John:
I've had a fantasy about watching sex for almost as long as I can remember. It dissipated to some degree when I started dating. But after I got married, and became confident in my wife's love and fidelity, it returned with a vengeance. It became so strong I actually wanted her to just screw someone even without me watching. Just the idea turned me on so much it hurt.
I hid it from her for the first seven years of our marriage. But eventually I did tell her. She reacted with disgust and worry when I first told her. Worried that it meant I didn't love her. Then she actually, surprisingly to me, considered the idea for a while. But in the end she couldn't imagine having sex with someone without getting emotionally attached, and she wouldn't just go pick up a stranger for fears of the danger it would entail. It left her sobbing at the potential for hurt in our marriage, so I dropped talking about it. She knew the idea hadn't left me, but I tried never to bring it up.
Four years later, long after I'd given up any hope, the following happened.
Long overdue for a vacation, Sharon (my wife) and I (John) went to the Caribbean for two weeks. Not the type for cities and night-life, but loving the ocean we chose a very small resort that had communal meals and went snorkeling and scuba-diving every day. We had been there three days, sharing meals with various strangers, and generally enjoying ourselves when a single guy asked if the seat next to Sharon was taken. She responded that it wasn't. We had a generally enjoyable time talking to the man, whose name we found out was Cory. He had a lot in common with both of us, was funny and kind.
We saw him the next morning and again joined him for breakfast. Over the succeeding three days we grew to look forward to spending time with him. It was almost as if we had known each other forever. During that time, we became closer, and more comfortable, playing games and teasing one another. With my dream always intact, I attempted to initiate physical horseplay. For the most part, I was unsuccessful, though we had some good splashing matches, and he watched me tickle her unmercifully while resisting my urges to tickle her feet.
The second-to-last day of our visit, I decided to take a chance. I asked Sharon if she was attracted to him. I was so afraid it was going to turn out badly, but, she didn't respond immediately and so I knew that she did feel some attraction. I was so excited by this revelation I could barely contain myself. I told her she should go for it. He was single and so we wouldn't be messing up someone else's relationship; he lived a long way away from us, so there was no real threat to our relationship; and we knew him well enough to know he wasn't dangerous. It was perfect.
She said though, that she didn't think she could go through with it. Sensing a danger zone, I backed off and told her I loved her no matter what and that if she couldn't she couldn't.
The next day, our last full day on the island, she seemed different though. She initiated the physical horseplay, teasing him and wrapping her arms around him trying to dunk him under the water. I could see him responding, and becoming more into it.
That night, we stayed up in the central area, talking for hours after dinner. Eventually, wanting to give them some alone time, I bowed out and said the sun had gotten to me and I was going to go to bed. I told Sharon not to be silly, to stay and talk as long as she wanted. When I left, I leaned over to kiss her head and whispered very softly "Have Fun."
She looked at me somewhat sharply. I hoped Cory hadn't noticed. But I nodded my head at her faintly and left the room. I didn't go to bed though. I went to a dark hammock swinging under some trees and lay down in it, hoping I would be hidden if and when they came out. I was so excited I was hardly able to breathe.
The rest is told from Sharon's perspective, as she related it to me. I make some comments interspersed about what I was able to see.
Sharon:
John asked me to write what happened that night. Here goes, as best I can.
When John left, it felt awkward. Like this was planned (as I was sure it was). Cory carried on without a hitch though, so I imagine that the awkwardness was of my own making.
I was so nervous; I wasn't sure if I wanted this to happen or not. I had been really flirty earlier, but going all the way was different. And he was so nice I didn't think he'd ever make a move on his own. But that wasn't the way it was supposed to work. Guys always made the first move. I stretched a little and came back to reality hearing Cory say "Sharon? You there?"
I responded, 'Sorry, just distracted thinking about leaving. I've had such a nice time here.'
He said, "Me too, I'll be sorry to see you and John go tomorrow."
I murmured my assent, and then after a pause said "I want to go walk on the beach and look at the moon one last time. Will you come?" My heart was fluttering so hard, wondering if he would sense ulterior motives.
He said, "sure," somewhat enthusiastically I thought, or at least hoped. We both got up and walked out the front door. I was so intensely aware of him walking by my side. We walked down the short path to the beach in silence.
[John: I was lying in the hammock, swaying gently, turned on more than I had ever been in my life, imagining what might happen. I seemed to be there forever, waiting. Then I saw the door open and Sharon walk out, followed closely by Cory. I tried to see how close, but the night light was poor and I was a fair distance away. They walked down a path toward the beach with the moon up in the sky. Too bad it was just a little more than half a moon; a full would have been so much more romantic, and lit the scene better for me. They turned down the beach more towards my location. It appeared I had chosen my spot well. I hoped they wouldn't walk too far down. I hoped I would be able to hear them.]
I started feeling like the silence was awkward as we reached the beach, so I said, "I love the beach at night." Oh it was so inane, couldn't I think of anything better than that?
He just responded, "me too," probably thinking it was inane too.