"Honey, somethings wrong with the dryer..."
Dianne waved a pale blue-frost manicured hand between her hubby's gaze and the tv.
"Honey, something's wrong with the Yankees...3 hits in the last 2 games." He didn't even look up.
"Well its nearly ten o'clock and my underwear's soaking wet and I have a dark load still to wash!" Her voice had gone from singsong to opera-soprano-victim. "Never mind, I'll go to the Super Sudsy and finish it." She was calm again, resigned. "Just pretty please call someone in the morning..."
"OK. Better put some clothes on."
Dianne rolled her eyes. "Why bother? Who would notice a fat old woman with a laundry basket..." She tossed a trashy romance novel into the basket, picked up her bag and swirled out the door to the garage. He glanced up to see her short denim skirt tug at her upper thigh and her camisole top fluttering well above her waist leaving at least 3 inches of tummy-flab exposed. A delicate golden anklet was all there was between her flip-flop sandals and her upper thigh.
"Dayum," was all he said.
Dianne put her load in the dryer at Super Sudsy, started the darks and sat down to read. Three or four other customers, mostly women were finishing up, and Dianne smiled and waved as each one left. One, though, was a late-20s tall skinny guy, who was obviously not used to dealing with washing machines. She helped him sort through lights and darks and explained how to set the knobs. He was very conscious that the person helping him was very feminine and barely half dressed. She would have turned bright red had she known the effect she was having.
She sat back down to read, then noticed her pedicure was chipped, badly. She slipped out of her flip flops and took a bottle of Coral Blush from her bag and redid her toes. They were just dry when her dryer stopped. She began folding each item as she removed it, bikini and thong underwear, lace and plain hipsters, a pair or 2 of granny panties. One pair of lacy high cut French Vanilla undies was tangled up and she held them up to see why. And saw him staring. She gasped, audibly.
He looked away, then looked back, with a sad guilty face. "I'm sorry, couldn't help... just the thought of you wearing that, so pretty.." He trailed off, embarrassed to be caught.
Dianne felt his vulnerability, she could not be mad, he was so awkward. "It's ok, really," She said, and walked over to him and gently hugged him.
He couldn't get out any words, just embraced her. She turned to keep her balance and that's when she felt him, erect in his cargo shorts and now pressing against her bare midriff. It was her turn to gasp. He mumbled something and started to back off, but she held him.