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Subject: {ASSM} RP: The Bath Attendant (MF, MMF, mdom, toys, reluc?)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:10:05 -0400
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THE BATH ATTENDANT
-by Bonfils

Nicole was hastily packing her bag, just throwing 
stuff into it: Bikini, towels, bath slippers, 
purse...

She looked at her watch. Damn, it was late. The 
swimming bath would be closed in less than an hour. 
But she had made up her mind that she would go 
anyway. 

Nicole had a perfect body, and she liked to stay fit: 
Jogging, cycling, working out, whatever. But swimming 
was still her favorite form of exercise. She just 
loved the sensual feeling of being immersed in the 
warm water of the pool. 

She zipped up the bag and left her apartment, walking 
briskly towards the swimming bath. 

Yeah, the sensual feeling of the water - Nicole was a 
sensual girl, with a relaxed attitude towards sex. 

She wouldn't call herself promiscuous, and she was 
certainly not a nymphomaniac: How often she got laid 
was no big deal for her. In fact, she frequently went 
without it for weeks.

Today (like every day this week) she had woken up by 
herself. That was okay. She had masturbated, 
fingering herself to three satisfying orgasms, before 
she had got up to go to work.

But on the other hand, if she met a man she liked - 
why shouldn't they enjoy each other's company? She 
had no problems with one-night stands. Sex could be a 
purely sensual pleasure - and why not indulge? It was 
nobody's business but hers and her partner's. Was it?

She looked at her watch again. Well, there would only 
be time for a brief swim, but that would have to do. 
She dashed across the street, narrowly avoiding a 
car.

People had a strange attitude towards sex, Nicole 
thought: It was a very sensual and enjoyable 
experience, and wasn't that the most important thing? 

Also, a lot of her friends thought that men were 
kinda scary. Yeah, well, maybe - but she'd always 
felt that she was in control. Once she was naked, 
showing off her shapely body, any man turned into a 
salivating puppy - willing to do anything in the 
world just for the privilege of fucking her. Men were 
such slaves to their dicks, it made her laugh.

Nicole rushed through the doors of the swimming 
bath, heading for the ticket booth.

"Hi," she said to the ticket seller. "I'm late - I 
know."

"Hey," he said smiling. "I don't mind."

Nicole smiled, too. He was a good-looking guy. Dark, 
slim and fit - exactly her type.

"No," she stuttered. "No, of course not. I'll be 
quick."

The guy laughed

"Yes, very funny," Nicole said, composing herself. "I 
bet you're thinking about how fast I can get out of 
my clothes, right?"

"No, no," the ticket guy said. "I wasn't."

He looked at her for a moment. She was dressed in a 
short skirt that revealed her long, slender legs - 
and a tight blouse that emphasized her beautiful, 
shapely breasts. He took a deep breath.

"But now I am," he said.

"You bastard," Nicole laughed. " I really should 
complain about you."

"Well, that would be the first time, then," he 
grinned.

Shaking her head, Nicole paid for her ticket and 
hurried towards the locker rooms.

"See you around," she shouted back at him.

The ticket seller smiled, watching her beautiful ass 
bouncing along, as she ran along the corridor in her 
high-heeled shoes. God, she was a sexy thing. It 
wasn't often his dick got hard at the sight of a 
fully-dressed girl. But it was getting hard now...

...

Half an hour later, Nicole was done swimming and just 
floated lazily in the warm water of the pool. She was 
all-alone in the hall.

Outside the windows of the swimming bath night was 
falling. The fluorescent lights lighted the hall, but 
the sky outside was turning a darker and darker shade 
of blue

Again, Nicole thought of her flirt with the guy in 
the ticket sales. She hadn't noticed him before 
today, but he was really cute. She wished he'd be 
there again the next time - maybe they could get 
together. For some reason, she imagined that was 
really great in bed.

Without noticing it, she let her finger slip inside 
her panties, and slowly she began caressing herself 
under water. Carefully she parted her labia and let a 
finger circle her clit. It felt wonderful. Shivering 
with lust, she closed her eyes and visualized the 
handsome ticket seller. Nicole closed her eyes and 
let two fingers slide rhythmically back and forth 
next to her tiny love button. She moaned quietly.

"Everybody out."

Nicole froze at the sound of the deep male voice. 
Opening her eyes, she saw the bath attendant walking 
along the edge of the pool in his white working 
clothes.

"We're closing."

She looked him over as he stood there in front of 
her. No, he definitely wasn't her type: A big, 
thickset man, his crew-cut hair was a remarkably 
light shade of blonde, and the backs of his hands 
were covered with blonde hair. Yes, his entire body 
was probably hairy. Nicole shivered at the thought.

"Are you deaf?" he asked angrily. "Get out!"

She stretched in front of him, letting him see her 
firm, round breasts swelling inside her small bikini 
top. Then she brushed her long, dark hair aside and 
looked at him pleadingly.

"Ah, please?" she purred. "Just a few more minutes?"

Coolly, the bath attendant looked her shapely body 
over thoroughly. Then he put down his toolbox, turned 
around and walked by the edge of the pool out of the 
hall.

Smiling to herself, Nicole laid back in the warm 
water. Outside the hall she heard the sounds of doors 
closing and locks slamming shut. And a few minutes 
later the bath attendant was back.

"Okay. Now get up here," he ordered.

"But, I thought..." Nicole protested, confused.

"Shut up," the attendant snarled. "Get out. Now."

Hesitantly, Nicole got out of the pool. The bath 
attendant studied her sopping wet body without 
batting an eyelid.

"Lie down over there," he said, pointing to a wooden 
bench next to the pool. She looked at him blankly.

"Come on," he said impatiently. "Lie down. On your 
back."

He's gotta be kidding, Nicole thought, this just 
isn't happening. She looked at him again: Poor, ugly 
guy - who would ever want to fuck him? He was 
probably horny as hell. Typical: Another man - 
another slave to his dick. And today he was lusting 
after her.

Fearlessly, smiling quietly to herself, Nicole went 
over to the bench, water dripping from her body. Then 
she lay down and made herself comfortable.

The bath attendant came over and knelt down between 
her legs. 

"Show me your pussy," he whispered.

Nicole didn't react, but then she felt his hands 
softly grabbing her thighs and spreading her legs 
apart.

"Pull your panties aside and let me see your pussy," 
he went on. And with one hand she pulled her wet 
bikini panties aside, while her other hands parted 
her clean-shaven pussy lips. Ever so slightly, 
letting the bath attendant glimpse the moist pink 
insides of her pussy. He panted.

"Masturbate for me," he ordered. "I want to watch."

Shamelessly Nicole spread her legs before his eyes. 
And slowly she began caressing herself: Rhythmically, 
she stroked her labia up and down, slid a finger in 
and out of her pussy and rubbed her little clit, 
making it swell and harden.

"Yeah," the bath attendant whispered hoarsely. He had 
got up and now stood massaging his member though the 
fabric of his loose pants. "Grab your tits."

Sighing deeply, Nicole slipped her left breast out of 
the wet bikini top. Still masturbating with one hand, 
she grabbed her breast with the other, kneading it 
and pinching her nipple. 

She wasn't at all self-conscious - she was not 
ashamed of her beautiful body or her sexuality. 

But still: All the time she knew that the bath 
attendant was watching her - this big, brutal man who 
talked so dirty to her. He had lusted after her from 
the start, but now she was teasing him, turning him 
on even more. The thought of her situation made 
Nicole shiver with excitement on the wooden bench.

The bath attendant had pulled down his pants, and his 
hard cock stood out straight. It was thick and wide, 
and his swelling balls were covered with a thick 
layer of blonde hairs. Now he straddled the bench, 
his member bouncing stiffly in front of her face. 
Then he grabbed her chin, fixing her eyes with his 
firm gaze.

"Suck my cock," he ordered.

As Nicole opened her mouth, the bath attendant guided 
the bulging head of his cock in between her red lips.  
The head alone almost filled her mouth, but the bath 
attendant wasn't satisfied: Slowly he slid his hips 
forwards, even further forwards. And inch by inch he 
filled her mouth with his cock.

"Ohhh yeah, take it all the way," he groaned.

Nicole felt the tip of his cock hitting the roof of 
her mouth and pressed her hands against his muscular 
thighs to stop him. And the bath attendant stopped - 
although only half of his huge member was inside her 
mouth.

Instead he began making fucking motions. In a slow 
rhythm he let his hard cock slide back and forth 
across Nicole's soft tongue, out between her lips and 
back into her mouth again. With manically precise hip 
motions he guided his fat tool in and out, in and out 
between Nicole's softly sucking lips. She felt the 
hard shaft trembling on her tongue, its wide head 
swelling like a fleshy dome.

"Play with your pussy," the bath attendant ordered, 
pumping his cock in and out of Nicole's mouth.

And she immediately pulled off her panties and again 
began caressing herself. God, she was wet! She spread 
her legs wide apart. Then she forced two fingers into 
her pussy, letting them slide in and out, her other 
hands massaging her little, hard clit. The love 
juices flowed down Nicole's hot thighs and onto the 
wooden bench, while the bath attendant vigorously 
fucked her mouth.

Suddenly he withdrew. With a wet smacking sound the 
cock slipped out of her mouth, glistening with 
saliva. It bounced stiffly in front of him, as he 
stood between her legs and pulled his clothes off. 
And for the first time Nicole saw the bath attendant 
in the nude.

His wide body was quite muscular, but she had been 
right: His chest and stomach, yes, even his shoulders 
were covered by a thick blanket of blonde hairs. 
Nicole writhed on the bench, uttering a faint noise 
of disgust: She didn't want him. She just didn't. 

But who was she kidding? She had played her little 
game, leading him on, teasing him, sucking his cock. 
He was like an animal in heat. And now, she was 
afraid, she would just have to pay the price.

The bath attendant just stood there, grinning 
viciously, his rock-hard cock bouncing eagerly in 
front of her. Suddenly he bent down and tore off her 
bikini top, so that she, too, lay completely naked on 
the bench.

He stood for a while, watching her, his fist 
clenching his hard cock. She met his gaze. His eyes 
were lustful, but cold and merciless as well.

"I'm gonna give you the fucking of your life!" he 
exclaimed - and immediately Nicole felt his rock-hard 
cock forcing its way into her slit. Its entire length 
with one single thrust.

Screaming loudly, she twisted beneath him, but the 
bath attendant had already begun rhythmically driving 
it into her. With every stroke, he slid the head of 
his cock all the out between her labia, and then all 
the way in, in a brutal, relentless pace.

The bath attendant grabbed her shoulders hard, 
holding her down on the bench, fucking and fucking 
her. Nicole gave in to her excitement and savored the 
sensation of the firm, powerful cock thrusting in and 
out of her pussy muscle. The sweat poured from the 
bath attendant's body, dripping down on Nicole's face 
and breasts, ran down his chest, his stomach, his 
cock, mixing in her pussy with the juices of her own 
lust.

"Ooh, that's so good," she purred, the bath attendant 
gasping with the strain. "Give me your fat cock. Fuck 
me!"

She clasped her legs around his wide, hairy back and 
dug her nails into his muscular buttocks. "Arh," he 
yelled angrily without slowing down.

He drove his thick, wet cock into Nicole again and 
again. From the swollen head, the entire length of 
the hard shaft, until his bristly pubes met her 
smooth pussy lips. Thrust after thrust into the 
depths of her quivering flesh, until Nicole finally 
lost control.

"Ohhh," she cried out loudly, her voice echoing 
through the swimming-baths. Her entire body gave in 
to the pleasure of a violent orgasm. The juices of 
her lust flowed from her pussy, while the bath 
attendant mercilessly kept driving his cock into her 
tender pleasure zone.

"Oh, stop, stop," she sobbed - her climax seemed to 
go on forever. Helplessly, Nicole held on to the bath 
attendant's huge, sweaty body, his cock still pumping 
into her sex.

Finally he withdrew. Lifting her head, she saw her 
juices dripping from his shiny, burning red cock. 
Then he grabbed her body and quickly turned her over, 
placing her belly-down on the bench. His strong hands 
grabbed her hips, and Nicole felt the bath 
attendant's bone-hard cock slowly entering her hot 
pussy from behind.

"Ohhh," she whispered huskily, collapsing on the 
bench, exhausted.

"Yeah, lovely pussy," the bath attendant growled. He 
pressed his hips against hers and froze for a few 
seconds. Nicole felt his blood-filled member 
throbbing with excitement, swelling inside her tender 
flesh. 

"I'm not done fucking you yet," the bath attendant 
muttered and slowly slid his fat tool in and out of 
her.

Yes. 

Slowly. 

Nicole shivered with pleasure. The motions of his 
hard cock massaged the insides of her dripping wet 
flesh. So incredibly good. She closed her eyes and 
clenched her love muscles around his cock with every 
thrust. Nicole held on to the bench, as the rhythmic 
pumping of the batch attendant drove her towards 
another orgasm.

"Oooh," she whimpered, "oooh, oooh", her entire body 
shaking on the bench. Hot love juice drenched his 
hard cock, trickling down his bulging balls.

The bath attendant's huge hands grabbed her breasts, 
kneading them violently as his wide member slid into 
her irresistible pussy. Nicole was gasping for 
breath, as she felt his tempo increasing. Still more 
impatiently he buried his cock inside her, and she 
came again.

A dizzying, unexpected orgasm, leaving Nicole 
helplessly moaning on the bench. Ready to burst, the 
bath attendant's cock kept plunging ever faster into 
her almost numb pussy, until he, too, lost control.

"Ohhh," he yelled into the empty hall as he started 
to ejaculate. Nicole's eyes opened wide, as his cock 
released the first hot spurt. "Oh," she whispered, 
impressed, as she felt the bath attendant's wildly 
jerking cock pumping long jets of semen into her.

"Oh yes," he grunted, satisfied. He pressed his 
abdomen against hers, forcing the last thick droplets 
from his throbbing member. Hard and stiff the cock 
stood inside Nicole's pussy for a while, until it 
slowly collapsed, sliding out of her, wet and 
glistening.

The bath attendant staggered over to the stands and 
sat down, exhausted. Nicole lay a while on the bench, 
catching her breath. Slowly, she sat up, but at the 
same time she heard footsteps outside the hall.

A figure came out of the darkness and walked along 
the pool towards them. It was a tall, slim man in a 
white t-shirt and jeans. Amazed, Nicole stared at the 
man. It was the ticket seller.

"You?" she gasped.

"Yes, me," the ticket seller grinned. "Hello again, 
young lady."

Looking at the bath attendant, he asked:

"Been enjoying yourselves, have you?"

"Yeah," the bath attendant said, panting heavily. "I 
had to teach her a lesson."

"Okay," the ticket seller laughed, "I bet you fucked 
the living daylights out of her."

The bath attendant sat in the stands, sweating, his 
cock thick and limp between his legs.

"Well, Jack. You know me."

Jack laughed and turned towards Nicole.

"I don't blame you," he said. "She does looks kinda 
cute. I bet you used the toolbox, too?"

"Nah," the bath attendant said. "I didn't get to 
that. I got so fucking horny."

"Really," Jack said. "Okay, baby. We'd better have a 
look at this then."

Hesitantly, Nicole sat on the bench, looking on in 
bewilderment as Jack opened the toolbox.

"Oh yes," he said happily, lifting a pair of 
handcuffs and a shiny steel vibrator from the box. 
"It's playtime!"

Before Nicole had time to react, she lay on her back, 
chained to the bench with the handcuffs. The metal 
felt icy cold against her wrists. Smiling, Jack knelt 
down between her legs with the vibrator. She 
shivered, as the cool metal slid across her labia.

"So, did he fuck you?" Jack asked quietly, and Nicole 
nodded.

"No, no," he corrected her. "Tell me about it. What 
was it like?"

He let the cold steel tool slide across her labia, 
letting it graze her clit, teasing, exciting her. 
Nicole squirmed on the bench.

"It was great," she gasped. "His cock was so thick 
and hard."

"Mmm," Jack said appreciatively. The cold vibrator 
circled her clit, poking gently at the mouth of her 
pussy. "Tell me more: Did he fuck you good?"

"Oh yes," Nicole moaned, pulling at the handcuffs. 
"He fucked me with his stiff cock. Oh yes, keep 
going. And he made me come. Mmm. Yeah. And then he 
squirted all his lovely cum into me."

Jack smiled. Then he turned on the vibrator, letting 
the cold steel start buzzing against Nicole's clit, 
eliciting a roar of animal lust.

"Hurhhh," she yelled. 

Wild with pent-up lust she raised her hips from the 
bench and started rotating her abdomen against the 
vibrator. The bath attendant sat up, staring in 
fascination at the handcuffed girl on the bench. Jack 
grabbed her rounded ass, as she impatiently ground 
her wet pussy against the vibrating tool.

"Is that good, eh? Is that good?" Jack whispered to 
her, as the vibrator buzzed around her clit, poked in 
between her smooth pussy-lips, only to touch her clit 
again. Nicole's arched her entire body on the bench, 
as she screamed yet another orgasm out into the hall.

"Yeah," Jack growled. And with a wild look in his 
eyes he drove the buzzing steel tool deep into 
Nicole's wet, pulsating pussy.

"Ohhh," she cried, senseless with lust. The feeling 
of the humming dildo buried in her cunt in the midst 
of her climax was almost too much for her to take. 
Shamelessly, she stretched her body on the bench, 
giving in to pure pleasure.

Jack pulled the vibrator out of Nicole's slithering 
flesh and put it to her mouth. Nastily, she licked 
the metal tool, savoring the hot taste of her own 
pussy. Jack's finger massaged her tiny, protruding 
clit, as he slowly slid the dildo in and out of her 
mouth.

The bath attendant sat naked in the stands watching 
them intently, his thick cock still soft between his 
legs. But the sight of the horny Nicole subjected to 
Jack's sexual games excited him, and his fat member 
jerked involuntarily.

Again, Jack drove the steel vibrator into Nicole's 
wet pussy, turned it on at the slowest, throbbing 
speed and let go of it. Chained to the bench, Nicole 
squirmed lustfully, her sex muscles rhythmically 
squeezing the metal toll.

Watching her greedily, Jack unbuttoned his jeans and 
pulled out his long, rigid member. Nicole gasped at 
the sight: It was remarkably long - even the exposed, 
bluish head was somewhat elongated. His cock was 
hard as rock - the dark, bulging veins clearly 
visible beneath the skin.

Slowly, Jack caressed his erect cock, as clear liquid 
quietly ran from its tip, wetting his finger. He let 
Nicole lick the juice off his fingers, as he turned 
the buzzing vibrator around inside her pussy, his 
face an expressionless mask. Then, suddenly, he 
pulled it out.

The next moment she felt the head of Jack's cock 
entering her slit. Nicole clenched her teeth, as he 
slowly forced the entire length of the shaft into 
her. It felt as hard as the steel dildo, but 
considerably longer. Slowly he pulled out of her, 
enjoying the sight of his cock glistening with her 
abundant juices.

"Yes. Fuck her!"

That was the voice of the bath attendant, hoarse with 
excitement. With glazed eyes he watched them, as Jack 
grabbed Nicole's hips, burying every inch of his cock 
inside her.

"Oooh yeah," she howled.

And eagerly Jack began pumping his rigid cock in and 
out of her wet pussy. He let the head of his cock 
slide all the way out between the smooth labia and 
back all the way in with every thrust. Stab after 
stab in a hard, relentless beat, while Nicole 
squirmed on the bench, pulling wildly at the 
handcuffs, the jingling sound echoing in the empty 
swimming bath.

"Yeah," the bath attendant grunted. "Fuck her little, 
wet cunt."

His fat cock was now semi-erect and he masturbated 
shamelessly. Stroking his cock with his big, hairy 
fist, he stared at Nicole, helplessly getting pounded 
by Jack's bone-hard cock.

"Oh yes, fuck me," she gasped. "Give me your long, 
hard cock. Fuck my wet pussy. Make me come."

"You're gonna come now," Jack hissed - it sounded 
almost like an order. "My cock will make you come."

And twisting his hips in circling motions betweens 
Nicole's widely spread legs, he drove his cock into 
every corner of her succulent, trembling cunt.

"Ohhh yes," she cried. "I'm coming. Oh yes. Oh yes."

Nicole's juices flowed around Jack's cock, as the 
orgasm overpowered her. His face was a mad grimace of 
excitement, as he kept forcing his long, hard cock 
into her over and over.

"Arhhh," he yelled, desperately trying to hold back 
his ejaculation. He felt as if his sperm was about to 
boil over - the pressure in his bursting balls grew 
every time he thrust into Nicole's juicy, soft flesh.

The bath attendant stood next to them. Naked and 
hairy he stood there, masturbating before Nicole's 
eyes. She saw the round head of his cock bulging, as 
his hairy fist massaged the fat shaft, until it 
leaked clear fluid from its tip. Fascinated, the bath 
attendant stared at Jack's long cock, slipping in 
fast strokes in and out of the handcuffed girl's 
pussy.

"Does it feel good?" Jack snarled, fucking her like a 
madman. "Does the big cock feel good inside your 
randy cunt?"

"Yes, yes," Nicole whimpered, his powerful thrusts 
throwing her about on the wound bench. "Fuck... me... 
hard."

Immediately she felt something cold and hard entering 
her anus. Jack had forced the tip of the steel 
vibrator into her ass, and now he turned it on. 
Nicole shouted out, as the dildo began buzzing 
violently inside her anus. The bath attendant 
masturbated like mad.

"Yeah, fuck her," he whispered.

Jack had slowed down a bit and now coolly slid his 
stiff cock in and out of her - sometimes letting it 
slip all the way out of her pussy, slapping her wet 
labia - only to let the entire length enter her 
again. Nicole felt the cock filling every inch of her 
sex, the steel vibrator teasing her ass, and there 
was no turning back.

"I'm coming," she cried again. "Oh, help me, I'm 
coming!" Her vision went hazy, but she managed to 
catch sight of Jack pulling his cock from her cunt, 
yelling wildly as he started to ejaculate. Hot, white 
jets came pumping out of his cock in long spurts, 
hitting Nicole's stomach and breasts.

Shivering with excitement the bath attendant thrust 
his cock against Nicole's lips. Willingly, she opened 
her mouth, letting his bursting member enter. It 
still had the spicy taste of her own love juices. She 
watched Jack masturbating the last drops of semen 
onto her thighs, and with an animal grunt the bath 
attendant ejaculated in her mouth.

 From the depths of his balls a hot jet of sperm shot 
deep into to Nicole's throat. The bath attendant's 
huge body jerked spasmodically, as spurt after spurt 
of thick, hot semen spouted from his cock and into 
the sucking mouth of the handcuffed girl. Obediently, 
she drank the hot liquid in big gulps, until she had 
emptied him completely.

Nicole gasped, as the bath attendant pulled his fat 
cock out of her mouth. The two men stood for a while, 
watching her. The bath attendant stood naked and 
sweating, as Jack calmly buttoned his jeans. Then she 
felt Jack unlocking the handcuffs, freeing her hands 
again.

Jack nodded at the bath attendant and grabbed her 
feet. She felt the bath attendant grabbing hold of 
her shoulders, and in the next moment they threw her 
into the pool. With a loud splash Nicole landed in 
the warm water. She dived to the bottom and swam back 
up to the surface, feeling the water wash the two 
men's semen off her flushed skin.

Surfacing, Nicole shook the water from her hair and 
looked at the men who had been her lovers. The bath 
attendant lay exhausted in the stands, as Jack calmly 
put the handcuffs and the vibrator back into the 
toolbox. Nicole rested her elbows on the edge of the 
pool, looking at them cheekily.

"Tell me," she asked. "Exactly when do you really 
close?"

The two men laughed.

"Just take your time," Jack said.

Smiling, Nicole slowly slid back into the water.

---
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