Sexuality in Ancient Rome (closed)

[MidnightWalk]

Robert looked up as Elizabeth entered. He noted the tiny miniskirt showing off her long legs and the body hugging top that clearly outlined her breasts and the bra holding them. Even her hair was neatly pushed behind her shoulders, accenting her bosom. His mind flashed again to her gracing one of those ancient illustrations. Smiling, he gestured to one of the chairs facing his desk. "Please, have a seat."

Laying the book down, still open, he kept his feet up on the desk, as it was more comfortable. "Oh, it's been a long day, but just like you students have them, so do we faculty. Comes with the territory. Enough coffee" he tapped his mug "makes anything possible. And I'm looking forward to this project. Not to swell your head or anything, but it's no secret you're the top student in my class, and I anticipate you doing a bang-up job on this thesis."

He smiled conspiratorially. "I shouldn't say it, but some of your classmates couldn't write their way out of a wet paper bag. They're going to have to rely on their looks forever. They don't combine looks and brains like you do. So...what'd'ya have for me?"

 

[VixenEV]

Liz smiled at the compliments, feeling a rush of pride. At least he didn't think she was a complete ninny.

She sat down, not crossing her legs. She couldn't in the skirt she was wearing. Well, at least not without giving him a show, which would be very inappropriate.

"Honestly, sir, I'm a little stuck. Starting to wonder if I've bitten off more than I can chew."

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert picked up his coffee cup, sipping. "Last week you seemed so focused. Tell me what the problem is. Where have things slid awry?" He looked at her soberly, keeping his eyes on hers, and not her expansive bosom. "What's caused you to lose focus? I'm here to advise you. Tell me what the trouble is and I should be able to get you back on track."

 

[VixenEV]

Liz shifted, uncomfortably.

"I'm going to assume I can be frank with you. We're both adults.

The research is...having effects I hadn't considered. Longings. I'm starting to worry about myself a bit.

Thinking maybe I should choose a...less stimulating...subject."

 

[MidnightWalk]

"Well, if we're going to be frank and adults...what sorts of longings are you having? Perhaps if we can talk it out, things might return to normal. I'd hate for you to waste the two weeks you've put into this thesis, which I'll grant isn't a huge amount of time, but then there's the time involved in coming up with something else."

Robert studied her expressions carefully. "Plus, you really seemed into this for the last two weeks. I'd hate for you to lose that passion. You may not be able to rekindle it for another topic. You're a smart woman and I want to harness that intelligence to something that you're passionate about."

Laying his hand flat on the desk, he regarded her. "So, tell me what the trouble is and I'll see what I can do to advise you. Openly and honestly. Ok?" He smiled at Elizabeth.

 

[VixenEV]

She took a deep breath. It was difficult to hold his gaze, but she managed it. If age were to be entirely open and honest--well, sir, I can't stop thinking about fucking you--he would surely blanch and throw her out.

"Um, ok. I...I think I told you about my boyfriend?"

She waited for his slight nod.

"Well. His...disinterest...in me and the fact that my research is making me...um, er, aroused...fairly constantly is almost untenable. I can't concentrate."

She paused.

"I throb. All the time. I have been masturbating like crazy."

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert watched the young woman as she earnestly exposed herself, metaphorically. He wondered what kind of man wouldn't want to be with that woman at all hours of the day and night. She was obviously into sex and had a high drive. Most men her age...any age...should be all over that. He understood that himself. Still...the possibilities.... But to carefully judge her reactions.

Robert nodded. "I would suggest finding a new boyfriend, personally." He smiled. "However, I know that's not always that easy."

Sitting back in his chair, he steepled his hands in front of him, looking at Elizabeth. He sat that way for several moments, letting the silence linger.

Then, softly: "Elizabeth, I would like to give you a pair of items that are in my possession that might help. They might not, but I think they might help to refocus you."

Standing, he smiled down at her. "You might consider them inappropriate, but I don't think so, considering the honesty you've shown in sharing your troubles with me."

Walking around the desk, he moved to the other side of the office, unlocking a file cabinet there, and opening the bottom drawer. He removed two items and returned to the desk, though he sat in the chair next to Elizabeth, in front of the desk. He placed a finely crafted wooden box on the desk, and offered Elizabeth a folded cloth object. Unfolded it proved to be a stolla, the traditional dress of a Roman woman...short sleeved, it was made of a very fine linen, which in Elizabeth's hands looked to be at least partially transparent.

Robert nodded. "I know, not completely traditional...it was made with some Egyptian influences. It should fit you, the clasps at the shoulders make it a bit adjustable. It might help to put you in the proper frame of mind. This..." he patted the wooden box on the desk "...might do the same thing."

At her look, he opened the box. Nestled inside was a smooth rod of a reddish stone, banded in white. About 7 inches long and an inch and a half in diameter, one end was rounded and the other flat. Very shallow bands were engraved in the object, half an inch apart. "I know, again, not completely traditional. It was made in onyx, rather than bone or something similar. But this was modeled on one found at Capernacum. That makes it nearly a historical artifact."

Robert looked into Elizabeth's eyes. "I want you to have them...to help you focus...to help you concentrate on your study." He sat there, next to her and waited for her reaction, acceptance, outrage or something in between.

 

[VixenEV]

She was uncomfortable as he drew out the silence, wondering if she'd said too much. An idea that was certainly turned on its head when he sat down next to her, bearing gifts.

It was an effort to not change her expression, especially with him so close. She was instantly wet. He smelled intoxicating, a cologne she did not recognize and his own unique scent. She ran her fingers over the stolla.

"It's beautiful...I couldn't possibly take this, Dr. Miller."

She looked at the rod, flushing deeply.

"Is that...what it looks like?"

 

[MidnightWalk]

"I want you to have them both, Elizabeth. I think they'll help you focus on what you're doing and give you some of the...release you need."

Robert smiled at her. "Yes, that is a reproduction of an ancient Roman dildo." He held up his hand. "Unused. Completely virgin, as it were. If you don't like it, I understand. But I hope you will take it...and the stolla and make good use of them. Hopefully they can at least get you in the right frame of mind. And I suspect you'll look quite fetching in the stolla."

Robert leaned back in the comfortable chair next to her, looking at Elizabeth. It must have some effect, he mused. Those nipples weren't poking through a moment ago. "I can't think of anyone more appropriate they should go to."

 

[VixenEV]

She bit her lip and unconsciously leaned closer to him. A small patch of hair peeked out of his collar. She was seized with an urge to bury her face in his chest.

"Thank you, sir. You're really too kind."

It was quiet in the building, it seemed the only sound was their breath.

"I'm sure I can get inspiration from them..."

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert considered, then suggested. "If you wanted, you could try the stolla now. Might offer you some motivation and inspiration for our discussion about your thesis." He spread his hands. "That's up to you, of course. I could wait outside while you changed."

He looked at her appraisingly.

 

[VixenEV]

A thrill ran through her. Of course she did, but it wouldn't do to let him know how much the suggestion was titillating her.

"That sounds fun...nice to know if it fits and if I'm wearing it right before I walk out of here.

Um...one question. Would a woman wear undergarments with this?"

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert considered the true answer - a sort of under-tunic. But then he said, "Well, generally nothing, the more upper class you were. It was considered the height of fashion."

He got up, and walked to his office door, hand on the knob. "Shall I step outside? Give you some privacy?"

 

[VixenEV]

"I'd appreciate that."

She watched as he shut the door, then took off her clothes. It was not cold, but her nipples had been hard for some time. Again. She unsnapped her bra, then slipped out of her panties. For a moment, she relished the feeling of being completely naked in his office.

Liz wrapped the stolla around herself, unreasonably turned on. The garment was a little more lush than historically accurate. But it felt divine.

And it was pretty much see-through from the right angle.

"Dr. Miller!" She called. "All done."

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert heard Elizabeth call, stepped back into the office. As he saw her standing there, in the very thin stolla, he flipped the lock on the door. Stepping closer, the took a better look at her. Even though they were warm fluorescents, they were still fluorescents, so not the most flattering of lights. Still.... He could see right away that she'd fastened the clasps at the shoulders correctly, holding the garment in place. He could also see that it was a bit tighter through the chest than he anticipated. Robert could see they way Elizabeth's ample breasts hung naturally on her chest, emphasized by the stolla pressing in on them, nipples poking through quite obviously, areolae showing through just as prominently. That caused an immediate reaction in his own groin.

Elizabeth was a lovely woman and the thin linen more than emphasized that. Her long, thick hair hung down her back, leaving the front of the stolla open to his inspection, for which he was quite grateful. Nodding his approval, he smiled. "Looks very nice on you. Adding the two belts to emphasize your chest and waist would be rather redundant, I think. Quite the vision of a nearly proper Roman woman, Elizabeth."

He gestured to the stone dildo still in its box. "Dressed appropriately and with the perks of your station."

 

[VixenEV]

Liz watched him come back, avidly, and she saw where his eyes moved. Heard the slight click of him locking the door. She shivered, thinking perhaps she had been wrong that this would all stay professional.

His voice caressed her, her nipples aching pinpoints under his scrutiny. She put a hand on her hip to better accentuate her stance. She knew the garment was straining against her chest, a little too small to accommodate her, and she liked it.

Then he drew her attention to the rod again. She picked it up out of its box for the first time.

"Heavier than I expected...were they used alone or with partners?"

She could feel herself getting even wetter, but she was far past the point of trying to stay sane about him.

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert cocked his head at the provocative question. She certainly seemed comfortable in that nearly transparent garment and the way she wrapped her hand around the base of the stone dildo....

"Well, naturally, like modern ones, they were designed for individual use. But that is not to say that the right partner couldn't...assist their partner in its use. But I imagine the woman would have to encourage her partner by showing that she was competent in its usage in the first place. Or so my research tells me. What does yours tell you?" He challenged her, wanting to see where she was going with this. Right now she was a student barely dressed in a transparent stolla, holding a red stone dildo. What would she be in a few minutes?

 

[VixenEV]

Liz felt braver in the stolla, especially since he had been the one to suggest it. She loved that his gaze kept roaming over her. She approached him slowly, her hips swinging, her body following their lead.

"I hadn't considered it. I've done very little research about sex toys, since they don't feature in the ancient art. Unless there's something I'm still unaware of."

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert watched her sashay closer, eyes on those magnificent breasts, pressed against her chest by the stolla.

"No, sex toys haven't changed all that much though the ages. Their form and function are pretty much consistent. Just as you recognized what that is, so an ancient Roman would likely recognize a latex dildo...if not the material, then at least it's designed function."

He paused, looking into Elizabeth's eyes. "You are familiar with their function, yes?"

 

[VixenEV]

She stopped just shy of their bodies touching. It was surely out of bounds; he would stop it soon. But then he met her eyes and asked that question.

Liz managed to keep her voice even and confident.

"Quite familiar. I have my own collection. Perhaps historians will excavate it in the far future."

A seductive little smile crept onto her face.

"Though with the rate I've been using them lately, they won't survive."

 

[MidnightWalk]

"Well then, that is an appropriate gift." He could smell her perfume, or her shampoo, or something. It was very pleasant and didn't help in reducing the swelling in his groin. This wasn't something he was supposed to be doing with a student. They were way beyond professional here. Tenure or not, a review committee would never overlook gifting an undergraduate, even a non-traditional one, with a sex toy.

"That...rod...will be almost impossible to wear out in anything less than a few hundred years. Though, you are welcome to try." His eyes darted to the leather sofa along one wall, wondering what she'd make of that look.

 

[VixenEV]

Liz could have passed off the look he shot to the couch, but the bulge in his trousers was conclusive proof. She was not alone in the attraction. Her nerves shot to complete attention.

The long stone in her hand, she turned and walked over to the couch. She did not sit, not just yet.

"Is this research, Dr. Miller? Robert?"

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert smiled slowly, watching her walk, her round hips and bottom apparent through the thin linen. "Yes, research is a good term for it. We could also call it facilitating research. You yourself said that you can't focus on your research due to becoming too stimulating. Taking care of yourself physically can only benefit your thesis, don't you think?"

He stood near the door, watching to see how she responded. It still wasn't psychology, but it was close. She could solve her own problem, but she just might be able to solve his own issues as well. Beneficial to both of them.

 

[VixenEV]

Liz laid on the couch, the leather sliding against the material of the thin stolla. She let her legs fall open ever so slightly, her eyes on him.

She gave a wry smile.

"So near the door. Planning to bolt?"

A moment of worry raced through her. Why was she so eager to perform for him? It could very well be an empty act. He was her professor, and married, and he hadn't even touched her.

Her face flushed.

 

[MidnightWalk]

Robert shook his head. "Not at all. I didn't want to crowd you. Sometimes a crowded animal, or Roman, can react...unpredictably." He added a smile to take any sting out of the comparison.

He slowly made his way to the sofa. After a moment's thought, he sat at the end nearest her feet, watching her recline in the thin linen, waiting for her to raise it and...do whatever she intended. He needed to see what she would do.