[Non-Fiction] When Demon's make you love them - a true story

[Bloxo]

Hello all,
If you are reading this I better give you a heads up, this is a story of my love in life...and how it has tried to break me over the years, all elements are real and from my own memory, there is kink included in this story, but it won't be fantastical, it will go back and forward in time a bit and is a journey of self discovery I have been on.
I hope you may learn from this as I have and otherwise hope you find this an interesting read...

Introduction:

Richard has been living in Poland for 2 years now, falling in love with a country not of his own as originally he was born in the UK, he moved for work and for a fresh start of adventures in life!

June 2019 -
Richard works in an office, as many of us do nowadays, his position is one of expert authority, he is there to guide the new teams in Poland, teach them their job and how the company works, as part of this role he works closely with a large team, regularly socialises outside of work with Beer and Vodka, the two staples of drinking life living in Central Europe, he feels well established, respected by his colleagues and managers...and is having a much more progressive and satisfying life here than he found in the UK.

The country he works for is creating a new team, transitioning work from India to Poland, he is to be a key coordinator for this project and will be responsible for not only training the new members of the company but also assessing whether they are fit to go live once training and shadowing have been completed.

June is the month when all the employees are assembled, he walks through the office led by his manager Alicja, a very attractive Polish women with dark brown hair, a trim figure and emerald eyes and the new manager Damian, younger than Richard but very focused and determined, in his mid 20's of thin build with short Blonde hair.
He turns the corner to see the new team...there are a lot of new faces...and a couple of old ones that have moved from the previous team he works with. The group is about 25 strong, mostly younger members, he would learn they range from 21 - 40 actually, but most are in their mid twenties.

There are formal introductions, Richard is very excited to work with all these new and enthusiastic people as well as taking on the new challenges that this role will bring and the level of respect his opinion will matter.

After these brief speeches he proceeds with the desk move, transitioning his work computer and his various desk accessories (including a few geeky figure touches) to his new seat...he finally gets to sit at a window! Very exciting

He hears all the excited Polish voices around him and of course cannot really follow what they are saying, he exchanges pleasantries with a few of the people sat near him.

At the beginning Richard's role is to give a series of presentations and a few trainings about country specifics, often taking a large theatre style room, the layout consisting of a set of raised benches at the back where the team are sat, Richard is positioned in front of the projector screen where he talks through various training presentations he has been given, the team is attentive and ask a lot of relevant questions, he feels confident that they will do a good job

Fast forward a few days...

Richard has always been the one in the office to organise social gatherings, his colleagues are his lifeline out in this country, he relies on them to give him a network of friends...and most really don't want the responsibility or have the drive to do large scale gatherings...

He engineers a large amount of the new members to join him down by the River, the Vistula...Warsaw's finest drinking spot in the summer.
This is his first social encounter with the group, he is a little embarrassed that he doesn't know everyone's name yet, but he is getting there.
The usual questions are asked, what are you doing in Poland? What do you think of Poland? Don't you miss the UK? Etc...
Even though he's had these questions constantly since he moved, he is happy to answer and get to know all these new people.
As the sun goes down, the decision is made to go to Pawilony, a drinking district in the city, an intricate network of small bars, often at pretty cheap prices.
They all crowd around a couple a table, the numbers having dwindled from the original gathering, this is for the more determined socialites!
Richard orders some beers...of course his Polish is not great, often further hindered by his pronunciation...by mistake he orders 9 Zywiec lagers...he only wanted 1...he comes back to the table with his mistaken bounty and further ingratiates himself with the free beer for his colleagues haha,

He gets to know the team bit by bit, surrounded by some rather young and attractive women, as well as some cool guys, all of them have good English and are very talkative, the night is a fine one...shame about having to work the next day


...okay, so maybe this is a little dull a start, but I wanted to establish the scene so you can see how all developed, the next chapters will get progressively more personal and more interesting