Eron is tempted

With the secret hatch closed behind them, Eron carries the girl down the long passageway. It would be awkward enough just carrying the weight of her slumbering body, but each moment of contact with her warm, bare skin only adds extra awkwardness, as Eron feels himself getting painfully hard.

Eron knows the theory of sex and reproduction. The Great Machine has made that part of the education of everyone in its community. He’s never actually done it, or even thought about doing it all that much – he’s been patiently waiting to be paired up with a wife, the way things have always been done. But today, everything is in chaos, none of the old certainties feel very certain – and Eron is starting to wonder if he will ever see that day.

He reaches the room at the end of the passageway, and sets the girl down on the table. Stepping back, Eron sees that her legs have fallen open, the tattered rags draped over her covering nothing from this angle. He doesn’t know where to look, but he also can’t stop himself from looking. The girl lets out a soft gasping moan as she lies on her back, her full breasts rising and falling, still conspicuous even resting like this…