NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Any sexual elements only involve individuals 18 years or older.
(Special Thanks to TIMMY for the story suggestion.)
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PREFACE --
Each of us is born with a built-in set of traits and characteristics unique to that individual. Then outside influencers make us bury them, only to bind us into conforming with what society says is normal. However, for a lucky few, someone will intercede, helping to cast off those restraints, thus allowing for the reemergence and free expression of his or her own...
Natural Inclinations
By: Deana Bard
Chapter 1
Stepping through the front door to a completely silent and unoccupied house gave Peter a fresh shot of adrenaline. The recent high school graduate had been looking forward to this day ever since his parents told him about their plans. And now, this was
it!
His house. His sanctuary. His time. For the rest of the summer, 'IT' was all his. His to do what he wanted, when he wanted.
Even so, regarding the months' long world tour they were taking, Peter hadn't dared to allow his true feelings to be known. He wasn't about to deny them (or, selfishly, himself) from reaping these well-deserved rewards. So he played it cool, not giving into displays of either joy or sorrow.
Sure, after eighteen years of living under the same roof with strict but otherwise loving and doting parents, had been a constant and stable comfort. Just the same, he felt he had earned the right to spend his time on his own terms -- without constant adult supervision.
Don't get this wrong. Peter had a wonderfully close relationship with both his parents. But mostly, he was what most would call "a momma's boy." Even in his childhood, he enjoyed helping around the house. He had barely been potty trained when his mother had him doing simple chores. As time went on, she began delegating some of her chores to him. Cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry would eventually become second nature to him.
As is the case with any child, sometimes he needed to endure some firm discipline. Still, in the long run, he did his best to be good while spending as much time hanging onto his mother's apron strings. Speaking of which, early on, he begged for and received his very own apron that matched his mother's to wear while each tended to the household chores. What a proud day that was.
So yes, he was going to miss his parents, his mother especially.
(His mother was not the only one he needed to be extra good for. Two other women in his life were just as strict, if not more so. His grandmother, now dead two years, and his aunt -- in reality, his mother's cousin, but he'd always known her as "Aunt Diane" -- both willingly and thoroughly met out punishment at the slightest infraction.)
For eighteen years, family vacations had been just that: All three of them; Peter and both parents. This time, to celebrate successfully navigating their son into adulthood, the parents decided to reward themselves by taking an extended "couples only" vacation. This would be his chance to prove he could put all of what he had learned into practice.
So following sappy but heartfelt good-byes at the airport, he was, for the first time, on his own. With the windows down and the music up, he made his way back home in his graduation present: a car.
The silence of the otherwise empty house was eerie. The sound of his footsteps on the foyer's parquet floor was all that broke that silence. It was now official; Peter had just entered his new life. Master of his domain.
Almost giddy with anticipation, he opened the front room drapes letting in the morning sun, then muttered, "Let the celebration begin." Though softly spoken, his words echoed against the walls. "First things first. Time to get into something more comfortable." Tromping up the hardwood steps and down the carpeted hall to his bedroom, shedding his 'Going to town' clothes along the way, he threw them into the hamper, leaving him dressed only in socks and briefs. Out of his dresser drawer, he retrieved his favorite t-shirt and pair of shorts -- both very well worn and long overdue for the trash. Due to their age and use, they had become thin and frayed. But as far as Peter was concerned, that only made them incredibly soft and comfortable.
Carefully, to not tear it, he slipped the t-shirt over his arms and head, then savored the feel as it floated down his hairless chest and back. As always, it felt nice and comforting.