*** This is another incest story that should have a sub-category of "Reluctance."
These are not love stories, they are about acceptance and sex. For the people who think that mother-son stories should be Hallmark cards and that I should not make them so crass, just skip to another writer and maybe call a psychiatrist. These are simply dirty tales of sexual lust. Get over it. ***
The lovely dream that lulled me into a deep sleep quickly transformed into an erotic, frightening nightmare that I couldn't fight my way out of and back to a restful awakening. A lovely, enveloping slumber was just falling over me. The ethereal journey began with me floating in a tiny boat on calm waters. It's funny and a bit eerie, how dreams can take-on a life of their own and fool you into believing that all is well. Things that seem normal in dreams would be terrifying while we often accept the ridiculous as mundane.
I have an inordinate fear of open water and had never even been by myself in a small vessel. But my subconscious brainwaves were leading the way. This late evening excursion with me in a shimmery, gossamer, white gown and sipping champagne from a chilled flute while soft music trilled from some unseen symphony ashore, was soothing my fatigued frame and ushering me into blissful repose. Sometimes the boat was a canoe and at other times it was quite large. I was alone but then I could hear people. The scene changed many times but always seemed to make sense.
A scenario filled with foreboding that should have alerted my senses if I had been in a sound mind. And yet, the startling fact that I was scantily dressed in a small boat, drinking while lazing on the unfamiliar waters as night fell, seemed perfectly routine in my fantastical haze.
I had been drifting aimlessly on my solitary voyage, lounging on pillowy cushions of chiffon and letting my slumbering form relax and renew its spent energy as the late night's coolness settled over the dark waters. My mind was hovering gently along to the ephemeral emotions that come from fleeting glimpses of episodes that may or may not be real and pass through the senses as the body slowly gives-in to the delicate fingers of Hypnos. In this peaceful state, I wasn't aware that a brutal storm was brewing.
My friends call me Toni but my given name is Antoinette. My body began the subtle conversion from childhood to adult woman at a young age and my more formal name became prevalent. By eighteen, I was an entirely different being. My long, gangly legs gained shape and form, with taut sinewy muscle-tone that has been further accented by my preference for high heels. The calf muscles snapped into shape with each purposeful stride and my firm thighs held me proudly as I descended stairs with the hem of my short skirts waving in the breeze. I always preferred mesh stockings to frame my solid thighs or tight jeans and heels, giving me the appearance of more height. But in summer, I would often dress casually in open-toed sandals and my tanned bare legs.
My waistline tightened and thinned, forming a roughly hourglass shape to my torso, cinching at the crest of my hips without the bother of belts or straps. It wasn't "Runway Model" perfect, but the slinky, swishing motion of my tight butt caught the eyes of most men. In cropped-top knit sweaters or bikini bras my slim waist formed a slinky "V" shape that tapered up towards my healthy bosom.
This was complimented by the emerging swell of my bustline, that after the prepubescent humiliation of having a concave chest, gradually enlarged and filled-out, and finally by college-age it tipped the tape measure at 36 inches and a rounded, bouncy C-cup to each hefty breast. I generally required a bra due to my well-developed breasts but I often chose the sheerest materials that still offered support, to allow enough of a bounce to catch available eyes. I was mature enough upon entering my eighteenth year, to use these enticing assets to my advantage but still too young to realize the impression that I was leaving.
I have sun-dappled blonde hair that I wear full and draped to the curve of my bosom. My blue eyes are an icy shade that I'm told, sparkle when I smile. I am only 37 years old and yet, I've had the misfortune to bury two husbands. The first died suddenly of an abnormal heart condition and the second was taken only last year by a lingering illness. This last calamity devastated me and affected my psyche. My smile and the sparkle of my eyes have been absent for many months. The only lasting possession from either marriage, other than a few yellowing letters and some silly knickknacks that trigger fond memories, is my nineteen-year-old son Scott.
He is tall and dark like his late father- my first husband. He has broad shoulders and a barrel chest from his passion for exercise and a healthy diet. And recently, his devotion and almost suffocating attachment to me has become nearly manic. He noticed about that time, that my sunny mood had soured and my desire to be flirty or sensual in any way had diminished. I didn't tell him that my hunger for sexual activity had also taken a stunning nosedive.
At first, he prodded me to resume my social activities and to not submit to the tragedies that lingered on my mind. He urged me to continue dating and keeping to a schedule of lunches or parties that had been such a vibrant part of my life. to please him, I made the effort but I was simply going through the motions. Step-by-step, I mostly withdrew from my social circle because I felt that my depression was like a heavy blanket that I carried around and left an oppressive pall on everyone that it touched. The sunshine was fading from my life.
In the intervening weeks and months, I was confining myself to an ever-encircling pattern of lulling on the couch and watching television. The insurance accrued through death benefits, allowed me the luxury of taking time away from the daily grind of work and though we didn't live high, we lived well. But the crazy thoughts that maybe I was a "Black Widow," or that I was unfit for any further relationships, was wearing me down. Instead of the heels and tight outfits that I favored and that flattered my build, I took to dressing in shabby sweats or lounging all day in my pajamas. The hard and firm curves softened and sagged. For a while, Scotty supported my need for solitude and allowed me to express the sadness and melancholy that attached itself to my speech and mood.
After a few months spent gaining weight and laying about in darkened rooms, my son tried to tempt me with newer fashions and spontaneous trips. These heartfelt attempts at my virtual re-emergence fell flat, but he kept trying. One thing that did occur was that I began clinging closer to my son and at the age of nineteen, he became my gatekeeper to the scary world outside. I actually grew dependent on his physical presence. I needed to see him in the morning when I woke and I chose to sit beside him at night on the sofa when we watched TV. He would lay-out sexy clothes for me to wear on excursions and draw a warm, bubbly bath in the evenings. There were many nights when I fell asleep in his strong arms and I came to seek reassurance from him for many decisions.
Scott's encouragement subtly morphed over time, to an awkward illicit pattern of sheltering me, if not actually imprisoning me in some sexually-seductive cage that he controlled. I didn't see it then but now I understand that he was forming an ominous, hyper-possessive lusting for my body. He fixated on me for some hidden, semi-psychotic sexual gratification that could only be satisfied by dominating and plundering my physical and sexual being. I didn't understand what I was witnessing because his seduction was so gradual and sly. Not only had my own sex-life ebbed but I began to observe that he was not venturing out as much and though he had been a quite successful "lady's man," he now spent most of his time, (innocently, I'd supposed,) with me.
As I mentioned, my pitiful sexual identity was now reduced to masturbatory sessions mingled with foggy images of strangers who brought me neither pleasure nor relief. I had foolishly determined that the men in my life were probably better-off without me and that any new paramours would see right through my charade and leave me lonely and miserable. And even as the nights never seemed to end and my hands had explored and manipulated every fold and mound on my squirming form, it just wasn't a man's touch and there was never any surprise or real emotion to the resulting climax. I was usually left to lay on damp sheets with my hungry body twitching from a relatively numb orgasm and fantasizing about some elusive, beguiling outsider who could swoop in and ravish my horny anatomy, claiming me as his own and making me a slave to his sexual conquest.