The majesty of the giant room was palpable. Our small group was surrounded by the smells of leather bound books and furniture oil. We were faced, in every direction, with the tangible evidence of history. The dome above us engendered astonishing acoustics, making every whisper, every turn of a page, clearly audible. On all sides of the room were alcoves and corridors, the homes of "the stacks;" the ornate, perfectly spaced shelves heavily laden with nearly every volume ever published. For a true lover of books it's a sacred place. It's the Library of Congress.
The group was in D.C. to experience that history, to walk the National Archives, to stand mere inches from arguably the most important, history-changing documents ever penned by man since the Bible and the Magna Carta. A side visit to the Library was a must.
We all knew each other, on a level, but this was the first time some of us had ever met face to face. We were all getting to know one another as went about our wanderings.
You and I had spoken many times before this. There was always an undercurrent of... something... We clicked so quickly, so unexpectedly. In a very short time our texts and conversations took a decidedly intimate turn. Intimate, over time, became explicit and uninhibited. When the opportunity arose to express those desires face to face, we couldn't say no.
Our friends and colleagues were unaware of our connection. As far as they knew we were simply casual friends who worked on projects together from time to time, and from opposite ends of the country. It would be potentially complicated if the deeper nature of our friendship became public, so we played it cool.
Cool. Ha! There was nothing "cool" about it. Even the sound of your voice when you were talking to someone else had a physical effect on me. I felt like a guitar string that was tuned too tight. And you knew it, too. You'd look over and catch my eye, smiling that sexy half smile of yours, and you knew EXACTLY what you were doing to me. I liked to think I had the same effect on you, but you were too smooth to show it. You were like a Sphinx, unreadable until you threw me that smile.
The group decided to split up and explore the Library, with instructions to meet back in the main reading room in about half an hour. Most of the group stayed on the ground floor, but I headed for the stairs to look around on second level. I was browsing the stacks in a back corner, out of the line of sight of the rest of the library in every direction, when I heard your footsteps behind me. "I just found a copy of..." I started to say, but you placed a finger against my lips to shush me.
You leaned back against the end of the bookshelf, pulled me against your chest, and initiated the most luscious kiss of my life. There was exactly zero chance I was going to fight that. I sort of melted against you, wrapping my arms around your neck and returning that kiss with an intensity even I didn't know I had. As our lips and tongues danced together I could feel you growing hard against my belly. Acting on pure instinct I reached for your belt, then hesitated, looking around, remembering where we were. You grasped my chin gently with your fingers, turned my head to look me in the eye, brushed your lips against mine, and said, almost inaudibly, "You did say once that you'd fuck me anywhere."