Stepmom's Good BoyEmpty house, open door, and a stepmom done pretending

The story

Straight from the hallway: a day early, a stepson arrives home and finds the house empty except for his stepmom. She installs him in the room opposite hers and reminds him that they share a bathroom, so he should knock. He forgets. The scene that follows leaves him frozen and her amused, and she reminds him that he used to blush and run whenever he caught himself looking. Now he just stands there. Close that jaw, she tells him, unless the view was a hit. Her voice softens as she asks whether he wants to be taken care of tonight. Dad gets home Thursday. That is plenty of time.

The twist

Episode 2 has him at her door with a strained protest that she is his stepmom. She says she knows exactly who she is and exactly who he is, and that she has been pretending not to notice for years. A phone starts ringing. She lets it go.

Developing story

Dad is still out of town and the phone keeps ringing. What happens before Thursday is the story of the paid episodes.