Hockey Jersey
After a long day of work he came home, setting his laptop on the table, and thereby literally leaving his work at the door. While he expected to find dinner made, there was a note on the remote, as she knew that it was his second favorite thing on earth, saying, "Join me in the bedroom. I have your outfit picked out for the night."
Walking into the bedroom all he noticed was his Dallas Stars jersey. He lifted up to see what else there was to wear. It was just a jersey. She wanted him to wear just the jersey tonight? Where are we going, he pondered.
Then the door creaked open and through it she entered, with the slow walk of a 1940s film noir femme fatale, seductively wearing nothing but her Minnesota Wild jersey. They always had a back-and-forth about how the Stars were Minnesota's true team and the Wild were just imposters. She would always win, retorting, "At least you admit they are not yours." That razor sharp banter was the foreplay. Little did they know they lubricated their love making through this innocent gibber jabber.
There might be a night she looked more beautiful in their relationship, but he couldn't think of it. Her silky black hair shone, highlighted by the reddish tint. The vibe it gave off was Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model on a beach shoot. While tempted to fancy it up, she remembered what he always said... "As is." Her freckles popped behind the makeup. Not that she needed any, she balanced the thin line of using it too much and too little. And the glasses. Always the glasses. The dark horn-rimmed frames satiated his lust for intelligence and nerdiness, even if she was just a person who couldn't see, as she reminded him, in a staged, insincere self-deprecation. Her intelligence and wit were always his favorite thing about her, being able to add to any discussion about a historical topic.