First part of a series. Unchecked and unedited so there will be typos, etc. Hope any errors in the text aren't too off-putting.
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GA - Plague Island, UK - 17 March 21 (Happy St Patrick's Day!)
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I knew it was trouble as soon as I walked into the living room.
When I saw her face.
Dread was a lead sinker plummeting into the pit of my stomach.
She was sitting in her usual place on the sofa, the spot she occupied during the evening as she and my father watched TV. He had the big armchair while my mother sat on the left side of the couch, me in the middle if my sister was there as well. My sister was older than me, which meant she was a level above in privilege. It was the natural order of things, Familial hierarchy. The way it was.
That's why I had to sit on the gap between the cushions. It was either there or the floor. Those were the rules.
It was late afternoon on a Saturday when I walked into the living room and spotted my mother's expression as she was turning to look at me. I daren't ask what was wrong. I knew I'd find out soon enough. The question in my mind in those first few moments as the fear gripped my guts was would it be something my father would hear about. He had a temper and big, hard hands. I was scared of him.
There was a pause before she asked: "What's this doing in my house?"
When she held it up for me to see, I gulped, shame mixing in with the fear as my face started to burn.
The emphasis she put on 'this' wasn't lost on me. It meant serious problems. I could see her outrage.
Another pause followed, several seconds in which I had one of those moments that people talk about how they wish the ground would simply open them up and swallow them whole.
Then my mother said: "Well? I asked you a question."
"I'm sorry," I mumbled, eyes downcast because it shamed me to see her looking at me with the disappointment and loathing in her eyes.
"Pornography," my mother said, disgust in her tone.
There wasn't anything I could think of except to repeat: "I'm sorry."
"You shouldn't look at this," she said.
My mother tossed the magazine aside.
"If you want to know about things like that you just need to ask."
I glanced at her, not understanding what she was saying. I understood the words, of course, it was what she thought she could tell me about hardcore porn that had me puzzled.
When my eyes slid away from her, my mother asked, "What is it about dirty magazines that you like, exactly?"
I squirmed, humiliated, cheeks aflame, confused and worried about what my father would say and do.
"Tell me," my mother insisted as she picked the magazine up off the sofa. She brandished it like she was going to either hit me with it or throw it at me.
She asked: "Is it buttocks and breasts?"
I gulped again, swallowing down hard on all the awful feelings rising within. "I don't know," I said. "I'm sorry," I added, hoping to soften her enough to not tell my father.
"Do you like looking at ladies' breasts?"
I dared to look at her. "I don't know," I said.
I saw her top lip curl in disdain. My mother tutted and glanced at the magazine. It was Danish, full colour. It was also lurid and lewd, page after page of outrageous and highly improbable stories where people ended up fucking.
The photos were graphic, no-holds-barred pornography. It wasn't solo women posing to titillate, the magazine was the real thing. Women sucked cock and the men licked gaping pussy. They fucked in positions which gave the camera the best view of penetration. There were lovely blonde ladies with their lips stretched tight around the girth of some thick erections while other couples fucked in different positions. For me it was fabulous. I gawked at the images and I tugged my dick, squirting spunk when it got too much to take. It was porn and I loved it. I liked the way it made me feel to see naked people doing what my mother would call 'being rude'. I enjoyed the clandestine thrill of seeing such an intimate act, even by proxy. Sex to my mind was a private, intimate act, so to see the models in the magazines fucking and sucking and kissing in such a casual manner worked on me in a way which made my dick hard.
And I loved to touch it and make it spit thick, snotty cum.
But I was in trouble because my mother had found the contraband.
My mother sighed and shook her head while her expression suggested she pitied me. Then she said, "Really? God, come on, you're not actually saying you don't know if you like looking at ladies' breasts or not?"
"I didn't mean it," I said, wishing she would leave me alone.
Which is when the atmosphere changed. All of a sudden, for reasons I didn't understand but for which I was grateful at the time, my mother's whole demeanour shifted. It took a few moments but, after a pause, my mother glanced at the magazine and then flicked through a few pages.
I watched as she studied the images, her expression suddenly focussed and intent. It was only a couple of seconds of it before my mother glanced at me, the hardness behind her eyes shifting to something sly. It was only a flash, a glimpse of something I didn't recognise on my mother's face and I couldn't make sense of what I'd seen. I was too anxious, caught in the moment, worried about the punishment my father might mete out. But I saw it behind her eyes, a mercury quick flash and an odd twist to her lips before it cleared and she went back to the magazine.
Another few seconds of anxiety and shame tortured me before my mother looked at me again.
Then she surprised me by saying, "I won't tell your dad. You don't have to worry."
The relief was enormous as the knots of visceral dread slipped free.
My mother shook her head as she repeated, "I won't."
"I ... I'm sorry," I gasped.
She held up the magazine again. "You shouldn't bring things like this into the house."
My cheeks were still burning as I quickly nodded. "I know. I won't do it again."
My mother was stern as she said, "So, back to my question..."
I looked at her, shame a hot tide washing over me when she paused for a few seconds, the magazine held up for me to see.
She finished with: "What is it about this filth that you like?"
What could I say? What could I tell her?
Our gazes stayed locked for what felt like an age but must have been seconds, probably no more than five. Then my mother tutted and rolled her eyes. She dropped the magazine onto the sofa again, rising to her feet so she could face me square on.
"That's just sex," she said. "What they're doing," she added with another glance towards the sofa. "There's so much more," my mother continued, her attention back on me. She shrugged. "Is it because they're bare? Is it the ladies you look at? I don't think you're that way inclined, but it's the ladies, not the men. Am I right about that?"
Her meaning came at me in a flash of revelation. "I like ladies," I said, matching her stilted formal descriptions.
My mother nodded. "But seeing them touching men's penises excites you?"
I groaned and closed my eyes to bock out her stare. "I don't want to talk about it. Can I go? Please. I'm sorry I did it. I don't want you to be angry at me."