Robert was excited. He had a delivery of film developing chemicals and he was eager to try out the new make. Sam had handed over the rolls he had shot, so he would be busy processing them all and it might take a few days.
Anna walked into the kitchen and saw the equipment strewn over the table as her boyfriend unpacked the box and studied the instruction manual for the chemicals, amid a chorus of “hmmm,” “ohhhh” and “ahhhh”s. Then he decided he needed more coffee.
“Are you going to ask Sam to help?”
Robert had thought about that, but was a bit nervous of Anna’s reaction to their older friend being in their flat again.
“Hmmm,” he mumbled, “I guess it would be fun for him to see the process with this new chemical.”
“Great, invite him over then, unless he’s out taking more photos.” and then she pottered out of the room to water the plants on the balcony as Robert sent a message to their friend.
An hour later Sam arrived, he had been out taking photos, but decided going to see his friends was a much better idea. He had missed Anna and Robert, even when they were both fully dressed.
Anna greeted him at the door, a warm kiss in both cheeks and her lips brushing over his, her eyes sparkling at the older man. Then she made tea and coffee as the men worked out the plan and assembled the tools. Thermometers and measuring jugs filled the table as they read and re-read the instructions.
“So,” Robert had worked it out, “We just mix these together and pour it into the tank with the films and follow the instructions for the temperature of the chemicals.”
Sam was still a bit confused, this wasn’t like the other times they had processed films or when he had done it himself years ago. Still, he read the instructions and agree with his younger friend.
Anna wandered in and out, giggling at the two of them, looking much like teenagers doing a science experiment as they checked the water temperature before mixing the chemicals. She decided it was safer on the balcony, so went and sat outside to enjoy the sunshine as the day warmed up, swapping her jeans for shorts, something not unnoticed by the two men, the older one especially.
Anna heard some noise from the kitchen and wandered to see what was going on. The men were looking at a roll of film, still wet from the developing, but the images clear.
“How’s it going?” She asked, pretty much knowing the answer.
“GREAT!” Robert beamed. “The chemical is a bit temperature sensitive, but works brilliantly. Look!” and he held the strip of black and white images up for her inspection. She couldn’t make out much, finding it hard to adjust to the negative image, but one thing looked familiar.
“Is that your cock?” She looked at the photo and then to Robert.
“Yeah, that was when Sam and I sunbathed.” and she nodded. It was also the time they masturbated each other, she thought and, no wonder, given the subject matter of many of the images she could make out, most were of Robert, naked.
She watched as another roll was pulled from the processing tank and Anna looked for more naked bodies, but this roll was of the local area that Sam had shot. The two men gazing at them as they were held up to the light and the water squeezed off.
“That film looks amazing, Sam!” Robert was really excited about seeing more photos as he and Sam had both used this new film a lot recently.
Robert went to the bathroom and hanged the films to dry before the two men cleaned the equipment as they readied to process more in the extra tank that Robert had bought. As Sam got everything ready, Robert took the wet equipment to the balcony to dry and was shocked to see Anna sunbathing, her t-shirt off and just her bra and shorts on.
“I’m pretty sure no one can see me up here.” She said as he set the things out to dry.
“Yeah, it’s fairly well hidden, you’d need binoculars to see anything.”
The area was wide enough for someone to lie down between the plants and Anna had positioned the little lounger to be almost horizontal, moving the table that Robert had wanted to use to try the equipment, instead he had to balance the pieces on the window ledge.
Just as he turned to go back to the kitchen she smiled at him and asked “Is everything ok?”
He was somewhat puzzled by the question as it was somewhat enigmatic. He nodded at her and she smiled, then reached back and undid her bra strap, pulling it from her body and placing it on the t-shirt that was piled on the lounger. She turned and reclined, her breasts still sitting proud on her chest, the nipples hardening in the breeze.
“So nice” she whispered as the sun hit her skin.
“Very nice” her boyfriend added, then went back to do the next rolls of film.
The men had worked out a system for developing the films. They hoped that each processing tank would dry while the other rolls were developing. They had three tanks and two more were loaded and ready. They set the timer and poured in the chemicals, checking the temperature and the instructions to make sure they got the timing correct.
Anna came in for a glass of juice as the next rolls were revealed and the men excited as the images were seen as Robert held them up against the sun through the window. These negatives were bigger, from Sam’s medium format camera and Anna glanced at them.
“WOW!” she called and walked over behind the men as they studied the negatives. “That is a great cock shot.” she added as she stared at the image of Robert’s hard penis backlit by the sun, the glare streaming out from the head, clearly visible in the larger negative.
“It’s a great cock.” added Sam and the younger man blushed.
Most of the roll was of Robert naked, mostly posed with the light behind him, but some showing his whole body, the detail clear with the size of the image and the beautiful tones of the film.
“I can’t wait to scan these” Robert said, as he headed to the bathroom to dry the strip, leaving Sam to pull the next roll from the spool to hold up and wipe dry.
Anna sighed, “No cocks there!” as they looked at the roll of mostly local, scenic, shots, some gravestones, old buildings and people.
“Disappointing!” Sam agreed as Anna leant against his back and he could feel her soft breast on him.
He glanced around and down to see she had removed her bra under her yellow t-shirt and he suddenly stopped thinking about developing more films.
Robert came back and the three of them studied the new roll, before it was taken to dry, Sam washing the used equipment as Anna went back to sunbathing and the men readied for the next rolls to be processed.
She didn’t hear anyone walking out to the balcony, just his startled gulp of “OH!” and she opened her eyes to see Sam, dripping processing equipment in his hands, standing and staring at her bare breasts. She smiled at him as he looked for somewhere to put the stuff to dry, but his eyes kept moving back to her breasts, Anna’s nipples hardening at the attention of her older friend.
She waved her hand towards to the, almost, dry kit on the window ledge and he placed the equipment there, taking his time to check if the other parts were dry yet as she smiled and closed her eyes.