This story I wrote in honor of an old movie called the Wild Ones starring Marlon Brando. I hope you like it.
LEATHERMAN
© 2005
After a fight with my husband, Jesse, I stormed out of the house. The son-of-a-bitch wouldn't leave me alone. All he ever wanted was anal sex. Bastard. How had we ended up like this? He'd seemed so normal the two years we dated in college and the three years of our marriage. Now he was bored with me? Wanted variety? Anal? Fuck him.
When I entered the nearest corner bar, I saw this guy wearing leather and almost laughed. He was sitting with a group of leather-this and leather-that guys, who were watching the action on the dance floor. All laughing. All drinking. Obviously bikers.
I was wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and boots. Jesse, the fucker, brought me here seven months ago, so now I dressed the part. Godforsaken place. Minding my own business, I crossed to the bar and sat on an available stool. I ordered a drink from the bartender and waited for that first sip to warm the cold spot inside me. When it did, I felt my arms relax, my neck relax, my back relax. I wasn't so relaxed that I slid off the barstool, but relaxed enough to forget the finger my bastard husband had in my ass an hour ago.
As I continued sipping my drink, my mind wandered. I thought about California. Los Angeles. Westside. I remembered the good times we'd had. I had a job I liked, a good job, in advertising. Jesse also had a good job with the city. We had been saving money, preparing to buy a house and fill it with the pitter-patter of little feet. Then he got this wild hair up his ass and wanted to take me back home. His home, not mine. Now I had a job I hated. Of course, he liked his job, and his four-by-four.
The band was playing and as I got into the music, I moved with it on the barstool. For a minute, I watched the couples on the dance floor and remembered when we'd had that spark of romance in our lives. I laughed sarcastically under my breath, wondering if I should go to the bathroom or get something to eat before my drink knocked me off my feet. I'm not much of a drinker.
A tap on my shoulder caused me to turn around on the barstool and look into the most beautiful blue eyes I'd ever seen. The fact that the eyes were in sharp contrast to his long, black, shoulder-length hair probably helped.
"You look like you're dancing in place, Woman. Come on, I'll give you a spin."
It was him, Leatherman. "Ah, thanks guy, but I'm just calming down. I don't want to dance just now."
"Calming down from what?" He pronounced it wha-at.
I giggled. Leatherman sat down on the stool vacated by the person next to me.
I swallowed to get rid of the giggle. "Just an uncomfortable situation."
He looked at my hand. "Married, eh?"
"Yeah."
It didn't seem to bother him much that I was married. "Lots of married women come into bars to get their husbands off their minds."
"Guilty, as charged," I admitted.
"You have a fight?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Just taking notes."
I sipped my drink and half turned to him. "Taking notes, huh? Am I going to be in your book?"
His laughter showed his teeth, good, strong ones. "Does he know where you are?"
"I don't know. Don't care at the moment." I thought about those teeth worrying my clit. Sure, go on and dream, girl.
He stared into space for a moment. Up close, he didn't look so funny, with his square jaw, his hair falling in his face when he leaned forward, and his studded leathers.
I smiled. "Why? You scared he might come in?"
He laughed. His even, white teeth seemed out of character for this tough guy. "I ain't scared of many," he said.
I laughed. A genuine bad-ass, eh? Actually the way he tilted his head, I saw the scars on his face, and wondered. "Well, I doubt he'll be in soon anyway. I left him in an awkward situation."
"Huh?'
I smiled, remembering how I turned the tables on my husband. I'd told Jesse, "Let's take care of my fantasies first, and then maybe we'll take care of yours." He'd agreed to my terms immediately. My smile deepened as I recalled tying him to the four-poster, naked as a blue jay. After which, I got off the bed, got dressed, and walked out, accompanied by his screams, of course. I'll let you guess what I coated his penis with.
"What kind of awkward situation?"
"Let's just say I left him all tied up."
"Ha. What's your name? You're funny."
"It's Stella." That wasn't my name, of course. It was Jane. But why did he need to know that?
He shook my hand. "Hi, Stella. I'm Jack."
"Hi, Jack."
"You want to dance yet?"
"Yeah, we can dance."
I followed him, watching his butt in the leather. Not bad. When we got to the dance floor, he turned and took me into his arms. Christ, the guy was handsome, in a tough sort of way. Not too tall—maybe 5'9" to my 5'6". Not as tall as I thought he'd be. But his body was solid. Hard. He was also rugged looking with a bent nose and those scars on both cheeks.
"Are you an accident waiting to happen, or what? How did you get those scars?"
He leaned back so he could see me. "A few fights." He dropped my hand and pointed to one of the scars on his cheek. "These are from a guy who drew a knife on me."
"You're lucky to be alive," I said, amazed.
"Oh no, Stella," he said, taking my hand again and spinning me around, "the other guy wishes he was."
I was shocked. "You killed him?"
"Hey, don't say it so loud. You'll have the cops on me."
"I'm sorry. This just blows me away."
He laughed and spun me around again. "So, what was the fight about, Stella"?
"Bullshit. After a few years, I think a guy gets bored with his woman. Wants a change."
"Stupid. You mean they want other women? That kind of thing?"
"I think different men approach it in different ways. Jesse doesn't want another woman."
"So he just wanted to vary the sex?"
"Yeah."
"Anal, I suppose."
"How'd you know that?"
"It's a common complaint."
"Common, huh?" This was one strange guy.
The song ended and I turned to walk away, but he stopped me. "You wouldn't have to worry about that with me."
"Why thank you, kind sir," I said. "Let's sit."
"Why don't we sit with my buds."
"That's lot of male overload there, Jack."
"Lots of women would love to be so lucky," he said, leading me to the booth where I'd first seen him.
"This is Stella, guys. Stella, this is Jim, Harry, and Steve."