"I have a new toy," Harry announced entering the house.
I remember thinking how hot and close it was. No breeze, the summer sun was relentless and the temperature was in the low nineties. The basement was the coolest place in the house. I was going to have to get on Harry's case about air conditioning, even if we only used it a few times in the year.
"A new toy. I like your toy just as it is," I said, stepping up close and squeezing his package. "Although I must admit when it's larger, I get even more pleasure from it." Harry was wearing shorts that didn't leave much to the imagination. He'd been gone all morning and I was a little surprised that he was so casually dressed. I squeezed him again and tried inserting my hand up one leg. Not enough room to make contact with the objects of my immediate attention. I could see his pecker starting to respond, but he gently held me away.
"Now, stop, Alice, I want to show you my new camera. I've made the move to digital. Look." He unboxed a shiny little device. Not being stupid or unaware, I recognized it right off as a small but very flexible digital camera.
"Cute. We can take it on our next vacation." We hadn't yet been on a vacation as a couple, but so what?
"Yes, but I want to take some pictures around here as well. Some....he paused and looked me in the face. That's what he usually did when he wasn't certain of my reaction. "Pictures of you."
"Well, sure, that's okay with me. Anytime, love." What was I thinking?
In hindsight, I hadn't been thinking much about what that meant. Anytime? Naturally we had a computer in the house. Two, actually. His and hers. Harry's was hooked to the Internet and almost always on. We'd checked out a few adult sites, of course we had. Harry liked to remind me that one could always learn things, even if most of the content was crap.
After supper Harry and I had a serious discussion about heat and comfort and agreed we needed to get at least an air conditioner for the bedroom. I was in the shower, tepid water streaming down. I like showers. One of my favorite things when I was a kid was when I could take a shower out behind the cabin my folks rented of a summer. I usually tried to shower naked, even though my mom sort of scolded me about that. Anyway I was showering, just standing there, fingers sort of wandering over my body. I'd already checked my boobs for lumps.
I thought I heard the bathroom door open and close. We have a glass walled shower with a door. No tub. Since I had my back to the door and my eyes closed, it turned out Harry managed to get three top-down snaps of me before I noticed the flash through my eyelids. I whipped around, which is what he was waiting for. Flash.
"Hey, buster, what are you doing?" Like I didn't know.