"So, your birthday is next Saturday. Have you thought about what you want?"
Kathleen's eyes sparkled as she probed. Her husband's birthday always was a special day of celebration... and exploration. It had been that way since the first day they met years ago; on his birthday. Their connection was the result of one of his first birthday explorations.
Michael smiled and replied, "I have been thinking about it. The details are a bit fuzzy, but I think I have a pretty good idea." His reply hung in the air as both he and Kathleen basked in the unspoken tension that was both playful and provocative, not to mention full of potential.
There was a manner in which they were in sync; a connection that was more like a cadence than a formula. The rhythm was familiar, but the elements ever-changing. No matter what specific ingredients were blended together, the ultimate prize was the pleasure of the process. The journey. The deliberate and constant attention given to details and to the gauging of certain indicators.
When birthday morning arrived, Mike was ready. His robust request was prepared and more than a bit daring. As they sat at the breakfast table sipping their coffees, Kathleen smiled and simply asked, "Well?"
"Well what?" Mike playfully replied.
"Well, you know exactly what," Kathleen smiled as she quickly countered.
Without saying another word, Mike scooted his chair back and got up from the table, walked over to the counter and grabbed a package. He returned to the table and slid the package in front of Kathleen as he spoke with a daring tone, "Go ahead, open it."
Kathleen's nervous fingers tugged at the gift wrap and then pried open the lid to the box. What first met her eyes was a card. She opened it and read aloud the message.
Whether it be the sparkle of a star or glow of the moon
There is no beauty from either rock or flesh hewn
That can match the vision of your soft, tender body
Tonight - my whispers - will invite all things naughty.
She looked up at him. He smiled and said, "there's more." Kathleen nodded and pawed through the package to first find a cute little tank top. She held it up and giggled. It was a size too small. That was something she knew that was not by accident. Then she pulled out a pair of cotton shorts, with a cute little imprint of Tinkerbelle flittering along the backside, leaving a trail of pixie dust along the way.
"So whose birthday is it again?" Kathleen asked as she lifted the top up to measure against her body. It was clear that her full 38c breasts would not be easily contained in that small top.
Mike smiled. "When you put that on to wear for me tonight, it will be a gift to me for sure."