Terry Collier sat at the bar, fiddling with the drink in front of him. The din of the casino surrounded him, never ending, but it was almost like he could not hear it.
Every single nerve ending in his body was alert.
What was happening up there, right at this very moment? His imagination was running wild, all sorts of possible fantasy situations ran through his mind.
Melissa, his wife of almost two dozen years was up there, in the suite they had rented for nearly an entire week. Terry always called her Mel, his pet name.
Still attractive at now 42, she kept herself in great shape, he loved that and he loved her.
Gone was the lean and lithe body Mel had when they were both so very young, yet she had matured well. The medium sized bust had settled, developed into the soft and delightful sag that felt so wonderful to lift and caress. The once flat and muscular abdomen bore the faint marks of two children, even though each time during her pregnancy Terry had carefully rubbed her swelling tummy down with Cocoa butter almost daily.
That had been a fine time, from the moment she told him that they were expecting, he had done that each and every night without fail as she lay there accepting, clearly purring in delight.
The result of their unions were two strapping boys, both of them were a joy. There was a closeness, a bond between Terry and Mel and the two boys that Terry was reasonably sure had something to do with those nightly sessions.
Unlike so many families they knew, their own children often reached out to touch, it was almost like they knew even in the womb that the stroking and touch was happening, and it comforted them.
The boys both thought nothing of hugging and kissing their Father, even now as adults.
Now with their sons off to their own lives, the weekly phone calls came without fail, always ending with "I love you!" as they sat with their speaker phone on so both Terry and Mel missed nothing.
Renton had shown up one Saturday with a young lady, a small and pretty little thing he wanted them to meet. Terry noticed instantly the smell of Cocoa Butter on her, and smiled inwardly at that.
Renton's eyes had met his father's that afternoon, a look passed between them, both knew exactly what the other's thoughts were. Renton just grinned, knowing his Father was well aware that this relationship had evolved to sexuality.
The youngest, Terrance, was so involved in his studies that he had not yet settled on a regular girl friend, and he seemed in no hurry in that respect.
Those thoughts passed through Terry's mind as he sat alone in the casino bar, watching ice cubes melt slowly in the glass.
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The discovery of Terry's own illicit desires had came completely by accident. The two of them had decided to drive up a nearby mountain to a resort, head out across the slopes and do some skiing like they had done years before prior to their children arriving.
Long unused muscles rather quickly began to complain about suddenly being forced into effort, and by nightfall the very first evening, Mel was complaining about her hips and legs. Terry understood perfectly because he felt the very same issue.
The big muscles in his fanny actually felt like even taking a step would require some forethought and planning.
The long soak in the resort's community hot tub had helped, but didn't quite do the job. That had been fun all by itself, Terry was settled in letting the water jets pound his lower back when Mel came down. There were two younger men sitting in the huge tub with him, and one young woman that looked to be about twenty was clearly with one of the two men. Even with the bubbles in the screaming hot water hiding them from view, Terry could see the brief intimate touches between the two, it was fun to watch.
Mel came into the community hot tub area, went over to a nearby table and slid her cover off her shoulders.
"Oh, my aching God!" One of the men blurted out barely loud enough for Terry to hear. The other young man turned to look, his face breaking into a huge smile. Terry glanced over also, Mel was standing there with her back arched, both hands rubbing her protesting hip muscles. This caused her breasts to lift, the lime green bikini she had on was new, one Terry had never seen before.
There really wasn't a hell of a lot of material in the new suit, and standing innocently sideways to them it was almost like she was displaying herself.
Terry felt a burst of pride, Mel looked so beautiful, so delightful that his own body flushed with a flash of desire.
She then turned and walked towards the tub, the natural sway of her hips appeared sexual but it was not something she could even avoid. The fact that the suit was new and quite a bit smaller than she normally wore was obvious from the amount of far lighter flesh showing around the edges of the tiny outfit.
Terry knew at a glance that Mel must have at least trimmed the full bush she usually left natural, otherwise dark brownish curls would have been exposed both at the sides and the top.
He felt his body flush even more, so he slipped a bit deeper into the water to try and hide his reaction.
As she sat on the lip of the tub, dangling her feet into the water, Mel reached over and let her hand drift idly across Terry's shoulders, an easy act of affection that she did constantly at home.
Mel was totally relaxed, thus mildly careless. As she dangled her legs in the hot water, alowing her skin to adjust to the temperature, she swirled on leg back and forth. The suit material was thin, the tuft of pubic hair she had retained created a soft bulge right at her groin. Terry's eyes fell to that, his body shuddered involuntarily.
Mel noticed that, she usually noticed everything. A soft smile crossed her lips, the fact that her body, so familar to her man still caused a reaction in him even after years of marriage was a sweet success.
Her intention had been to do exactly that. The thought of others also being there had never crossed Mel's mind, not really.
The young men were clearly affected, Terry saw and understood that, since he also felt himself reacting. He didn't mind at all, it filled him with a sense of pride that he was the one Mel was with.
Even the very young lady that was also in the tub took note of her, Terry saw her eyes widen slightly as she glanced at Mel's body, then her face flushed. He barely managed to stifle a laugh.
Other than small talk, that was all that happened but the young people's reaction to the way Mel looked stuck in Terry's mind.
He did not completely understand his own excitement, Men had noticed Mel many times before so this was nothing new.
Except for the fact that she was as close to naked as she could get and still be decent in public? He had never really witnessed that before except for one time.
Just one time Mel had gone topless on a public beach but during that incident they were mostly behind some large rocks and out of anyone's view. She had quickly covered up that day when a young couple wandered by, holding hands.
The guy, barely more than a boy had glanced at Mel and grinned, they simply continued on their way. The woman he was holding hands with wore only the tiniest of thongs, her nearly flat chest stone white.
"Cute one, huh?" Mel whispered, a trace of humor in her voice. She picked right up on her husband's reaction, the young lady was quite attractive. Mel felt no jealousy at Terry's taking notice, she was completely confident in her own ability to attract.
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Later up in their room at the casino and resort, Terry began to make the familiar motions they both knew quite well, the preliminary to love making.
"Oh, honey. I would love to but my hips and fanny hurt like the dickens. I must be getting old." She protested.
"You are still the most beautiful thing on Earth." Terry told her, giving her side a short pat.
So instead of trying to make love, Terry found some lotion the resort supplied and had her lie on the bed on a towel and he rubbed her down. But after just a few minutes, his own lower back began to complain so he had to stop.
"It's OK honey. Say, they have a gym here, maybe you could see if they have someone on staff that does rubdowns?" Mel asked.
"I don't know, I don't think having some guy rub out my behind is something I want to do very badly." Terry told her.
"Well, maybe they have a cute girl working here." Mel giggled.
"Oh boy! Now that I might go for." Terry teased her right back.
"Well, why not? Go ahead and call the front desk." Mel urged.
"Naw, I would be embarrassed."
"Oh, don't be silly. They are professionals, it's just a massage. Besides, I will if you will." She grinned.
"OK. You call then." Terry grinned at her.
Mel hopped up and went to the phone which surprised Terry some. He had expected her to pass on the idea.
She dialed the front desk, spoke to someone. But of course he could only hear one side of the conversation.
"Yes, I can imagine. That's what happened to us, it's been years since we did any skiing."
"Really? I never thought of trying that, it sounds neat."
"$200.00? Both of us at once? When? Great, thanks!" She hung up, then turned to Terry.
"They have a couple that does something they call a tandem, we both get rubdowns at the same time right here in the room." She said.
"Really? You actually ordered one?" Terry asked.
"Yep, I sure did. They will be here in an hour. The woman can work on me and the guy can work on you. The woman on the front desk said they are really good." Mel grinned at him.
"There is no way in hell I am going to let some strange guy I don't know rub my behind." Terry said.
"Oh, homophobic, are we?" She laughed.
"No, it's not that. It's just....?" Terry didn't know what it was, it was that the very idea of it made him cringe.
Hell, maybe that was it, he never really thought about it.
"Ok. We will do it the other way then, it's just going to be a massage so it's no big deal."
"You are OK with some woman giving me a rubdown?" Terry was a little bit surprised.
"Sure, if you are OK with some guy rubbing me. It would be sort of like at the Doctor, I guess?"