Story Bad Decisions

Lin looked up from the couch when I came back home. She blinked. “What are you wearing?” I looked down at myself. “Clothes?” “Those are not your clothes.” “They are now.” The black pleated skirt sat high on my waist,…

I arrived home around ten in the morning. I had brought some coffee and bagels from Leah’s hoping that I could talk to Lin over food. It was always easier to talk when you were eating. When I entered, I…

I was once again on Leah’s couch after work. I had started bringing my laptop over some days because work was mostly idle waiting at this point, and I might as well do that from Leah’s apartment if we were…

I was working from home that morning, which mostly meant sitting on the couch with my laptop browsing Reddit and other random timewasters while Jack slowly stole my job. I had gotten very good at using company time for my…

Leah pings Mia late while Mia’s still in Iowa. Comic-Con costumes, getting Lin on board, and a conversation that flips.

Lin’s parents had set up a bunk for me next to Lin’s bed. I messed it up before we came downstairs so they wouldn’t realize I’d actually slept in Lin’s bed with her. These people did not need the additional…

I kept up my girlfriend duties before going to sleep. Mia:Goodnight girlfriend ❤️Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Usually Leah would send something back. Sometimes sweet, sometimes filthy, occasionally both. The typing dots appeared. Leah:What time are you landing tomorrow?…

Monday evening, we picked out the dress for our dinner with Keiko. We made dinner together, and Leah gave me a breakdown of the basics of Japanese dining etiquette. “Do I actually need to know all this? We are eating…

I woke to the smell of bacon. That was unusually early. Leah generally believed breakfast should happen sometime after coffee, and bacon was for weekend breakfasts. Workday breakfast was toast. When I walked into the kitchen, she already had eggs…

The sun was out on this particularly warm October day. If this continued, we were gonna see a rise in skimpy Halloween costumes for sure. I was in a particularly happy mood. After two weeks of squatting, Leah had gotten…