Here's something new. I have no idea if this will turn anyone on or even get accepted by the editors. But I HAVE to write about it!
I have a mad crush on someone at work. I was told by a friend who got me the job that I'd like him, before I met him. So as not to "dip my pen in the company ink" so-to-speak, I made a concerted effort to avoid getting too close too soon when my job began. I was doing a fantastic job, if I do say so myself. But then one day, I was in my office and he picked up a call in the waiting room just outside. I do accounting so my focus was well established, until I heard him talking all nerdy. The way he streamlined terms such as, 'aspect ratio', and 'key frame' into his phrases caught my attention. I had to stop and recompose my focus. He kept talking. A few moments passed and my focus began to wane again. What a marvelous voice...no! I must focus. There will be no mixing business with pleasure. Nosirree!
Then it happened. His deep, creamy, rich and resonant voice enveloped me like the warmth of the steam room I had enjoyed the night before. I tried to resist, but failed. I looked up from my desk and whispered, "uh-oh," as the moist dew of my uncontrollable arousal absorbed into my garments. I closed my eyes and uttered a little prayer for myself, "Please help me through this."
Since then I have managed to bring my feelings to a relatively containable level. And we're quite convivial with one another. I don't have much fear or concern that I'll make a wrong move or a regrettable romantic decision anymore. Or, in the converse, completely put him off in some spastic effort to scare him away so that I don't have to deal with my emotions. Maybe we'll even be able to be good and longtime friends. But I am left with the physical evidence of my desire to an almost alarming degree. Such that, where once I did not, now I must invest in the daily consumption of panty liners in my Feminine Products budget.
I have also learned to allow myself simple and harmless pleasures. One of which is proving quite valuable. Rather than resist by trying to talk too much so as to avoid getting damp, I am starting to simply listen to him. He seems to like to tell me stuff. So I listen, appreciate and enjoy that which I can for the time-being. Since I love the sound of his voice so much, I am learning to be quiet and listen more in my life in general. The things people reveal is very interesting when I offer my attention without speaking. I suppose the panty liner expenditure is a fair tradeoff. I imagine that listening more will be an excellent writer's tool in days to come.