The construction worker from next door was back at her library again. She'd been researching for her linguistics dissertation while working here for several months and she saw him at least three times a week. He usually went to the history sections and pulled books on any of the various wars around the world, only to come back to the front of the library where she worked to sit down. She'd caught him watching her since he'd first shown up about six months before, working on the reconstruction of some very old, wood buildings on the campus.
At first, it was only a glance or two, now and again, but now she caught him watching her all over the library quite often and noticed him listening when she answered questions for the other students. She herself was a student librarian, having taken up the trade as an income while she completed her dissertation.
One day, while she was working on some paperwork at the Information Desk, he finally approached her. From her time watching him watching her, she'd found him quite attractive; his muscled arms and sun-kissed skin combined with slate gray eyes and an almost shy smiled made her stomach flutter. The latter two she was being treated to for the first time.
"Could you help me find a book? I think it might be in the storage room," he asked politely in a deep, but gentle voice.
She smiled. "Which one?"
He gave her the title and she looked it up in the electronic catalogue. Sure enough, it was in storage. She came around the desk and motioned him to follow her.
The storage room was at the very back of the library, used only for books that had not been checked out in more than ten years. It was very rare for anyone to need a book from the storage room, but it did happen.
She unlocked the door and let him in. Taking the lead, she went over to the manual catalogue; the electronic database only listed the storage room, not the area in it. She spent a few minutes looking for the correct card.
His eyes wandered her body the entire time. She had to fight off a blush, because she was doing essentially the same thing from her peripheral vision.
His arms were relaxed at his sides, with one hand tucked into the pocket of his blue jeans. His chest and stomach were almost visible through his whit tank top. They were just as pleasing to look at as his arms.
She finally located the card and motioned him to follow her again. Again, they would have to go to the back.
When she located the correct stack, she skimmed through the numbers. He waited behind her quietly. She wasn't sure whether it was good luck or not, but the book he wanted was on the floor-level shelf.
Carefully, self-conscious of herself, she bent over at the waist and retrieved the book. When she turned to hand it to him, he was smiling.
"Here you go," she told him.
"Hold on," he replied, flipping open the cover, "I want to make sure it's the one I want before I drag you in an out again."
She was thankful he turned away, because the delicious tone in his voice made her blush. He had somehow made it sound enticingly naughty. She was sure it was just her imagination.
He walked to the table in the aisle way and sat down with the book. For a minute or so he skimmed back and forth from the index to various parts of the book.
"Can I ask your opinion?" He put a finger down on a specific passage. She walked up to his shoulder and leaned on the table to look down at the book. In the process, she brought the top most closed button of her shirt about level with his chin, not realizing that she would treat him to a full view of her cleavage if he looked up.
"Does this passage adequately support the decision it's advocating?"
He looked up just as she started reading the passage. He hadn't realized she'd gotten so close to him and it fueled his resolve.
"It has some interesting language, but for the time period it's accurate. It wouldn't fly now," she shook her head. "It's not a hard enough argument."
She stood up and he joined her.
"I'm writing a critique and this old book was cited as support, but it was dubious." He closed the book on the table. "Look..."
She held her breath; he looked suddenly tense.
He turned and pinned her gently up against the table. She was a head shorter than him and the table pressed up right under her butt.
"I've been wanting to tell you," he started, putting one hand on her hip and bracing the other against the table. Automatically, she braced her hands against his biceps and immediately felt his muscles move as he pulled her closer. "You are so beautiful," he whispered near her ear. He pressed his nose closer, almost against her neck just below her ear and murmured, "So sexy..."
She gasped in surprise and felt a shiver of pleasure as his hot breath tickled her neck.
He whispered into her ear, "I've been watching you for months, listening to you talk. I love it when you bend over to get a book," she flushed, "and I have been longing to touch you."
She made the token. "Please," she breathed, "someone might come in here and - "
"No one comes back here," he chuckled, sending tingling shivers down her spine. "I didn't think they would appreciate me expressing my desire out there." He pressed his growing erection against her, eliciting a breathy moan. "I've been wanting to talk to you for months, but it's taken me this long to work up the courage to approach such a beautiful woman. I realize you're a student here and I probably shouldn't - "
He'd been breathing hard the entire time, trying to control himself. He broke off when her hips twitched. Squeezing against her, he moaned into her neck. She whimpered as she felt every nerve in her body fire. He moaned as he brought his lips just up to her ear. His hips bucked gently, and he croaked, "Oh, God, I need you."
She jumped slight and stuttered, "But I'm - "
He cut her off with a kiss, lightly pressing his lips against her, his hips were moving of their own accord in a rolling rhythm. He moaned deep in his throat as she started to return the kiss.
In one smooth motion, his hand found their way onto her thighs, just under her mid-thigh kirt and hiked it up as he sat her on the table. He spread her knees and was treated to her perfect white panties. He needed to press himself against her hot, soft core, even through his pants.
She startled as he pressed against her; she felt vulnerable, but it sent a thrill through her blood. Her hands gripped his biceps, squeezing as he nipped the sensitive skin of her neck. Her mind whirled as his nimble fingers discovered a nipple through her clothes and a broken moan escaped her lips.
For a moment, the world froze. He ceased all movement except to whisper in her ear, "All you have to do is say 'stop'."
His heavy thumbs were being withdrawn from their task, making her breasts ache. He slid his hands down to her sides, stroking her sides just above her hip, up and down. She was taking deep breaths, but there was no way she could stop now.