Vignettes
Two of the cool things about being as old as one of the American presidential candidates are the old friends and memories you made over nine decades, the last eight of which you remember. The oral tradition was still alive way back when I was a child and teen, before digital and computers, and my first recollection of spoken tales are of being a wide-eyed child sitting beside a campfire, listening to one of the greatest Texas historians and storytellers speak of Apache gold and Yaqui silver, spirits left to guard Spanish treasures, and ghosts.
I was so scared my senses were on hyper alert, and I can still remember the smell of the fire, the sound of his voice, the shrieks of the two girls when the skeleton of a Spanish soldier appeared, the darkness of the night outside our ring of fire, and the chuckling of our parents and his wife. That was a while ago, and most of those people are dead and gone.
From a 1950s childhood to the crazy shit we saw, did, and heard as teens, to college in the mid-to-late 1960s, and all the insanity between 1968 and 2024, a man can pick up some good tales.
A few winters ago I was drinking beer around a campfire with three old friends at a hunting camp, and we got to retelling such stories, some of which had been told to us, some of which we witnessed, some of which we lived, and some of which came out of a video library created and maintained by a gigantic asshole we used to work with in the 70s and 80s.
After the funeral of a mutual friend, he had invited all of us to stop by anytime we were in the area and watch all the films he had digitized. Only one of us ever took him up on the offer, and I regret doing it.
He was a blowhard and braggart, and we made fun of him behind his back, while encouraging him to tell us all about his most recent exploits and conquests. The women he named were so unlikely we often just called BS, or laughed our asses off after he left. But, true or not, the stories were always exciting and imaginative. Fucker must have loved danger and close escapes, although he admits to getting beat to hell a few times when he wasn't quick enough.
For all our mocking, it turned out he wasn't lying all that much, and had the video to prove it. Shocked, I tell you; we were shocked! And some of it hit pretty damn close to home! I'll never look at some people the same; never dreamed they had it in 'em!
Home again after the hunting trip, my wife was snoozing on the couch while the video revelations were again wandering through my mind. That started me thinking about other stories I had been told in confidence or by drunken men, and women, over the years, and about emails I've gotten since I started writing on Literotica a while back.
Some of those emails suggested storylines they wanted me to write, and others contained full stories that needed a lot of editing before they could be published. I was told to "fix their stories" and publish them under my name, without attribution. I've shied away from that but there were promising tales and storylines that I've included in vignettes. I'd attribute them, but since the emails came from their personal accounts, I don't know their handle on here, and I'm not going to publish their names. You know the story and who you are: feel free to comment and take credit under your handle, but not as anonymous, please.
Several weeks after our hunting trip, I was sitting in my recliner not watching TV, and trying to remember some of the best tales. I got my tablet and started a Story Ideas page, to which I've added over the intervening years. Those I liked the most I began outlining, but I then got caught up in longer stories.
Long Blonde Hair, Sky Blue Eyes was the last of those, for a while at least, so I decided to revisit the ideas and outlines. I also went back and read some stories I had started, or finished and was disappointed in, looked over the ideas, and decided that, rather than weaving them into longer tales, I'd become the teller of stories I have heard, witnessed, or lived, as Vignettes.
These stories may or may not be true, but I enjoyed hearing them, and I've enjoyed retelling some of them among friends; others I would have taken to my grave, but using the anonymity of the internet, fake names, etc. I'm going to retell some of those stories on this site.
The names, the towns, the places aren't accurate, and I've combined some stories if they were consistent with the characters. In fact, Kathy and Ned will be major characters in several stories, and some of the stories really are about those characters. However, not all are, but I felt they were things they would have done if given the chance.
I plan to give Vignettes a couple of tries and see how well they are received. I'm planning to post them in Loving Wives, but the tags will show many could be in other categories, including First Time, Anal, Group Sex, Nonconsent/Reluctance, Exhibitionist/Voyeur, Romance, Mature, and maybe even elements of incest-taboo. Check the tags to see if you don't stray into certain areas. I don't either, usually, but some of these stories do.
BTB, BTB&Bs, and RAAC really aren't appropriate classifications for most because they are vignettes, not full stories to which there is an ending. Tags will warn if swinging, cheating, or being cucked is ahead.
But rave away if you must. I do reserve the right to delete.
Hope you enjoy these short stories.
Warning: this first story is a the first of several crazy stories that supposedly occurred over fifteen years. All will featured Kathy and Ned, and other characters introduced will come and go. Obviously, I wasn't there and the teller didn't always repeat dialogue, fill in holes, or provide details, so a lot of license has been taken regarding dialogue, motivation, and character development. This one is
X rated
for hardcore sex, language, and a MFM threesome, so turn around, don't drown in things that disgust you.
Vignette 2 - Unexpected Threesome
Kathy smiled as she watched Andy walking up the steps to the landing and knocking on the door of their singlewide. He was short, had a lean but muscular build, and a nice smile. Her fellow teachers thought he was cute, but he was hardly the kind of guy she was attracted to. Her husband was 5'11" and weighed 210, with broad shoulders, a thick chest, and muscled arms and legs; that was her kind of guy!
Andy had been a college athlete; a second baseman on the baseball team, but he was short - possibly 5'7" or so. He looked strong and fit, in a wiry way, and wore his clothes well. His UTA bio showed he was a two year starter, batted seventh, and had a lifetime .239 batting average. Nothing special about those stats, but he was a two-year starter on a respectable college baseball team; not many people could say that.
Ned was a four-sport high school athlete who played two years of college football before injuries sidelined him permanently. He was nothing special in the world of college athletics either, but he was in the 6.5% of high school football players who get to play in college. He knew he would not be in the 1.6% of college players who make it into the NFL, and he knew it going in.
He worked hard, listened well, and made the most of what he had, but he lacked the 'God-Given tangibles' of size, speed, and mobility. He was never going to be a star, even before shoulder surgery and nagging to his neck and legs convinced him it was time to get serious about his coursework, and go after the degrees and certifications needed to coach and teach in Texas.
His college football coaches were more than willing to move him to a medical scholarship so they could give his football scholarship to another player, and happy to have his help with the defensive backs and linebackers, both of which he had played in college. After all, he was a star pupil if not player, and they had often used his work ethic and knowledge of the game as examples for the more gifted but less dedicated players.
"If that boy had size and ability equal to his smarts, team spirit, and want to, he'd be all pro," the head coach had told his position coach after their conversation about Ned taking medical retirement. "But he's just not big enough and quick enough to take on a 300 pound pulling lineman and make the stop on a 220 pound running back. Teach him everything you know about coaching, and a few years from now we'll be watching his teams play at state!"
Kathy knew that about her husband, because that position coach had stopped by to see their first baby three years ago, and he had recounted the conversation.
All she knew about Andy's college career was what Ned told her when they hired him, but she liked his personality and agreed he was cute. Andy and Lyn had only moved here four months ago, during the summer, and she hadn't gotten to know Lyn well enough to have those kinds of conversations that allow you to become close friends.
In fact, she didn't know much about either one, but she did recognize the way Andy looked at her when he thought no one was watching, and she was anxious to see how he reacted to her little dress.
She opened the door with a big smile, said come on in, and stepped back. He stepped inside, but stalled, stopping to get a better look. She could see Ned watching from the kitchen with a big grin on his face. He was proud of his wife and enjoyed her showing off, which she was doing right now; it only appeared she was greeting a guest.