When I was about nineteen, I had an erotic dream. My upbringing was somewhat sheltered and conservative, so even into my late teens, I wasn't very educated in matters of sex and sexuality, nor had I experimented much with masturbation.
But this dream--I knew from the moment I awoke, and even, in a sense, while I was still in it, that it was unquestionably erotic.
I remember it vividly, but in a slow stop-motion style:
I stood in a library scanning the shelves of the graphic novel and comic section for anything colourful that would catch my eye. I was lost in this for what seemed like several minutes when I felt a presence down the warmly lit aisle. With my fingers still held up to the spine of a small book tucked in its place, I looked toward what I assumed would be the figure of someone watching me. I was right.
The librarian had a short bob of red hair and a gentle smile, but her lips never moved to speak. She watched me silently and I gazed back at her waiting for...something. Finally, I turned to her and raised my hand to wave, but my arm didn't move. I looked down to find it hanging there lifelessly by my side. I was confused, but unafraid; her expression was so genuine and kind.
I then tried the other arm, but it too simply hung there.
All I could do was look at her. I examined the soft curve of her jaw; admired the small glint of light on her collar bone, and the ripples and folds of her partly unbuttoned white blouse; and licked my lips at the thought of her breasts hiding playfully underneath.
Then she stepped forward.
I suddenly felt warm.
She stepped closer again, breaking into a slow and sensual stride. My body tingled; I was hot and paralyzed. I felt no fear, only excitement.
When she finally came close enough to touch, she stopped, and stood there. Up close, her blouse seemed to have even fewer closed buttons than before. She cast her eyes down at my hands, then back at my face.
I wanted to reach up and put my hands on her hips. I wanted to pull her blouse apart, popping the final buttons, and grab her breasts. I wanted to take her round face in my hands and kiss her pink lips.
But my arms wouldn't respond.
Then I remember waking up.
But the dream still seemed to blur into reality. My arms felt numb and paralyzed, but I could feel the fabric of the pillowcase against my cheek. I knew I had been dreaming, but I still felt stuck.
When I lifted my head off the pillow and, with a struggle, opened my eyes to see my surroundings, I could tell I was lying on my stomach with both arms folded and tucked underneath my torso. My arms had gone numb, and I couldn't move them.
With some difficulty, I turned myself over and let them lay there on either side. The new blood rushing into them set off a fresh wave of tingling. Just like in the dream, all I could do was watch and wait.
It was still dark, but I craned my neck to look down at the length of my unmoving arms. It was then that I caught sight of the tenting sheet over my crotch and realized I was very hard.
Instinctively, I raised my hand to grab hold of it and wrestle it to submission; an erection like this always posed a welcome challenge. But my limb only vaguely responded, and the sensation of needles in my arm was intense.
I pushed through, shoved the sheet aside, and gripped my cock weakly. Each stroke sent a shockwave of painful tingles through my arm.
The librarian rushed back into my mind. I closed my eyes to imagine her before me again with all the details that I could remember: red hair, round face, white blouse, short skirt, gentle smile, warm gaze, pink lips...
I came. Semen rushed out of my cock and, due to my lack of motor-control and weakened grip, it sprayed in all directions over me.
Satisfied, I let my arm drop to my side and winced at the final shot of tingling pain as my hand hit the mattress. I ignored the wet mess and swiftly fell asleep again.
***
A few years later, in my small bachelor apartment, I lay awake in bed next to a girl. She slept against me on her side, with my arm around her. Her head rested in the crook of my shoulder, and her face laid softly on my chest.
We just had sex. She came while riding cowgirl, then fell down against me. Moments later, she lifted her hips and let me slide out of her, then she herself slid off my body to my right side and laid there against me.
"Mm, did you cum too, babe?" she asked with eyes closed, fingertips lazily brushing the base of my penis.
"Oh, yeah, definitely," I lied, and put my arm around her.
"Good, good." She pulled her hand up below her chin and fell asleep.