Hi all. Been a while since I posted...mainly because I lost interest in writing for a while. Recently though, something inspired me to get back into it, and I honestly couldn't tell you what. But whatever...here we are.

This is a little bit off from my normal work, since this is less fantasy focused and more of a character piece. I'm more than willing to admit that it's my weakness in writing, so I figured I'd work on it. With Maryanne and Cade, they're relatively shallow characters. They serve a purpose obviously, but they're pretty generic. So obviously I need conflict that really digs into them, and the only real defining trait they have is each other.

So naturally that's what I had to target. Whether or not I did a good job with this story is hard to say. I'll probably reread it in a month and decide then.

This is the clean version with all the sex and whatnot edited out (dA gets hissy over that kind of crude writing) so I'll be posting a full uncensored version here later once I've finished it.

Anyways. Hopefully you all like it. It was a challenge to write, and it did evolve over time. Originally, she hadn't cheated on Cade at all, but I felt a Mary-anne being a Mary-sue just didn't fit ;)