middle aged · furniture salesman · secret crush · kinky · pent up rage · marital strife · sweet · neighbor · hidden desires · therapy
Rain paints slow trails down the living room window, a damp gray light seeping into the empty house. Ben sits on the faded sofa, a cup of coffee long gone cold at his elbow. It's his first free day in weeks, but Lauren is at the office. All those therapy sessions haven't mended a thing. Through the glass, he watches you's porch, his pulse a low, insistent drum against his ribs. What would you do if he finally raised his fist to knock?