As the November cold rains hammered home, with a murky dampness filling the air, Ben scampered from the refuge of his car and into the sanctuary of his home. He let out a sigh: it had been a difficult and frustrating week at work, with seemingly little progress in his large project, and pressure from directors to move in seemingly hundreds of different directions.
The house was chilly and dark, and Ben procrastinated restlessly, furiously eyeing up all those vegetables in kitchen that he should really make into a proper meal.
Struggling to reach the motivation to begin chopping, Ben heard the door open and shut in the hallway. "Oh no... Issy's home", he thought to himself, remembering that promise that he'd have dinner ready by her return.
"Well Mister, where's my paella?" Issy exclaimed with her hands on her hips, her head cocked to one side.
Issy looked gorgeous. Straight back from work, with her chestnut hair let down, she was dressed in a black, tightly fitting long sleeved jumper, tucked into a knee-length tartan skirt. Charcoal tights wrapped and accentuated her supple calves.
"Well... it's a work in progress!" Ben retorted, reflecting her stance by placing hands on hips, and took a step towards her.
"Hmmmph", Issie exclaimed. "It's not like you to forget about food... is everything okay?" Ben let out an internal sigh of relief - he wasn't in trouble.
"It's just been a bit of a rubbish week at work. Tell you what, it's a Friday after all, shall we have a takeaway?"
"Takeaway? Deal!" She stepped in closer, and stood next to each other, nose to nose. "And tell you what, if you go and get the fire on, and order the food, I'll just get myself nice and cosy." Issy pulled him closer, feeling each other's warmth. Ben held her towards him, and they slowly swayed, whilst Ben's hand slowly ventured up her skirt, squeezing her bum through her tights. Issy broke off and kissed him on the lips. "Oh, and Ben?"