• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer
Darkling Whim Untethered tales, beautifully scarred
  • Stories & Poems
  • AI
  • About
  • Now

    The Long Moment

    Lucy trembled…

    less than 1 minute read

    Photo credit: OpenClipartVectors
    Doug Langille

    Doug Langille

    hack writer & shameless technophile

    • Nova Scotia
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • Email

    The Long Moment

    Lucy trembled as Ricky’s fingers moved down the small of her back—not quite touching, but her skin reacting in electric anticipation. She kissed him deeply.

    Subscribe via RSS. Subscribe via Email. Did this leave a mark? Tell me. Share with a friend.

    Tags: grounded, intimacy, tension

    Published: April 17, 2016

    Previous Next

    You may also enjoy

    The Last Mercy

    5 minute read

    Three flowers, a knife, and the burden of knowing what mercy costs.

    Tommy Collects

    3 minute read

    Tommy Andolini was a brute.

    Benny

    less than 1 minute read

    Benny walked into my cubicle and his smile vanished.

    Burnout

    1 minute read

    Eric thought his day would never end.

    • Follow:
    • Darkling Whim
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • LinkedIn
    • Feed
    © 2013 - 2026 Darkling Whim. Powered by Jekyll & Minimal Mistakes.