[MF] Paying rent with sex

I was married between the ages of 24 and 28. We have no children, and I received a small alimony settlement. Three years after our divorce my ex-husband got laid off and started missing my payments. I had a low-wage job as a receptionist and needed the alimony to make ends meet.

I maxed out my credit card and cut expenses to the bone. But I soon missed a rent payment and my landlord was only nice about it for one month. When he came by to collect two month’s rent I had only one. He didn’t care about my ex problem, or my own, and gave me one week to get even with our lease.

The night he was due I dressed in a nice revealing outfit, made myself up to “Club Level”, and tried flirting with him. This story would be more fun to read if there was some drama and seduction, but he took one look at me all tarted up and knew the score right away. I bought a week with a blowjob. I bought another week, and then another, and by the next month he had me flat on my back, my ankles in the air, earning the rent with two “dates” a month.

[F] 26 | My first time cheating

My ending of 2014 and start of 2015: I would call William an old flame since we both had feelings for each other but we never actually dated. I guess fwbs or secret lover is a better word for what we became since I was taken at the time. Anyways I think it was a week or a few days before I met William & saw him walk into my bf’s apartment that I had watched the movie St Elmo’s Fire for the first time on Netflix. When I saw William walk into our apartment the first thought that came into my mind was “holy shit it’s Rob Lowe!” He looked like Rob Lowe in St Elmo’s Fire to me. I instantly thought William was hot af! (?lol) Anyways I tried my best to not stare at him while he was in the living room with us. I continued playing mtg with my roommates on the floor (there was 5 of us living in this 2 bedroom apt) After William & Matthew got settled in, we all started drinking & got drunk af. I don’t remember much of that night after we started drinking and the fact that this happened in late November of 2014. After that night William & Matthew started coming over all the time & spending the night a few times a week. One morning after a night of us all drinking I go downstairs while my bf is at work, and William being the only one awake, notices me trying to find a place to sit in the living room & he got up (he was originally laying down on the couch) sits up normally & offered the couch cushion next to him since Matthew was asleep on the other couch and Kevin sleeping on the floor. William and I started talking and we ended up hitting it off really well. He & I talked a variety of topics that morning. I think after a few days of talking, we somehow started cuddling & making out. I think he made the first move but I don’t remember when or how it got brought up. My best guess is I told him he’s really cute and told him how he looks like Rob Lowe in St Elmo’s Fire. Anyways William & I make out & cuddle right there in the living room where everyone could see us but they were all sleeping luckily. My bf was at work in the mornings & so William & I always talked on messenger and I would go downstairs to hangout with him on the couch while everyone else was passed out drunk.
A bit about why I decided to do stuff with William: my bf never wanted to do sexy stuff with me & told me that jerking off while I was gone was more convenient to him. He said preferred doing that instead of doing sexy stuff with me because in his words it’s “more efficient and convenient” for him, he said that is why he was never in the mood to do stuff with me. After a few months of me asking him to quit jerking off & wait to do stuff with me instead, he’d laugh at me, he then told me no, I decided if I can’t get any action from my bf, why not get with the hot guy that comes over that’s interested in me. So William & I for a few months would cuddle, make out, hold hands, talk in the living room in the mornings. For night time when he was over and we all weren’t drinking, he’d hangout with Kevin and Matthew & he would be texting me on fb messenger while I was upstairs in the bedroom watching Netflix.
The one time we finally got sexual, I actually wrote this message the next day to my best friend at the time (January 14, 2015): So William ended up unexpectedly spending the night before last night. I woke up around 10:30ish, looked at my iPod & noticed he messaged me on Facebook. I opened the message & it said “Active 3 min ago” under his name. It made me wonder if he was still here at the house. So I went downstairs & bam! There he was standing, looking at his iPod, getting ready to leave. I asked him what he was doing & then asked why he didn’t leave with John etc. I wasn’t really paying attention to what I was wearing until after I had already got down there & talked to him for a min. He had said he was really tired & felt intoxicated cause he had been drinking that night. Anyways, I ended up sitting next to him on the couch & continued talking to him. Mind you, we were not the only ones in the living room. Matthew was on the other couch right next to us, asleep. Kevin was technically there too except in his stairway storage closet bedroom lol. William ended up holding my hand while I was talking to him, & eventually moved to cuddling. I was wearing pink pajama like shorts, & a thin t-shirt… At some point he then put his hands on my legs… and then when I was cuddling him, he kissed me. We ended up making out… After a few min Matthew started to move. We ended up moving behind the couch that Matthew was on… Continued to make out. Anyways he picks me up, pins me against the wall making out with me still. Due to him being intoxicated & me not wearing the most appropriate clothes, he wanted to fuck me but I was scared we’d get caught in the act so we sat back down on the floor behind the couch. He asked me if I wanted to see his dick & I said “sure” & he pulled it out. I asked him if he wanted me to go down on him & he said yes. I sucked on it for like 5 min, & out of nowhere Tyler (my bf) barges through the door. I lifted my head over the couch & William rolled over onto his stomach. Tyler asked me what I was doing & I told him I was trying to wake William up to leave because recently Tyler got mad at William for being over at the apartment so much. Anyways I quickly got up, walked over to Tyler & talked to him for a few min. William somehow snuck outside thru the sliding glass door & smoked a cigarette. I went into the kitchen & opened the fridge. Tyler followed me, & I told him I was trying to find breakfast food. He asked me where William was because he wasn’t behind the couch anymore. Tyler walked outside & ended up talking to William about how he’s on the clock & was only at the house to pick up Jeremy (one of our roommates who worked with Tyler) So I bullshitted with Tyler while he was at the house. I quickly went upstairs & switched to jeans. Tyler bought my story but he kept giving me the squinty eye look when he wanted to hug & kiss me etc. After Tyler & Jeremy left, I went into the kitchen because I cooked a hot pocket in the microwave while Tyler was still at the house. William started feeling me up but I stopped him in case Tyler & Jeremy could see us in the kitchen window. I told William we could move upstairs, & we did just that. We continued the bj for a few more min, think he came? Not entirely sure due to being distracted & nervous. William then asked if Tyler kept hidden cameras in his room, & I took a good 30 seconds before answering him. He decided to stop & wait to finish what we were doing and do it at his house instead. We went back downstairs, talked for a few more min, & he decided to go back to sleep. He ended up staying at the house for the entire day…
Yeah, it was a interesting unexpected start of a day lol. I feel like I just wrote you a novel ??
Another night comes around & William, Kevin, Matthew, and my cousin Sierra, & I were downstairs watching a movie while Tyler was at work for the night (he worked graveyard shift) William & I ended up cuddling in front of everyone there since they all knew about us. Me and William kept commenting to each other throughout the movie how cute Sierra and Matthew were since those 2 were crushing on each other. I ended up falling asleep on William and he ended up falling asleep on the couch too. A few hours after the movie my cousin & Kevin wake William & I up to have us move so that my bf doesn’t see us when he gets home from work.
Okay, onto another night! It’s December 21st 2014, a big night of drinking (we were all attending Christmas parties that night) (we used to drink all the time when we lived at this apt btw if you can’t tell lol) I ended up getting blacked out drunk, got kicked out of my bf’s apt, and then having my bf break up with me. The next morning when I woke up, I immediately messaged William on fb to ask him what happened since he was one of the many people there that night. He told me what happened, and I ended up walking 4 miles to his house because I didn’t want to be at my parents house, I ended up hanging out with him for a few hours. Later my other cousin picked me up for dinner, she dropped me back at his house and he and I were making out when I got inside, and a few minutes later my bf started calling me like crazy, over and over again so I finally pick up. And he says he wants to get back together with me & he wanted to talk about the night before, so I agreed to talk to him and ended up running down to the other street to my sisters house since she lived nearby . My bf’s apt was literally 5 mines down the road from William and my sisters house. My bf picks me up from there, drove to a nature spot to talk to me. Looking back on that day I regret getting back together with him, I totally could’ve taken that chance to leave my bf and date William instead since he really wanted me to be with him. Anyways after that day William started to slow down on coming over for a few weeks. Then one night I see William & Matthew getting all cleaned up in the downstairs bathroom getting ready for a night out to hang out with some girls. I later find out from Matthew that William got all “spruced up” to try to hookup with a cute girl he knew would be at the party. Then William started showing up even less but Matthew would still be over all the time. A few weeks later Matthew says William tried to get with one girl & then another at a party, then William gets with this girl Michaela that’s been at my bf’s apt hanging out with James our other roommate. (I know it’s a bit confusing, there’s a handful of us living at this apt) Michaela had also hooked up with William’s best friend John recently. A few days later she hooks up with James again. I had started hooking up with James since William quit showing up for a bit. We all later find out John has herpes & I ended up freaking the fuck out after I heard William had hooked up with Michaela. It made me worried that I possibly could have an std since William & I still cuddled, make out etc with his rare visits. I decided to stop doing things with William & James after hearing about the herpes incident and the hooking up history. I was scared I would have an std since William was trying to be with all these girls and James had also been with Michaela recently. Idk why but I was angry & I ended up telling John I had secretly been seeing William that year, I told him I was worried William might have an std. After I told John that, William quit talking to me, and then John immediately blocked me on everything online. And that’s how I fucked up my fling with William. Crazy thing is William is still fb friends with me to this day. The one bummer though is William just reads and ignores my messages on fb messenger (Makes me wonder why William never deleted me on fb, like is it possible he might have an interest in me?!? ?). After I told Matthew everything, I wanted to tell William I’m sorry for what I did and tried everything to contact William to tell him what happened but he just avoided me. He won’t even talk to Matthew about me when Matthew tries to ask William about me . Matthew even tried to tell him I wanted to tell him sorry and that I really wanted to talk things out with him but no luck there. 6 years later, I still really want to fly back up to my hometown & try to talk to William in person so that I can explain to him why I had freaked out, why I made the dumb mistake of telling his best friend the shit we did & the reason why I would cuddle etc with him all the time back then. But there’s a problem! William is now dating Michaela & they have a 3 year old kid together & they have another baby on the way that is due this upcoming Spring! I don’t want to write him on messenger because I don’t want to deal with the read and ignore bs so I’d rather talk to him in person. Anyways I am still with the bf I was with 6 years ago when William first met me. Want to hear some crazy news??! My bf & I ended up joining the baby bandwagon too & we have a baby together who is now a few months old! Interesting how things ended up. Anyone think that if I see William again in person when I’m in town next, think that he’d be open to talking to me now that a lot of time has passed & we both are on different roads in life? Sorry I know the story’s aren’t told in chronological order, I just typed what I remembered but did terrible at keeping everything with the timeline. Which is why I dated 2 of the stories.

The Sharp Edge of the Veil – Chapter 3 [MF][Urban Fantasy]

This is not a stand-alone story. Please read previous chapters first. Links in comments

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Magic for Dummies

“So, you’re a real-life wizard then?” Sophia said, staring out the hole in the wall of my office.

“Yup.”

“Fu-uck.”

I glanced over her. I knew how she felt. I remembered the first time I saw magic being done. It’s a world-altering moment for anyone.

“I would offer you a drink, but it seems I accidentally blew up my drink collection.”

“That’s okay,” Sophia said, her eyes still on the horizon.

There were sirens in the distance. I sighed. There would be a lot of explaining to do. Hopefully only one cop car turned up. Mind wiping more than two cops at a time took its toll and I was dead tired.

We sat in silence for a while and watched a large harvesting machine run slowly over the field bringing in the harvest. The smell of wheat lay thick in the air.

“I think the police are coming,” Sophia said, not moving her eyes from the horizon.

My Favorite Blowjob Ever

This happened with my current girlfriend and it was the first time she ever gave me one. We’ll call her Emma for anonymity purposes. So the surprise factor was high at the time making it even better. I mean I’d had blowjobs in the past but nothing compared to this one. It had also been close to a year at that point since I was in a relationship which made it more intense at the time.

This was early on in our relationship after 3 or 4 dates. We were hanging out at her place just watching Netflix and talking. The mood turned a little frisky and we ended up on her bed. Our clothes were off at this point and Emma is slowly working her way down on me. I’m rock hard of course getting even more turned on by her actions. She finally gets down to my cock and I’m already precumming. She licks from the base to the top taking me all in with one elegant motion. The feel of her warm wet mouth as she slid up and down my cock was absolutely amazing. The sight of her big beautiful tits bouncing was a nice touch too. She started off slow trying to take me all in. I just watched as her head went up and down on my cock.

“The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude (Part 4).” (M/F, Rough Sex)

This is the fourth installment of “The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude”; a story inspired by, and originally submitted as a response to, [this prompt](https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtyWritingPrompts/comments/f4ft7z/wp_turns_out_the_hitchhiker_you_picked_up_is_more/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) by u/RedFredHunter.

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Dim, almost-orange yellow light poured through the widening gap of the threshold as the door swung inward. The inside knob thumped against the near wall, and the wooden slab shuddered on its hinges as it – much more slowly – began to swing back out.

In a flurry of movement, two pairs of feet awkwardly shambled over each other – a heavy set of black steel-toes chasing backstepping sandals. The open-toed footwear snagged on the carpet, and they were forgotten as their owner’s feet slipped out of them and the other’s boots tried over them.

An ursine pair of hands took hold of a slim waist – rough fingers brushing up under the blue hem of a shirt – and lifted it upwards. There was a feminine yelp, and long denim-clad legs wrapped around a burly torso; delicate fingers digging into broad shoulders.

The bear paws roamed southwards, cupping the woman’s ass in their palms, squeezing it through her jeans. Her fingers reciprocated the treatment on his shoulders, tightening their grip urgently.

“The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude (Part 3).” (M/F, Plot Development)

This is the third installment of “The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude”; a story inspired by, and originally submitted as a response to, [this prompt](https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtyWritingPrompts/comments/f4ft7z/wp_turns_out_the_hitchhiker_you_picked_up_is_more/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) by u/RedFredHunter.

*Note: This particular installment does not feature an actual sex scene. Due to its length, I saw fit to post this segment as Part Three, and the following sex scene as Part Four.*

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“Still aiming for Bakersfield?”

“Mmmmnnnh… What?”

“*Kitty*, wake up.”

“I’m… awake…”

“You sure?”

“No.”

“I asked if you were still wanting to go to Bakersfield.”

Kitty groaned as she forced herself to sit up in bed, drowsiness still weighing down her eyelids like lead. She paused to regain strength, exhausted by the small effort, then raised her hands to her face.

“What time is it?” She mumbled into her palms.

“A little after five.”

“In the morning?”

“Sure as hell ain’t five in the afternoon.”

“Why are you up so early?”

“I’ve gotta get going. Got a load to drop off, and it’s still a long drive to Bakersfield.”

“Fuck…” Kitty sighed, running her hands up and to either side of her face, smoothing back her unruly hair as she finally managed to blink her eyes open.

Always call before you come home early [cuckold] [voyuerism] [humiliation]

Chuck truly loved his job. He had been hired as project manager at an up and coming video game company. Essentially, he was working his dream job. They were currently working on a dumb, but incredibly fun, game centering on an eco-terrorist werewolf attempting to avert the apocalypse. His team was on a deadline, and he was working excessively late hours.

Between his long hours and a lengthy commute, he had not seen enough of his wife Elena lately. Elena was so easygoing that, aside from an occasional tongue in cheek sarcastic remark, she hadn’t really complained about his absence. However, her low-pressure job in sales kept mostly nine to five. Chuck knew his hours had been too long. They had a beautiful marriage and genuinely enjoyed their time together. However, even the best marriage had to be maintained.

Therefore, when his exciting werewolf apocalypse project was finally finished, he asked for a few days off and went home early, knowing Elena had the day off. His day ended in time to bring home lunch. His wife kept her good figure well into her thirties by eating right, so he got two salads for them to enjoy together.

I fucked my MILF neighbour! [MF]

This happened a weeks ago and I can’t stop thinking about it! There’s a really hot neighbour, let’s call her Alyssa. I’m 24 and she’s 39.

She and I bump into each other often when we are on runs or buying everyday groceries. To give you a visual – she’s about 5 feet 3, black curly hair, C cup breaks and a tight ass. A proper MILF.

She’s been divorced for about 8 years and I’ve had a thing for her ever since I met her 2 years ago. It’s one of those MILF fantasies of mine.

Anyway, fast forward to last week, we were both exercising together, running through the garden near our houses. She looked extremely hot in tight pants and I was obviously checking her out. I never thought she’d be realistically interested me and we didn’t really talk much, but just bumped into each other now and then. This was the first time we were running together. It went okay and as we were heading back, I decided fuck it, what could happen. I told her that she looked beautiful and all her efforts were clearly showing. I don’t know if she was expecting it or amused by it, but she smiled and asked what I meant.

My first fling while dating my bf [F]

I would call William an old flame since I had feelings for him but we never actually dated. I guess a fling or fwb is a better word for what we became. William told me that he’d totally date me but I was taken at the time. Anyways I think it was a week or a few days before I met William & saw him walk into my bf’s apartment that I had watched the movie St Elmo’s Fire for the first time on Netflix. When I saw William walk into our apartment the first thought that came into my mind was “holy shit it’s Rob Lowe!” He looked like Rob Lowe in St Elmo’s Fire to me. I instantly thought William was hot af! (?lol) Anyways I tried my best to not stare at him while he was in the living room with us. I continued playing mtg with my roommates on the floor (there was 5 of us living in this 2 bedroom apt) After William & Matthew got settled in, we all started drinking & got drunk af. I don’t remember much of that night after we started drinking and the fact that this happened in late November of 2014. After that night William & Matthew started coming over all the time & spending the night a few times a week. One morning after a night of us all drinking I go downstairs while my bf is at work, and William being the only one awake, notices me trying to find a place to sit in the living room & he got up (he was originally laying down on the couch) sits up normally & offered the couch cushion next to him since Matthew was asleep on the other couch and Kevin sleeping on the floor. William and I started talking and we ended up hitting it off really well. He & I talked a variety of topics that morning. I think after a few days of talking, we somehow started cuddling & making out. I think he made the first move but I don’t remember when or how it got brought up. My best guess is I told him he’s really cute and told him how he looks like Rob Lowe in St Elmo’s Fire. Anyways William & I make out & cuddle right there in the living room where everyone could see us but they were all sleeping luckily. My bf was at work in the mornings & so William & I always talked on messenger and I would go downstairs to hangout with him on the couch while everyone else was passed out drunk.
A bit about why I decided to do stuff with William: my bf never wanted to do sexy stuff with me & told me that jerking off while I was gone was more convenient to him. He said preferred doing that instead of doing sexy stuff with me because in his words it’s “more efficient and convenient” for him, he said that is why he was never in the mood to do stuff with me. After a few months of me asking him to quit jerking off & wait to do stuff with me instead, he’d laugh at me, he then told me no, I decided if I can’t get any action from my bf, why not get with the hot guy that comes over that’s interested in me. So William & I for a few months would cuddle, make out, hold hands, talk in the living room in the mornings. For night time when he was over and we all weren’t drinking, he’d hangout with Kevin and Matthew & he would be texting me on fb messenger while I was upstairs in the bedroom watching Netflix. One morning William was downstairs awake while everyone else still sleeping, he & I did our usual start of making out & but then he did something new & he got very frisky! He picked me up while still making out with me, then carries me to the wall, pins me up against the wall & tried to fuck me right there in the living room but I didn’t want to do it right there where everyone could see us so we just went behind the couch on the floor & I gave him a bj instead but outta nowhere my bf & our roommate come home from work early so I run to the front door & somehow William is already outside (he moved quickly like the flash ⚡️) my bf comes inside, gives me a kiss even though I tried really hard to avoid it, he says something about work & how he & our roommate need to grab something & return to work, and that they’ll be coming home a few hours late due to something going on at their work. My bf asked me what I was doing & I told him I was getting breakfast and I was also trying to wake William up so that he’d get up & leave, he’s like “oh it’s ok that he’s here” cause he had recently gotten mad at William one night (can’t remember why) & he didn’t want William at the apartment. He then goes outside to where William is, talks to him since William is sitting on the patio steps smoking a cigarette, I’m in the kitchen randomly cooking a hot pocket to make it look like I’m getting ready to eat and then my bf leaves back to work. While I’m watching my bf drive away from the kitchen window, William comes up to me & is touching me everywhere right where everyone can see us and even my bf outside, I told William to quit & we decided to just go upstairs instead & finish up in the bedroom so no one sees us. We continue the Bj up there, after a few minutes into it, William outta nowhere asks me if my bf has any hidden cameras in the room, I then stopped what I was doing, paused for a very long time cause that is just a mood killer question, thought for a minute, and then I got very paranoid thinking about it so he chickens out & decides to go back downstairs to play video games until everyone wakes up.
Another night comes around and William, Kevin, my cousin Sierra, & I were downstairs watching a movie while the boys were at work overnight. William & I ended up cuddling in front of Kevin and my cousin since they both knew about us. I ended up falling asleep on William and he ended up falling asleep on the couch too. A few hours after the movie my cousin & my roommate Kevin wake William & I up to have us move so that my bf doesn’t see us when he gets home from work. Ok onto another night! it’s a big night of drinking (we were all attending Christmas parties) (we used to drink all the time when we lived at this apt btw if you can’t tell lol) I ended up getting blacked out drunk, got kicked out of my bf’s apt, and then having my bf break up with me. The next morning when I woke up, I immediately messaged William on fb to ask him what happened since he was one of the many people there that night. He told me what happened, and I ended up walking 4 miles to his house because I didn’t want to be at my parents house, I ended up hanging out with him for a few hours. Later my other cousin picked me up for dinner, she dropped me back at his house and he and I were making out when I got inside, and a few minutes later my bf started calling me like crazy, over and over again so I finally pick up. And he says he wants to get back together with me & he wanted to talk about the night before, so I agreed to talk to him and ended up running down to the other street to my sisters house since she lived nearby . My bf’s apt was literally 5 mines down the road from William and my sisters house. My bf picks me up from there, drove to a nature spot to talk to me. Looking back on that day I regret getting back together with him, I totally could’ve taken that chance to leave my bf and be with William. Anyways after that day William started to slow down on coming over for a few weeks. Then one night I see William & Matthew getting all cleaned up in the downstairs bathroom getting ready for a night out to hang out with some girls. I later find out from Matthew that William got all “spruced up” to try to hookup with a cute girl he knew would be at the party. Then William started showing up even less but Matthew would still be over all the time. A few weeks later Matthew says William tried to get with one girl & then another at a party, then William gets with this girl Michaela that’s been at my bf’s apt hanging out with James our other roommate. (I know it’s a bit confusing, there’s a handful of us living at this apt) Michaela had also hooked up with William’s best friend John recently. A few days later she hooks up with James again. I had started hooking up with James since William quit showing up for a bit. We all later find out John has herpes & I ended up freaking the fuck out after I heard William had hooked up with Michaela. It made me worried that I possibly could have an std since William & I still cuddled, make out etc with his rare visits. I decided to stop doing things with William & James after hearing about the herpes incident and the hooking up history. I was scared I would have an std since William was trying to be with all these girls and James had also been with Michaela recently. Idk why but I was angry & I ended up telling John I had secretly been seeing William that year, I told him I was worried William might have an std. After I told John that, William quit talking to me, and then John immediately blocked me on everything online. And that’s how I fucked up my fling with William. Crazy thing is William is still fb friends with me to this day. The one bummer though is William just reads and ignores my messages on fb messenger (Makes me wonder why William never deleted me on fb, like is it possible he might have an interest in me?!? ?). After I told Matthew everything, I wanted to tell William I’m sorry for what I did and tried everything to contact William to tell him what happened but he just avoided me. He won’t even talk to Matthew about me when Matthew tries to ask William about me . Matthew even tried to tell him I wanted to tell him sorry and that I really wanted to talk things out with him but no luck there. 6 years later, I still really want to fly back up to my hometown & try to talk to William in person so that I can explain to him why I had freaked out, why I made the dumb mistake of telling his best friend the shit we did & the reason why I would cuddle etc with him all the time back then. But there’s a problem! William is now dating Michaela & they have a 3 year old kid together & they have another baby on the way that is due this upcoming Spring! I don’t want to write him on messenger because I don’t want to deal with the read and ignore bs so I’d rather talk to him in person. Anyways I am still with the bf I was with 6 years ago when William first met me. Want to hear some crazy news??! My bf & I ended up joining the baby bandwagon & we now have a baby together who is a few months old! Interesting how things ended up. Anyone think that if I see William in person when I’m in town next, that he’d be open to talking to me now that a lot of time has passed and we both are on different roads in life?

“The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude (Part 2).” (M/F, Oral Sex)

This is the second installment of “The Hitchhiker’s Gratitude”; a story inspired by, and originally submitted as a response to, [this prompt](https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtyWritingPrompts/comments/f4ft7z/wp_turns_out_the_hitchhiker_you_picked_up_is_more/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) by u/RedFredHunter.

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The bell above the door chimed again as the wooden frame swung outwards. The wind still blew across the open desert staring down the small lobby from the other side of the long, bleak highway, but had died down in the few minutes that had passed since the previous chime.

Heavy, black steel-toed boots crunched in the gravel lot as a heavy-set, tall and sturdy man trudged his way across it, parallel the road. Stuffing a wadded paper receipt into a pocket with one hand, he absently toyed a room key with the other, its coiled ring swinging like a hula-hoop around his outstretched finger. The man’s eyes were dead set on the line of rooms – free-standing from the lobby – a few yards away.

Open-toed, dusty sandals flip-flopped in a slow but concentrated trot behind him, occasionally pausing, shaking furiously, to dislodge a piece of kicked-up gravel from between their topsides and the bottom of the feet of the petite blonde wearing them. Her hands swayed as her side as she walked, only rising, occasionally, to brush wayward strands of gold from out of her face. A warm smile spread across her face as she finally caught up with her companion.