All characters are above the age of 18 unless otherwise specified.
Please read the first installment of this series for context.
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"So? Are we doing this again?" my husband Steve asked.
He lay in bed spooning next to me, his hand gently rubbing my bicep.
I turned my head back to look at him. I was surprised he even had to ask. We had just concluded a marathon session with Elliott, our first ever threesome. I had absolutely loved it, especially being with a woman for the first time.
I leaned in and kissed Steve. His lips were slightly coarse, but always felt comforting and familiar to me.
"Of course. I don't know about you..." I did really. What man wouldn't love having two women devote themselves to pleasuring him? His partially-erect cock pressing against the back of my thigh certainly suggested an answer. "But I fucking loved it."
"Me too, honey." He kissed my shoulder. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay with it."
I smiled. Always the gentleman. "Of course. I'm really looking forward to the next one. Double the cocks, and all for me!"
"Me too," Steve concurred. I turned to him with an inquisitive look on my face. "Well, uh, not the 'double cock for me' part, but the anticipation part," he quickly corrected himself.
"You had me confused for a second," I laughed. "Do you have any one in mind yet?"
I had put a lot of thought into my selection. I wanted to make her someone who we could both agree on, would have experience in the situation, and wouldn't have any emotional ties toward us. The discreetness was just an added bonus.
Of course, knowing my husband, and most men, he undoubtedly wouldn't have put in as much effort as me.
"Yeah," Steve answered. "I kind of already asked Dan, and he said he would be more than happy to do it."
"Dan? As in your friend?" I asked.
"Yeah. Why? Is that a problem?" Steve asked.
"No, no, of course not," I lied.
Ugh, shit! I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. Dan was one of Steve's closest friends. He'd be a natural choice.
Dan was 36, five years older than me. He had joined the Marines out of high school and worked with Steve during his physical therapy a few years back. The two got to know each other and became close friends.
They couldn't have been more opposite either. Steve was tall, a little lanky, with short brown hair and a naturally cheery countenance. He was a little bit of a nerd, and he'd do sweet little things for me all the time just because. I loved him to death, but he was not the type of guy I'd want on my side for a zombie apocalypse.
Dan, on the other hand, was about as tall, but way more muscular. He hadn't ever stopped working out after leaving the military, which resulted in a chiseled body that his carousel of girlfriends loved. He had quite a few tattoos on his arms and chest, and he kept his head shaved. Dan was one hell of an intimidating man, but was actually quite gentle once you got to know him. I wouldn't have had a problem with him. Except...
At our absolute lowest point as a couple, when Steve had been working away from home for what seemed like months at a time and leaving me alone, Dan and I had hooked up once when he was gone. I was over at his apartment late at night, hanging around after a cocktail party he had thrown for Cinco de Mayo. It was incredibly stupid on my part. I liked Dan, and found him pretty charming and sexy, but I always held the opinion that those feelings were perfectly natural, even for married people. What separated the wheat from the chaff was not putting yourself in a position to act on those feelings.
I was the chaff. I was very tipsy and hadn't had sex with Steve in two months. Dan was drunk too, and his weak protests about not wanting to hurt Steve didn't stop me. One thing led to another, and I didn't leave Dan's apartment until noon the next day.
But both of us swore never to do anything like it again. I had felt awful cheating on Steve, which is when I realized we needed to take time to fix our relationship. Dan agreed it was a stupid, drunken decision and he really didn't want to hurt his friend. In a way, it had actually been helpful in restoring our marriage.
That had been a year ago. Nothing had happened since then, and I don't think either of us wanted anything to. Steve never found out of course. But he and I were working hard to mend our relationship and were in a much better place now. Still, I was afraid that him choosing Dan would open up a can of worms.
"You sure it's okay?" Steve asked. "I want you to feel completely comfortable and willing. You have veto power, remember?"
His words snapped me back. "Yeah, I remember. Dan is a great decision, sweetie," I said, unsure of what I was saying. I didn't know if I believed that. But I certainly didn't want to tell Steve why.
"Good. It's gonna be amazing. I just know it," Steve said, pulling me tighter into his warm embrace.
"Yeah," I waveringly replied. "I'm sure it will be."
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"Hey," I texted. By the next day, I had finally worked up the nerve to talk to Dan.
"Hi, what's up?" he quickly replied.
"I think you know. Did Steve ask you?"
"About the event?" Dan replied after a minute.
"Yes, the threesome. You don't have to be coy."
"Did you say yes to it?" he asked.
"Yeah," I answered.
"Good. I'm looking forward to it."
"But we need to talk about this. I want to make it clear: I didn't ask Steve to choose you. He did it all himself."
"Okay..."
"I would never take back what happened between us. It might have fixed my marriage. But it can't happen again either."
"I know."
"This doesn't mean that we're going to do anything else, or that I want to do it again."
I wasn't sure if I was telling Dan this for him, or for me. But I needed to establish my boundaries. This new kind of life Steve and I were exploring was already improving our marriage, and I didn't want anything to derail that now.
"I totally understand. I'm in the same boat as you."