The Ginger Fox was nocturnal,
fortunately so was I. The un-stress of student life enabled me to play Civ II until 2am, and enabled her to have massive late night paddies, safe in the knowledge that I would be around and, being her other half, would have to listen.

That night she started by comparing herself disparagingly to her best friend cum housemate. I nodded and went 'hmm' occasionally. I had found an unsettled island, and sent a ship full of engineers and tanks.

I was going to leave her for someone prettier, and with bigger tits, apparently, she said. I sighed and pointed out that one day, eleven years later, I would refer to her as 'The Ginger Fox' on the internet, and not without cause. I was reassured that I was wrong. One of my engineers built a road, some tanks fortified my new city.

She went through a glossy magazine, pointing to all the things she didn't own that were advertised, like she lived in the third world or in poverty and didn't come from a comfortably-off middle-class family of civil servants. "I've never had a dress like that, I've never had a ford focus, I've never even had multigrain cheerios...". Yes dear, whatever dear. Tanks put down uprising, kill guerillas.

The next day she slept in later than I did, she was even less of a morning person. I had some business out and about. I ended up in the supermarket, spotted something, smirked and bought it. When I got back in, she was in the kitchen, making toast. I opened my bag, put the box forcefully on the table and said sternly,

"Don't you ever say I don't buy you anything". It was multi-grain cheerios.

She laughed and smiled and insisted we both eat some, right now. She said she didn't think I listened to her when she was ranting. She liked that I paid attention. She then insisted that we go to our room and do the thing she only normally let me do on my birthday.

I broke the fourth wall and did a double thumbs-up at the camera.
( cs1ca, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 14:10, 16 replies)

I love all the Civ games.
Reading this I felt a slight twang of remorse that I wiped Windows from my hard disk. I guess the good thing is that I will never again be at work on no sleep, because I've stayed up all night playing a computer game. These days, I'm at work on no sleep, because I've stayed up all night reading.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 15:45, closed)

So your story is 'I bought my girlfriend some cereal she wanted'?

( Slippery Mick ‏, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 21:09, closed)

I read it as "I spent all of uni in front of my PC, playing strategy games
and still managed to get laid.". An all too obvious lie.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 21:23, closed)

Well, she made all the running
and I really am that sexy
( cs1ca, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 23:58, closed)

I must confess,
I got moist just reading it.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 8:48, closed)

Oh baby
take me
( cs1ca, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 9:07, closed)

*takes*
(back for a refund)
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 10:23, closed)

meh, bindun before, and better

( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 23:14, closed)

Essentially, yes.
You got one of those readers badges in cubs, didn't you?
( cs1ca, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 23:56, closed)

Why didn't you just fuck her instead of pestering pixels on a pc, you knobless prick?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 8:08, closed)

I had to wait for her to stop moaning first.

It happens at the end, if you get that far.
( cs1ca, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 9:06, closed)

Oh I see.
She agreed to have sex - which she normally only did on your birthday.

I thought you meant something like a blow-job or anal.

Silly me.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 16:00, closed)

It made a nice change from having to spike her tea
( cs1ca, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 16:11, closed)

The moaning is supposed to come during the sex
you ridiculous nullo.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 19:13, closed)

I refer you to the above comment about spiking her tea
( cs1ca, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 23:08, closed)

civ II - absolutel classic - click
Also the interwoven narrative was stylish.
(justin(e), Mon 23 Jul 2012, 9:53, closed)