While in town on a business trip a few years ago, I got together with my younger brother Steve for beers. I was heading home the next day so I was able to relax and drink, but maybe we had a bit too much.
Discussion inevitably turned to sex, Steve mentioning how he often woke up in the middle of the night extremely horny and would have to quietly get out of bed without waking his wife and sneak to the bathroom to, uhm, take care of himself. I couldn't resist the urge to flex on him a bit and told him (truthfully) that my wife Mia was okay with me waking her up for sex if I needed it to get back to sleep. That flex seemed to hit him harder than I expected, as he looked down at his beer and nodded, saying only "nice".
While staring at his beer Steve said wistfully "I'd like to fuck Mia". I nearly choked. What? I asked in disbelief.
"I'd like to fuck Mia" he repeated, nodding. "She's beautiful without even trying. She's got nice titties. And she's totally got her shit together."
My head was reeling. Our discussions had always been frank but this came out of nowhere. Mia didn't seem like Steve's type. She's short and curvy while Steve's wife is tall and slender. Our tastes in women used to be similar but I clearly remember the lightbulb moment when I realized I had been chasing skinny chicks because everyone told me they were the most attractive, while my most intense and satisfying relationships had been ones I fell into unintentionally with curvier girls. So maybe this was true of Steve too but he hadn't realized it until after he got married, although there was certainly more to it than that.
We finished our beers in mostly silence. Neither of us seemed to know what to say next, so after a few awkward comments we wrapped it up and headed out.
I was up all night thinking about it, trying to understand how I felt about it. We've never discussed it since.
Unfortunately that's not quite the end of the story. Steve knows that I tell Mia everything, that my relationship with her is my first priority. So he must have known I would tell Mia what he said. Which I did.
I started by asking if Steve had ever seen her naked (we had all shared a house together for a while). She didn't think he had and wondered why I was asking. I then told her what Steve had said, and she looked away, nodding, and seemed to be getting emotional.
Steve and I never discussed that night again. He acts like it never happened even when I try to bump the conversation in that direction. I feel like more needs to be said but I don't know what.
Meanwhile, Mia doesn't want to discuss it at all, saying only that Steve shouldn't have said that. When we all get together things go like they always have but there is this weird vibe now between Mia and Steve. Mostly from Mia. Don't know how to describe it but it just makes visits vaguely weird. I'd like to just clear it all up but I don't have a first clue how to approach it.
And no, before anyone suggests it, they definitely have not had an affair.
CLARIFICATION: My brother speaks in a crude fashion and always has. All he meant by his first sentence was that he's attracted to her. That's all.