"Jane has needs," Phil said.
It was just thrown out there. Travis heard the words but did not understand the meaning. He was on a stepladder, helping to install a ceiling fan in the couple's three-season porch. Phil was on another ladder, hooking up the wiring as Travis awkwardly held the fan in place. The precise nature of the needs did not register to him.
Jane was not present, having not yet returned from her job as the assistant registrar at the college. She was always smiling a genuine smile and she was endlessly kind. Travis could not help but like her.
"Yeah?" he said solicitously, maneuvering the now-wired fan into place. Phil began putting the screws into the base. When it was secure, they went to the fuse box and flipped the electricity back on, and then returned to the porch. Phil turned on the light and Travis pulled the long cord hanging from the fan. The blades began to turn.
"And because of my treatment, I can't meet those needs," Phil went on. Travis knew he'd had cancer but that was some years ago now. He certainly wasn't aware of these effects of it.
Phil was quite matter of fact about it. He told Travis that he had urged Jane to find someone who could properly give her what he could not. It had to be the right person, of course. Someone that Jane liked. A good man. Someone that Phil thought was suitable. Phil asked Travis what he thought of this.
"It's a tough situation," Travis said sympathetically, trying not to betray his surprise at the concept. "Have you considered anyone in particular?"
"We've both had a few ideas. It's just in the past few months we've been talking about taking this step. Mostly, she or I will have an idea, but I won't be comfortable with the guy or the attraction just won't be there for her."
Travis could see Phil's and Jane's points of view. But that of a third party? He wondered about the details.
"Mind if I ask a question?"
Phil nodded agreeably.
"Would you...- "
"Would I watch?" Phil said with a laugh. "No. It wouldn't be about my participation in any way. I just want her to receive what she hasn't had in a long time."
Now it was Travis who nodded.
"Anyway, we've finally agreed on a candidate. He's perfect. But we have no idea if he'd be interested."
Travis politely refrained from asking who the man might be.
"So. Are you?"
Travis was speechless. Phil invited him over for dinner. He was going to cook steaks. Travis cautiously agreed. Then Phil announced that he didn't actually have steaks and would be running out for them. He told Travis to just hang out. And Jane? She'd be home soon.
Ten minutes later Phil was gone. Then Jane arrived. Her eyes brightened when she saw him in the living room. As she hung up her purse, Travis assessed her. She was cute, Travis saw, now assessing her in a way he never had previously. Her short-cropped, mostly-gray hair suited her, possessing her with an appealing maturity. She was short and plump, with a round rump and thighs ample yet not unduly so. She sat down next to him on the sofa.
"Is Phil at the butcher shop?"
Travis was surprised. Then he understood. They had arranged this in advance. Jane reached out a hand and put it on Travis's jeans and felt the hardness within.
"I would like very much to suck your cock, Travis," she said sweetly but went no further. It was the first time he'd ever heard her say anything more potent than a 'darn'. Her fingers began to work at his button and zipper even as she looked at him with that pleasant smile. He let her lower his pants to his ankles, then settle onto the floor before him. The smile only disappeared of necessity as she engulfed his cock and proceeded not merely to fellate him but to positively savor it.
Jane's eyes went from his to the task at hand. She let his cock slip from her mouth and took it in her hand, stroking.
"It's been nearly five years since I've been able to do this," she said, both wistfully and with satisfaction. Though he wondered about Phil, Travis was rapidly losing himself in the moment. He reached down and ran his fingers through Jane's hair.
"What about you?"
She looked up sweetly at him.
"Phil's mouth works just fine," she said, and then began sucking him again, pausing once more to continue, "and this is exactly what I need."
She sucked him slowly, deeply. Travis would have happily reciprocated, but so long as this was what she wanted he was happy to simply enjoy the gift. He was forgetting about Phil. The way she used her tongue in her mouth as she sucked was helping keep him solely in the moment. He gave in and moaned.
Jane let most of his cock out, suckling softly just at the head for a moment, then let it slip as well from her wet lips.
"You're a kind man, Travis," she said reflectively as she looked at him, her small hand gripping his shaft. "Don't hesitate. I love having my mouth filled with your cock, and want you to fill it when you cum."
She was right. He would not have cum in her mouth without explicit permission. Now he watched as his cock disappeared between her lips again and imagined cumming in that mouth. Travis let his head roll back. He closed his eyes and made sounds of ecstasy.
He was interrupted by the sound of the door. A key, then its swinging open. Somewhere behind him. He knew it was out of sight from where they were. Jane interrupted her sucking again.
"Hi, Sweetie! Got what you need?"
"Got it all, Hun."
"What's for dinner?"
Her hand continued to slowly rise and up down Travis's shaft as she called out.