FOCAL POINT
Copyright 2005 by Jean Blanchefils
Not to be reproduced without author's permission.
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"We have a prop for you today, Johnny," purred the avant-garde lesbian-feminist
art instructor I thought of as Ms. Muff. I hated the way she used the royal "we,"
and I hated her version of my French-Canadian name, Jean.
There's something about being naked in a roomful of fully-dressed people that
makes it hard for me to assert myself. In fact, trying not to get hard usually
took up most of my energy. I stood quietly, forcing my arms to stay at my sides,
while Ms. Muff strutted around me in her black jeans, tossing her sun-bleached
hair and looking amused. She probably fantasized about cutting me up and serving
choice bits as hors d'oeuvres at the next lesbian brunch or gallery opening.
"Face the ladder," she ordered, "then hold onto the rung at your chin-level.
Can you hold that pose without moving for thirty minutes?"
Even with the eyes of twenty-five students, mostly women over thirty, on my
boyish derriere, I had my pride. I couldn't refuse the challenge. "Sure," I answered
loudly enough for my audience to hear.
As I settled into my pose, I could almost hear the silent laughter of the mid-life
dyke set as they studied my chestnut hair, the long muscles in my back, my firm
ass and my hairy legs. I was a young male specimen to them. On their Amazon planet,
I would be lucky to be kept alive for stud service.
I could see the clock with its slowly-moving second hand. Ten minutes into
my pose, I was feeling the pull in my shoulders. Then I felt something else: a
steady look like a hand squeezing each of my ass cheeks.
I looked around as far as I could, listening to the sound of charcoal pencils
on newsprint. Terrance was sketching my body with long, strong strokes, glancing
up from time to time. Catching my eyes, he gave me a warning look: don't move,
boy.
His attention made me shiver. I wanted to stay in position for him, but my
arms were aching and my back was in knots. I had only served half my sentence,
and I already felt crucified. Obviously my summer job at Burger on the Run hadn't
turned me into an Olympic athlete.
I tried to take my mind off the strain on my arms by thinking about Terrance:
his solid build, his hawk nose and crystal-blue eyes, his neat wood-brown beard,
his long, experienced, nicotine-stained fingers. He looked like an old man to
me. I had never thought of myself as a daddy's boy, but I had never met a daddy
like him before.
I had ten minutes to go. Hanging onto the ladder for dear life, I could feel
my whole body sagging lower. I wanted my watchers, including all the women, to
know how much I was giving for their art. I am Man, hear me grunt.
I didn't want Terrance to think I was a wuss, a sissy-boy who was not up to
his standards. I thought he needed to find a David to inspire him to the achievements
of Michelangelo.
"Time's up, Johnny," soothed Ms. Muff as she touched my shoulder. I uncurled
my fingers, then slowly moved my burning arms away from the ladder. I told myself
I was a professional model and should act like it.
I straightened up. My buns still tingled as though every hand in the class,
from the softest to the hardest, had had a feel. I could see some of the women
looking confused and looking away, as though I had turned back into a human being
as soon as the witch in charge had released me from her spell.
I pulled my robe over my shoulders as casually as I could. I strolled from
one easel to the next to see how the students had drawn me. I knew this embarrassed
them, and I thought it was only fair.
I came to Terrance's sketch last, and he made no effort to hide it from me.
When I looked at his image of me, I felt as shaken as a rat in the jaws of a terrier.
The picture was amazingly precise and detailed. It showed a strained and stretched
body pushing its gluteus maximus toward the viewer as though begging for attention.
The thighs beneath looked like patient Greek pillars, and their straight lines
pointed to the ass which served as a focal point, a magnet for the viewer's eyes.
Its two globes looked like ripe peaches drawn by an Old Master with a talent for
shading. The mysterious darkness beneath the crack suggested unseen treasures.
I knew then what Terrance wanted from me. My willie was rising, and I tried
to cover it with my robe. Before I could tie the sash, Terrance grabbed my hand
possessively. "Put your clothes on," he told me, "then we'll go for coffee." He
made "coffee" sound like a code word for something too delicious to be named in
public. Terrance studied the front of my robe and patted my butt. He didn't seem
to care who saw us, but I suspected that his touch would have been more demanding
without a female audience.
I could smell my own sweat when I left the room, wondering if I really heard
muffled giggles. In the men's can, I pulled on my shirt and jeans as quickly as
possible.
Most of the women had gone when I walked back into the studio, but I noticed
Ms. Muff running a hand through her hair as she talked to Terrance. Hot resentment
burned in my stomach, confusing me. I wanted to slap the gamey smile off her face,
even though I didn't really think he wanted to be her pet.
Terrance glanced at me. "See you tomorrow," he tossed at her over his shoulder,
grabbing mine. He seemed to be treating Ms. Muff as a younger woman, not necessarily
an expert in anything, and I was ridiculously relieved. His grip on me wasn't
gentle, but it soothed my soul.
We walked silently to the parking lot, where he let me into the front passenger's
seat of his car. The man who now felt like a date drove smoothly to his apartment
building, parked, and guided me with a hot hand on my back to the elevator that
took us to the twelfth floor.
A picture window in Terrance's front room showed a bright blue sky over miles
of city and the vast prairie beyond. I felt as if the whole world was speeding
past my eyes as the Man pushed me to the sofa. "Face down, boy," he growled, his
teeth against my neck.
"Terrance," I answered, wanting him to know I would give him whatever he wanted.
"Take them off," he ordered, pulling my shirt out of my pants. I pulled it
over my head, hoping the muscles in my arms showed to advantage in that gesture.
I unzipped my jeans and began pulling them down, shimmying a little to ease their
way.
My host wasn't impressed by my flirting. He slapped my covered butt to stop
me from moving. Then he yanked my pants down to my knees and slapped me again
on both bare cheeks. Echoes from his right hand ran down my legs, up my back and
into my groin. My shaft jumped smartly to attention.
"Ah," laughed my new Master, noticing my reaction. "He likes it. He'll get
all he needs." Terrance continued slapping each of my buns by turn until I realized
that his slaps were meant to enforce his earlier command: lie down. I bent over
to pull my pant-legs off my feet as quickly as possible. This move exposed me
to more of his stinging impatience.
My hot ass was starting to register pain when I threw myself onto his sofa
and his mercy. I groaned as my swollen dick met cool leather upholstery.
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