The central heating boiler ticks off, the pipes that feed the hot water tank begin to cool almost immediately.<\/p>\n
The noise they make sounds like some kind of thermally-driven metronome as it ticks down through the centigrade scale.<\/p>\n
Apart from that cooling\/ticking, the house is silent.<\/p>\n
Through the windows the late-spring evening is also closing down, but here and there shafts of ultra-bright sunlight – that haven’t yet been hidden behind the neighbouring roofs – burst through and illuminate the trees; picking out the lighter greenery and the fading blossom.<\/p>\n
Except…<\/p>\n
The house isn’t totally silent after all.<\/p>\n
The man sits on the couch in the lounge, laptop before him.<\/p>\n
Tappety tap tappety tippety tappety tap; his fingers dance across the keyboard with great speed and accuracy.<\/p>\n
He’s unshaven, hair ruffled; he looks weary.<\/p>\n
His white T-Shirt carries humorous cartoons of Greek cats.<\/p>\n
He’s also wearing a beige pair of lycra jodhpurs.<\/p>\n
His laptop is connected to an iPod; the display indicates it is recharging.<\/p>\n
The man pauses from his typing and looks around with tired eyes.<\/p>\n
The house is neat, smells clean, but there’s also an additional scent that overlays the freshness of a pristine house.<\/p>\n
The scent of expensive perfume.<\/p>\n
It’s been five minutes since she closed the front door behind her, got in the car and drove away.<\/p>\n
A girls’ night out.<\/p>\n
A boy’s night in.<\/p>\n
He sits, planning.<\/p>\n
First a shower.<\/p>\n
Then a shave – face and body.<\/p>\n
Brush teeth.<\/p>\n
Dry and comb hair.<\/p>\n
And then the moment he is looking forward to.<\/p>\n
To slide, illicitly – yet deliciously – in to bed.<\/p>\n
To feel the crisp white sheet beneath him; the cool cotton duvet cover over his body.<\/p>\n
He reflects that he could do anything he pleases.<\/p>\n
There’s money and credit cards in his wallet, his car stands outside with a full tank of fuel.<\/p>\n
His boundaries are limitless, he could spread his wings and travel far and wide.<\/p>\n
But tonight he is content with an early night.<\/p>\n
And a mug of hot chocolate, a large glass of squash – and a DVD of pulp.<\/p>\n
Tonight this is his Heaven.<\/p>\n
He hopes that when she comes in she doesn’t wake him.<\/p>\n
But he’s already looking forward to the cool press of her naked body against his.<\/p>\n
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