Waving Not Drowning

He sends her naked shots of himself in various poses.  A cowboy hat.  A duck faced selfie.  Three day stubble on his somewhat defined chest.  She's stopped opening his texts, changed her settings so that they don't flagrantly expose her to public curiosity while in transit.  All of this is unsolicited.  They bought a house, Grey and Ashleigh. His girlfriend of almost two years. The latest development in the ongoing saga of will he or won't he.  Lucy knows that when the cock shots reappear Grey's experiencing an existential crisis; Relationship woes of a sexual nature. Hardwired to wander, a child of the affair, son of a libidinous creature. As sure as the mooon's pull on tides, he gracelessly self destructs.  There was a time Lucy took the bait but she's learned:  Never step in the same river twice.  Their last friendly coffee talk had Grey musing over the battle of his rapaciousness versus his girlf...

Mickey and Mark are identical twins, born into a family of ancient parents. A last ditch attempt at conception and they hit it out of the park, a real two for one special. Mickey and Mark are impossible to tell apart, even their parents confuse the two, hence the colour coded wardrobe. Red for Mickey, blue for Mark. Matching, of course, throughout their childhood but even now as adults they find themselves more often than not wearing the same outifts by happenstance. Perhaps it's that secret twin ESP spidey sense that they are rumoured to share. Regardless, Mickey and Mark are wearing the same skinny tobacco coloured chinos, Tom's slip-ons with a white t shirt under a casually wrinkled shirt. Together they are a mirror image walking side by each down the corridor, past cubicle after cubicle. They work together at McCann and McCann, a marketing firm specializing in on site bilboards and placards, primarily on University campuses and in pubs. Occasionally one twin covers for the ...