He waited.
In his mind, he went over every detail. The hotel wasn't the best, but the room had everything he needed. Which, he thought wryly, pretty much meant a bed.
What else? Music? Booze? Tequila...not exactly high-class, but a nice social lubrication nonetheless.
He paced.
Looked. Watched.
Finally, a car. Her? He jumped up, in more ways than one.
And then, there she was, at the door, in the room, then standing in front of him.
A moment he had long waited for, both tonight and in larger sense of time.
Then the nerves came. He could tell she felt them as well. Funny, how as much as two people can want the same thing, when confronted with it they must test, poke, and prod before they give in to inevitability.
They made the gestures of the human mating dance; small talk, drinking..."I love this band!"..."Me too!", until they were both satisfied with the others genuine heat and desire.
At long last, he felt her flesh against his skin. His fingertips brushed her alabaster arm, each cell straining to engage in the most intimate of contact. Now they were communicating through touch, through looks, rather than through those crude words that they had been exchanging for the past quarter of an hour; a necessary, but ultimately unsatisfying, portion of the ritual.
On the bed now, they revealed themselves, piece by exquisite piece of clothing. He removed her shirt, relishing in each button freed, each binding removed. Progress was almost it's own reward...almost. When her breasts were finally revealed, he was shocked into reality...this WAS happening, despite the universe's best efforts to fail to satisfy its tiny inhabitants. He reached out, felt the curve of her chest, the perfect protrusions of her luscious nipples. He longed to taste them, to move beyond crude touch...but now was not the time. First...