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Love, lies, and the apocalypse
Date: 9/27/2015, Categories: Love Stories, Author: Alexandra_A, Rating: 9, Source: LushStories
nightie, feverishly fumbling with the most impressive nipples I had ever laid fingers on. She shuddered then quickly regained her composure before spitting out my softening flesh. 'That's for saving me from death.' Her damaged hand raised an imaginary glass. 'And here's to saving my life.' * On the station, every ounce of every commodity is accounted for. Every drop of fuel. Every grain of salt. Every degree Celsius. Every calorie. Our lives daily depend on it. And then there's the waste. The empty food packets. The cans and bottles. The scant leftovers. Right down to the shit and the piss. Everything is counted, weighed, measured, and carried away, extracted to the mainland. Nothing is dumped here. When we leave, we shall leave no discernible trace. Despite the difficult work we do in the most difficult of conditions, we will not sully this place as Man has sullied the rest of the world. * Home is like Rome. Politicians fiddle while it burns. Excess is ubiquitous. Plates are piled high while resources run low. Unnecessary lights glare. Unnecessary packaging sells its pointless contents. Forests are ploughed asunder. Litter is scattered like seeds. Despite my protests, my wife prefers the heating to be on all day and night. She buys - from amongst a million other everyday luxuries - baby sweet corn flown in from Egypt, while insisting that a massive 4x4 is necessary for the two-mile drive to the mall. Extreme weather patterns proliferate. They increase exponentially. Humans ...