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The Old Block (Meet the Atkinsons)
Date: 5/28/2015, Categories: Taboo, Author: shrpsf, Rating: 25, Source: LushStories
It was not a typical afternoon at the Atkinson’s but it was clear, by the easy smiles and small talk, that everyone was trying their best to keep it as close to normalcy as possible. Any discomfort at the stranger in their midst was kept to themselves, hushed up by the muted chimes of silverware against bone china. Every so often, someone would have an objection to the placement of chips or salad or carved roast on the table, but such petty dissonance was easily quieted by a polite shuffling of food into an arrangement that suited most, if not all. But not everything at today’s lunch was so easily resolved. Sitting at the foot of the table was a man who looked every bit as out of place as the cheap petunias that hardly filled the giant vase in the living room. Marcus Hobbs knew that he should have binned the bouquet as soon as he pulled up the expansive driveway that welcomed him to the Atkinson abode. His son was an Atkinson now. Or rather, Marcus Jr. had made a Hobbs out of one of them, the pretty redhead seated two places away from himself. And what a catch she was; Marcus was just dying to get out of his Sunday best, kick back with a beer and interrogate his only son as to how on earth he managed to land the scion of this wealthy family. But first, he needed to get through this formal introduction to the Atkinson’s and said son whom he was meeting for the very first time. He had to admit, the dinner was delicious and the pleasantries flowed as freely as the wine, but it ...