Even as I walked the last few feet to my room, I knew all really wanted to do was collapse on the bed. I'd been on the go for nearly fourteen hours between work and traveling. I had asked for and got my room early, which meant a some sleep as far as I was concerned, before turning up for cocktails, and more glad handing tonight. I waved the plastic card at the door, saw the light go green, and opened it.
For a moment, I thought I was in the usual, generic room. A so-so print on the wall, the usual drab paint, but I saw it first. It was looking me right in the face. A huge window, was on one wall, in fact as I walked closer, dropping my bag, the window was the wall, looking out on the world. Without realizing it I had my nose pressed to the glass, eyes staring down at the traffic below, watching the pedestrians, and then up and across towards the other buildings on the street. More hotels, their windows black in the early morning sun. For a moment, I just stared, and then felt the wave of tiredness come over me, stronger than my desire at that moment. I turned and fell across the bed kicking off my shoes as my feet came up, and without really trying fell sound asleep on top of the comforter and sheets.
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When I awoke, it was to the insistent ringing of my phone. It seemed to be coming from inside me, and it took me a moment to realize that it was in the inside pocket of my jacket, and I was, laying on it. I knew the ring, I'd customized it myself. Anyone else I would have ignored.
"Yeah love" I said as I picked up. mumbling sorry at her as I rolled over on the bed.
I got the immediate blast of concern. "Are you OK? You didn't call when you got to the hotel. I did call them and they said you had checked in, and they said they had called the room, but you never answered. They wouldn't give me the room number. How silly is that," she asked?
I knew why they didn't give out personal details over the phone to people. I knew she knew too, but that wasn't important right now. I decided to try and forestall the next outflow of words. "Again. Sorry love, fell on the bed, almost as soon as I hit the room, and then it was lights out, I'm afraid. I'm still in my jacket. Never even took it off. My shoes fell on the floor when I went horizontal. I am however, fine, and I am glad you called. Not sure how long I would have slept if you hadn't woken me."
She giggled in my ear. "I checked you still have about three hours before you are due downstairs with those awful clients of yours." There was a moments silence. "How bad are they?'
"About the usual, they want the world but don't want to pay for it".
There was silence at the end of the line and I wondered briefly if we had been disconnected and then my wife said, "Almost as soon..........." and her voice trailed off. My wife knew me too well I thought. I had mentioned the window hadn't I.
"The window here is the wall, looking right out onto the street. I'm twenty floors up, and I can see across the street, into other hotel rooms, it rather got my attention until my body decided it was lights out time." I pulled myself upright, and moved to stand beside it.
"Oh really" she said. I could hear the wheels turning in her mind. This, was why we gelled. She understood my needs, and I understood hers.
"What about now" she breathed into my ear?
It was, I thought a silly question. when my wife took that tone it usually got a pretty quick reaction. I could feel my penis already rising inside my shorts, the desire, the need to draw the drapes further aside, look out over the cars and catch glimpses of the people in the other rooms. See them across that void of space and darkness. Will them to look in my direction, and watch as I slowly stroked my cock. I loved it! It was not my wife's thing. She liked to be watched when she played with herself, but she only wanted me to see her. And for a brief moment I wondered how often I had stood at the end of a bed, watching her. That was her thing. Well one them, at least.