AFTER THE PANIC - PATREON EXCLUSIVE [PREVIEW]

When being trapped in an elevator leads to passion.

Patricia is claustrophobic and clings to Ernest when their elevator stops during its descent. She wants to celebrate being alive with her fellow captive.

Ernest doesn’t hesitate to agree to Patricia’s offer, but he has some secret womanly desires, and Patricia has reservations of her own.

After the Panic is a steamy feminization romance about a curious man who gets feminized by a woman after being trapped in an elevator with her.

AFTER THE PANIC

Man Feminized by a Woman

Clover Cox

CHAPTER 1

Ernest was exhausted after another day at the office, desperate to get home. He noticed their party designer stepping into the elevator and called after her to hold the door. “What are you doing here so late?” Ernest asked Patricia after slipping into the elevator.

“Hi,” she said. “You guys are having a Labor Day party, and your boss wanted me to go over some last-minute details.”

“Shelley never lets a detail go unturned.”

“That she doesn’t,” Patricia said with a smile as the elevator doors slid closed. She’d always found Ernest handsome, but she had a rule not to get involved with anyone she met at work. Sometimes she thought about going against her rule but worried dating any man on the job could ruin her reputation, and she was a small business owner who couldn’t afford to lose business.

Ernest was staring at Patricia when the elevator came to a screeching halt. She screamed and threw herself into his arms. He held her and glanced around the small box until he noticed the red emergency button at the bottom of the panel. “Let’s just hit this,” Ernest said and moved away from Patricia to hit the emergency button.

She took a breath. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry,” he said. “I’m nervous too.”

They stared at the panel as they waited for someone to respond, but a couple of minutes passed without a word.

“They aren’t answering! What are we going to do?” Patricia screeched as she pressed the button frantically. “I don’t want to die in here!” Panic filled her voice as she desperately attacked the button.

“Patricia,” Ernest touched her shoulder, but she wasn’t able to stay focused on the present. She had to get out of this metal box! “Please try not to panic. Someone will come for us.”

There was static before a voice came through the speaker. “Hello? Hello? Is someone there?”

“Yes!” Patricia screeched and fell to her knees in front of the speaker. “Please help us! We’re stuck in here!”

“Help is on the way, ma’am. Please try to stay calm. Is someone there with you?”

“Yes,” Ernest said, crouching down behind Patricia. “We’re safe.”

“Is that true, ma’am?”

“Yes,” she said hurriedly. “I’m claustrophobic. Please hurry.”

“Help is on the way. Don’t worry.”

The line went dead, and Patricia took several deep breaths. Ernest didn’t know quite what to do, so he stayed behind her with a hand on her shoulder. She eventually turned around and fell into his arms. She was shaking. He stared into her eyes, seeing a woman who was terrified, so Ernest stayed strong for the both of them.

“We’re going to get out of here. Don’t worry.”

Patricia nodded, not looking like she quite believed Ernest, but she had to keep it together. The last thing she wanted was Ernest running back to the rest of his team to tell them how the private-dining lady had freaked out in the elevator, yet she clung to him until emergency services arrived.

Patricia gasped when the elevator doors slid open. There was a lot of drama getting the two of them out, but it was a relief once they were finally outside of the metal box. Patricia thanked the firefighters repeatedly, and they thanked Ernest for doing his best to keep her calm. Patricia and Ernest found themselves walking to the parking lot together once everything settled down.

“That was insane,” Patricia said with a heavy sigh. “I really thought we were going to die in there!”

“I could tell,” Ernest said, teasing her a bit. “At least we made it out alive.”

Patricia nodded, glancing at her car. She didn’t want to go home after that near-death experience, but inviting Ernest out would go against her rules.

“Everything okay?”

“Yeah,” she said. “I just don’t want to go home.”

“We can go for dinner if you’d like. I’m starving.”

“Me too.”

“I sense some hesitation,” Ernest said with a sly smile. “If you don’t want to go out with me, I totally understand. Most women prefer a more rugged man.”

“No! It’s not that,” Patricia said. “Let’s go out… as friends. Friends who escaped death together.”

“Okay, name the place.”

Patricia named a casual Mexican restaurant around the corner with strong enough margaritas to help them forget how they’d been stuck in an elevator. Ernest was rather excited to spend the evening with Patricia as he followed her down the road, but could it lead anywhere? Ernest was doubtful.

Little did he know what was coming his way.

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