Crabcakes & Cheesecake
By Gwen (aka Southbaydog)
Category: Adult
Word Count: 500

The woman sitting at the bar in the Cheesecake Factory attacked her plate of crabcakes greedily, "Mmmm," she sighed. "Just what I needed," she said to Caitlin the bartender. "These are *so* good."

"I'm glad you're enjoying them," Caitlin replied. "They're one of my favorites too." It wasn't too busy yet - so Caitlin had time to chat; there was only one other customer eating at the bar several seats away. He kept to himself but surreptitiously listened intently to their conversation.

"Today is all about comfort food..." Sandra explained in between mouthfuls of tender crab. "You see, I'm going through 'withdrawal' - my sweetheart is away - I haven't seen him in over a week, and I don't know when I'm going to get to see him again. He's so busy these days!"

"Ah, that's rough," Caitlin commiserated. "At times like this, you definitely need comfort foods...And cheesecake always hits the spot even though I'm surrounded by it all the time." Caitlin gestured broadly around the room.

"Which are your favorites?" Sandra asked.

"Well, up until now, the 'lemon-raspberry' has been my favorite, but I noticed you looking at the 'Tres Leches' - it's awesome. You might want to try that or the 'white chocolate peanut butter mousse cheesecake.'"

"Oh, I'm definitely getting something - that's why I came here today - It's funny... those were the exact flavors I was thinking about, but it's so hard to make a decision! Maybe I'll order something for here and something else to take home."

The man smiled to himself; the scene was playing out just like Danny had anticipated. He couldn't wait to make his move. The woman at the bar was dressed in tight khaki shorts that showed off her posterior to advantage, but her hair and hung limply needed washing, and she hadn't bothered to put on any makeup. Just wait until Danny heard how unkempt she looked!

His cock hardened as he imagined her fine, round rump getting fatter with each bite and the spanking that Danny planned for that juicy bottom. The crabcakes had vanished in record speed. It was time to make his move.

He signaled to Caitlin, who responded immediately. He said, "I couldn't help but overhear.... It sounds like your customer is having a bad day. Would you tell her that I'd be most pleased if she would let me buy her a slice of cheesecake?"

"Why thank you, that's really sweet of you!" Sandra turned to him with a smile as Caitlin relayed his message. The cheesecake came with a huge dollop of fresh whipped cream and strawberries, and she dove in with relish. The man slid over next to her and whispered in her ear, "Danny wanted me to give you a message, Lisa.... He's going to whip your ass for pigging out like this!"

Sandra gasped in shock. She didn't know anyone named Danny. Further down the bar, another woman ordered from the bartender, "I'll like an order of crabcakes and which cheesecake do you recommend?"

The idea of women gorging themselves on comfort foods when in fact they really need a good spanking does have its appeal to me and I can quite easily see the logic <g>

The list of options did sound very mouthwatering and maybe I got so hooked on those that I got confused with the plot which became clear at the very end.  For a long time I thought the man WAS Danny, partly because there was no clear indication of the link and why this guy was in the bar. A Private Eye perhaps?  But then his sexual reactions appeared to be those of someone who would be involved.

Anyway its a nice premise but, I felt, was allowed to become a mite confusing.

I'm not sure if I've figured out who Danny is, but I like the idea of there being a Danny ready to spank any naughty woman who needs guidance and assistance.  I liked the way Lisa's bottom was described.  It was sensual.  A nice little slice of life story based on a slice of cheesecake.

So typical of a man, jumping to conclusions with no proof!  Men have no idea how many women do the exact same thing when they're feeling deprived sexually.  Men tend to resort to drinking, so they hang out at bars, not restaurants.  Cute story!

Reading this story made me wonder if connecting spanking with food, much as the connection has been made between food and sex, could explain the sensuality of spanking to outsiders.  This story doesn't have much in the way of narrative, but that's really not the point.  What it has is wonderfully lush and decadent description.

A rich and wonderful treat.  Calorie, if not guilt, free.

A very interesting structure, which I think works very well. It might have been easier to construct the narrative so that the misunderstanding was placed at the beginning, and led to something more involved within the story. But placing the misunderstanding at the end allows the majority of the story to play out as a bit of a mystery - there doesn't seem to be anything remotely kinky on the horizon. We're left wondering how things are going to resolve, without any hints in any direction. It's just left hanging, and that's to the writer's credit. Unusual, original, and a compelling read.