New York Elevated Railroad
Circa 1949: A train on the Third Avenue 'El', or elevated railway, in New York City, on its way to Wall Street, past fire-escapes.
Looking south from Franklin Square station (under Brooklyn Bridge) The northbound train coming from South Ferry could be 2nd or 3rd Ave EL, local or express, they all used the same 2 tracks south of Chatham Square.
Why did they take down the Third Avenue El?
Pressure to scrap the El increased because of the postwar construction boom in the city, with sections of the Third Avenue line running from South Ferry to Chatham Square closed beginning in 1950. The main part of the line — from Chatham Square to East 149th Street in The Bronx ceased operations on May 12, 1955.
Why were elevated trains removed from NYC?
Partly because of the politically untouchable nickel fare, the competing transit systems struggled financially even in the best of times. Changing economics and evolving public needs motivated policymakers to remove elevated lines and replace them with subways, which continued to burgeon.
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tao often waits for the nights when alma is out of the apartment to make a move on you.
notes; 0.9k, f!reader, fingering, cum-eating, masturbation, mdni.
often times, the opportunity presented itself to tao on the nights when alma was most restless and spent his time moseying the gokuraku district for one reason or another. sometimes he announced his departure loudly, shrill voice making the apartment quake and spearing her between the eyes with first pulses of a headache—she wished he'd just go quietly.
he was gone this time in such a way that when she left her newspaper behind on the chair, halves split on the armrest, she didn't have dread throbbing in her skull.
you were brought to attention from your beastmen law thesis, eyes flicking off the laptop screen to her nudging the bedroom door shut with her heel. over the past year since moving in with her and alma, it was customary for you to lock yourself away in tao's room for periods of time to study (and for naps).
she never qualmed over sharing her space, seeming to find some solace in your nearness and the clunky rapping of your keyboard filling wordless silence. other nights, like tonight, she'd suggest for you to save your work before casting the laptop aside, somewhere in the cluttered mess of clothes on the floor.
"wanna get your pants out of the way?" she was already knelt between your legs, spiraling the drawstring of your sweatpants around her long finger, undoing the cute bow you made to make it easier to slide her hand below the waistband to your cunt.
you sprawled on your back, working around her fingertips smoothing along your groin, waiting for you to hike your hips to shuck the fabric off your lower half. when you did, she went to work on you.
"I have a deadline, tao. I can't do this all—"
"I'm sure you can handle it." she dismissed, now between your folds, movements fluid when she'd glide higher to pull apart the little sheath of skin hiding your clit from her, all the way down to teasing the tip of her finger in your tight hole.
you wet your bottom lip before reaching for the back of her head, meeting her in a kiss that she controlled with intentional, agonizing slowness. her lips were full against yours, a little chapped but now shared the sweet stickiness of your lip balm.
tao didn't like to move fast when she fucked you out. it's why she preferred to act on the nights when alma wouldn't be around to hear your moans and screams from across the apartment. the sounds you were making now would've been enough to reach through the paper walls.
"tao—" you rolled your hips against her fingers settling on your clit, wetting the hard nub with what had started to seep out of your cunt. already, the pressure built in your gut, coiling tight and uneasy as she stroked you.
she watched your face fall apart, jaw unhinged to show your teeth and tongue, thinking she could feel the reverberation of your moans without her mouth caressing your pulse. this was the best way to gauge what you needed—by seeing that pocket between your brows deepen, eyes squeezed right, hands tucking the fabric of your shirt under your chin so you could play with your own tits.
"how badly do you want me inside you?" dirty talk wasn't her thing, but it always got you wet enough for her to slide her fingers right in. this was true even now as she took the pressure off your clit to bury her two longest digits to the knuckles.
"fuck– tao, please, I want you so bad." you whimpered, purposefully clenching your soft walls around her fingers, more of your slick oozing out to leave a thin glisten on her pale skin. her clothed chest pressed flush to your bare tummy, her hot breath coming down on the gap between your breasts, higher along your sternum until she could feel her nose bump the underside of your jaw. "I'm gonna return the favor so good later."
she curled her fingers up into that gummy spot, the one that made you jolt, hips springing off the mattress. her lips only partially felt the fleshiness of your neck with how fervently you tried to match the pace of her fingers pounding your pussy.
"I expect nothing less." she said, taking one of your hands down the length and curve of your body to envelop your throbbing clit. both of your fingers worked the bundle at first, gathering your slick together to make the glide easier, more intense.
"help me help you." tao left your hand alone to take in the whole sight of you being mostly nude below her, sheets under your ass darkening and damp from your leaking cunt. a delectable chorus of sounds inside the room eclipsed the ruckus of the city nightlife through the window.
she kept her fingers bent up into you, lewd wetness reaching her ears with every slap the heel of her palm made against your skin. your courteous moans had long dissolved into labored pants, the continued effort of your fingers rubbing away at your clit, tao's squeezed by your walls finally let you unravel with a quivering, breathy sigh while the shockwave stiffened your limbs from head to toe.
your eyes rolled up behind the thin veil of your eyelids, vision searing the same white that engulfed your body. "fuck…"
tao slowed the roll of her wrist, letting you ride out your orgasm on her fingers until she was able to slide them out of you with ease. webs of viscous white spread between them, glowing beneath the dim light overhead.
"good girl." she was shimmying one arm out of her coat, the other going to your face to fit her cum-sodden fingers between your lips. "time to make good on your promise."
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a/n: I have not written a fem specific reader in over ten years. the only reason I did is bc I'm down bad for tao and she is so fucking gay-coded 💀
pls, I need ppl to scream with over gokurakugai and tao. I have so many more fic ideas for her.
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