Going back to college at 31 was not my first choice, but a big round of layoffs swept through the corp, taking me with them. My boss came over while I was packing my desk and advised me that if I had an MBA, I'd be in upper management by now, and I'd not have been cut.
"You're a good engineer, but you've got to get yourself out of the tech pit. You've got a good severance package. Use it to go get that masters and it'll take you farther. You need business education on top of your engineering degree."
It was nice fatherly advice from the old man, and I took it, but I knew college wouldn't be the party it was when I was nineteen. Walking around the breezy campus, over the green lawns, I felt like I was a hundred years old. All the fresh faces were eager and excited, the students circling each other in various mating rituals, and all of them were oblivious to my passage through campus. Even students in my classes were much younger, only in their mid-twenties, having gone straight into the MBA program after graduating. No one talked to me because they all knew one another and had already either hooked up, or were simply uninterested in a guy half a decade older.
I tried going to gay bop, but I might as well have been a ghost. I don't blame them. With all those hot sweaty shirtless men their own age gyrating around, why come on to a guy a decade older, even if he was in good shape, a runner and a swimmer with a respectable six pack.
Still, I needed to get laid. Ever since Liam and I split last year, I hadn't dipped my toe back in the pond, so I tried the usual hook up apps. I didn't want a partner right now, I just wanted sex. I figured someone my own age would find me, or I'd fine them, and maybe we could have some fun a few times.
At first it was a failure. Younger guys never winked at me or tapped me, but much older guys were all over me. Fresh meat. I'd flip through, knowing how they felt being ignored by the younger guy, but just not interested. Where were all the men in their late twenties and early thirties? Married? In the closet? Partnered up?
By late September I figured that I'd have to get far from this college town to get laid, but before I got around to planning a trip to New York, I got my first interesting, and surprising, tap. I worried as I looked at his profile that this was a fake, someone too good to be true. His selfie was shy, him in shorts and a shirt on a beach, his face turned far from the camera, his slim figure alluring. I lit a flame and messaged him.
Coffee? Beer?
I sure as hell wanted to meet him first. What if it was a stolen photo and the guy was actually a hefty biker? His reply was as simple as mine.
Beer. How about Gabby's at 5?
Obviously, I said yes. I was also glad that he must be over 21 if he knew he'd be allowed into Gabby's.
It took me a few seconds checking out the booths in the dim bar before I recognized him at a table for two at the back not far from the dart board. As I approached, I couldn't believe my eyes. He matched his picture! A hot, dark haired twink, one luscious lock trailing over his left eye. When he saw me, he swallowed and stood so abruptly that he almost knocked over his chair. Wow, he was nervous! Why? Was I that scary?
"Hi!" He stuck out his hand for an old-fashioned hand shake. "I'm...I'm Caleb." His t-shirt had our college logo, and his jeans shorts were hemmed neatly, making me wonder if his mother had cut some jeans down for him.
"Hey, Jamie," I said. "Nice to meet you." His hand was cool and his palm sweaty, but he had a firm grip.
We warmed slowly over the beer, talking about our places in the world. He was in his last year, and since he'd done a lap year after high school, he was a year older than most of the people in his classes. I was glad that he was closer to my age than I first thought, but there was still an unbalance here. He'd been at the college for three years. Why tap me? Surely he had a posse?
"I liked your profile," he replied when I finally asked. "I liked that you said condoms are a must, that we don't have to go all the way, that we can just have fun. I'm not into sodomy and all." His cheeks flushed bright red and his blue eyes stayed with his amber beer. "I'm super scared about STDs, and I won't hook up with anyone who brags about being on Prep. It's not like HIV is the only STD."
"We've got that in common then."
"I also liked that you mentioned bondage as an interest." Now he did look up to see how I responded before taking a gulp and again staring at his beer. "Also, that you can host. Most college guys don't have their own place, and I live in a house with four other guys. I'm still in the closet, way in the closet. My family is super religious, and they'd freak if they knew I had these...deviant thoughts."
On the word
bondage
, I instantly popped a boner as I picture him tied to my bed, or him over top of me while I was tied to my bed. OMG this could be awesome. I was concerned about the word
deviant
. All I said though was, "My place is nearby if you want to come over and see it. We don't have to do anything yet." I sipped my own beer. Now I was nervous.
"Yeah. I'd like that. Uhm, I also liked that you mentioned edging."
"Awesome! That can be fun."
"Yeah, but like this is where I lost the last two guys." He looked up from his beer, his cheeks a shade of red that seemed impossible. "I have this super selfish fantasy." He swallowed loudly. "You tie me up and edge me for an hour, minimum, until I have a huge orgasm." He took a deep breath, "And then I go home. So, yeah, there isn't much in it for you. Once I cum I'm just done, so you wouldn't get off. Uhm, and I'd really prefer you keep your jeans on. I don't want to be distracted by your hard on or have to worry that you'll want to do something with it."
"Wow." I took a moment to digest this. No orgasm for me.
"I'm sorry." He spoke quickly now. "It's a super selfish fantasy and I get it if you're not interested. I'm super religious and I just can't get into sodomy without huge guilt. I just thought since we share some of the same things maybe you'd be okay with it." His blue eyes met mine, desperate, pleading. Who could say no?
"I'd be happy to help you with this fantasy."
His eyes widened with his surprise. "Really! I mean even though you don't get off? That you don't get anything out of it?"
I gave my best impish grin and leaned forward, keeping my voice low. "I get to see your hot body naked, and I get to touch you all over, and I get to play you like an instrument until you shoot. That's awesome sexy fun. Don't worry, it'll be awesome foreplay for the orgasm I'll give myself after you've gone home." I meant it.