Sunday Snippet: While We Still Can

What a week. We've been very lucky to this point and have avoided anyone coming down with Covid. That ended on Tuesday. Luckily, out of the four living at home, only one tested positive and the others are, so far, negative. I'm crossing my fingers that holds.

Had a decent week and a little more balance on my work projects. I'm trying to more even paced and mindful about my work-life time.

Ended up getting a good amount of television watched this week. I started a new show and picked out a new one to begin next week.

I caught the first of a two-part Blue Heelers and ended up enjoying it a lot. Kind of sad to see Chris and Adam part ways, but I'm interested to see how that plays out.

Ended up enjoying two MasterClass lessons with Neil deGrasse Tyson. The second one ended up being fairly lengthy so maybe my note from last week was premature.

Watched two more episodes of the Babysitters Club and I'm completely charmed by this show. I can see why everyone kind of fell in love with it. Good stuff.

Caught two episodes of Classic Rugrats. Both ended up taking me back to when my oldest was still a toddler and watched the show daily. Two of his favorite episodes were in the group I watched.

Got two episodes of Chicago Med in and, wow, season four kind of went in a few crazy directions. I'm on one of the last episodes of the season and I'm kind of wondering where they'll go with five.

Enjoyed another episode of The Snoopy Show. This is such a fun and lighthearted half hour. Highly recommend if you need something low-key to watch.

Watched another episode of Loch Ness. I'm close to the end and I'm pretty sure I've got a good idea of who the killer is. There have been a lot of red herrings and I'm on the fence between two theories. Can't wait to find out if I'm right.

Got another Classic Who episode in. I'm into an arc I haven't seen, which is good because that distracts me from the low-budget everything about this season of the show.

Caught another episode of Most Terrifying Places in America. Honestly, I kind of enjoy hearing about all the weird, haunted, scary places that abound in the US.

Started The Mandalorian and loved the low-key dry humor. Looking forward to watching more for sure.

Watched an episode of The Hardy Boys. Have to admit, I'm getting annoyed by Joe. He was a lot of quirky fun in the first season but not so much in the second. He's still got good snark, but he's lost a lot of his good nature. I hope that gets explained. We'll see.

Caught another episode of Peak Practice. This one ended up being really good with great plot lines. Nice to Alice back in her home and trying to deal with the scary flashbacks of the robbery. I actually hope they pick up with that and find the guy.

Last but not least, I caught another episode of the Ready Room. Doug Jones was the guest and it fun to get insight into his character and the Kelpian race.

That's pretty much it for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from While We Still Can, a sexy short that got a start with a writing community prompt.

Here's the mini-blurb:

Maura Sells and Cobb Kinkleman are fighting in a long and bloody war. During a rare moment of downtime, Cobb decides they need to get what they can, while they can and quickly convinces Maura with a heated kiss. They face a bleak future and stealing a night of hot passion may be their only reprieve.

And a sneaky peek…

Maura's brain went into meltdown mode. Her lips clashed with Cobb's. Her tongue dueled with his. And … she never wanted to stop.

Urgency, desperation, and resolution to a long standing desire filled her. Finally, finally, nothing stood between them. Not at the moment.

She shoved her hands under his shirt, relishing the skin-to-skin contact. Losing pilots left and right to a stupid raider … any of them could be next. No regrets. No mercy. No quarter.

She wanted to have this one simple thing. A crazy intimate connection with Cobb. Why the hell not?

Because we're in the damn rec room and anyone could walk in.

Maura had that one moment of coherent thought and broke away. "Not here, Cobb. Too public." She grabbed his hand and led him out through the corridor and into the alert-pilot quarters.

Cobb arched a brow. "Supposed to be off limits unless it's nighttime." He didn't hesitate to push the hatch shut.

Maura hauled him close. "Too damned bad." She didn't speak the reason why she didn't give a shit about the regs.

Nothing bad would taint this encounter. She went to work on his zipper, pulling it all the way down then pushed his flight suit past his hips.

Cobb toed his shoes off and kicked free from the pants. He repeated her action on her suit. She wriggled out of the garment then yanked her shirt over her head. Cobb's breath hissed out between his teeth.

He reached for her with one hand and used the other to shove his boxers down. Hauling her close, he caught her lips and backed up toward the bunk. When he reached the edge, he sank down and pulled her forward to straddle his thighs.

Already anticipating his next move, she twisted to one side and tugged him on top of her. Her mouth found his shoulder and she trailed a line of kisses up to his jawline.

Cobb slid his fingers under the leg of her panties and eased them to one side then met her gaze while he hovered over her. "Gonna have to be fast and I'm sorry for that." He nudged forward, the tip of his shaft teasing her.

Fast didn't matter. Not right now. She needed this … him … more than anything.

She wrapped a leg around his hip. "Don't care. I want you. Now." Lifting her chin, she meshed her lips with his.

I have a lot of fun writing the sexy shorts. Maura and Cobb might not have a lot of time, but they'll make the most of it.

 

That's it for this week. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye