This the second story to be inspired by and written for the sexy, wonderful CatMoore, writer of this parish. As it is written for her, it is in the first and second persons so I hope that readers will forgive that slightly unusual form. This isn't a stroke story and, though there will be plenty of sex and sexual situations in it, it is principally designed as a love story between a son and his mother so I hope readers won't be too disappointed that the protagonists haven't fallen into bed together by the end of the first page. I intend this to be a multi-part story following Tom and Cat on their journey so any constructive feedback, encouragement or suggestions will be hugely welcome.
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This, Cat, is the story of how we fell in love. You know part of it, of course, as it happened to you but I need to tell it. I want you to know it all, how I felt, why I did what I did, to remember how you felt. But I also need to write it to answer the question in my own mind of how a man can fall in love with his mother. I'm talking about lust, though that comes into it. Many men's first fantasy or sexual awakening is connected with their mother. This story isn't about that – you, and anyone else, can read plenty of examples of that sort of story. No, this is about answering how a grown man, with some experience of the world, who knows his own mind and has learnt to control himself and his hormones can fall helplessly, hopelessly, utterly in love with the woman who gave him life.
It's impossible for me to pinpoint a moment when it started. When falling in love with someone who you know really well, I don't think one can say 'that was it'. Instead it grows on you gradually until you realise that it's happened and you can't imagine why it took you so long to get it. There was a moment that kindled my overt sexual desire for you, but I'll come to that in due course and, besides, it wasn't that made me fall in love with you. Looking back I was already in love with you, I just didn't know it.
We were always close, you and I, from the very start. I had an older sister, Sara, but she was sufficiently older, by four years, for her not to be terribly interested in me. You, of course, as my mother, were always interested in me and we always had a close bond. This was reinforced by the fact that Dad's very busy and high-powered job meant that he spent so much time abroad, in the office or entertaining clients. He flitted in and out of my childhood, paying attention when he could and when he wanted, whereas you were always there and were naturally the parent to whom I was most close.
When I was sent to boarding school at thirteen, Dad's idea not yours, it was you who always accompanied me to and from school, who hugged me and wiped away my tears that first day when I was terribly homesick and trying to pretend that I was ok. If I close my eyes I can still remember the warmth and softness of that hug and your wonderful smell. I knew that I'd always be safe with you, that you would always look out for me and love me in a way that no one else could because you knew me better than anyone.
Throughout school we remained close. Whenever I rang home and Dad answered, which was quite rare, after a moment's small talk he'd always say "You'll want to speak to your Mum, then," and hand me over to you. It wasn't that I was odd, a Mummy's boy, who didn't participate in the sorts of things that boys at Public School do - sport, bunking off as much as one could, trying to get with girls - it was just that you were my best friend and the person I went to most often for advice. Of course I didn't tell you everything, what boy does, even to his best friend? But I knew that I *could* tell you anything if I wanted and you wouldn't judge me or get angry with me.
I got my first girlfriend at sixteen and you were so nice when she came to stay in the holidays. There was no sense that you were going to make life difficult for any girl I brought home which I know was a relief to me and to them, especially as subconsciously I had built you up so much to them. More than one of my girlfriends told me in break up rows or afterwards that they had felt they couldn't compete with you. It wasn't anything you had done, they said, but that they always felt second priority and second best in my mind. At the time, of course, I dismissed their accusations as ridiculous and just things that girls say when they break up with a guy or when he breaks up with them to be spiteful. Looking back now, I can see that they were right.
My male friends loved you and you always caused quite a stir when you turned up at pitch side to watch me play sport for my school or at the beginning and end of term. Whenever we discussed whose house to hold gatherings at, ours was always a favourite because, being teenaged boys, they wanted to gawp at you. I certainly don't blame them now and, while I can't say I liked it at the time, I did understand it.
You were in your late thirties and early forties then and, through a combination of golf, gym and tennis, very trim. Five foot seven in your stockings with shoulder-length flaxen blonde hair that looked beautiful when straight or when you'd put a curling iron through it, you were certainly a MILF, something my friends told me regularly. Piercing, mischievous, crystal blue eyes sat either side of a long nose which, in turn, was just above a small mouth which could break into the most winning smile. Your breasts were high, firm and always filled out whatever you were wearing in a most attractive way. I knew that you were not just pretty but properly sexy. I could see that but all through my teenaged years it never affected me very deeply. I may have had the odd erotic dream that involved you and a couple of times I sneaked into your underwear drawer but the former happens to nearly all guys when their minds are being flooded with hormones and the latter was about seeing and touching women's underwear rather than it being yours specifically.
As I grew up and as Dad's overseas trips grew more and more frequent, slowly our relationship deepened and became more equal. I could tell that you were often unhappy and you were able to lean on me more, not in a needy way but just in a way that made my support feel valued. I had outgrown the awkward teenaged phase where physical contact with family members, especially female ones, is to be avoided at all costs. We weren't obviously tactile but we were comfortable with hugs and sitting close by each other on the sofa.
I went to University in London, only 20 miles or so from our home in St Albans. I lived in Halls the first year and then in a student house in Peckham, South London, for the remaining two years of my degree. I got back home a couple of times a month, usually when Dad was away so that you didn't feel too lonely in that big house which I knew, for the most part, you'd never really liked. We'd make a day of it when I came home, go out together to the cinema, the shops or the pub for a meal and sometimes you'd come down to Town and we'd take in a show or go to a gallery together. Looking back now, they feel like our first 'dates'. That wasn't quite what they were then but it was more than just Mum-son time, we were friends hanging out together, deepening our connection and affection for each other.