Paddington Station

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I stood staring. I couldn't help myself. Regardless of the thousands of people milling around me on the main concourse of Paddington station, I couldn't keep my eyes off him. London's busy denizens strode purposefully between him and me, the subdued colours of their coats fluttering past like leaves from an autumn tree.

He was sitting by a newsagents booth. Sitting patiently and watching the crowd swirl about the platforms. His interest was shifting constantly, watching a quartet of Italian girls go by, chattering to each other and laughing. Then it was onto a man in a grey suit with briefcase and folded copy of the Telegraph. He regarded each with a brief glance from his brown eyes.

It was his eyes that kept me magically rooted to the polished floor. My heart was pounding, my breath quick and short. I knew I was in love.

The spell was broken as he rose to his feet, an obedient response to a tug on the brown leather leash that encircled his furry throat. I allowed my gaze to travel over him as he trotted at the heel of his mistress. His muzzle was long but broad, fading from tan to black at the nose. A strong jaw, black ears, large and triangular, held erect. Long legs, with creamy fur on the inner surfaces, drawing the eyes up to the flat belly and beyond. Surely this must be the most handsome German Shepherd in the world, I thought happily to myself.

I followed. The woman led the big dog to a seat and watched the arrivals board for her train. Then she took a book from her bag and settled down to wait. She was an ordinary-looking woman in her mid-forties. Judging from her clothes and manner, she was not poor, but not rich either. Probably a supervisor at a large London bookstore, or something similiar.

The dog sat at her feet, studying the crowd again. I kept a distance, leaning against a timetable board and allowing the sight of him to hold me enraptured. Deciding that the tiled floor was perhaps a little to cold to sit on, the dog stood. My heart skipped and I stood transfixed. It was the simplest of things; he had stood up, making his heavy sheath sway enticingly between his legs. It was a simple movement, but one that sparked a sudden, hot lust in me. I wanted him, wanted to feel him close, give him pleasure and satisfy him. I wanted to stroke his chest, run my fingertips through the soft fur of his belly. Most of all I wanted to caress that sheath, feel the softness of the creamy fur concealing the hardness within.

The arrivals board clicked and whirred into life. Numbers and letters flicked over and there was my train. It was time to go, to leave this beautiful dog. I would never see him again, I felt sure of it, and my heart did a slow, painful backflip. I walked slowly to the platform, looking back often. Standing with one foot in the train doorway, I took one last lingering look. He was sitting again, watching the river of humanity stream past his calm brown eyes.

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