SHE WAS AFRAID OF THE LIGHTNING....

Katy has always been afraid of lightning. Now, Dr. Carson’s pills gives her the possibility of a whole new life. For herself. For her family.

But he did have a warning. He said, “The first pill has a significant side effect. Its job is to reboot your brain – ... The way this pill works is that your deepest, most hidden desires come back first. And what comes last are your inhibitions.”
“Well what about weight loss?” I’ve always been a big girl. And it did come in handy because of the ranch and all. But there were times when I would have liked to be a little…daintier.
Doc Carson looked at me. “No the pill has no effect on weight loss, unless you have a hidden desire to lose weight, and your tests didn’t indicate that this was a priority for you. Besides, you’re a healthy young woman, don’t worry about your size.”

As a storm approaches, she takes the first pill. She was prepared for failure, but she wasn’t ready for the feelings it uncovered. He was her deepest desire. She had grown up with him, and he was:

“...a man who had protected me and looked after me for most of my life. But I wasn’t a little girl anymore, and I needed him in a different way. The way a woman needs a man, her man.”

She decides that for the first time he would be perfect.
As the storm rages outside, there is thunder and lightning inside.
... BUT DRAWN TO THE THUNDER.
This 4,100 WORD micro-story is one of the stories in The Taboo Prescription Anthology. It can be read on its own or with the soon to be published Part Two.
Another stepbrother romance by E.M. Smart.