Past the Point of No Return
by Trigudis
It snuck up on him like this stealthy thing in the night, then pounced with authority. No, not an alligator or a grizzly bear, but a taboo attraction that Brad Lanier could no longer deny. Brad Lanier, nineteen-year-old college student in pre-law and seemingly "normal" in every way, had developed a serious attraction to Steffi Lanier, his forty-three-year-old mom.
He never saw it coming until he turned eighteen. That's when he took notice of Steffi wearing skimpy clothes around the house or doing household chores such as laundry where he caught her bending over the washing machine wearing attire that turned him on, such as those short, tight skirts she seemed to favor. And there were the times when she went into his room to discuss something, wearing a nightgown. He'd be sitting at his desk, and she'd lounge on his bed, folding her legs under her. Her nightgown would ride up, exposing her crotch, covered only by panties so thin he could almost see through them.
Knowing full-well that it was taboo to sexualize family members, he kept his salacious thoughts to himself. There would be consequences for confiding in his older sister Merle or a friend. Friends would ridicule him and Merle, no doubt, would suggest he run to the nearest psychiatrist. And his dad Clifford...Ohmygod, all hell would break loose. It's a good thing that his parents divorced when Brad entered his senior year in high school. Brad called his dad a "common sense man," meaning that he walked a straight and narrow path, never straying from society's accepted norms of behavior. The divorce was his only "black mark" as far as Brad knew.
Brad wanted to purge his taboo thoughts from his mind. He tried but he couldn't do it. He knew things were getting serious when Steffi became frequent masturbation material. Did she sense what was going on with him? Did she even have a clue? He wasn't sure. He did take some comfort in knowing that he wasn't the only one who thought his mom was hot. Friends he brought over to his house freely admitted it. She was the "older woman" standing at the deli counter or anywhere else in public where both boys and men took notice and women her age admired, if not envied. She was one of those rare women who stayed pretty into middle-age. Steffi's sensuous mouth and prominent cheek bones, not to mention her lovely hazel eyes, almost forced a guy to take a second look.
If you've got it, flaunt it, the saying went, and Steffi Lanier did, without being slutty about it. She wore dresses and skirts that showed off her firm, curvy calves and thighs, and she was seldom seen at the pool or beach wearing anything but a bikini. Once, during a 2022 trip to Ocean City, she even wore a thong. She did it on a dare from Louise, a divorced girlfriend she traveled with. "You'll drive them wild with that sexy booty of yours," Louise said. And she did, judging from those guys of all ages, gawking at her as she traipsed along the beach from beach lounger to ocean and back again.
Yes, Steffi had her admirers, including her own son who found himself drifting toward doing something beyond gawking and fantasizing. The thing is, he didn't know how or where to start. More important, how would Steffi react to something so outrageous? Not very well, he surmised. Sexual attraction, to go toward where the admirer wanted to go, needed someone to meet halfway, and Brad didn't see that happening.
That is, until one day, a Saturday, when Steffi was vacuuming the living room carpet and Brad caught her squatting down, using the machine's extension to vacuum along one of the baseboards. She was wearing a tight, blue denim house skirt, short enough for Brad to see up to her blue panties. He was across the room, sitting on the sofa, watching college football and wearing his typical around the house attire, socks, shorts and a Pittsburg Steeler's jersey. He was into the game, but not so absorbed that he not only noticed but made little effort to hide it. In that moment, getting an eyeful of his mom in that revealing position, exposing her luscious thighs and underwear took priority over action on the gridiron.
Still in the squat position, Steffi looked up, pursed her lips and grinned. "See anything interesting?" she asked.
Nervously, Brad said, "Um, no, mom." He trained his eyes back on the game, embarrassed and figuratively kicking himself, while also feeling an erection coming on.
When Steffi finished her vacuuming, she came over and sat beside him. "Close game," she said after seeing the score between Maryland and Clemson.
Brad nodded, keeping his eyes on the fifty-inch, wall-mounted screen. "A defensive struggle," he said, in reference to the 7 to 7 score going into the fourth quarter.
She crossed her legs, which inched her skirt up a couple inches. She tugged it down, then said, "Look, son, I'm sorry if I embarrassed you."
"Embarrassed me?" His eyes stayed on the game.
She knew he knew but played along. "With my inappropriate comment."
He turned to face her. "About seeing anything interesting, I guess you mean."
"Yes. I shouldn't be saying things like that to you." She sighed. "Look, I think it might be time to talk about something that we're both aware of but makes us skittish to discuss. If you're uncomfortable, let me know and we can save it for another day. Because I'm about to ask you something that's also inappropriate."
"Okay."
She bent forward, sliding her hands over her shapely calves and took a deep breath. "Okay, here goes. Brad, are you attracted to me? Sexually, I mean."
He squirmed on the sofa cushion, then swiveled to his right to face her. "Can I plead the fifth?"
She chuckled, looked at him as if to say, 'you're so cute.' "Of course, you can plead the fifth. As a pre-law student, you know that a judge or jury can't infer guilt on a defendant for refusing to testify."
"Correct."
"But let's be honest. Most people if charged with something they didn't do, would want to testify. I know I would. It only makes sense."
He kept silent, body squirming, eyes on the game.
She continued. "Look, I'm your mom, not some judge or jury You're not on trial here. Like I said, we can save this for another day."
Now was his chance to open up, to reveal his true feelings. He'd been too 'skittish,' as she said, to approach her. But now that she had approached him...