"Without you, time drags on interminably." Since I'm behind schedule on Hacker Goddess - a new story in the Geek Goddess universe - I decided to post this flash story I originally wrote for the 2003 ASSTR Anniversary Party. Enjoy.
A young man saves a woman from a nasty snow storm and winds up stranded at her house over night. She feeds him and her hospitality grows as they get to know one another.
Things get complicated when families implode, but Amelia has always known she can count on Coach Tayvon, her father’s best friend. Now, with his marriage kaput, Tayvon finds that he is relying on the girl he’d always called his ‘porcelain-skinned niece’ to be a rock for him as well.