It was a cold December morning but Annie was warm and cozy under the covers. She stretched out under the soft sheets as she blinked her eyes. The sun was barely starting to come through the blinds. She snuggled back against her husband's large frame. Her butt pressed up against his crotch as she wiggled into him hoping to feel him get hard. Neither of them had to get up yet and she was in the mood for a quickie before leaving the bed's warmth.
Annie and Jeff had become a couple nearly a decade earlier. Annie had moved back to her small hometown to accept a teaching job at the local middle school after she finished her degree at the state university. She had always been pretty shy and had been bookish in high school. She had trouble making friends in the bigger city and missed her parents and the charm of the small tight-knit community. So when she had the opportunity to move back she didn't hesitate. Her parents had also been thrilled to have her back, especially because she stayed with them while she saved up some money after college.
Jeff had been a few years ahead of her in high school. He had been the captain of the football team and the life of the party back then. They hadn't interacted much at the time because they were in entirely different social circles even within the small town. He was big, burly, and handsome, and every girl in town seemed to have a crush on him. After high school he had worked at his dad's hardware store in town and
When she moved back to town, a friend she had reconnected with at church set her up with Jeff for a blind date because she thought they would be cute together. At least, this is what Annie had thought at the time. Annie was shocked when she found out who the date was and was sure there must be a mistake. Her apprehension had quickly been subdued when she had spent time with him. Despite his rugged appearance, he was kind, gentle, and clearly very charmed with her. She had been swept off of her feet immediately.
Jeff tells it differently though. He insists that he had seen her come in and sit a few pews up from him one Sunday, catching his eye right away. Right after the service he had asked around to try to find out more about the beautiful woman he didn't recognize. Annie did have to admit she had changed since she had graduated high school. She had been a late bloomer. In college, her bust had filled out and she had gotten into fitness as a way to burn off stress after hours of studying. She had also found her sense of style and figured out the right way to do her makeup for her porcelain skin color. Her long raven hair, which had always been messy in high school, was now one of her best features. Once Jeff had figured out who she was he begged one of her friends to set them up. The rest was history.
They had a whirlwind romance fit for a Hallmark movie. Dates out to the local diner for milkshakes and long days relaxing on Jeff's boat on the river. He had charmed her parents easily and his younger sisters welcomed her into the family like she was one of them. After six months of dating he proposed on a warm summer night where they had spent the evening watching the stars from the bed of his pickup truck. Her parents weren't surprised since Jeff had asked for her father's blessing beforehand. The two families were thrilled and wedding planning had started immediately.
Six months later, they were married in a big ceremony on his dad's property with half the town in attendance. His sisters were bridesmaids along with her oldest friends. Jeff had never been more handsome as he waited for her in his blue suit at the end of the aisle. Her father had cried as the pastor had pronounced them married. It was everything she could have ever wanted and more.
They were both very traditional in most ways, and they hadn't wasted much time before they had started trying to start a family. By the time Annie was twenty-five she was pregnant. A couple of months later, an ultrasound confirmed she was going to have twins. It was a surprise, to be sure, but twins ran in Jeff's family, and they were thrilled to welcome George and Jacob.
They had decided to stop having kids after they were blessed with the twins on their first attempt and Jeff had had a vasectomy since she had felt terrible with any attempts at using birth control.
The boys were almost impossible to tell apart when they were little but now they were starting to have at least some subtle differences. They had just turned seven and were full of energy. The boys were so rambunctious it was a full-time job just trying to keep up with them. Thankfully they lived near both of their parents who were more than happy to watch their grandchildren anytime they needed.
Annie had been excited to return to work after having them but it had been a point of contention in their marriage. Jeff was very traditional and felt she should stay home with the kids like his mom did. She had ended up getting what she wanted since the second income really helped. On top of that, last year, she was promoted from teaching in the classroom to assistant principal of the middle school which came with a nice raise.
Jeff had long been the manager of the hardware store but he essentially ran it for his dad now with the help of his younger brother. Hardy's (his father) Hardware had been a staple of the town for forty years and the people of their small town were loyal, which gave them some security even with the chain stores that popped up everywhere.
Over the years, Jeff had been a devoted husband and they rarely fought. Things were almost perfect, except for one area. They had slowly fallen into a bit of a rut sexually.
Annie's religious upbringing and her reserved demeanor carried over into their sex life. She had held out while they dated as best she could. There had been moments of weakness but they had saved the ultimate deed for their wedding night. After they were married, their sex life was consistent if vanilla. Once or twice a week, Jeff would take her in missionary. If Annie were lucky, she would cum first but it didn't always happen. She didn't mind though. She still enjoyed being with him and how much he seemed to enjoy it.
Over the years, though, they had slowed down, which was natural. Jeff didn't have the same drive now that he was in his mid-thirties and Annie had gained some weight with her pregnancy. These contributed to the current status quo of sex about once every four to six weeks. Neither of them seemed to be perfectly happy with it but it was hard to break the routine after a while.
Around a year earlier, Annie had gotten her promotion and, with it, a significant amount of free time in the mornings without having to prep lesson plans. She had been determined to regain the confidence she had lost when she gained weight during pregnancy. Since then, she had gone back to exercising like she had in college and she had gradually gotten back to her pre-pregnancy weight for the first time in nearly eight years.
She was very pleased with the progress she had made. Her tummy had become flat, her legs toned, and her face looked several years younger than her age of thirty-two. Despite being in much better shape her confidence in her looks still felt like she was the bookish girl in high school. The other thing that had come with her getting back in shape was a steadily increasing sex drive. Unfortunately, her lack of confidence was reinforced by the lack of sex in her marriage. Despite some efforts, they couldn't seem to break out of their rut.
Annie wiggled against Jeff again with a little more force, trying to get his attention. She felt him start to stiffen against her as he shifted to get comfortable. Jeff had been working long hours and had been extra stressed since one of the chain hardware stores had opened in town. Hardy's was doing well but Jeff was feeling the pressure. She knew that stress was contributing to why he was so tired... and their sexual issues.
Jeff's hand found her hip as she put pressure against his shaft to keep stimulating him. He was slow to pick up on what she wanted. It had been a difficult adjustment when they had gotten married. To just be allowed to have sex suddenly. The guilt didn't go away when they had walked down the aisle. Even now, she wasn't comfortable being the one to make too obvious of an effort to initiate sex. She had spent such an extended portion of her life with anything sexual being sinful that it was hard to break from that and admit that she needed him so badly. It was supposed to be the man who wanted sex. Women weren't supposed to crave it.
It had been weeks since they last made love and she was craving him and the fullness that came with him being inside her. They had maybe fifteen or twenty minutes before the time he usually got up to get ready. She leaned back against her husband, trying to get him to take the hint and hurry. She turned her leg outward, subtly moving his hand from her hip down to her inner thigh between her legs.
Jeff let out a slight snore.
Annie sighed, knowing that she would have to wait and try again another time. At least it was almost the weekend.
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George and Jacob were running around the backyard, playing a game incomprehensible to anyone but them. Annie watched them through the glass door at the back of the house. They were both in thick jackets with hats and mittens. She could only tell them apart because she had dressed them in different colors.
Snow still covered the ground from a couple of days earlier. The boys seemed to be having a blast as they ran through it and occasionally stopped to make a snowball to throw.
Sundays had always been one of her favorite days since the hardware store was closed and Jeff would be home. After church Jeff usually watched some of the games while she cleaned the house. In the afternoon she would have some time to herself to reset before the next week of work.
