This is my very first submission. It started from a writing exercise that I found online a few weeks ago. I wanted to take some risks and challenge myself to use the 15 or so words that were provided for the exercise and make a short story from it. This was the result.
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Jack and Tanya had decided to stay home tonight. Jack had been having a hard time at work and just wanted a nice night at home. He wanted Tanya, but lately, she had been distant. He knew that tonight, like many nights, he'd have to find another way to pacify his need.
On his way home, he had decided to pick something up, a little surprise, hoping maybe it would spark something in Tanya, if only for tonight. When he got home, he was surprised to see candles burning and the lights turned down low. Soft music playing in the back-ground, but Tanya was nowhere to be found.
He looked quickly through the house and finally reached the bedroom. It was a secluded room, not that it mattered, since no one else was ever there. He paused at the door, a little unsure of what he'd find. His hand reached out to open the door, the surprise still in his other hand.
Tanya knew what time Jack would be getting home. It was the same every night. She knew she'd been distant with him lately, but she felt like he only cared about his work. She had decided only this morning, that she would tempt Jack into wanting her again. She heard the soft footsteps as they paused outside the door. She waited, a hunger burning inside her, but it wasn't for food....it was for something else.
When Jack opened the door, he was the one surprised. Tanya was wearing her same old work clothes. Oh, they looked nice mind you, but after seeing the candles, and hearing the soft music, he thought that he would see something else. He sighed, and offered her the chocolate truffles, as he bent down to give her a kiss. He stole a furtive glance at her, as she popped one into her mouth and exclaimed. "My god, these are my favorite decadent pleasure!!" She kissed him square on the mouth, with little bits of the chocolate still on her lips.
He accepted the kiss, then decided to tease her, by asking her to do a strip-tease. "Please, baby, strip for me." Tanya knew she would, but she intended to tantalize him into wanting her more, by doing it slowly.