The Heat Is On
There's a short knock on the door. Iris stands up to look through the peephole, she sees that it is Bram and quickly opens it.
She met Bram in the stairwell last Wednesday, he lives on the third floor and is her new neighbor. Actually more like a boy next door, he will be about 22 years old at the most, she thinks. They had been talking for a long time and Iris could see that Bram was charmed by her, he even offered to vent her radiator when the various defects of the apartments came up. The caretaker was never in such a hurry when it came to solving minor breakdowns. Iris had gratefully accepted the offer, she is often startled awake by the strange noises the radiator produces in the night. And it is also disastrous for concentrating on her textbooks. Moreover, while Bram is looking at the radiator, she wouldn't mind looking at him herself, because he has a very nice ass, she noticed when he continued upstairs after their conversation. The rest of Bram is also pleasing to the eye, she thinks, he is tall, taller than Iris herself with her five foot five, always a plus, slim but muscular, she can see that he frequents the gym, or at least does something involved with sports. Beautiful bunch of hair, light brown in loose curls, one stubborn sexy curl keeps falling over his forehead. Expressive face, sparkling blue eyes and a smile to spontaneously come off, pardon my language.
'Hi,' says Iris and smiles at him, 'you're right on time.' 'Of course,' answers Bram, 'you should never keep a lady waiting. Especially when she's so pretty,' he adds with a broad grin. Iris sticks her tongue out at him. 'Charmer,' she says and laughs.
'That's the patient over there, I presume, I'll get to work right away, to get it over with.' Bram has a tool box with him, he takes out a bleed key and places it on the radiator. Shit, Iris thinks, so that's what that thing is for, I could have done that myself. She is happy that she only now finds out, Bram is even nicer than she thought.
'Do you happen to have a container for me?' he asks, 'it might leak when all the air is out.' 'Coming up,' calls Iris, while thinking she could use a bowl like that herself, geez, this guy is hot! 'Is this all right?' She holds up a mixing bowl. 'As long as it fits under here,' says Bram, pointing to the space under the bottom of the radiator. 'Then this is probably better,' she says, handing him a low freezer container. A little later they hear a sighing sound coming from the central heating, followed by a very unpleasant smell, it almost makes them gag and then water starts to drip into the container. Bram quickly closes the central heating tap again. 'It's about time,' Bram concludes, 'you wonder if it has ever been done before. By the way, if you can't get enough heat anymore, you have to warn me, then the water needs to be filled up. The caretaker has to take care of that.'
'Then you can wait for a long time,' says Iris grimly, 'that man just can't get ahead.' 'Oh, for me he will, he has a bit of a soft spot for me,' says Bram with a wink.