First Stoplight Novels & Stories

It sucked. Tony pulled himself from his head as they slowed to a stop at the red light right before the turn into his apartment complex. When he stopped, he kicked his foot out with the kickstand to keep them upright. Left hand on the throttle, Tony placed his right hand on Dillon's around his middle and rubbed his fingers with his thumb. Such movements were unconscious when he was at a stop, along with when he patted Dillon's hand lightly and pressed on it to signal, 'Hang on!'

I slammed my foot down on the gas pedal. The bus jolted around us before beginning to move. Within a few seconds, we were not barreling down the road. As my people retreated, the Dawn Stalkers behind, standing in confusion. As I approached the first group, I flipped the headlights on bright to blind them. Yelling for everyone to hold on tight.

she began, stopping me from walking toward the villa. “Really?” I huffed glancing over at the alluring lights of the villa, “C’mon Brit, we’ve already discussed this in the car! I can do what I’m told, I’m not a three year old!” I whined as we stood aimlessly in the driveway turned parking lot.

He quickly straddled Eric and started throwing punches left and right. It looked so painful that I felt my own face twinge. Eric finally stopped fighting back, too tired to resist, and that's when the punches stopped. "Scram!" Eric got up, wobbling, and looked at me. "Wendy, you've loved me since high school. Was that all just a lie? Can you really stand there and watch him destroy my company?"

For three days without me, Darren tossed and turned, sleepless. He played out our reunion at the Moon Goddess Temple in his head, wondering if his tears would make me go easy on him. However, I had already moved on. For the first time, I dreamt of a life that was all mine, free from Darren's shadow, ready to start fresh and embrace real freedom. I was ready to forgive all his past mistakes if he could just keep his promises. After that, we would be square.

Then: "It heard the key." Silence. Then: "What?" Samuel looked toward the horizon. Then: "The First Ones know we're coming." Nobody liked that. Not even a little. Then suddenly— far out on the ocean— a red light appeared. Tiny. Barely visible. Watching them. Waiting. Then a second red light appeared. Then a third. Then dozens. Spread across the horizon. Like eyes. Like an army. Then the key's blue light brightened. As if warning them.

My breath quickened as the sight of her fueled every thought I had. “Gorgeous,” I murmured, the words rough with desire. “Shall we begin?” She nodded, her nervousness flickering in her eyes. And that was okay. She didn’t need to be ready yet. But she would be. “Before we do... rules. We will use a traffic light system. Red means stop. Yellow means slow down. Green means keep going. Got it?” “Yes,” she whispered. I waited, giving her a moment to really settle into the idea. “Yes...?” I prodded.

Mena It takes about an hour to get to Tory but by the time I get there we only had to move everything and quick we don’t want to be caught up good thing I had a back up spot or we could be sitting ducks right now I tell Tory it will be ok once we get everything out he knows nothing about us but we still know everything about him so we will get him again and finish what I started but this time I won’t play with him I’ll just kill him To my surprise we haven’t heard anything from the police or found our guy yet it’s like he vanished in thin air but I keep my guard up so I’m good just gotta be on my p’s and q’s I won’t mess up next time but for now I have other things on my plate when I get hom

No way was she going to him! After driving for hours, Lara stopped the car and got out. It was dark and cold and wet, just like that other day long ago, that day she couldn’t bear to remember. She straightened slight shoulders, tightened the sash on her raincoat, and lifted her head high as she crossed the parking lot.

The light turned green. And I…