It was a Monday night. I remember this distinctly because Raw had gone off 10 minutes prior. It wasn't any big fancy date, we had just gone out and gotten some Popeye's ... Spicy chicken (I usually prefer mild but I guess I was feeling daring this night) biscuits and red beans and rice. Fattening ... too many carbs ... who gives a care, it was good. An evening of guilty pleasures. We spent two hours snuggled up on the couch ... eating, talking, and laughing. Almost perfectly platonic.... just wrestling buddies, right?
But in the back of my mind I was aware of something else. This tension between us ... this magnetism, electricity. I was too aware of his arm around my shoulder. A bit too quick to rest on his chest, a bit too enamored by the sound of his heartbeat. A bit too distracted every time he touched me. I tried to dismiss it...silly, useless thoughts; all we shared was wrestling, food, and poetry, right?
The show ended. He got up to go to the bathroom, and I decided to clean up a bit. We had eaten off the good plates because I was out of paper plates so I gathered up the trash to throw it away and took the dishes to the sink. I turned on the hot water and let it run, creating warm soapy bubbles. 2 plates, 2 cups, 2 forks ... just a quick clean up. My hands went on autopilot, turning off the water. Washing and rinsing the forks.... my mind went back to that tension. I found myself thinking of him, thinking of the way his touch felt. Wondering if he was as aware of me as I was of him.
Then he was there. Standing behind me. A bit too close. He took the long clean forks from me, dried them and tossed them in the drawer, still standing behind me ... so close.
"Keep washing." he whispered in my ear ... sending chills down my spine. I grabbed a cup and started washing it. Without knowing it my body began to lean back into his. "You want me." he whispered, and as I glanced backwards I saw his matter of fact little grin. What? Silently, I rationalized the situation. Surely he was just teasing, just being a smart ass... just being his damn charming self, he didn't mean anything by it, right? He took the overly clean cup from my hands and put it away. He pulled me fully against him and although he didn't say it seemed as if his body was whispering, "I want you too!"
This wordless phrase was punctuated by a certain hardness felt pressing into my lower back. Through the unspoken sexual tension he whispered, "Keep washing." I did my best ... lost in the moment ... wondering if it would end, wondering...
My thoughts became muddled as his lips moved from my ear and began to kiss down my neck. His hands flowed down my sides, over my hips. A slight sigh escaped my lips. Then his hands glided from my hips, up over my abdomen and then ... oh my .... He cupped my breasts in his hands. A soft moan rippled over my vocal chords. My mind was having trouble processing. I could barely hold on to the plate, let alone wash it ..."Keep washing!" he demanded and gave both nipples a hard pinch.