This work contains themes and scenes intended for mature readers (18+). It explores intimacy, emotional complexity, and adult relationships through contemporary romance and erotic realism. Reader discretion is advised.
The Subaru
First Kiss in Fog
Following Janet's text about Connor's collage, Eve calls her and arranges to meet in her car after school. In the humid, fogged-up Subaru, they finally kiss—an awkward, passionate collision that releases months of tension and desire.
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She reached across the center console. She didn’t offer a hand to hold. She reached for Janet’s face.
Her fingers were cool. She cupped Janet’s jaw, her thumb brushing over the pulse point in Janet’s neck. Janet stopped breathing. She leaned into the touch, her eyes fluttering shut.
“Janet,” Eve whispered.
Eve leaned in. The center console—with its gear shift and cupholders—was an awkward barrier. Eve had to twist her torso, straining against her seatbelt.
Their mouths met.
It wasn’t a movie kiss. It was messy. Eve’s lips were chapped, tasting of peppermint Carmex and coffee. Janet’s angle was off; their noses bumped.
But the heat was instantaneous.
Janet made a low sound in her throat and grabbed the front of Eve’s sweater. She pulled her closer. Eve groaned, her hand sliding into Janet’s damp hair, gripping the back of her head.
The kiss deepened. It wasn’t tentative. It was hungry. It was months of are you okay? and accidental touches and staring across a classroom compressed into a single, frantic action. Eve’s mouth was firm, demanding a response that Janet gave without hesitation.
Janet tasted the peppermint. She felt the roughness of the wool sweater under her palms. She felt the vibration of the idling engine through the seat.
For a moment, Janet forgot where she was. She forgot the school board. She forgot Lisa. She forgot that her son was fifty yards away playing a video game.
There was just the wet heat of Eve’s mouth and the smell of rain and the overwhelming, undeniable fact that she was finally, finally crashing the car.