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Subject: {ASSM} Story: Susan Gets Over It by DaddyOh! (MF, bro/sis inc, anal(lingus) cons) 09/07
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This story is completely fictional. It contains explicit sexual
content and is intended for adults only. If you are under 18 or
offended by such material, please do not read.

Summary: 29 y.o. Susan is dealing with news that her husband Jeff has
been seeing another woman and wants a divorce. While talking about the
situation with 26 y.o. brother Mark, Susan thinks of something that
will help her get over Jeff and get back at him, in her own way.

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Story: Susan Gets Over It by DaddyOh! (MF, bro/sis inc, anal(lingus)
cons) 09/07

Susan had been married to Jeff for less than a year when she found out
he was cheating on her. Even though she knew their marriage was in
trouble before it even began, and even though she felt a sense of
relief that it might soon be over, she couldn't help but feel sad. She
had really wanted the marriage to work. She couldn't believe it when
she learned who her husband was sleeping with. "She's not prettier
than me!" Susan thought. In fact, she's too fucking skinny! But she
knew that was probably part of the draw for Jeff. Even though most
thought Susan to be extremely attractive, Jeff had always complained
about her weight, and one part of her body in particular.

Susan was quite tall, nearly six feet in height. She had a beautiful
face with a dazzling smile and people often told her how much she
looked like the actress Diane Lane. Susan had extremely long, very
shapely legs. Her breasts were average in size, but very pert. She had
long, blondish brown hair which she often kept in a tight ponytail.
And while Susan was in no way overweight, she did have a slightly
large bottom. She was very comfortable with her body, including her
ass. And even though she was very fit, there was the occasional,
affectionate comment from a family member or a friend, "Hey, Fat Ass!"
Susan didn't care. Lots of guys prior to Jeff had found her, big ass
and all, to be very attractive. But not him. He regularly criticized
Susan and told her that she should lose the ass if she ever wanted
anyone to look at her, including him.

This weekend, Susan was spending time with her younger brother Mark,
who was 26, tall like Susan (six foot three) with darker hair and
medium build. Mark's wife Anne would be leaving on business for the
weekend, so Susan would have time alone to talk to her little brother,
something to which she was really looking forward. When she got to
Mark and Anne's house, Anne was just about to leave. She exchanged
small talk with Susan, expressed her sadness about the break-up of
Susan's marriage with Jeff, then hugged both Susan and Mark goodbye
and left. As she pulled out of the driveway, Anne called out her car
window to Mark, "You take care of your sister this weekend!" Both
waved to her as she drove away.

A half hour later Susan and Mark were sitting in Mark's family room,
fire ablaze and wine flowing. "He's just such a bastard," Susan said.
"I can't believe I put up with his shit for even this long."
"He really never appreciated you, Sis," Mark replied. "I know how hard
you tried. I couldn't believe how critical he was of you."
"He was on me all the time about everything...I didn't clean the house
as well as he did, I wasn't a good cook, I wasn't accomplished enough
at work. And his favorite topic of discontent was my appearance,"
Susan said, pouring another glass of wine, her third.
"Your appearance?" Mark said. "What the hell could he criticize about
your appearance? You're absolutely beautiful!"
"Thank you, Little Brother!" Susan said with a smile. "He was always
on about my weight. He said he didn't find me attractive any more
because I put on weight since we got married."
"Put on weight? What the hell are you talking about?" Mark asked.
"You've only been married a year and I don't see that you've put on
weight."
"Well, his biggest complaint, of course, was my butt," Susan said.
"And he's right, of course. I do have a big ass and it has gotten
bigger this year."
"Susan," Mark replied, "You are gorgeous. You have the most beautiful
face, a smile like I've never seen, a really nice body, and you're ass
is great! I mean, you have an ass like Jennifer Lopez! That's it, you
have a JLo ass!"
Susan laughed and said, "Well, Mark! I had no idea you had such a high
opinion of your sister's looks. That's very flattering Sweetie, but my
ass is definitely bigger than JLo's."
"OK," Mark said in response. "Your ass is bigger than JLo's ass. But
you're also like six inches taller than her. You have an amazing ass.
I swear. It's big, but it's beautifully shaped and it's pretty firm,
it looks great in jeans and you even look incredible in swim suits."
Mark poured his own third glass of wine. Susan blushed at her little
brother's comments.
"Mark, you're so sweet," she said. "You know, the truth is, I really
do like my ass," she said, laughing again. "Jeff always made me feel
bad about it, but I really feel great about my body and even my fat
ass. I know my ass is fat, Mark. You know people call me Fat Ass. But
I don't care."
"Susan, they call you Fat Ass as a joke, and with love," Mark said.
"I know," she replied. "But I'm tired of being ashamed just because my
husband is such a jerk. You know, I should get a heart tattooed on my
butt that says, 'I love my fat ass', and then send him a picture of
it!" At this, Susan burst out laughing and Mark joined in. Each
finished their wine and poured more for one another. As the laughter
settled, Susan said, "You know, he even criticized my ass when we were
in bed?"
"Are you serious?" Mark said. "I mean, of course I wouldn't have any
idea about that," he said with a smirk. "But did he really?"
"All the time," Susan replied. "He even stopped doing it to me from
behind because he said he couldn't stand to have to touch my ass or
look at it."
"Get out of here!" Mark said. "What an idiot! That's just mean, Sis."
Susan paused, feeling the effects of the wine causing a warm buzzed
feeling. "I like having my ass touched, and kissed and played with,"
she said matter-of-factly. "I've always wanted to try anal sex. But
you know, he would never, ever do that with me? I really wanted to
sometimes, but he just refused."
Now it was Mark's turn to blush. "Um, Sis," he said hesitatingly,
feeling the effect of the wine himself, "That's a little too much
information." They looked at each other and laughed again.
However, Susan continued, "You know, I wish I could do something that
would make me feel like I broke away from him. That would make me feel
like I belonged to someone else and not him," She thought for a few
moments and said, "I should let somebody fuck me in the ass, then tell
him about it, tell him that I gave my ass to someone else, that he had
his chance and he blew it forever. I think that would make me feel
really good."
"Well, Sis," Mark said, "Don't get too carried away. You're not even
divorced yet. I don't know that it's a good idea for you to be out on
the prowl trying to pick-up some guy to, you know, do that to you."
"I know, you're right," Susan replied. "But I still really like the
idea. I like it a lot, actually. Give my ass to someone who would
appreciate it, who would enjoy it. Then I'd belong to him and not to
Jeff." She continued to ponder the idea, pouring yet another glass of
wine.
"Well, it's an interesting idea, I guess," Mark said. "I'm sure the
guy will come along at some point, someone who really cares about you
and appreciates you and treats you the way you deserve to be treated,
ass and all!" Both laughed at this comment until tears formed in
Susan's eyes. Then after a few moments, Mark realized her laughter had
turned to quiet tears. "Sis, what's wrong?"
After a minute, Susan replied, "Oh, I just can't help but feel sad.
Even though he's a jerk, he's my husband and I loved him. I just wish
there was someone who cared about me like that, like what you just
said." Mark moved closer to Susan and put his hand on her shoulder to
comfort her. She came directly into his arms, surprising him a bit,
burying her head in his neck and crying softly. Mark embraced his
sister and felt love for her. He was glad to be able to be a comfort
to his big sister.
"Well Honey," he said softly into her ear, "You know there are lots of
people who care about you, who love you very much. "Anne thinks you're
the greatest. And until the guy comes along who loves every part of
you, you've always got me. You know how much I love you, Sis. I think
you're an absolutely wonderful, beautiful, desirable woman. You know I
really feel that way." Susan sighed and hugged her little brother
tighter for a minute. Then when her crying had passed, she laughed
softly and separated from him a bit, looking into his eyes.
"I'm a big baby!" she said through her tear-soaked eyes. Both laughed
softly. Mark grabbed a tissue from a box on the nearby table and
offered it to Susan. As she wiped her eyes, Susan had another few
thoughtful moments. "Oh my gosh. I know what to do!"
"What are you talking about?" Mark said.
"I know exactly what to do and who to do it with...so that I don't
belong to Jeff anymore," She replied.
"Yea? The thing with, what you said, letting some guy, you know..." he
said hesitatingly. Susan nodded. "Who are you thinking of?" A big grin
crossed Susan's beautiful face, then a huge smile. "Who?" Mark
repeated." Susan smiled even bigger and stared directly into his eyes.
"Get the fuck out of here!"
"Mark, little brother...it has to be you," Susan said slyly. Mark just
stared at her. "You love me. You think I'm beautiful. You would never
hurt me. I totally trust you. It has to be you," she repeated.
"Susan, you're crazy!" Mark said, moving away from their embrace. "Are
you asking me to, to...oh, man, you've had way too much to drink!"
Susan moved back toward him. "Mark, I think I just sobered up," she
lied. "This makes so much sense."
"So, what are you saying, Susan?" Mark said.
"I'm saying, Mark, loving little brother...that I want you to take my
ass, to fuck me in the ass," Susan said, and when she did, she felt an
immediate rush below her waist. She moved in to kiss her brother.
Seeing what was coming, Mark pulled back.
"Susan! Come on! Not only am I your brother, I'm married!" Mark
stammered.
"No shit! Look, that's all the more reason it has to be you. Like I
said, you love me, and I love you so much, and I trust you, and you're
married, so I know you're safe. Remember, when Anne left, she told you
to take care of your sister!" Susan remarked with another big smile.
"I don't think that's what she meant!" said Mark emphatically. Susan
moved toward Mark again, this time putting her arms around his neck
and pulling him close.
"Little Brother, I want you. I want you to be the first one to take my
ass. Then I'll be yours and not his. Please?" Susan said quietly,
before pulling Mark's face to hers and kissing his mouth. Mark seemed
numb, but did not protest the kiss. "You know, Little Bro, it won't be
the first time we've seen each other doing something."
Mark grimaced and said, "Oh, Susan! I was twelve when you caught me
jerking off. That was a long time ago.
"Yes," she replied. "But we did it together, don't you remember? I
caught you playing with yourself, and I was so hot, I stripped and
joined you. You kissed me, and sucked my tits and I stroked you. We
both came. You remember, don't you?"
"What do you think? Of course I remember," Mark said, somewhat
reluctantly.
"Well, we already have experience," Susan joked, smirking. With that,
she stepped back from him and begain unbuttoning her blouse. "I want
you to fuck me in the ass, Mark. I'm going upstairs to take a quick
shower. I'll meet you in your bedroom as soon as I'm done. If you
really don't want to, just say so then and I'll leave you alone,
promise. OK?" Mark nodded in agreement, not knowing what else to say
to dissuade her. She had her blouse open and he saw her black lace bra
before she turned and went up to shower.

Mark waited in his and Anne's bedroom, listening to his sister in the
shower. Half of him wanted to watch her through the door. The other
half wanted to call Anne and have her tell him how to get out of this
insane situation. He was still foggy from all the wine they had drunk,
but his resolve was growing. As soon as Susan emerged, he would tell
her that they could not do this. He was married and they would both be
betraying Anne (although, he thought that Anne had such wild sexual
appetites, she might even approve). But he knew what to say, not only
was he married, but he was her brother. Such things as this were
simply wrong. He had his mind made up. Then Susan came out of the
bathroom, wearing Anne's robe, which was hanging open. She was
finishing drying her hair with a towel. Mark looked at his sister's
gorgeous, long legs, her closely trimmed pubic hair, her flat belly,
her small but perfect breasts peaking from the sides of the robe, then
her gorgeous face. He opened his mouth to protest, but upon feeling
blood flooding to his growing cock, he just stood up and began to
undress as quickly as he could.

Susan continued drying her hair as mark quickly stripped down to his
boxer shorts. She tossed the damp towel back to the bathroom floor
behind her, then moved toward him, fully opening the robe, completely
revealing her body, still moist from the shower. She moved even
closer. Mark opened his mouth to make one attempt at protest, but
before the words could come out, he felt Susan's hand reach out and
touch the enormous erection that was tenting the front of his shorts.
And all Mark could say was, "Ohhhhhh, shit."

Susan squeezed her brother's cock and pulled him close, pressing her
chest against his and kissing him again, this time fully pressing her
mouth against hers and offering him her tongue, which he gladly
accepted. He quickly moved his hands to the shoulders of his wife's
robe and gently pulled it from his sister's shoulders, dropping it to
the floor. Susan returned the favor, tugging the sides of his boxer
shorts, letting them fall to his ankles. Mark took Susan's hand in his
and with his other, he threw the covers from the bed he shared with
his wife. "You're absolutely sure this is what you want?" he said to
his sister.
"Absolutely sure," Susan said to her brother as he pulled her down
onto the bed. Immediately they were locked in embrace, kissing one
another passionately and allowing their hands to roam over one
another's body. Mark's hands quickly found Susan's ample bottom and he
caressed it, while her hand found it's way to his fully erect penis
and began stroking it. Mark began kissing down Susan's long neck,
moving toward her breasts. She began moaning softly, whispering, "Oh,
yes little brother, yes." Mark reached her breasts and began kissing
them gently, then more aggressively. Susan moaned again as he kissed,
then sucked one of her nipples. She winced in slight pain and pleasure
as he switched to the other breast and bit her nipple a little, then
sucked hard.
"Oh, Susan...I love you so much," Mark said as he moved his kisses
down to her belly and her side.
"I love you too, Mark. I love you sooooooooo much," she said, still
stroking his erection. Mark knew his target, and he rolled Susan onto
her stomach and began kissing her lower back and running his hands
over her beautiful, fat ass.
"Susan, you have the most gorgeous ass I've ever seen," he said
urgently. "I've loved it since we were teenagers," he said huskily,
beginning to kiss it. Susan sighed, loving both the feeling of her
brother kissing her butt, as well as the affirmation that he liked
this part of her body which her husband had used to shame her so
often. Mark pressed his face into his sister's ass cheeks and rubbed
back and forth. He then placed his lips on her crack and moved up and
down slowly, caressing her and pressing in between. Susan sighed
again, more loudly as Mark began extending his tongue and running it
gently up and down her crack. He then places his hands on her cheeks
and began to spread them as he kissed and licked up and down. No one
had ever paid this kind of attention to Susan's ass, though she had
longed for it from her husband. Mark probed deeper with his tongue,
now running it from the top of her crack all the way down.
When Mark got close to his sister's newly cleaned asshole, she
exclaimed, "Oh, Mark! Oh, Baby that feels so fucking good." Susan
lifted her hips slightly so that her ass was more available to her
brother's mouth. Finally, Mark was there and his tongue grazed his
sister's hole. She raised her hips even higher as his tongue circled
around her puckered anus. Mark's saliva was starting to drip to
Susan's slit, just a few inches away. He took one hand and ran his
fingers over her wet pussy as he applied more and more pressure with
his tongue on her butt hole. He now licked down, running his tongue
over her increasingly wet pussy, then back to her ass again. Susan
began to squirm and moan more loudly as he started rubbing her clit
while putting his tongue onto her pussy. He then moved back to the
other hole, pushing his tongue more aggressively into the center of
the pucker. "Oh, fuck! Mark, Mark, Mark!" she yelled as he pushed his
tongue truly insider her ass and wiggled it all around. "Oh, oh, oh,
ohhhhhhh, Mark, I'm gonna cum!" Susan panted as Mark rubbed her clit
with one finger, slid two more in and out of her dripping wet pussy
and plunged his tongue in and out of her ass. "Ohhhh, lick it little
brother, lick it, ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, oohhhhhhhhhh, ooooooohhhhhhhhh,
fuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkkkkkk!!!" Mark felt Susan's pussy clench on his
fingers as she was rocked with a huge orgasm. Her asshole squeezed his
tongue which was still plunging into her butt. His cock was rock hard
and he almost came himself from the excitement of bringing his beloved
sister so much pleasure. Mark removed his fingers from Susan's pussy
and continued kissing and licking Susan's ass while he caressed her
cheeks. As her orgasm subsided, Susan made soft whimpering sounds.
Mark held her hips and pressed his face in an embrace against his
sister's gorgeous butt.
Mark then got to his knees and began sliding his hard cock against
Susan's very wet crack. Susan raised her hips a bit more to reach him.
He slid his dick back and forth, up and down her crack. "Susan Honey,"
he said. "Can I um...do you want me to...uh, would you let me..." he
said nervously.
"You wanna fuck my pussy first, Little Bro?" Susan said with a slight
chuckle. "Mark, I can't wait to have that cock inside me. Yes, please
fuck my pussy." Responding with action and not words, Mark positioned
his hard dick against his sister's wet cunt. He entered her, as he had
secretly dreamed of doing for years. Susan moaned again as her brother
slid his long, hard erection into her eager vagina. It didn't take
long for his hard-on sliding in and out of her to bring her close to
orgasm again. She reached one hand to her clit and massaged as Mark
fucked her harder and harder. "Oh, Mark, I'm gonna cum again, Sweetie.
Fuck me Little Brother, fuck my pussy!" She rubbed her clit furiously
as Mark slammed his cock into her, slapping against her ample, round,
fat ass, which jiggled as he rammed himself home. "Yessssss, oh, yes,
oh, yes, oh, fuck me, oh, yes, yes, yesssss, aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
Susan experienced another huge orgasm as her brother slowed his
strokes to allow her to fully experience the spasms in her pussy. He
stayed in position, hands on her hips, erection just waiting insider
her while she settled down again.

"I'm ready for you to make me yours, Little Brother," Susan said over
her shoulder. She paused for a moment. "Do you ever do this with Anne?
Do you do her in the ass?"
"We've done it a few times," Mark replied. "It's not her favorite. She
likes it sometimes, but not that often, and I'm o.k. with that.
Although, I sure can't wait to do it with you, Big Sis," he added
hungrily.
"Do you have any lube?" Susan inquired.
"Right by your head, in the top drawer of Anne's nightstand," Mark
replied. Susan lifted her head from the bed and reached to open Anne's
drawer. Next to several dildoes and vibrators, she found the lube and
handed it to her brother. Mark, staying behind her, removed his dick
from her pussy and squirted lube on it, then rubbed it all around.
Next, he squirted the lubricant onto his sister's crack and began
massaging it around her waiting asshole. He inserted a finger, making
sure it was covered with lube. Susan sighed with pleasure as his
finger entered her anus. Mark squirted a little more of the lubricant,
then put a second finger into her ass. Susan squealed with a slight
burst of pain which quickly turned to pleasure as she anticipated that
Mark's dick would soon be where his fingers were.
"Take my ass, Mark. Fuck my asshole, please. Fuck me there, Little
Brother. Make me yours and not his, Fuck me in the ass," Susan begged
as Mark positioned the head of his cock against her waiting, willing
asshole.
"OK, I'm goinna start to put it in, Sweetie," he said. "The best thing
to do is bear down at first, like you're going to take a dump, then
let up and it should slide right in." He placed the head firmly
against Susan's pucker and applied pressure. "Squeeze, Honey. Squeeze
your asshole tight." Susan complied, feeling very eager for his cock
to be insider her. He pushed harder, then said, "Ok, Honey, lighten
up." As she did, Susan felt Mark's big dick enter her. It felt
incredible, physically, as well as emotionally, as she knew that she
was giving up something special, a personal gift that her husband had
refused to receive from her. She winced slightly in pain as Mark's
penis enter more fully, as he pulled back a bit, the lube worked
better and her pain once again turned to pleasure.
"Ohhhh, Baby," Susan said. "That's it, Sweeite, fuck my asshole, fuck
me in the ass! Oh, Mark, I'm yours! I'm yours! I'm yours, Little
Brother! I'm not his, I'm yours!" Susan began to cry softly at the
weight of her own words. Mark slowed down his movement and softly
caressed her hips and butt.
"Oh, Honey," he said lovingly. "Are you o.k.? Do you want me to stop?"
"No! No way!," Susan said emphatically. "I'm fine Mark. I'm loving
what you're doing. I love you soooo much. I'm just emotional. It's
totally fine Baby, please don't stop fucking my ass." Mark moved
slowly in and out of Susan's anus, going deeper each time. Susan's
tears subsided and she refocused on the incredible pleasure she was
feeling throughout her body. "Fuck my ass, Mark! Fuck my ass harder."
Mark obliged and pumped harder in and out of Susan's no longer virgin
asshole. Susan put her hand back to her pussy, inserting two fingers
in, fucking herself and stimulating her clit at the same time.
Mark was feeling the excitement of both his pleasure and that of his
horny sister. He knew he could not last much longer. "Sis?" he said,
"I'm gonna cum pretty soon Honey."
"That's good, Baby," she said. "I'm gonna cum again too! Fuck me
harder. Fuck my asshole harder Little Brother" Mark obliged and
slammed his erection as hard as he could into Susan. She plunged her
fingers in and out of her soaked pussy wildly as her brother fucked
her ass with all his might. Susan felt an orgasm coming like she had
never experienced before.
"Where do you want me to cum, Honey?" Mark asked. "It won't be long
now."
"You stay right where you are!" Susan said adamantly. "You're gonna
shoot that cum right into my asshole! Ohhhh,, ohhhhh, Mark, Mark,
Mark, Mark, ooohhhhhhhh, fffuuuuccccckkkkkkk, fuck, fuck,
ffffuuuuuccckkkk!" Both brother and sister came together, each feeling
their own orgasm and each other's. Susan's pussy clenched on her wet
fingers as she squeezed her clit as hard as she could and at the same
time, she felt her brother climax as his big dick pulsed incredibly as
he shot a huge load of cum into her now experienced ass. Brother and
sister were one and in that moment, Susan truly felt that she had
separated from Jeff and had formed a bond with Mark that would never
be broken. They stayed in that position for several minutes as they
came down from the height of ultimate sexual pleasure. Mark's cock
eventually shrank and he allowed it to slither out of Susan's asshole
as his cum began to leak onto the sheets from her gaping hole. He
pulled her close in one of the most loving embrace either had ever
felt.
"Oh, Mark!" Susan said. "I can't believe how great I feel and how much
I love you. Thank you soooo much Little Brother."
Mark looked deeply into her eyes, then kissed her gently. "Susan, I
love you right back. I'm so glad this was what you wanted. I don't
know what to do from here, what to tell Anne, what to...shit, I don't
even know!" Both laughed at this, then Mark drew his sister close and
they held each other for several minutes, kissing each other's face
and neck while continuing their caresses.
Mark got up for the obligatory trip to the bathroom. "Be right back,
Honey," he said as he went to the bathroom. A few seconds later he
heard her talking and wondered what she could possibly be doing. He
moved back to the door and saw that she had retrieved her cell phone
from the night stand and was talking on it.
"Hey, Jerk!" she said aggressively into the phone. "Guess what, ass-
wipe? I just got fucked in the ass! I got fucked in the ass by
somebody who lives me like you never could. He took my ass, he kissed
it, he licked it, he fucked it, and he loved it! He loves my fat ass!
I just wanted you to know what you missed out on and what you'll never
have. I guess assholes get what they deserve, huh?" With that, Susan
slammed the phone shut ending her call with Jeff. She looked over and
saw that Mark was watching. Both burst out laughing as he jumped back
into the bed and took her in his arms for a long embrace.

The End

Hope you enjoyed the story. It's longer than others I've done. I'd
love to hear comments at ny9311@yahoo.com. DaddyOh! (Jack)

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