Actingup
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Thanks for the straightforward challenge. I have a few favourites and (for balance) a few that make me cringe a little, but today my favourite is Monsoon Coming. It's a romance/group sex romp set in the tropics in Darwin Australia, a place that holds really fond memories for me. The central conceit is that you have a group of six intelligent, diverse people (students visiting from a big city) who can be respectful to each other, work out creative ways to decide on the partnering, and have some amazing sex in the process. The women control most of the decision making around the pairings/triplings, but the guys find interesting ways to compete for attention. Early in the story, for example, there's a musical piece (an impromptu Vivaldi performance in the living room by two of the group) that results in the geekiest guy in the cast getting lucky before his friends:
I looked around the rest of the group. Adam and Luke were sitting a bit stunned, like they were processing something written in a foreign language -- they were clearly impressed, but floundering. Nadia, however, was transfixed, gazing at Tim in particular with her eyes moist and glistening, and breathing shallowly while holding her body utterly still.
Later in the story, when we've worked out who's really chasing who, the male love interest of the narrator manages to manipulate the others into agreeing to a game of darts between the guys, with the winner taking the prize:
When Luke took his turn, I wanted to close my eyes in embarrassment for him. But in fact, each of his throws hit the board, and, amazingly, one of them was a rare treble 20, scoring 60 in itself, with a total score of 90. "That was lucky!" Luke exclaimed, and handed the darts over to Tim again.
Lucky? Hmmm. I started to run through recent events, and I began to smell a rat. It was Luke who had drawn our attention to the dart board with his annoying, inept throwing, Luke who had raised the problem of room selection, and Luke, who, through misdirection, had put the idea of a darts game in Adam's head. And now he'd just had a 'lucky throw' that put him well into the lead.
Luke, you cunning bastard. I poured myself another glass of wine and settled down to watch.
Anyway, other stories of mine have more clever plots and/or shocking scenes, but this one I really have a soft spot for.
I looked around the rest of the group. Adam and Luke were sitting a bit stunned, like they were processing something written in a foreign language -- they were clearly impressed, but floundering. Nadia, however, was transfixed, gazing at Tim in particular with her eyes moist and glistening, and breathing shallowly while holding her body utterly still.
Later in the story, when we've worked out who's really chasing who, the male love interest of the narrator manages to manipulate the others into agreeing to a game of darts between the guys, with the winner taking the prize:
When Luke took his turn, I wanted to close my eyes in embarrassment for him. But in fact, each of his throws hit the board, and, amazingly, one of them was a rare treble 20, scoring 60 in itself, with a total score of 90. "That was lucky!" Luke exclaimed, and handed the darts over to Tim again.
Lucky? Hmmm. I started to run through recent events, and I began to smell a rat. It was Luke who had drawn our attention to the dart board with his annoying, inept throwing, Luke who had raised the problem of room selection, and Luke, who, through misdirection, had put the idea of a darts game in Adam's head. And now he'd just had a 'lucky throw' that put him well into the lead.
Luke, you cunning bastard. I poured myself another glass of wine and settled down to watch.
Anyway, other stories of mine have more clever plots and/or shocking scenes, but this one I really have a soft spot for.
