So, having gotten rid of the Jerk, I found myself wanting for another man, but doubting seriously I'd ever find one as "good" as the Jerk had been. It was Candy-Girl who'd deliver me to my next tryst, and she delivered me beautifully.
Candy-Girl had been seeing a man and had actually had sex with him while I was working on the Perfect Jerk story so as not to turn around and be enticed to join them. The next day I found out he had an older brother who was single and looking for someone and I was intrigued about him and talked her into getting him brought to the house. He wasn't particularly my type, when I met him, being a bit of a ... hell he was 100% redneck by appearance, but as he didn't judge my goth apparel I didn't say anything about his southern behavior. The first night he barely even looked at or spoke to me, it was explained to me that he was very shy and so I didn't push myself on him, but rather let him go at his own speed. The following week we went to a bar to shoot pool and one of my male friends was being flirty, as usual, and when he moved away my "date" sat down in his spot. He started out by leaning on me a little, then putting his hand on my thigh, then acted as if he were shy and stopped again, though he never let the other man sit down beside me again.
When we got back home we sat and talked a while and then moved back into my room so that Candy-Girl and his brother could have some privacy in the living room. I didn't know how to take him, he seemed like he would be the conventional-sex type and I was less than enthused.
I picked up my favorite collar longingly, hopefully, and then showed it to him and said, "I don't suppose you're into stuff like this?" Without looking at him, half expecting him to leave immediately.
Much to my surprise he said, "Yeah, why don't you put it on."
It wasn't a question, more of an insistent urging. I put the collar on and sat rather uncomfortably on the bed, not expecting much until he grabbed the collar roughly and yanked me back so that I was laying on my back.
"You like that girl?" he asked in a soft southern drawl.
I said, "Yes."
He growled, "Shut your fucking mouth."