She could feel him watching her but every time her eyes flicked to catch his, he'd be looking down at the tattered day-worn Metro in his hand. Even from ten metres away, the paper looked scuffed and dirty, and it'd been folded in half since the man had first picked it up. They'd both boarded the train at Liverpool Street with the late-commute crowd. 18:27. Two strangers in a crowd of dozens more. A wet night. The air outside had been fresh and damp, an earlier thunderstorm having faded into a typical London drizzle. Winter. Glowing yellow-white streetlights. Car headlights and pattering rain. Smoke misting from exhausts. The kind of scene that'd look cosy in pictures or on Christmas cards. But it didn't feel cosy when you were running along the dirty streets, car horns in your ears and rain chasing you down the stairs into the hollow commotion of the underground station. Ella sighed, still content to have caught the train, and leaned against the metal pole beside her. She tucked a loose strand of damp hair behind her ear and glanced at the man again. Still reading the Metro, apparently. The train had already made four stops, handfuls of commuters trudging from the carriage off into the night. And this man apparently hadn't read more than half the sports page. Ella wondered. She shrugged in her head and turned her attention back to her phone. And two seconds later he was looking at her again. She knew it without even checking. Read this erotic story and be drawn in to Ella's mind as she imagines what might be . . . and learn if it becomes a reality in Hannah Blackbird's first published short story. Short but with every word making this story vital, alive and real. Read it alone in bed or with your favourite person.
About the Author: Hannah Blackbird is a newly published 23 year old author of erotic and romantic fiction, writing stories that have become firm favourites with men and women alike. Her stories delve deep into the personalities and inner thoughts of her characters and bring them to life, adding a third dimension so they leap off the page. A number of her erotic stories have won awards and are widely lauded amongst the erotic writing community. Hannah has been writing creatively since childhood and has always enjoyed reading; her favourite weekends are those spent getting lost in libraries. When she's not writing, Hannah can be found working in finance, browsing fashion websites, baking or people watching. She currently lives in the UK with her husband, and more books than her bookcases can take. Hannah is looking forward to publishing many more of her stories over the coming months and hopes you enjoy reading them as much as she enjoyed writing.