Some like it Rough

by Erastes

Yes, yes - some of us like the clean cut, the Clark Kents, the Jason Bournes, the James Bonds. They are all very well in their place - at the Casino, a hunt ball, tea with your mother but there's a dark and nasty streak in a lot of us who even while on the arm of that Oh-So-Nice young man that your family approves of, stares lasciviously at that guy who's just walked in.

You know him. He's dressed wrong. He hasn't bothered to wash, style or cut his hair. He could have a crew-cut. He might be bald. He's probably scarred. He's smoking and he makes it look like sexual harrassment. He hasn't even bothered to shave for God's sake, and the ball room is vibrating in shock. But he catches your eye and your knickers go damp and if he asked you to leave with him, well you'd probably throw your leg over his Harley and fuck up the rest of your life.

So what's the appeal? You know he's bad. You know he's not going to have a job, or he's just come out of prison, or he's on parole. If he has a job it's not going to be anything in the City, no matter how ruthless the stockmarket is. That sort of job has its bad boys, but the Gordon Gekkos of this world are Clean Cut. The Bit of Rough will have oil under his nails, and callouses so hard on his palms that they'll leave scratches on your skin.

You hope.

He's an Alpha and he's not going to care what you want. He's not going to ask "What do you want to do this evening?" He's not going to care about where your G Spot is, because "Lady, if you don't come like a train when I'm fucking you, then there's something wrong with you" (or some such trashy talk. *fans self*) If he has a dog it's out in the yard and it doesn't have a name. The bit of Rough either lives in a trailer, or a mansion. No inbetweens. Sex with him is going to hurt - and hurt good.

So who are my favourite Roughs? Some real, some fiction, some video game (for my sins)

1. Solid Snake. He's a charmer, and flirts with all women in his orbit. He's deadly with his bare hands, smokes and not only maintains designer stubble, but sports a mullet and makes it look good. Cons: He's likely to be killed, and anyway he's a clone. He die soon.

2. Jason Stratham - At his Rough best in The Transporter. Hard as nails: hard enough to realise there's a girl in a body bag in his boot and to zip her back up in it after discovery. Cons: He's anally retentive to the point of madness. Roughs are not supposed to be tidy.

3. Greebo as a man. From Terry Pratchett's Discworld - "Greebo could commit sexual harrasment by sitting quietly in the next room." Cons: He's a cat. All he really wants is a plate of fish heads and to have his tummy tickled.

4. Indiana Jones. Even when he scrubbed up he still looked scruffy - and by association...Hans Solo - "you scruffy looking - NERF HERDER!" Yeah, she liked a scoundrel. We all like a scoundrel. Also Deckard from Bladerunner. Hell - Harrison Ford does GOOD Rough. Cons: ermm..... *still thinking...*

5. Snake Plissken (the eagle-eyed will probably spot a pattern going on here...). Eyepatch. Check. Bulging biceps (not too bulging, please). Check. No moral compass. Check. He'll do. Cons: He's a life-long con. He's got a bomb in him which will go off if he breaks parole. Aw. Who cares!!

Of course, there could be drawbacks. Your Rough might not be around for a long time. Perhaps he's off in his truck tomorrow on the Ice Run.

He's got a load of smuggled chemicals that he's shipping to Sirius. You could wake up and he'll be gone. But that's not all bad. The Rough isn't going to want to go shopping with you. He's not going to own a People Carrier and know his way around a wine list. He's not going to go to the video store for you and get Beaches. He's never going to watch his child being born. You know you are better off - in the long run - with the Clean Cut. And at least you can introduce the Clean Cut to your mother.

But it's a nice dream and anyway, with a bit of luck the Rough will probably be round this way again some day.

So who are yours - with links or piccies please?