He's well over 6 feet tall, I am 5'10. He's trim and fit, dashing in his suit with a blinding white smile. I'm trim but not fit, a good looking guy but his commanding presence shadowed my attractiveness and made me feel small. Even though I was supposedly the focus of her life for 13 years, I could easily sense that when we were both in the room, I was nothing more than her roommate and casual fuck buddy.
With every step towards us he took, I felt my life crumbling away. I could never compete with him and he was winning her back. Hell, I was a loser for all those years...how many times did she fantasize it was him between her legs, his hands kneading her breasts, his cock filling her holes with unbridled passion. I was defeated years ago yet kept believing I was the one for her.
She met him with a passionate hug, smoldering kiss, and loving stroke of his GQ face. He responded by holding her head between his hands, stroking her hair, and knelt over to caress her neck with his lips.
When they finished, she held his hands and came over to me for the introduction that plunged a knife deep in my heart.
"This is my husband. He has taken such good care of me all these years and I am proud to have you meet him. You were right Bruce, he kept me safe, secure, and loved all these years while you worked so hard to get to where you are today."
Damn. I was a just part of their love machine. Keep her happy, content, out of harms way. Provide for her, forsake all others, love her more than I could ever love any other woman...just for the time while she waited for her Dr. to return to take her away.
He spoke. I wilted more. His deep, rich voice resonated over the music and made her swoon.
"I have to thank you. I know that this is probably a shock to you but we have waited patiently these years to be together. I'm now in position to have the job of my dreams and the woman to complete me. We have great plans to have a family and become leaders in Milwaukee, making our city a better place for all to live in. You are a good man, but she needs a great man and I am him."
"See" she said. "I know you'd be impressed with him. He will take care of me, better than I could ever imagine. I'm so happy he's returned...and you'll be able to carve out your own life and find someone to love you as much as he loves me."
Just then, Dan Fogelberg's Auld Lang Syne was being played by the band.
"Met my old lover in the grocery store
Snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve....."