This award is for the adult story you liked best. Alright, I know you'll probably just nominate the story with your favorite character. But let's try to be serious here (he he) and see to the story's stylistic merits! So which one did you like most and why?
The story must be completed, unfinished stories will be rewarded next year!

And the nominees are:

Author and story
Nominator and motivation

Diana Ryan

The Edge

at Bedtime Stories

Nerak:
This is a really intense adult story. It definately got me wishing for a similiar type of experience.

Debbie

A Touch of Good-Bye

at AYRFs Messageboard - Pillow Talk

Wendy M
Debbie wrote this in response to a Challenge and the verbal visualization of it..especially this paragraph shows the depth of love that Kid and Lou shared.

Kid reached out and gently grabbed her arm as she started toward the counter. When she turned to him, he looked deep into her dark eyes and said, "I am hungry, Lou, but it's not food I crave and it's not my stomach I wanna fill tonight. It's you."

She locked eyes with him, needing no further understanding. He was staring at her with a longing in his eyes; Lou could easily drown in his pools of blueness. She'd felt that way since the first moment she'd met him and it had only intensified the longer she'd known him. Without a word, she let him lead her to the stairway, like she was a puppet on a string. Anything Kid wanted from her she would do, no questions asked. This would be his way of saying good-bye to her, of taking with him memories that hopefully would keep him comforted for as long as he needed them.

 

Starbright

Long Awaited Nightfall

at AYRFs Messageboard - Pillow Talk, Sweetwater Epics

Wendy M
In true Bright fashion she displayed the remarkable bond between Kid and Lou and their eagerness to re-consummate their marriage after a long separation with humor, love, passion and tears.

He held onto her and rocked her, letting her cry her silent cry against his neck, wetting him with the tears that were a mixture of happiness and resolved fear and tension. He didn't say anything, he merely laid there with his lips pressed to her temple, kissing her sweaty hair in comfort, his arms around her in a steady grip. Letting her have her release. A boneless heap, she lay on top of him, never wanting to let go.

She looked at the vein pulsating on his neck, and smiled through tears. Raising her eyes to meet his familiar ones. He truly was home.

And she cried shamelessly again, of pure happiness. Marking his skin with her hot tears.
She too, was finally where she belonged.

Debbie
What a sensual, touching story! The frustration evident, especially from Lou, at being so close to finally being with Kid after such a long time, yet having to wait hours for the chance to be alone was understanding and also amusing. And when they finally got to be together, it was heated and emotionally moving at the same time.

Paris

Cabin Fever

at AYRFs Messaageboard

*bright
The bickering, the anger and the heat just makes this a perfect story.
Yes, stubborn is the word! 

Nerak

It's Raining Now

at Ponnyexpressen

Sameena
It was a beautifully written story which managed to be both touching and spicy.

Alicia Marie

Breaking Silence

at Bedtime Stories

Laronda
MMM.... Ike whispers something that Lou will always treasure. I wish I was Lou in this story. Alicia Maria did a wonderful job.