What Happens in the Baccountry...

This story is a complete work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.

Be aware that this story involves a woman having sex with someone other than her husband, but this is not a cheating situation; the husband is informed and involved. Pregnancy risk and interracial themes also feature heavily in the story. If any of these items do not appeal to you, I strongly recommend that you close this now and find another story more in line with your tastes.

I sincerely hope that you enjoy this tale.

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Nick Bryant looked up from the small aluminum pot perched atop the spindly arms of his portable stove. "Water is almost ready," he commented with a grin.

"Great, I am starving!" came the enthusiastic reply of his wife, Tina, as she produced a pair of two serving dehydrated meal pouches.

Nick gave the brunette a side eye. "What did you pick for us?"

Tina rolled her eyes. "Three cheese macaroni and beef stroganoff," she declared. "We are carb loading."

Her husband chuckled in affirmation and began adding boiling water to the pouches. "Give them a few minutes," he stated as he stirred, "and dinner will be served."

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As the couple wolfed down surprisingly tasty rehydrated food from their silicone bowls, Nick found himself smiling in contentment. Yes, the collapsible chair he was perched on wasn't exactly the definition of comfort, and sure, the food probably only tasted as good as it did thanks to the ten plus miles he had hiked while carrying thirty plus pounds of gear on his back... but there was something to be said for sharing the solitude of nature with his favorite person on the entire planet.

Today was day one of the Bryant's second ever backpacking trip. The pair had been hiking for a little more than three years now, ever since Tina had decided that she had developed a sudden interest in the outdoors in her mid-thirties. Truth be told, Nick had really expected his wife to go on two or three hikes before deciding that this just wasn't for her; while he himself had done a little camping and hiking as a child, Tina's outdoors experience had almost completely been limited to what she had seen from her parents' camper as a girl, and she had never expressed any desire to change that.

Until that day a few years ago.

But the outdoors had awakened something in the pretty brunette, and Nick was hardly one to stand in the way of his wife's happiness. He did genuinely enjoy nature, after all, even if he probably wouldn't have chosen to explore it quite as much as Tina seemed to want to do. The couple found themselves chasing waterfalls, climbing boulders, soaking in overlooks; they tried to find a way to get outdoors at least once a month. The outdoors spoke to Tina's very soul, helped her to center, to melt off the stress of daily life in a way that nothing else had ever done. Quality hiking boots quickly became a must; after a year of dragging around budget model backpacks from Target, they had splurged on Osprey day packs, which proved to be eye opening in terms of comfort.

Nick would never dream of complaining about Tina's enthusiasm, as he had come to realize that hiking was more than just a solace to her personally; it was also perhaps the best thing that the Bryants had ever discovered in their marriage. The chance to spend hours alone together encouraged them to talk and share in ways that they had really never done in the past. As a result, he felt closer to his wife than he ever had in his life.

A year or so ago, Tina had started talking about taking things to the next level, of going into the "real" wilderness, of wanting to take backpacking trips instead of just doing day hikes like they had done so far. Nick found himself researching the gear they would need for such a thing; a tent light enough to carry in a pack, an inflatable pad to provide a sliver of comfort (as well as insulation from the ground), a tiny stove and the fuel it required, a hatchet for firewood; on and on the list seemed to go. When Christmas rolled around, he surprised his wife with a new pair of Osprey packs -- much larger, naturally, than their day packs -- as well as the various gear they would need to survive for at least a couple of nights under the stars.

The way that her emerald eyes danced when she opened those gifts made Nick feel like Santa Claus and Superman rolled into one.

Now, as the couple sat near the fire, Nick noticed his wife scooting her chair -- a precarious operation, given the way the chairs were constructed -- closer to the fire.

"Feeling chilly?" he asked with a grin, though he already knew the answer. Tina was cold-natured at the best of times, and while the March evening was far from freezing, it was certainly rather cool now that the couple had been sitting still for a while after sunset.

Tina rolled her eyes. "Of course I am!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to try to enjoy the fire for a little while, mister, but you had better be ready to share some of the body heat with me soon! I might not make it otherwise!"

Nick chuckled in response. "Don't worry, baby, I won't let you freeze," he promised.

She was playing it cool, but her husband knew what Tina meant -- when she mentioned "body heat", she wasn't simply talking about cuddling up in their shared sleeping bag. Tina had decided that sex helped warm her up; no matter how tired she might be after a day of hiking, she always wanted sex before they went to sleep. And for that matter, she tended to want it other times on these trips, as well.

Sometimes, it might be in the tiny little tent first thing in the morning. Sometimes, it might be bent over a convenient log. Sometimes, a particularly spectacular view might be what got her juices flowing. Whatever the exact circumstance, Nick found that backpacking really pushed his wife's sex drive into another gear -- not that he was complaining. No, his reaction was quite to the contrary; seeing Tina wanting him so much made sore feet, tired shoulders, and dehydrated food all prices well worth paying.

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"Come on, don't keep me waiting," the naked woman inside of the sleeping bag whined. "I need your heat, baby. Your special heat," she added with a sultry tone.

"I'll be right there, sexy," Nick replied as he dug inside of a pouch, finally producing a small square of foil before moving to crawl into the sleeping bag beside his wife. As he did so, she frowned.

"Baby, you don't need that tonight -- it's a safe day," she stated. Then, her expression grew even more sultry. "Besides," she added, "I need all of the heat from you I can get. Don't waste that cum in a yucky rubber," she pled with puppy dog eyes.

She didn't have to ask Nick twice. Quickly, he discarded the package and positioned his hard cock at the mouth of his wife's already slick vagina. She might have been cold, he mused as he slid his six inches inside of her, but part of her was certainly hot...

As she purred beneath him, one arm wrapping behind his back while the other hand slipped through his hair, Nick suddenly found it difficult to focus on any other thoughts.

While the Bryants made love inside the tiny tent, the cool wind blew softly through the trees around them.

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Nick and Tina had what he considered to be an excellent marriage, though like most strong couples, it had taken real work and commitment to build it. They had met in college during Tina's freshman year; at first, Nick had been oblivious to the pretty brunette's true desires, thinking that with her well-earned wholesome image, she certainly viewed him as a friend only. No matter how hard she flirted with him, Nick never seemed to comprehend that she was truly interested.

That all changed one summer afternoon when they had been walking together, but found themselves scampering for shelter from a freak rainstorm. While they were closely huddled closely under an overhang to avoid the rain, Tina had interrupted their small talk to fix him with those emerald eyes.

"Nick," she asked directly, "do you think I'm attractive?"

Always a bit shy and lacking in self-confidence, the young man found himself stumbling for a reply. "Sure! I mean, of course I do, but..." he fumbled.

"Well then," Tina replied, reaching down to take his hand, "why don't you ever make a move?" With that question, she pulled Nick's hand up and placed it directly on her left breast.

As the adrenaline raced through his body, Nick stumbled for words. The look on the beautiful brunette's face said it all, however, so the young man took a chance -- the chance that Tina had been waiting weeks for him to finally take -- as he leaned in to kiss her.

As the raindrops reflected off of the ground to splatter against their ankles, the kiss quickly grew from awkward and unsure to passionate and charged with emotion.

It was right there, in that rain, that Nick knew this was the woman he would marry.

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The pair dated through college, marrying soon after Tina graduated. Nick went into IT, while Tina pursued a career in nursing. After a few years, they had a son; then two years later, they had another.

After the second baby was born, Tina at first moved to a flexi position -- basically only scheduling herself to a minimum of shifts at the hospital -- but over time, she began to realize that she hated being away from the boys. After some in-depth discussions, the Bryants decided that Nick was making enough money between his day job and his sideline web development business to allow Tina to transition to being a stay at home mom.

While this made her much happier overall compared to when she was working, it did have the unfortunate side effect of putting a major damper on their sex life. Tina came to view herself almost entirely as a mother, and both the frequency and variety of their sex life took major hits.

It didn't help that Tina had always struggled with a complicated relationship with sex. She had grown up in an extremely conservative home, with parents who totally ignored the topic of sex altogether and held quite a few narrow-minded, outdated views, including several around race. While she never heard any overtly racist statements at home, she was taught that race mixing was not a desirable thing even at a social level; the concept of dating someone of a different race would have never crossed her mind.

Television and music were closely monitored and controlled in Tina's childhood home; any sort of content that could be deemed as even slightly risqué was completely forbidden. The church she attended pushed the idea that sex was for procreation only, and the topic was by and large viewed as sinful for any other reason -- even inside of marriage. As a result, sex was a subject full of taboo and shame for Tina.

Even so, the young woman had a fairly high sex drive, with strong desires. She gave her virginity to Nick soon after they started dating; while she truly did enjoy sex with her boyfriend, the self-applied shame that had been so ingrained into her psyche would sometimes cause bumps in their relationship road.

Things actually got better for a time after the couple wed. Tina was able to set aside most of the stigma around sex; after all, Nick was her husband. But when the babies were born and the couple decided that they probably didn't want any more children, the old shame began creeping back into Tina's mind. In some ways, Tina being at home was probably even worse for their sex life, as she seldom had regular contact with any adults beyond her husband; the boys organically grew to become the focus of her entire life.

She never consciously thought much about it, but she was a mother, now. Mothers took care of children. Mothers certainly didn't act like sluts! Of course, her husband had needs as all men did, so she did her wifely duties, but she almost never seemed to find the drive to initiate sex or to seek any sort of sex acts beyond basic missionary intercourse.

Nick had purchased a few sex toys over the years, thinking to encourage Tina to explore her own sexuality without pressure when she was alone, but while she would tolerate him using a toy on her if he absolutely insisted, she never once showed any interest in solo play; indeed, she viewed masturbation as a complete nonstarter. No, Tina seemed content to limit sex to missionary just often enough to keep him from losing his mind, but actual interest was almost utterly nonexistent for her.

This went on for quite a few years until one day, Nick had taken all he could bear. One Saturday night after the kids were asleep, he sat his wife down and let the pain and isolation and resentment pour out of him. He had not signed up for a life without passion, nor for a wife without desire. He missed the woman he used to know, and was at his limits living with what amounted to a roommate with occasional limited benefits.

Tina cried ugly tears at his words, but to Nick's surprise, she wiped them away, sunk to her knees, and took her husband's penis into her mouth -- one of the few times that had ever happened since the boys had been born. To her credit, this was no perfunctory blowjob, no chore to endure; Tina sucked him like it was the most important thing in the world to her, and Nick had the strongest orgasm he had enjoyed in years.

That night in bed, she snuggled up on her husband's chest and cried again. She confessed the feelings she had dealt with, agreed that she had changed -- and not in a good way -- and promised to make Nick and their sex life a priority going forward.

Tina proved to be as good as her word... and more. She got back to wearing lingerie on a regular basis. She made oral sex -- both giving and receiving -- a part of their sex life again. She made sure that sex happened on most days, made it a point to initiate far more often, to explore more positions and more variety. She even dusted off the old toy box, played with her husband and a vibrator from time to time, although she did never seem to develop any interest in solo play.

The two of them both worked quite a bit more on communication; in the midst of their talks, they realized that another part of Tina's problem was that she had put on weight after the boys, and her confidence had taken a hit due to that fact. She further realized that she was often irritable, as well; after speaking to the doctor, she decided to go off of the pill, and in the space of a few weeks, enjoyed a night and day type difference in her life.

The Bryants found that without the hormones, Tina's mood improved dramatically, and her libido began to skyrocket. Between the removal of the pill and a newfound commitment to exercise, the weight began to melt away. Soon, Tina no longer had to work to make sure that sex was a priority; her own desires grew to easily be as strong as those of her husband.

Yes, she still had some of the old childhood shame and taboo floating around in her head, but she made it a point to consciously reject those thoughts any time that they occurred, and Nick was extremely supportive and understanding in her efforts to do so.

Of course, they now had to be careful to not get pregnant. Tina tried an IUD, but she couldn't seem to stop bleeding, so she had to have it removed three months later. Fortunately, she did enjoy an extremely regular cycle, so the Bryants were able to settle in to using condoms during risky times of the month, with Nick only coming inside of her on known safe days.

While Nick didn't love condoms, it was better than risking pregnancy. They talked about a vasectomy, but neither of them were quite ready to say "absolutely no babies again ever", so condoms were the reasonable choice. It could be a struggle from time to time, however -- there was a primal part of Nick's brain that hated when he didn't get to put his semen inside of his wife... and if anything, Tina seemed to want it inside of her even more than Nick did.

All that said, the "condoms on risky days" approach seemed to be the best option for the couple, though sometimes, Nick worried a little bit. While Tina was no militant pro-lifer, he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that if she did ever fall pregnant, the two of them would be starting over with a brand new baby. Her moral framework meant that there was no gray area for her in this realm; to her, a pregnancy meant an innocent baby, and she would not so much as consider ending such a life for any reason aside from preventing a debilitating birth defect.

The active lifestyle and regular gym visits ensured that even at age thirty-nine, Tina had a body that turned heads wherever she went, despite having boys aged fourteen and twelve. Her C cup breasts still stood firm and proud on her five foot, five inch frame, her hips had a nice flare to them, her ass was curved nicely -- "not bad for a white girl", as she sometimes liked to tease. She wore her wavy brunette hair shoulder length, and possessed the most enchanting green eyes that Nick had ever seen.

Nick was no slouch, himself; standing just shy if six feet tall, he kept his own brown hair short, though a few sprinkles of gray had begun to touch it at age forty-one. He had more than a few lines around his own blue eyes, brought on by years or expressive grins and laughs. While he didn't devote as much time to the gym as his wife did, he carried very little extra weight on his wiry, athletic build; hiking had certainly not hurt in building his own endurance.

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It was a chance occurrence on a hike a year or so into Tina's new-found love of the activity that led to the Bryants discovering what a boost the outdoors gave to her libido.

It has been a rainy, cool autumn morning; the precipitation had kept most of the day hikers away, and when Nick and Tina pulled into the parking area for their chosen trail head, there was only one other vehicle present. Tina had been watching her weather app carefully, and sure enough, the rains ended right about the time that they were parking; the forecast seemed pretty confident that they wouldn't be dealing with more precipitation, so the couple set out on a "small" day hike of nine and a half miles.

The exertion helped to warm them up, and after three miles, Tina had to take a break and remove her flannel. When she did so, Nick teased his wife to "go ahead and take it all off" for him -- to his complete surprise, the brunette pulled up her tee shirt and sports bra, giving him a long look at her bare breasts before pulling the clothing back down and tying the flannel around her backpack.

Her green eyes danced with amusement at her husband's face. "It's not like you don't see those all the time, mister," she teased.

"Maybe so," he admitted, "but you doing it out here in the open was really hot. Damn, I wish I had had my phone ready!"

She rolled her eyes and chuckled, but Nick's tone was serious. Later on, after they were wrapping up their lunch break near a large boulder formation, Tina called to her husband. "Hey baby, do you have your phone?"

When he looked up, the brunette pulled her shirt up again.

"Holy shit," Nick breathed as he grabbed out the phone and snapped a couple of pictures.

His wife walked up and embraced him, letting her hand drift across his crotch -- where his hardness couldn't be missed.

"My, my," she purred. "I guess that you do like the view."

Just then, they heard a twig snap -- a pair of hikers were headed the opposite way of the Bryants, back towards the parking area. The brunette rapidly pulled her shirt down, and the two men gave a cheery hello as they walked on past; Tina blushed furiously while she pulled her pack on and prepared to leave.