All characters are over 18 and mature consenting adults. I hope you enjoy this, my first submission. I'm not sure where this will lead, but my desires are strong and there are few limits to my imagination. Stay tuned...
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He has a relatively happy life, a successful career, a loving wife and children. He is a self-help author and motivational speaker. Appalled by other speakers who aren't anything more than snake oil peddlers he works hard to provide genuine life-building change and encouragement.
Their two kids have moved on, marrying wonderful mates. They are in their thirties now, Jason, 32, and Constance is 29.
It seems like this is so rudimentary. Where is the passion? What about the vigor for life he so often talks about? He and his wife, Malena, have grown close over the years. They've shared their ups and downs and have found a way to settle into a simplified way of living that keeps the happiness gauge at about medium and keeps the arguments at a minimum.
You see it, don't you? You know what's happening. After 35 years of marriage it is monotonous, sex is all but eliminated. Many times they sleep in separate beds, you know, snoring, one wants the window open, the other doesn't. Typical stuff. Yet, the sleep never improves. The relationship stays static. Neither one wants to express their inward desires. Why that would cause a tremor or eruption in their calm, placid existence.