Holly got a text message from a phone number she didn't know. It was a picture of a guy's cock, hard, and also a question mark.
She looked at it for a moment, surprised, wondering what to do. She didn't know him, she thought. At least, the number didn't come up as one that was already in her phone. He was probably a weirdo, she thought, but he might just have made an awful mistake.
She supposed she should tell him. She'd want to be told, if she'd just somehow sent naked pictures to the wrong person.
She thought for a moment, then texted him back, saying, "Dude, I don't think I know you."
There was a long, awkward pause. What Holly assumed was an awkward pause, anyway, at his end. Then her phone beeped. There was another message, "I'm so sorry. I mistyped the number."
"I'd have really thought this was something you'd want to use your address book for," Holly sent.
"I was. I thought I was. It's a new phone, and I copied the number over wrong."
While Holly was looking at that message, he sent another.
"A new phone," he said. "Because it's got a better camera."
She laughed. She laughed, and actually liked him for that. She sent a smile.
"I really am sorry," he sent.
"It's cool," she said.
There was a moment's delay, so she thought he'd gone, then another message. "I don't suppose..." he said. That was all the message was, but she understood him perfectly.
"Not a chance, dude," she sent. "Not of me. Not like that one."
"Fair enough," he sent, then, "Is there anything you would send a picture of?"
Holly was sitting on the couch, in the lounge, in front the TV, and her housemate Charlotte was in the room with her. Holly thought for a moment. She was wearing a skirt, so she took a picture of her knee, very close up. Then she changed her mind, because knees might be weirdly sexy, and took one of her elbow instead.
"What are you doing?" her housemate Charlotte said.
"Sexting. Kind of."
Charlotte looked at Holly for a moment, at Holly's elbow. "I don't think you're doing it right," Charlotte said.
Holly grinned, and sent the elbow picture.
"That's nice," the guy texted her back.
"So sent me one from you," she said. "But, um, tamer."
He sent a picture of his elbow too. He had some bicep showing, and was probably flexing it slightly. He had a tee shirt on, and it hugged his arm. It was tight around his arm, not hanging loose. Holly decided she quite liked that.
She held her phone out to Charlotte, and said, "See?"
Charlotte seemed surprised. She grinned, and then looked back to the TV.
Holly sent a picture of the back of her hand, and got one back. There was no wedding ring on his, she noticed, and he had short nails, which looked clean. That was important. There weren't any tattoos or scars either, just in case she needed to identify him. Not that she ever would.
She sent a picture of her knee. It was almost arty, with her foot blurry in the background. She was careful not to show much of the room, nothing he could stalk her with. She sent it, and got a picture of a foot back. Bare, the ankle crossed over the other ankle, that one in a sock. Like a weird striptease.
He didn't have especially hairy legs, she saw. That was a good thing. He didn't have a sports sock tan-line either, which was a very good thing. For some weird reason, that always put her off. It reminded her of her dad, even on fit athletic guys her own age.
She sat there for a moment, wondering what to take a picture of next. Her ear, perhaps, although she'd probably have to get Charlotte to take it.
Her phone beeped. "Send one back," he said. "Please."
Holly looked at it for a moment, grinning. Then sent, "Impatient?"
"Not exactly," he said. "I just hoped...."
She realized. "You want one of my foot?" she sent.
"Would you?"
There was something about the way he just asked that made her wonder. It mattered more than just taking silly photos, she thought. "Is that some kind of big deal?" she sent.
"Would you mind if it was?"
Holly thought. Charlotte had noticed she'd stopped texting, and was looking at her. "What?" Charlotte said. "Did he send his cock?"
"He did already. He wants my foot."
"Oh," Charlotte said, "That's kind of weird."
"Yeah...."
Charlotte grinned. "But?"
"Yeah, pretty much. The but. I don't know if I should."
"Go on."
"I'm thinking about it."
"You've already seen me," he texted to her.
"What's your name?"
A moment's pause. "Ethan."
"Your real name?"
"Simon."
Holly grinned. "What are you going to do if I sent you a photo?" she sent.
"Send one back."
"What are you going to do with the photo?"
No answer.
"Be honest, and I might actually do it."
A pause. "Jerk off," he sent.
Holly looked at that for a moment, then said, "Show me."
There was pause, then another photo of his cock arrived. It was hard, and in his hand. Holly was surprised he'd actually done that. She'd made a deal, though. She took a photo of her foot. Then another, from the side, just to be nice.
She sent them both.
"Thank you," he sent.
"Show me," she sent. Then, so she was clear. "Show me when you're done."
He took a couple of minutes, then sent a picture of his cock with semen on the end. Holly couldn't quite believe what she was looking at.
Holly sat there, staring at it.
After a moment, Charlotte must have noticed her silence. She looked up from the TV and saw Holly's face. "What?" she said.
"I'm going to bed," Holly said, and stood up.
"Dude," Charlotte said. "Show me."
Holly shook her head.
"Fucking show me, you perve."
Holly ran out the room, and into hers, and shut the door.
She couldn't quite decide what to think. It wasn't the sight of his cock itself that was interesting her, it was that he was willing to show her at all. And that he liked her foot. She'd never met anyone into feet before. Or at last, anyone quite that honest.
Her phone beeped. "Are you still there?" he sent.
She thought for a moment, then sent, "For now."
"I'm sorry. I thought you were serious."
Holly sat down on her bed. "I was."
"You're not shocked?"
"No."
"Did you like it?"
"I'm not sure."
Holly sat a little longer, thinking. Then she pointed her phone downwards and took another photo of her feet. On the floor, side by side, just there.