You emailed me that bright, cold, January afternoon, and told me that, after some consideration, you had decided that you really did want to see what would happen if we met. You said that I should name a time and a place, and told me that you really would show.
I suggested a drink. I named a quiet little bar where we could chat and talk, where we would be able to gradually introduce those parts of ourselves to one another that we felt would encourage the situation. I named a day that weekend, and a time when I would be there.
On the evening in question, I dressed in slacks and a button-down shirt, tossing a sweater on to keep warm. A reserved, business casual look. I put on a black overcoat and my hat -- the one with the colorful feather in the leather band around the crown -- and stepped out to meet you.
When I got to the bar, I selected a table away from most of the folks there, off to one side, so that we could quietly talk with minimal interruption. We had interesting things to say to one another, and I wanted to be sure that we heard each other clearly.
I ordered a whiskey and ginger, and opened the copy of the New York Times I had brought with me. I casually looked over stories that normally would hold my interest, but had far more interesting things in mind; I kept an eye on the other patrons, and scanned the door from time to time, waiting to see you enter.
And when you did enter, I knew immediately it was you. You hadn't mentioned what you planned to wear, but you had reluctantly given me a reasonable description of yourself, and when I laid eyes on you, I knew it was accurate.
I didn't put down the paper, but I didn't hide behind it, either. I openly looked at you, knowing that you'd eventually find my gaze, and know who I was. After scanning the room, you did meet my gaze, gave a brief smile, and slowly strolled over to where I was sitting. You took off your coat and sat; I folded my paper and set it aside.
"Hello there," I opened.
"Hi," you said simply. I was amused by your seeming hesitation; you had expressed yourself boldly in your emails.
You ordered a drink, and we made small talk. The weather, the Superbowl, the strange scratch on the edge of the table. Someone put money into the jukebox, and strains of The National's "Fake Empire" floated across the room.
Our small talk moved to larger talk. We discussed how funny a thing Craigslist is.
"So," you asked, "do you do anything else on Craigslist, or do you just sit around all day posting sex stories?"
I told you that I'd used it to find some networking hardware, to buy a major appliance for a friend, and that I sometimes frequented the discussion boards on slow days at the office.
"But you always go back to the sex" you stated flatly.
"What's wrong with sex?" I asked. I stood and moved to sit in the chair to your right, as opposed to the chair across from you. "Everyone likes sex. It's a part of us. It's included in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It both feeds and feeds off of the most primal, visceral parts of our psyches. And besides," I said conspiratorially, "who doesn't like being tossed against a wall and pounded hard from behind?"
I leaned closer, "who doesn't like being bent over the arm of a sofa, or tossed onto all fours on a bed, and given it hard and deep?"
We chatted, we flirted, we made ridiculous double-entendres. I excused myself to use the men's room, and when I came back moments later, I stood behind you as you sat, put my large hands onto your shoulders, and gave them a firm and lasting squeeze. Bending down so that my lips were less than an inch from your right ear, I whispered, "it's time for us to pay our bill. It's time for us to go. We have much to do."
We paid, we left the building, we walked to our cars; yours happened to be parked next to mine. You stood between their rear bumpers and, pausing, said, "So....."
"So....." I replied. Then I stood close to you, and slid my right hand to the left side of your neck, just below your ear, my fingers wrapped across its back. I had caught some of your hair when I slid my fingers back, and I clenched them tightly as I pressed by mouth against yours, tasting you, kissing you deeply, not lightly, almost urgently. My other hand slid to your hip, and held you in place.
"...now you follow me," I continued after breaking off, and stepping back. With the hand I had on your hip, I spun you slowly around until you were facing your driver's door, and gave you a pat on the ass to get you moving in the right direction. Getting in my own car, I took my time. I started it up, I adjusted the mirrors, I tuned the stereo. Then I looked over at you, gave you a brief smile, backed out, and headed back to my place.
For the first mile or two, you fell behind, and I vaguely wondered if you were going to chicken out, if you were going to become unnerved, if you were going to decide that you didn't want this after all. I did not drive quickly, nor did I drive slowly. My pace was methodical and unyielding. I was gratified to see that you did speed up, that you closed the distance, that you were practically on my ass -- not unlike I planned to be on yours before too long.
I pulled onto the side street behind the house, and parked the car. When I got out, I saw you doing the same, and as you got out yourself, I saw a smile on your face that hadn't been there when we left. It intrigued me...
We walked quietly to the back door. I unlocked it and entered, and you followed me into the darkness of the kitchen. I didn't make it across the room to turn the light on; with one hand, you closed the door behind you, and with the other, you reached over my back and latched onto my shoulder. I turned, and as the door closed, you closed the distance between us, pressing me backwards against the counter. You kissed me, much like I had kissed you in the parking lot, and you pressed yourself against me, both of your hands on my sides. And as you kissed me, and pressed against me, and you could feel my arousal growing, you slid your hands down my sides to the line of my belt. Each hand slid just one finger into the waist of my pants, and, stepping away from me, though still kissing me, you brought both hands between us, resting them on my belt buckle. After a moment, you began to work at it, slipping the black leather from its silver constraints
You playfully bit my lip as your left hand pushed away the hanging belt and your right hand zeroed in on my zipper. I opened my mouth to speak, but you pressed your own against it, and filled it with your tongue as you deftly undid the zipper, and pushed my slacks down. They hit the floor with a jangle of keys and change, and then the house was silent again save our breathing and kissing.
I had brought both of my hands to your head, so that I could kiss you more forcefully and deeply. Your own hands chose their destinations specifically. Your left was on my side, while your right pressed firmly against the front of my shorts, and paused there for several moments. Feeling me respond to you, you slid that hand up to the top of my shorts, and inched your fingers under the waistband. The depth of my kissing remained unchanged -- until you slid the rest of your hand under the band, your fingertips against my skin as they slid down me and, with no hesitation whatsoever, took me in your hand, wrapping your fingers around me. You squeezed me, pressing me into your palm, and I pulled my mouth away from you and let out a low, breathy moan. We stood there for seconds, our faces inches apart, my cock aching and hardening in your fist.
"Don't move," you whispered. You removed your hand from me, and removed my shorts to the floor. Again, you wrapped your hand around me, and you kissed me briefly but deeply, and then you slid to your knees, in front of me. I smiled to myself in the darkness, and set a hand on the counter behind me. I expected teasing, or a build up. Playfulness and a sense of latent hesitation. What I received instead was your right hand firmly cupping my balls, your left hand pressed against me with your thumb and index finger tightened around the base of my cock, your mouth sliding down the length of me until your lips met your left hand, and my swollen head practically in the back of your throat. You held yourself there for several moments, massaging me with your tongue. It came as something of a surprise, and the unexpected pleasure felt so good that I almost lost it then and there, but I did not. You took your mouth off of me, though, and began working in earnest. You massaged me and licked me, sucking on me hard, and taking me totally into your mouth, sliding my across your tongue. I braced myself against the counter more thoroughly, and stood there moaning in the darkness.
I learned that you meant business. You did not pause, did not slow down, did not take a break. Your mouth and lips did not, at any time, leave contact with my cock, which was growing ridiculously hard.