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Click hereAva and I had more than fifty good years together. How many people get even a fraction of that?
Truth be told, I just needed to get some of this off my chest... get it out in the open. Ava and I hid our relationship, even from those closest to us, for most of our lives.
Oh, it's not as if these people were stupid, as if they didn't know.
But, it was never discussed or even acknowledged. At least not until late... very late in life.
Hell. We never even held hands in public until Ava was in her seventies and I was in my sixties.
This is a hard, bitter world, but I always, always, always had Ava to give me shelter.
And she always had me.
As far as I know, we were the two most fortunate people on the planet.
- COMMENTS
I just finished my 3rd read and more than likely there will be a 4th at some point.
It’s just a wonderful, heartfelt story.
So…..thank you!
I think this was one of the first stories I read upon discovering literotica eons ago. It was heart-melting back then, remained so throughout the years of occasional re-reads, and today, it stands as so--fresh, perfectly told and just as riveting as the first time around.
Wish you (had time to) write more. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story.
As a relatively new widower (I lost my wife almost 2 years ago) I strongly identified with the narrator. People talk about how "50% of marriages end in divorce", but that means half of them end in death. There's not so many storis about that, especially romances. I was very happy to find this slory,
I do love this story so; it's so caring and compassionate. I do like a writer that clearly cares about their characters. I really hope you find time to write more often.
Fantastic well written a great story thanks l could have quite believed it has true to life.
Great.Unusual multiracial twist.Very daring given the time the story is set.A really good read.
Um, to Lilkahuna, I did post "The Magic Bean" just this past November. Maybe you're not counting that one because it was in a different category than the others? I'd love to write more, but an exhausting schedule doesn't allow for many opportunities.
Magnificent. Complex, multi-dimensional characters, Terrific plot development, The writing is superb.
How can you not be writing still!!?? You are depriving us of some true writing talent. Such a good story and told so beautifully. Please come back.
One of the best stories I’ve ever read on this site. Certainly is a favorite of mine, definitely will come back to it whenever I need (cough) inspiration
An exquisitely sweet story, well-written, AND full of excitement for the birth of modern comics? I didn't know it was still Christmas XD.
You’ve done great with the build up. I am the type of reader that loves a story, not just sex scene after sex scene. Thank you for being so descriptive about the building of a relationship before this sex, it brings the characters in your stories to life.
The best I've read so far. And I have been reading extensively for quite some time now
Thank you for a wonderful journey
I wonder how one goes about bringing their attention to copyright violations.
This is a wonderfully entertaining and well written story! It's a crying shame if some talentless bastard stole it.
Great story, great development of the relationship, lovely sex.
You might be interested to know that it is so good that someone has plagiarised it, just changing a few minor details
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So well done! It's a beautiful story, thank you so much for sharing this with us!
I wouldn't ask for better story. I could read this story again and again and i did . Well it always give me hope in love and life it self. Thanks! Sorry I want to rate it 10 star but it wouldn't let me.
This is so well written, I almost felt I was there in the fifties with them. I have a fascination with that time, even though it was so repressed sexually and a girl like me wouldn't have had much fun then. I loved everything about this story. It even made me shed a tear at the end.
Flowing, beautiful prose, compelling narrative, lovable characters. Just excellent.
Love your writing,there are few writers on Lit that write as well as you do.
And I,ve just added your 100rth like.Love
I was so happy when I came across this story awhile back. It is beautifully written and told. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful story, beautifully written. I hope I'll also be fortunate enough to spend 5 decades or more with my one True love, she doesn't know it yet, but she sure will be mine soon.
Your words left me wanting, yearning for the same intimacy that you describe in such exemplary detail.
Fantastic! great storytelling, and what a fantastic love story.
Your stories should be made into a movie or something. Indeed breathtaking!
I'm a lifelong comic book fan, so it was a pleasant surprise to come across such a well-written story on one of my favorite subjects. I've read a bit about some of the artists and writers who worked in the field back then and it seems like you got all the details just right.
More importantly, you gave us characters we could care about and put them in a situation we could believe.
Romance, hot sex and comic books. A tough combination to beat. :)
Your story gave me chill bumps and brought me to tears. It reminded me of the days when I discovered my first lover, who was also my mentor, and I felt all of those feelings again. Thank you so much for sharing. What an amazing relationship you two had!
I love your story. You both will be remembered for my lifetime, I promise. How lucky of you to have had fifty years. Thank you.
This story had momentum. I loved the build up from the early story, to the relationship starting and the quick pace of the sex scenes. Or maybe I was just speed reading by that point? Their discovery of each other was exquisite and genuine. I remember well those early days of discovering how good another person could be and this story described it beautifully. The ending gave me tears. Thank you x
I felt the love these two had. I left their passion. This was brilliantly written! jumped a bit too quickly to the ending if you ask me, but this was wonderful! I'm making an account just to add it to favorites
What a wonderful story this is. It's got just about everything---warmth, emotions, humour, a little sadness, and buckets of happiness. And to cap everything, it's very well written (that sounds patronising but it's not meant to be: I've frequently found on this site that good story/plot-lines and good writing don't always go hand-in-hand). I loved "The Adventures of Stephanie" book---I was visualising the cartoons in my head as I was reading. And the sex scenes were truly erotic rather than pornographic. Five stars and I wish it could be a lot more.
Thank you for this awesome story.
It was beautiful, well written and incredibly sexy.
I really hope at least some of it really happened. It certainly felt like it.
Joeri
Thanks for the story it reads as a a good piece to read. You made it such a page turner because of how you got me to connect with the characters.
I am in awe of this story, i find my self in tears of joy. I cant put in words how this story made me feel, there is one other story on this site that gave me hope in finding love and i believe you have surpassed it. Being a African American women my self i can identify with Ava's character and although this story may be fiction, i firmly believe that some where in the past this has happened and i find it heart warming to know love like this exist. You are a fantastic writer and i am grateful to have had the pleasure of reading such an extraordinary tale. I had not found an interracial story that was so refreshingly whimsical and light of heart. I laughed, i cried and most defiantly smiled inside. Thank you, and please continue writing. You have my utmost respect as a writer and i hope to write something that with touch someones heart as you have done to mine today!!!!! :-D
I've only just discovered your stories. I've enjoyed them all in varying degrees, but "Like a Secret Being Told" and "Remembering Ava" are masterpieces. There are passages in these two stories that read like literature.
When read in order of publication, the progression of your writing skill becomes obvious. Though I was disappointed that your most recent entry was your least ambitious, I can certainly understand about the time constraints. Even that brief tale had prose that was better than 95% of the stuff to be found on this site. At any rate this is the first time I was so moved by a Lit story that I felt compelled to comment. Thank you.
Have enjoyed all your stories but this one is my favourite and it makes me think that maybe the 'taboo' attitude in those days promoted closer love sometimes.
I'm 73 now. I like the odd tear or two when I'm reading. Thank you. XXX
Congratulations; What a lovely story! I have read it twice, and each time I have enjoyed it a whole lot. It is touching, very well written, the characters are complex and carefully outlined, and the erotic scenes are delicately described. Reading the story makes you wish you had met so sweet, kind-hearted and courageous girls in real life. It is a great story, period, and not only a great erotic story. Thank you very much! Please write more stories like this one.
Perhaps you might consider writing stories for the general public, in case you have not already done so (with the alias, you can never know, can you?). I am sure you will achieve a great success.
By the way, I am a man, I was born and live in Spain, and I am straight and over 50, like a previous anonymous commentator.
it is such a great story, so incredible, thanks so much for giving us this story, i love it
I've just completed all 4 of your stories and am awestruck; and not quite sure that words can express my gratitude OR appreciation. These should all be presented to Lifetime (or any other)Network as potential movies as they'd all be instant classics.
As stated previously; these women appeared to be IN LOVE with each other for completely real & obvious reasons, before they even really considered the ramifications. The future was a natural progression of their past; quite lovely to flesh "all 4" out on my imagination. Due to your skill; I felt as though I was right there the entire time, and all have left an indelible impression on my soul. I feel as though they were all friends; and that I've lost something very beautiful at the end of the stories, even though I've also gained something else.
As a 50+ yo straight man (and Ex Marine) I'd love to share them with friends and family ... DKP
I am a fine artist and really liked this. You are a very talented writer and it is rare finding that on online fiction sites, especially these types! Thank you! Now, off to bed.... XOP sigh.
This is a really great story! Very romantic layout, i really luv this story! apart frome the erotic scenes, the story itself is lovely, touching! thanks for your great work! hope u can deliver more great stories in the future
This is by far the best erotic story I've ever read. Beautifully crafted, a fantastic love story and intensely erotic. Thank you. You have an incredible gift.
I can't praise you enough for this story, it was just perfection. I started this story in the middle of the night and am now writing this comment of thanks in the wee hours of the morning. I will be so happy to experience love like. Once again, that was amazing.
I honestly can't even hope to describe how beautiful this was to me. Thank you and please keep writing
The most beautiful story I have ever read..and I do read a lot. Thank you. The characters and their story stay with me for quite sometime after reading. I reread the story within the same day. Lovely. Lovely.
Beautifully sketched characters, a wonderfully natural style of narration, a lyrical use of language bordering on the poetic, a story that builds to a resolution that is surprising and yet seemingly inevitable. And the coda is pure gold. I can't say enough about this gift of a tale.
I really loved this story. I normally don't like erotica because it tends to just sound awkward, but this was so beautiful. Even the sex was tasteful, while graphic enough to earn the label. The characters were real and heartful- genuine. Using the frames of race and time period was intriguing, and the whole retrospective storytelling was genius. I would love to hear more about Stephanie and Ava's relationship. Coming from a young generatiom that now enjoys the early fruits of labor of women like them, I really am fascinated by LGBT people (especially women) who braved the worst back before it was socially acceptable to utter the words "lesbian" or "gay". I wish I could tell each one of those real life pioneers thank you for being trailblazers for kids like me. The best I can do right now is leave this comment and hope someone sees it and understands my appreciation.
I copied temporary into a word document for discreetness, and let me say,
That was 46 pages of pure bliss.
I got pulled into this thinking it was about Ava Gardner...it was so much better than that. Thanks also for a peek inside the illustrator industry.
This story isn't just merely erotic but loving and romantic and just wonderful! I have to say this is forever gonna be my favorite erotic story and it has inspired me to get better at my own erotic writing. I mean the reader feels such a connection and love for both of the character, and the name Ava was perfect it makes me think of Ava Gardner who is just as smoking hot too. It would be so cool if there could be a follow up or telling about another part of there beautiful life together
This whole story was brimming with emotion, it was so much more powerful than anything I've come across on this website that I can't find the right words to describe it.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us.
This story has to be one of my favorite stories I have ever read. At first I thought it would be not at all sweet and romantic. More one-night-stand-ish and get-it-over-with,but it was slow,warm,and heartwarming. Love in one of it's purest forms. Please keep sharing stories like these,for the world is in need of them.
This story was absolutely beautiful. But, I think, on the wrong site. Remembering Ava was less erotic and "hot", and more loving and tender. And I'm glad I read it. It was a wonderful read
That's wonderful story and I can't believe they last long 50 years to count being together is a blessing. And remembering my own past relationship just last 1 or 2 years no matter how I loved the her I let it go for sake of her happiness to be with other.
You must write more,you dont have enough stories on Literotica yet,this is decidely exceeding good,Well done is not enough,but one doesnt want to be overeffusive being a brit,
I'm not sure how to describe this story. Its erotic yet heartwarming. I'm not sure if I even cared about the time period so much as the love story and tragic, yet happy ending.
Wonderful, I loved it.
Beautifully written, slow and heady.
Thank you for the experience.
This story is absolutely breathtaking. The prose, the honesty, the possibility, even the intimacy. Start to end it is gripping. The only question I have; is it true?
I want to share a love like this. Thank you for letting us experience yours. <3
One of those stories that will resonate with all who read it. It addressed taboos that were there in the fifties and sixties and did it in a way that made me understand that these women fell in love long before the lust was on the table. I don't think either of them planned on loving a woman and that is what is so intriguing to me. The beautiful in their love, and beautiful and sensual in their lovemaking. A wonderful story.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed that story, I think you write beautifully.
Thank you,
Cat
xx
You are an extremely well accomplished writer. I absolutely adored this story! I completely envisioned this as a movie. No doubt in my mind that it could be! <3 Beautiful story and beautiful young women to have shared such a precious and loving life with each other in such passionate love <3
This story was amazing. As a young lesbian, I can relate to all the thoughts that Stephanie had and the way you wrote it made it seem so real. I loved the fact that you set the stage before diving right into the sex. Thanks so much for writing this.
That was a beautiful love story! I enjoyed reading it from beginning to end!
Wow! What a beautifully honest & poignant story. So, not only are you an artist but, also a very gifted writer. I am truly sorry that the love if your life has past on. Thank you for sharing this with us.
My words fail to do this story justice, yet I am compelled to try, for rarely do I find such a beautiful and moving story - here, or elsewhere.
The story felt authentic, real, and that includes the historical perspective, which so many authors get wrong. The prose flows beautifully, even poetically.
I dare say it is the best story I read this year. Thank you.
Talk about love you 2 deserved it and i cried some more becuz of the thaught of Ava being dead and i so thank u for letting us get to know her all in all this is a great story keep writing and keep them coming,
From Iris
we loved every moment of the love and devotion from this story THANK YOU plain and simple we are grateful and it made me and Iris cry like babies and we loved every moment in time on this story,
From Misty
TWO AWE STRUCK BESTFRINDS
Just the thing I was looking for, a lovely story. And now I'm late to work!
cried, thank you this was a beautiful story of love and romance. Sigh.....wow
I was upset pressing 'page 6' of this story.
I was livid when I saw the length of the last chapter.
But overall, my review of this story would to be a perfect score!
This story has a riveting dynamic to it that's usually not found on online writing sites. Anyhow this is a wonderfully involving story and I would read it again and again and again.
Thank you for one of the most beautiful, endearing and captivating love stories I've had the pleasure of reading. It it expertly written; my heart soared with Stephanie's, and I wept alongside her. Quite simply wonderful. Bless you.
Jessica <3
your wonderful story! very inspiring, romantic and sexy as hell... thanks again!
Wow.
This story was beyond beautiful.
I loved it.
I just adored the Christmas gift Ava got for Stephanie.
Beautiful, beautiful story!
The way this story unravels relentlessly submerging you into this awesome characters is simply astounding. The way the author pace the story in order to build up the expectation multiply the effect of the story resolution. This was a great, great read. Thank you very much!
I loved this story very much. I really enjoyed anticipating their love to blossom and it was a really nice break from all of the crazy instant sex stories you see on this site. It's no wonder that this story is highly rated and praised. Thank you for this wonderful story. Even more amazing that it is true!
You write very nicely, and the story was entertaining. So different from most of the stories on this site including my own. I plan to read all of your stories as this on resinated with me in a lingering way. It was less about sex and more about a special relationship that bloomed over a life time - but it was great.
Thanks
I am glad that i found this website. As a Non-native English speaker, I am using this website to learn English. :)
Your story is very enjoyable. Cound't help wodnering was this true?????
great story. very touching and extremely hot at the same time. :-) i'm very partial to stories about interracial relationships, as I've been in more than a few myself. great job! i'll be "enjoying" this again later. ;-)
It's a good story, but there are a few things that annoyed me about it. First, I don't think a teacher in the 1950s would use a word like "crap" talking to a student, let alone a female one. And the other is the way you use words like "gonna" and "gotta" in the narrative. You write very nicely, and that sort of thing grates, particularly when you're writing in the first person from the point of view of a well-brought-up and well-educated woman during the 1950s. Was there any special reason for that?
Even though this story is less focused on the sexual side of things, the attention to many details has turned this into a very erotic romance. I think that's something quite spectacular.
I love this story all of it!
The way you present the character, how they evolv (them and the story)
I have read all of your stories and this one is the best, no doubt!
Be proud of your work! And keep on writing!
What a great story. I actually wanted to cry thinking that this is what so many of us want and need. Thank you for this...