Note:
This story is
not
a continuation of my previous story,
Home Again: Coffee Confidential
. My intention is for '
Home Again'
to serve as a series of vignettes about adult children living with their parent(s) again after separation and the culmination of long held desires.
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Home Again: New Year's Acquiescence
"I'm not sure that's a good idea, we've been drinking and, given your... fascinations... with me... we probably shouldn't," my mother responds, looking up at me, her arms around my neck, her body pressed into mine as we swayed to the music.
"God, Mom, it's not like that, it's just... nice... having you in my arms. I thought it would be nice to share a kiss," I tell her, honestly. Well, okay, mostly honest. It is nice having my mother in my arms and I do want to share a tender kiss with her to mark the occasion. But also, it is, at least partially, 'like that.'
We left her neighbor's New Year's Eve party not long after the ball dropped and began our short trip up a few floors when Mom surprised me in the elevator, taking a swig from the bottle of champagne her friend insisted we take with us and telling me she wasn't really tired yet and thought maybe we could share a dance before going to bed. So here we are slowly dancing around her living room, holding each other, bodies pressed together. The wall-to-wall windows of her waterfront high rise condo frame fireworks exploding over the moonlit bay. Kaleidoscopic swatches of color bathe the living room in increasingly random intervals as midnight grows more distant and the celebratory blasts begin to slow. It would be a nice memory and an innocent enough moment for most mothers and sons to share a kiss, but most sons haven't lusted after their own mother for a decade, and most mothers aren't aware of their son's feelings. But I do. And she is.
My mother smiles, looking up at me, and the flecks in her eyes catch in the explosive bursts of color. Not exactly tipsy, more very relaxed, the champagne obviously having its intended effect. "It would be 'nice,' wouldn't it, are you sure that's all it is, just a nice kiss? I don't want you to take it as a sign that... I've changed my mind..." she explains, one hand casually brushing my hair out of my face. She feels so good in my arms. Petite and only chest high. So cute. So pretty. So sexy. Still.
College had given us a wide buffer after Mom confronted me about my feelings towards her that fateful day during my senior year of high school. I never knew which she discovered, my browsing history and collection of bookmarked mother/son incest stories, my stash of her used panties, or had she caught me peeking on her in the bathroom we shared? She never said and I didn't have the nerve to ask that day she sat me down and told me she knew I had sexual thoughts about her. A hormonal 18 year old, I had been incautious, not realizing I wasn't as good at hiding things as I thought, especially my feelings.
Perhaps because Mom is a nurse, she wasn't overly emotional about her discovery, she plainly and patiently explained that she was aware this happens and she expected it was a phase that I would soon grow out of. I knew better, my infatuation with her was older and deeper than she obviously suspected, but I was in no position to argue. I accepted her explanation, her reinforcement of boundaries, and her declaration that nothing would, or could, ever happen between us. I was beyond relieved that was the extent of it, no yelling, no tears, no condemnation, and no damage. Just love and understanding which I was truly grateful for, but also felt unworthy of, after all it was 'on me,' my fault for having those feelings, so I readily accepted the blame, thankful Mom wasn't hurt. But also, of course, I was ultimately disappointed that Mom didn't share my feelings and immediately hop into my arms and invite me to join her in bed.
"I know, Mom. I'm not expecting anything. I was just hoping for a kiss," I tell her. This part is honest. I wasn't expecting anything. I had long ago packed away my hopes of anything actually happening between us. But the taboo excitement of possibility still runs deep and I feel my cock stir.
"So long as you're sure, Honey, I guess it's okay. Just a quick kiss," Mom says, a relaxed, amused expression on her face. She stretches up as I lean down. Her eyes close, and then mine. Our lips meet in the darkness. Seconds, minutes, hours, millennia, all of existence is contained in my mother's willing kiss. Out lips press together, warm, wet, NICE. Our mouths part far too quickly. The warmth and wet lingers.
Smiling, Mom wipes her mouth, "Well, that was... nice... wasn't it," she says, staring up at me as we continue to dance. "It really was," I tell her, felling my cock begin to swell. We continue dancing, my hands on her hips, she still has one hand on the back of my neck, the other, now flat against my chest. I assume she can feel my heart pounding. I wonder if she can feel my cock growing. I tell myself to stay in the moment and enjoy having Mom in my arms.
The barrage of fireworks slows to random one-offs, the living room glowing brightly now only occasionally, fleetingly. We can both feel the night drawing to an end. Looking out over the water, seemingly lost in thought before looking back to me, "I suppose one more wouldn't hurt," Mom announces, surprising me, her face neutral, as she cranes her head up towards mine again.
Four years of college did little to quench my desire for my mother. I wish I could explain it. I came to wish I understood it, because IT became a burden. MY relationships suffered because no one measured up to my mother, but OUR relationship was great, Mom and I texted daily, talked or video chatted weekly, and saw each other a few times each year. Time and distance did not work it's magic, and my taboo desires for my mother never waned through four years of physical separation.
Approaching graduation I knew there was no way I could afford to live on my own, given the current state of rental prices, and I dreaded having to have a roommate. What the fuck was the point of going to school for 17 years to get a job that didn't pay enough to live a decent life? I was beyond frustrated and for the first time dreading the future when I got a job offer in my hometown. The pay wasn't better but maybe having an old friend for a roommate would be better than a stranger.
I had resigned myself to this fate and accepted the hometown position and began reaching out to old high school buddies, seeing if anyone needed or wanted to split an apartment, when Mom suggested I move in with her in her new high-rise condo she bought the previous year. Much bigger than any of the small apartments we shared when I was growing up. The bedrooms were large and on opposite sides and I would have my own bathroom and sizable balcony. There was a residents only gym and two pools, as well as bars, restaurants, and shopping on the ground floor. The comfort and convenience were hard to refuse, but living with Mom again was not something I'd ever considered, and it gave me pause. I really had packed away any hope of anything happening between us, BUT that was largely because I never expected to spend a significant amount of time with her again. Certainly not more than a few days visiting or possibly a week vacationing together. Definitely not living together again. The pros and cons of her offer were decisive, 'I'm 23 now, I can compartmentalize, I can keep my feelings secret,' I told myself, accepting my mother's offer, resolved to not let history repeat itself.
My cock swelling and my heart pounding, I lower my head to my mother's expecting a repeat of the gentle kiss we just shared. Her mouth presses harder into mine, our lips move against each other, wetter, hungry now. She presses her body hard into me. My hands slide down from her waist, her ass cheeks fill my palms. Instinctively my tongue seeks my mother's mouth, wetly swiping across her lips, probing, pushing, seeking entry.
Suddenly breaking our kiss and embrace and stepping back, sucking a deep breath, and wiping her mouth, "This is what I was afraid of..." Mom announces.
After moving in with Mom, my continued infatuation with her did not, in fact, remain a secret for long. I was regularly putting in 12-hour days at my job, doing my best to prove my worth and make opportunities for myself. Mom now held a management position that allowed her to work a normal 8 to 5 shift and therefore we tended to be home together most nights. We quickly settled into a routine of eating dinner together and watching TV for an hour or so before retiring to our bedrooms.