Author's note:
The goal of this series of cumulative vignettes is to briefly (in 1000 words or less) capture the tension that rises right until the moment of an erotic coupling... which is then purposefully left unresolved. The emphasis is more on the buildup than on the climax, so keep that in mind as you play along!
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"It's just a blow job. It's not like she's trying to have sex with you or anything."
I was trying to convince my startled husband to submit to the dare given by the other couple sitting at our table in the restaurant: my deaf client Steven and his girlfriend Cassidy... who seemed super eager to take my husband outside.
My husband wasn't convinced of my sudden openness: "What are you talking about?!? How would you be okay with that?"
I couldn't tell him the real reason: that I was downplaying the idea of Cassidy giving him a blow job because I had secretly just finished sucking off her boyfriend in the men's bathroom. Before I could come up with an alternative explanation, though, Cassidy interjected and asked my husband: "What if your wife joined me? We could work on you together; would that make you feel more comfortable?"
I'm not sure who was more shocked by that unexpected suggestion - him or me - but I was definitely caught off guard by the quickness of his response: "Fine."
Now I was the one who felt uncomfortable. Cassidy had shocked me when she kissed me a few weeks ago at the grocery store, but that was the extent of any interactions I'd ever had with another female in a sexual way. The thought of mutually going down on my husband together was...
well, what was it??
I suddenly wasn't sure.