This is my entry for
'On The Job' 2021
. Thanks to
HeyAll
and Lit for organizing it. Thanks to no1UKno for reading and helping to edit the story.
It's been a tough year for many and if reading this story gives pleasure, even for a short while, then I'm very happy. This story could feature in a number of different categories but 'Mature' seemed about right.
As always, comments, contacts and votes very welcome.
'This could be interesting.' A barely perceptible smile played on Enid's lips as she observed the athletically attired bodies of her colleagues. Some of the women had tight asses and pert tits; some of the men, she was pleased to note, had bulges and muscles in all the right places. Most were more like her, not as pert or as athletic as they might once have been.
She was struck by her own lewdness. They had just been through the most challenging, heart wrenching, traumatic year, both personally and professionally, that any of them had ever known. But rather than bask in the sunshine and the chance of some fun and relaxation, she was more interested in pert tits and bulging cocks.
Her musings were interrupted by John, her colleague and friend of fifteen years and a fellow charge nurse in the Intensive Care Unit where they worked. "We're blessed with the weather, should be a great day."
"What exactly is it we'll be doing?" Enid asked, her sunglass covered eyes continuing to feast on the bodies in front of her, tingles of excitement weaving through her mind and body.
"I think they'll break us into teams and get us to perform different activities, competing but working together at the same time."
Enid nodded, already knowing the answer and just making small talk. John was use to his colleague and wandered away to speak with someone else.
"Can I have your attention please." Enid and everyone else's attention was drawn to a rather handsome twenty something, flanked by two equally sexy women, all wearing tight fitting t-shirts with the centers logo on it.
"Welcome to our outdoor adventure center, we..." Enid wasn't listening, her eyes roving over the bodies of the instructors.
'Snap out of it, what the fuck is wrong with me.' Enid wondered if she actually shook her head as she tried to clear it of lecherous thoughts. This was not her, she was an intelligent, professional, forty eight year old woman with two grown up children and an asshole of a now, thankfully, ex husband. She was a senior nurse, responsible for the sickest of patients and for nurturing, guiding and caring for the staff who looked after them.
Sure she'd always been a watcher: stand back, observe and then act. It was usually a good thing and never more so than during this pandemic when their number of ICU beds had nearly doubled and despite many new staff they had been overwhelmed with the number and the sheer devastating sickness of the Covid positive patients. Enid would notice which nurse was struggling with their patient, which nurse needed a break, which nurse needed a cuddle. She knew she was good at her job and respected by her colleagues, but there in the spring sunshine she felt more like an obscene, perverted old hag; and a bit of her quite liked it.
She'd always been body positive and had enjoyed being watched as much as watching, only society's norms stopping her staring or flaunting more. As a young nurse she had worked in Germany and the male and female staff had shared a changing room. After the initial shock she had gotten use to stripping out of her clothes or uniform in front of her male and female colleagues, actually quite enjoying it, sometimes turning her back and sometimes not; happily chatting away in her bra and knickers like it was the most natural thing in the world.
She smiled at the memories, thinking it must have been so much harder for the men not to show how much they were enjoying it. Then marital bliss kicked in and she spent years trying not to upset her boring, controlling, pox of a husband. 'Dress this way, look that way' ahhh! Her head was nearly bursting thinking about it.
"Enid, Enid, are you ok, you seem a bit distracted."
"I'm fine, just enjoying the sun on my face." She answered reflexively, quickly focusing on who was speaking to her. It was Tom, one of the new nurses who had joined in the last year, having moved back home to be near his family and elderly parents. He was a good guy, had plenty of ICU experience and was easy to work with. In the sun and in his tight t-shirt he was also quite dishy. Stop it! Enid silently kicked herself, reminding herself that at thirty years old he was, anatomically at least, young enough to be her son.
"You're in our team." Tom said, pointing out Hayley and Kirsty, two more of the newer nurses, who were stood near him.
Enid automatically smiled, "Great." She liked all three of them which would make it a much nicer day. "Right, what are we doing?"
"You weren't listening at all, were you?" Kirsty said.
"No."Enid smiled at them all "I was daydreaming, thinking how wonderful it was to see everyone outside of work."
Smiling, Hayley said, "I hardly recognized everyone with their clothes on." This was a running joke, shared among those who normally only saw each other in scrubs, but Enid's mind took it somewhere else.
"Do you want to be land based or do you want to be wet all day?" Again Enid's brain went off at tangents, forcing a coy smile; seeing Hayley and Kirsty smirk behind Tom, she guessed their minds were in the gutter also. "Land based I think, what do we have to do?"
Tom had obviously been listening to the instructors and his enthusiasm for the day ahead shone through as he started to explain the itinerary, finishing with "They have wonderful facilities here, it should be great."
It was a great set up, an adventure training center only twenty minutes from their city that offered tailored team building days to groups of all sizes. In their case 40+ members of the ICU team, the whole day paid for by the generosity and hard work of a family who raised money online as a thank you for the care their relative received whilst in ICU. The fact that all the front line staff were now vaccinated made them feel like they could finally relax and enjoy it. It was a wonderful and generous thing to do and very much appreciated.
Signaling with his hands for them to follow, Tom set off in the direction of a tall wooden structure, his obvious enthusiasm not yet rubbing off on his teammates, the three of them watching his flimsy running shorts covered bum as he walked away. "Corr, look at the ass on that one." Hayley said in her best construction worker voice.
Enid tried to keep a straight face but soon lost the battle, joining Kirsty and Hayley in fits of giggles.
"You two are terrible" she finally managed "but he does have a nice ass."