Author's Note: Thank you all for reading, especially those who have been taking the time to vote and leave your comments. Constructive critique welcome!
Standard disclaimers.
This is a story about sexual exploration and, open relationships. Open relationships can and do happily exist; but they are not for everyone. If you do not believe it is at all possible for open relationships to exist without damage to any and all involved parties, please do yourself a favor and don't waste your time reading this.
Also, this story takes place in a world where STDs don't exist and only babies planned for and wanted do—in other words, a fantasy world. Any resemblance to real-life people is purely coincidental.
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Gwen was first into the shower, playfully dismissing Tim's attempts to join her in the too-small bathtub while she washed away the oil from her breasts and stomach. He waited patiently for her to finish before trading places with her to clean the slickness he had accumulated from his slide down her body.
Gwen stood looking into her overnight bag, idly pondering the merits of either the jeans or the sundress she had packed. The Lady's demands for some guilt or shame were proving to be a distraction, not so much for the acts themselves anymore, that rebuke had lost its effectiveness, but instead for her willing submission to another, even if it was her husband. Gwen had vowed to never again allow herself to be somebody's plaything after her experiences with Miss Ritter; The Lady pointedly reminded her that this broken promise only highlighted the weakness her growing perversion was exploiting.
For Gwen, the thought frightened her. She was the boss, the bitch with iron panties, always in control, but she had truly enjoyed letting go of that for a while and letting Tim have his way—just like Miss Ritter did, the Lady ominously reminded her.
It's not an all-or-nothing thing, the Slut countered. You let it go for a while—you just took a break, and it felt good. You can take back control any time you want. Try it! She smiled and reached for the sundress as a plan began to form despite the Lady's protests.
He's so attractive, Gwen thought as her naked husband walked out of the bathroom, toweling his hair. A handsome face and easy smile, muscular arms and legs, and while he didn't exactly have a six pack, his stomach and chest just made him seem so male, so masculine. Not to mention that beautiful thing swinging between his legs...it was sleeping now, the soft length hanging halfway down over his loose sac. She felt a pang of regret over taking so long to fully appreciate the man she had been blessed with on nothing more than dumb luck, and briefly reconsidered subjecting him to her plot before silently promising to make it worth his while.
As Tim feared, breakfast was over by the time they made it downstairs to check out, getting directions for a nearby place serving brunch the desk clerk swore by. They found it a mile down the road and were seated at a quiet table for two in the middle of the small dining room. "Nice dress," Tim noted as they waited for the server. "New?"
"From your daughter's closet. I don't think she even remembers it was there." It was a floral print, two not-quite spaghetti straps over her otherwise bare shoulders, the hem ending above her knee. Gwen had thought it too revealing when it had first been purchased, but it hadn't been her money...
Tim didn't look up from his menu. "Ali, or KD?" he asked distractedly.
She giggled. "Alison. Do you think my chest is even close to being up to the task of filling out something of KD's? I'd need a lot more...volume..."
Tim glanced about, guessing nobody could hear or was paying attention to their conversation. "Yours are perfect just the way they are," he volunteered softly, his voice dropping to a rumble. "Perfect for looking at, and...other things."
"You don't think they're too small?"
"They're perfect." he repeated, returning his attention to the menu, trying to decide between waffles or eggs. Gwen Nelson talking about her tits in the middle of a busy restaurant, he thought with a smile and shake of his head. Ain't things crazy.
Their orders placed, Gwen bent to pick up her napkin she had dropped alongside the table while the young waitress had been asking Tim about his choice of potatoes. His eyes widened as he watched her bend at the waist, waiting until she had sat back up before leaning across the table towards her. "You're not wearing a bra," he whispered, more of a statement than a question.
Gwen leaned forward to meet him halfway. "I'm not wearing any underwear at all," she whispered back. "Is that alright? Should I go out to the truck and get some?"
"NO—no," he grumbled even as his eyes glanced downward to see if she was exposing herself even now. "But I thought we were stopping at Outdoor Outfitters on the way home?"
"You said you wanted to, right? You were looking for some new lures?"
"Well, yeah, but there'll be a lot of people there..." he glanced meaningfully at her chest.