Borrowed Gear
Most of the dorm towers had at least one bar in them. The social benefits of a communal watering hole on a community as large as the towers were well documented. As dense as the towers tended to be, there was a paradoxical need for private space and a...
Jackie Assists
J was never a morning person by choice. Their public persona had bright eyes and a bushy tail, as red pandas usually did, but they tried not to do any of that before noon as a matter of principle. They tended to stay up and/or out late, and sleeping...
Masquerade Doll
"Please tell me again why I have to be the one holding the leash this time?" "Because, oh littlest foxy, it will draw attention and that's what we want." Icon gave a sour grimace, but couldn't argue the point very well. Arguing with his boss was...
Magic Panties, part 1
"Seriously? It's 2218, Margaret. We've pretty much conclusively disproven magic, aside from Clarke's Law." Margaret chuckled and held out the brown paper wrapped package to Ann. "So what do you care if it's actual magic or just technology too advanced...
Virtual Prey
You settle on the couch, and it wraps around you, snuggling every contour of your body. It makes tiny adjustments to angle and firmness, until it feels like you're not actually laying on anything, just floating. Part of that may be assisted by the...
Roughly Handled
Amanda / Carol / Garth / Laura When I got home from work, Carol wasn't home. It's not all that strange, but these breaks in routine are noticeable because that's what they are. Deviations from the regular flow of our lives. Carol was usually home...
What's Ado?
Locker rooms all look the same, after a while. Harriet would know, she'd been in a lot of them through her career. Rugby wasn't quite as high-profile as football or hockey or basketball, but it still got asses in seats, and that had been enough to get...
Closing the Deal
Vanessa settled into her favorite couch in the green room at headquarters. The photo shoot was over, and Eve was in the showers. It had been another rough one, just as she liked, and there was another round of pictures to go, after she was clean. To...
Anonymous Gifts
Like a lot of bars, this one was built in at the bottom floor of one of Boston's innumerable high-rises. So many of them these days were what amounted to government handled dormitories, and a solid feature for every single one was a bar at ground...
Pirates? Filming part 1
"Oh. My. God." Vanessa looked up from the script, and grinned at Jack. "You got to scene eight, I take it?" "Who wrote this? No, it's on the title page, and like... every third name on the suggested credit roll on the back, but who does this shmuck...
Rough Tongue
"Hold still another minute or two, we almost have the full scan." Vanessa sighed and steadied herself. The tech weenies knew their stuff, and she had known the scans were going to be a long and boring production. They'd said as much when she asked...
Pirates? Backstage 1
Pirates? 1.1 The door to room eight slid shut behind her, and Vanessa grinned. The twins, Eric and Erica, were nearly indistinguishable tabby cats. They weren't actually related, but both were close to androgynous and they played that similarity up to...