Off to work

He had left Chloe to sleep as he headed off to work to get there early and continue making a good impression. He felt he’d been there long enough that he shouldn’t need to but he just didn’t dare stop and ease off a bit.

He got in, put on a pot of coffee and got on with answering some emails when Garry walked in. Sean was not a big fan of Garry but he was his line manager. Garry hadn’t interviewed Sean as that had been done by the head of department and HR. If he had then Sean might not have accepted the position if he would have even have got it. Sean wasn’t the sort of guy Garry would have chosen to work with so he doubted he would have even got the job had Garry done the interview. Sean hoped that either he or Garry would get promoted so he wouldn’t have to deal with him anymore.

“Morning cupcake,” said Garry loudly across the office.

Garry often called him by stupid pet names. Nothing actually offensive as then he could complain to HR but just belittling enough to wind him up. “Morning Garry, there's fresh coffee in the kitchen”

“Good work kiddo. You’ll make someone a lovely wife one day,” said Garry disappearing into the kitchen area.

Garry was liaison between departments which thankfully meant he spent a lot of time out of the office. Sean desperately hoped that he would be gone today. He tried to get on with the emails when Garry appeared over his shoulder “Wasn’t that dealt with yesterday?” he said sternly.

Sean knew he was just trying to find fault. Thankfully he was conscientious enough that Garry never could pick him up on anything “Absolutely. I finished this before the weekend. The supplier is just trying to get us to buy other things from them. I’ve told them we’ll consider it next time we put out an order for those things.”

Garry harrumphed and wandered off to his own desk saying “Don’t waste too much time chatting, just tell them thanks and no and get on with something more useful.”

Sean sighed, not everyone in the department was an arsehole but too many of them pandered to Garry as it made their lives easier. Sean just couldn't bring himself to kiss his arse. It made work tense though. He didn’t have any personal connections with anyone at work. They didn’t even know he was married, most of them assumed he was single. Maybe he should get a new job too. He just felt that he’d already put in so much effort it would be hard to start over.

The day went on and Gerry mercifully was out of the office. Things came through for him to deal with but everything was going smoothly and his mind began to wander. His thoughts drifted back to the previous evening. To the image of his wife’s leg being subtly stroked by Magnus’s thumb. He couldn't believe how envious he had been of Magnus. He could touch his wife's leg any time he wanted but for some reason, that fact that he couldn’t at that particular moment had made her legs the most desirable thing he’d ever seen.

It was time for lunch. He sighed and stretched. Why did she come to bed that late? The film can’t have been that long. He worried about this all the way through his lunch. He didn’t want to ask her again as she might get annoyed with him. If only there was a way I could see what went on he thought then slapped himself on the forehead. He fished out his phone and started tapping away at his web browser.

He had security cameras in the house that he had built himself from single-board computers. He actually had a couple covering the living area and kitchen in case of a break-in. The footage was stored in the cloud and was recorded over after a while. He just had to pull up the relevant log that should have been active because there was movement in the room. Sure enough, he found the recording from last night with the two of them getting home from work and cooking. He scrubbed through it and got to the point where they were all watching the film. The picture was not great as the light was low and it wasn’t very high resolution. It was also very jerky as he had it set to only a frame per second. Plenty for security but frustrating for spying on his wife. That thought made him feel a little guilty. He almost turned it off at that point but he saw himself get up to leave and his curiosity won over.

For a while, absolutely nothing happened. After a while Chloe got up to get them both a drink. When she got back and came to sit down he held his arm out for him to put around her. Sean could tell she hesitated but didn’t turn him down and they watched more of the film with her leaning up against him. Sean was relieved. While it was cuddly, it wasn’t beyond the sort of thing close friends might do. Still, the film wasn’t over yet.

The film must have reached its climax as they were both looking more invested and Chloe was beginning to get jumpy in her seat as she did when watching exciting things. The film ended and Chloe sat back angled towards Magnus clearly getting animated about the film. Then the tone changed.

They seemed to be discussing things more seriously now. Chloe looked a bit fidgety then she tucked her hair behind her ear. Magnus changed his position on the sofa so they were now facing each other. Chloe leaned forwards and kissed him on the lips. It was difficult to say what sort of kiss it was but it was brief only lasting a single frame. She looked nervous and giggly. It was kind of like watching a young teen having their first romantic kiss but it had Sean enthralled nonetheless.

Not much further into the video, she tried again. This kiss lasted several frames and Magnus put his hand on her upper arm. After it ended Sean assumed Magnus must have said something rude as Chloe punched him on the arm and he was laughing.

They talked for quite a while then Magnus got up to go. Chloe saw him to the door and there was a pause, he took her shoulders again and they kissed. This also lasted several frames. Sean wished he could see Chloe’s reaction but the resolution wasn’t good enough. Magnus left and Chloe seemed to potter for a bit before she came off-camera and presumably to bed.

Sean’s heart was beating hard. He closed the browser and looked at his gallery. He had screen grabbed several pictures which he looked at again. He couldn’t quite translate his own feelings but he knew one thing, he would need to distract himself so his erection would go down.