The Late Checkout
Blackout drapes, no alarm, and a morning that turns into noon.
Everyone who has asked for a late checkout knows why. This scene starts the night before and is really about the morning: drapes shut, no alarm, nowhere to be.
The evening
After Midnight: Bolder. Suggestive, never explicit.
Morning, in the dark, with nowhere to be. Start spooning and see where it goes, slow and sleepy, then stay tangled up until noon.
Pick a pause word you'd never say by accident. Either of you can use it, or simply say stop, at any point and for any reason. Check in along the way, and treat a not yet as a perfectly good answer.
The setting
Bedside lamps on warm bulbs, the overhead off, and one candle on the tray.
The kind of piano you'd hear in a hotel bar at midnight, turned almost off.
Clean and quiet, like a room that was turned down for you.
Cool, tight sheets, a heavy throw at the foot, and something soft to put on.
Positions it suits
From the position guide: frank, practical and comfort-aware, with the furniture that makes each one easier.
Both on your sides, one behind the other. Lazy in the best way.
Both on your sides, one behind the other, with pillows doing the supporting.
From behind, but the front partner lies down over a pile of pillows instead of holding a pose.
The receiving partner lies back with knees bent and feet pressed against the kneeling partner's chest. Snug, deep and very face to face.
Set it up
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