John and Trudy had known each other for ten years. Partly due to their creative talents, they had become close friends from the start. They worked many projects together and had even been part of each other's weddings to their spouses.
What Trudy didn't realize was that from early on in their relationship, John had developed an extreme attraction for her.
Both of them due to events in their lives had self image problems but had reached a stage of seeking to rise above that mentality. John had always seen Trudy for what she was not the image in her mind. She had become the focus on his fantasies to the point of picturing her in his mind on the few occasions he would have relations with his wife. Trudy had spent the last ten years unsuccessfully trying to win the affections of her husband who had absolutely no interest in anything about her than the status of being married.
They had talked about all of this with each other over the years and quite contentedly were satisfied with having a friend to talk to. Then one night John opened a bottle of Pinot Grigio that Trudy had left at the house during a party. John was not much of a white wine drinker but something sweet sounded good that night. The tart sweetness of the wine took him by surprise and he thoroughly enjoyed it. After the third glass he sent Trudy a text chastising her for trying to teach an old dog new tricks. She quickly sent one of her infamous quips back and the spark had been struck. The texts going back and forth began to take a whole new tone never explored by the two. Maybe it was the wine, maybe it was the familiarity they had with each other. More likely it was the realization that both of them were in the same boat and that life was too short to spend it just settling.
John decided to drop all pretenses and inhibitions and started sharing his desires and fantasies with Trudy. He gave her every intimate detail of the things he wanted to do with her. She in turn was intrigued and quite aroused and revealed her own longings. The whole evening was spent going back and forth and ended with them knowing they had to return to reality and a promise that this evening was not going to change their deep friendship.
Several weeks went by and they worked side by side with each other not even mentioning that night but in the back of their minds, they longed to reach out and touch each other. The frustrations of their relationships to their spouses seemed even more evident. Finally the dam broke.