Chapter 1: Discovering the wood
Finally, I lay down on my bed and surveyed my new surroundings. The room was spacious and bright, and cheap to boot. It was the end of my first week in Paris and I had been lucky to find a place not too expensive but still within the city boundaries. I had wanted to be in the centre where the action was, but realised quickly I couldn't afford it so, when I found this place I jumped at the chance. Sure, it was a bit quieter but it was near a large green area and well-connected for my new job.
I had spent my teens and twenties living in London, commuting to work and had been longing to get away as my friendship group slowly dwindled when my friends settled down and I knew that I wanted new experiences. Breaking up with my boyfriend was the catalyst I needed. I was proud of myself to have found a job in Paris and moved away in what felt like a whirlwind of only a few weeks. I had worked a summer in the south of France years earlier, and studied French at school, but I didn't know anyone here, I had a flatmate though and felt like that was a good start. I was a handsome, dark-featured white, 28 year old guy who took care of himself. I was quite tall and had a swimmers build and could usually turn a few heads. Now I had an amazing new adventure ahead of me; little did I know the dark form that adventure would begin to take.
I lay back, stretched and reached my hand down to feel my dick -- rubbing myself slowly; it felt good.
"Want to come for a beer?" I heard a voice shout and a head popped around the door frame, I jolted up, forgetting that the door was still ajar.
"Umm...no thank you, I'm just going to chill here I think." It was already getting dark and I was super tired.
"Suit yourself, I'll see you tomorrow then I guess", my new flatmate shouted as he slammed the door behind him.
"Perfect", I thought to myself: "I have the place finally to myself", as I reached into my shorts and started jerking myself off. I thought about all the hot guys I had passed coming down the road; there was a shisha lounge right outside the apartment building and plenty of African and Arabic guys hanging about. It was still early spring though and a cold snap meant that I had hurried past them into the apartment when I brought in the last of my stuff.
"HMMMMMM" I shot my load over my chest. It was thick and juicy; I realised I hadn't jerked off for a few days -- too busy apartment hunting. I brought my fingers down and scooped it up, licking it off my fingers; yum it tasted sweet, like warm milk -- and with that I dozed off totally exhausted from the long day of moving.
A clang awakened me, and it took me a moment to realise that my flatmate was slamming his bedroom door after coming home from his night out. I picked up my phone, it was 2am. I knew I shouldn't have slept so early, now I was wide awake and wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. I rolled over and opened Grindr on my phone. I had opened it earlier in the afternoon but didn't have any messages. A hangover from living in a small town; I never used a face pic on my profile -- I was shy about dating and didn't want to be recognised.
A profile caught my eye: "XL thick now" -- he wasn't online and his picture was of a plant. I clicked on it anyway. The only information was that he was black and top. I could feel my dick stirring right away. I sent him a message and then got up to piss and clean up quickly under the shower. I was 10 minutes max before I checked my phone again.
I heard the familiar Grindr notification sound when I opened the app; I had made sure to turn off notifications, always mortified if anyone I knew found out I was using it for hook-ups -- I guess here in Paris it didn't matter too much. There was a stream of messages from XL thick now. He hadn't even said hello, he got right down to business. "You sucking cock now?", "Send me your address, I'll come now", "thirsty?", "You want it?".
I rolled my eyes, I knew how direct guys on Grindr were. I replied asking for a picture and a cock pic, but he just said "You host?". I thought about it. Bringing a guy to an apartment I just moved into and with my flatmate just across the hall; it didn't seem right. "Can't accom, but travel" I wrote and asked again for his pic. "You suck outdoors?" came the reply.
I looked at the phone, I was a little shocked. I guess you could say I had had a fairly closed sex life up to that point. I'd had plenty of sex, but I'd been in a relationship for a long time. I thought back to when I was 15 and would go to cruise men in the cottages in my town -- it was before Grindr and before I even admitted to myself I was gay. At those times, I had been so nervous and scared of the older men who seemed so sleazy and dangerous, I had rarely got any action even when I really wanted it. I had however indulged a few times when I was presented with a really big dick which was my weakness, but that's a story for another time.
"Yeah, love to suck outdoors", I replied and instantly felt my hand begin to shake as I threw the phone down. The nerves I felt of those dangerous encounters came rushing back.