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Journey's End (One)
Date: 8/23/2015, Categories: Reluctance, Author: Green_Man, Rating: 14, Source: LushStories
It wasn't a great surprise. In the back of my mind I had known it was possible. But I had other things to keep me busy. Life was always there giving me responsibilities and mundane chores to accomplish. Also, all the pleasures of living in an active, vibrant community. So many things to do. No time to worry about it all coming to an end. Then the verdict was in. My doctors were letting me know that it was getting nearer. Not much time to lose now. And I spent some of that time contemplating my life. What I had accomplished. What I had not. The people I loved and the ones I would leave behind. Life had been good. Really. So many places I had seen and so many things I had done. Never enough, though. But I was content. Mostly. I had been married for decades. We had loved; been in love, and made love. Now, we were apart. Not divorced, just apart. It wasn't anyone's fault. She would miss me. I knew that. My lady would miss me. But it had been so long since I had made love. Really made robust, sensuous, balls to the wall love. I did so miss it. I would tell my family when it was necessary. But who else did I need to let know. I mean, all those phantom people online. The ones I spent so much time with now. The ones that actually seemed to care. My family didn't seem to be terribly upset when it all started. Now, I doubted whether it would impinge overly on their lives at all. No matter. The decision was simple. None of my friends and lovers online needed to know anything. They ...