Warren lived alone with his mother, who was ever pressing him to "find a nice girl" and get married, but who managed at the same time to put every emotional obstacle possible in the way of that happening. Not that Warren wanted to marry. He was wary of women, and reluctantly admitted to himself that when he masturbated, which was often, he thought about boys and men that he knew.
Warren was 38, worked at a large accounting firm, and attended church and Sunday school regularly. There he became aware of a woman of about his age who worked in his office as a secretary, and in time they began to attend church dances together. Enid also lived at home with her mother. As time passed it didn't seem that it would lead anywhere, but then in the course of two months, both of their mothers died, one from a heart attack, the other in a traffic accident. Six months later, not knowing what else to do, they were married in a small ceremony. Apart from the minister, the only others present were a couple they had come to know, who served as best man and maid of honor. Dan owned and operated a small stationery store and Paula, like Enid, worked as a secretary in the accounting firm.
Warren and Enid went off for a week-long honeymoon at a vacation hotel, neither with any experience of sex with another. It wasn't until they had returned to his house, where they decided to make their own home, that Warren was able to maintain an erection long enough to penetrate Enid. He came to orgasm, but thought it unpleasant that way, and he found the odor of her vaginal secretions on his penis even more unpleasant. For Enid, sex was something to bear. Once he hinted that he would like her to take his cock into her mouth, but she recoiled at the thought.
For the next few months, out of a sense of mutual obligation, they had sex once a week. Warren would fake orgasm, then as soon as possible retreat to the bathroom where he would wash all evidence of her off his penis, and would masturbate.
It was about this time that Warren discovered a website that sold videos. He started with some straight porno videos, but when he realized he was focusing exclusively on the penises, he switched to all-male and solo male shows. He kept his collection locked in a wall safe in his study at home.
After about six months of marriage, Warren and Enid were invited by Paula and Dan to spend a weekend at their country place. Warren disliked Paula, whom he judged to be a malicious gossip, and so he declined, saying he had too much work to do. So, Enid went off by herself, promising to be home by late Sunday afternoon. For Warren, her absence provided him with the privacy he needed to have his own film festival of gay videos. He spend all day Saturday running through his collection, hardly pausing to eat, and then on Sunday morning he skipped church and replayed his favorites. He didn't hear Enid arrive just before noon, and when she walked in he was nude on the family room floor, watching a steamy gay film and masturbating. He reached orgasm just as she came into sight.
Enid had always understood that by marrying Warren, she was assuming clear title to his penis, and could exercise absolute control over how and when it was used. She became hysterical and fled from the house. She did not return and she was absent from work for the following week. In the second week he received notice that Enid had filed for divorce. He also began to feel uneasily that the men at work seemed to glance at him with smirks, and the women were icy in their dealings with him.
He did not contest the divorce and the decree was soon granted and became final in record time.
One evening Warren received a telephone call from Dan. He said he was terribly sorry to hear about the divorce and said he'd like to get together with Warren for dinner. They agreed to meet at a mutually convenient restaurant one day the following week.
At dinner, Dan again expressed his regret at what had happened, and mentioned that his wife, Paula. "was really carrying the mail" on this, spreading talk throughout the office that Enid had discovered that Warren was gay. Warren flushed and shook his head uncomfortably.
"They claim that Paula found you watching a gay male film. Just a lot of nasty gossip."
"Well," said Warren, "in truth that was just what I was doing."
"You mean you really are gay?"
"Damn it," Warren said, "I was just watching a movie."
Dan reflected a bit and they said no more about it at dinner. After dinner Warren invited Dan over to his house for a nightcap, and Dan, brightening up, said "I'll come but only if you agree to show me the movie you were watching."
Warren smiled wanly.
When they arrived at his house, Warren poured out some cognac and turned on the gas log fireplace in the family room.
"You know, I wasn't kidding," Dan said as they settled down. "I'd really like to see that video."
Warren sighed and went to his study and retrieved it. He popped it into the DVD player for the first time since the incident with Enid. Dan watched attentively, and he began to knead his crotch slowly as the action progressed. Warren felt desire sweep over himself as he never had before. He had a wild fantasy of kneeling before Dan and taking his cock in his mouth.
When the movie ended they sat in silence for several minutes. Then Dan said, "Warren, I'd really like you to come to my country place this weekend. Paula will be out of state visiting her aunt, and I think a quiet time up country would do us both a lot of good."
Warren agreed readily.
"Oh, and Warren," Dan said almost as an afterthought, "bring your videos."