Karen had a job in the library of a city medical school and she was growing to hate it. Each daily shift seemed to drag by more slowly than the one before; it wasn't exactly a thrill-a-minute and she was finding it increasingly hard to concentrate.
The university had a good record for churning out successful doctors. Karen's slight interest in human biology led her to take up the library post six months ago and at first she'd enjoyed it. Nowadays, however, her keenness on the workings of the human body seemed to be centred mainly on her genitalia. Countless times each day, Karen found herself drifting off into fantasy; she kept a veritable catalogue of them in her head and dredged one up during every idle moment.
This morning was no exception. Karen chose her favourite scenario to while away the hours; it was a fantasy in which she fucked a stranger. In reality, Karen was in a stable, if somewhat unimaginative, relationship, and this dream situation contrasted sharply and excitingly with the drudgery of her everyday life.
However, Karen's blissful reverie was destined not to continue undisturbed. As soon as coffee break came around, she was pounced upon by her colleague, Maeve. Karen usually felt she could tell her anything, and that included details of her sex-life.
"Well, how did last night go?" Maeve asked while the kettle boiled.
Karen sighed. "Not great." This was an understatement.
She and her husband had celebrated their tenth anniversary with a romantic meal. Karen had made quite an effort with her appearance, hoping it would lead to rampant sex. It had - but Karen hadn't come, despite her partner's best efforts. In the end, they were both so tired that sleep seemed to be the best option.
Explaining this to Maeve, Karen sipped coffee from her mug and winced; the drink was too hot as usual.
"Just like me," she said, wistfully. "Red hot - but no use to anybody!"
Maeve rolled her eyes comically.
"Oh, Karen! Haven't I told you before - if you want to come, get a vibrator!"
Karen grinned. It would take more than that to give her the satisfaction she craved. For weeks she had been going over and over her favourite fantasies, at work and at home, especially when her husband was away on business. More often than not, she had masturbated frantically at the same time. It pleasured her to a certain extent. But there were definately times when nothing could beat the feeling of throbbing male flesh inside her pussy.
Suddenly the staff room door flew open and the disapproving face of Hannah, the Head Librarian, appeared.
"Are you planning to grace us with your prescence, ladies?" she asked, bitingly.
"If you insist!" grumbled Karen, getting up without a shred of enthusiasm and putting on the regulation white coat that all of the library staff had to wear. Karen loathed it; she wasn't a doctor so why was she made to dress like one?
"Breaks are not to be taken advantage of!" Hannah followed Karen and Maeve as they left the room. "They are merely a brief hiatus in the working day, during which one should recharge one's batteries; they are not an excuse for exchanging gossip!"
Karen caught Maeve's eye and smirked. Hannah continued her tirade for several minutes, taking nearly as long as the coffee break had. Then, her piece said, she disappeared into her office.
Maeve made a face.
"It's just like being back at school! God forbid SHE appears in any of your fantasies!"
The very thought made Karen shudder.
At that moment, a crowd of students came in, talking much too loudly. Karen frowned at them.
"Ssh!" she hissed, glancing at Hannah's door.
The students fell silent and drifted off in various different directions to attend to some much-needed study.
All except for one. He stood at the desk in front of Karen, holding aloft a book; an apologetic expression on his face.
"A late return, I gather?" asked Karen wearily.
"Yes, sorry," The young man broke into a grin. "Am I forgiven?"
With a face like his, he could be forgiven anything, Karen thought. She had never seen him around the university before; his handsome features were unfamiliar: an exquisitely straight nose, beautiful brown eyes, lashes longer and prettier than any girl's, and short, glossy black hair, made spiky with gel. And he was SO tall; he must have stood at well over six feet.
Karen was spellbound as this stunning specimen grinned at her. She found her eyes wandering down to his crotch to check him out; from the obvious bulge in his trousers, he kept quite a package in there.
"I'm afraid there's a fee for late returns," she managed to say eventually.
The student's face fell for a moment. Then he grinned again.
"Does it have to be paid in cash? Or do you accept sexual favours?"
Karen flushed.
"No favours." She told the young man how much he owed and, reluctantly he handed over the cash.
"That'll be one less pint for me tonight!" he said.
Karen requested his library card so she could check off the book. She saw his ID photo - very nice - and his name.
"So, Jason," she said, unable to look him in the eye. "Will you be borrowing anything else today?"
"I don't think so," Jason said thoughtfully. "Unless YOU'RE on offer!"
Then, with a friendly wink at her, he was gone, leaving Karen dumbstruck. What a nerve he had! And he was only about twenty-one at the most; she'd failed to spot his birthdate on the ID card.
Karen didn't know how to deal with men like Jason and she was annoyed at herself for getting so flustered over an impudent young guy she'd never met before.
However, as the day continued into night, Karen's thoughts turned increasingly to sex, and with them came an unrelenting image - Jason, naked, telling her how sexy she was.
* * *
A few days passed. Nothing changed. Karen updated Maeve, as usual, on the increasingly sorry state of her love-life.
"There's nothing for it, " Maeve said. "You're going to have to play out one of your fantasies for real. Take a lover - fill yourself with excitement AND a big, juicy cock!"
"Easier said than done!" sneered Karen. "I AM married, you know!"
Maeve shrugged. Then, noticing that someone had entered the library, she stood up straight and nudged Karen sharply.