Lavender
She wanted to experience his sensuality, to have him touch her in all the places that were proper and all the places that were forbidden. She wanted to have him see her naked, to have him revel and delight in her body. She wanted explore the dimensions of how far she could go without going beyond where she wanted to go.
It was he who planted the seed; but is was she who devised the plan. For a woman, the experience of the sensual is often independent of the act itself. It is all the intimacy that connects her pores and senses to the experience of being desired and having that desire expressed. She wanted the magic of being possessed by his eyes, haunted by his lust and consumed by intimate expression. She was no child, nor was she innocent. But she was who she was and that called forth her creativity.
She knew he would cooperate, for he too had similar desires. They would make a different kind of love; but it would rival and even surpass the most lust filled expressions of the physical dimensions that could be explored by a man and woman. For what was to be exchanged between them would be heightened by what already existed between them.
She invited him to her home. They talked about nothing in particular but her tone drew them closer. It was the sort of conversation that becomes highly flirtatious and evolves into the certainty of seduction. It was during a pause that rested on the precipice of intoxication, that she proffered her plan.
"I want you to devour me, to make my body a poem full of sensual metaphor, I want to reek of the erotic, I want you to express all the sexuality that exists between us. I will give you the gift of my body, the whole of my desire and all that exists in between."
She gave him only the slightest kiss and then presented him the Lavender, that he had given to her. She waited... His eyes were on fire, but he gave a gentlemanly bow and said in tones that acknowledged that his creativity had melded with hers, "Your wish is my command."
He took her by the hand. Together they collected all her candles. They made a lighted pathway to her bathroom, placed candles on the sink, the top of the toilet, the corners and anyplace that flames could pose no harm. They drew a hot bath and put in the foaming Lavender creating a mountain of bubbles rich and filled with the odors of sensuality. He walked her back down the path to the edge of the first two candles and took three steps beyond the reach of their flame.
He spoke. "My eyes will burn with the flame of the candle as you expose your sensuality to me. My hands will be like starving lovers, they will devour your body until you drip and sate them with your juices, and my words will be love poems, discovering the secrets of your desires."
He traced his fingers through her hair, slow and methodical, like a distance runner knowing that not speed but patience was the measure that connected him to her needs. He fondled her ears, teasing them, playing softly with her bell earrings that dangled and sang songs of enticement as he moved to caress the nape of her neck.
He told her she was beautiful, that he had fantasized often about seeing her naked and was blessed and unabashedly excited, that through his own hands, this fantasy would be realized. Her eyes showed a mixture of fear, fear of disappointing him with her nakedness, and excitement as she too was living a fantasy. She gave him a slight nod, permission to continue. He was respectful, but he could not hide his lust and she would have it no other way.
He did not just begin taking her clothes off her body. It was as if this was a moment of art, a moment he wanted to savor. He took a step back and traced her full form with his eyes. She could feel them all over her as if it was his hands covering her body. It made her nipples hard, her pelvic area wet. And as if in response to what was going on with her body, he stepped forward and ran his hands along the path cut by his eyes. He started with her shoulders, over her sweater down her arms and cupped her hands in his, wrapped her fingers in his. She felt the quiver of his nervousness... she felt the heat of their exchange. He knelt, like a vassal of old and kissed her hands in a way that respected her, but that promised a kind of touch that would make her, before the night was through, writhe with pleasure.
He bowed low. He stepped out of the light for a brief moment and moved a small chair and bid her to sit. He removed her shoe and held her foot, massaging slowly, he worked his way up to the top of her sock and peeled it off setting it neatly under the chair. He kissed each toe and whispered secrets to them, which she could only image. He repeated this ritual with the other foot.