Anyway, Don't Be A Stranger

[throwaway111]

On 5/10/2022 at 3:02 PM, lighthousegirl said:

Ohhh I am so mean. *hides* 

 

Daniel didn't think he'd ever felt so uncomfortable. He'd already tried to make a move once and she'd practically run away. He didn't want her to think he was harassing her if he tried again. Was this her way of saying she was no longer interested? He sneaked a look at her as she stared ahead at the TV. She looked pale, but with a slight embarrassed flush on her cheeks. As he watched, she sniffed a little and brushed at her nose, her sleeve pulled down over her hand. Daniel thought she looked kind of adorable. He rolled his eyes inwardly - he could practically hear Ben's voice saying, jeez, dude. Adorable?? Really? What was this girl doing to him?
He cleared his throat, trying to say something, wanting voice his thoughts somehow. "Um..." he began and she looked over at him expectantly. "Uh... would... do you want more juice?" he blurted out, furiously kicking himself inwardly. She raised her eyebrows with... Confusion? Disappointment? Amusement? Who knew.
"Um, sure?" she replied. He made his way to the kitchen and grasped the edge of the counter, screaming internally at the tension of the whole situation. His stomach was in knots. He had actual goddamn butterflies. As he poured the juice he glanced over into the living room and saw her looking up at the ceiling, a faraway look on her face. Her mouth was slightly open and her eyelids were fluttering. Huh. Looked like he was going to see her sneeze for once. As he watched, she brought a finger up to her nose in a typically dainty gesture, then snapped to the side with what looked like 3 completely silent sneezes. All he could see were her shoulders shaking a little with the pressure. Wow - that was commitment to stifling. No wonder he'd never heard her before. He brought the juice back through and set it down in front of her. "Here you go. Bless you, by the way," he added casually.
"What?" she said, whipping round to look at him with a strange look of alarm on her face.
"Uh... just - bless you? I thought I saw you sneezing from the kitchen..." he trailed off, looking at her uncertainly. Did she find blessing totally offensive or something? She averted her gaze and looked down at her lap, saying in a small voice, "oh right. Thanks."
She didn't look grateful, she looked... uneasy? Panicked? Trying to decipher her strange behaviour was starting to make Daniel really tired. Not to mention he was feeling a similar tickle himself. "Sp...speaking of sn-sneezing..." he stuttered, holding up a finger and letting his head fall back in preparation. "Hah... hah... haschoo! Haschoo! Haheschoo! Heschoo! HahESCHOO! Huh... huh... oh- g-god... hahschoo! Haheschoo! Hehschoo! Huh..." But the tickle left him, leaving him utterly spent for the moment. He grabbed some tissues and wiped his streaming eyes and nose, trying to focus on her through the haze.
"Sorry, I ab disgusting righd now," he said, his voice completely stuffed up.
"It's ok," she said. "I mean," she continued hurriedly, "you're not disgusting, I mean I don't think you're disgusting..." She was blushing bright red now. Daniel couldn't help smirking. "What?!" she said indignantly as he chuckled while listening to her rambling.
"You're cute," he said, smiling and nudging her reassuringly with his shoulder.
"So glad my embarrassment is entertaining for you," she muttered grumpily, leaning back and closing her eyes again.
"Aw I'm sorry," he said, trying to sound more understanding. "Listen, I don't want you to feel embarrassed about anything around me. After all, you've seen me sneeze my head off and barely string a sentence together the last few days. What's worse than that?"
The fact that those sneezes make me want to jump you, thought Charlie, wondering for a brief second how he would react if she said it out loud. The thought was too mortifying to contemplate however, and she tried desperately to put it out of her mind. Daniel saw something in her countenance he couldn't quite fathom. It almost looked like she was about to tell him something but at the last second she shut down again, her expression going back to the closed off one she'd had before. Frustrated, he leaned in towards her and gently took her hand. "Is this OK?" he asked gently. She nodded, looking down at her lap. "Listen... I don't want to pry but... look, there's clearly something happening here and if it's stronger on my side than yours then I think it's best you tell me now." He tried to keep his voice fairly level and not to betray emotion. She stared straight ahead, clearly trying to come to a decision about something.
"You're right," she said at last. "I'm not being fair to you. Maybe it's best if we - ," she paused, the cost of what she was about to say showing clearly in her face, "- if we just try and be friends. You don't need someone with all my baggage." She looked at him properly, trying to smile. "We're grown ups right? Any chance we can just write this off as a fever-induced crazy couple of days?"
Daniel tried to find his voice. "Umhmm... uh sure. If that's what you want."
"I'm sorry, truly, Daniel. The last thing I wanted was to mess you around."
Daniel tried to brush it off, but his voice sounded overly hearty and not his own. "Don't worry. I'm a big boy, I can cope." He tried to smile, but it felt strained.
"So... friends?" she offered.
"Sure," he agreed. He realised he was still holding her hand and let go suddenly as if it was scalding him.
"I'm gonna go grab another nap I think. See you later." And he got up quickly, desperate to escape and be on his own. Charlie watched him go, a tear rolling down her face as she wondered what the hell she had just done.

Wow this, is really good. The slow burn is paying off

[lighthousegirl]

Broken record time but THANK YOU again for all the comments, I am so happy folks are liking this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it. I'm so sorry for the delay in writing more, it's been a tough few weeks (covid amongst other things has hit us hard) but getting back to a more calm period now so hopefully can share a bit more.

My question to you guys is - where would like this to go? I've kind of got them to a place I envisaged them ending up but I'm having so much fun with them, I'd love to take it further! Please share you thoughts! 

❤

[Privatedancer]

Would love to see some more.  Maybe just some short snapshots in time of their relationship.  It seemed to me that he maybe had not a a sexual fetish but a real love of being taken care of as well as a desire to take care of her.  That could be fun to explore.  

[dominchoo]

i would love to see some more of their cute relationship! Doesn't have to be linear, but i would love to read some more! They're so cute together

[lily96]

I would love to see more of their relationship! Maybe like their first date or the first time she gets sick and he has to take care of her

[lighthousegirl]

Loving the ideas so far, keep them coming! In the meantime, here's a little morning after snippet for you.

 

Daniel awakened to the sound of her quiet breathing next to him. He'd slept sounder than he had in months and her face next to his was peaceful and serene. Quite how she'd ended up in his bed he was a bit fuzzy on but he remembered clearly a hunger and desire that had overrode all other logic or sense. He felt a need for her he'd never known for anyone else. It was scary, but exhilarating. He couldn't help grin to himself, feeling like he'd come unstuck from something he'd clung on to for far too long.

Before long however, his languid contemplations were interrupted by a more pressing need to sneeze. Practically every morning he woke up to a soft fit, usually muffled into his pillow. There was a difficulty this morning though. He didn't want to wake her up and, given the revelations of the night before, he didn't want to embarrass her. He had no issue with it himself but he knew it would take her time to feel comfortable divulging more of this part of herself at first. He hoped he could show her he was trustworthy. He was... curious about this... quirk? Kink? Fetish? The more he thought about it, the more he thought he understood. The loss of control that a sneeze wrought from a person... it was second only to, well, other very pleasurable feelings. He felt his stomach flip and he tried not to squirm as his thoughts dwelled on some of those very pleasurable feelings he had enjoyed last night. But before he could lose himself completely in the memories, the tickles grew exponentially and the urge to sneeze mounted rapidly. He tilted his head back, his finger under his nose, moving carefully so as not to wake Charlie. He slowly rubbed the underside of his nose and felt the tickle subside a little. But he could only keep it at bay for so long and he knew pinching it would only prolong the inevitable. He wasn't sure what to do, but his nose seemed to be making the decision for him. It twitched uncontrollably and wiggling it around seemed to make no difference. A hitching breath escaped him before he could suppress it, followed by several more.
"Heh... heh...hah... hah...huh...?"  In his heart he knew it would make no difference, but he stubbornly continued to try and hold it back, the build up growing and growing all the while. "Hah...!" he gasped, burying his head into the pillow in a last ditch attempt to smother the urge. His body jerked as the fit began in earnest. "Heh... hesch! Hesch! Hschmpf! Hschmpf! Hah... hah... hasch! Haschmpf!" He raised his head blearily but before he could relax, a final 2 sneezes caught him unawares and he was unable to stifle before they burst out of him. "Aschoo! HAHSCHOO!"

"Mmmm..." sighed Charlie sleepily and snuggled into him without opening her eyes. "Bless you," she murmured.
"Sorry," he said. "I really was trying not to wake you."
"Mmm...not awake," she mumbled.
"Ah, I see," he said, straight-faced. "In that case I-I'm...not gonna sn-sneeze again... huh, huh...!"
She opened her eyes then and looked at him, propping herself up on her elbow. As his eyelashes fluttered and face crumpled again she watched him, shyly but curiously. He sensed her eyes on him and felt a little self-conscious but happy to indulge. Knowing how he was piquing her interest was not exactly unexciting for him either. He let the sneeze build slowly, naturally, doing nothing to prevent it or urge it on.
"Ah...hah... hahESCHOO! Haschoo! HASCHOO!" He sighed with relief and turned to look at her, smirking a little. She groaned and turned away, burying her head in the pillow.
"Stop it. You're teasing me."
He laughed and lifted her chin up so she was looking at him. "Only a little," he whispered, and kissed her lightly. "I'm just very happy I can make you feel good. It makes me feel good too."
"Does it now?" she said, raising an eyebrow seductively.
"Extremely."

[Privatedancer]

Love it

[Stephy_Gee]

This was a great surprise to wake up to. I love this story ☺️

[Care]

This is very nice indeed.

Maybe we could see of the officialising with the friends ? Perhaps a real date ?

I would also love to have a reverse care-taking, were she is the sick one. 

[HPG]

On 6/20/2022 at 12:04 AM, Privatedancer said:

Would love to see some more.  Maybe just some short snapshots in time of their relationship.  It seemed to me that he maybe had not a a sexual fetish but a real love of being taken care of as well as a desire to take care of her.  That could be fun to explore.  

I would like to second this!

[mypanicismanic]

Oh goodness I absolutely LOVE how much fun he is already having with teasing her. I can't wait to see where this will go. I'm so excited for more. 

[Evian]

THIS IS SOOOO GOOD I LOVE IT

[Catsgotyourtounge]

I know this story is on the older side! I really wish it would continue!

[lighthousegirl]

Aw yeah, I kind of felt I got to a natural end point with them but I've got a few drabble ideas for some of the characters so keep an eye out!

[Lunaconner]

i am begging for an update!!!!

[Leekermly]

On 2/10/2022 at 3:58 PM, lighthousegirl said:

Apologies - you will have seen the name of one my characters has suddenly changed! This is because I copied and pasted from an earlier draft from before I decided to change his name. He'll be back to Daniel on the next post. Sorry again!! 😞 

lol 😂 I was like what happened to “Daniel”? Thanks for the clarification 😅