Pulling my outfit together for the night, I'm really not sure why I bother. It's one of those catch-22 scenarios. I'm not hard-core role-playing, but I can't stand the taste of vanilla either. And - although I'm sure I'll be happy about it in a decade or so - looking younger than my years only serves as a deterrent for the salt-and-pepper haired gentlemen that usually catch my eye. They think I'm too young. Don't they realize I *want* to be their arm candy?
So I take a seat at the bar. We don't have any real S&M hot spots here in the Bible belt. I've got a pretty good radar though. And even if I happen to lure in a guy who I can't immediately peg as dominant, a few jokey comments sprinkled in can easily separate the "Oh my God! Like once! I tied up my girlfriend! And we were so yuppie freaky cool!" from the "Curl up at my feet and let me pet your head and if you cooked my dinner absolutely perfectly and gave me a fingernail massage that relaxed me, then I'll tell you that you're my good girl" type.
I'm kind of coming up empty. I nurse a Tuaca with cranberry, something I find embarrassing to ask for since the bartenders usually have no idea what it is and I end up yelling and attracting attention to myself. I don't want you looking at me. Well, maybe YOU. But not that crowd of sorostitutes out for a bachelorette party. I fly under the radar.
Speaking of radar... mine just went ballistic. Oh, hell no. It can't be... is it? His hair's a touch less "fluffy" and a tad more silver (damn that silver bullet right through my legs). He's still guzzling ice water like he did four years ago in my apartment, right before screwing me hard against the wall, beating my thighs so hard I couldn't cross them for days, and presenting me with a necklace he bought for someone else and took with him when he left. And presumably, gave to her.
It's not fair. As soon as I saw him, leaning against the wall, my entire body caught fire. Memories of some of the best (only) painful, submissive, I-didn't-plan-this-and-don't-know-what's-happening-and-have-to-be-ok-with-it sex I've ever had. Frank. Do I go over? Does he come to me? I cursed the stupid "Gor rules" that some folks in the S/M world feel they (They) have/Have/to/To/live/Live/by/By. Screw it. Screw me. I wanted it. After all, I could get what I wanted and get out.
I asked the bartender to send Frank over another glass of ice water. I wondered if he was still in recovery. Soon, he was by my side. His piercing blue eyes raked over my body, and I was glad I wore something minimal. I was also glad for the pre-Tuaca vicodin (nature's little cocktail). Frank bought me another drink, which I purposely plowed through. I'm really just a geek in cute clothing, and need my liquid courage. Before I knew anything more, his hand was high up on the inside of my thigh, and the other on my back. I wondered if he could feel the bones there, if they felt more prominent than almost half a decade ago.
I knew that I didn't want him in my house. That was MY territory, one he had never breached. But I did want him, I wanted what he represented and could do for me. I took a quick last look around the bar- my older silver fox wasn't going to appear. The men were busy staring at the booby drunk blondes. A tiny dark haired girl with glasses wasn't going to rip their attention away any time soon.
I exaggerated my buzz and asked Frank to walk me to my car. Against the door, I made a big show out of fumbling my keys. As I bent down to get them, he pressed himself against me and my head knocked into the door handle. Good, I'd have a bruise tomorrow. A visible one, even. I straightened up, and he slammed me against the side of the car, his fingers already inside my jeans. With my tall boots, I towered over him a bit, but I arced my back so I could brush my cheek against his fluffy hair. I liked the feeling of bending over backwards for him.