Carin was smiling as she walked back into her office from refilling her water bottle. She is a vet and pleasantly experiencing a slow day at the clinic after what seemed like a rash of animal emergencies and other time-consuming experiences that have kept her extra busy.
At times like these, when it slows down around the clinic and she gets time to breathe, she cannot help but think of with whom she instant messaged throughout the day; his name is Eric. Up to this point, they had only shared phone calls and a few photos; they have never met in person and their physical relationship is indeed, strictly virtual. Even so, he had made her cum in her scrubs more than once on a slow day at work and she was definitely in the mood for some of that now.
The truth is, all the incredible conversation and even more fantastic sexual encounters had only been experienced online; kept in the confines (or lack thereof) of a virtual world created for adult-related social interaction and play.
They both had avatars in this virtual world: Digital, pixelated, depictions of themselves used to interact with the avatars of other real people in the confines of the virtual world. This particular world was specifically created for adults to socialize with other adults, and while it has changed and matured over the years to allow social interaction of various kinds, the purpose of its creation was still alive and well. That purpose was to be an adult sex game, where you could meet and fuck other consenting adults from all over the real world.
Carin had been using it for years to explore her kinks and desires in a safe, anonymous environment. However, throughout that time, she'd never met anyone quite like Eric. At random one night, she had contacted him through private messaging in a busy public location in-world.
Honestly, she contacted him for no other reason than to compliment him on his avatar and maybe get a quick virtual fuck. She planned to fuck him online while playing with her pussy in front of her computer within the privacy of her own home. It was the way she often ended her evenings and she loved that she could have great sex, cum intensely, and then slip off to bed alone to sleep peacefully.
Her work life was very busy, and she found that being married to her profession, so to speak, didn't leave much time or energy for real life social interaction. She'd always been somewhat solitary, enjoying her alone time, and she found that this type of activity fit her lifestyle almost perfectly. Though, she did feel lonely at times and wished she had a special someone in real life. However, that would all happen in time she supposed.
However, this experience did not go as planned. After contacting him and getting his response, they shared a conversation and mind-blowing virtual sex over the next couple hours that went well beyond anything she had anticipated or thought possible.
Unfortunately, it's more usual than not to meet nothing but jerks or assholes in this game. The men are usually bland, uninteresting, or just idiots in her mind. She was also very wary of predators online and immediately ended conversations when men who started asking to meet in real life. She always worried when they started asking where she lived after only five minutes of conversation.
Happily though, Eric set himself apart as different immediately. He was kind, courteous, easy to talk to, and most importantly in a virtual world --- literate.
His messaging style was formal, with capitalization and punctuation in all the appropriate places. He even refrained from using any but the most common shortcut acronyms to get his point across. When she thinks back to their initial meeting, she cannot help but smile and think, "He certainly knows how to capture a girl's attention."
Needless to say, the attraction was immediate and soon their avatars were inseparable as they spent their evenings exploring the virtual world and, of course, engaging in hours upon hours of virtual sex. In a world where just about anything sexual was possible, at least through the use of role-play and emoting -- where you describe physical actions through the use of text -- they openly discussed kinks and desires and tried many of them. Of course, there were still many more on their to-do list.
Regardless of the physical limitations around their relationship, she felt a strong, undeniable connection to Eric and her feelings for him went well beyond the virtual world. She could only hope he reciprocated those feelings.
They had known each other for nearly a year and had shared many personal details that neither had shared with other people online. Eric was also married to his job and spent much of his time on the road throughout the United States. He was a project manager and was constantly engaged with one client of the other helping them bring large, complex initiatives to fruition. It had taken both of them a long time to share real life details, but were now much more comfortable with each other and had even become Facebook friends. Though, in reality, neither knew if they would ever really take the step to meet each other in real life.
Even with the shared photos and conversations, knowing the connection that existed, and sharing sexual details that neither had shared with anyone in real life, it was still a very big step to meet in-person. Each person was secretly afraid that the real version of themselves couldn't meet the same standards as the avatar.
She had no sooner sat at her desk, than the phone rang. She immediately got very excited, hoping it was him. She had previously shared her work number with him and they enjoyed the occasional 2 or 3-minute phone conversation while he was God-knows-where in the country. The result always left her smiling and happy.
However, this time her smile turned to a groan of disappointment as she realized it was the front desk informing her that a salesman was there to speak with her. She sighed mournfully as she placed the phone back onto the receiver and headed out of her office to meet the sales guy.
"Well," she thought. "Maybe I'll get a cool new pen or something else out of the meeting."
She rounded the corner and her tennis shoes squeaked as she came to a sudden stop. Her eyes bugged out and her mouth was wide open as she saw standing there in person at the front desk, was none other than him, Eric. He was there to see her!
Her first thought was to sneak back around the corner to check her appearance in the nearest mirror. She was very casual at work and never really dolled up for it. She didn't see the point because she didn't really feel the need to be sexy while castrating or neutering dogs and cats. Usually, her petite frame was clothed in dark colored scrubs and her long, black hair was up in a ponytail. Makeup wasn't a priority, so if it was lightly done or not at all, she didn't remember at the moment. Nevertheless, it no longer mattered; it was too late. At that moment, he looked up and their eyes met.
He smiled. It was the same friendly, open smile he had in the photos they had shared that made her forget about everything else around her. Before she even realized she was moving, she found herself walking out to meet him.
Very professionally, he shakes her hand and introduces himself, "Good morning, my name is Eric and thank you so very much for meeting with me today on such short notice. I won't take much of your time, but promise that you will not regret it."
Confused at the introduction, and yet to have a single word slip from her own mouth, Carin turns and heads back to her office with him in tow.
