by Mystral and Animal
There are some things that a man can't escape during a full moon. Even though I knew it was a full moon that night, I couldn't see it through the thick flannel blanket of moisture-laden clouds. Watching pensively out the window, the rain looked like strings of tinsel in the dark night of Christmas. It was cold and wet, and I was miserable, aching for something I couldn't define and couldn't remember, but could not forget, as if my very spirit called out for something, a wordless plea. Finishing my scotch, I went to bed, still troubled by persistent longings that had no name, and more importantly, no tangible reason.
Whether the sound of the front door as it opened woke me up, I'll never know, but I will never forget the persistent sound of the water dripping upon the hardwood of the floors, coming closer to the bedroom. The windows opened, blowing the curtains as rain lashed through the screens. Later, I wouldn't be able to recall the sound, and I wasn't aware of having woken up, yet I knew I couldn't be asleep. The gauze of the sheers at the windows lay lifeless, but a thick mist was taking form in the room, solidifying, emerging in the shape of a woman. Her long hair moved in wisps, like the mist, like a shroud, and she moved towards me silently, stealthily.
The curtains' movement seemed to seek to deceive me, and my awareness of her gathered like the diaphanous fabric that covered her body. The more I strained to see her, the more the mist drew around her veil of vagueness; and as I let go, the clearer she became. Like the mist itself, she was more than I could comprehend. I knew that the fire in the verdant vastness of her eyes was real; their intent held a darkness, yet pleasure and an invitation. She looked to the door, and it slowly swung closed, sealing us in together. Then she briefly glanced at the windows, and the wind calmed, yet the atmosphere remained in a kind of surreal swirl of motion. Turning to me again, her eyes were riveted on mine, flashing dangerous and blazing in her urgent need. She gazed hotly at me, in silent askance, a small smile playing at the corners of her lips.
I was mesmerized watching her glide toward me, suddenly unaware of anything except her, her breasts beneath the sheerness that caressed them, a colorless fabric that covered her body, moving with her deep breathing, nipples straining against the sheerness of cloth as if reaching for me; something apart from her, yet totally part of me. I was suddenly conscious that the covers were pulled down around my knees, and yet could not remember doing so, nor was I cold, although the wind and rain raged as harshly as my hardness did, a feeling wrapping around me like something independent of my being. She touched my shoulder, slowly trailing her fingers over my chest, our eyes locked in unflinching desire, her touch feeling like a languorous fire that melted me beyond submission.
Her eyes left mine, gazing down the full length of my body, clad only in silk pajama bottoms, tied with a thin cord. I'd ordered them from India, I thought suddenly, as though she'd asked me how they'd come to be there. Her pale white hand played lower, her lips parting slightly as she pulled at the tie, sliding it from its twists and loop without a movement of her wrist. Lifting my head just enough to watch her, my senses reeled. She looked at me, and I answered by lifting my hips in reply, the feeling of her fingers tugging them down both exquisite and troubling. The soft silk slid down with such slow deliberateness that there was no other feeling I could ever remember havingβuntil her hands found me, fingers cupping under my shaft, wrapping one at a time around it, her skin cool and supple. The wind should have produced a chill, yet her hand around my shaft was warm, alive. My pleasure was painfully insufficient.