The Puzzle

This is a story about a loner who finishes a puzzle, which leads him to make an important decision. Everyone in this story is of consenting age.

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Braydon was an average guy that didn't have a lot going for him at the moment. Ever since he began to live on his own, he felt the ones close to him begin to fade away. Whether it was due to them getting in trouble, moving away, starting a family, or just work, he always found his time with them began to dwindle to almost nothing. To overcome this void, he began getting back into gaming where some of his friends could actually reconnect with him. It made him happy and thought he had found his solution to loneliness.

After several months, his friends started not appearing online and soon was left by himself again. He continued to play though, thinking that they would eventually get on and have some fun together. After various texts, it turns out his friends once again were plagued with family and other responsibilities. Even though it was for a brief time, he still enjoyed the moments he got to spend with them.

Braydon become slightly depressed at his predicament but he kept on doing his thing, trying not to let it bother him. But slowly he began eating more, gaining weight, and becoming unhealthy. Then one day at work, a beautiful girl came in and Brayden felt love at first sight. She began talking with him and he didn't feel nervous around her all. It was like something clicked inside and that maybe he had found what he was looking for.

After the girl left, Braydon asked his boss about her and said that she had recently broke up with her boyfriend. Brayden knew what he needed to do. After work, he went to the local gym and began a workout regiment. The following day, he began to eat and drink better. He never fell off the path. He wanted to get in shape to impress the girl he met. And with that, he found a new purpose in his life.

After several months of eating right and working out, he finally got the courage to ask her out and she gladly accepted. Shortly after, they decided to make their relationship official and began dating. They were in love. They had the same tastes in music, games, and even sports. Braydon thought he had found the one.

After a couple of years, the girl decided that she didn't want to be with him anymore and broke off the relationship. Braydon was shocked at the suddenness of it. He was once again left alone and needed to find something in his life. So he went back to playing video games and began isolating himself once more. The boredom was starting to get to him and he didn't know who to turn to. With him now being 29 almost 30, he felt his time to find a girlfriend or even start family at this stage was not looking hopeful.

As he fell further into loneliness again, he found himself looking more into porn and masterbating to help his dopamine fix. He knew it wasn't healthy but it felt good and that's all that mattered to him. If Braydon got bored, he immediately would masterbate. It got to the point that he didn't even want a girlfriend anymore. He just wanted to watch porn and not have to deal with it. Braydon had lost all hope.

After so many hours and so many times ejaculating, he began to look into other fetishes. He always wondered what the deal was with some of these videos that wasn't just two people fucking. Some of the things he came across were outrageous. He came across things like peeing on people, cuckolding, and even foot worshiping. Braydon just couldn't understand why. But then one day as he continued his rabbit hole of fetishes, he came across one in particular that made him get chills. It was pegging. He watched a muscular man submit himself to woman who then took a fake cock and began to fuck him with it.

After watching several videos of it, he began to feel his cock harden. He began to panic just a little bit because he wasn't gay. But for some reason the thought of a woman doing it was arousing him, almost like it was a calling to him. For the next few days, he began to masterbate furiously at his newfound fetish, even taking one of his days off to find more of these videos of a man submitting to a woman.

One night while Braydon was dreaming, he pictured himself being pinned down by a woman that had a huge cock. She was thrusting her hips hard into him and he could do nothing but lay there and take it. He woke up in the middle of the night with a raging erection and began to ponder why this was turning him on so much. As much as Braydon enjoyed his new fetish, he felt maybe he needed to ease off for a moment and wind his thoughts down.

One day while sitting at home, his phone rang and it was his grandmother needing help with some electronic stuff. Anytime she needed help with something, Braydon was always the one to call. He hopped in his car and headed over to her place. After arriving and helping her get situated, they chatted about how life was going for him. Braydon told her he wasn't doing much and mainly just kept to himself. As the two chatted on, his grandma walked over to the table where she was assembling a puzzle that she had just recently bought.

Braydon asked his grandma about it and said she had recently got into doing puzzles as it helped pass the time. Braydon looked puzzled (hehe) at her statement, wondering how something like this could be fun. He then began helping her assemble the pieces since he enjoyed hanging with her. In no time at all, they managed to finish the puzzle and filled his grandmother with much joy. Braydon found himself to be having a great time with her, not because of finishing it, but because she was enjoying the company of her grandson.

Braydon eventually found more time to come over and work on puzzles with her. His grandma said she had recently been to a garage sale with one of her friends that had several boxes of puzzles and that she didn't know if she'd be able to finish them all. He wondered how many she actually had, to which she walked to her spare room and it was several boxes, stacked almost to the ceiling.

Braydon was stunned at her dedication but if it was her passion, he was determined to help. Several weeks went by and Braydon would always visit a couple of days out of the week to help work on puzzles with his grandmother. Spending time with her was able to get him away from watching porn and getting him off video games, which Braydon could tell was helping with his psyche.

Another several weeks had gone by and Brandon was at work, when he'd received a call from his mother. He found it strange that she'd be calling during this time. She informed him that his grandma had fallen ill and probably wouldn't be very long until she passed. Braydon obviously didn't take this very well and went to the hospital after work.

Braydon arrived at the hospital and ran straight to the room his grandmother was in. He opened the door to see her very slowly move her head and look at him. Her sad face quickly showed a smile as he approached her and held her hand. The two had a wonderful conversation about all the puzzles they had managed to finish and that she was ever grateful that he would always come to visit. She told him that it probably wouldn't be much longer before she would pass on and that she wanted him to have some of the puzzles from her home. Braydon obviously accepted the offer for her sake and that he said he would finish as much as he could for her.

She gave him a smile and he kissed her cheek, followed by him taking his leave.

Braydon was clearly upset at the situation with his grandmother. It was just another one of these cycles where he'd find something that made him happy but then something would happen and it was back to square one. Feeling depressed, he went home and opened his laptop. He began to visit his favorite porn sites once more to get his mind off everything that was going on. A couple hours and a few ejaculations later, Braydon found himself tired and crept his way to bed, embarrassed about what he just did.

The next night after his shift, Braydon began looking up more fetishes that he could watch and came across something rather interesting in his recommendations. It was a story of a man that was transformed into woman with his thoughts still in tact. The man loved his new figure and wanted to find out what sex was like as a woman. He was entranced by the thought of a story like this. He continued to read on as the man loved the new sensations as a woman and never wanted it to end.

Braydon found himself getting harder and harder as he continued to read. He began stroking his cock slowly, only to pick it up much more as the story progressed. At the climax of his story, Braydon began cumming but it wasn't like the ones he had before. This one was powerful, the biggest load he'd ever shot. He sat still for a moment and thought about what he'd just done. Why was this story such a big turn on? Why did this catch his curiosity? He just wasn't sure, but something about it felt right. From that point on, he began looking for stories similar to the one he just read.

The next day while at work, his phone rang once again. Braydon already knew and his heart sank when he saw mom flash across his screen. His mom informed him that his grandmother peacefully passed just a few moments before she called him. Braydon managed to hold it together for the rest of his shift. He then went to the hospital where his family had all gathered to grieve. With Braydon turned into the loner type, he didn't want to be there with everyone around. He just wanted to go home grieve by himself.

As he pulled into his driveway, he broke down and had a long cry. He knew it was just a part of life but he felt a special connection with his grandmother. After several minutes of crying, he went inside and thought it would be best to turn in for the night. The family was going to his grandmothers house tomorrow and he needed to be present since she left him some things for him to have.

The following day, Braydon arrived at his grandmothers house and several cars were already outside. He really didn't want to deal with any family at the time but he just needed to get it over with. He walked inside, saying hi to everyone and hugging everyone that came up to him, as it would've been rude to ignore them. As the family walked through the house, his grandmothers friend that did puzzles with her on occasion greeted him.

He introduced himself and she began to tell him all the times his grandmother would brag about her grandson coming to finish puzzles, and that she was so happy she could spend that time with him. Braydon tried his best not to tear up but it made him happy that she praised him to her friends. As they kept talking, she directed Braydon to the room where all the puzzles were. His grandmother also wanted her friend to have some of the boxes, along with Braydon. She suggested they pick one box at a time and they would split the room up equally.

Braydon told the lady to go first and they began splitting the boxes. After all had been accounted for, they took their respective stacks out to their vehicles and began talking with the family once more.

An hour later, Braydon decided he had been around long enough and just wanted to get home. He told his family goodbye and that he'd see them at the funeral.

Braydon at times did feel bad for not making more time with the rest of his family but he just never felt connected to them like he did his grandmother. He honestly was beginning to enjoy his loner life, but still wished that missing void would come knocking sooner rather than later. Braydon pulled into his driveway and began moving the boxes from his car into the spare room next to his. Not wanting to sift through them just yet, he felt the urge to visit his porn sites and refresh his mind from today's events.

Braydon read and read and read. Several stories surfed over his screen as he became more obsessed with this new fetish. Willing, unwilling, fantasy, anything that had some sort of transformation, he would read. And at the same time, would stroke his cock as if he was the character. The way the stories were told is what drove him crazy. How a certain character would talk dirty to the main character and drive them into submitting themselves to be used as a sex slave. The allure of it had him hooked.

Another several hours later and Braydon had a pile of tissues stacked into his trash can. He couldn't believe how much this was getting him off. With the day off tomorrow, Braydon decided he would go through the boxes from his grandmothers house and see which puzzles he ended up getting.

The next day, Braydon lined all the boxes in a row and began looking through them one by one. None of the puzzles seemed to be that interesting in the first few boxes. But then one box in particular stood out. Instead of a variety of puzzle boxes packed into one, a single large black box took up almost the entire box itself. There weren't any markings on it but it seemed a little dated. Not wanting to mess up the box, he carried the box into his room and began to inspect it.

Braydon looked and looked but found nothing on the outside casing of this black box. He then placed his hands on the top of the box and began to lift the lid from its resting position. Inside we several blocks of a material that he couldn't recognize. It was like wood but felt way too dense. The shapes inside varied and some held what looked like some sort of blacked out box screen on the inside portions of these blocks. Also in the box were some small sticks that sat atop a basic square shape.

Braydon was confused. He'd never seen anything like this in a store. There was no finished picture to go off of so he didn't quite understand what his end goal was. There was no brand name on the side of the box either. He decided to search around the internet and comb through some forums on if anyone had ever encountered something like this. After an hour of searching, he came up with nothing. But his interest was still there. He set a table up next to his desk and began separating the pieces. To his surprise, a few of the pieces were the same but almost everything else was unique. Braydon knew this would take some time so he began to fiddle with the pieces.

Shortly after beginning, he noticed the blocks had a very unusual feature, the end pieces didn't really click together. He found it strange because judging from the blocks themselves, this should be a 3D shape. Braydon picked up random pieces and began holding them against each other to see if there was a way to attach them but had no luck after several minutes. Getting bored, he decided to clear his mind by reading porn stories again. Another intense read and another intense ejaculation. He was really enjoying his new fetish.

Shortly after, he began messing with the blocks again. The first few minutes showed no signs of progress. Braydon then picked up another two pieces and with an audible smack, the two pieces came together, catching him off guard. He picked up the now connected pieces and studied it. He assumed they came together like magnets based on the sound but he couldn't pull them apart. It was so strange. But now he at least had an idea of what to do.

After messing with it for another hour, Braydon managed to get 10 pieces locked in with each other. Some of the ends on the pieces didn't even meet exactly at the tips but rather somehow connected in the middle. This was the most confusing thing he'd ever messed with. Feeling somewhat accomplished, he set the pieces back down and returned to his porn sites.

Over the next several weeks, Braydon kept his schedule simple. Work, puzzle, masterbate, and sleep. Sometimes he'd get so frustrated at the puzzle that he'd masterbate several times a day just to settle him down. But he kept on. Braydon also found he was becoming so addicted to his new fetish that he ordered a dildo off the internet to try for himself. At first it was a little rough but eventually he got accustomed to it. So now when he would shower, he would use the dildo on himself and found the feeling to be pleasant.

Two months had passed since he began messing with the puzzle. He was about 90% done with it but there were still some things that didn't make sense. The object he was building seemed to be some sort of building with little black glass boxes that looked like windows around the structure of the puzzle. For some reason, the outside portion of these black boxes were missing. But also, he still had these little sticks on small squares that didn't appear to fit anywhere. But Braydon didn't let that deter him and he pressed on.

Finally, a week later and the puzzle was complete, or so he thought. The main structure itself was gorgeous. It ended up being almost the same size as the box it came in but these little stick pieces still sat idly by. He just wasn't sure what to do with them. Feeling accomplished, he turned his attention to his laptop and began another story session.

Another week went by and Braydon kept his usual schedule going. One particular night, he was sitting at his deck eating during a nasty thunderstorm. He was taking a bite from his bowl of soup and a loud clash of thunder scared the hell out of him. He jumped out of his chair and spilt some of the broth all over the puzzle. Braydon quickly grabbed for his napkin to wipe it off and noticed something strange. Where the broth had landed on the side of the puzzle, a strange symbol had appeared, a symbol he knew hadn't been there before.

He examined it closely and couldn't quite make it out. But the symbol eventually started to disappear. He began to think and wondered if the material getting wet is what revealed the symbol. Braydon went to his bathroom and grabbed a wet wash cloth. He returned and wiped the spot where the symbol was before. To his amazement, the symbol reappeared. Braydon's eyes lit up with excitement. He began wiping down the entire thing, and he was shocked to see that more and more symbols began appearing.

A new fire had been lit under Braydon.

He quickly drew all the symbols down on a piece of paper and noticed some of them were the same. There were 11 in total. Using his laptop, he began looking through symbols on his images page to see if something looked relatively close to to what he had drawn. An hour of searching brought him no results. Feeling deflated, he opened a new tab and hopped over to another porn site to clear his mind again.

This particular night, he came across a story that had similar elements to what he'd been masterbating to but this had an element of horror to it. It was the story of a man who met a succubus and she was looking for a new "toy" to add to her collection. She seduced him by telling him his darkest fantasy's could come true if he just became hers. She gave him a warning that if he accepted the deal, he would no longer be a part of his own world, but hers to use as she pleased. In exchange, she would make his fantasy come true.

The thrill from reading it sent shivers up Braydon's neck. But the knowing of the consequences and still giving in were driving him wild. He read and read and read until he finally let out another huge load all over himself. This one was easily his biggest one yet. He saved the page to his bookmarks and cleaned himself off. Shortly after, Braydon decided to turn himself in for the night and would continue his search tomorrow.

A week had gone by and Braydon had no luck with his puzzle symbols. He posted on a couple Internet forums about his drawings just to see if anyone had an idea of their origins. It was a shot in the dark but he was beginning to lose hope again. After work, Braydon sat down at his laptop and began looking over his forums again. Still no response. He felt like he had gone through every image and once again was losing faith.