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Author's Note:

This story explores consensual wife sharing, voyeuristic tension, and emotional intensity between adults. If that's not for you, feel free to skip. No hard feelings.

If you read it, whether you enjoy it or not, I'd love to hear your thoughts. A rating or a comment means more than you think. It helps me grow as a writer and keeps me going.

(English isn't my first language. Self-edited : all mistakes are mine.)

Chapter 1

We were three days into our vacation, staying in a small cabin about an hour north of Talkeetna. Just the two of us, no guide, just snow and the old Yamaha the guy at the gas station had lent us for cheap. The plan was to ride out past the tree line, maybe get a look at the ridge before the weather turned. I drove. Emily sat behind me, arms tight around my waist, chin resting on my shoulder. I could feel her breathing through the layers, slow, steady. We'd been together ten years. Married for seven. She liked the silence out here, and I liked how she held on when the trail opened up. We'd left the cabin an hour ago. Cold, but clear. Good enough for a ride.

The trail narrowed as we climbed, trees crowding in, their limbs heavy with last week's snow. The sled groaned a little on the incline, but the engine held. I could feel Emily shift behind me, settling her weight as we leaned into a curve. The cold bit harder up here, sharper, thinner, and the sun, though it was still out, had that dull, tired color. At one point she laid her head lightly against my back, just for a second. Not to rest, not exactly. Just there. And I felt it. More than I thought I would. Up ahead, past a stand of spruce, I caught a glimpse of open space, flat and white. A frozen lake, maybe. I didn't think much of it at the time.

We came out of the trees and the world opened up. A wide, flat stretch of white, ringed with spruce and alder. A frozen lake, you could tell by the way the land fell back and the trees stopped suddenly along the shore. Across the surface, maybe five hundred yards out, a cabin stood half-sunk in the snow. Big windows. A sharp roof. Smoke curling from a metal chimney. Someone was there. I let off the throttle. The engine coughed once and died. I hit the starter. Nothing. Tried again. Still nothing.

We ditched the sled where it stopped and started walking. The lake looked solid, no cracks, no dark patches, just a smooth crust of snow over pale ice. I tested the first few steps, slow, listening. Nothing shifted. Emily followed close behind. The cold had gone sharper, cutting through the seams of my jacket. We were maybe halfway across when she slipped. I heard the crack before I saw it. Then the ice gave under her with a sudden, awful sound, like the earth tearing open, and she was gone.

I dropped to my knees and crawled toward the hole. The ice groaned but held. Emily's hands were clawing at the edge, her face pale and soaked, mouth open but no sound coming out. I grabbed her wrists and pulled. She didn't help much, too cold already, maybe in shock. I dug in with my boots, leaned back, and hauled with everything I had. She came up slow, scraping against the edge, water pouring from her coat. I slipped as she cleared the hole, and something twisted hard in my ankle. I knew right away. I couldn't carry her. Not like this.

I stripped off my jacket and wrapped it around her, pulled up the hood, tucked in her hands. Her eyes were open but not focused. Lips blue. Skin white. I told her I'd be right back, that I had to get help. I don't know if she heard. My ankle was already swelling, but I stood and started limping toward the cabin. The wind had picked up. I kept my eyes on the smoke, on that dark roof against the trees. It felt farther than it had a minute ago. I counted steps. I didn't look back.

The cabin was bigger up close. Newer than I expected. I banged on the door with my fist, once, twice. A pause. Then it opened. He stood there, tall, broad, dark beard, steady eyes. I told him: my wife fell through the ice, I couldn't carry her, my ankle was bad. She was still out there. He didn't speak. Just grabbed a thick coat, a wool blanket.

"I can't take the sled," he said. "That lake's not frozen right. We'll walk."

Then he came to me, slipped an arm under mine without asking, and took some of my weight. I nodded. We moved fast, or fast as I could, across the snow, toward the place I left her.

She lay curled in on herself, jacket soaked through, lips pale as bone. Caleb dropped beside her without a word. Unwrapped the blanket. Pulled off her gloves, her hat. I watched his hands, careful, sure. He touched her like someone who knew exactly what he was doing. Then he slid his arms under her and lifted her clean off the ice. She didn't resist. Just sagged into him. He looked at me once, just a flick of his eyes, then turned toward the cabin and started walking. I followed. Slower. Limping. Watching her disappear in his arms.

Chapter 2

I stepped into the cabin and was hit by the heat. It wrapped around me like a thick blanket, almost dizzying after the cold. The place was brighter than I expected. Wide plank floors, a clean stone hearth, a big bed set low under a window, heavy with blankets. Not a trapper's shack. Modern. Solid. Lived in.

Emily was on the bed, half-turned on her side. Her jacket was soaked through. A man was kneeling beside her, working at the zipper. Big shoulders, calm hands. He looked up briefly when I entered.

"I'm Caleb," he said.

"Dan," I replied.

"She's hypothermic. I need to get these off or she's going to drop fast."

He turned back to the zipper, tugged gently. "Can you help me? It'll go quicker with two of us."

I set my bag down and moved closer to the bed. My hands were still stiff from the cold, but I knelt beside him. Emily didn't move. Her eyes were half-closed, lips pale. Caleb lifted her by the shoulders just enough so I could slide the jacket down her back. It came off in a wet, heavy fold. We worked quietly, without looking at each other. One sleeve, then the other. He pulled off her gloves, set them aside, then reached for the zipper of her fleece.

"Get her boots," he said.

I crouched near her feet and worked the laces loose. The boots were soaked, stiff with ice around the soles. I pulled them off one by one, then her socks, heavy and dripping. Her feet were white, almost translucent. Caleb had already opened her fleece and was easing it off her arms. Underneath, she wore just a thin tank top, soaked straight through. Her skin was cold to the touch.

"We need to get her warm now," he said. "She's past the edge."

"Everything wet needs to come off," Caleb said. "It's holding the cold against her."

He lifted her gently, one arm behind her back, the other supporting her head. Her skin looked unreal in the firelight, almost waxy in places, flushed in others. I pulled up her shirt slowly, the fabric clinging to her chest, peeling away with that faint, sticky sound wet clothes make. Her bra was plastered to her, almost translucent. I saw the curve of her nipples through the thin lace before I looked away.

Caleb didn't pause. He reached around her, found the clasp, opened it without a word. The straps fell from her shoulders and the fabric sagged. Her breasts shifted slightly, loose, vulnerable. I swallowed. My hands were still there, near her ribs. I didn't know what to do with them.

"This too," he said, quiet but certain. "She needs heat. Not hesitation."

Caleb stood up and stripped off his shirt, then started working on his belt. His movements were unhurried, efficient. He didn't look at me.

"You'll need to undress too," he said. "Skin to skin is the fastest."

He dropped his pants, then stepped out of them. He kept his underwear on. Simple black boxer briefs, stretched tight across his hips. His body was hard, lean, not an ounce of softness anywhere. Broad chest, thick arms, abs like carved wood. And under the fabric, I couldn't not see it, the shape of his cock, heavy, resting sideways, outlined through the cotton. I looked away too quickly. It didn't help.

My wife. Half-naked, pale, silent. In a few seconds, she'd be wrapped in this man's body. Pressed against him. Held by him.

I started pulling off my clothes. Fast. I didn't know what else to do.

I climbed onto the bed, careful not to put weight on my ankle. Caleb was already behind her, one arm under her neck, the other draped across her waist. His chest pressed against her back. He looked at me once, then shifted slightly to make room.

I slid in from the front, my body aligning with hers. Her skin was ice. Her breasts, soft and cold, flattened against my chest. I could feel the rough edge of her breath, shallow and uneven. Between us, there was no space. Behind her, I could sense Caleb's heat radiating forward, through her, into me.

Then he pulled the blanket over us. Thick, heavy, it fell across my shoulder and sealed us in. The firelight dimmed. It was close now. Dense. Her body between ours, silent. My heart was hammering.

I don't remember closing my eyes. Just the weight of the blanket, the warmth creeping in, the slow dulling of pain. My body stopped shivering. Her skin, still cold, started to feel softer. Caleb didn't move. His breathing was deep, slow. The only sound in the room.

I kept my forehead against hers. My arm rested along her side, not holding her, just there. At some point, the lines blurred. The silence thickened. I drifted.

Chapter 3

It was the sound that woke me. A soft moan, broken by breath. Then another, closer. Her breath was faster now, irregular. I felt it on my lips before I opened my eyes.

She was pressed against me, skin to skin. Her mouth found mine as if it had been waiting. She kissed me slowly, but with weight. Wet, warm, low sounds rising from her chest.

Then I felt her hand.

Moving between our bodies, under the blanket. It slid along my stomach, then lower, searching. Her fingers slipped under the waistband of my boxer, careful but sure. She was cold, still, but insistent. Her hand found me. I was already hard. I don't know when it had started.

Behind her, Caleb didn't move. But I felt the rhythm of her body. The small movements. The way she arched slightly. The way her moans deepened against my tongue.

I kept my eyes closed. I didn't know if I wanted to see what his hand was doing.

Her hand was inside my boxer now, wrapped around me. Stroking, slow. Confident. Like she wasn't even thinking about it. Like her body was just doing what it needed. I was already hard, full, aching. I didn't stop her. I couldn't.

I kissed her. Desperately, hungrily. To hold on to something. Or to give in. I couldn't tell which. Her lips were warm, soft, open. Her breath stuttered into my mouth.

And then I felt the shift.

The movement. Behind her. Small, but steady. A push. A rhythm. Caleb. I didn't need to look. I knew. I felt him through her. In the way her hips moved, in the sound she let out. Low. Real.

Her chest pressed tighter into mine. Her skin cold, her breasts soft but firm, her nipples hard and pointed against me. I felt every detail. Every twitch. Every breath. I wanted to stop time. I wanted to disappear. I wanted to fuck her. All at once.

She moaned again, into my mouth this time. Her grip on me tightened. My hips bucked, just once. I was burning. Drowning. Held between them both.

I wasn't outside of this anymore.

I was part of it.

Caleb shifted behind her, then leaned forward, lifting her by the hips. She moved with him, docile at first, then eager. Her knees slid under her, her arms braced against the mattress. She was on all fours now, between us.

He settled behind her again, one hand on her back, the other guiding himself into her. No words. Just the sound, slick, low, full.

He nodded toward me, and I understood. I pushed myself up against the headboard, legs open, my cock still wet from her touch. She looked at me. Her eyes were half-wild now, flushed, mouth open. She crawled toward me, her breasts swaying, her breath uneven.

Caleb started to move. Deep. Steady.

She moaned, not soft anymore, and pressed her face into my stomach.

Her cheek pressed against my skin. I felt her breath on my stomach, fast and hot, her lips parting. Caleb moved behind her, and every thrust rocked her forward, her body grinding softly into mine.

She moaned again, louder now, deeper. Her hands clutched at my thighs, fingers digging into the flesh. Her mouth grazed my hip, then opened wider, tongue brushing the side of my cock. She wasn't asking. She wasn't thinking. She was in it.

Caleb's rhythm stayed steady, relentless. I could see her breasts swing with each motion, hear the wet sound of him inside her. My hands found her shoulders. I didn't pull her. I just held on.

She groaned against my skin, and for a moment, I thought I might come without being touched.

Her body tensed. I felt it through her arms, her thighs, her breath. The sounds coming from her mouth changed, deeper, raw, broken by air. Her nails dug into my legs, hard. She moaned once, long and rising, then cried out, hips jerking, face pressed against my stomach.

She came like a wave breaking, loud and full, her whole body clenching between us. Her back arched, then collapsed. She sagged into me, trembling, gasping, half-folded over my lap.

Caleb didn't stop. He held her hips and kept moving inside her, slow now, deliberate. I could feel the force of it through her, even as her muscles gave out. Her breath hitched. Her skin was damp. She was open. Spent. And still taking him.

I wrapped my arms around her. Not to protect. Just to hold.

She shifted again. Lifted herself, thighs shaking. Caleb held her steady as she rose, slow, deliberate, until she hovered in a squat above him. Her body open. Her back straight. Her arms reached back to hold his knees. Then she sank again, took him inside her, all of him.

Her breasts bounced with each descent. Her belly pulled tight, then released. I could see everything, the way her skin rippled, the way her cunt swallowed him, glistening and slow. She did it again. And again. Riding him in silence, like it was only the body that moved now. No mind.

I couldn't look away.

She was beautiful. More than beautiful. Wild. Feral. Unreachable. And still mine. Or maybe not. Maybe not anymore.

I watched her work for him. Work for his pleasure. Not lazy. Not passive. She moved for him, this man who hadn't asked, hadn't begged. Just taken.

And she gave.

She didn't stop. Her thighs burned, but she kept moving, lifting and sinking with a rhythm that was almost trance. Caleb's hands tightened around her waist. He pulled her down hard once, twice. Then held her there.

His breath hitched. His fingers dug in. His jaw clenched. He didn't say a word.

I knew.

He was coming inside her. Deep, locked in. My wife.

She trembled again, her head falling back, mouth open, hips still twitching against his.

And I just sat there. Watching her body take everything.

She stayed on him for a moment longer, unmoving, catching her breath. Her thighs quivered. Her hands had no grip anymore. Caleb's arms were still around her waist, loose now, resting. He waited.

Then she lifted herself.

Slow. Controlled. Like pulling free from something more than flesh. His cock slid out of her inch by inch, still thick, still wet, shining with what they'd done. The sound was quiet but real. A wet slide. And then the release.

It started as a string. White, slow, pulling from inside her. Then a drop. Then two. Then a slow, steady fall that landed across Caleb's groin, then his cock, his thigh, his belly. Some of it stretched, clung, then broke apart in strands. Thick. Alive.

Emily didn't look down. Her breath stuttered. She was shaking. Her thighs glossy. Her cunt wide open, twitching once as more came.

Caleb didn't move. Didn't wipe anything away. He let it sit there, soaking into him. His eyes half-closed, chest rising and falling like he hadn't come back yet.

And I just stared. At her. At him. At what was leaking from her onto him like it belonged nowhere else.

My wife. Standing above him, open, emptied. Still flushed from what he'd put in her.

And I was still hard.

Caleb didn't speak. He just looked at her.

Not her face, her eyes, for a moment, then lower. Down her body. Down to the mess between her legs. And then, slower still, to himself.

His cock, streaked with what was left of them both. His thighs glistening. A drop sliding toward his hipbone.

He didn't move. He didn't need to.

Emily saw it. All of it. She followed his gaze, then stayed there, frozen for a breath, two.

Then she moved. Quietly. Shifted her weight, slid closer on her knees.

And I knew exactly what she was going to do.

She moved between his legs without a word. Her knees touched the sheets, one after the other, slow and deliberate. She bent forward, her hair falling in front of her face. She pushed it back behind her ears with both hands.

Then she started to lick.

Not his cock, not yet. She began lower. A slow trail of her tongue along the inside of his thigh, where the come had run. She followed it upward, cleaning, collecting, her breath shallow. Her face was calm. Not eager. Not ashamed. Just there.

She licked his stomach. The lines of it. The base of his shaft. Then finally, she took him into her mouth. Gently. Slowly. Not to arouse. Just to clean.

Caleb let her. He didn't move. His hands stayed at his sides.

I sat there and watched. Every inch of it. Her lips stretched around what had just been inside her. Her tongue circling the tip. My heart hammered in my chest. My hands clenched.

I was hard again.

Chapter 4

She didn't say anything.

Just turned. Slowly. Her knees shifted on the bed, her shoulders still low, her skin flushed. Her mouth was red. Her thighs gleamed. She moved toward me like it was the most natural thing in the world.

I didn't speak either. I just watched.

She settled between my legs, folded herself down until her face was level with mine. Her hair brushed my stomach. Her hands rested on my thighs, light, patient. She looked at me.

There was no apology in her eyes. No guilt. Just that same calm, open softness I knew. And something else I couldn't name.

She was mine. But she'd also been his. Fully. That hadn't gone away.

She lowered herself without a word. Her hair brushed my thighs. Then her mouth found me.

Warm. Slow. Careful.

She wrapped her lips around the head and sank down, steady, unhurried. Her hand found the base, her thumb pressed lightly along the underside. She moved with purpose. Not teasing. Not hesitant.

And still, I felt it.

Not her guilt -- there was none.

Just the way she took me. Looser. Softer. Like her body had opened for someone else, and stayed that way.

It stirred something sharp in me. Not quite shame. Not quite hunger.

A line I couldn't place.

I didn't stop her.

She stayed with it. Didn't rush. Didn't look up.

Her mouth moved slow, precise, almost careful -- as if this wasn't about sex at all. As if she was telling me something with each breath, each stroke of her tongue.

And I heard it. I felt it.

Not in words. But in the way she lingered, the way her lips softened around me, the way she adjusted her pace just enough to make it feel like I was the only thing in the room.

She was showing me. That I still mattered. That I wasn't second, not now.

I clenched my fists in the sheets.

I wanted to believe her.

But nothing, in the way she moved, gave her back to me completely.

She let me go with a breath. Slow, warm. Her hand stayed wrapped around me a moment longer, then slid down.

She looked up.

Her eyes were calm. Soft. Her mouth swollen, her cheeks flushed. She looked like someone who had just given everything -- and still had more.

"I want to feel you," she said. Quiet. Certain.

Then she turned. Laid herself down beside me. One leg bent. Her arms open. Waiting.

She didn't look at Caleb.

I did.

Only for a second.

Then I moved toward her.

Hard, unsure, burning.

I moved between her legs.

She was open, waiting, warm in a way that stopped me for a second. I pressed against her, my hand guiding myself to her entrance. She didn't speak. Just breathed. Eyes on mine.

I pushed in.

She was wet. Too wet. Loose. Not empty. My cock slid into the heat of her, into the shape someone else had left behind. And I felt it -- not just in her body, but in my own.

My breath caught. I gripped her hips, unsure if I was claiming her or just borrowing what wasn't mine anymore.

Then I leaned down and kissed her. Without thinking.

Her mouth opened for me. And there it was -- the taste. Not only hers. Salty, faint, unmistakable. Him. Still on her tongue. Still in her throat.

I should have pulled away.

I didn't.

I kissed her deeper. My hips moved, slow, steady. Her arms wrapped around my back. She moaned into my mouth like I was the only one she wanted.

And maybe I was.

But the ghost of him was still there, between us. And I kissed through it.

I kept moving. Deeper. Slower. Then harder. My body stopped resisting whatever this was. I wasn't reclaiming her. I wasn't healing anything. I was just inside her, and she was letting me in, and that was enough. I felt the way she opened around me, too easy, too ready. And I let it happen. I stopped pretending it was just us.

I looked down once, caught the way her wetness clung to me -- thick, cloudy, not only hers. It should have broken me. But it didn't. It made something raw rise in my chest. Like need, or maybe surrender. I pushed back in, not to erase him, but to feel what he left behind. I buried myself deeper, let it smear between us, let her take all of it.

She gasped, grabbed at my arms, her breath short and broken. I didn't know what she was feeling. Whether it was him still, or me now. Or both. But I felt it in the way she held me. And I didn't stop. I didn't want to. I was fucking her like I wanted to disappear inside her completely. And maybe I already had.

I was close. I felt it rising, somewhere low and hot and fast, but something in me resisted. I didn't want to come. Not like this. Not now. Not when she was still tasting him.

She pulled her mouth from Caleb slowly, turned her face to me, lips wet and open, and climbed higher on my lap. Her eyes locked on mine, calm and wanting.

"Come inside," she whispered. "Let go."

It wasn't a question. It wasn't a plea. It was a choice. She was choosing me now, even with his taste still on her lips, even with his cock still near her cheek.

I thrust once, deep, then again, and felt it happen. It hit hard, like something breaking loose. I came in her with a sound I didn't recognize as mine, and she held me there, arms tight around my back, forehead resting against mine.

She breathed in slowly. Her hips moved once, just to feel it all, and she whispered again -- not to me this time, but into the air between us. Something soft. Something final.

The light came in cold and sharp. Not much of it. Just enough to cut the edge of the room. I was awake before I knew it, stiff in my back, jaw tight. Emily was still against me, bare legs tangled under the blanket. Her hair smelled like smoke and something else. I didn't move.

There were sounds from the other room. Quiet ones. A pan, the metal hinge of the stove, boots on old wood. Caleb. Always doing the right thing, quiet and early.

We didn't say much. We dressed slow, layer by layer, the cold biting at our skin before the sleeves covered us. Emily looked at me once. No words, just that. That was enough.

He was waiting by the snowmachine, helmet already on, goggles down. He handed us gloves, pointed behind him. "We'll go through the woods," he said. "Lake's still not safe."

Emily climbed on first. I followed. The engine kicked once and held.

The ride was long and not. Wind in our eyes, trees rushing past. My knees against the seat, the weight of her pressed to the man in front. No one spoke.

Then the roof of our own place came into view -- dull gray against the white.

He stopped a few yards out. Engine still idling. We got off. She looked at him, I didn't. He said, "Take care of each other."

And he was gone.

We dropped our things by the door. Didn't take off our jackets. Just stood there, like strangers in a place we used to own.

Emily sat near the window. I stayed on my feet.

"I don't know what to do with what I saw," I said.

She didn't answer.

"You gave yourself to him. And you loved it. You were filthy. Open. A slut."

A long silence. She didn't move. But she didn't look away either.

"And the worst part is... I loved it too. I loved watching you like that. I hated you for it. And I still want you."

She blinked. Just once.

I stepped closer. My hands shook.

"I love my slut," I said. Quiet. Like it hurt to admit it.

Then I unzipped my jeans. Slowly.

I didn't touch her. I didn't ask.

And she didn't say no.