Stepbrother Desire (Erotica)

Mike glanced up at the clock, shielding his eyes from the light of the sun blaring through his window. Danni was snoring softly beside him, the covers pulled up tight around her, with just her pink cast showing. He smiled and climbed out of bed as quietly as he could.

“So… sex with the twin or Blondie McHugeknockers?”

‘Neither,’ Mike thought.

“So you’re gonna go barge in on grumpy-ass, or maybe go back in and fuck the cripple so much that you break her other leg?”

‘No,’ Mike thought again. ‘I’m not in the mood.’

“Haha, funny. Seriously, which one is it?”

Mike ignored the voice as he headed downstairs. Beth was sitting at the table reading a thick book and drinking a smoothie. He glanced over and saw that Sarah’s door was open.

Beth followed his gaze and shook her head. “Don’t bother, she was gone when I got up.”

He sighed and turned to make himself something to eat.

“Dude, seriously, which one?”

Danni came thumping slowly down the stairs. Mike stood and headed over to help her.

“No!” she warned. “I’m going to have to do this when you aren’t here, so I’ll have to get used to it.”

“Seriously man, are we fuckin’ or what?”

Mike nodded, but positioned himself at the bottom of the stairs, just in case she fell.

“Looks like we’re missing class today,” he muttered as Danni thumped her way down.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Yeah, it’d be a perfect day for getting’ some! But nooooo! Fucker.”

Danni seemed to be getting the hang of the crutches, but her progress downstairs was slow. Mike was patient, however, and she soon reached the bottom. She quickly sat in a chair to catch her breath.

“Want me to make you something?” Mike asked.

She shook her head. “I can do it.”

“Quit being so stubborn. Of course you can do it, but that doesn’t mean you have to,” Beth said as she stood. “I’ve already got you a smoothie ready.”

Danni smiled and reached out for the glass as Emma appeared at the base of the stairs.

“Sarah up yet?” Emma asked as she entered the kitchen.

Mike nodded his head at her door. “Beth said she was gone when she woke up.”

Emma sighed, sounding more than a little like her brother. She glanced over at Mike. “I’m sure she’ll be fine.”

He nodded. “She’s just pissed.”

Danni rolled her eyes. “You were going to spend just as much time with her as you were with the rest of us.”

“She’s mad at me because she was worried about me, and I made her worry for no reason,” Mike said.

“Yeah, but believe me, that’s not the only reason.”

“Why else would she be mad?” Mike asked.

“Yes, do tell,” said a voice behind them. Standing at the front door was Sarah, having quietly entered while her siblings were talking. She looked like she’d been out for a walk, by the way she was dressed.

Mike turned and could feel the palpable tension in the room. “Sarah, lets go outside and talk please.”

“No. I want to hear the other reason why I’m so pissed.”

“Like you don’t know,” Danni said.

“Both of you knock it off,” Emma said.

“Come on, let me hear it!” Sarah said loudly.

Danni shook her head and rolled her eyes.

“Danni, Sarah, let’s just-” Mike started.

“You just want him all for yourself,” Danni said quietly, her words cutting through the air.

“There’s the old Danni we all know and love!” Sarah yelled. “Go ahead! Let me have it!”

“Even before his accident, you would get all pissed when he didn’t spend any time with you. How many times did we hear about, ‘I wish Mike would visit my room!'” Danni yelled mockingly.

“This from the one that gets to spend every night with him?” Sarah yelled.

“Don’t even go there,” Danni spat back.

“It’s true, isn’t it!”

“Fuck you, Sarah,” Danni said, sounding just like her old self.

Sarah came forward quickly and raised her hand to slap her sister, but decided against it and stopped the swing, flipping her off instead. Then she turned and headed to her room.

“Run away again,” Danni yelled.

“You’re all so spoiled and ungrateful. I didn’t ask for any of this!” Sarah yelled, tears rimming her eyes.

“Sarah… don’t,” Emma called after her.

“Do you think I wanted to take care of four kids when I was seventeen? SEVENTEEN!” she yelled, stopping and turning at the edge of the kitchen. “I gave up everything for you and I never ask anything for myself. NOTHING! All I ever wanted was for y’all to be happy. I wish like hell that mom and dad were still here so that I didn’t have to deal with all this bullshit. I’m almost sorry that I started all of this… this stuff with our brother.”

Mike had had enough. He sighed and turned to head upstairs, reappearing a few seconds later with his shoes on and keys in his hand. Danni and Sarah were still having at one another.

“Mike, where are you going?” Emma asked, stopping the argument.

“OUT,” he yelled. “I’m tired of being the focus of conflict in this house.” He turned and silently walked out the front door, slamming it behind him.

*****

“Are you two happy now?” Beth asked.

“Stay out of this, Beth,” Sarah yelled.

“No one asked you to take care of everything in this house, Sarah, so don’t complain when you take it upon yourself to do it.”

“Who else would do it, then?” Sarah spat back.

“It would get done,” Danni answered, having no better answer.

Sarah rolled her eyes.

“Mike just wanted time alone with all of us, to make sure that we each knew how much he cared,” Emma said, trying to calm Sarah down. She knew that the argument had blossomed into more than just Mike’s memory, loss however.

“So he told all of you before he told me,” Sarah said acridly. “I guess I should have expected that.”

“Oh, get over yourself. We all have to share him, what makes you so fucking special?” Danni yelled.

“I never said I was special, or that I deserved him more. It hurts that he told all of you before telling me. He could have let me know he was okay! I’m the one that takes care of you guys. I’m the one that has to worry about everything!”

Danni rolled her eyes.

“Dammit, fuck you Danni!” Sarah yelled, crying again. She turned and headed back to her room.

“What the hell’s gotten into you, Danni?” Beth asked, turning and following Emma upstairs.

*****

Mike hopped in his truck and started it, pulling out of the driveway and turning on the radio. He drove aimlessly, no particular destination in mind.

“Bitches, man, am I right?”

‘Shut up,’ he thought.

“That was a pretty serious fight.”

‘I’ve seen worse. Danni and Sarah can really get scary when they go at it. You should’ve seen them when Danni went to parties when Sarah told her not to.’

“So why did you leave if you’ve seen this before?”

‘I caused this.’

“So are you going somewhere in particular?”

‘No.’

“Okay…”

“FUCK!” Mike yelled loudly.

“Just take it easy, man.”

Mike breathed in deeply and then let it out in a long, tired sigh. He drove around aimlessly for awhile, a few hours passed. “I need someone to talk to,” he said eventually.

“You can always talk to me man.”

‘No offense, but I need someone that isn’t in my head,’ he thought.

The voice seemed to take that in stride and fell silent.

A sudden idea struck.