Ideas for slow build

[Emptysodabottle]

Hello guys,

I came up with a pitch for a short scene the other day:

A guy is up on stage at church (perhaps he's part of the band), sitting in the background while people are doing announcements. And then comes time for a church leader's wife to come up and do a pitch on women's ministry events. As she stands on stage, the guy on stage notices that the wife's dress is just tight enough around the hips to accentuate her curvaceous ass. He thinks.... from the angle where he's sitting, he can stare at her while making it look like he's merely paying attention to what she has to say. Still, he's not completely sure that's the case, and terrified of getting caught staring right up in front of the whole congregation, but still the sight of the leader's wife's backside is so alluring that he can't help but risk it...


I'm trying to think of where it could go from there...short term and long term. What happens for the rest of that scene I pictured...and then what series of scenes could come after. I'm trying to think of a series of small events that would slowly incite these initially pious two characters to eventually give into having an affair. Nothing quick and easy...a bit by bit process. It could go one of three ways, however...either one of them could already be up for an affair and the other needing slow convincing....or both are initially dismissive of the idea before falling into it.

 

[Hypoxia]

I notice that many story ideas here, including my own, are introductions, jumping-off points for sexual encounters. Here's how these people met, yada yada. The question, then: what next, and why? What do you WANT to happen next? How does it happen?

Maybe the guy merely fantasizes about her. Maybe someone in the congregation notices -- how do they react? Blackmail? Game-playing? Seduction? Maybe the pastor's wife notices, or maybe she's luring the guy -- why? Marital problems? She's a secret slut? There's some conspiracy and he's an unwitting pawn or target? Maybe the guy is an inveterate player and she's his next target. Maybe they're both being manipulated by the pastor or by some parishioner.

One can start writing the story by the method of: establish setting and characters, then then set them loose and see what happens. But all sorts of stuff *could* happen. So, what do you *want* to happen?

 

[Emptysodabottle]

I notice that many story ideas here, including my own, are introductions, jumping-off points for sexual encounters. Here's how these people met, yada yada. The question, then: what next, and why? What do you WANT to happen next? How does it happen?

Maybe the guy merely fantasizes about her. Maybe someone in the congregation notices -- how do they react? Blackmail? Game-playing? Seduction? Maybe the pastor's wife notices, or maybe she's luring the guy -- why? Marital problems? She's a secret slut? There's some conspiracy and he's an unwitting pawn or target? Maybe the guy is an inveterate player and she's his next target. Maybe they're both being manipulated by the pastor or by some parishioner.

One can start writing the story by the method of: establish setting and characters, then then set them loose and see what happens. But all sorts of stuff *could* happen. So, what do you *want* to happen?

Thanks Hypoxia, those questions gave me some juice to further think on it.

No, what I would want is no one in the congregation to notice. BUT...when she turns around to walk off, she makes eye contact with the guy. And at this point it's deliberately made ambiguous: did she notice him staring or not?

It gets the guy thinking about the woman. He's not a player, I would say...though I would say he possibly had some sexual experiences earlier on as a teenager before he got back into spirituality/church. He's either never been with a woman or out of the game for long time...either way, seeing her from that "angle" awakens stirring feelings within the man. While he'd always known and seen she was beautiful, he'd never thought of her sexually...out of a mix of respect of her being a married woman and her dressing conservatively for the most part (and him not seeing any of the nice body she actually has as a result).

He's still trying to decide what to do next when the church announces that the pastor will be going on a two month long mission soon, and that they'll be asking for someone to help with looking after the their two children so that the wife won't have to drop her duties entirely. The guy takes it as a sign and decides to approach the pastor and wife. The pastor appreciates the quick offer and only asks that they do dinner/interview the guy regarding the job.

The guy shows up at home, only to find that only the wife is there, the pastor having had to run out. The two take the dinner to get to know each other better, and the guy finds that the wife is far more outspoken and friendly than when he sees her at church. He gets the job.

Over the next two months, he sees a lot of the wife, though usually when she's leaving or returning to the house. But over time, his attraction grows, as he sees there is more to her than meets the eye...both in character (as noted in past paragraph) and physically. Most of the time, while not dressed provocatively, she still dresses more casually than she would while at church. And then during one job, she's off to do yoga with a friend...and the guy gets to see her in yoga pants and tank top. Perhaps he sees her as she's preparing for a ladies night out, and gets to see her dressed to kill.

All the while, in conversation, he gets hints that while the couple is mostly happy, all is not exactly well.

The climax all comes down to when one spring day, one month into the pastor's absence, where the wife tells the guy that the weather is warm enough to open up the pool in the backyard so the children can use it. The job goes well, and the guy and the kids are still in the pool when the wife comes back. The kids joyfully ask her to come play in the pool with them. The wife is initially hesitant, the guy guesses because she's debating about doing so with him being there). Before he can offer to leave, however, the wife tells her children okay and goes back into change. The guy's mind goes into overdrive: she was visibly hesitant, but decided to do so anyways...what did it mean? Would she not come out at all? Would she come out in a T-shirt and shorts for propriety.

The answer is no, as she does indeed step out, and in a one-piece swimsuit. Not exactly a bikini, but still just cut low enough on top, and cut just high enough on the legs/hips, that it's still sexy as hell. It's all the guy can do to keep it cool between doing his job and stealing glances at her.

The children soon tire and are ripe for a nap. The wife, surprisingly, first asks the guy to stay around, and second, does not change out of her swimsuit, or even wrap a towel around, while she puts them down for an afternoon nap.

The wife and the guy sit down at the table. They make some talk...which leads to him talking about how the pastor is halfway done and would be that much closer to coming home, and how she must miss him. The wife's expression markably changes, and the guy takes the leap to ask her what's wrong. She, in turn, takes the leap to tell him about marital problems. How the marriage had started off loving and passionate. But after a few months, the pastor had gone back to his workaholic ways. Passion was still there, just not physically. After trying and succeeding in having two children, he stopped almost entirely. And all the while, she tried to be the good wife and be modest, appealing only her husband. She grew tired of it after seven years. She had started trying to sneak in some instances of wearing at least partially alluring clothes, if only to help her own self-esteem.

After the pastor had left, she found herself free to be able to dress the way she liked, at least in her own house. And she liked the feeling of freedom that came with, and found a aprt of herself she had lost for years.

The twist/confession at the end is the woman stating the day the guy first noticed her...where she wore that dress. She confesses that maybe while she wasn't conscious of it back then, in hindsight she WAS feeling the pressure of her marital troubles, and to cope with it, wore that slightly tighter dress...and possibly see someone react to it, to feel attractive and sexy again. She didn't think anything would react...or that anything would come of it. And in fact, while standing on the stage, she thought "If the guy behind me is looking, he'd have quite the view." And when she walked back, she indeed did catch him looking. She had mixed feelings about it. But not mixed enough that something in her allowed her to let the guy's attempts to spend time/grow closer with her continue. And with each meeting, she let her barriers go down a little further. She stopped caring about what clothes he saw her in, and appreciated those small attentions he gave to her. To the point where she decided to wear that one-piece swimsuit when the opportunity came (to hammer the point home, her husband had declared even that swimsuit too extreme and had asked her not to wear it). She laughs about what her husband would say if he saw her now, and if he would even notice anything aside from the fact that she broke his rule. The guy decides it's the time to affirm her, and states that she is indeed a beautiful, attractive woman, and that he would notice how her swimsuit looks sexy on her.

All the while this talking is taking place, mind you, the wife's body posture changes from innocent to more...her hands brushes/rubs against her legs, her legs go from close to spread just a little wider than normal...etc The guy does his best to hide his erection at this point, impossible in his current swim trunks.

She responds that appreciates the compliment...and returns the favor that he's not bad looking himself, especially when half-clothed. At that point, she drops her hand to his knee. She says that she can't justify what she's about to do, but that she can't stop at this point. The guy asks "and what are you about to do?" She looks him in the eye, looks like she's trying to say something, and then says "Fuck." and just kisses him.

From there, it's exciting, not just the taboo, but that they can't be too loud because of the children. For this reason, they keep things downstairs. She says she wants to cover all the things she felt a wife and husband should "normally" do, meaning foreplay. So they engage in that. When the times comes where they're ready to move to coupling, the guy asks the wife how she would normally do so with her husband. The wife replies missionary. So the guy, instead, bends her over the kitchen table for a taking from behind, which first flusters her, but then excites the taught of being taken that way. And so he does, euphoric at being inside the wife after so long, all the while his hips slap against the ass that started it all....

 

[Hypoxia]

... And so he does, euphoric at being inside the wife after so long, all the while his hips slap against the ass that started it all....

And then? See, you've constructed a good intro. They've met; they've fucked. Now what? A one-off or an extended affair? Are they discreet? Does the pastor learn? Does he care? How does he react? Is the story comedy, tragedy, a straight stroker, a reconciliation drama? What's next?

I worked this in Substitute Pussy (which grew from a Story Idea here). It starts with the pastor's wife fucking a parishioner for what she thinks are moral reasons. Then the backstory, and then the setup for their fornications. And then, an uncertain ending -- I asked readers to comment on how they wanted it to end. I have a half-dozen possible sequels; I'll get around to writing them Real Soon Now.