No way she’d show up. Adam scanned the room again. His tinder date was supposed to meet him in this bar. He had triple checked both the time and location. They had agreed to meet here at eight o’clock. That was almost twenty minutes again.

He knew it had been too good to be true. Amy had seemed perfect. She was funny, witty, and according to the photos in her profile insanely pretty. She had seemed like a major win. Of course it wouldn’t work out. Why would it? Adam’s success at online-dating was pretty much nonexistent.

He sighed and turned to his beer. He’d been here for almost half an hour, and the glass was almost empty. He waved to the bartender ordered another glass. He’d have that and then probably call it a night.

“Adam?” The voice came from behind him. It was nice and smooth, just the right pitch and strength, and it was undoubtedly female. Could that be? Just as he had practically given up hope? He turned around.

There she was, wearing the dark green dress she’d said she’d be wearing. Her hair was the colour of copper, her skin light and smooth. Her body was athletic and well trained.

“Amy?”

“Yeah, hi!” She smiled warmly and genuinely, and that seemed to suck all these frustrating thoughts he’d been having from his mind. “I’m so so sorry for being late, and so much at that. I…something came up and kept me for a while.”

“Don’t worry about it! It’s wonderful to finally meet you! I just…I didn’t think you’d still show up, but I’m super happy that you did.” Adam grinned. “Come on, have a seat. I’m buying.” He pulled the chair next to him back and helped her into it.

“I’m really sorry about that. I was looking forward to tonight, I hope you can believe that. I’m super annoyed that this is the first in-person impression you’re getting of me. I’m usually on time…”

“Hey hey, don’t worry. I’m glad you showed up. I don’t have any other plans tonight, so let’s start over and have a good time, shall we?” She smiled when he said that. He grinned to himself. This seemed to be going well so far.

Something about her caught his eyes. He still hasn’t seen her hands. She had held her arms in a way that kept them mostly out of sight. He hadn’t thought much about it, but now that she sat next to him and he still couldn’t see her hands, it seemed a bit odd to him. He knew she had arms and hands. Several pictures on her profile showed a complete, fit, and very attractive body. So why didn’t he see them now? He wanted to look, but didn’t mean to stare. This was going so well, best not to blow it. He forced himself to focus on her beautiful face again.

“It’s okay, let’s address that first”, Amy said. Damn it, too late. Stupid stupid stupid! Why did he have to be so curious?

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to stare. If you allow me to be so blunt, us everything alright with your hands? You seem to try and hide them… Damn it, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to pry and make you uncomfortable…”

“Adam, I don’t have hands right now. See?” She turned towards him and raised what was left of her arms. Both ended prematurely. Her right one a couple of inches below her elbow, the left one couple of inches below her shoulder.

“That’s the reason I’m late. Well…my leg is.” She used her right arm stump to point at her legs. Only the left one protruded from her dress. The other one was just as absent as her arms. “I’m so sorry, I should’ve told you before, but it just happened earlier today and I can’t really text like…like this.” She raised her stumps again. “God, this is a mess.” She used her right arm to cover her eyes and let out a sob.

“Hey hey, now, relax Amy. This is…unexpected, but whatever. We can reschedule, but if you’re up for tonight, I am as well.”

She looked up and surprised glimmered in her eyes. “Really?”

“Yeah sure. I really like you from our conversations while texting. Sure this, is odd, but honestly, who cares? Let’s get to know each other. Like I said, we can reschedule if you’d like, but I’m good for today if you are.”

“You’re braver than I expected from…well, from anyone.” She gave him a cautious smile. “Okay, let’s do it!”

Adam grinned. “Great! So… how about you choose a drink and then tell me what happened?”

“Sounds good.” Amy seemed to have collected herself.

They ordered and Adam made sure there was a straw in Amy’s drink.

Once they both had a drink in front of them, Amy took a sip and a deep breath.

“Okay, so, my arms and leg. As I’ve told you when we texted, I live with a few roommates. One of them, Martha, has this device. It’s called the Atomizer and it can make your limbs disappear. It’s reversible of course, and you can even set a timer, which is what they have done to me.

Anyway, we, that means all roommates, agreed to use it as punishment for neglecting our duties as roommates or for any breach of community rules.”

“Sounds fun”, Adam interjected.

“It is. Usually, at least. Anyway, Pauline had this unopened jar of Nutella. I did too, so we wrote A and P respectively on our jars. I had already dipped a knife into my surface, but had forgotten about it. I really like the way the knife breaches the smooth surface when you open a new jar. So last night, I saw the jar on the table but didn’t notice her letter “P” on it. I opened the jar and destroyed the surface.

Today, Pauline noticed it was already open, and confronted me about it. We are weirdly strict about food, so this was a big deal. I was tried in the living room and, since I refused to go get her a new jar immediately, because of our date here, I was sentenced harshly. They set the timer for my right hand to 24 hours. They took my leg right below the hip with just enough stump for me to sit comfortably. That will reappear in a week. My left arm is gone for the next two months.”

Adam looked shocked, but Amy noticed a glimmer of fascination in his eyes, and something else - arousal?

“That sounds like an unreasonably tough punishment”, Adam commented.

“Yeah, I was shocked as well, but hey, the people have spoken.”

“You don’t mind?”

“Not really. It was my idea to use the Atomizer as a means of punishment when Martha first got it. Usually I enjoy watching the others being punished and being punished. It’s pretty fun to be challenged like that for a short while. It’s just this time that it’s seriously inconvenient for me, but hey, that’s the idea behind a punishment, isn’t it?”

“I guess. I have never heard of such a device before. I didn’t know auch things were possible. Sounds fascinating.”

“Oh, it is! It’s mind blowing, really. Maybe I can get around to showing you how it works some time?”

“Are you asking me on a second date?” Adam smirked.

“I’m pretty sure I am. You didn’t immediately ran away when I showed up too late and looking like this… so yeah, I guess I am.”

“It’d be my pleasure then”, Adam said with a broad smile.

When it became apparent that the evening would go on for a while, they ordered some snacks. Adam watched as Amy attempted to get the food into her mouth with her one stump that was long enough to use it. Eventually she gave up and let him feed her bits and pieces now and then.

They steered the conversation to other topics. The past, education, taste in music, their current jobs. All in all, it was a great night, and Adam was glad he had stuck around long enough.

When it was time to go, he pulled her chair back and helped Amy into her coat and helped her hop out of the pub. He stopped the next available cab and helped her climb in.

“That was fun”, he said. “Is the 2nd date still on?”

“Absolutely, I had a blast. I didn’t expect it to go that well considering, well…this.” She waved her stumps.

“Are you kidding? It’s odd, but one hell of an ice breaker.” He grinned.

“Hey…I don’t usually do this but…wanna come home with me? After all, I think I could really use a hand tonight.” She winked.

“Are you sure?”

“Very! Hop on in!”

Adam smiled again and took the seat next to her. Amy told the cab driver her address and the car took off.

“Will your roommates be okay with this?”

“Sure, we all have friends over quite often. Besides, they are the ones who put me like that. I think it’s only fair if I get some help.” She smirked.

Ten minutes later, the cab pulled to the curb side.

“That’s us. Adam, could you get my wallet from my pocket and pay the driver?”

“Don’t worry, I got this.”

“Oh, okay, thanks!”

Adam paid the driver and helped Amy get out. They made their way to the front door. The building was an older apartment complex from the 60’s.

“It’s on the third floor”, she said as she led him inside. Adam was surprised when he realised she was headed for the stairs.

“Are you not going to take the lift? I mean, while you are like this.” He gestured towards her lone leg.

“Dude, this building is like a billion years old. There is no lift”, she countered and began slowly hopping up the stairs one by one.

“Crap, they really got you this time round, hm? It seems almost cruel”, Adam commented as they made their way upwards.

“Yeah, this is by far the worst anyone of us as ever been. I mean, everybody is always missing something at any given moment, because we use the Atomizer for all kinds of punishment, but… yeah, this is rough. At least tomorrow I’ll get my hand back.”

They fell silent for the rest of the way as it became apparent that the whole ordeal was pretty exhausting for Amy.

“Here we are”, she ached as they finally left the last set of stairs behind them and approached a door. “The key is in my right pocket. Could you get it, please?”

“Sure!” Adam reached into her coat and felt around until he found the keys. He unlocked the door and opened it. The hallway was silent and dark, as was the living room, but there were voices coming through one of the closed bedroom doors.

“Looks like Henry, Louis and Pauline are asleep or out. And Martha and Salome usually watch some reality show I know nothing about around this time. Come in.”

They entered the dark hallway and closed the door behind them. Adam helped Amy out of her coat and hung it to on the coat hanger together with his own. He got out of his shoes and helped Amy lose her’s.

“Hang on, let me check something”, said Amy and hopped past him into the living room. “Adam, get in here for a sec”, she called out with a hushed voice.

He obeyed and entered the living room. He found her standing in front of a box that sat on a table. She nodded towards it with her chin.

“Could you take that?”

“Yeah, sure.” He picked it up and followed her out of the living room, down the hall and into a dark room. She switched on the lights.

“This is my bedroom. Sorry it’s so messy, I didn’t really expect company tonight, and then I didn’t have…means to do anything about the mess.”

“That’s quite alright. Not too messy anyway.”

“So, how about you help me get ready for bed and we see from there?”

“Very forward, I like it.” Adam grinned.

“You’re staying the night, right?”

He was taken aback by that. “If…if you want me to, sure, I’d love to.”

“Awesome.” She smiled. “First things first, go to the living room. There’s a cupboard on the right. Open the bottom drawer. There’s spare pyjamas in there. A former roommate forgot them here when he moved out, and we figured we’d just keep it around in case one of us had a surprise guest like I do tonight.”

“That’s genius. Hang on, I’ll be right back.”

Adam quickly left to fetch them. He found the cupboard and opened the drawer. He quickly found the pyjamas and was surprised to see a set of female sleeping gowns as well. Apparently the group had decided to be prepared for every eventuality. He took the pyjamas, closed the drawer and returned to Amy, who was still waiting patiently on the bed.

“Found everything alright?”

“Yeah, just where you told me they’d be.”

“Nice. Okay then, let’s get ready for bed before we do anything else.”

“Alright! Should we start with you?“

“Whatever you prefer. So sure, let’s do me first.”

“Okay. So…do I just…”

“Yep. Just go right ahead.”

“Okay!” Adam stepped closer and opened the zipper on the back of her dress. He slowly pulled it down and helped her clear it with a hop.

There she stood, fairly steady on her single leg, wearing just panties and her bra. Her right leg really ended just below the hip with just enough stump to barely wriggle it around.

He caught himself staring and snapped out of it. Instead, he now looked at her attentively, waiting for instructions.

“Ahem, you’re not done mister. I’m not going to sleep in my underwear.”

“You sure?”

“Adam, what did you think was going to happen when I asked you to come home with me?”

He blushed. “I…I don’t..”, he stammered.

“You’re cute when you’re flustered”, she giggled. “Now come on, unless you don’t want to.”

“No, of course!” He seemed to have collected himself again. “Turn around.”

She did as she was told and he undid her bra’s clasps. He pulled the straps over her shoulders and free of her stumps, first the short left one and then the longer one on the right. He placed the bra in the hamper and pulled down her panties. Once again she hopped forward to clear her panties and he disposed of it in the hamper as well.

When Adam turned around, he got a good look at Amy’s odd shaped body. He took a second to take it in.

“Is everything okay?” There was a hint of insecurity in Amy’s voice. It was the first time he noticed it.

“Absolutely. It’s just…I really didn’t expect tonight to turn out the way it did. Not that I’m complaining. Damn you’re pretty!”

Now it was Amy’s turn to blush and she smiled as he marvelled at her body. Her left arm really was just a short nub, basically enough to move it around, but not a centimetre more. Her hair around her privates was shaved and her vagina was exposed due to her lack of leg on the right side.

“Really? This…” she gestured at her body with her right stump “…doesn’t turn you off?”

“No, not really. I didn’t really think about it much before today, but…something about you is super…arousing? I think you’re smoking hot the way you are just now.”

“Aw, thanks!” Amy was beaming now. “Do you really think so?”

“Yes! I don’t know why. I guess it’s just because your body is…different to mine. I can’t imagine what it’s like being in your place right now. I just can’t wrap my head around it. And you’re super attractive in any case, and now, combined with that fascination… I don’t know, I just dig that.”

“Well lucky me then.” She giggled.

“May…may I see?” Adam pointed to her stumps.

“Of course.” She sat down on the bed and used her right arm stump to pat the sheets next to her. “Sit down.”

Adam did as he was told. Amy turned towards him and extended her stumps for him to expect. They were flawless. No scar, as if they had never been any different. He took the right arm stump in his hands and began massaging it. It felt mushy and warm. Somehow it felt right.

He looked at Amy’s face and realised that she had her eyes closed.

“Does that feel good?”

“Mmmh.” She nodded and relaxed some more.

“This is remarkable”, he said as he continued to massage her stumps, inspecting them in the process. “How does it feel? Not having these limbs I mean. I can’t imagine what that’s like.”

“Ugh, hard to describe. Usually it feels…normal? Not notably different, but whenever I try to use these limbs, nothing happens. It’s like they are stuck. As if they are asleep without the uncomfortable prickling.”

“That’s so interesting”, he said.

“Get out of these clothes, will ya?”

“Hang on”, Adam said and quickly undressed. He switched off the light and the two of them slipped into bed, stark naked.

“Do you have any condoms?”

“Side-table, top drawer”, Amy replied.

Adam fetched one and then returned his attention to Amy’s unique body.

He caressed her arm stumps one by one, before slowly drifting down her athletic body towards her legs. He stroked her right leg stump over and over again, exploring the point where her leg used to be and now ended prematurely. From there it was just a short jump to the left until he got to her exposed, waiting moist pussy. He teased her clit before carefully moving a finger in, rubbing Amy rhythmically. She began to moan and closed her eyes, smiling contently. He quickly unwrapped the condom and put it on, before grabbing Amy by her single leg and moving her into position. He slid inside her easily and began to move rhythmically again. Amy counteracted with the muscles in her vaginal tract. They both climaxed at the same time and Adam fell onto the bed next to Amy, panting. There they stayed for a moment, catching their breath and just enjoying each other’s warm body.

“That was incredible”, Amy finally whispered.

“I’m glad you think so, I thought so too”, Adam replied with a smile.

“There’s a towel in the middle drawer of the cupboard next to the door…”, Amy said, and Adam went to fetch it.

He cleaned up Amy first and then himself.

Would you…” she nodded towards her pyjamas that were lying on her bed.

“Oh, of course.” Adam picked up her pyjamas, had her sit down on the bed, and helped her slip into her pants. Then he took the top and helped her put that on. Then he git dressed in the pyjamas Amy had loaned him.

Once he was done, Amy hopped out the door towards the bathroom, and Adam watched her, getting aroused again already. She closed the bathroom door behind her. When she came back out, Adam went to relieve himself, and then he went to fetch Amy. He helped her brush her teeth, before they got into the shower to get cleaned properly. Adam quickly did. himself before he helped Amy wash her hair. Then he began to lather her up, caressing her limb differences in the process.

After they were clean, he dried Amy off with a towel and blow dried and brushed her hair. Then they got back into their pyjamas. Amy’s right pant leg dangled emptily, and her empty sleeves trailed behind her as she hopped back to the bedroom. Adam switched the light off and the light on the nightstand on and they got back into the bed. It was a single bed and felt crammed with the two of them in there.

After a few minutes, Amy sat up. “Hang on, I got it. Can you get the box I made you carry over from the living room?”

Adam fetched it from the other side of the room and sat down next to Amy.

“Open it.”

He pulled a hand-scanner-like device from the box.

“That’s the Atomizer. Help me lose my pants again and get out of yours as well.”

Adam did as he was told.

“Press the red button to switch it on. Now, it’s….oh crap, it’s almost half past two in the morning. See the two buttons next to the small screen? Use those to set the time. Six hours should do the trick for now, we can properly play with it tomorrow.”

Adam put in the right settings.

“Now, press the button to activate it and wave it over my leg. Slowly, from the foot upwards…. Mmhh, that’s it, keep going!”

Adam did as he was told and was amazed to see her last remaining leg disappear under the Atomizer. He kept going until Amy’s left stump matched her right, then switched the Atomizer off.

“Good job”, Amy grinned. “Now do yourself, both legs.”

Adam suddenly realised what Amy was doing and grinned. He switched the Atomizer back on and began to erase his legs. It prickled, but wasn’t uncomfortable. Slowly but surely, his legs disappeared. When they were about as long as Amy’s, he switched the Atomizer off. It was an odd feeling. He tried to move his toes. Nothing. He tried to bend his knees. Nothing happened. He used his hands to feel his stumps. It was exciting and comfortable. He turned to Amy, grinned and gave her a kiss.

“This is amazing!”

“Right?? We can play with it tomorrow. For now, let’s get some sleep.”

“Good idea.”

He scooted over to the night stand and switched off the light. Then he and Amy settled into the bed that now had plenty of room for both of them and fell asleep soon thereafter.