Author's note: the characters in this story do not practice safe sex. They cannot get sexually transmitted diseases unless the author says so. You can. Practice safe sex!
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As companies cut back on employee benefits, you have to find your perks where you can. My perk was having a desk across from the photocopier. When I wasn't focused on my computer screen, I was watching women's butts as they bent over to load paper in the copier. I never caught a glimpse of panties, but I kept hoping to see stocking tops and garters someday. That was my Holy Grail, and I prayed that short skirts would remain in fashion.
I surprised myself one morning as I realized I was looking at Greg's butt. Greg was an analyst in a neighboring department, and we got along pretty well. I'd even gone to his wedding the year before, taking a woman we worked with as my date. I noticed Greg's butt as he leaned over the copier because it looked like he was wearing a jock strap. Greg's beige slacks showed distinct bands running under his butt cheeks and up the sides of his hips.
Did guys still wear jocks? I know I've seen close-ups of football players with visible jock strap lines, and I suppose baseball and hockey players need the cups for protection. But I thought basketball players and cyclists and most everyone else had switched to compression shorts. And why would Greg wear one to work? Maybe he hadn't done laundry, but I just go commando when that happens.
It distracted me all morning wondering why Greg was wearing a jock. I saw him head to the break room for coffee and I jumped up to follow. I was too wound up to even start with small talk.
"Greg," I spoke softly, "are you wearing a jock strap?"
He immediately looked down at himself and said, "Why, is it showing?"
I took that as confirmation and assured him it wasn't visible right then. I felt compelled to explain why I'd noticed, and I made a point of saying it was women's butts I watched. His just stood out because of the jock.
"I like 'em," Greg said without apology. "I wear one a lot. I'll have to remember not to wear one under these slacks, though," he added, grinning.
It became a game for me, trying to decide each day whether Greg was wearing a jock. I almost asked him how many he owned; and did he have them in colors? I knew I'd gone off the deep end when I wondered how often he washed it/them. I had flashbacks to junior high school when I took my gym clothes home to be washed only every other week or so.
We were alone in the break room again, and I couldn't resist brushing my fingers across Greg's butt, checking to see if he wore a jock strap. He was, and he blushed at my touch. I grinned at him. If I'd been a nine-year-old kid I'd probably be singing, "I know what you're wearing, I know what you're wearing!"
And if only Greg hadn't blushed. It gave me power over him, at least in my own mind. I'd learned how to push one of Greg's buttons, and like a kid I didn't let up. I touched his butt nearly every day to see whether he wore a jock. Most of the time, he did.
After the third or fourth time touching Greg's butt and him not slugging me or calling me a pervert, I started trying to snap the leg band against his skin. It didn't take me long to realize he did have multiple jock straps. The leg bands were different sizes. One jock in particular must have been new -- the elastic was still strong enough that I could elicit a small 'ouch' when I snapped it against him.
I was obsessed. When Greg told me his jock that day was red, I insisted he show me. We went to the men's restroom and Greg dropped his slacks and pulled his shirt up. I could see the trail of hair leading down from his navel and the dark, curly pubes peeking out each side of the jock's pouch. He gave me only a quick look because we were afraid someone would come in and see us. Greg turned his back to me as he pulled up his slacks and my brain captured an image of his hairy butt just before it disappeared.
We tried to pass off what we'd just done as idle curiosity. I asked Greg how his wife liked his jock straps. I thought mentioning her would revive our heterosexuality, and hide that I'd just been checking out his ass.
"She likes to slide her fingers inside along the bands," Greg told me. "The jock is all I wear around the house sometimes, like when we're watching television."
The image of Greg's butt haunted me, and it popped into my head at the oddest times, like during staff meetings. I found myself daydreaming about Greg's butt.
I probably had a normal boyhood, including the camaraderie of sleepovers, camp outs, and group showers in gym. We'd go skinny-dipping and play grab-ass games, but I never considered myself gay or bisexual. On the other hand, I'd not dated any particular girl for very long. I told myself I needed to establish my career before settling down.
Thinking about sex with men didn't automatically disgust me. Sex was sex, and I could see benefits to getting off with another man. We wouldn't have relationship issues and feelings and 'that time of the month' to deal with. But in this age of AIDS, promiscuous partners were dangerous. I couldn't justify the risk, but I wasn't finding energy for a heterosexual relationship, either.
The next time I saw Greg bent over the copier, I went over and grabbed his ass with both hands.
"What are you doing?" Greg hissed as he quickly stood up.
"It's like waving a red cape in front of a bull," I told him. "If you shake your bootie at me, you have to expect a reaction."
We both laughed like it was another childish game, but now there was a tension in our friendship. I couldn't keep my eyes, or my hands, off Greg's butt. Twice, I came close to being caught by others with my hands on Greg's ass. Fortunately, no one suspected the two of us might have something sexual going. And it was sexual -- my dick started getting hard whenever I followed Greg around the building.
I wondered if Greg was getting hard, too. The next time we were alone in the break room I felt his ass, sliding my fingers along the side strap of his jock. Then I moved my hand around his front and felt for his dick, squeezing it. It wasn't hard at first, but I could feel it rapidly growing in my hand.
"Jeez, Mike," Greg whispered, "not here!"
"Where, then?" I responded, louder than I wanted.
I hadn't thought things through. I guess I was expecting something quick in the men's room, or maybe a broom closet. Instead, Greg suggested my apartment, after work on Friday.
"I can tell my wife our company is having an after-work cocktail party. She hates those things."