Couples Workout

Series: Shorts series. Shorts are short one off stories done by request of the person generally in the story. Meaning, they will be self contained even if they have characters from other stories. Good for when you are looking for a quick fight that won't hurt your eyes reading for a long time. 

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Ben and James had been together for what seemed like forever. Grade school? High school? No one could remember really. They where the kind of couple people either admired or side-eyed with disbelief, two strong, stubborn bulls who somehow made it work. They’d lived through every argument, every reconciliation, every scraped knee from camping trips and every bruised ego after friendly competition. And through it all, they’d stuck like epoxy: rough around the edges, but solid in the core. They weren’t soft-spoken romantics. No, they were man’s men. They didn’t write poems, they wrote each other gym routines. Their idea of a getaway was a cabin with no signal and heavy logs to split. Their bodies reflected that too, solid muscle, earned not for show, but forged through sweat, blood, and stubbornness. And they loved every inch of each other’s effort. One of their favorite rituals, and time spent together,  was their shared home gym in the basement. Simple setup: some free weights, a battered punching bag, a wall mirror that had survived two floods, and the centerpiece, a thick wooden ceiling beam, scarred from years of use and perfect for pull-ups, stretches, or in Ben’s case today… push-ups. The old-school kind. Hanging from the beam, back arched, core tight, going up and down with perfect form as sweat rolled down his torso. James, across the room, was mid-arm set, but he wasn’t fooling anyone. His biceps burned, but it was nothing compared to the heat pooling in his gut from watching Ben move. The rhythmic motion of those lats and abs. The raw power in every controlled dip. The sheer effort, the pride… and the goddamn tease. Ben looked over, lips curled slightly, a smug glint in his eyes. He knew James was watching. He wanted him to. 

 

 

That was half the fun.

James put down his dumbbells with a thud and grabbed his towel, but didn’t wipe off. He stood there for a second, arms crossed, his chest still heaving slightly. His gaze dropped again to those abs, flexing with each breath. His fists clenched. Part of him wanted to throw a jab right into that perfect wall of muscle, test its strength, feel it resist. The other part of him? The other part wanted to get on his knees and kiss each tight ridge of it until Ben dropped down and pinned him to the floor.

But this was still workout time. Fun could come later. 

 

 

Ben kept up the rhythm, push-up, hold, release, his fingers wrapped in a white-knuckled grip around the low beam overhead. His body hung in controlled suspension, every muscle drawn tight like cable wire. His core flexed with each motion, abs bunching into clean, brutal lines that caught the soft basement light and turned it molten across his skin. Each dip pulled his torso long, lean muscle stretched taut. Each rise brought his abs back into focus, hard, defined, gleaming like armor. His breath came slow and even, controlled, as if the effort cost him nothing. But sweat still clung to him, running in slow trails down his ribs, gliding over his stomach. James stood a few feet away, towel slack around his neck slowly falling off, hitting the floor, forgotten. His chest rose with each inhale, slower now, deeper. There was heat behind his eyes, curiosity, admiration, hunger. His lips parted slightly, as if caught on the verge of a question or a confession.

But he said nothing.

The silence between them pulsed.

Ben kept going. Push. Hold. Flex.

And James couldn’t look away.

His legs moved without instruction, slow steps closing the space between them like a tide. Deliberate. Hesitant. Wanting. The low ceiling and exposed pipes gave the room a cramped intimacy, the kind that buzzed beneath the skin. He stopped just close enough to feel the heat rolling off Ben’s body. Ben didn’t stop. Didn’t even glance at him. But his jaw was clenched a little tighter. His breath just slightly uneven now. James stood there, eyes locked on the cut of Ben’s stomach. That ridged, glistening core, working like a machine beneath thin, flushed skin. He could smell the sweat. So clean, so sharp, so human. He could hear the faint grunt in Ben’s throat when he dipped just a bit lower than necessary.

Something unspoken snapped taut between them.

And James reached out. His hand moved gently, not timid, but reverent. Fingers brushed the firm rise of Ben’s abs, light at first, then pressing slightly. Feeling the heat, the tension, the living hardness beneath. Ben didn’t flinch. He held his position, suspended, unmoving, but his eyes cut down, catching James with something unreadable in his expression. Neither of them said a word. But both of them knew what this was.

What it could become.

What it was about to become.  

 

The Secret Hands of Felix

Series: Stories series. Like shorts, these are generally done by request and have some personification of the requester in the story.  Unlike shorts, these are longer (6k+ words) and move descriptive and world building. 

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Felix Marin had been a professional massage therapist for over a decade. His hands were legendary, strong, intuitive, and impossibly skilled. His clients, from burned-out CEOs to movie stars trying to hide their stress under muscle, swore by him. The man could find a knot buried under layers of tension like a bloodhound on a scent, and melt it away with a practiced press and stroke. Bookings filled up months in advance. No one blinked at the premium price tag. If you wanted the best, you paid for Felix. But behind the reputation, behind the calm voice and essential oils and linen sheets, was something much darker. Something Felix kept buried beneath the lavender scent and smooth jazz playlists of his massage studio.

Felix was a gut puncher.

Not in the bar-fight, rage-fueled way. No, his obsession was more… refined. Methodical. Artistic. There was something deeply satisfying to him about the feel of muscle under his fist, the resistance of hard abs bracing, or the give of a softer belly yielding to his knuckles. He didn’t discriminate either. Six packs, dad bods, gym rats, even the lean and lanky. The large, the hairy, the smooth. All of it fascinated him. He didn’t just crave the physical thrill, he loved testing them. Finding the line between pleasure and pain, strength and collapse.

To indulge his craving without destroying his reputation, Felix developed a method. His hands were skilled, steady, the hands of a healer. To his clients, he was the picture of serenity: a massage therapist with a gift for touch and a gentle, professional manner. But behind the calm smile and soothing tone was a hunger... strange, primal, and secret. He began with the oils. At first, ordinary blends: lavender for relaxation, peppermint for tension, sandalwood for grounding. But ordinary oils could not serve his private desire. He studied and experimented in silence, late at night when his neighbors slept. Ancient texts on herbal sedation, obscure pharmacology journals, and online forums for fringe chemistry filled his shelves and bookmarks. Piece by piece, he refined something new.

The lotion he created was not meant for mere relaxation. It was an alchemy of rare herbs and synthesized compounds, balanced in ratios so precise that even a drop too much could tip it into poison. The scent alone was disarming, warm and faintly sweet, like wood smoke mixed with honey. A client breathing deeply would already feel their chest loosen, their guard drop. But it was when the lotion seeped into the skin, absorbed by the very muscles he kneaded, that the true effect took hold.

It did not render them unconscious. Felix was careful. He did not want unconsciousness; unconsciousness was silence. What he craved was the twilight space between sleep and waking. The lotion drew his clients down into that state: their minds heavy and drifting, their bodies unresponsive, as though weighed down by leaden blankets. They were not gone, not truly. They could dream. They could feel. But their bodies betrayed them, unable to move, unable to resist. Felix perfected the timing. At first, he’d wait, thirty minutes, forty-five, depending on the man’s build and metabolism. He knew the signs intimately: the slowed breathing, the slack in the shoulders, the glassy flicker behind the eyelids as the dreamstate began. He would murmur words of reassurance, as if coaxing them deeper, a guide across the river of waking into that strange half world. And then, when he was sure, when the man was pinned inside his own flesh, floating in paralysis, Felix let the mask slip. His eyes hardened, his mouth curved into a smile that no client ever saw when awake. His hand, still slick with the special lotion, would press against the man’s abdomen, testing, feeling the warmth of muscle under skin. Then, without hesitation, he would draw back his fist and drive it deep into the gut. The reaction was always the same, and yet always new. The body buckled instinctively, straining against the immovable weight of paralysis. Muscles tried to seize, lungs tried to suck in air, but only a ragged half breath escaped. The man would twitch faintly, as though in a nightmare, his face tightening in a pained grimace. Felix’s ears would ring with the soundless scream locked behind clenched teeth.

Collaboration: Hello Leo

Series: Collaboration! Collaborations are stories that are done with the consent, and use of a original character from another writer. Generally speaking one side (or part) of the story will be posted here, and the other on their story site. Once published, I link to their story will also be provided. 

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 Warning: This story has intense violence (gut punching) with erotic elements. If that is not your thing, then skip the story.