I was at the local coffee shop, alone but taking up a two-top in the middle of the afternoon. I was using my laptop (and their wi-fi) to write my next Lush Stories erotic tale. The redhead at the table next to mine—thirty-ish, pretty, and shapely in a skirt and blouse—was also using her laptop, likely for work.
(I’d seen her there before; we had exchanged glances and friendly little smiles in the past, so she kinda knew me.)
“Excuse me,” she said as she rose from the table, clutching her purse. “Would you mind looking after my stuff while I’m in the restroom?”
Her accent was light and charming. Scottish, English, Irish? A mix? That kind of brogue just turns me on.
“Certainly,” I replied.
She started moving away. Nice ass.
“Just a moment,” I called out. “What level of force should I use?”
She stopped and turned.
“I’m sorry?” she asked, puzzled.
“What level of force,” I continued, “do you want me to use to defend your laptop from theft? My services range from a simple throat-clearing directed to the potential thief, or perhaps a passive-aggressive ‘I believe you are mistaken in believing that computer is your own property.' It can also extend to a physical encounter with the threat of bodily harm, and all the way up to, dare I say ...”
I paused for effect.
“... lethal force.”
(I had witnessed similar requests in the past, and felt the time was right to spring this quip I had sketched out in my head for a moment like this.)
She got the joke and emitted the warmest, sunniest smile I had seen in ages. Then she looked me over, seemed to like what she saw, leaned in and asked, “Are you packing, sir?”
Giving her my best grin, I replied. “Well, as a matter of fact, I am.”