Many thanks to tangentjoker, who edited this story.
All characters are 18 or older.
This story is about an incestuous relationship.
When I was six, my father was killed in a construction accident. I was just old enough to understand what had happened. I remember him as some kind of gentle giant. Even though he was not an exceptionally big man, he seemed so to my six year old mind. I recall sitting between him and mom on the couch. I remember, too, that my mother and he used to laugh together a lot.
My mother was distraught, but she carried on. The settlement from the death she put away, spending as little of it as possible. She got a job so was able to keep our small house in a working class neighborhood.
We lived in a mid-sized city in the upper Midwest. Mom worked in a local supermarket. She worked her way up to dairy department manager. We weren't struggling, but were a long way from rich.
As I was growing up, Mom was able to arrange her hours so that she was there to get me off to school. After classes, I would go to my Aunt Cathy's house, not far from ours, until she got home. As I got older, Mom took on more responsibility at work. She started going in earlier so I started to get myself ready and off to school. Her working hours were more regular, though. She would get home about 4 PM, so we had our evenings together. I stopped going to my aunt's after classes.
Mom also assigned me chores to do around the house. I didn't mind doing them. I loved my mom. I wanted to do all I could to help. Mom was able to get Sundays off most of the time. She also got another day off, usually a Tuesday or Wednesday. Sundays were good days. We could both be home together all day. We often did housework together on those days. Sometimes we went somewhere, like an amusement park or a museum. Maybe swimming in the summer, or sledding in the winter. A few times we just took a drive in the country. We also had some long talks on those days. I always felt like I could talk to her about anything, if I wanted to.
Mom had to try to be a father to me, as well as a mother. She did her best. She also tried to teach me independence and self-reliance. That's the way she was. She wanted to instill those traits in me, too. I had a couple of uncles in the area who often took me to ball games, fishing, father-son things like that. I enjoyed those times, I learned much from them.
My name is Ronald, I am usually called Ron. I was 18 years old, a senior in high school, six foot tall and wiry. I weighed about 160. I was not very athletic, at least as far as team sports were concerned. I ran some, mostly distance races. I was pretty good, but not great. I did pretty well in school but there wouldn't be enough money for college. Mom and I had always known that. I hadn't made firm plans but was leaning toward a carpenter apprenticeship. That would be following in my father's footsteps. One of my uncles was a carpenter too. In the back of my mind was the hope that someday I would have my own business.
In school, I had a few friends but no steady girlfriend. I got occasional dates but nothing ever seemed to click. At the age of eighteen, I was almost a virgin. I jerked off regularly. In fact, almost every night.
Mom's name is Laura. She was 5'4" tall and slim. Her face was her worst point. It was not pretty at all. She didn't have very big boobs, either. More like a couple of mounds on her chest. I don't think that she even needed a bra except the padded kind or, maybe, to cover her nipples. Her hair was brown and straight. She cut it at about chin level.
Mom could dress well when she wanted to, but she seldom went out with men. She would go to an occasional party or go out with her sisters for the evening. She always felt like she was not very attractive to men. I always told her that she was really quite nice looking. She would thank me, but it didn't change the way she thought.
Mom had a perfume she wore on special occasions. It couldn't have been very expensive, but it certainly suited her. Whenever she used it, she smelled gorgeous. If there were men around they noticed it, too. They looked for ways to talk to her.
Shortly after my eighteenth birthday, I noticed a change. My mother seemed to be wearing less around the house. She wore house dresses more instead of slacks or jeans. Some of the dresses she wore were pretty thin. If she wasn't wearing a bra, her nipples showed through the fabric. A few times she wore tight shorts. She was showing more flesh than before. A couple of times, I saw her with only a bra and panties.
I didn't mind. Mom had nice legs and butt. She also had a beautiful back and shoulders. She actually looked very nice in something like a sun dress, especially from the back.
I used to go through my mother's closet and drawers once in a while. I never took any of her stuff. It was more a matter of curiosity, but her panties would turn me on. I usually ended up jerking off. Once, I found a couple of dildos in her bedside table. They got me hot, too. The last time I snooped, I almost got caught. I thought Mom would be gone for a while, but I heard her come in downstairs. After quickly putting everything back, I snuck into my own room before she came upstairs. I tried to act nonchalant the rest of the day. I'm not sure how good a job I did.
A couple of times, I peeked through the keyhole while Mom was showering. When she was drying off, I got a couple of good views. Her tits might not have been very big, but her nipples were prominent. Her areolas were large and dark. She had lots of pubic hair framing her pussy. I almost jerked off right there, but made it back to my room. The second time was just before Thanksgiving. It was even better. Mom sat on the toilet seat trimming her bush. Not a lot, just the wilder parts. Her nipples got hard while she was doing it. She played with them when she was done with the haircut. She rubbed her finger on her slit a few times. I thought I was going to lose it then. She didn't continue, though. As she stood, reaching for her robe, I snuck back to my room.
After those two incidents, I first started imagining my mother as my sexual partner when I jerked off.
The week after Thanksgiving, Mom took a vacation. It started that Saturday. She had some shopping planned, for the following week, with her sisters. When I got up Saturday morning, I went downstairs wearing my robe over t-shirt and shorts. She was in the kitchen cooking us a big breakfast.
Mom was still in her bathrobe. She gave me a tight hug. She held it longer than usual. She kind of rubbed herself on me a couple of times. It was a bit subtle, so I thought I might have imagined it, but the hug was more intimate than usual. I felt a little aroused.
After breakfast, Mom said, "I think I want to give the house a good cleaning today, can you help?"
I told her I would be happy to.
She continued. "Ok, let's get dressed. We can put the sheets and towels in the washer. While they're washing, we can take a little break to digest our breakfast."
After I got dressed, I carried my sheets down to the laundry room. Mom was right behind me with her sheets and an armload of towels. She was wearing a house dress; one of the thin ones. I could see her nipples poking the fabric.
Mom started the washer. We went to the kitchen to have a cup of coffee. Sitting at the table, we were sipping our coffee when she suddenly started asking me about my love life.
"You don't seem to go out with girls much, Ron," she said. "Do you have any problems?"
I kind of mumbled that no, I didn't have a problem. Mom wouldn't let it go.
"Don't you ever ask any girls out?" she pressed.
Mom and I had always been close. We could talk about almost any subject. So I answered her the best I could.
"Not too often, Mom. I have a real problem asking for a date."
Mom asked, "Is it a case of shyness, dear?"
I responded that yes, I thought that was the problem.
Mom put her hand over mine; she told me, "We can work on that together if you want to."
I replied, "I'm not sure you can help, Mom."
When we finished our coffee, we stood up to go back to work. Mom gave me another extra-long hug, with another of those subtle body rubs.