[I've been inspired due to recent true events to write a story, hope you all enjoy]
Terry had never been one to be noticed before. He was quiet, he never stood out in a crowd, unless it was in a literal sense of staying away from people, and he above all, had a squeaky voice. At work it was the same. His boss, his co workers, none paid him much attention besides telling him to do things, which he would never argue with, only unquestioningly obey. He wasn't at all a bad looking young man. Six feet tall, jet black hair, emerald green eyes, and not at all in bad shape. One wouldn't say he has a chiseled physique but it was obvious Terry kept himself in good condition. It was his voice that drove people away.
The sound Terry's voice made when it spoke had always been an odd mixture of soprano, as well as an unsteady falsetto, so even the squeak wasn't something one could call 'cute', only annoying. This was a problem for him all his life. People wouldn't want to talk to him so he made few friends, he didn't speak up in class so even when he was confused his teachers would never know, his grades would slip and he had nobody who cared enough to help him. This all changed rather abruptly, and so did the way Terry lived his life.
Terry had experienced quite a sickness at the age of 19. He couldn't attend his classes, or work for over a week, and his doctors diagnosed it as a new streptococcus strain in his throat. In order to combat it they gave him strong antibiotics and a surgery to take out his tonsils. After his recovery period Terry was released, but was still unable to speak at all(much to the pleasure of everyone around him) for at least a month.
Finally the day came when he could speak again. When he spoke, however, it was different. A new voice came out. A low, gutteral sound, one that sounded almost as if he growled out every word in his vocabulary. One would have to lean in to fully hear him, but if they did, it always sounded as if he was at least a little annoyed with the listener.
For the first while, Terry wasn't fond of his new voice, any more than he was of his old one. His mother always thought he was snapping at her, and his siblings always felt like they were bothering him. It was the same thing all over again, he had thought to himself, driving people away because I can't control how I sound.
A week passe,d and the low, guttural growl turned into something new. Not too far removed from the growl, but it had an actual voice. Instead of an angry hiss there was substance to the voice. A bass the likes of which he'd never heard before. His family didn't seem to show much notice to the change, but once he started going back to classes and work...things changed.
Terry first noticed things change at work with how his boss and co workers treated him. His figure, already well sized, was now imposing with its accompanying bass growl of a voice. The other men he worked with didn't ask him to do their grunt work anymore, and even offered to help him when he looked like he was having trouble. His boss paid him frequent visits to have chats with him. He felt it odd, because she never talked to him about work, and it never seemed to be about anything that mattered...she just...wanted him to talk, it seemed.
It wouldn't be too long until he received an answer to his confusion. His boss called him into her office and when he entered she asked him to close the door. Thinking he was in trouble Terry closed the door reluctantly, though slowly, making sure not to slam it or get anyone's attention. He turned to his boss and looked at her, she didn't seem angry, or frustrated. To the contrary she seemed...was she sweating?
"What do you think of my new outfit?" she asked him. Terry blinked, he hadn't noticed before but his boss had came into work with a new outfit, not a part of the uniform. It was a floral dress, and it ended in a miniskirt. Terry, for the first time in his career, noticed something about his boss. She had...the longest, firmest, and smoothest legs he had ever seen. Sitting at her desk she was sitting sideways to Terry, who had a full view of those legs that went on forever. That's when he noticed another thing. As his eyes traveled up, he noticed she had dropped her usual hairstyle. The bun she always had her hair tightly packed into was completely gone, her hair in red curls as it cascaded down her shoulders. She looked at him with her ocean blue eyes and smiled, "...Terry...an answer would be nice." Terry could only nod in an answer. She didn't seem satisfied with this, "A nod is not an answer to my question...Terry, need I repeat myself?"
Despite her words she didn't seem angered, in fact it almost looked like she was playing a little game with herself. So Terry answered in his low, growl of a bass voice, "...You look great in that dress Miss Duchrane." He said. She breathed in and sighed at his answer, "Please...call me Dorothy." she said. With a cough, Terry nodded, "Well...Alright...Dorothy." She closed her eyes and breathed in again, letting out the air with a sigh she shuddered and shook her head, "Oh...I don't know if you know this...but this new voice of yours is just...gorgeous." she said. Terry blinked, gorgeous? What does that mean? How can that be true? His boss continued, "There are few men in this world with a voice that can actually turn a woman on the way yours does Terry, and I'm going to be blunt...it's working real well on me."
Terry gulped, this was new, it was unexpected, it was wrong, but it felt oh so right.
[end of part 1]