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This is my entry into the 2025 Valentine's contest, and I would really appreciate your vote if you like the story. All characters are fictitious and over 18.
I know this is wholly unbelievable and not for everyone, but it was fun to write and explore
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The problem with prostate cancer—or at least one of them, for there are many—is that despite amazing medical advances, the cure is as bad or worse than the disease itself. I found that out the hard way. Pardon my anti-pun there. Sure, the doctors had saved me with multiple surgeries and rounds of chemo and radiotherapy, but the price I'd paid was steep—the price Maggie paid was probably steeper. I was going to live—at least for now—but the surgery had taken away any chance of an erection again. At least a natural one.
Sure, they fitted me with a prosthetic penis. However, after all the complications, I was left with a slender four-inch prosthetic. The kind you have to pump up like a beach ball. It was less than half the length and girth of my former self. At first, things between us were fine, but I knew Maggie wasn't satisfied. She probably barely felt me going in. I also couldn't cum. I mean, I got some of the feeling, but nothing ever came out. This for her was a huge part of our intimacy, feeling my seed spill in and onto her.
Of course, she said we could do "other things," and we did. She also told me that sex was not the be-all and end-all of life, and she could live without it. I knew that wasn't true. I truly did my best, but something was still missing. I couldn't help feeling like I'd ruined her life despite all the fortune we'd had between us.
The one true blessing was that we'd had kids by then—two daughters, both in college—but something within us withered away. I guess that's what you get when you're in your forties before you get your shit together enough to get married—much less have kids. Maggie had made a man out of me, but I'd always be fifteen years older than her, and with women on average outliving men, she was likely doubly doomed to a long life without me, even without the dreaded cancer.
Eventually, despite our best efforts, our sex life had fizzled out. Maggie said she was fine and didn't need it, but the stash of vibrators and other toys she thought she was keeping secret from me said otherwise. I told her to go get a lover and find someone else to get her physical release. As long as she didn't leave me for him. She wouldn't hear of it. It didn't seem like she resented me, but something was definitely missing from our lives, and there was no obvious way to get it back.
So I knew I had to take matters into my own hands, so to speak. It started ten years ago on Valentine's Day. I remember it as clearly as if it were yesterday. She'd always loved the shows in Vegas, and we hadn't been since I got sick. I booked a suite at the Aria, going all out. No expense spared. She'd always loved Cirque du Soleil, so I booked box seats for Mystere, followed the next night by the front row at Carlos Santana. It was perfect, though we didn't have
sex
sex Getting away from home was the perfect thing to remind us of our love for each other. We touched, we kissed, we laughed, and we drank wine. It was the perfect prelude to what I had planned.
The next day was a Sunday, and I'd planned to drive home on the Monday to avoid the crazy weekend traffic. Friday through Sunday was always more than enough for both of us in such a crazy city.
"I have one more thing for you," I said as we slowly arose from our perfect slumber on that massive bed.
"No, you don't; you can't. You've done too much," she protested, but I shushed her and handed her her morning coffee. This was my pièce de résistance, what we'd really come here for. The rest was subterfuge.
That morning, she badgered me about what the last thing was, but I remained tight-lipped, feeding her champagne from the fancy flutes I'd had them leave in the room. By late afternoon, I sent her off to shower, taking the opportunity to cover the bed with red roses and place a single chocolate for each of us on a small plate. We had one more bottle of Champagne, but I wanted to wait for her before opening it.
"Oh, David," she whispered as she exited the bathroom. "It looks lovely; thank you." I popped the Champagne open, handing her a glass and one chocolate.
"To us," I said, and we sipped and ate the chocolates, both thinking we knew what came next, but only I knew the truth.
I slowly lay her down on the bed, drawing her gown down off her shoulders, revealing her still-pert B-cup breasts.
"David," she breathed. "It's been so long."
"I know, my dear, shush," I said and kissed her gently. She reached for my pajama bottoms, but I pushed her away and traced my tongue down her smooth skin and over her sensitive nipples. Then I took the blindfold from my robe pocket. She was surprised at first but acquiesced, allowing me to cover her eyes as I lay her face down on the bed.
Then came the knock on the door. Right on time.
She tried to jerk herself up from the bed. "Oh, did you order us room service?" She asked in shock. Well,
sort of
.
"Shhhhh," I said, pushing her down to the bed again. "I'll go get rid of them." I opened the door, and he was perfect. Mid-twenties, taller than me and buffer than I'd been in my prime. I motioned for him to keep quiet and ushered him in. He took no time at all, stripping down to a small pair of shorts, his manicured pecs and six-pack bulging in the soft light of the pre-evening sun.
"Come back to me, David," she called from the bed.
I called out, "coming," but instead, I gestured for our guest to take the lead. He looked hesitant, but a gentle push on the shoulder and he was on the bed on his knees. How long until she noticed the difference between my and his touch?
Not long, it turned out.
"David? David?" She called out from under the blindfold, "Is that you? What's going on?" Then I cradled her head in my arms while he gently massaged her calves and thighs.
At first, she made a half-hearted attempt to resist, but I knew what she wanted, and she knew too. She slowly relaxed back into it. I wonder, looking back, if she thought it was simply an erotic massage or if more was going to happen. I like to think the latter, but it doesn't matter at this point.