When Neil saw Sarah walking home, he called out to her, and they started chatting straight away. They'd met at a weekly writers' meeting, though their creativity was playful rather than serious, and they had both started attending less often.

"I still visit the hub regularly, but my days in the women's evening social group may be numbered," Sarah confessed with a giggle.

Neil knew Sarah had a cheeky side, so he was curious to discover what lay behind her comment. In truth, Sarah had chosen her words carefully, and they had the effect she'd hoped for.

Sarah had no difficulty persuading Neil to continue their chat at home, and within ten minutes they were sitting together on her sofa.

"When the lady offered to sketch us all naked, I knew some would find it easier than others. Me? I am what I am, but I knew a few of the other women would find what we were doing challenging." Sarah began.

"Once I'd sat down, I was perfectly calm, but then, out of nowhere, my head filled with mischievous thoughts. The more I tried to push the pictures out of my mind, the more determined they were to stay. I would have faked a cough and excused myself if I'd been on my own, but I couldn't do a runner from the people I'm trying to help feel more confident, could I?" Sarah explained.

"Inappropriately timed horniness? I'm familiar with the phenomenon," Neil replied sheepishly.

Sarah knew Neil could empathise with her, having seen his stubborn bulge appear without warning from time to time. She had hoped her smiles and giggles would prompt him to open up about his mishaps, but they hadn't. Her incident had been unfortunate, yet it also presented an opportunity she felt was too good to miss.

"If two single, horny people who faced having to trudge home alone to sort out their slipperies and stiffies didn't have to, I think the world would be a better place. If they enjoyed it for what it was and knew it was all they both wanted, they could smile, agree, and get on with it," Sarah said, looking at Neil to gauge his reaction.

"Do these lucky people in your head end up at her place or his in this idyllic scenario?" Neil asked.

"I think she has to host, just in case she needs some of her toys," Sarah replied.

Her earlier wandering thoughts and Neil's presence meant Sarah wasted no time once they entered her home and walked into her bedroom.

"Ladies first, naturally," Neil laughed as he and Sarah undressed and lay face to face in the middle of the bed.

"My untimely visions and our unexpected meeting of minds mean I'm more than ready whenever you are," Sarah whispered with a smile.

Neil vowed to go with the flow as events unfolded, and Sarah's giggles and soft moans as his touch circled inside her made it easy. Sarah was delighted with Neil's early efforts, and the clarity of their agreement let her focus solely on the intensity building within her.

"I might as well give my nipples a tweak, as I've got the luxury of two spare hands today," Sarah laughed, her fingertips drifting in line with her plan.

Sarah was pleasantly surprised by how efficiently Neil's fingers enhanced her experience. She was already laughing repeatedly, and her body was charged with erotic energy. She knew she didn't always make the right choices, but feeling she had this time was another pleasing aspect of her simple escapism.

Neil was spurred on by the noises Sarah made, and she was thrilled by how easily they slipped from her lips. Sarah's fingers were now tugging expertly at her nipples, something she only did when on course for something noteworthy, which she felt had shifted from a possibility to a near certainty.

Though Sarah had been content to let Neil please her without intervening, she felt that encouraging him to intensify his massage would benefit them both. Neil was happy to follow Sarah's advice, and she was too once the change of pace had the effect she'd hoped for.

"I don't want to tempt fate, but keep up the good work and watch this space," Sarah said encouragingly.

The update gave Neil a huge boost, and Sarah reaped the benefit. Every movement Neil made intensified her pleasure, and she ticked off the tell-tale signs in her head of what was fast approaching as they arrived. As Sarah's erotic noises grew louder, it gave her as much pleasure to make them as it did Neil to hear them.

Enjoying something for what it contained, rather than regretting what it lacked, brought Sarah great joy. It lay at the heart of her excited anticipation, and when a surge of erotic energy coursed through her, she greeted it with a roar of approval and laughter.

Sarah's experience encompassed everything that mattered to her as Neil's work continued and she wriggled and giggled beneath him. She didn't need to compare what she was experiencing with anything else, because it reflected who she was now and what had become important to her.

Neil's steady touch lingered, sending waves of delight through Sarah's body until she raised her hand, prompting him to ease his fingers from inside her. Sarah was overjoyed by what she had shared with Neil, though she felt slightly anxious as she prepared to speak.

"If I asked you to let me bask in my pleasure and come back tomorrow for your treat, would that be cruel and make you think I'd led you a merry dance?" Sarah asked.

"Not at all. It just tells me you're not afraid to speak your mind. If I got the hump after you'd told me something that included an invitation to return, I really would be an idiot," Neil replied honestly.

To many, the end of their first encounter would have seemed disappointing; however, to Sarah and Neil, it felt perfect.