The sauna negotiation: Who’s taking it?

Two men share a near-empty sauna. A casual conversation turns charged. A simple question decides who tops and who bottoms before the towels come off.

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This is a work of fantasy. All characters are adults and have fully consented to the depicted roleplay scenario. In real life, always practise safe sex and enthusiastic consent.

Content Warnings: Explicit male/male sex, oral sex, anal sex, bareback, creampie, dirty talk, public/semi-public setting (sauna)


The steam hung thick in the sauna, a low veil that softened every edge and turned the tiled walls into something faintly remembered. Heat pressed in from all sides, heavy enough that breathing took a fraction more effort than usual, the air dense and mineral-scented from the stones. Two men sat on opposite benches, towels wrapped low around their hips, skin already gleaming with a sheen the steam refused to let dry.

Tom had entered a few minutes earlier. Dark hair clinging damply at the temples, he settled with his back against the warm wood, legs stretched out, and let the heat work into his shoulders, the pressure of it easing the last of the day’s tension. Ben arrived shortly after, closing the door with a light click that barely registered against the low hum of the facility beyond. The way he moved carried a spare economy, as if he already knew the layout of the room and the particular weight of the air inside it.

Their eyes met across the narrow space.

It was not a glance. It held for a full second longer than politeness required, then another, the steam drifting between them and carrying the warmer, closer smell of warm sweat. Droplets tracked slowly down Tom’s chest, following the shallow line of muscle, catching for a moment on a nipple before continuing. Ben’s gaze followed one of those paths without meaning to, the pull of it registering in the low heat under his own skin, then returned to Tom’s face and stayed there.

He shifted on the bench, the towel tightening a fraction across his thighs as he adjusted. The movement brought him a short way closer to the centre of the room - not deliberate enough to register as approach, only the sort of small rearrangement the heat demanded. Tom felt the narrowing of the space and answered it without thought, the interest already settling in his chest like another layer of warmth.

“Hot in here,” Tom said, his voice sitting low in the steam and carrying without effort. “Always hits harder once you’ve been sitting a few minutes.”

“Always is,” the reply came readily, no strain in it. “Slack hour, though. Nice change from the usual crowd breathing down your neck.”

“Yeah. Place feels nearly empty. Afternoon’s better for that.”

A small nod. Ben rested his hands on his thighs, fingers loose. One knee angled outward. Tom’s own knee answered without thought, the space between them narrowing by the width of a palm. When Ben leaned forward to rest his forearms on his legs, their knees brushed. The contact lasted less than a heartbeat - damp skin, a brief press of bone and muscle, the heat of it sharp and immediate - then both eased back a fraction. Neither mentioned it, but Tom registered the residual warmth against his own skin and the small decision not to pull further away.

Steam thickened. Condensation ran in slow rivulets down the glass of the door. Outside, the corridor stayed silent. Inside, the only sounds were the occasional low pop of the stones and the low shift of towels against wood.

“You come here often?” Tom asked after a stretch of silence that had begun to feel companionable rather than empty.

“Now and then. When the schedule lines up and I can actually get a seat without someone already claiming the best spot.” Ben’s mouth curved at one corner. “You?”

“Same. Afternoon’s better. Fewer people means you can actually sit without someone breathing down your neck, and the heat has time to do its work.”

The words landed with more intimacy than the content warranted. Both of them seemed to notice. Tom’s gaze dropped again, tracing the line of Ben’s shoulders where droplets gathered and slid, the weight of that slow movement holding his attention. Ben let him look. He did not straighten or turn away. Instead he rolled one shoulder, the movement slow, and the towel slipped a centimetre lower on his hip, the damp fabric clinging for a moment before settling.

Heat settled deeper into the room. Skin flushed darker along collarbones and the tops of thighs. Tom reached up and wiped a bead of moisture from his own forehead with the back of his wrist. The gesture left a faint sheen across the dark hair of his forearm. When he lowered the arm again, his hand settled closer to the outer edge of his thigh. Ben’s eyes tracked the motion for a moment, registering the casual placement and the low invitation in it, before returning to Tom’s face.

A shared joke about the facility’s ancient plumbing - something about the pipes complaining louder than the patrons - drew a short, genuine laugh from both. The sound sat low and private in the steam. After it faded, the silence that followed felt different. Charged. Neither rushed to fill it.

Ben’s gaze lingered lower this time. Not on the towel itself, but on the way the fabric clung damply where it crossed the line of Tom’s hip. A droplet traced the V of muscle that disappeared beneath the edge of the cloth. He watched it until it vanished, the pull of interest sharp and specific, then looked up and found Tom watching him in return, the same low calculation visible in the set of his mouth.

No words for a long stretch. Only the low hiss of steam and the occasional shift of weight on the benches. Knees remained close enough that another small movement would bring them together again. Hands stayed on thighs, fingers occasionally flexing against the warm skin. The air between them felt denser than the rest of the room, as if the heat had chosen that particular space to gather.

Tom spoke next, voice lower than before, pitched just for the distance that still separated them.

“Feels good, though. The heat. Clears the head, leaves you sitting here without much else in the way.”

“It does,” Ben’s answer came with a slight nod. “Leaves you thinking about nothing much. Or everything. Depends on the day.”

A faint smile answered that. Tom leaned back against the wall once more, the wood pressing warm into his shoulders. His legs stretched further, one foot brushing the edge of Ben’s bench for the briefest second before settling. The contact was lighter than the earlier knee, near accidental again, yet neither pulled away at once. Tom felt the residual heat of that brief touch and let it sit, the low wanting of it already clear in his body.

Outside the sauna the facility remained still. No footsteps approached. The hour stayed empty.

Steam continued its slow drift. Droplets formed, swelled, and fell from the ceiling in irregular intervals, striking the tile with small, precise sounds. One landed on Ben’s shoulder and rolled down the curve of muscle, following the same path others had taken. Tom’s eyes followed it without apology this time, tracking the slow path across damp skin, the weight of the watching itself carrying heat. Ben noticed and let the attention rest there, unhurried, the awareness of being watched settling warm under his own skin.

Conversation resumed in fragments - comments on the weather outside, a partial observation about the way the light filtered through the steam, a mutual agreement that the slack times repaid the wait. Nothing urgent. Nothing that demanded response. Yet each exchange carried a low current underneath, the words themselves ordinary while the silences between them grew more deliberate.

Tom shifted again. This time the movement was slower, more considered. He turned slightly on the bench so that his body faced the centre of the room more fully. The towel adjusted with him, the damp fabric clinging for a moment before settling. His knee now rested only a short distance from Ben’s. The space between them had become something that could be closed with a single, casual decision. Tom felt the nearness of it and the small decision already forming.

Heat pressed closer. Both men breathed a little deeper, chests rising and falling in the thick air. Ben’s hands remained on his thighs, but the fingers of one hand had curled slightly inward, resting against the warm skin just above the knee. Tom’s gaze noted the small tension and the way it eased again a moment later, the interest in that small movement sharp and particular.

Another droplet tracked down Tom’s chest, slower than the others, as if the steam itself had thickened enough to slow its progress. It followed the line of muscle, paused at the lower edge of his ribcage, then continued. Ben watched until it disappeared beneath the towel’s edge, the path of it holding his attention with clear weight. When he looked up, Tom was already watching him, the corner of his mouth lifted in something that was not quite a smile but held the same shape.

The silence after that held longer. Neither seemed inclined to break it with another ordinary remark. The room had narrowed to the space between the two benches, the steam, and the slow awareness that had settled over both of them like another layer of heat.

Tom drew in a deeper breath, the expansion of his chest visible even through the veil of steam. He set both hands on the bench beside his hips and pushed himself upright in one smooth motion. The towel shifted as he stood, the knot at his hip holding but the fabric loosening a fraction along one thigh. He stretched - arms lifting overhead, spine lengthening, the full line of his body on display for a few seconds. Muscles shifted under the damp skin. Droplets caught the light and slid. When he lowered his arms again, he remained standing, looking down at the man still seated, the low pull of interest already settled and clear.

“Mind if I sit a little closer?” The question came in the same low tone as everything else, simple to answer either way. “Company’s better when you’re not shouting across the room, and the heat feels different when you’re not sitting alone.”

Ben looked up at him. The small, open smile that answered required no words at first. Then he gave them anyway, clear and unhurried.

“Not at all. Come on over. Plenty of room.”

Tom stepped across the short distance and settled onto the same bench, leaving only the width of a hand between them. As he sat, the towel slipped another fraction lower on his hip, the damp edge brushing the top of his thigh. Heat and possibility hung in the steam between them, thicker now, and neither man moved to reclaim the space that had just closed. Tom felt the nearness of Ben’s body and the low, solid wanting that came with it.

They sat close enough that their thighs nearly touched on the wet wood. Steam curled tighter around them, carrying the warm scent of sweat and the sharper note of cedar from the benches. Tom’s towel had slipped another fraction when he settled; Ben’s gaze noted the line of hip and the damp fabric clinging there, the weight of that small exposure registering with clear heat, before returning to Tom’s face.

Conversation shifted without effort. Remarks about the heat became observations about how the body responded to it - skin flushing, muscles loosening, the slow spread of awareness that had nothing to do with the temperature alone. Tom’s voice dropped lower still.

“You feel it too.”

Not a question. Ben answered with a short nod and a small shift that closed the last gap between their knees. Skin met skin, slick and warm. Neither pulled away. Tom felt the solid press of it and the small decision already made.

Tom’s hand left the bench and settled on Ben’s thigh, just above the knee. The touch stayed light at first, testing the give of muscle under damp skin. Fingers rested there, open, waiting. Ben looked down at the hand, then up again. His own hand covered it, pressing the contact firmer for a second before sliding higher along the thigh. The movement was deliberate. Mutual. Tom registered the answering pressure and the slow climb of heat under his own skin.

Mouths hovered closer. Breath mixed in the short space between them. Tom’s free hand rose and brushed along Ben’s forearm, tracing the path of a droplet that had already run its course. Ben leaned in a fraction. Their lips did not meet yet. The nearness alone thickened the air further, the wanting of it sharp and particular.

Outside the door the corridor stayed empty. Inside, water dripped from the ceiling in irregular intervals, each drop striking tile with a small, clear sound.

Tom’s hand moved higher still, fingers spreading across the warm muscle of the thigh, thumb brushing the edge of the towel. Ben answered by turning more fully toward him, one knee drawing up so their bodies angled together. Hands roamed - slick skin over slick skin, palms sliding across chests, fingers catching on nipples already tightened by the heat. Pressure tested strength without force: a push against a shoulder met by equal resistance, a grip on a forearm answered by a matching hold. They smiled through it, the contest light and shared, Tom feeling the give and take of it settle into something already decided.

“Who’s taking it?”

The question surfaced low, spoken against the drip of water, nearly lost in the steam. Tom asked it. Ben’s mouth curved.

“Depends how you ask. Depends how you want it.”

They pressed closer. Bodies aligned along the bench, chests meeting, the hard lines of muscle sliding against each other through the thin barrier of towels. Hands found hips, then the small of the back, then the firm curve of ass beneath damp cloth. Each man tested the other’s willingness with short, clear movements - push, resist, yield a fraction, reclaim. No real force. Only the measured play of pressure and the shared knowledge that the answer already sat between them. Tom felt the solid give of Ben’s body and the low heat of the decision forming under his own skin.

Ben’s breath caught once when Tom’s hand slipped fully under the towel and closed around the growing weight of his cock. The touch stayed exploratory at first, palm wrapping the length that had begun to fill out against the fabric, the heat and weight of it registering with clear pull. Ben answered in kind, tugging Tom’s towel free at the hip so that it fell open. Both cocks lay exposed now, heavy and only partly risen against their thighs, heads already flushed darker from the heat and the contact. Tom looked down at the solid length in his hand and the matching one against his own thigh, the pull of it sharp and immediate.

They stroked each other with the same unhurried rhythm, thumbs sliding over the tips, gathering the first thin traces of precum. Mouths hovered closer still. Tom brushed his lips along Ben’s jaw, then lower, tasting salt and steam. Ben’s hand tightened on Tom’s shaft, a short, affirming pressure that Tom answered with a slow stroke of his own.

The contest continued a little longer. Shoulders tensed and eased. One man pushed the other back against the warm wood; the other rolled them sideways until both sat upright again, breathing harder. Hands never left skin. The play stayed mutual, the small resistances theatrical and understood. Short words passed between them - “yeah,” “there,” “like that” - each one clear, Tom feeling the heat of Ben’s body and the clear certainty already settled.

Agreement settled through the touch itself. Ben’s body shifted first, deliberate and eager. He slid forward on the bench, then down, knees finding the wet tile with a muted impact. Water pooled around him at once. Steam curled around his shoulders and the back of his neck. He looked up. Tom registered the position and the open willingness in it, the wanting of it heavy and clear.

Tom rose just enough to claim the space above him. One hand settled in Ben’s damp hair, fingers threading through the wet strands without pulling. The other hand guided his own cock forward, the length now fully hard, the head already wet. He brushed the tip once across Ben’s cheek, then lower, painting a thin line of precum along the edge of his mouth. The heat of that contact and the open readiness of Ben’s face settled deep in Tom’s chest.

Ben opened for him without hesitation. Lips parted. Tom guided himself in, the head sliding over the tongue in one long, wet sound that filled the sauna. Heat closed around him. Ben’s hands rose to Tom’s thighs, holding there, thumbs pressing into the muscle as he took the first inches deeper. Both of them were fully committed now, cocks hard, breath short, the negotiation resolved for the moment in the simple, explicit act that had begun. Tom felt the wet heat and the slow give of Ben’s mouth and let the pleasure of it settle without rush.

Ben’s mouth worked with growing hunger. Lips stretched wide around Tom’s hard cock as he took him deeper on every stroke. Spit slicked the full length of the shaft and ran down over the heavy balls. The wet sounds filled the small sauna - long, sliding pulls and the low choke that came each time the head pushed past the back of the tongue. Tom kept one hand threaded through the damp hair at the back of Ben’s head, not forcing, only guiding the rhythm while his other hand rested on a broad shoulder, the heat and pressure of Ben’s mouth registering with clear weight.

“That’s it. Take it. Fuck, you look good on your knees like that, mouth stretched around my cock.”

Ben answered by sliding further down until his nose pressed into the short hair at the base. His throat worked around the thick cock. A muffled sound vibrated along the shaft. When he pulled back for air, strings of spit clung from his lower lip to the wet head. He licked a slow stripe up the underside, then opened again and sank forward without pause. Tom’s hips gave a short thrust. Ben took it, eyes watering from the steam and the depth, yet his hands stayed firm on Tom’s thighs, thumbs digging into the muscle in clear encouragement. Tom felt the tight heat and the eager pull of it and let the rhythm build.

“Deeper,” Tom said, voice rough now. “You can take more of it. Take the whole thing.”

Ben did. His throat opened on the next push. Tom’s cock slid home until the heavy balls pressed against Ben’s chin. He held there, buried, while Ben’s hands slid up to grip the firm ass and pull him closer still. Spit ran down Ben’s chin and dripped onto the wet tile between his knees. Tom eased back only far enough for Ben to breathe, then pushed in again. The rhythm built - deeper strokes, the wet slap of skin, Ben’s eager bob of the head. Filthy encouragement spilled between them in longer runs.

“Fuck that feels good. Your mouth. Keep going. Suck it, just like that, don’t stop.”

Ben pulled off with a wet pop, lips swollen, and licked the leaking head clear before taking the full length once more. Precum mixed with spit. Tom’s breath came shorter. He watched the way Ben’s lips stretched around the girth, the hollow of his cheeks, the way his own cock disappeared and reappeared shining, the heat and pull of the sight sharp and particular. The pleasure climbed fast. He decided the oral had run long enough.

He pulled Ben up by the shoulders. Ben rose without resistance, mouth still wet, his own hard cock jutting and leaking against his stomach. Tom turned him, pressed him face-first against the slick tile wall. Steam clung to both their bodies in a thick veil. Ben’s hands braced on the wet surface. Tom kicked his feet wider apart, then bent him further until his chest met the tile and his firm ass presented fully. Tom looked down at the solid curve of it and the open readiness, the wanting of it heavy in his own body.

Fingers found the hole. Tom gathered more spit from Ben’s open mouth with two fingers, then brought them back and pressed against the tight entrance. Ben pushed out to meet the touch at once. One finger slid in to the knuckle, then a second, working the heat open with short, deliberate strokes. Spit and sweat made the way slick. Ben groaned low against the tile, the sound vibrating through the wall. Tom felt the tight give and the eager push of Ben’s body and worked him open with firm pressure.

“Yeah. Open me up. More. Give me another.”

Tom added a third finger for several more thrusts, scissoring, stretching the rim until the resistance eased and the hole accepted the intrusion with less tension. He withdrew the fingers, lined up the flushed head of his hard cock against the prepared entrance, and pressed forward.

The first full push inside drew a long, broken sound from Ben. The stretch burned for a second - full, thick, insistent - then settled into deep fullness as Tom sank deeper, controlled, until his hips met the firm curve of ass in front of him. He held there, buried to the base, letting Ben adjust. Ben’s hole clenched hard around the thick length, then relaxed in stages. Sweat ran down both their backs. Tom felt the tight heat and the slow give of it and stayed buried, the pleasure of the full depth sharp and particular.

“Fuck. So deep. Feels so good. You’re all the way in.”

Tom began to move. Deep, deliberate thrusts at first, pulling nearly all the way out so the head stretched the rim before sliding back in to the hilt. Wet skin slapped against wet skin. Steam curled around their moving bodies. Ben’s hands braced harder on the tile, fingers spreading for purchase. Each drive forward answered the original question with the body itself - Ben taking every inch, pushing back to meet every stroke, moaning low and open against the wall. Tom felt the solid heat and the eager push of Ben’s body and let the rhythm settle into something even and deep.

“Harder,” he said. “Don’t stop. Fuck me. Give it to me harder.”

Tom gave him exactly that. The rhythm built without rush. Thrusts turned harder, wetter, the sound of cock driving into spit-slick hole filling the sauna in a constant wet percussion. Tom’s hands gripped Ben’s hips, holding him in place while he fucked him with short, powerful strokes that forced Ben’s chest harder against the tile. Sweat ran in rivulets down Ben’s spine and pooled in the small of his back. His own cock hung heavy and untouched between his legs, the head flushed dark, a thin string of precum dripping onto the wet floor without pause. Tom looked down at the solid stretch of Ben’s hole around his cock and the way the body took every thrust, the heat and pull of it climbing fast.

“Your hole. So tight. Takes my cock like it was made for it. Feel that? Feel how deep I’m getting?”

Ben answered with a broken moan and a sharper push of his hips, driving himself back onto the full length. Tom reached around and wrapped a hand around Ben’s hard cock, stroking in time with his thrusts. The dual sensation made Ben’s legs tremble. His hole clenched harder around the driving shaft, the grip rhythmic and greedy. Tom felt the tight pulse of it and the solid weight of Ben’s cock in his hand and let the rhythm climb without holding back.

They climbed together. Tom’s rhythm turned less measured, hips snapping forward with growing force. Ben’s moans grew shorter, higher, each one punched out of him by the next deep thrust. Water from the ceiling dripped onto their shoulders and ran down over flexing muscle. The scent of sweat and sex hung thick in the steam. Tom felt the heat and the tight pull of Ben’s body and the approaching edge of it already clear.

“Gonna cum,” Tom warned, voice rough against Ben’s ear. “Fuck, I’m close.”

“Fill me. Shoot inside. Give me your load. Don’t pull out.”

Tom buried himself to the root and came hard. His cock pulsed deep inside Ben’s hole as he pumped thick ropes of warm cum into him. Heavy spurts filled the tight space. Ben felt every pulse, the heat of it spreading, the way Tom’s hips jerked through the last jets. He followed only a few strokes later, Tom’s hand still working his cock in firm, urgent tugs. His own load spilled across the tile in heavy spurts, body shuddering, hole clamping tight around the cock still buried inside him. Ropes of sticky cum striped the wet floor. His legs nearly gave, but Tom’s grip on his hip held him upright. Tom felt the tight pulse of Ben’s hole and the solid release of his own body and stayed buried through the last of it.

They stayed joined for several long breaths. Tom rested his forehead against Ben’s shoulder, both of them panting hard in the steam. Slow movements replaced the urgency - Tom easing out with a wet sound, cum already beginning to leak from Ben’s hole and trail down the inside of one thigh in a slow white line. Lazy touches followed: a hand tracing the line of a sweat-slick back, fingers brushing the cooling skin of a hip, a brief squeeze that carried no demand. Tom felt the residual heat and the low satisfaction of it and let the moment settle.

Ben turned enough to look over his shoulder. A low, satisfied sound left him.

“Fuck, that was good. You fucked me just right.”

Tom answered with a short laugh that held only shared recognition.

“Yeah. It was. You took it perfect. Took every bit of it.”

They stayed close a little longer, bodies still warm against each other, fingers mapping the places where sweat had cooled. No rush to separate. Ben reached back once and brushed his palm over Tom’s thigh, a final acknowledgement of what they had just shared. Then they moved together toward the door.

They rinsed under the nearest shower head just outside the sauna proper. Cooler water washed the sweat and cum from skin and hair. No urgency remained in the touch. Hands brushed once more under the spray - simple recognition rather than invitation. When they stepped back into the main corridor the cooler air met them at once. Both men had rewrapped their towels low on their hips. They exchanged a final charged look, the kind that carried the full weight of the heat, the stretch, the shared climax and the clear understanding that it had been exactly what each of them wanted. Then they moved off in separate directions, the encounter complete and mutually enjoyed.


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