Sunday Snippet: Steamed

November isstarting off with a wild trajectory. The election in the US is taking up a lotof air and space in my life and I'm okay with that. It does make it harder tofocus on anything but the election, which isn't optimal for my work projects.

That said, I'mweirdly calm and very hopeful. Which is not to say I'm complacent because thatwould be stupid and reckless. There's going to be a lot of work to doregardless of who wins the presidency, senate, and house.

My trickymanuscript turned extremely challenging, but I finally got it finished up latelast night. Now I can focus on a couple of projects that were simmering on theback burner and start two new ones that need attention.

Had an okay week ofviewing. Trick or treat night took up some time and an unexpected accidentinvolving my oldest and his fiancé needed my attention. Thankfully, both areokay and weren't injured in the crash.

I started the weekwith an episode of Elementary and I also ended the week with one. Bothwere enjoyable. I thoroughly enjoy the vibe when Sherlock tries to coordinateoutfits for Joan. So far, it looks like she ditches those in favor of choosingher own.

Caught an episodeof The Batman and enjoyed it. Nice to see Batgirl back in action. I'llbe finished with this show at the end of this season and I'm not sure what I'llbe replacing it with.

Also watched anepisode of Classic Rugrats. The three vignettes were new to me again. Ithink I'm going to shift back to the new Rugrats once I'm through this season.

Enjoyed anotherepisode of Mr. and Mrs. Murder. I'd seen most of this one before andreally enjoyed the snappy and snarky dialog between the characters.

Caught another episodeof London Kills and, whew, I got spoiled for what would happen and itstill freaked me out. Really like this series.

Finished up seasonnine of Death in Paradise. Looking forward to season ten even with someof my misgivings with DI Parker. I love this show enough to give him time togrow on me.

Enjoyed the secondhalf of Silent Witness. The show managed to surprise me, and I love itwhen that happens. One thing to note … I'm always curious about where Jack andNikki live. Jack had such a cool house during the last season and now he seemsto be in a townhouse of some sort. This is after he bought the fixer-upper thathis dad and brother (for a while) shared with him. Weird stuff makes mecurious.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Steamed, a sexyshort that puts a couple together on a long-range mission.

Here's theminiblurb:

Page Wagner and Gannon Bendis pull long range recon dutyand Page decides they need to play truth or strip. After several days of sexybanter, Gannon has enough of Page's innuendo and confronts her … in the shower.

And a sneaky peek…

He might be a keeper.Page liked him. Gannon had suckedher in with the ripped body, but he had a great personality too. Thecombination turned her on.She stalled for a little time."Gotta shuffle first." She split the deck and filed the cardstogether.She'd been with guys whose lookswere all they had. Pretty, beautiful men that couldn't do much more than seepast their own reflections. And … she'd slept with men whose sense of humor,intelligence, and style drew her attention. Maybe she wouldn't put them in thehandsomest or sexiest category, but they were appealing just the same. Herequal opportunity policy extended to sex, too.But she rarely had the perfect-stormcombination of brains and brawn.Gannon had the highest test scorein the squadron. Which she discovered when she snuck a peek at the roster forthe mission. She'd rather know up front if she got paired with a dud that wouldsuck any kind of joy out of the mission … or … if she got lucky and landedsomeone interesting like Gannon.She wondered how far she could pushthings with him.If the universe aligned the way shehoped, all the way to the brink and possibly over. If the stars weren't in hercorner, she'd at least enjoy some lively conversation and discussion. Her gutsaid they'd find a perfect vibe.Slapping the deck on the smalltable, she nudged the stack toward him. "By all means, please, goahead."He split the cards then leanedback, crossing his arms over his chest.She put the two piles back togetherand nodded. "You first."He turned the top card overrevealing a seven of hearts.Page smirked. "Ah, well,you've got a fifty-fifty chance of me drawing a lower card." But shedoubted she would.Her luck didn't run that way … witha deck of cards.

I love to writevariations on a theme, and this is one of my favorite tropes.

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye