The Accidental Voyeur - Chapter 1
All characters are over 18
Physics used to be my favourite subject in school, when I started labs at university I thought it would be more of the same but apparently too much interesting mental stimulation isn't good for a budding scientist. Most of our so-called labs were just exercises in computer script, digital modelling mostly. The only thing that kept me going consistently was, well if we're being cynical those attendance marks had something to do with it but mostly it was knowing I could spend a couple hours laughing with Daniel, my lab partner. I feared today wouldn't be the same, with assignment season upon us each week he's gotten progressively more stressed. I wouldn't have pictured him as a stress-head but there you go, wait till he hears about the group assignment in physics - my friend took the class last year and she told me that, as usual, the group assignment was killer. As much as Daniel and I got on I feel as though he didn't seek me out as a lab partner because he has faith in my intellectual abilities (although in a stem stream that assumption from some of the other students was par for the course).
My appearance today probably wouldn't inspire confidence if it was already lacking; coming straight from girls' night out meant I was dehydrated and under slept coming in with last night's makeup and... well fuck, I'm just now realising no bra. I looked down at my nipples showing through the stretchy fabric but, aside from that not too visible. I kept walking, maybe they were swinging a bit more as I walked? I do tend to strap them down, I made the mistake of going braless in first year and let's just say the nipple got a little too free for the classroom setting... And it's hard finding anything but sports bras that actually hold tits my size.
Ah well, c'est la vie,
I pictured my tutor's response...
people can just deal.
Time for them to learn being a slut doesn't preclude you from being a nerd.
Although who was I to say, maybe Daniel would like a few late-night study sessions? He did start inviting me out for coffees a lot after class and he'd always seem a bit bummed if someone else wanted to join. The thought hit a bit suddenly,
does he have a crush on me
?
"Rey!" Daniel's voice rang out as I walked in the lab rooms, he wasn't sitting in our usual spot. I plopped down on the seat next to him, "What's with the new seats?"
"Well hello to you too grumpy, exam season got you down?"
"Well apparently it's not affecting you, you're looking a lot happier than last week"
"Ah yeah," Daniel says turning to log in to his computer, "Well when the group assignment is done, so am I...
"I thought you hated group assignments -
"--Butttt, in answer to your earlier question, I was getting a bit sick of sitting right under the tutor's nose, not everyone is a nerd,
"I didn't
make
you sit next to me in week 1, I thought I'd met a kindred nerd,
"Well judging by today's outfit..." I could see his eyes giving me a once over, "a bit of distance couldn't hurt" I raise my eyebrows at him in surprise, waiting for him to stop ogling me so he can be appropriately chastised, even though I'm not sure I want to chastise him. He meets my gaze and immediately drops it, seeing that I've seen him, not that he was being subtle.
Ok well yeah there are definitely vibes...
The tutor starts his opening spiel and I wait to ponder the chemistry between us until later. Trying my best to tune into the instructions.
...
40 minutes later and the tutor starts outlining the group assignment, like we haven't seen it online already. She starts telling us to find our lab partner and begin to discuss it. I turned towards Daniel, he pulled up the assignment rubric and motioned me to have a look, I thought about scooting over in the wheelie chair but for some reason I stood behind him. I leaned against Daniel's shoulder, leaning in so my hair draped across his eyeline, cutting his view down. He turned to react to my closeness, I was hoping he'd move closer and I'd get to feel his breathing against me but he turned. Before he realised that I was leaning over with my tits at eye sight. I watched from above him, almost like it was in slow motion - his eyes veering from the scoop of my neckline down across my cleavage. His mouth opened slightly when he saw my nipples pressed through my clingy shirt fabric. My breathing must have changed slightly because his gaze was suddenly drawn upwards, reminded my face was inches from where this was taking place. His eyes met mine while his mouth was still open, I felt my mouth curling into a little smile before I could stop it. He snapped his eyes forward; mumbling something about dividing each topic in half. His face was hot, physically hot, I could feel it warm against my exposed chest. I feel a thrill pool deep inside of me, like something is untethering, bringing with it warmth that seeps through my body.
It had been seconds worth of interaction but so many thoughts crossed through my mind. I felt excited at him looking at me, moreso than I bargained for. The look in his eyes was almost hungry. And I wanted to satiate him. How did he make me want to do that? How did he make me feel all that just with his eyes?
I take a seat in the dingy computer chairs, almost losing my balance; he reaches out to steady me and again I feel a warm tingle seeping through my body from where his hand is holding me. He withdrew his hand too quickly and I inhaled at the shock of its absence, the feeling preoccupying my mind so much that it takes me a while to adjust to the withdrawal. My body screams for me to lean into him, to provoke contact again but I feel uncertain. I'm unsure if I'm still wobbling or if my brain is tricking me. Before I have time to figure it out I hear the string of words he's rattling off that my brain hasn't been processing.
"So Friday?" I hear myself say, I'm surprised by my own drab tone, its like my body is on autopilot while my brain tries to figure out this unexpected swell of feeling. I've already swung my backpack over my shoulder, the unexpected weight forcing me upright and for once I don't mind that it presses my chest forward. I lean into it a bit and enjoy the fabric brushing against my nipples. At this point they are stiff enough to cut glass and I see him looking at me again. This time his face is less guarded, he doesn't turn away or flick his gaze ahead. His eyes roam over me impatiently like hes trying to memorise my curves. Is he imagining what I'd feel like? I feel a delicious pulse emanating from me while he watches. I turn and feel his eyes on me. Intuitively I know his eyes are boring a hole into my arse as I walk away and I enjoy the feeling more than I thought possible.
As I get home I file into my room quickly, not wanting my roommate and her loved up horny couple vibe to get all over my confused feelings before I have a chance to think them through. I can hear them from next door giggling at each other. Its sweet. And I haven't seen a guy affect Lilah like this before. She's giddy and sweet and embarrassed like she's dating for the first time, even though she could Dom a guy without lifting a finger or raising a sweat. Goes to show what the right chemistry does to someone.
I grab my headphones from my desk and start doing some research before Friday, no use being out of sorts and unprepared.
...
A couple hours later I've made about two pages of dot points that I think make an ok start to the presentation. My back and neck are aching from sitting hunched over my laptop. I start kneading the knot in my spine, it feels nice and warms my skin. I start massaging my neck, slipping the bulky headset off my ears. The noises of the apartment come back to me all at once, like a plane cabin depressurising.
Lilah's voice was husky, that's what caught my attention.
"What if Rey comes home?!"
"It'd be so fun to watch it on the big tv though" Tom pleaded,
he sounded desperate. Oh god, they thought they had the place to themselves. Maybe I should've called out to them when I got home. The walls were thin enough between the bedrooms but all that separated them from me was the door with a gap at the bottom. What did he want to watch? Some more laughing and the tv flicks on.
Compressed noise comes on in the background and almost immediately I hear moaning. They're watching porn in the living room! Then I hear Lilah, but not her real voice, she's speaking in time with the compressed moans. They're watching homemade porn together!
Lilah continued moaning in the video like she was being teased. Tom was encouraging her, he was asking her how she liked his fingers in her pussy, she couldn't answer she was just groaning in response. I couldn't help but listen, convincing myself I was just curious. Tom was clearly aroused by the tone of his voice, but staying aloof.