*Hey there, I just wanted to jump in here with a short notice. I think Carrie is going to become one of my constant recurring characters. Each story will be completely independent of her other stories. Really, her physical features, kinks/pleasures, and probably the way she talks will be similar. I'll call it Carrieverse or some stupid shit like that. I am writing pt2 to this as we speak, well, as I type. So I'm hopeful I get it submitted before or just after this one is.*
The December ice storm started nearly four hours before it was forecasted to begin. Carrie had wanted to get a nap and a short workout in her small gym setup down in the basement. She had planned on going for her usual winter weather supplies.
When she woke up, it was immediately obvious that the power had gone out. She thanked the universe for the impulsive, somewhat odd decision to add solar panels to run her furnace only. She had figured she could live with no lights or entertainment as long as she was warm.
It was still light outside when she woke from her nap. She decided to gather any items she thought she would need for a possibly long winter camping trip in her bedroom. She obtained several battery sizes; at the end of fall she would go to the dollar store and buy a couple of hundreds of each size for her flashlight and battery-powered lanterns she owned, and a few other items should the need arise.
Procuring a few books and magazines from her bookshelf and coffee table. She also grabbed a few of her guilty pleasure books from the trunk she kept in her hall closet.
Next were snacks. What was camping without snacks? Chips, cookies, and a few sodas ought to suffice for now. Packing her bounty in a box from the garage, she headed to her bedroom.
Growing up, it became a tradition in her family to spend bad winter weather in their bedrooms. As an adult, Carrie came to understand her parents' reasoning. The bedrooms had blankets, beds, obviously, and other activities her and her sister could entertain themselves with. They had loved to act out scenes from their storybooks in particular.
Now, she played no games; she read and slept, and occasionally masturbated. This one didn't happen often. Even though she had her secret stash of books and her special friends, masturbation wasn't an activity she typically immersed herself in. This, partly, came from the fact she and Laura, her sister, had shared a one-bedroom apartment for seven years before Laura was married. Meaning, it was an activity that was hard to engage in when you weren't alone.
Carrie settled into her room. Checking her phone only to find she had no service. This wasn't a usual occurrence during a winter storm; during summer storms, you could almost count on it. "Fuck, I can't watch TikTok now."
Resorting to starting her reading early, she grabbed one of her celeb/gossip magazines and began to flip through it. Twenty minutes later, Carrie threw the magazine on the floor; there really was only so much about the royal family or who fucked who in Hollywood.