To those of you who have been kind enough to read through some of my other pieces of online fiction, welcome back. It's truly a pleasure to feel your delicate breath on the back my neck again as I sit down to write this.

To those of you who are unfamiliar with my work, welcome. I hope that I can tempt you to immerse in the story, to imagine yourself in the shoes of one of the characters (if not all of them) and take the erotic images I offer somewhere secret where you can put them to good use *smile*

Beautiful Losers started off as a short story. But as often happens with me, I fall in love with the characters and don't have the heart to let them die. I'm not sure what it will become but you are welcome to come along for the journey. It's nice to know I have companions on the trip.

However, as with my other online pieces, I do very much appreciate feedback. In fact, it's why I write online at all. I don't expect praise, I am happy to have any response, whether positive or negative. I will promise to keep the piece online until all the people giving me feedback have read it through to the end. I believe that this is an obligation I owe people who are generous enough to comment; not a responsibility to readers in general. After that, as with The Waiting Room, I will take it down.

So, my lovely readers, my partners in crime, you have both a welcome and a warning. If you read but don't comment and you find yourself half-way through the story when I have finished it, you might return to find it gone.

And now,

Beautiful Losers -part one