This story is posted on the Literotica website. Do not repost anywhere else without the author's consent. For fans of my stories, they know what kinds of things to expect. This story deals with similar themes as the stories by wannabeboytoy, seducedHylas, and Dark Betrayal, namely cheating, betrayal, and heartbreak. If stuff like that isn't your cup of tea, then you probably shouldn't bother reading it. I do not condone any of these actions in real life. This is just a story. Enjoy.
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"This story sucks," Greg sighed.
Greg pushed himself back from his laptop, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his forehead in frustration. Greg loved to write, but at times, he hated it more than anything. It felt less like an expression of art and more like an excruciating muscle cramp he had to work out of his system. Needless to say, Greg was going through some severe writer's block. With the wedding and the move and all that, he'd been distracted, but he really figured he would have pushed past it by now. But his mind was so blocked off that he could barely get any words on the page. He was in dire need of a breakthrough.
What he wrote wasn't even high art, or anything like that. He wrote fun sci-fi stories that he sold online. He didn't have a huge audience, but he had a consistent, dedicated fanbase. The stories he wrote were all in the same universe, and he'd been thinking about this whole tale since he was young. So, he was dedicated to this style of story, and the current tale he was working on what was supposed to be his grand opus, where all the lingering story beats came together. But at the moment, what he was writing was starting to feel so... basic. So rote. The dull, handsome military space marine kills the bad guys, gets the girl who'd been in his orbit for years, and rescues the cold, powerful Governess who doesn't like him but respects the fact that he gets results. It's just... it was too boring. Even he, the creator of this whole world, was starting to find it dull, and if he felt that way, the reader no doubt would. He needed to add something in to spice it up, because, as of now, it was making even him lose interest. Why did Greg think something this standard and boilerplate would ever get noticed by a real publisher? What could he change? How could he make this better?
Whatever the solution was, he clearly wasn't gonna find it today at the rate this was going. He needed to get his mind on other things. He needed to be productive in some way. He needed a distraction. Glancing out the window, seeing the tall grass, he was reminded of one of his chores for the day, something that had gotten pushed back by his mistaken hope to break through his writer's block. He had to go mow the lawn.
Maybe that would give his backed-up mind a break.
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Greg and his new wife, Molly, were first time homeowners, so it was a pretty exciting time in their lives. Freshly married, they had just bought a place together and were still in the process of adjusting to their new life. Having lived either with their folks or in apartments their entire lives, they were still getting used to actually having a home of their own.
It was a nice little house, nothing too fancy. But it was in a safe area. Most of their neighbors were relatively older folks, as opposed to people their own age, but that was fine. They all seemed nice enough. And it wasn't like they had moved across the country. They were still within a couple hours of home.
A cute young couple, they were a bit of a mismatch in many ways. Molly was a pretty young woman, with bright shiny eyes and long brown hair. However, she didn't need to use that advantage to succeed, as it was her work ethic that got her by. She worked at a pretty big company, and her ambition and charm had allowed her to rise quickly within the corporate chain. That being said, her looks didn't hurt her. A cute, sporty brunette, she just had a certain indefinable appeal that made people flock to her. She was just fun to be around, and she was so, so nice.
Greg was kinda the opposite of her. He was a writer, well... more like an aspiring writer. His life's work were these sweeping, epic novels that he'd had in mind since his childhood. In the meantime, while putting those together, he picked up writing gigs as a ghost writer or doing corporate write-ups, stuff like that. He worked from home, unlike his wife, and when he hit a block, he'd meet up with his buddies and shoot hoops or check out movies. Anything to get the juices stirring. Working from home, often making very little in the way of progress, some might say he was a slacker, but he was far from it. Like a shark, he just had trouble staying in place.
He had a restless streak that always kept him looking towards that next project. A true dreamer, his mind was always at work, sometimes taking events that happen in his real life and thinking about how they could be filtered into his story universe. Some may see his distraction and mistake it for a lack of respect, but those like Molly who knew him well knew the truth. He was always thinking up something, creating a new story in his head. This made him a natural at coming up with ideas to write, but it also made the actual process of writing somewhat of a struggle for him. He had all these great ideas, but when it came time to write them all down, he just couldn't commit to putting the words to paper. The next project always seemed so much more appealing. The grass was always greener on the other side.
It had been months since he'd been able to make any tangible progress writing. Events from three or four months before his wedding had been so hectic, so at that point, he didn't have time to relax and write. Then, there was the wedding, and then the move, and now settling in... there'd been a block in his mind for almost half a year now. He'd barely written anything in that time, and there was a buildup of ideas in his mind, bursting to get out. But nothing in that time had broken through the block in his mind. His creative juices were very backed up, and he was eager for that breakthrough.