Martin Sheen was halfway through briefing the West Wing when Ian came home from work. I heard him set down the groceries and his duffle bag. He rounded the corner of our condo living room and gave me a peck on the cheek.
"Babe, could you help me get the rest from the trunk?"
I was cozy under a quilt on the couch in sweatpants and fuzzy socks. The only thing missing was a cat on my lap. But I hadn't seen him all day or much yesterday. I smiled, stretched all the way over to the remote, and paused my show. I got up and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, getting on tiptoes to squeeze him tight.
There were a lot of things to carry, but between us both it only took one trip. A case of drinks had slid all the way to the back of the cab, and I had to climb in to get it. This will give him a show of his own... I remember thinking as my ass stuck up in the air. My eyes were my best feature, but my extra round back quarters were a close second -- and an investment courtesy of our monthly gym membership. I didn't draw out the tease though.
I wasn't sure what game he had been playing lately. We were going on about a week without sex, yet with no lack of affection or obvious fights. I thought he might be trying to get me pent up or catch me off guard, and it was working.
When I met Ian, he told me he wasn't new to kinky dynamics, but didn't want to rush into anything too fast after him and his last partner basically did. He was also her first real relationship, which complicated things more and added to his sense of responsibility. At the time, I was in the middle of socially transitioning, and grieving the death of my best friend Jenna from college. By the time me and Ian hooked up, we were in a similar place of recovery. That's something I've always been grateful for.
Ten minutes later his phone was down and his coat was hung up. I put some dresses in the wash and cuddled my head on his shoulder. Soapy television weren't really his thing but we agreed to trade off on each other's guilty pleasure shows in between nights for our main show.
We negotiated everything.
I looked up at his brown eyes and the stubble on his perfect jaw...I ran my hand across his shaved head. He put his hand around my waist. (Why was he being so tame lately? Not even going near my favorite spots.) I was getting sleepy, when out of the blue, he asked,
"What color underwear are you wearing?"
I thought back to the beginning of the day, and it took me a second to remember the purple cotton panties I had picked with red hearts on the waist. This morning I put them on without any motive, and hadn't given them a second thought since. I've had them since forever.
Then I realized all at once the implications of that choice. Many thoughts raced through my mind as seconds passed without an answer to my boyfriend. We had never played our kink with purple underwear before. I tried to remember the rules -- Did he have to see it? Yes -- It was in the contract we wrote. Ian knew he would have to see that purple color for the scene to go into effect. And I knew he sure as hell would be seeing my panties later tonight in bed. Unless he could get into my pants before then...and Ian is a gentleman which was why he was asking.
I smirked and crawled onto his lap. I didn't pause the TV, but I blocked his view. Facing him down and feeling his thick package harden through slacks under me, I felt powerful.
"Why would you ask a thing like that?" I asked him.
He slipped his hand under my top and reached for the lower part of my bra.
"You know."
He shifted his hips to better hold me, and I leaned close to kiss under his ear. God, I loved the way he smelled. I'll say it a thousand times.
"I don't remember," I lied. "It sounds like you're interested though."
Now here it is folks -- I knew exactly, but he couldn't know if I did it on purpose. And he wouldn't even know if I wore purple because I wanted to have sex. All we had agreed was that if I were wearing purple, I would always consent. It didn't matter how much: if he found the tiniest amount of purple on me, it was a signal that I was down to fuck.
There was a fair amount of purple in my closet. Scarves, blouses, pants, purple patches on sneakers, purple stripes on rainbow flags, and the list goes on. I made up the purple clothing rule for us while in the middle of a thrift shopping streak, so there's purple I probably still haven't even found yet. It's not on everything I own, but when you have a shape like mine, you have to experiment and bring back a lot of clothes in the recycled threads box.
Ian picked me up like a doll (EASILY) and carried me to the kitchen counter.
"I want to see them. Show me."