She smiled and rolled towards me. My heart warmed at the sensation of her flesh against mine and I was delighted to hear her laugh as she pressed her face to my chest. "Yeah, I think I'm good for a while," she said. "Thank you for your service."
"You're welcome" I replied. "Just make sure it's reflected in your academic performance."
Miranda groaned and rolled away from me. Standing up she pulled the top of her shirt back up, concealing again those globes that had become my whole world for a few moments. "Well," she said with a sigh, "I'm going to shower. Guess we can't be sharing a bed tonight. Pity. There's something nice about that."
I took that as my cue to leave. I sat up and awkwardly looked around for my briefs. Finding them, I began the process of re-clothing myself, finishing just as I could hear the shower start across the hall. Miranda had left the bathroom door open, and I could hear her singing a familiar tune. I walked slowly to my room, lay down on my own bed, and stared at the ceiling for at least an hour before falling asleep. Many thoughts were competing for my attention, some of them disturbing, some of them comforting, and almost all of them new.
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I've read this entire series twice now and loved it so much I actually had to create a username just so I could favorite it to find again in the future. It's a very inspiring and touching story throughout all the chapters and I look forward to reading it again.more...
"Almost all of them new"
What a wonderful story! Your two characters are very endearing.
Miranda, earnest, optimistic, running away down the hallway first in embarrassment, then in hope, steadfast, pragmatic, turning her cluttered storage space into a homey bedroom and her sow's ear of a husband into a coequal lover.
Deacon, the flawed, measured, scientist---dimly aware of his shortcomings, longing for the surety of his laboratory, yet not completely immune to the new feelings that blossom beneath his chemical synapses. I really love the way you've told the story, and made it ring true, in his flawed voice.
As another Miranda once exclaimed, "How beauteous mankind is."more...
socially inept does not even come close
he isn't even capable of understanding that he doesn't understand. if emotions are only a physical response to chemical stimulations why/how does he exhibit fear or anxiety?
meanwhile the calendar does not line up. marriage? faculty reception? anniversary? semester?more...
@GaiusPetronius @Maddict
"Coitus" - Ahh, yes. I really wanted to find a suitable spot to include that, but it never seemed to fit, not even tongue-in-cheek.
Gaius, it is a reference to the popular show Big Bang Theory, which includes a scientist character, Sheldon Cooper, who may (definitely? I'm not too familiar) have Aspergers. He often uses the word "Coitus" in reference to sex.more...
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??? Is there a decoder ring?
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