No Time To Ourselves

Aria Banks loves stealing time with her stepmom Rachael Cavalli—especially on Thursday nights when their show drops. She bursts into Rachael’s bedroom, already mid-sentence about the new episode, and freezes: Rachael is reclined against the pillows, legs spread, hand tucked inside her panties. Embarrassed heat colors her cheeks. Aria tilts her head, not scandalized but curious. Rachael pulls her hand free, lips parted, trying to catch an explanation. She’s been rubbing her clit, she admits, because she and her husband never sync up anymore. Late meetings, exhausted bodies—sex has turned into good intentions and missed alarms. Aria studies her, brow creased in genuine worry. She asks why Rachael doesn’t just find a workaround. The answer feels too obvious until Aria offers, simply, “I could help.” Rachael laughs at first, but the offer sits there—warm, earnest, impossible to dismiss. Aria steps closer, and Rachael stops arguing; her sweet girl always finds a way through her defenses. She sinks back against the pillows, letting Aria’s smaller hand slide between parted thighs, confident that even when marriage falls by the wayside, time with her stepdaughter never slips away.