I've tried to make this a good read and it's just as much about the experience of being in a sauna for the first time as it is about the sex but if you want to skip to that it starts at the mention of a massage about halfway through.
Enjoy!
For pretty much my entire adult life I've had an obsession with the idea of gloryholes, the idea of seeing an anonymous rock-hard cock sliding into view. Pulsing with pre cum and excitement as I reach out to pleasure the random man on the other side of the wall, nothing gets me harder than fantasising about that.
Sadly very few places still have them here in the UK, especially in actual public toilets. During one of my many horned-up online searches for them, I found that my local gay sauna only 5 minutes away had some. I'd heard of gay saunas/bathhouses before but never really given them much thought before. Honestly, I've always struggled with the idea of random hook-ups or chatting up in general. I've always been shy and barring a one-time experience through Grindr, my only sexual encounters were with people I've dated long term.
Everything I read about the sauna sounded like it wasn't great.
It was dated and falling apart at the edges.
The price of admission was too much.
The crowd were older and not so hot, which honestly was a plus for me as while I think I'm decent looking the Adonises on the ads for other places were intimidating.
Unlike any other place I could find online however, it had Gloryholes.
After a month or so (I did say I'm shy) of building up the courage I finally set my mind to go. I spent much of my day getting ready, douching and grooming myself, till I was as appealing as I could be. I took my dose of PReP (can never be too careful) and headed out. My nerves were going crazy but I quickly found the discreet entrance, slipped in and paid my the fee.
I asked the attendant if there were any ground rules I should know seeing as it was my first time. He just smiled and nodded in the direction of the lockers so I just followed his gaze and went to change. Instantly I regretted not bringing a pair of sliders or flip-flops, the floor felt like it was begging for a clean.
As I began to undress an old heavy West Asian man in a towel strolled in and sat a few feet away, eyes glued to me as I stripped. I nervously smiled at him thinking maybe he was interested but his expressionless face simply stared as I peeled down my boxers revealing my cock, semi-hard from being watched, before wrapping the all-too-small towel around my tall bulky frame and headed into the facilities proper.
I didn't know what I fully expected but I was pretty quickly disappointed to see how empty the place was. It was midweek, days before Christmas, so maybe everyone was too busy spending time with family to be in a place like this. I gave myself a quick tour of the facilities.
The sauna and steam room looked good if a touch small and the jacuzzi was large but hard to get comfortably relaxed in, too deep to sit but too shallow to stand.
All this time the only guy I saw was a slim short man, probably in his early 30s, he was drifting between each area visibly annoyed, seemingly trying his hardest to ignore me. I wasn't bothered, he was the opposite of my type and I'd already accepted this visit might be a bust.
After getting my sweat on for a few minutes I spotted the stairs to the basement, I knew from reading online that's where the gloryholes were. I excitedly made my way down the steps hoping maybe more men would be down here. The stairs opened up into the biggest area yet, double-layered benches were set up in front of a large tv, currently showing dated but hot 70's/80's porn.
I ventured deeper into the dark areas. To the side of the TV viewing room was an open space with mats on the floor, clearly meant for multiple men but sadly empty. Finally, I rounded the corner into the deepest darkest space and found the gloryholes. I got hard just seeing them for the first time, my imagination already running away with possibilities. I checked each one, these weren't the nice ones with TVs from pornos, they were nothing more than small cupboards empty save for a hole. But that's all I needed, now all I wanted was a cock to pop through for me to pleasure.
I spent about ten minutes waiting, slowly wanking at the thought I might suck my first anon cock any moment now. But as time went on I realised with how empty the place was, nothing was going to happen here today.
It felt shit knowing my fantasy was closer than ever but still too far away.
I began to make my way back through the dark rooms, stopping to wank to the classic porn for a bit, hoping for anyone to walk down the steps and join me. Sadly no one came.
At this point, I was ready to call the trip a bust. I chose the wrong day/time to come. I decided to make the most of the large admission fee I paid and go for another session in the sauna before leaving.