"You might've kicked our asses, but we scored first," he pants. He's grinning, companionable but a little too smug. "You broke first. Still get to be brag about that."
I study him for a moment. His wife will complain about the grass stains on his shirt and shorts, how hard they are for her to get out, and nobody is as invested in some stupid backyard barbecue bullshit game as he is. Needlessly competitive about everything he does, even if it's in a friendly way. Even if it's a stupid competition that could ruin his marriage, this white-picket-fence farce he's got going on.
So I think about him on his knees in the dark, panting, hands gripping my thighs, face pressed against my crotch as the only thing he can manage to say is, "please, please, please." Weeks of antagonism that wasn't ever supposed to go anywhere, a game that he made up, a game that only he could lose because I'm not stupid enough to get trapped in a boring marriage. Higher stakes, and he still broke first.
"Yeah," I say slowly, and something about my smile makes him look away. He glances at his wife, across the yard commiserating with the other housewives. Perfect hostess, excellent cook, desperate to have his babies as soon as she can. Probably thinking about how soon they get to try again once the party's over, from the little slip of lace I see when the wind blows her dress the right way or she leans forward a little too far. Now that I've seen what he's working with, I'm not sure I really blame her.
"I guess we both have something to brag about."