The Maintenance Man
I'd like to thank fdk262 for all of his help and insights in developing this story; it was invaluable to me. Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself, the soul being unable to become virgin again and not having energy enough to cast itself out again into the ocean of another's soul. (James Joyce) My name is Charlie Flowers, and yes I was teased about it a lot in high school. Until I met my wife to be, more...