It was nearly 6:30 when Flynn arrived at Tanya’s. He had gotten home a few minutes earlier than he expected, so he thought he would get in a quick shower. However, this caused him to lose track of time, especially since he had started fantasizing while under the hot stream and had to spend a moment or two extra with the water switched all the way to cold. Tanya welcomed him warmly enough to make up for it. She greeted him at the door with a kiss. The first thing Flynn noticed was that she smelled different. It was an almost acrid scent that reminded him of his older cousin’s basement bedroom when he played video games there as a kid, except with a powdery, floral odor mixed in with it.
Tanya noticed him sniffing at her. “Yeah, the endocrinologist says that’s normal. It means my body chemi
