Home Movies

Joshua drags Nikki Sweet over to meet Dick and Syren. He’s sweating bullets, especially around Dick, who looks like he could ground you for life with one eyebrow raise. The tour lands in the media room, and Dick starts puffing out his chest, showing off a shelf of homemade DVDs. Dates scribbled in marker, plain sleeves, the works. He brags that his crew lives for home movies. Nikki notices the collection’s the size of a small country. Dick admits everything’s digital now, but he still burns copies just so he can pull them off the shelf and grin. After dinner the lights go down and there’s a camera on a tripod aimed straight at the bed. Joshua mumbles they’re about to shoot a new “home movie.” Nikki freezes, realizes this isn’t selfies in the bathroom, and blurts out she’s never done anything like this. Before the panic spreads, Syren steps in with a calm smile. The plan, she explains, is her and Nikki first—Dick’s a sucker for girl-on-girl action. Nikki’s caught between nerves and curiosity, but she nods. Clothes come off, the red light clicks on. Nikki and Syren go at it slow, exploring each other, and Dick leans back to enjoy the show. Joshua keeps the lens steady until he can’t stay behind the camera anymore. He steps in, the trio shifts, and the three bodies tangle until the tape’s full and everyone’s breathing hard. Another disc for the shelf, freshly dated.