This is chapter is on the shorter side. All characters are above the age of 18.
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One of the Wild Dogs left my house shirtless. It was a hot day.
I saw Zeke across the street, mowing his lawn, pause and take note of it. He lifted his brows.
The day before, he had seen another guy walk out of my house, too.
I ignored him... at first.
I brought a parade of men home.
I'd grope their arm or caress their back lightly before heading inside the house, peeking to see Zeke watching closely.
I could see his jaw clench from across the street. Sometimes, I winked at him. Most recently, I stuck my tongue out and made a lewd gesture.
One evening when I was putting the recycling out on the curb, he walked over, arms crossed. "I thought you don't do repeats."
"Huh?" I looked up to find Zeke looking hot as the sun. He was distracting.
"That guy who left earlier. He's come over before."
"Okay, and?"
"I thought you didn't do repeats."
"Maybe my rules changed?"
He clenched his jaw again. So hot!
Maybe it was time I put him out of his misery. "I'm tutoring them."
"You're tutoring?"
"Yeah, for the extra cash. My part time job at subway doesn't cut it."
He blew out a breath and smiled wide. His shoulders relaxed. He ran his hand through his hair. He looked younger all of a sudden. "That makes sense. Ha. Cool." He turned and walked away.
I laughed to myself.
......
One day, I came home to find Zeke in my kitchen! Peeling potatos with my aunt! (And not doing a very good job at it.)
"I invited him over for dinner. It'd be nice if he joined us every once in a while, right?" my aunt said.
She had a big heart and picked up strays left and right. Like she had me, I guess.
It was weirdly a nice evening. He and my aunt got along swimmingly, and the conversation during dinner was light and fun. Afterwards, we sat on the porch and talked over iced tea.
He started coming over regularly once or twice a week. I both loved and hated it. It was nice to have someone actually make conversation with my aunt. She was great, but I wasn't enough for her chattering. I liked seeing Zeke upclose, surrounded by his manly smell and popping muscles... but that also lead to the insane difficulty of actually being in an enclosed pace with him time and time again. All I could do were take reprieves in my room or find an excuse to sit outside the house a while without seeming too rude.
He was also doing little things that made my heart flutter, like casual touches of brushing my cheek, or, or... pulling out my chair!! Like what.
Several weeks later, a night after Zeke left, my aunt point blank asked if I was interested in Zeke.
"Whaaat? Why would you ask that?" I already knew it was all over my face.
"Well, his eyes certainly eat you up. And he's a nice, respectful, young man."
"Young? Don't you think he's a little old for me?"
"You're in the same generation, aren't you? Plus, the older you get, the less the age gap matters really. Now that I've gotten to know you, I realize you're an old soul. I just want you to be happy and know you can talk about anything with me."
"I appreciate that." I felt warm and fuzzy from her words as I helped with the dishes.
......
Over the weekend, Zeke left his garage door open as he shifted through storage boxes.
I walked over and watched him for a few minutes, when my eye caught on some shiny metal. "Do you have a motorcycle?" I asked.
"Yeah, you want a ride?"
"So much." I grinned.
He pulled the cover off it. "You kind of have a perpetual frown around most people. I like making you smile."
I tried to humph but was too excited.
He grabbed a helmet and set it over my head, taking his time adjusting it.
"You smell like... marshmellows," I observed.
He laughed. "Maybe you mean the smell of smoke. I was grilling with friends."
"Makes sense."
Adding one for himself, he slid onto his motorcycle.
"Hop on."
I was practically bouncing on my toes. I sat behind him. The seat had a downward slope, so I slid flush against his back, my legs right up against his. He didn't say anything, and there wasn't much I could do about it.
With the initial speed, I almost fell off so looped my arms around him. I had one arm around his abs and my other hand landed on his chest.
"Woohoo!!" I yelled.
From the excitement, I couldn't hold my hands still. I realized a little while later, that I was basically running them all over him and groping him. He still didn't say anything.
I enjoyed feeling him up more. I felt across his chest and down his abdomen. I traced the grooves of his abs over his thin tshirt that was stretched across his skin.
I felt lower and lower until I landed over his bulge! His hard bulge. I squeezed. One of his hands quickly pulled mine off and brought it back up to his chest. I grinned to myself.
He increased the speed, and I had to hold on tighter. I was completely plastered against him, and I loved it. I somehow knew he loved it, too. He was going this fast on purpose.
It was both a rush and relaxing. The air was perfect. I loved the wind on my body. I loved the body against my body. Hehe.
After a good ride, he slowed to the side of the road. "You want a spin?"
"Do I ever!"
We got off, and he showed me the basics. We got back on, switching positions.
He wrapped his arms around me and placed his head over my shoulder. Mmhhh.
I started fast! We jerked.
"Easy," his voice rumbled.
I eased back a little and tried a smoother increase in speed. Yeah, I got this!
A few miles in, I felt his bulge against me. Oh, oh no. Driving distracted was really bad! I slightly swerved but tried to focus more.