Sticky Wicket
A new (sort of!) story I'm hoping to sub to that sports erotica anth TQ are putting out. I'm adapting it from a very old fanfic story but it needs heaps of rewriting and not just to iron out the names. I found the original wasn't even from a single character's pov, plus it fizzled out at the end, and there wasn't much sex. Sooo... I'm doing it entirely from the main character Peter's POV. He's playing in the village cricket match with his lover Jeremy, who looks really good in cricket whites. Really, REALLY good. LOL. But he's playing so well he can't get himself declared 'out' in order to retire to the pavilion for some hanky-panky with Jeremy. Hence lots of sexual tension. LOL I've done about 1000 words so far, hoping to get more done over the weekend.

sounds interesting, Tav. Love the title, very suggestive :)

Very cute title :)

Thanks ladies! Here's a brief teaser, from the start of the story: --------------------- Peter watched as the ball he'd just whacked shot into the sky, sailed majestically over the cover boundary and came down with a resounding tinkle amongst the cars parked on the village green. "Oops," he said to nobody in particular, and cleared his throat. "Er, which one is it this time?" Jeremy, who'd been stood propped on his bat at the other end of the pitch, wandered up, swishing his bat and decapitating a dandelion on route. "Looks like the bank manager's Rolls," he said, shielding his eyes against the sun and squinting. "Oh Lord, that's all I need. Bang goes any chance of a mortgage." "You shouldn't hit the ball so hard." "They should give out smaller bats. I can't help it if I'm big and strong." He sighed, and watched some more as an elderly gentleman was fetched from the crowd and the ball retrieved with difficulty from a pile of broken glass on the car's back seat. "Oh yeah," said Jeremy, and something in his tone made Peter turn round. He found that Jeremy was staring at his legs, neatly encased in white. Which was hardly a surprise - they were lovers after all - but not quite what he needed in the middle of a cricket match. "Stop it," he breathed, and was rewarded with a toothy grin. "Sorry, mate, can't help it." Peter swallowed, and tried to avert his eyes from Jeremy's own attributes. There was something about cricketing whites that seemed to show off an athletic figure to perfection. Those long, long legs, tapering down to white clad feet, and the pads that tied with tape round the back of each shapely calf, and.... He swallowed again, and was mercifully distracted as the cricket ball made a looping reappearance on the pitch. It seemed none the worse for its glassy escapade and once the umpires had checked it, they handed it back to the bowler and proceedings began again.

Nice start! I like the sexy-yet-lighthearted tone :)

Help! I've lost motivation/inspiration. I've enticed both the men into the shower now but they're showing signs of wanting a quick hose-down so they can go home and have a beer. Not *quite* what I intended....

How unco-operative! Can you get one of them to drop the soap Sorry

That soap's mighty slippery...

Well I coaxed them back into the shower and got them to stay there and show some interest in each other. Then I decided I'd better check the word limit to see how many more I had left to play with. (That's words, before anyone says anything :roll: ) Eeep. It was only 3,500 and I'd thought it was 5000. I was already well over 4,500 - now I have to cut 1000 words off and I still haven't finished it. That'll teach me to read guidelines first. Next time I'll finish the damn story and then start worrying about length....

Finished it!! Phew. It's still a shade over the word limit so I'll have another attempt at cutting/editing, then it's off to the TQ Play Ball antho with it!

Woohoo! Congrats, hun! :D

Well done, and good luck!

Thanks! I'm just hoping the poor editor won't be banging her head against the wall. I've put a lot of cricketing references in, and cricketing jargon must be one of the most baffling in sport. Silly mid-off, anyone? Or short fine leg? Or the good-looking cricketer who bowled a maiden over? Ok, ok, I know that one is as old as the dinosaurs and I resisted putting it in the story - if only because it's m/m. LOL

It's all part of the local color ;)

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