ThorGunvald

BONUS: The hookup

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 15 in The dangers of mild success

Andrew and Steve were busy, quite busy heroically holding up the wall of the local gas-station. Both freshmen in the local community college, Andrew was a pale, taller man, and had tight, curly dirty-blonde hair, shiny blonde in the sun but musty brown otherwise, while Steve was...

Epilogue (When you drink again)

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 14 in The dangers of mild success

(Author's note: I have to end this before I get carried away even more, as it's meant just to acquaint myself with CHYOA. If I ever continued it, the MC would realize the relief was due to accumulating life stress she was ignoring and gaslighting herself as success, versus the me...

Wake up.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 13 in The dangers of mild success

(Everything that was in _italics_, has been forgotten.) You stir. Oh, you realize you're awake. Being able to move feels like a surprise, somehow... --Everything hurts. A cold chill shoots up your spine, and you immediately retch, onto the cool floor beside you. Attempting to at...

You randomly remember that bottle of Vodka...

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 12 in The dangers of mild success

You consider a glass of wine. Or at least, it occurs to you enough to consider it, but you recall the bottle is just about empty, now. That's fine, too, right? It was a fun little time, and that's no big deal. --Not like you have a CHOICE, right? You're not gonna GO OUT JUST FOR...

Pass Out.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 14 in The dangers of mild success

Have some more!

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 13 in The dangers of mild success

Ugh, your imagination is enjoying humiliating you, as if you weren't in charge of it. You can't believe it, tonight. You can't believe you're going for a refill. Even as you go, you're trying to think about anything else. ...It doesn't work. Thirty minutes later, you're alrea...

Somehow find your way home and Pass Out.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 12 in The dangers of mild success

Have some more!

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 11 in The dangers of mild success

Such a rare, good mood! And So much time left in the day! Why the hell ruin it finding some chore or errand! You refill your glass, and open the back door, even though you're still in your PJ's, and step out into the sun! Aah, even in Autumn it's so warm, today! And cozy, even!...

Pass Out.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 10 in The dangers of mild success

Have some more!

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 9 in The dangers of mild success

NO DEAL. You get a refill. After all, bigger is better. More is better. YOU, ARE BETTER. You walk back to the living room... but deviate, into your own room, looking at the entrepreneur in the mirror. It isn't just that you're successful, you realize, but that you're SECURE. Ther...

Pass Out.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 8 in The dangers of mild success

Have some more!

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 7 in The dangers of mild success

--In which case, why stop there? Watch ANOTHER movie? You get a refill on your wine, still with a face puffy from crying, and start another one. Naturally, it's pretty-light hearted in comparison. Sweet, funny. But it's too late for you. You're now a vicious cycle of thinking ab...

Pass Out.

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 6 in The dangers of mild success

Have more!

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 5 in The dangers of mild success

Figuring you've got nowhere to be, you head back to the kitchen for a refill. You feel like you're on a roll, and don't want to stop now, not with the promise of the story getting juicier. It still feels... a little embarrassing, for this reason and that, but certainly not at a l...

Go to sleep

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 11 in The dangers of mild success

Try Baking

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 10 in The dangers of mild success

You occasionally think about cooking for yourself, but when you do your thoughts typically drift to baking, specifically. Food is food, sure, but there's something about pulling... bread, for example, out of the oven, that feels especially... cooky. Fun, somehow. This isn't that...

Go to sleep

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 11 in The dangers of mild success

Drink some wine

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 10 in The dangers of mild success

Well, it's five O'clock SOMEWHERE. Wait, was the saying five..? Isn't that still too early?? --WHATEVER. You pour yourself a glass of wine, and curl up on a chair at your kitchen table, enjoying the daylight. At noon it wasn't shining through the windows like it usually is when y...

Go to sleep

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 9 in The dangers of mild success

Call Ericka

by ThorGunvald

Chapter 8 in The dangers of mild success

You decide to give Ericka, one of your best friends, a call. It's been months -- or more. She answers, and is QUITE happy to hear from you! She asks how you're doing, and you reply pretty shortly before returning the question. And she... GUSHES in response. She's planning a new v...