DARK AWAKENINGS
Copyright 2025 by Stormbringer
Laura Henderson stood in front of the bedroom mirror, tugging at her skimpy pink bikini with a scowl. The damp fabric clung to her like a second skin after her impulsive pool dip, and she cursed under her breath as she adjusted the top. Her breasts, hovering between a DD and an EE cup, made the task a familiar ordeal she'd always found it difficult to find a bikini or bra that fit right. This one was no different, the thin material straining against her curves, barely containing her. No wonder Billy's nerdy little friends had spent the afternoon staring, their jaws slack, eyes popping. It wasn't just her chest, though it drew plenty of attention. Laura was stunning: long auburn hair cascading down her back, piercing green eyes, and a body still turning heads at thirty-eight. Her toned legs and flat belly, with a hint of abs from jogging, only added to the effect. She was a sexpot, and she hated how it complicated everything.
Her upbringing screamed prim and proper, perfect wife, perfect mom for twenty years but her body craved sin under those layers, and she hated it. Her body didn't care about manners, it had needs that her husband, Gene, didn't satisfy even on the rare occasions he was home. When men ogled her breasts or tossed her a flirty line, her nipples stiffened, her thighs grew damp, and she cursed herself for it. Today, those nerdy teens by the pool had been gawking at her all afternoon, and a shameful part of her psyche enjoyed the attention.
The reflection in the mirror made her even angrier at her sister; it was Beth's fault. Beth never returned anything she borrowed, like Laura's modest one-piece, leaving Laura with only her private tanning bikini, a scrap of fabric she'd never even worn in front of Gene. It was Billy's eighteenth birthday, and she'd agreed to host this pool party for him and his six best friends. It was so hot there was no way she was going to survive the day without a dip in her pool.
Eyes had widened and jaws had dropped the moment she emerged in her tiny pink bikini carrying the pizzas that had just arrived. The delivery man's eyes and jaw had done the same. Their stares were even worse when she emerged from the pool with her wet bikini snugly embracing her body and she swore some of the gawking teens started sporting little boners under their trunks. She'd wanted to be the cool mom, not the masturbatory fantasy for a pack of horny teens. And then there was Marcus.
She didn't like Marcus, didn't trust him. He was eighteen, Black, rough around the edges, homeless, and living out of a car with his single mother staying at shelters when there was room. She didn't want him in her perfect suburban house but she owed him, months back, Billy had stumbled home with a black eye and busted glasses, shaking as he told her about the bullies who'd jumped him, "Would've been worse if Marcus hadn't stepped in," he'd said, the black kid had thrown a few punches for her son. Billy gratefully thanked him and asked if there was any way to repay him, but Marcus had told him that he liked punching white kids and that Billy didn't owe him anything.
A week later, Marcus overheard Billy talking about his upcoming birthday party and mentioned that he wouldn't mind some pizza and a dip in a pool and Billy had invited him immediately, "Thanks, Mom," Billy took a slice from her. The fading bruises were still visible around Billy's eye gnawed at her, reminding her why she had to let Marcus come today but that didn't mean she had to like it.
Marcus had other plans. He'd clocked Laura when she came to pick Billy up from the nurse's office wearing a two-piece gym outfit and again at their graduation in a flowery summer dress, tight shorts showing off those killer legs and damn near lost his mind with lust. Billy's mom was a MILF straight out of a wet dream. When Billy mentioned the party, Marcus didn't give a fuck about the pool or pizza. He wanted to see her again, preferably half-naked. Now, seeing her in that wet pink bikini, clinging to hard nipples, tightly hugging her crotch, and disappearing into the crack of a well-rounded, firm white ass, he knew he'd scored big. He accepted a soda from her, grabbing her wrist. "Nice bikini, Mrs. H," he said, staring her up and down.
"T-thanks," she replied, her mouth hanging open, shocked by his audacity.
The other boys all pale, scrawny white kids like Billy swarmed her all day, tripping over themselves to help with pizza or cleanup to get close to her. Marcus hung back, cool as ice, propped against the patio railing, arms crossed. Laura caught his dark eyes following her, and it disturbed her more than her son's nerd friends. He had this cocky edge, arrogant for a homeless kid crashing in a car with his mom. She pegged it as a chip on his shoulder, typical black resentment in her mind. But he was built muscles rippling under his skin, outshining even the football jocks in Billy's class.
Billy said that Marcus was closer to twenty; being homeless had held him back a couple of years and he was lucky he'd even graduated. Subsequently, Marcus seemed more manly and adult than Billy and his friends. His height, over six feet, had him towering over the smaller boys. He wasn't a handsome boy, dark with African features such as a flat nose and broad lips. He wore ratty basketball shorts, long and baggy with holes, slung low so the crack of his ass peeked out. No shirt, just his chiseled Black frame glistening with sweat, muscles flexing like coiled steel under the sun, ratty shorts slung low, teasing the V of his hips.
And he was always adjusting himself, reaching down to squeeze his sizable bulge, often while staring at her. His dark eyes drilled into her, and her skin crawled, wrong, dirty, too black for her perfect world, but her nipples stiffened, traitors to her prim facade. Billy's eyes flicked to her bikini top once, quick and guilty, then away, Marcus caught it, smirking like he'd seen a secret.
Marcus ducked inside to take a piss when the phone rang. He grabbed it, leaning on the counter.
"Who's this?" said an exasperated voice.
"Who's this?" responded Marcus.
"The owner of the house, kid. Get my wife."
Marcus smirked. "She's busy with the party. What's up?"
Gene sighed. "Flight's delayed. Won't be home tonight. The phone's almost dead, no calls. Let Laura know, and wish Billy happy birthday from me--tell him I'll make it up to him."