FICTION

THE CURE

C.S. - PA

One of the nice things about being a teacher is that in June, when the days are fresh, and when moments of joy come bubbling to the sur- face, you start a long vacation. And one of the nice things about having a wife who works is that she gives you a kiss and leaves you with the apartment to yourself. You can do what you please.

What it pleased me to do was to wear her clothes. If you've never tried it, you don't know what you're missing. It is a step into another world. It is a chance to feel as she feels, to see it as she sees it. It is a way of uniting with her that no physical union can match.

You put on her panties, and you feel how silky and sheer they are, and the elastic around your legs. You put on her slip, and you feel the way it slides across your bare legs and slick rump. You put on her bra, and you feel the fullness of a woman's bosom. In a way, you are two people at once, the seeker and the sought, the girl and the man. Because you've actually gotten a little way inside, you feel closer to her than you can in any other way.

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You have to be careful, though at least with Sally it's not something that she is particularly tolerant about. Once - just once — did I try letting her in on it, and that was a disaster. I was just joking, but she was furious. She didn't think it was funny at all. What I did was to wear one of my sweaters my sweater, mind you that she had worn that day. Underneath the sweater, I put on one of her bras, stuff- ed with tissues.

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"Look what you have done to my sweater!" I wailed, walking into the kitchen.

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