This is the first chapter in a new series I plan to write. I'm not sure yet where it is going. I hope you enjoy. Constructive feedback welcome if you think it could benefit from editing.
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Miguel set two plates of salad down on the kitchen workbench. His wife Amy came in from the hallway, her loose shirt rippling gently in the late spring breeze that was blowing through the house. The folding doors to the back of the dining room were open and beyond them, a small dining table for two sat at the edge of the deck, with two places set with cutlery and napkins. Miguel returned to the table, retrieved the cutlery and napkins and brought them back into the kitchen. "Aren't we eating out on the deck?" Amy asked.
"Change of plans." Said Miguel. "Inside is probably better."
"But it's such a nice day. Why not eat out there?" Amy enquired, curious. It was clear Miguel had intended to when he set out the places on the table, but something had changed his mind. Having lunch together when they both worked from home had become part of their routine and when it was nice they ate outside.
"It's, er, perhaps not appropriate." He said.
"Why not?" Said Amy, walking over to check for herself. The weather was fine. It didn't look like it would rain and the breeze was gentle. As she reached the deck she looked out beyond the railing. Her head stopped when she looked out past their own garden to their neighbours property. Beyond the boundary fence on their neighbours lawn, Allie and Thea were sunbathing in small string bikinis.
Allie had just turned 21 and her sister Thea was 19. They had the same mother, Grace, but evidently different fathers as Allie was white with blonde hair like her mother, and Thea had black hair and soft Asian features, inherited from her Vietnamese father, Loc. Both girls were still living at home with Grace and Loc whilst at University. Like many students they seemed to get a lot of free time and today they were using it to work on their tans.
Amy returned to the kitchen with a smirk on her face. "I can see why." She said, before adding. "Although I hope you're being courteous and not just trying to avoid an awkward erection?"
Miguel laughed off Amy's suggestion. "I think it might be odd if they look up and saw us eating our lunch with a front row view."
Amy and Miguel had been married for 15 years. They had a good, strong relationship. Both were in their early 40s with reasonably successful careers. They lived a well off middle class life with their two children, a son Herbie aged 5 and a daughter Olivia, aged 7. The passion hadn't completely dried up in their relationship but, since the endless routine of their children's school, sport, and social lives seemed to have permanently muscled in on the scene, things were often a lot more predictable romantically than they used to be.
Later that night, their own kids safely tucked up asleep, Miguel and Amy were in their own bedroom preparing for the night. Miguel lay on the bed in his loose pyjama shorts and t-shirt. He was half watching a show on TV, half watching his wife get undressed. Amy was an attractive woman who took good care of herself with regular gym and Pilates classes. Amy was talking about a social event they had pencilled in next weekend. Muttering something about asking one of the neighbours to babysit their children.
Amy walked over to the clothes hamper in her bra and thong to drop her clothes in. Miguel's eyes followed her. She stood appraising herself in the full length mirror for a moment, fastening her shoulder length caramel coloured hair up behind her head. Miguel knew her routine - she was going to take off her underwear, then her make-up, and then have a shower. Admiring her both from behind and, thanks to the view afforded by the mirror, the front simultaneously, Miguel felt the telling twitch of arousal in his shorts. "Are you getting in the shower or... did you want to come over here first?" He said, rolling over onto his front and rubbing the top of the bed next to him.
Amy finished tying up her hair and turned to face her husband, eyebrows raised. This wasn't part of his normal foreplay routine. He smiled suggestively and continued rubbing the spot on the bed next to him. She walked over and sat down, acting coquettish, waiting for him to initiate whatever foreplay he had in mind. Miguel was often in charge and called the shots. Soon he was kneeling on the bed behind her, massaging her shoulders and gently kissing her neck and ear. Amy felt the stresses and strains of the day fade away. It had been more than a few days since their last lovemaking and the thought of falling asleep in the warm afterglow of an orgasm was very appealing.
"New perfume?" Asked Miguel, smelling a scent he wasn't used to on Amy.
"Oh yes - I tried this on when I was buying some makeup at the department store earlier. I used to wear this when I was a teenager but I haven't worn it for years. Not really my style any more but I thought it would be fun to relive my youth, if only for one day!" Amy chuckled as Miguel kissed and gently breathed in the unusual aroma.
Miguel recognised the scent from his youth as well, but didn't say anything to Amy. It had been his first girlfriend Kim's perfume too. She would spray it on secret gifts that he would keep hidden from his parents in his room, so he could smell her scent on a shirt or piece of lingerie when he couldn't be with her. Kim and Miguel had dated for a few years in their late teens and early twenties. They were each others first true love. They both thought they would get married, have kids, live together forever. Until things changed. Life got in the way. A long distance relationship didn't work. They each met other people. Miguel was picturing Kim as she was back then. Her long black hair, her Philippina complexion she inherited from her mother. Similar to the neighbour's daughter, Kim had one European parent and one Asian.
With rekindled memories of Kim in his mind, Miguel trailed kisses down Amy's neck, deftly unhooked her bra, and let it sit hanging open for second. His hands slowly slid inside the loosened material to the gentle curves of Amy's breasts, fingertips exploring warm skin inside the fabric as his kisses reached one of the bra straps. He pushed it over Amy's shoulder with his lips causing it to half fall away from her chest. His fingertips delicately traced circles around her areola. Amy's nipple responded to the arousal. Firming and stiffening with each teasing touch.
Miguel moved to the other shoulder and repeated his kisses, pushing the remaining bra strap off. Amy let her bra fall to the floor as Miguel kissed her neck and continued delicately playing with both nipples. He closed his eyes as Amy reached up to hold Miguel's head. Her fingertips massaged through his hair, pulling him closer. He drew in a large breath, smelling more of the perfume.
This wasn't part of their normal foreplay routine, each taking a different position than usual. With his eyes closed Miguel was no longer kissing Amy's neck. Gone was her light, European skin and light hair. Instead it had been replaced by black hair and a darker Asian skin tone. The smell of Kim had rekindled memories of his own youth. Suddenly it was Kim he was sitting behind. It was Kim's neck her was kissing, reliving the lesson she taught him about her sensitive erogenous zones on her neck and shoulders. The years had rolled away and in his mind. He was right back there in the moment. He stopped kissing Amy abruptly and opened his eyes, almost panicked with a sense of guilt. He hadn't thought of Kim for years.