she approached him and asked him out to dinner.
The two talked about their interests, their classes, their families, and anything else that came to mind. James recalled many dates he had been on in the past feeling like an interview for a job. This felt...comfortable. It was almost like they had known each other forever with the way they both were able to share themselves. James thought he might be imagining it, but after their third date showed no signs of that comfort level going away, he decided to go for it and ask her to make it official. There was no hesitation from Lana at all, only an excited smile and a passionate kiss.
The two of them were inseparable. Many people say the spark starts to fade as time goes on, but this wasn't the case for the two of them. In fact, James would argue it only got stronger. They dated all throughout 2 years of dorm life and then another year where they both rented small, off-campus apartments. Before the Fall semester of their senior year, they decided to move in together.
At home their life was amazing. The first few weeks were bliss, but James started to see a bit of a change in Lana as time went on. At first he thought it was just his imagination, but after a month he knew something was wrong. Over the past 3 years there had been no problems. He couldn't think of something that he had done that might have made her upset. Was she losing interest in him? Was there someone else? Lana was still just as passionate in the bedroom as he had ever been, but something was up.
He decided that the best way to approach the issue was to just be direct. They were never known to keep secrets from each other, but something was definitely amiss.
"Lana I think we should talk." He said, trying to be as nonchalant as possible. "Lately I've noticed that you haven't been yourself. You seem almost sad."
"Oh..." She replied. This worried James even more.
"If there's something I did or something I didn't do...or anything I can do...or not do-" He started.
"No no no! It's nothing like that!" She quickly interjected. "It's just that living with you is a little different than what I'm used to."
"How so? I mean I know I don't always keep everything spotless, but I consider myself pretty clean and organized."
"It's not that. It's more on my end." She turned to sit on the couch. James followed her and sat down next to her.
"Like you have to act different with me than you did at home?"
"Yea I suppose. Don't get me wrong I love you and love living with you! There's just certain things I used to do when I was living on my own that you probably wouldn't be comfortable with."
"Lana, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. I feel more comfortable with you than I do with my own parents. I promise there's nothing you could do or say that would make me love you any less."
"Well it's kind of embarrassing..."
"I promise I won't judge you."
"Ok...so..." She hesitated. "You know when you used to come to my dorm room and when you'd knock it would always be a few minutes before I opened the door, or my roommate would answer and I'd be in the bathroom or something?"
"Yea kind of. I didn't really think anything of it really."
"Or when you used to come up to my apartment last year and I'd always say I'd be just a minute when you called or knocked?"
