WARNING: All characters are 18+ and should know better. This story contains explicit adult content involving taboo relationships. If that's not your cup of tea, best sod off elsewhere.
So I fucked my son, and my best friend and her son. There. Said it. Written down. Can't take it back now can I? Venice last week. Of all the places.
Shocked? Fair enough. I've gone from analysing Oedipus Rex to living it. Freud would have a bloody field day. Still reading though? Course you are. Want to know how it happened, don't you? It's quite the story.
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[
that last glass of prosecco
]
'Found something', James holds up dusty wine bottle on our final night in Venice. 'Housekeeper says guests open it during transformations'.
Three glasses in and I'm soaked. We're all drunk now.
You can feel it building, can't you? The tension. That delicious anticipation before boundaries dissolve.
'To discovering what we want', Maggie raises her glass.
Four bodies in this ancient palazzo. Four days of tension ready to snap.
'Been thinking about tonight', Maggie twirls hair. 'Last night in this place'.
'Depends what we want', wine making me brave. 'We've paired off separately over the holiday. But there's another option'.
Danny leans forward. 'All four together?'
James chokes on his drink. 'Too far! Christ, Danny'.
'We're all thinking it', Danny shrugs.
'There's a line', James flushes. 'That's mental'.
'Is there?' Maggie touches his wrist. 'We crossed lines at Stansted check-in'.
Flashback to our first morning. Breakfast table. James avoiding my eyes after I'd heard him with Maggie the night before. Under the table, my stockinged foot brushed his ankle. He froze. My foot slid higher.
You're wondering how this started, aren't you? How we slipped so easily into depravity. It began with stockings. Always stockings. The way he looked at them. The way they all did.
Maggie missed nothing. 'That stocking fetish runs deep. Should've seen him with mine last night'.
Back to now. Masks on the table between us.
'Haven't you wondered?' Maggie behind James now, lips at his ear. Tan stockings catching light. 'Seeing you and your mum together?'
'Your body disagrees'. Her hand finding his lap. 'You have a stiffy just thinking about it'.
I watch my son's resistance crumbling. Should revolt me. Doesn't.
Don't pretend you wouldn't be curious. The forbidden has always been the most seductive.
'Maybe masks would help', I suggest. 'Venetian nobles knew what they were doing'.
Danny returns with four masks. James protests while Maggie strokes him through his trousers. 'Come feel how wet this makes me'. His hand trembles. 'Fuck', he breathes. 'Soaking'.
'Want to see your cock balls deep in her while she begs for more.'
Words hit hard. Face burning, but gosh I'm wet between my legs. Years since I've been this aroused.
The moment she said it aloud, something clicked into place. Like she'd named the thing we'd all been circling. You can feel it too, can't you? That thrill of the unspeakable finally spoken.
'More wine', Danny tops glasses. We drink deeply.
'Let's be clear', my lecturer voice fighting arousal. 'We're crossing lines most find appalling'.
'Want to stop?' Maggie asks.
Heavy silence. Church bells ring somewhere.
'No', I finally admit. 'Tired of English propriety'. James reaches for his mask. 'We'll regret this?'
'Probably', Danny slips his mask on. 'Regret not doing it more though'.
[
watching from the doorway
]
On our first night in Venice there had been midnight thunder. The rain soaking my nightie on the terrace, while I was wearing one of Danny's masks, before wandering the corridors and seeing through Maggie's door. My son with his hands gripping her stockings while she rode him. My hand between my legs later.
Should've been disgusted, shouldn't I? Instead, I watched for minutes. Memorized how he touched her. How he worshipped those tan stockings. Later, touching myself, I imagined it was my black ones he was stroking. Depraved? Perhaps. But you're still reading.
[
stockings and silk scarves
]
Now those same hands grip my black stockings, his fingers snagging slightly on a loose thread. I should have packed the nicer pair.
'Keep those on,' Maggie traces my stocking tops, her fingernail leaving a trail of goosebumps. 'James loves them, don't you?' She extends her tan-silk leg with exaggerated grace, nearly losing her balance against the antique chaise longue. Her thighs, softer than they'd been a decade ago, catch the candlelight in a way that somehow makes the dimples in her skin look appealing rather than embarrassing.