by ktmccoll
So amazingly well written. I really enjoyed this. Glad to see you're back!
This is the first ktmccoll story I've read. I like it a lot. I particularly like the *persona*, who is male but not the sort of shallow tough-guy that's so common on Literotica. Helin seemed realistic (if you're acquainted with art majors) and attractive too. I liked them both a lot.
A couple quibbles: (1) The 5-paragraph preface struck me as a bit trite and cliche'. (Fortunately, the writing got much fresher right afterwards). (2) Much as I liked the narrator, his consciousness didn't strike me as convincingly male--more like the mind of an interesting man as imagined by an intelligent woman. Not a big problem at all (and I imagine the minds of my own female characters strike women readers as less convincing than Matthew does me).
I'm kicking myself for rating the story 4*. I now think it really deserves 5*. I owe you a star.