Without a Hitch

by Avery Maxwell

My gaze follows her ass as she strolls down the aisle, and my cock twitches against my zipper again. Well, I guess the little fucker isn’t dead after all.

“Prince Charming is for fairy tales, Pepper. I fully believe in monogamy, but putting the pressure of forever on something that can never be just destines it for failure.”

This statement seems contradictory

“You left me.” His voice is raspy and so quiet that I barely hear it over the wind whipping around my face. “I was beginning to believe you were a memory meant to haunt my dreams for eternity.”

“See? So much more than dancing, my sweet Pepper. And with my arms wrapped around you, I can make sure you don’t run from me again.”

“Five is just the right number. One of each color.”

But - he's totally obsessed with even numbers - remember the ferry tickets?

Dreams are meant to change. We’re not stagnant or paper dolls. If the dreams we have as children don’t adjust to the changes in our life, they’re just that. Dreams.

“Because, Lochlan. Some people are meant to do great things in life, and some people are meant to help make those things happen. I’m a helper. I’ve always been a helper, and right now, my mission is to help you be the man I know you are under all that anger.”

I lift one leg onto the floating bed of doom, then the other. It’s like walking on that godforsaken ferry in Rhode Island.

“That’s a choice too, Loch. Choose to be the man she deserves every day, and that will never happen. People change as years go by, sure, but choose to change with her. Make her the number one priority in your life every single day, and love will bend and shift with you.”

“Love isn’t just about the highs in life, Lochlan. It’s about how you react to the lows. Who has your back and who will pick you up. Loving someone is the greatest gift you can ever give. It’s how you love someone in the quiet moments when no one’s looking that matters.”

wielding - not yielding