(This is a story about swinging and all the sex is consensual.)

Copyright 2003

Marcus picked at the knot in the terry towel belt, feeling clumsy, wishing he had just held the robe in his fingers as the others had. He only hesitated for a moment, but in that moment, the white bathrobes slipped from the women’s shoulders. Then feminine hands whisked his own robe away and he stood there, dazed and breathless at the nudity, the excited smiles, breasts, nipples, flashes of pubic hair and in the haze of images, his own wife being held by a naked man. He wanted to stare at Kate and Laura. He’d waited so long to see them like this. He’d lain awake picturing them.

‘Don’t be shy - look,’ said Kate. ‘We’re proud of our bodies aren’t we ladies?’ Laura smiled and Kate flicked her blonde hair over her shoulders to ensure that nothing would be in the way of her elegant breasts. Laura put her hand on his back and kissed his shoulder.

Geoff drew them all together and they put their arms around each other in the way that sports teams do. Marian and Marcus hadn’t expected a ritual, but warmed to the idea.

‘Let’s remember,’ Geoff began, ‘that our time together is about giving and receiving pleasure, about enjoying sexuality and the affection we have for each other. It’s all of that and no more than that. No one has to do anything and no thank you is not negotiable. Let’s enjoy each other.’

But the ritual wasn’t over.

Geoff put his arms around Marian and drew their bodies together till her breasts touched his chest. He kissed her neck and whispered, ‘Welcome. And by the way, you look unbelievably sexy.’ She could feel his hardness against her belly.

‘Thanks. You look pretty inviting yourself.’ It was an understatement of course. In fact she was tingling all over.

Kate was hugging Marcus. ‘Welcome sexy man.’ She moved on to Ed. ‘Let’s make it even better tonight.’ Then for Marcus and Marian’s benefit, she whispered, ‘Hug your partner last.’ And they did.

‘Love you,’ he whispered in her ear as he squeezed her.

‘You too. Have a great time.’

Within seconds they had separated into threes. It just happened. Nobody discussed it. They were at each end of the two mattresses Kate and Geoff had placed near the fire.

Marian found herself on her back and noticed the music had returned. Vivaldi – not Four Seasons, but familiar. Ed caressed her face with his fingers as he looked into her eyes.

‘We want you to feel really special tonight, both of you.’ Geoff was stroking her feet and it was deliciously sensuous. ‘Are there any special things you’d like to try?’

She paused. ‘I can tell you as we go along…I think I need a good build up.’ In fact, she wanted him or Ed to fill her then, but the thought of a slow climb before that special peak of pleasure was even more tempting.

‘Good,’ whispered Geoff, ‘We can do that. Let us know what you’re enjoying. Take plenty of time.’ He was stroking her legs now.

Marian put her head up slightly. Ed was still fully hard. She rose a little more. So was Geoff.. She felt a jolt through her.

‘That’s very arousing for a woman.’

‘What’s that?’ asked Ed, though she thought he’d probably guessed.

‘You two, so hard. It’s nice. A real compliment. That massaging is nice too by the way.’

Marcus was also on his back and looking up at Kate on one side and Laura on the other. ‘Touch them’, said Kate and they both took a hand. He stroked both pairs of breasts gently - affectionately. He looked into Kate’s eyes and as he brushed his fingers across her nipples, he pictured sitting with her on the rug in the afternoon as she described her own experience of swinging for the first time. Even then, the idea of being naked with her, seeing her breasts uncovered and even touching them, had seemed just a fantasy. He remembered his closeness to Laura and the glimpses of her half-covered breasts as she’d tantalised him with the web pages. He remembered his reaction to her comment about the lovemaking couple, ‘That’s us in about an hour’. Well, the hour had arrived. ‘This is a bit dream-like’, he whispered; then added ‘What are they doing?’

‘Geoff’s massaging the inside of her thighs and Ed’s stroking her breasts.’ She looked down to him and smiled. ‘It’s a real breast-appreciation session at the moment. I hoped you’d want to do this.’

‘How are you feeling?’ asked Laura has he touched her hardening nipples.

‘Excited.’

‘And a bit anxious?’

‘Yes.’ He glanced down and smiled. ‘It’s obvious I guess.’

‘Just natural,’ said Kate as she reached down to where he lay at half-mast.

‘It’s a guy thing,’ added Laura. ‘I’ll bet you’re turned on by the thought of Marian with another man, but kind of terrified at the same time.’

‘Not terrified.’

‘We’ve got a cure anyway, so why don’t you turn around so that you can see them easily?’ He did, and Ed had one hand on Marian’s breast. Geoff had found her special place and she was writhing with the pleasure of it.

Kate began to stroke his shaft, but the sight of his wife enjoying so much attention was all Marcus needed.

‘Still a bit on edge?’ asked Laura.

‘Yes. A bit.’

‘Well here’s our cure…’ She leaned down to whisper, unnecessarily he thought, but her nipples touched his arm and that was reason enough. ‘When the time comes, go closer with Kate so you can see everything that’s happening and, as one of them goes into her, you slide into Kate.’

Kate nodded. They’d obviously planned it. Kate was whispering in his other ear now. ‘Do me doggy style so you can get a good view of them coming together. If you need to, just go for it, but you might like to keep pace with them.’

‘I’d planned to make it a bit more sensual for you both.’

‘Do that later. Don’t worry about getting me ready.’ She eased his hand between her legs and he discovered that her folds were well prepared. He caressed them lightly; enjoying the wetness and the pleasure it gave her. ‘We’ve both been ready for you all afternoon, haven’t we?’ He almost came in her hand.

Marian too, was close to her peak. She looked over at Marcus then back at the two men with their warm eyes and skilful fingers. The tingling she’d felt inside was now an ache.

‘I think I want Geoff first.’

Kate moved forward on her knees. Within seconds, Marcus was ready, poised at her entrance and his eyes fixed on his wife. She gave him a slight smile; then reached down to Geoff. He paused for a moment. Suddenly, Marcus’s eyes were riveted on his wife as Geoff eased into her.

‘Okay?’

‘Hold there for a moment. I need to get used to you.’ He held still and so did Marcus inside Kate. ‘Okay. In deep.’ Kate pushed back into Marcus and he felt completely enveloped. He began to stroke her; and his heart settled as he saw Marian relax then grin at him.

After a few minutes, Ed moved over to his wife. Laura lay on the mattress and he began to massage her with the same gentleness he’d shown with Marian. Marcus sensed the special bond between them. ‘Years of Sunday mornings’, he thought as they pleasured each other in front of him without words. Ed slipped into Laura and they began to kiss lips on lips. Marcus could see Ed’s butt rising rhythmically and Laura’s hips rising to meet him. It was passionate - loving, subtly different from lust or sex between friends. For a moment he felt as if he was intruding by watching, but Laura seemed pleased by his interest.

‘You two look great together,’ she said as Ed continued to move inside her. ‘Having fun?’ Marcus nodded. ‘Will you do me next?’

‘We might be a while,’ gasped Kate.

‘No hurry. Just when you’re ready. But Ed would love to see us together, wouldn’t you darling?’ He nodded and she kissed him again.

It was all that Marcus had hoped for. He was now as hard as he’d ever been; stroking Kate as she cooed with pleasure –often thrusting back into him to emphasise her excitement. But the thing that almost caused Marcus to lose control was the expression on his own wife’s face. Pure delight. She kept glancing over to him as if to say, ‘Isn’t this everything we’d fantasised about?’

Geoff’s strokes were faster now and Marian was rubbing herself to accentuate the pleasure. He pressed into her again and again. Suddenly, she held his hips and her body froze. It was enough because he stopped and she contracted around him, closed her eyes for a minute, then looked up. ‘A great start.’ What he said next surprised her. ‘Take time to recover. I won’t come just yet. We can change partners soon if you like.’ He pulled out of her and she reached down to enjoy his firmness and her slippery juices on him.

Marcus was thrusting into Kate with her full encouragement. ‘Harder if you want. It’s nice. Ooh that’s nice. Harder.’ Marian could see her breasts wobble as he thrust into her again and again. Perhaps because she had come herself, she was relaxed at the sight of her husband and another woman in the height of pleasure together. She was content that it had turned out so well for him. It was all the physical passion they’d pictured during their lovemaking over the past few weeks. But he didn’t come. Instead, like Geoff, he pulled out but looked pained at abandoning something so utterly delightful. ‘I didn’t want it to end,’ he gasped.

‘Saving yourself?’ grinned Geoff. ‘You’ll have a much more memorable night that way.’

Marcus nodded, quickly turned Kate over and savoured her engorged lips with his tongue. On impulse, Marian sat up, moved over and tentatively touched a breast –something she’d never done with a woman before. Kate’s response was immediate. She grabbed both Marian’s hands and brought them to her breasts, smiling and holding them there for just a moment. ‘Thanks, that’d be lovely.’ She was squirming as Marcus drove his tongue inside her, then brought it up once more to the centre of her pleasure - teasing, exploring, tantalising - urging her on to a loud and breathless climax while Geoff placed his hand on her forehead and beamed at her ecstasy.

As you’d expect, they changed partners regularly and revelled in the novelty of sharing their bodies or restoring their bonds with their life partners. Often the music was lost in the laughter, gasping, and cries of pleasure - sometimes even the sounds of wet bodies coming together in a pounding rhythm. They did speak, but in snippets of desire and appreciation.

‘I want Ed inside me.’

‘Can I hold you both?’

‘I love it when a man strokes himself.’

‘I love all this womanly flesh.’

‘Damn it, you three have beautiful breasts!’

Kate was the first to announce her exhaustion. She poured them wine and they continued their conversation and playfulness as the flames of the restored fire lit up their bodies. Their night together ended as it began – with ritual hugs and words of affection.

Marian said nothing as they walked up the stairs, opened the door to their room and ran the shower. Marcus joined her in the water and soaped her, saying nothing of consequence.

As they slipped into bed, still naked, she whispered. ‘Want to talk about it?’

‘Yes, but I’m really desperate to be inside you. Do you mind?’

He slid in, easily of course, and she smiled. ‘I was desperate too.’

What followed was as intense as Laura had predicted – far more intense than the few times they’d made love after an argument or a long absence. It was as if they were beginning their relationship all over again with all the energy of new love. They both found new reserves and the sweating and panting together were mixed with laughter.

‘How can you be so hard after all that?’

‘It’s you. Loving you.’

‘And being back together – on our own?’

‘Yes.’

He came after a few minutes. She didn’t. ‘It’s not important. I’ve had plenty of that. I just needed my own special man inside me again.’

He withdrew from her and held her close. He was exhausted, but it was obvious that she would not sleep without talking over the events of the night. ‘Was it as exciting as you’d expected?’

‘Amazing.’

‘What was the best bit?’

‘Watching you with Geoff while I was doing it with Kate. Just seeing him sliding in and out of you and you enjoying it so much. I was struggling to hold back. And I was kind of grateful to have a wife who enjoys being sexual – and so uninhibited about it.’

‘They did make it easy didn’t they.’

He reached over and held her breast. ‘What was best for you?’

‘I liked all the naked bodies together and everyone getting on so well, and being so adventurous. I was amazed at Kate. She seems so controlled, sort of restrained with her clothes on, but she really gets into it. She said ‘Do it to me’, loudly, three times, I heard her. She hugged him. ‘Are we going to do this again?’

‘I’m willing if you are.’

She put her hand down to say goodnight as usual and found him hard again. ‘You’re incorrigible! How many times have you come already?’

‘About four.’

‘Exactly four. Men count these things. We have to sleep. I’m exhausted.’

‘So am I.’

‘We can go to sleep joined up if you like.’

She rolled over and helped him into her from behind.

‘I can’t believe you’re hard again, but it is nice. I do feel appreciated.’

‘You are.’ He kissed her neck and reached over to cup her breast in his hand.

She turned back slightly. ‘Can you sleep like that? Come again if you really need to.’

‘Should be able to sleep.’

‘Sleep well sexy lover.’

‘You too.’