Chapter 6 – The Speeches

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It’s time for the speeches.

Charlie

Charlie shouldn’t feel nervous, but as his Dad stood and started clinking his glass with a knife, he wished he was anywhere but here. He and Nick went back and forth over whether to still have Julio give a speech, after the way he and his mother snubbed Olly’s wedding. But in the end, after also speaking with Olly and David, they decided to stick with their original plan.

Now the time had come, it’s not that he didn’t want his dad to speak, but having no idea what he was going to say was making him have second thoughts. He was glad though that he hadn’t even given the speeches a second thought when he was having his earlier panic before the ceremony. That would have pushed him over the edge, he was sure.

Julio started to speak, “Ladies and Gentlemen. First, on behalf of my wife and I, I would like to thank so many of you for coming and celebrating the marriage of my oldest son and his childhood sweetheart, Nick. Their road to get here hasn’t always been smooth, and I was definitely against them getting up to any Hanky-Panky when they were still young.”

“Stop saying Hanky-Panky,” Tori called across the room, causing a ripple of giggles to erupt around the room, while Nick blushed next to him.

“But Nick has proven time and again that he will stand by my boy, no matter what. They have always been there for each other through both the good times and the bad, and it didn’t surprise me when the boys told us they were engaged to be married – I’ve figured for a while now it would only be a matter of time. So, I hope you will all join me in raising a glass, to the Happy Couple.”

“The Happy Couple!” chorused around the room.

As Julio sat down, Christian stood up from the other side of Nick.

Nick

Just as Nick had struggled to pick just one best man, he couldn’t decide which of the three of them would make the speeches. So, he let his friends pick for him, but now that Christian was standing up, Nick wasn’t so sure he’d made the right call.

“Hello everyone,” Christian started. “I met Sai, Otis and Nick at Truham when we were sat together in form in Year 7. When we all found out that’s how he also met Charlie, we figured that must be Nick’s way of collecting new people in his life.” Charlie giggled at that; Nick would never get sick of the sound.

“When Nick eventually came out to us as Bi, it came as no surprise to any of us after seeing him flirting with Charlie all the time when he thought no one was looking for months before then. All three of us are proud to be your friends Nick, and we’re so pleased for both of you today. Charlie, we know you’ll take good care of our boy, and we’re honoured to help you both celebrate your big day. So, everyone please your raise your glasses, to Nick & Charlie.”

“Nick and Charlie,” chimed around the room as the guests’ glasses clinked from each of the tables again.

“You were supposed to toast the bridesmaids’ man,” Otis nudged Christian as he sat back down.

“Should I stand back up,” Christian asked, poised to return to his feet. Before he had the chance, Nick had stood and wrapped all three of his friends in a hug.

“Thank you, guys,” Nick said in appreciation.

That’s when Nick heard another glass chime from behind him, they’d only planned for the two speeches, so he was especially surprised when he turned to find Charlie standing up from his seat.

Charlie

Nick was looking at him, surprise clear on his face. Charlie reached out with his free hand to take hold of Nick’s. He held it tightly as he started to speak to the room while looking at Nick, “Nick, I know we said we wouldn’t make a speech, but I couldn’t let today go past without telling you how much I love you.

You’ve been there for me when I was at my absolute worst and you could have run away, you could have ditched me and picked anyone else, I mean look at you, you’re gorgeous. But you didn’t, you stayed, and I will never not be grateful for that.”

Charlie turned then to all their friends and family, “Everyone please, raise your glasses to my kind, loving and wonderful husband. To Nick.”

“To Nick,” cheered everyone around the room as Nick pulled Charlie in for a passionate kiss.

“I love you Charlie, it’s always been you,” Nick spoke softly when they pulled apart.

“I’m so lucky you’re my husband,” Charlie cooed quietly enough that only Nick could hear him.

“I’m the lucky one, Char.”

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After the speeches there were a few more photos out on the lawn before the sun went down. Then it was back inside where a dancefloor had been revealed and Paul the pianist had been replaced by another Paul, the DJ. Nick & Charlie shared their first dance to All of Me by John Legend and after a few verses, were joined by the other couples on the dance floor. After the song ended it was time to cut the cake while everyone was still gathered around in one place.

Neither of the boys had seen what David had prepared for them yet, David had insisted that as it was his gift to them that he kept it a surprise. As two of the hotel staff wheeled the cake out into the middle of the dancefloor, there were gasps from the guests as it passed between them. As it came into view for Nick & Charlie, they both gasped too.

“David, its- it’s beautiful,” Nick spoke softly to his brother.

“It’s even better than what I’d pictured,” Charlie’s voice breaking with the emotions welling up inside him. This day had already stirred a lot of emotions inside him, but seeing what David had produced for them brought him to tears.

“Oh baby,” Nick cooed, seeing the tears start to trail down his husband’s cheek. He pulled him in for a hug and kissed his forehead. Charlie reached out for David’s hand and pulled him in for a hug too.

Charlie whispered into David’s ear, “Thank you so much, brother.”

“Shut-up you,” David teased, brushing a teardrop from beneath his own lashes.

When Charlie had first come up with the design for their cake, he knew it was ambitious. So, when David had offered to take up the challenge, he had been preparing himself for it to not be anything like he had imagined in his mind. But David had taken their design and enhanced it.

They had the 3-tiers of chocolate cake that they’d asked for, with a river of bubble-gum blue icing looking like it was bubbling over the sides of the cake. Then leaning up along either side of the cake was a lattice structure of tempered chocolate that no one could dispute was a perfect replica of the Eiffel tower. But then Charlie spotted something else.

“Wait, is that” he pointed to two figures atop the cake, “is that us?”

Olly came strolling up alongside his older brother, “Yep. You won’t believe how much time David spent trying to find them.”

The two figures weren’t just ordinary grooms atop the cake, but they were mini versions of them. Nick with his dark blonde hair, brown eyes and broad rugby shoulders and Charlie with his dark curls, crystal blue eyes and lithe build. Charlie couldn’t believe how perfect they were. He pulled David in for a hug again and tried not to let his tears of joy completely soak David’s suit.

The happy couple cut the cake to cheers and applause from all their guests around the room. Once it had been wheeled back into the kitchen to be cut into pieces for their guests, the DJ started the music again for everyone to dance into the night.

As the last guests were slow dancing together at midnight, Charlie turned to Nick and asked, “Are you ready to go up to our suite love?”.

“I will go anywhere with you my darling,” Nick whispered close to Charlie’s ear. Charlie held out his hand and let Nick up the grand hotel staircase to their honeymoon suite.

Chapter 5 – Wedding Breakfast

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It’s time for the first meal of Nick & Charlie’s married lives.

TW: Mentions of Eating Disorders and Descriptions of Food

Charlie

“If I have to plaster on another smile, I think I’ll be left with no choice but to divorce you,” Charlie said through gritted teeth.

“Just think of all the ways I’ll make you come undone tonight in our suite, be a good boy for me now and I’ll be a good boy for you later,” Nick teased.

“Fuck, that doesn’t help with the hard-on I have now though, does it, Mr Nelson-Spring,” Charlie groaned.

“You like it when I excite you in public,” Nick continued.

“No, I really don’t,” Charlie deadpanned, knowing that his husband knew him so well. Charlie loved that word. Husband! No longer was Nick his boyfriend, or his fiancé, there was no room for doubt with Husband. No turning back, not that the thought had even crossed his mind.

They’d put together a list of all the shots they wanted the photographer to capture, pictures of them together around the picturesque grounds of the hotel; the obligatory pictures with their parents and families; Nick with his best men, being their silly boisterous selves; Charlie with his best friends, Elle having to persuade Isaac to put his book down while the photographer took a few snaps.

Of course, they also had to have pictures of them with the Paris squad. They may not see each other as much these days but it would never matter how much time passed, the bond between them was for life and Charlie wouldn’t have it any other way.

Nick

With the photos finally done, it was time for everyone to be seated for the Wedding Breakfast. Nick still didn’t really understand why it was called that, as they were having it in the middle of the afternoon. Charlie tried to explain it to him once, but when he started going into the whole history of it, Nick sort of zoned out and ended up just being lulled into a trance by Charlie’s sweet voice.

As they waited outside the hall while their guests were being seated at their assigned tables, Nick reached over and took hold of Charlie’s hand.

“Hello, my husband,” Nick cooed.

“Hi,” Charlie blushed back.

“It’s so nice to finally be alone with you,” Nick said as he started to nuzzle into Charlie’s neck.

“Nick-,” Charlie panted, “Nick, not here.”

“But I need you,” Nick groaned as he continued to mouth the soft skin beneath Charlie’s collar.

“Nick-,”

The door beside them opened, and Charlotte, the venue’s wedding co-ordinated appeared causing Nick to quickly jump back, his face flushed with embarrassment. Ever the professional, Charlotte smiled and spoke softly, “Nothing to be embarrassed about, I’ve seen it all. Are you ready to go in?”

Nick looked across at Charlie for his approval, and with a small nod and a smile, Nick turned back and confirmed, “We’re ready.”

Opening the door in front of them, Charlotte announced, “Ladies and Gentleman, please be upstanding for the happy couple, the new Mr & Mr Nelson-Spring.” As they entered the room, Nick saw everyone was standing on their feet, clapping and cheering them again as they walked between the tables to their place at the top table. A few people patted him on the shoulder as they walked past, hand in hand. Nick smiled and offered small nods to each one, pleasantly surprised to see so just how many people have turned up just for them.

As they took their seats with everyone seated around them, the pianist started playing softly in the corner of the room. Nick was looking out over the room, their friends and family chatting to one another while they waited for the food to be served.

“It’s amazing, isn’t it,” Charlie spoke softly into Nick’s ear.

“That’s just what I was thinking,” Nick said as he turned to smile at Charlie, their hands still joined under the table.

They couldn’t fit everyone they wanted at the top table, so instead of their families, Charlie was joined by Tao and Isaac while Nick was joined by Otis and Sai. While Charlie’s family were sat with Sarah and David at the next table across from theirs.

Charlie

The waiters started to come round serving the wedding breakfast. Learning from his past experiences with his eating disorder being heightened when he was anxious, Charlie and Nick had worked with the hotel to carefully plan a menu which gave people some flexibility in what they were served. Each course having two options, which their guests were asked to pick from when they RSVP’d.

Charlie watched as the waiters worked like a well-oiled machine around each of the tables. The waiters knew exactly where in the room to deliver each choice, thanks to the plan they had provided a few days ago. The only mistakes that were made happened because a couple of their guests had moved their place cards and changed the seating order. Charlie felt bad for the staff when that happened, he was sure it wasn’t an easy job to do at the best of times.

For starters their guests were given the choice of a ‘Cocktail Melon Trio’, which featured a selection of Ogen, Honey Dew and Galia Melon complemented with Fresh Grapefruit or ‘Saumon á la Mayonnaise’ which was a Poached dressed Salmon, served with salad and mayonnaise. Charlie had opted for the lighter Melon dish, knowing he could have as much or as little of the small chunks as he liked. While Nick had gone for the Salmon as it was one of his favourites.

As everyone ate, the pianist was singing along to the tunes he was playing, a medley of romantic melodies. It was difficult to hear over the gentle din of the room, but occasionally Charlie would catch a few lines, smiling when he heard their own names slipped into some of the lyrics.

Although most of his nerves about the day had now passed, Charlie still didn’t feel he could finish his starter. He wanted to make sure he didn’t overload himself before the main course, which he worried would be the biggest struggle of the meal.

Once all of what remained of the starters had been cleared, the waiters appeared with the main course. The hotel had given it a fancy French name, ‘Dinde Rôtie Garnie’, which Nick’s father would have probably approved of if he’d bothered to turn up, but really it was just a simple Roast Turkey dinner garnished with a chipolata sausage encased in Canadian bacon and sage & onion stuffing, with a side of fresh green beans, steamed broccoli florets, thin batons of carrot and a mixture of roasted  & new potatoes. It sounded like a lot when he read it out from the menu cards on the table, but once it was plated in front of him, it didn’t actually seem that bad.

Not wanting to leave anyone out, when trying to decide what option to give to their vegetarian guests they’d spoken to Olly to get his view and he was very clear when he’d told them, ‘Anything but mushrooms!” So, he and their other vegetarian guests had received ‘Crêpes des Legumes de Saison’ which was a simple French-style crepe in a light cheese sauce.

Nick

Trying not to be too obvious, Nick was watching Charlie eating out of the corner of his eye to see if everything was going ok. So, when he heard Charlie place his cutlery down with a clatter, Nick turned and struggled to fight the grin that spread across his face when he saw that his husband had cleared his plate of everything.

“How was it?” Nick asked.

“So good,” Charlie purred.

“Shall we thank our guests now, before they all start wandering around?” Nick asked.

“Let’s,” Charlie beamed as he placed his napkin down on the table. Nick stood and held his hand for his spouse to take, leading Charlie around to the tables of their guests. They took time chatting to guests at each of the tables, making sure everyone had the opportunity to speak with them and offer their congratulations.

By the time they’d made their way around all the tables, Nick could see Charlie was in need of some quiet time to recharge. Nick couldn’t blame him, he felt the same. Pulling him in close as they sat back down, he whispered in his ear, “Not long left and then we can sneak away for a little break my love.”

“Always taking care of me,” was all Charlie managed to reply with a small smile.

Pulling back as the waiters approached again, this time with the dessert course, when they’d been looking at the options with the venue, Nick had jumped at the chance to have Profiteroles Suchard, despite Charlie’s protests that he’d end up with the hot chocolate sauce all down his rented suit. After a lot of indecision, Charlie had decided their second option would be a Cranberry & Lime cheesecake, to give a very un-chocolatey option for their guests to choose as alternative.

Both desserts looked amazing, and Nick couldn’t help but try a small bite of Charlie’s cheesecake too. Although Charlie was very reluctant to let him after he’d tasted it himself and found it surprisingly light with just a hint of tartness from the layer of fruit on the top.

Chapter 4 – I now pronounce you…

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It’s time, Nick and Charlie finally walk down the aisle.

Charlie  

Originally Nick and Charlie had planned to walk separately down the aisle, but now that Charlie had seen Nick anyway, there seemed little point in them being apart for a minute longer than they had to. They informed the registrar of the change, and waited behind closed doors for all the guests to take their seats. 

“Hi,” Nick said for the first time since he arrived. 

“Hi,” Charlie smiled back, love clear in his eyes. 

“You look, amazing,” Nick cooed, casting his eyes up and down Charlie’s body. 

“Thank you,” Charlie blushed. 

“Seriously, Char, your hair, and wow I’ve never seen your dimples look so, so, hot!” 

“You can thank Elle later, this was all her,” Charlie was so grateful to her for everything she had done for him today. He didn’t know how he would ever repay her. 

“Are you, are you wearing makeup?” Nick asked curiously. 

“Yeah, is it, too much?” 

“God no, you’re breath-taking.” 

“You look pretty good yourself,” Charlie flirted, nudging Nick. 

Nick  

Nick didn’t think Charlie could look any hotter than he already did, but the makeup Elle had applied had really made his dimples pop more than they have seemed to before. Not for the first time in his life, Nick thought to himself, I’m in trouble.  

“You ready for this my love?” Nick asked taking Charlie’s hand in his. 

“Maybe,” Charlie sheepishly replied. 

“Remember, one step at a time,” Nick tried to smile reassuringly. 

“One step at time,” Charlie repeated. 

A door to the side of the little room they were waiting in opened and Charlotte, the venue’s wedding co-ordinator, popped her head around the side. “They’re ready for you guys, are you good to go?” 

Nick looked at Charlie to see if he was ready, Charlie gave a small nod. “We’re ready,” Nick confirmed. 

“Great,” Charlotte smiled, “Just as we discussed, the music will start and then the doors will open. Just take your time and walk slowly. Let everyone take you in.” With that, Charlotte disappeared again. 

“No pressure,” Charlie deadpanned. 

Squeezing his hand, Nick reminded him, “I’ll be right by your side, the whole time.” 

Paul, the pianist they had hired for the day, started playing. The opening music of Avicii’s Wake Me Up filling the room, along with the sound of shuffling chairs as everyone was asked to stand. As the melody of the instrumental version of the song began, the double doors opened, and Nick and Charlie saw their guests assembled for the first time. 

Taking a deep breath, the couple walked hand in hand, moving their feet in the strange one, together, two, together pattern that they’d been shown by Charlotte at their last pre-wedding meeting. All of their friends and family were smiling at them, Nick noticed that even Tori’s lips had an uncharacteristic curl to them as they glided past her on their way up to the front of the room. 

As the music came to an end, the guests were asked to take a seat. 

Charlie  

Charlie was facing Nick, as the registrar was talking about the ins and outs of marriage while all their friends looked on. But in that moment, Charlie focussed on Nick, as if there was no one else in the world but the two of them. Teenage Charlie would never believe this was happening, a tiny part of current Charlie couldn’t believe it was happening either, but here they were. 

When Nick started speaking in front of him, Charlie realised they were up to the vows portion of the ceremony. He’d really zoned out, getting lost in Nick’s eyes for a few minutes there. Repeating after the registrar Nick promised to love and care for Charlie, as long as they both live, his love and affection shining as brightly in his eyes as they day they first said I love you under the glow of the street lamps near Nick’s house. 

Now wasn’t the time to be thinking about that though, if Charlie thought about how Nick was still wet from the shower that day, then he wouldn’t be able to make it through the reception without getting hard. He was already craving Nick’s touch after spending just the one night apart from each other. 

When it was his turn, Charlie dutifully repeated the same promises as Nick. Promising to love him, cherish him, care for him and be by his side forever and always. He meant every word and he knew that Nick felt the same. 

Nick  

Finally, the registrar confirmed, “I know pronounce you legally husbands, you may now kiss.” And wow, what a kiss, Nick thought. The cheers and whoops from their friends felt like they were a million miles away as their lips pressed together. Neither boy wanting to be apart now they could finally embrace each other. 

Only when Tao cleared his throat loud enough for everyone to hear, did they finally, reluctantly, break apart. 

“I can’t believe anyone thought you were straight,” Darcy called out from the crowd, causing everyone to laugh. Opposite him Charlie looked so beautiful, Nick pulled him in for a hug and whispered into his ear so that only he could hear, “I love you so much.” 

As they parted once more, the registrar finally announced, “Family and Friends, please be upstanding for the newlyweds, Mr and Mr Nelson-Spring.” 

The pianist started playing again as all their guests rose to their feet, Nick and Charlie walked back down the aisle, both grinning from ear to ear. Several of their friends dabbing at the tears on their cheeks as they tried to applaud with one hand. Nick could have sworn he’d even seen Tori swiping away a rogue tear drop from the corner of her eye, but he’d never dare mention it to her. 

Speaking close to Charlie’s ear again, Nick said, “We did it baby,” causing the younger man to giggle. 

“We did,” Charlie beamed. 

Chapter 3 – It’s Time

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Nick and Charlie arrive at the wedding venue.

TW: For Anxiety and Panic Attacks, please take extra care.

Charlie

Travelling to the wedding venue really made it all start to feel real for Charlie. In a few hours he would no longer be just plain Charlie Spring, he’d be a husband to the sexiest man he’d ever met. He knows his friends have all called them Nick&Charlie since secondary school, but today it would actually become official.

In the car beside him Isaac sat squeezing his hand, sensing his anxiety spiking. He knew it wasn’t really the thought of whether or not Nick was going to turn up, everybody knew they were destined to be together. But it was starting to dawn on him exactly what today would entail.

All eyes would be on them, for the whole day. There would be no hiding, no sneaking off to be alone with Nick as they so often did at parties ever since they were young. Everyone was expecting them to be the centre of attention: – standing in front of everyone for the whole ceremony, being in all of the pictures, giving a speech at the reception. As they pulled up in the driveway of the hotel, Charlie was finding it hard to breathe.

“Are you ok?” Asked Tao from the seat opposite him.

Hitting Tao with her small clutch, Elle snarled, “Of course he’s not you idiot.” Turning to Charlie and placing a gentle hand on his knee, “Charlie darlin’, try and breathe with me ok, nice slow deep breathes.”

Charlie tried to copy Elle’s breathing, tried to get his panic attack under control. It helped a little, but sensing the eyes staring at the car outside, was making his anxiety worse. They were waiting for him to get out and walk inside, but he was frozen in place. What must they be thinking? Did they think he had cold feet? Did they think he was going to leave Nick standing at the altar alone?

“Tao, get everyone inside and clear us a path,” Elle barked. Giving a mini salute, Tao got out of the car along with Isaac, leaving Charlie and Elle alone. Together the boys made quick work of getting all the lingering guests away from the car and inside the hotel. Elle fired off a quick text, and when she had a reply that the coast was clear, she gently spoke again, “Listen to me Charlie, I want you to try and focus on my voice and nothing else, ok.”

After hesitating, Charlie gave a tiny nod for Elle to continue, “We’re going to take this one step at a time. First, we need to get you out of this car, then you and me, we’re going to go up to the hotel room they’ve booked for you and Nick.”

“But it won’t be ready, they said we couldn’t use it until this evening,” Charlie protested weakly.

“Don’t worry about what they said, it’s all taken care of. Now do you think you can manage getting out of the car with me?”

Charlie nodded again, choosing to trust his dear friend. Elle opened the door of the car and stepped out, before facing Charlie and holding out her hands to help ease him up out of the car onto the gravel driveway that led up to the hotel’s entrance.

“That’s it,” she cooed, “I’ve had Tao and Isaac move all your guests further inside the hotel, so we’re going to sneak you up the stairs without anyone seeing, okay?”

Another nod and Elle was slowly guiding Charlie inside the hotel and up the stairs, helping him with his breathing as they went. Isaac subtly passed Elle a keycard as they moved past him, and within a few minutes the pair were safely inside the room. Charlie sat down on the edge of the bed, and Elle crouched down in front of him. His breathing had eased a little, but he was still in a state of panic.

Hearing a ding of a new text message being received, Elle quickly checked her phone and after firing off a quick response, tucked it back into her purse.

“Who was that?” Charlie shakily managed to ask.

“Don’t you worry about that, you just focus on breathing for me ok, in…and out…in….and out.”

There was a gentle tap on the door.

“Who’s that? I don’t want to see anyone Elle, please,” Charlie begged, his breathing quickening once more.

“It’s okay, you’re ok, trust me,” Elle said, before she released Charlie’s hands and raised to her feet. As she headed toward the door, Charlie’s eyes darted around the room; he could dash to the bathroom, lock himself in, but then he’d be trapped and feel even worse.

“Char?” The honey soaked voice of his future husband wafted over him from the doorway.

“Nick?” Charlie squeaked, sounding so lost. Nick rushed across the room to wrap Charlie in his arms; holding him close and letting him find comfort in his familiar frame.

Nick

Looking out of the car window at the gorgeous sunshine as they rode to the hotel, Nick felt so happy. All the planning, and there was a lot of planning, was finally culminating in today, their special day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, perfect weather for all the photos they had planned around the grounds of the country house hotel they’d booked for the day.

When they’d been planning their wedding, they had looked at a number of venues. Neither of them was religious, so a church service wasn’t appropriate, they considered a registry office but that felt a little too impersonal.

When they discovered the possibility of having the wedding and the reception at the same venue, they knew that was the way they wanted to go. They’d been to all too many of their friends weddings where people had got lost along the way between the ceremony and the reception when they had to relocate.

They first considered booking the hotel where they’d shared their first kiss, until memories of both Harry and Ben from that night made them decide to find somewhere that didn’t have any painful memories attached to it. So, when they came across The Lodge, a cute country house hotel that they could have exclusive use of, they both fell in love with it.

Pulling into the large gravel driveway, Nick felt like he was floating on air. He could see the car Charlie had arrived in just driving off, so he knew his baby was inside waiting for him. As they pulled up though, Nick could sense something was wrong. Isaac was standing by the door waiting for them, and that wasn’t part of the plan.

Rushing out of the car in a panic, Nick asked Isaac, “What’s happened? Where’s Charlie?”

“Elle took him upstairs, we think he started to have a panic attack as the car pulled up,” Isaac calmly informed Nick.

“I need to see him, Isaac, take me to him, please,” the last word almost a desperate sob. Isaac nodded and led Nick inside and up the stairs to the suite.

“Thank you, Isaac,” Nick said sincerely before facing the door. Taking a deep breathe, Nick knocked gently, knowing he didn’t want to spook Charlie if he was still in a state of panic. It felt like it took a lifetime for the door to open as he waited, he needed to see that Charlie was ok.

The door opened a fraction, and Nick saw Elle standing just behind it. When she saw it was him, she opened the door wide enough so he could softly slip inside. He saw immediately his beautiful boy looking so afraid at the end of the bed. He called out, “Char?” From where he stood by the door.

Charlie didn’t turn towards him, but Nick heard him call for him so quietly. Immediately Nick rushed over and wrapped himself around Charlie’s smaller body. Engulfing him in his arms, hoping that feeling him close would comfort him and help him to feel safe.

“You’re not supposed to see me before the wedding,” Charlie mumbled into Nick’s strong chest, not letting go now that his own arms had wrapped around Nick too.

Nick giggled, “Hush, baby, you needed me, and I came. I will always come when you need me.” Nick ran has fingers softly through Charlie’s curls.

“Mind the hair, that took me ages,” Elle called from the other side of the room.

Nick and Charlie both looked towards her, neither remembering they weren’t alone. Sinking down to his knees so that he was eye level with his fiancé, Nick asked, “What happened baby?”

“My stupid brain as always,” Charlie said dejectedly.

Giving him a knowing look, Nick simply replied, “Talk to me, Char.”

Taking another deep breath, Charlie filled Nick in on what caused his panic attack to start in the first place. His nerves about today, and all eyes being on them.

When he had finished, Nick tentatively asked, “Do you, do you not want to get married?”

“What?! No, of course I do, Nick. I just…the thought of everything I have to do, while being the centre of attention. it’s…a lot,” Charlie sighed before continuing, “Honestly, I know it’s silly. I know we’ve planned everything in such amazing detail that there shouldn’t be any surprises, but..”

“Do I need to ban buts as well as Sorry?” Nick smirked, “It’s not silly if it’s how you feel.”

“I know…I do. Everything today has just felt a little…off. Ever since I didn’t wake up next to you for the first time in forever.”

“You know that was your idea, right? And for the record, I never want to wake up without you by my side again.” Nick kissed Charlie on the forehead as he giggled.

“As for today, everything is something we have to do. Together, Char, you won’t be alone. I will be by your side all day and we will take everything one step at a time, okay?”

“Okay,” Charlie nodded, a small smile creeping across his face.

Chapter 2 – Getting Ready

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Nick and Charlie get dressed for their big day.

Nick

Taking his time under the spray of the shower, Nick savoured the feeling of the hot water rushing over his body. He could feel his muscles relaxing and the tension in his head easing as the paracetamol kicked in. Images of Charlie popped into his mind, his runner’s legs, his taught stomach, his dark curls that Nick loved to pull making Charlie moan with ecstasy.

Nick’s hand was reaching for his cock on instinct, stroking it and picturing his soon to be husband. He imagined helping him out of his wedding suit in their hotel room, placing gentle kisses all over his body as each new inch of skin was revealed. He could hear the pop of the lube bottle as Charlie prepared to open him up, to take him for their first time as husbands. He pictured laying on his back, looking up into into the crystal blue pools of Charlie’s eyes, his long locks hanging down as he pushes into him.

Just as he felt his climax building, he heard his mum calling up the stairs, “Nicky darling, I’ve made you some breakfast.”

Groaning to himself, he called out, “Down in a minute, Mum.” The sexy images of his man seemed to trickle down the drain as his cock deflated from the unsexy interruption.

Nick finished up his shower and quickly dried off before slinging on a hoodie and a pair of loose trackies that he’d brought with him. He took a moment to breathe in the smell from his hoodie, it smelled like Charlie. Ever since they were teens he was always borrowing Nick’s hoodies, he’d pretend to be annoyed but it always made him happy to see him in his clothes. He was grinning like an idiot from the intoxicating scent when he made it down to the kitchen.

“You look very smiley,” Sarah commented as she saw her youngest son enter the room.

“It’s finally here, Mum. Todays the day,” he cooed as he sat at the kitchen table opposite Otis. His Mum brought him over a small fried breakfast of sausage, bacon and eggs, sitting it down next to a mug of tea.

“Thanks Mum, you didn’t need to go to so much trouble,” Nick said, eagerly tucking in to the greasy breakfast.

“You’ll thank me for it later,” Sarah giggled, “By the time you get through the ceremony, and all the photos, you’ll be starving. Trust me.”

Charlie

“Elle, what is that?” Charlie asked, pointing to the large bag of products Elle was pulling out of the suitcase she’d made Tao drag up the stairs.

These,” she said, holding out the first couple of containers, “will make your hair look so good that Nick Nelson won’t be able to wait to get you back to the honeymoon suite once he sees you,” Elle said with a smirk causing Charlie to blush.

“Really?” Charlie was sceptical.

“Trust me,” Elle smiled reassuringly.

“Erm, Ok,” Charlie nodded and took a seat in front of the mirror where Elle was waiting for him.

Pulling out different bottles, tubs and tools from her bag, Elle got to work working the different products into Charlie’s curls. First she detangled them from their natural state, then she added products to give them more volume and bounce before locking it all into place so that even Nick’s fingers running through his locks couldn’t disrupt Elle’s artwork.

After she’d finished with his hair, Elle pulled out a smaller bag; this time filled with brushes and makeup. Opening one of the compacts, Elle lightly coated one of the brushes with powder.

“No, oh no,” Charlie protested holding up his hands when he saw the brush was intended for him “I don’t need makeup.”

“Charlie Spring I thought you said you trusted me,” Elle scolded.

“But, why Elle?”

Because with a tiny bit of contouring we can really make those dimples of yours pop. I’ve seen how they make your fiancé weak at the knees.”

Charlie blushed, before reluctantly agreeing, “Fine, but just a little!”

“Yay,” screeched Elle before she starting applying the makeup skilfully to Charlie’s cheeks. When she was done, she spun Charlie back round to look in the mirror so that he could see the finished result.

“Wow! Elle, I look,” Charlie was lost for words.

“See, aren’t you glad you trusted me,” Elle smiled before Charlie leaped to his feet and wrapped her in a hug.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

“You’re so welcome honey,” Elle giggled, “Now, I’m going to go next door and get myself ready, you get your suit on and I’ll see you downstairs when I’m done.” Giving Charlie two air kisses, so as not to mess up his makeup, Elle left the room, shutting the door behind her.

Charlie turned back to the mirror and he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Was that really him looking back though the glass? He looked so, hot! When Elle said Nick wouldn’t be able to keep his hands off him, she wasn’t kidding. It had been a long time since Charlie had any serious issues with how he looked, but he still never really saw himself as ‘hot’. He made a mental note to get Elle an amazing Christmas present as a thank you.

Charlie picked up the suit bag hanging on the door of his and Nick’s wardrobe and unzipped it. They’d picked matching 3 piece suits for them and all of their wedding party. All the best men had maroon coloured cravats while Nick and Charlie’s were silver with small flecks of maroon dispersed throughout the material making it shimmer when the light caught them the right way.

They’d all tried on the suits in the shop a few weeks ago, to make sure everything fit right. But this time Charlie would be putting it on for real. It was a big moment. Charlie ran his hand over the silky material, took a deep breathe and started getting changed.

Nick

Just as Nick and Otis were finishing up their breakfast, Christian and Sai arrived so they could all start to get ready. While the boys had been at the stag do last night, Nick’s brother, David, had collected all the suits from the hire company to make sure Nick and Charlie didn’t see each other. He dropped off Nick and his best men’s suits at Sarah’s house, while the suits for Charlie, Tao and Isaac were delivered to Nick & Charlie’s place.

The boys went up to Nick’s old bedroom and started to get changed. As they were undressing, Christian commented, “It’s just like being back in the old locker room at Truham.”

“Except Harry and that lot aren’t here being wankers,” Sai added, causing the group to laugh.

“So Nick, you nervous?” Asked Christian, causing Otis to hit him in the arm for his usual lack of tact.

“Not really, I’m excited mainly. And missing Charlie,” Nick said wistfully, “This one won’t let me message him,” he added, pointing to Otis.

“Why won’t you let him message Charlie?” Sai asked.

“Just following orders, mate. I was told under no circumstances were they allowed to speak until they have walked down the aisle,” Otis confirmed, causing Nick to pout. The boys laughed and joked as they all changed into their hired suits, helping each other out with getting their cravats straight.

Once they’d all finished getting ready, they headed down to the Kitchen where David and Olly had arrived and were sitting at the table chatting away to Sarah she had her back to the door making more cups of tea.

“Look at you, you almost look human little bro,” David teased.

Rolling his eyes, Nick replied, “You look nice too Davey.”

Hearing the banter between her sons, Sarah turned around and gushed, “Oh my baby, you look so handsome.” Moving across the room, she squished Nick to her chest in huge Nelson hug, tears of joy streaking down her cheeks.

Mum, you’re crushing me,” Nick cried out, his voice muffled by his Mum pressed against him.

Loosening her grip to look at him, she held him at arms length, with her hands on his shoulders and said tearfully, “both my boys are all grown up.”

“Oh Mum,” David cooed, getting up to join the family hug and comfort their Mum.

“Sorry to interrupt this beautiful moment, but we brought the buttonholes over from the hotel and the cars will be here soon,” Olly added from where he was still sat at the kitchen table.

Wiping her eyes and blowing her nose, Sarah released her boys, “He’s right, not long now.” More tears threatening to fall before the wedding had even begun.

“Not long now,” Nick smiled as Olly helped attach his buttonhole to the front of his suit.

Chapter 1 – Waking Up Alone

Description (May contain spoilers)

It’s finally here, Nick & Charlie’s wedding day, but will everything go to plan.

Although this story can be read on its own, it does follow a series of fics that are mentioned in part during this story.

CW: Mentions of Eating Disorders, OCD and Anxiety.

Nick  

Nick was rudely awoken to a loud banging sound on the bedroom door. As his eyes slowly opened, adjusting to the sun streaming in through the window, he wasn’t sure where he was. He reached over to Charlie’s side of the bed and found he wasn’t there. In fact, Charlie’s whole side of the bed was gone.  

Looking around Nick realised he wasn’t in his and Charlie’s bed. He was in his old childhood bedroom, his fairy lights still hanging above the window where he hung them as a child. The wallpaper had faded around the spots where pictures of his favourite people used to be stuck up on the walls, well mainly pictures of him and Charlie. The same pictures that now lined the walls of their home together.  

The banging on the door continued and matched the beat of the throbbing in Nick’s head. “Nick, man, it’s time to get up.” It took a moment for Nick to realise it was Otis calling through the door. What was he doing here? Nick thought this must all be a dream. He’d wake up in a minute and he’d be at home, with Charlie by his side as always.  

“I’m coming in,” Otis called out again when Nick didn’t reply. When Otis opened the door, Nick saw him enter the room dressed in a full 3-piece suit.  

“Why are you dressed like that?” Nick asked, still dazed and confused.  

Otis laughed, “Did you forget you’re getting married today?”  

“Oh,” Nick sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. “I guess I did.”  

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Otis placed a hand on Nick’s knee and asked gently, “How’s your head mate?”  

Rubbing his forehead to try and ease the pain, Nick grunted, “Throbbing.”  

“We thought it might be,” Otis said nodding to the bedside table. “Your Mum left you some paracetamol and a glass of water to help.” Taking the glass and a couple of the pills, Nick eagerly swallowed them down in the hope they would quickly get to work easing the drumbeat playing out inside his head.  

“I don’t even remember getting here last night,” Nick croaked, his throat scratchy.  

“I’m not surprised, you were pretty out of it. We had to practically carry you up here.”  

Nick blushed, “Sorry, mate.”  

“It’s cool,” Otis reassured him, “Now let’s get you up and ready shall we, Charlie will kill me if you’re late today.”  

“Well Charlie probably won’t, but Tao might murder you,” Nick joked, “or send you a strongly worded DM.” Sharing a laugh with his friend, before the headache reminded him of its presence.  

Reluctantly climbed out of bed, Nick nearly tripped over his discarded trainers that were scattered on the floor from the night before. He went to reach for his phone, but Otis grabbed it before he could.  

“Hey, what are you doing? I need that,” Nick protested.  

“Nope! We agreed, no contact with Charlie until you’re both down that aisle. That includes phones,” Otis scolded, pocketing Nick’s phone in the inside of his suit jacket.  

“How do you know I was going to contact Charlie?” Nick asked, “I might have just wanted to check the weather forecast.”  

Shaking his head, Otis said, “Because I know you Nick Nelson! You can’t go five minutes without speaking to your Charlie. In just a couple of hours, you can speak to him all you want for the rest of your lives. Until then, no phones!”  

Nick crossed his arms over his chest and pouted, “But…”  

“No, buts! Now go get in that shower and be quick about it,” Otis scolded before leaving Nick alone.  

Nick took a moment to take it all in, today was the day. He’d finally be marrying the love of his life and he couldn’t wait. Shrugging off his clothes from the night before, Nick headed across the hall just as he had hundreds of times before, to get showered ahead of his big day.  

Charlie  

Charlie woke up far too early, he was an odd combination of being too excited and too nervous to sleep in. He looked at the clock on his bedside table, it was only 7am. His friends wouldn’t be arriving until 8:30 to start getting ready. But now that he was up, he couldn’t just lay in bed doing nothing. Getting himself up and showered didn’t take long, so Charlie changed into one of Nick’s hoodies and a pair of comfortable jeans and headed down to the kitchen to make breakfast.  

Despite his nerves about today, Charlie forced himself to eat. Years of living with an eating disorder, he knew there was a possibility his anxiety would get the better of him, so he’d planned out an easy to eat breakfast. It wasn’t much, but it should be enough to sustain him until they got to the reception. He didn’t want a repeat of their trip to Paris, where he collapsed in the middle of the Louvre into Nick’s arms.  

Once he’d finished up the mix of fruit and granola that he’d prepared before he went out on his stag do, Charlie set about washing up his dish. But he didn’t stop there, once that was done, he kept on cleaning. Wiping down every surface in the kitchen, scrubbing them until they were spotless. He was about to start reorganising the cupboards when the doorbell rang.  

Forgetting he was still wearing rubber gloves, Charlie went to see who was interrupting him. Opening the door, he was happy to see one of his best friends, Elle, standing outside, with Tao dragging a huge suitcase up the path behind her.  

“CHARLIEEEE,” she screeched pulling him into a hug. When Tao reached the pair, he asked, “What have you got in here, bricks?” having struggled with the heavy bag.  

Releasing Charlie from her embrace, she smiled, “Just the essentials.” Charlie pulled his oldest friend in for a hug too as he welcomed them both inside.  

“Why are you wearing rubber gloves?” Tao asked as they broke apart.  

Charlie looked down at his hands, “Oh, I forgot I was.” He pulled them off and tossed them into the sink in the kitchen. Recognising the telltale signs of Charlie’s OCD, she tried to reassure him, “It’ll all be great you know.”  

Sighing, Charlie blurted out his biggest fear, “But what if he’s changed his mind and doesn’t show up.”  

Before Elle had a chance to reply, Tao spoke up, “That’s nonsense Charlie Spring and you know it! That man absolutely adores you and would literally do anything for you. He would be there even if he had to fight his way through hordes of flesh-eating zombies.”  

Elle and Charlie both stood staring at Tao, it was a far cry from the boy who had threatened to murder Nick all those years ago if he messed Charlie around. The doorbell rang again, “that’ll be Isaac, I’ll get it,” Elle offered, heading to the door to welcome their friend in.  

Slumping down into one of the chairs in their breakfast nook, Charlie sighed, “I know, I do know. But you know what my brain is like.”  

Walking into the kitchen, Isaac placed his book down on the table and wordlessly pulled Charlie in for a hug. “Hello,” Charlie cooed, relaxing in his friends arms. Now he was surrounded by his friends, he could feel some of the anxiety oozing out of him. They had his back, just as much as Nick did.  

Elle and Tao both wrapped their arms around the pair and made it into a group hug. Charlie had never felt so happy to have so many people who loved him for who he is, regardless of his insecurities.  

As they all let Charlie come up for air, Elle took hold of his hand to pull him up out of the chair, “Come on you, we’ve got a wedding to get ready for.” Leading him up the stairs to his and Nick’s bedroom to start preparing.  

Call Me Daddy

Description (May contain spoilers)

Alpha David gets a surprise when his Omega husband reveals he’s pregnant.

This fic is inspired by the prompt ‘Omegathon’.

“David, I’m pregnant,” Charlie said calmly after sitting his mate down.

“What?! You can’t be,” David insisted adamantly.

Giggling a little, Charlie replied, “Of course I can, I’m an Omega.”

“No, I know that.” David sighed, “I mean, we were careful, weren’t we?”

“Well, no protection is 100%. And the risk is even higher if you’re in rut at the same time as I‘m in heat.”

“But, when?” David asked, clearly shaken.

“Well, I’ve not been for any tests yet, but, if I was guessing, I’d say about a month ago when we were staying in that cute B&B.”

David thought back to their trip to Devon the month before; neither of them had been due to go into their mating cycle but something about the fresh sea air and the romantic little cottage they were staying in triggered it early. They were both insatiable, and when they left, they had to apologise profusely to Mrs Tibbs, the owner, for breaking quite a few things in the room. She was very understanding, especially when Charlie handed over a wedge of notes to pay for any repairs.

“I just, wow.” David stood and started pacing the room. “This can’t be real, it can’t be.”

Charlie joined him and placed a cautious hand on his Alpha’s bicep, “David, are you ok?”

David didn’t reply. He rushed out of the room, out of the house and just started walking. He didn’t know where he was going, he just needed to get out; he needed to think. Somehow, he made it to the local park when he was snapped out of his own head by his phone ringing.

When he answered the call, before he had a chance to say anything, the voice at the other end was shouting at him so loudly he had to hold his phone away from his ear.

“DAVID ELIZABETH NELSON-SPRING! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!” 

“Mia, stop shouting down the phone.” David called back to his best friend.

“Sorry, but I still stick by, ‘What the fuck did you do?’” Mia replied more calmly this time.

“What-” David started but he was interrupted before he could continue.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about. Your beautiful Omega called me crying his eyes out. So, I ask you again, what happened Davey?”

Plonking himself down on the nearest bench, David sighed before speaking, “Charlie’s pregnant.”

“Well, that’s great news isn’t it?” Mia asked. David didn’t reply. “Isn’t it? David, are you still there?”

“How can I be a dad, Mia?” David whined.

“What do you mean?”

“I haven’t the first clue how to be a dad. Mine was hardly a role model for good parenting. What if I screw everything up?”

“Oh Davey,” Mia sighed, “No parent knows what they are doing. Even when they’ve been doing it for years, they still get things wrong. The most important thing is to be present; to be there for your Omega and your pup.”

“Maybe he’d have been better with Nick… I bet he wouldn’t have run out on his Omega.”

“You can’t know how your brother would have reacted, but David, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Charlie picked you, he literally claimed you.”

David’s fingers ghosted over his mating gland where Charlie’s permanent mark had been left a few years ago. He and Nick had fought over Charlie and despite Nick being the physically more impressive Alpha, Charlie picked David. He still didn’t know how he got so lucky. 

“What’s this really about, buttercup?”

David rubbed the back of his neck, “What if,” he paused, “What if I’m like him?”

“Like who?” Mia asked, confused.

“My papa,” David said, his voice barely above a whisper.

“Oh! The fact you even care about that proves you are nothing like him, David. I’ve known you for years and I know you will make an amazing Dad. Both you and Charlie will be great parents. You just need to be there for each other; like right now, you need to get your perky arse back home and beg forgiveness for abandoning your boy at his most vulnerable moment.”

“Urgh, why did I do that?” David groaned.

“You were afraid. It was instinct, but now it’s time to put on your big boy pants, and go home!”

“Thanks Mia,” David said his goodbyes before pocketing his phone. He headed back to the home he and Charlie bought when they got married. Staring up at the little house, he took a deep breath and remembered all the good times they’d shared together under this roof. The parties with friends and family, the quiet nights in, the not so quiet nights in, too. Everything was changing but David could do this, he had to do this, he wanted to do this. 

David opened the door softly, hoping not to alarm Charlie. He stepped inside and went to the living room to look for him, but he wasn’t there. Trying the kitchen, he found nothing but emptiness there too. He headed upstairs and could smell the distressed Omega before he could see him.

Following the overwhelming scent, David cautiously opened their bedroom door and softly called out, “Char, can I come in?” There was no response. Stepping into the room slowly, the sight before him made his heart break. All the covers and pillows from the bed had been dragged away into the corner, where his Omega was curled up in a new nest sobbing into the colourful fabric.

Approaching slowly but careful not to get too close, David kneeled down to Charlie’s level. “Char, it’s me, baby.” But Charlie didn’t move, he didn’t look up.

“Charlie, please. I know I messed up big time, but please, please look at me,” he begged.

Charlie slowly raised his head, his eyes red and puffy, his cheeks damp from tears. David wanted to rush to his side and take him into his arms, but he knew better than to enter an Omega’s nest without their permission, even if they were mated.

“Oh baby, may I join you?” David asked, hoping he hadn’t messed up so badly that Charlie would reject him. 

Thinking for a moment that felt like the longest pause he’d ever experienced in his life, Charlie softly begged, “Please,” holding out his arms for David to wrap him in the cutest grabby motion. 

As a wave of relief washed over him, David rushed into the nest, as careful as he could to not disturb the placement of the soft furnishings assembled inside. He pulled Charlie into his arms and immediately started to release soothing pheromones to reassure him.

“I’m so sorry, Char,” David spoke softly as he held him tight to his firm chest. “I just, I got scared.”

“Don’t you want our pup?” Charlie asked, the pain clear in his voice between sobs.

“Of course I do, Char! It wasn’t that.”

“It wasn’t?” Charlie hiccupped between sobs, slightly more hopeful.

“No, baby. It was about me. I was worried that I wouldn’t be a good dad to our pup and that you deserve a better Alpha than me. An Alpha like-” David cut himself off before he could say his brother’s name. 

Charlie turned his head as best as he could to look at his husband, “David, you are my Alpha. I chose you. You both gave me the choice then, and if I had to choose all over again, I would still choose you. You are kind, funny, sensitive, sexy and I know that our pup is going to be so lucky to have you for a dad.”

“Char,” was the only word David could manage, as tears started falling down his cheeks.

“Why are we like this?” Charlie asked with a smirk.

“I don’t know,” David giggled.

Charlie’s face turned serious once more as he tentatively asked, “So, you do want our pup?”

Smiling broadly at his love, David replied, “Just call me Daddy.”

Deck the Halls

Description (May contain spoilers)

It’s time to put up the Christmas decorations in the Nelson-Spring house.

This was written as a birthday gift for my good friend Thrivy.

Nick was passing box after box of Christmas decorations down to Charlie from their storage place up in the loft. Boxes full of tinsel, baubles and tree decorations collected from Christmas markets and gifted to them from friends and family over their years together; things that represented not just the two of them, but also the people they cared about.

There were pride baubles of the MLM and Bi flags to represent the pair, joined by a range of decorations representing the Trans, Ace, lesbian flag and non-binary flags to show their love for Elle, Isaac, Tara and Darcy. These all sat alongside tiny baking utensils, mini books and little dogs representing Nick’s childhood pets Nellie and Henry.

The only thing they had more of than the tree decorations were their Christmas lights. Charlie had never been allowed Christmas lights growing up under Jane’s roof, so when Nick and Charlie moved in together, Nick vowed that they would have more lights than anyone else on their street and he didn’t disappoint. There were lights for the outside of the house, lights for the tree, even lights to put up inside the windows. Christmas was a big deal in the Nelson-Spring household.

Passing down one last box, Nick called down, “I think that’s the last of them.”

“Great,” Charlie replied, carrying the cardboard box into the lounge to join the rest of them that had piled up. Setting it down on top of another box, he opened the flaps on the top and started pulling out the first strings of lights from inside. No matter how carefully they put them away each year, somehow they still got tangled together in an unrecognisable mess by the time Christmas rolled around the following year.

Just as Charlie was starting to make some headway with releasing the twisted mess of wires, a big pair of hands wrapped around his waist and made him jump. The lights chose that exact moment to break free, sending the pair tumbling to the ground. Turning over so he was facing his husband, Charlie exclaimed, “Nick! You giant rugby idiot!”

Nick rolled them both over so he was on top of Charlie, causing him to giggle. “I know you love it,” Nick cooed as he leaned down to start kissing down Charlie’s neck.

“Nick,” Charlie said breathlessly as Nick licked and sucked at his soft skin. Encouraged by the excited sounds coming from his younger husband, he started grinding his hips against the tight material of Charlie’s jeans. His own growing erection tenting his tracksuit bottoms as he enjoyed the friction of the movement between them.

“Nick, we’ll never get the decorations up if you don’t stop,” Charlie whined, conflicted by the sensations of Nick rubbing against him and knowing they need to get the decorations sorted before they can actually use their lounge again.

“So,” was all Nick said as he switched to nipping at the other side of Charlie’s neck. Nick knew exactly what he was doing, he’d spent countless hours learning every inch of his man’s body. By this point he knew it better than his own. His hand reached up under Charlie’s jumper, caressing the smooth skin underneath as he continued to writhe against him.

Nick let his hand move lower to ghost over Charlie’s cock through the tight skinny jeans, eliciting a moan from the smaller man. Capturing his lips between his teeth, Nick gently bit them before running his tongue over the area, soothing the skin before slipping his tongue inside. The pair passionately made out as Nick straddled Charlie’s body, his hand rubbing the erection now straining to escape his love’s clothing.

Determined to not let Nick have all the fun, while he was distracted Charlie wrapped his legs around Nick’s and in one swift motion, used all his strength to flip them over so that Nick was now the one underneath him. It was now Charlie’s turn to take control, slipping his hand under the waistband of Nick’s tracksuit bottoms.

“No underwear?” Charlie asked as he looked down into Nick’s eyes, his hand gripped around the base of his husband’s rock hard boner.

“Easy access,” Nick whispered, trying to reach up and capture Charlie’s lips again, frustrated that they were just out of his reach.

“So bad,” Charlie teased as he stroked Nick’s length painfully slowly.

Nick couldn’t take the slow pace that Charlie was setting, he needed more. He flipped them again so that he was back on top, returning to dry humping his husband as he had been doing before. Loving the feeling of their bodies pressed against each other.

Charlie’s hands reached for the back of Nick’s tracksuit bottoms, pulling them down to squeeze the mounds of his peach fuzz-covered cheeks, making Nick moan. He loved when Charlie played with his bum, knowing it usually led to Nick being filled in the best way possible.

Charlie’s fingers dipped into the crevice between Nick’s delicious peach, searching for his hole. Just as things were heating up, the doorbell rang. The two men froze, “Maybe if we keep quiet they’ll go away,” Charlie whispered. 

But it was too late, as they heard the sound of the door opening.

“Shit,” the pair whispered in unison, trying to stand up but they couldn’t.

“The bloody Christmas lights,” Nick whined. They had become tangled around the pair as they’d been rolling about on the carpet. They were stuck together and didn’t have time to break free before the door to the lounge was opening.

“Hi boys, I hope it’s okay that I let myself in,” Sarah called as she opened the door to the lounge.

“Oh my!” she exclaimed, quickly looking away, “I’ll just – kitchen –,” she stammered before hurriedly closing the door.

Nick and Charlie looked at each other and after a moment’s pause, burst out laughing. The pair struggled to untangle themselves from the chaos of wires and glass bulbs, the shimmying from Charlie against his body as he tried to release them, not helping Nick’s erection to go down.

Once they were finally free and presentable again, Charlie whispered into Nick’s ear, “We’ll pick this up later,” before spanking one of his cheeks as he skipped off with a smirk to join Sarah in the kitchen. Nick’s blush bloomed across his face and it took him another few minutes for him to calm down enough to go join his family.

Breaking Houses

Description (May contain spoilers)

Its a few days before Christmas and Nick Nelson is about to close his bakery for the evening when a familiar curly haired customer walks in.

Inspired by the December 2024 prompt “Gingerbread House”.

TW: As mentioned in the tags there are references to domestic violence in this fic, please take care.

*Ding Ding* chimed the small bell above the door, alerting Nick to a customer walking into his bakery. Glancing at the clock, he thought it was just his luck that someone would come in 10 minutes before he was due to close, especially so close to Christmas. Untying his apron and hanging it on a hook by the door, he ventured into the shop to see who had come in, hoping they didn’t want something complicated.

“Hi!” Nick smiled, “I didn’t expect to see you back so soon.” He was pleasantly surprised to see the curly haired cutie he’d served just a few days ago standing in front of him.

“Hi,” the smaller man said, looking terrified.

“How can I help?”

“I was, I-” the man stumbled over his words, “I’m sorry, I’m sure it’s too late. Don’t worry, I’ll go,” he said, turning to leave.

Sensing something was wrong, and wanting to help, Nick rushed round the counter and placed a gentle hand on his customer’s arm, “Wait!”

The man looked at Nick’s hand and then up to face him, before either of them knew what was happening, tears were streaming down his cheeks. Reacting on instinct, Nick pulled him into his arms and held him close while he sobbed. Not asking any questions, but just letting him cry until the tears seemed to stop coming.

Once his breathing had calmed down, Nick’s teary companion looked up, his face red and puffy. Apologising quickly for his outburst, he pulled away from Nick’s chest. Releasing him reluctantly, Nick replied, “No need to apologise.”

“Sorry,” the sweet boy said again.

“No s-word,” Nick teased, eliciting a small smile from his visitor. “I’m Nick.”

“Charlie.”

“I’ve just taken a batch of Christmas cookies out of the oven, want to help me taste test them with a cuppa?” Nick asked, not wanting to send Charlie away when he’s so clearly distressed.

“Oh, no, I couldn’t. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you, sorry” Charlie babbled.

“What did I say about the S-word?”

Charlie blushed.

“Please, I could use a second opinion,” Nick lied.

“Well- okay then,” Charlie agreed.

“Great, come through.” Nick turned the sign on the door to closed, and flicked the latch shut before leading Charlie to the back of the shop.

Tea in hand, and a plate of warm cookies in front of them, Nick and Charlie settled at a small table at the side of the bakery’s kitchen. They drank in silence at first, Nick not knowing how to ask this relative stranger what had got him so upset.

“Why Scrum?” Charlie asked, breaking the silence first.

“Oh, for the bakery name? I used to be a rugby player and it just seemed to fit.”

“That explains the arms,” Charlie blurted out, causing both boys to blush. Quickly trying to backtrack, “I mean, not that I was-“

Nick placed his hand on Charlie’s on the table, “Hey, it’s okay, you can like my arms,” Nick teased, giving his free arm a little flex. Charlie giggled and the sound filled Nick with joy, he would do anything to hear more of that.

“I didn’t expect to see you back so soon, was something wrong with your order?” Nick asked hesitantly.

“Oh, err, no,” Charlie looked down at the table, toying with a loose thread at the end of the sleeve on his jumper. “I sort of need another gingerbread house. The last one, kinda, got broken.”

“Broken?” Nick asked.

“Well, my boyfriend, Ben,” Charlie started, “He was mad that one of the pastries wasn’t what he wanted, and he was screaming at me that I must have messed up the order.”

Nick felt his jaw clench, worried where this was going, “It wasn’t something I did was it?”

“No!” Charlie said abruptly, desperate to reassure Nick, “I tried to explain, I ordered exactly what he asked me to – I even showed him the message he sent to me. But he was angry, and the nearest thing to him was the gingerbread house you made us. He picked it up and he- and he-“ Charlie paused.

Trying not to let his rising anger show, Nick tentatively asked, “What did he do?”

Letting out a sigh, Charlie replied, “He threw it at me.”

Nick was now positively raging inside, how could anyone want to do anything to hurt this beautiful man. “Are you ok?” Nick asked, his voice laced with concern.

“Yes,” Charlie lied, trying to cover his cheek with his curls – Ben liked Charlie to keep them long so he could tug on them when he was fucking him.

Nick reached forward, causing Charlie to flinch back. “Please,” Nick implored. Charlie leaned forward again, allowing Nick to brush the delicate curls aside. Sure enough, a fresh bruise was starting to spread across the man’s cheek.

“This looks pretty serious Charlie. When did it happen?”

Charlie looked down again, ashamed to see the pity in Nick’s eyes. “This afternoon,” he whispered.

“We need to get some ice on that, or you’ll be black and blue by Christmas.” Nick stood and walked to the large commercial freezer. He filled a small piping bag with ice and brought it back to carefully place it against Charlie’s cheek. He winced at the sudden cold, before rewarding Nick with a small smile, thanking him for his help.

Their fingers brushing as Charlie takes over holding the makeshift ice pack, Nick returns to his seat and hesitates before asking, “Has he? Has he hurt you before?”

Charlie doesn’t reply but his eyes answer for him.

“You shouldn’t have to put up with that, why are you with him?” Nick blurted out, he was firmly into ‘ none of your business’ territory now.

When Charlie doesn’t reply for a moment, Nick thinks he’s not going to. He’s about to change the subject when Charlie quietly says, “He’s the only one who wants me.”

Placing a delicate finger under his chin, Nick raises Charlie’s face to look him in the eye, “He’s not the only one Char.”

Santa’s Little Helper

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Oliver Spring has got a festive job working in the local shopping centre’s Christmas Grotto and there’s a new Santa in town.

Aka…Slutty Elves and Sexy Santa.

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He sees you when you’re sleeping

He knows when you’re awake

He knows when you’ve been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

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If Olly heard one more Christmas song, he thought he was going to scream. He was currently working a holiday job in the local shopping centre as one of Santa’s elves for the generic Christmas grotto they ran every year. The grotto hadn’t been updated since he was a little kid being brought to sit on some drunken Santa’s knee, and it showed. The fake log cabin was battered and torn, held together with Duct Tape and an overwhelming amount of Christmas hope.

The fake snow path, that was once a fluffy white rug, was threadbare and tired, much like the Christmas trees that were liberally dotted around the grotto which were sagging and had branches missing. How parents were willing to pay the ridiculous price to let their kids sit on some strange man’s knee and then get a crappy pound shop toy that would break five minutes after they opened it, he would never understand.

Olly only took this job to get out from under his mother’s feet while he was home from university. She was driving him crazy, getting on at him for spending all his time in his room and not doing anything productive. Sure he tried to fake studying, but then she’d still interrupt him to help decorate the house, or try on a ridiculous dress that she’d bought for one of his cousins that was about the same size as him. So 8 hours of Christmas tunes, snotty-nosed kids and an elf costume, so short that it could almost be classed as being obscene, was infinitely the better option.

Olly was hoping that maybe he’d catch the eye of some cute dad that he could blow in the toilets on his break, but so far anyone remotely worth his attention was ‘too busy’ looking after their kids. Despite some masterful flirting that didn’t always rely on him bending over to pick up the presents, so that Santa didn’t have to of course.

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You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

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Things were looking up today though. Their usual Santa had called in sick, but the show must go on, and apparently the manager had managed to rope in one of her friends to fill in. This Santa really didn’t look the part at all. Instead of the usual jiggly belly, bad breath and not so discreet bottle of vodka in his pocket, this guy was tall, with what Olly was willing to bet was a rippling hot body hidden under his expensive woollen coat, and eyes that made him want to do whatever this guy said.

“Hi, I’m David,” said the substitute Santa as they were getting ready in the staff locker room.

“Olly,” was all he managed to say, desperately wishing that he didn’t have to go from looking his usual cool and mysterious self, to looking like the Jolly Green Giant’s diminutive festive cousin.

“Looks like we’ll be working together today. My friend Abbie roped me into helping her out,” David smiled.

“Well you’re certainly much better eye candy than the usual Santa,” Olly blurted out, unable to stop his tongue from saying everything that popped into his head.

“Thanks,” David blushed. Olly hid his head behind the door of his locker to hide his own blush that was growing across his cheeks.

Knock Knock came at the door as Abbie, the centre manager, called through, “Is everyone decent, because I’m coming in.” Before either of them had time to reply, Abbie was walking into the men’s locker room.

“Abbie, you can’t just barge in here,” David admonished his friend.

“Oh please, like I care what either of you have. I’m an absolute Lesbian,” Abbie stated.

“Even so, at least wait for an answer next time.”

“Jeez, such a stickler for the rules,” Abbie replied before turning to Olly, “You don’t care do you Olly.”

Giggling at the manager he’d gotten to know over the last couple of weeks he’d worked here, Olly replied, “Nah, it’s not like you’ve not walked in on my changing before.”

“Fucking hell, Abs,” David scoffed.

“I only came in here to give you ,” she emphasised the last word by prodding David in the chest, “your belly.”

“My what?” David said, confused.

“Your belly, you can’t be Santa with washboard abs you know,” Abbie stated again.

“Oh,” David said, looking down at himself. He really hadn’t thought this through before he agreed to help.

“Olly dear, give us a hand,” Abbie smirked as she walked back towards the door. Olly followed her, amused by the interaction between the two friends. When he got to the door, he could see why she needed help. She’d managed to drag the prosthetic from its storage locker as far as the staff corridor, but it was too big for her to lift up the awkward steps that were outside the locker room door.

Heaving it up the stairs while Abbie held the door, when he stepped into the room he heard David mutter, “Oh come on!” causing Abbie to laugh.

“Please David, for me,” she batted her eyelashes, knowing that he would do whatever she asked him to.

“Urgh, fine,” he sighed.

“Great, get that shirt off and Olly and I will get this attached.”

David pulled off his black t-shirt and Olly is pretty sure his brain short-circuited. When Abbie said he had washboard abs, she wasn’t kidding. All Olly could picture was rubbing himself up and down them over and over.

“Earth to Olly,” Abbie said, clicking her fingers in front of his face. Oh right, he was supposed to be helping santify this god. Why couldn’t they make David an Australian Santa and just have him in a pair of board shorts instead. Surely, that would give them a usp to attract customers from their rivals. He wondered if Abbie would go for that… probably not, he sighed to himself.

“Sorry,” Olly said as he stepped forward, holding up the fake stomach as Abbie strapped it around David’s back.

“You’re really lucky David. We haven’t had to use this with our other Santas. They’ve all had their own, er, natural padding,” Abbie joked from behind him. Once she had all the straps secured, she stepped away and Olly let go of the front to allow David to take the weight of the orb properly for the first time.

It was heavier than he expected as it started to pull him forward, causing both Abbie and Olly to laugh.

“At least you’ll be sitting most of the day,” Abbie reassured him, “Now hurry up and finish getting ready guys, we open in 10 minutes.” Abbie hurried out of the room and left the boys to get ready.

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He’s making a list

He’s checking it twice

He’s going to find out

Who’s naughty and nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

🎶

“The rest of your costume is in the locker,” Olly nodded as he headed back to his own locker. He pulled out his costume and sighed, 6 days until Christmas, just 6 more days of this ridiculous outfit. He stepped out of his t-shirt and jeans before tossing them inside the locker. He heard a wolf-whistle from behind him and turned to see David standing in Santa’s white shirt and his boxers.

“Looking good,” David smiled flirtatiously.

“I would say the same, but I’m not sure the belly is very flattering,” Olly teased.

Jiggling the fake stomach, David continued, “Ho, ho, ho! What do you mean, you don’t like what you see?” he winked.

Olly laughed, “I think today’s going to be fun.” They both turned back to their lockers and continued pulling on their costumes. Olly’s consisted of bright green tights, an emerald green tunic that barely slipped past the line of his briefs, a matching pointed hat and shoes. There was also a ridiculous pair of pointed ears attached to a headband.

Once he was fully kitted out, he turned and saw David struggling to get Santa’s beard to sit comfortably. Trying not to laugh, he walked over and said, “Let me help you with that.”

“Thanks,” David said, allowing Olly to adjust the straps that held the beard in place. Being this close, even with the ridiculous beard, Olly’s breath caught as he looked into David’s eyes. As he stared into those deep blue eyes, Olly thought to himself, ‘I’m in trouble’.

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🎶

Here comes Santa Claus

Here comes Santa Claus

Right down Santa Claus Lane

🎶

Shifts at the grotto could go one of two ways, they could either drag on for hours with absolutely nothing happening, or they could be manic with barely any time to catch your breath let alone take an actual break. Unfortunately for both Olly and David, today was one of the busiest Saturday’s of the Christmas shopping season.

Olly’s sure that Derek, the usual Santa, knew exactly what he was doing when he phoned in sick today. On top of that, he’s the only elf that’s turned up as well, so he’s been dashing back and forth between collecting the money at the counter, showing visitors inside, and passing David the presents to give to the children from Santa’s sack under the Christmas tree.

When 5 o’clock finally rolled around, Olly had never been more glad to pull the gate of the fake picket fence closed. He popped his head round the door of the grotto and David groaned from his throne, “Please tell me there’s no more.”

Moving inside, Olly smiled, “There’s no more, your shins are safe.”

David let out a sigh of relief and pulled off the fake beard, “Thank god! Did you see that one kid who, I’m sure, was trying to hospitalise me? If he wasn’t swinging his feet into me, he was trying to crush my balls.”

“Oh god, do you want me to check if they’re still okay?” Olly teased.

“What?!?”

“Relax, I was only kidding,” Olly said, only half believing what he was saying.

“It sounds like you should be on the naughty list for being such a bad elf,” David teased back.

“Oh yes, I’m a very naughty elf, Santa,” Olly replied with a sultry voice before bending down in front of him to give David a clear view of his arse as his costume rode up. As he was bent over, he was pretty sure he heard a moan of approval from behind him.

“Maybe you need to go over Santa’s knee,” David growled hungrily.

Standing upright, Olly turned and said, “I thought boys and girls sat on Santa’s knee, not over it?”

“Good boys and girls do, but we already decided you’re a bad boy, didn’t we?” David asked flirtatiously.

“Mmm, yes Sir,” Olly purred, hurrying over to Santa’s throne and allowing David to pull him down over his lap.

“If you want to stop, just say ‘Stop’, okay?” David said, to make sure Olly was comfortable.

“Okay,” Olly said, which was quickly followed by a thwack sound as David’s hand came down onto his left cheek. Thwack thwack thwack , alternated between each of his cheeks, causing Olly to moan and grind his growing erection against David’s thigh.

Once David had got to 10, he asked, “Can I take these off?” as he ran his hands over the soft cotton of the tights covering Olly’s behind.

“Yes,” Olly whispered breathlessly, hard from being spanked. David grabbed hold of the top of the tights and as Olly raised his hips, he slid them down his legs and off his feet, discarding them on the floor of the grotto.

“When did you change into a jock Olly?” David asked as he caressed the now bareflesh that had a slight glow to them from the first spanks he’d given the smaller man.

“You never know when you might need to be ready for easy access,” Olly teased.

“Fuck… such a naughty little elf,” David cooed before returning to spanking Olly’s cheeks again.

Thwack, thwack, thwack . David switched between each of Olly’s cheeks building up a rhythm. Watching as the skin got redder and an outline of his handprint became more and more visible where he was marking the same spot over and over again.

The sight on top of his lap was causing David’s own erection to grow now too, the thin fabric of the Santa suit doing very little to stop it from poking into Oliver as he lay on top of him.

🎶

Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer, pullin on the reins

Bells are ringin’, children singin’, all is merry and bright

So hang your stockings and say your prayers

‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight

🎶

“Maybe now I could sit on Santa’s lap?” Olly asked cheekily from his spread out position. Another spank to his arse for being cheeky caused him to let out a small yip, but Olly loved it.

David lifted Olly off his lap and stood him on the floor in front of him, taking the opportunity to enjoy the festive jock Olly was wearing in all their glory. The jock itself was white but across the front of the pouch was a picture of mistletoe guiding the viewer to kiss their way under the bottom of the fabric.

But as much as David wanted to take his time, and enjoy exploring Oliver’s body more, he knew it wouldn’t be long before Abbie would come to find them. If they were going to do this, then he needed to be quick. He stood up from the throne and quickly dropped the trousers of his Santa suit to the ground along with his boxers where they pooled around the big heavy boots that came with the costume.

Sitting back down, David said in a deep voice, “Come here little boy, sit on Santa’s lap.”

Grinning from ear to ear, Olly smiled, “Yes Santa,” before straddling David’s lap. It was a little awkward with the fake Santa belly still wrapped around David’s stomach, but somehow they managed to get just the right angle for Olly to start lowering himself down onto David’s rock hard cock.

Even with the prep he’d managed to do on his break, it was a tight squeeze, but eventually Olly was fully seated and taking a moment to let his hole get used to the thick beast inside him. Tentatively he started to raise himself up and then back down, just a few slow movements at first, before he picked up the pace. When he took this job at the start of the season, he never thought riding Santa’s South Pole would be one of the perks.

As he bounced up and down, he couldn’t help but laugh, “David, your belly is jiggling like a bouncy castle.”

“Ho, ho, ho,” David said, laughing along with him.

Their laughing turned into moans and groans as David’s cock found the sweet spot deep inside Oliver as he thrust up to meet Oliver’s downward strokes. David lent forward to try and capture Olly’s mouth but the two ended up laughing instead, as the giant prosthetic gut was too big to allow their lips to touch.

As they picked up their pace, pants, moans, and groans filled the fake log cabin. The air around them was ripe with the smell of sex.

“Oh, David,” Olly moaned, “Yes… fuck .”

“So…close,” was all David could manage to breathe out between pants.

“Come for me, Santa,” Olly pleaded. It was enough to push Davd over the edge, he let loose spilling his seed inside the naughty elf on his lap. Feeling David’s cock pulsing inside him, triggered Olly’s own release as he came untouched inside his jock.

“What the hell is going on?” Both boys’ eyes snapped towards the grotto doors where Abbie now stood.

Without missing a beat, Olly replied, “I was just welcoming David to the team.”

🎶

Bells are ringing, children singing

all is merry and bright

Hang your stockings and say your prayers,

’cause Santa Claus comes tonight

🎶

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Under the Mistletoe

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Instead of January as in the comics/show, what if the form groups changed in September, the start of a new school year, with Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring placed next to each other in form, they become friends.

Before Charlie would have met Ben, and just before the Christmas Ball is announced…

“Settle down, Hamlet house. I have an announcement to make.” Mr Lange called as the pupils in his form room continued chatting around the room.

“I said, settle down!” he shouted again, prompting the boys to shut up.

“Some exciting news for you,” he began with all the enthusiasm of a limp lettuce, “In two weeks, Truham will be hosting the annual Truham-Higgs Christmas Ball.”

The pupils in the room groaned, “Enough of that. All year 11s are required to go, while it’s optional for everyone else.”

“What!”

“Sir, that’s not fair,” cried some of  the year 11 boys in the class.

“I don’t care if it’s fair, it’s happening. Now keep it down until the bell please,” Mr Lange finished.

The Christmas Ball was yet another event that Truham and Higgs schools were jointly organising as a way to encourage socialisation between the boys and girls of each school. The leadership teams of both schools thought that, although their educations were separate, it was important that the students still learn to interact with the opposite sex, in a ‘safe and controlled’ environment.

Mr Lange broke the news in late November, as well as the grumbles and groans of the year 11s being forced to go, some were groaning because they didn’t have someone to go with. 

After the announcement, Nick turned to Charlie and begged him to go along with him, “Please Char, you can’t leave me with Harry and his mates, please.”

Charlie wasn’t able to say no to Nick’s puppy dog eyes, “Urgh, fine, I’ll go, just stop with the eyes you dork,” Charlie teased.

When the bell rang signalling the end of form, the two friends parted and headed to their separate classes for the day.

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In science class, Charlie sat with two of his best friends, Tao and Isaac.

“Hey guys, are you going to this Christmas ball?”

“I don’t really think it’s my scene,” Isaac softly replied.

“Won’t it be all lovey-dovey couples,” Tao grumped.

“N-no, I mean, it could be fun. We could all go together,” Charlie suggested.

“Why?” Tao asked, suspicion in his voice. 

Hanging his head in frustration for a moment, he looked at his friends again to beg, “Please guys, Nick’s asked me to tag along with him and I’m worried he’ll abandon me for all his rugby mates and I don’t want to look all pathetic stuck on my own. Pleeeaaassseee.”

Tai raised an eyebrow at him, while Isaac just replied, “Interesting.”

Continuing with his own puppy dog eyes, Tao eventually relented, “Ok, we’ll come.”

“Yay, thank you,” Charlie cooed.

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When the time came for the Christmas Ball, Nick and Charlie were joined by Tao, Isaac, their friend Elle, and her friends from Higgs, Darcy and Tara. They entered the main school hall at Truham, which had been turned into a magical winter wonderland. Mounds of fake snow were piled up, blue gauze hung from the walls and snowflakes were hanging at different levels from the ceiling above, swaying in the breeze from the open hall doors.

“Wow, it’s not…totally crap,” Elle said as she gazed around the room.

“Yeah, they actually put some effort into it,” Darcy added.

“What do you think Char?” Nick asked his younger friend.

“Char?”

“That, erm, that just slipped out,” Nick blushed.

“I liked it,” Charlie gently teased.

“Well, now I’m never calling you it again,” Nick smiled with his arms crossed over his broad chest.

The friends gathered around a table at the side, positioned to allow a dance floor to take up the centre of the hall. Glancing around the room, Charlie mused, “Everything’s so pretty.”

Staring at Charlie instead of the decorations, Nick breathlessly replied, “Yeah.”

Isaac watched on as his friend was completely oblivious to Nick’s obvious interest in him. He started to formulate a plan, but he’d need some help.

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“So you know what to do,” Isaac asked.

“Well duh,” Darcy mocked.

“Great, let’s go. Good luck.”

Isaac watched as Darcy headed to the table where Nick and Charlie were now sitting alone. They slid into the seat next to Nick and slung an arm around his shoulders.

“Nicholas, my guy, Tara really needs your help, she’s getting some grief off some of the rugby boys,” Darcy lied like a pro.

Groaning, Nick turned to Charlie, “Sorry, do you mind if I go help her?”

“Of course not, go,” Charlie smiled but not enough to bring out his dimples.

“I’ll be right back, I promise,” Nick said, staring slightly too long at Charlie’s face causing the boy to blush.

As soon as Isaac saw Nick leave the table, he headed over to sit on the other side of Charlie.

“Hey, how’s it going?” Isaac asked, out of politeness.

Charlie put his head down on the circular table in front of him, “Why does he have to be so hot, Isaac,” his voice muffled by the tablecloth.

“Oh Charlie,” Isaac said, placing a hand on his shoulders, “come on, let’s get our picture taken with some fake snowballs.”

Charlie looked up and smiled. Isaac knew his friend wouldn’t say no, not when it was so rare he asked for anything from him. Standing up the pair headed to one of the fake snow mounds, set up for pictures to be taken. Isaac made sure to place Charlie just right, on the left of the sculpture.

They posed for a couple of photos when Darcy returned with Nick. He was so distracted by her antics that he didn’t see Charlie and collided into his back.

“Sorry,” both boys said as Charlie turned to see what had hit him.

“Oh would you look at that,” Darcy cooed, pointing above the boys’ heads.

“Is that-“ Nick started, “Mistletoe,” Charlie finished.

“Guess you have to kiss now,” Darcy smiled mischievously.

“What? No, Nick doesn’t have to do that, it’s just a silly tradition,” Charlie babbled before Nick placed his finger on Charlie’s lips to stop him.

“I want to,” was all Nick said, causing Charlie’s eyes to go wide with shock.

Worried he’d said the wrong thing, Nick asked, “Is that- would that be ok?”

Charlie nodded, stunned into silence and not trusting his voice any more. Nick moved his finger and leaned down to replace it with his lips. It was a soft, gentle kiss. But in that moment, it felt like nothing else mattered but them.

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Meet My Boyfriend

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This story is a sequel to my prompt challenge entry, Wings of an Angel which looked at Harry going clubbing with Nick. That night Harry met a boy, now he’s taking him home to met the parents – at Christmas.

You don’t have to read that story to enjoy this fic, but it will set the scene.

TW: This story does contain homophobia and rejection from parents, please do not read this if these subjects will affect you.

It was only a few months ago that Harry Greene had come out to his friends; well to Nick and Charlie anyway. They gave him a lot of shit for it at first, which he knew was fair, considering how he’d treated Charlie when he first came out in Year 9. But after a lot of apologising and a little begging, they had both accepted that Harry had been overcompensating for his own fear of being found out at school.

Harry had been surrounded by a lot of toxic masculinity when he was growing up. He was taught that men should act a certain way and do certain things. That’s how he found himself on the Rugby team at Truham, his Dad decreeing it as a proper man’s sport. Harry had always thought it was funny that the sport his dad thought was the most manly involved a lot of close contact with other men’s arses.

How he didn’t pop a boner every time they had a game was sheer luck, really. It helped, he guessed, that his usual type wasn’t really the bulky rugby player sort. He’d always been drawn to the slim twinks, much like his boyfriend Jay. Although back then, the thought of any man would do when he was wanking off alone in his bedroom.

He’d never really dated before. In fact, Jay was pretty much his first everything. Before him, he’d never kissed a boy, he’d never sucked a boy and he’d never fucked or been fucked by a boy. They’d met in a club a few months ago, but to him it felt like they’d known each other for a lifetime. Jay had been dancing on a podium, dressed as the most beautiful angel Harry had ever seen.

Nick had agreed to go with him to his first ever gay bar, and when they’d walked in and he saw Jay dancing up above everyone else, he was instantly transfixed. It wasn’t just how beautiful he was, and he was beautiful, it was the way he moved with such delicate elegance while still matching the beat of the music, note for note. Harry nearly missed his chance that night, letting his nerves get the better of him, but fate had other ideas, pushing them together in a chance collision – literally.

It was like something out of a cheesy romance novel, but Harry didn’t care. That night, Jay was just finishing his shift as one of the club’s go-go boys, he was heading to the bar to grab a bottle of water before heading back to the staff locker room to change out of his wings. But in his clumsiness, Harry had crashed into him as he turned around, and he hadn’t looked back since.

Once Jay had changed back into his street clothes, he’d asked Harry if he wanted to go somewhere quieter for a drink. Completely forgetting he’d come with Nick, he’d have followed Jay to the edge of the Earth if he’d asked, his voice as angelic as his costume. Nick teased him mercilessly for it the next day, although he’d been secretly grateful to get home earlier to Charlie after seeing Harry taking off without him.

They had gone to a little pub down the road and spent the rest of the night, until it closed, getting to know each other. He found out that Jay was a ballet dancer who moonlighted as a go-go boy for fun, while Harry explained that he’d worked for his dad’s company since he left school despite still not being entirely sure what the firm actually did . Formalities out of the way they spent the rest of their time laughing and smiling. Harry couldn’t remember a time he’d smiled so much before, at least not a genuine smile of joy.

At the end of the night Jay asked for his number, and the next morning they had a date lined up for the following weekend. Speaking with Nick and Charlie about it, Charlie teased him for falling so hard for the first guy he saw. Nick cautioned him to be honest with Jay, and explain that he had no real experience before, rather than being his usual bullish self. And fairplay to him, it was probably good advice.

When their first date came around, every instinct inside him was calling for him to brag and show off, but Nick’s voice was in the back of his mind, telling him not to be himself for once. He tried, he really did, but some habits are hard to break.

Seeing the look he got when he jokily declared that “all dancers must be gay,” he had to quickly apologise, adding, “My friend Nick warned me to not be a dick.”

Jay replied with a smirk, “And how’s that going for you?”

“Judging by your reaction, I’d say not great. I’m hoping the fact you’re still here is a good sign.”

Pausing for a few moments to make Harry sweat, Jay eventually relented and replied simply, “It is.”

The rest of their meal together passed by fairly uneventfully, Harry trying extra hard not to say anything inappropriate. Once they finished, Jay took him dancing – not clubbing, but proper holding each other close dancing. He wasn’t that great at it, and with the number of times he stepped on Jay’s toes, he was sure he’d never want to see him again. But Jay was patient and calm, and helped Harry to do a basic step while they held each other.

Harry saw Jay home and managed to put his foot in it again, “So is this the part where you invite me up to have your way with me.”

Jay rolled his eyes and replied, “No, Harry. This is the part where I thank you for a wonderful evening, and say I’d really like to do this again.”

“You would?” Harry squeaked, surprised that he hadn’t scared Jay off.

Chuckling, Jay answered, “Yes, I would.”

“Result!” Harry shouted, fist pumping the air.

“Such a dork,” Jay laughed, “Kiss me goodnight?”

Harry looked like a deer in headlights; he’d never kissed anyone before. He’d bragged about it many times but it was all banter.

Seeing Harry welded to the spot, Jay took the initiative and slowly closed the space between them. When they were close enough, he pressed his lips to Harry’s with a feather-like touch. It took a moment before his brain re-engaged, responding by running his tongue along Jay’s lips asking for entry.

When he felt them part, their tongues tangled together. The kiss was messy, and probably not very dignified, but it felt electric. It was over faster than either of them would have liked, but it was all Harry could do to stop himself from jumping up and screaming Yabba Dabba Doo!

Harry was grinning from ear to ear all the way home that night, and he talked Nick and Charlie’s ears off about it when he saw them next.

By some miracle, Harry and Jay were still together 3 months in and now they were spending their first Christmas together. Jay’s parents disowned him when he came out, so Harry insisted he spend Christmas Day with his family.

Harry had told his parents he was bringing someone home for Christmas, but he kept putting off explaining exactly who , and now it was Christmas Day and he was torn. Although he was 24 years old, he’d never felt the need to come out to his family before; there just wasn’t a reason to until now. He was pretty sure he knew how coming out would go down with them, but he didn’t want to deny who Jay was, or what he meant to him.

To say Harry was nervous was an understatement. He’d warned Jay that today might not end well. Jay had even said he was fine pretending they were just ‘mates’, and while that would have been so easy, it just didn’t feel right . What he and Jay shared was beautiful and still so new, but Harry really wanted to see where it went and what it could become if given half the chance. Pretending, even for a day, that it meant less than it did, felt wrong .

The doorbell rang downstairs, Harry rushed to answer it before his parents. Opening it up, his smile grew, and he felt butterflies in his stomach at his boyfriend standing in the doorway.

“Hi, come in,” Harry said, making way so Jay could come in from the cold. 

“Hi, Stud,” Jay replied, knowing how it made Harry blush every time he used the nickname.

“Let me -“ Harry said with a flustered voice, before clearing his throat to try again, “Let me take your coat.” Helping to ease the winter coat off his shoulders, Harry let his hands squeeze his boyfriend’s toned arms as he went, knowing their contact would be limited today until Harry finally told his parents.

“It’s so good to see you. I missed you,” Jay spoke in a hushed voice so that only Harry could hear him.

“You only saw me yesterday morning,” Harry smiled back.

“Exactly, far too long,” Jay said flirtatiously.

Harry smiled but it didn’t quite reach the corners of his face in the way it usually would. Reaching forward, Jay tentatively placed a hand on Harry’s bicep, “You know you don’t have to do this today, or ever, if you don’t want to. They don’t have a right to know.”

Placing his hand over Jay’s, Harry replied simply with, “I know.” Before he had a chance to say any more, Harry’s parents were wandering into the hall and Jay stepped back to a more respectful distance for mates to be. Harry missed the warmth, but he was so glad that Jay made the move because he was certain his feet were glued to the spot right now.

Turning to face his parents, Harry made the introductions, “Mum, Dad, this is Jay. Jay, these are my parents, Mary and Bill.”

“A pleasure to meet you Mr and Mrs Greene,” Jay smiled, holding out his hand to shake theirs.

“Aren’t you a pretty thing,” Harry’s mother said.

“Now, Mother, that’s not a thing to say to a lad,” Harry’s father scolded, before replying to Jay, “Good to meet you son, any friend of our boy is welcome here.”

“Dinner is almost ready, come in, come in,” Harry’s mother said, directing the boys into the dining room before scurrying off into the kitchen. Mr Greene opened a cabinet at the side of the room, crammed full of a range of different bottles. Turning towards Jay he asked, “What can I get you to drink?”

“Erm, do you have lemonade?” Jay asked.

“Lemonade! It’s Christmas, you need a proper drink on Christmas.”

“It’s ok, I’m driving and I have work tomorrow, so I’d rather stick to soft drinks, but thank you,” Jay replied politely, knowing he may need to be the one to drive Harry away if everything went wrong today. Pulling a bottle of lemonade from the back corner of the cabinet, Mr Greene blew the dust off the bottle and twisted the cap. There was barely a splutter as what little pressure remained inside the bottle was released.

After pouring out a glass and handing it to Jay, who accepted it with a polite smile, Harry’s father turned to his son and asked, “Beer?” Harry accepted the offer, while his father turned back to the cabinet he gave his boyfriend a look that he hoped not only apologised for the flat drink, but also thanked him for joining him today.

Jay reached out his fingers to brush them along Harry’s, neither of them needing words to understand each other. Jay moved away as quickly as he had made contact so that he didn’t accidentally out his boyfriend before he was ready. Jay had meant it when he said he didn’t need Harry to come out, but if he chose to it was going to be on his terms.

Conversation while Mrs Greene prepared the dinner in the kitchen was pretty one-sided, with Harry’s dad dominating the conversation about whatever inane sports match he’d watched recently. Harry wasn’t really paying attention, he was too busy thinking about how to soften the blow of what he wanted to say, what he needed to say. He knew it was never going to go well, but he wanted to protect Jay from the worst of the hatred that he knew was coming his way.

“Dinner’s ready,” Mrs Greene called, “Harry darling, will you help get everything to the table.”

“Sure, Mum,” Harry called back as he stood to head out to the kitchen, resisting the pull to kiss his boyfriend as he walked past.

Left alone in the lounge, Mr Greene asked, “So, how did you meet my boy?”

Startled by the question, Jay replied, “Oh, erm, we met at one of the places I work.” Trying to keep the details vague but honest.

“Oh yeah, and where’s that then,” he continued, clearly trying to be polite.

Before he had a chance to think of an answer, Harry called from down the hall, “Jay, would you mind helping me for a minute.”

Trying not to obviously breathe out a sigh of relief, Jay replied as he stood up, “Sure, coming.” Hurrying down the hall as quickly as he could.

“Sorry for leaving you alone with him,” Harry whispered as he handed a couple of dishes across to Jay.

“It’s ok,” Jay smiled.

The pair carried the dishes of an assortment of steamed vegetables into the dining room and after placing them in the middle of the long dining table, Harry pulled Jay into a warm hug.

“Oh,” Jay breathed out a sigh of relief as they finally got to be close again.

“Hi, I just needed a moment with you,” Harry whispered close to Jay’s ear.

“Take as long as you need, love,” Jay whispered back.

“Boys, there are more dishes to take through,” Harry’s mum called, breaking the spell of their embrace. Dutifully helping carry the rest of the dishes in from the kitchen. Once it was all in place, they were seated around the table, Mr and Mrs Greene at each end, and Harry and Jay seated opposite each other in the middle.

Before they tucked into their food, they all pulled crackers with the people either side of them, making sure that everyone had a paper hat to wear as they ate. After everyone was set, and sticking to tradition, Mr Greene carved the bird and dished it out to everyone before they all tucked into the wide range of sides spread along the centre of the table. Plates were piled ridiculously high with food, and everything was pleasant. 

Conversation once again turned towards the young men as Harry’s Mum asked, “So how long have you two been friends?”

Thinking back to the day they met brought a smile to Harry’s face, he looked across the table at his boyfriend before turning to his mother to answer, “We met about 3 months ago. My friend Nick from school took me clubbing and Jay and I bumped into each other, literally and we hit it off straight away.”

A scoff came from the other end of the other table, causing everyone’s focus to turn to Mr Greene. “Nick Nelson! What a waste that boy’s made of his life, shacking up with some fairy.”

“Dad!” Harry interrupted, “I’ve told you not to speak about Nick and Charlie like that, they’re my friends.”

“How can you be friends with a pair of fag -”

“ENOUGH!” Harry shouted, standing up abruptly and sending his chair crashing to the floor behind him. “I told you to stop!”

“Don’t you raise your voice to me, boy! This is my house and I’ll say what I like,” Mr Greene insisted without raising his voice to the same level as Harry. Harry backed down, he righted his chair and sat down at the table again. Jay gave him a concerned look, but Harry subtly shook his head to say he was ok.

Trying to move the topic to safer ground, Mrs Greene asked Jay, “So, what is it you do for a living, Jay?”

“Oh, I have a few jobs, but my main one is as a ballet dancer with the Royal Ballet company,” Jay said proudly.

“Oh great, another fairy,” Harry’s dad scoffed again.

Harry wasn’t standing for that. He was up out of his chair again, storming across to his father’s end of the table and, before he knew what was coming, Harry had punched him square in the jaw. He hit him so hard that he fell backwards in his chair.

Feeling the pain in his jaw, Harry’s dad went to speak but Harry cut him off before he had the chance. “No one gets to say a bad word about this beautiful man,” Harry said, gesturing towards Jay but not taking his eyes off his father. “He is ten times the man you will ever be. He is kind, he is loving, he is passionate about everything he does and you know what, DAD!” he said, spitting the last word out like it tasted vile on his tongue, “He is mine !”

Harry’s mum gasped from her place at the other end of the table, as Jay stepped up and held on to Harry’s still outstretched arm. “Surprise Dad, I’m gay, Jay is my boyfriend and I love him.”

“You love me,” it was Jay’s turn to be shocked, as he stood by, a grin erupting on his face despite the chaos that had been made of the dinner.

Harry turned around, “I do, I love you,” he said softly, placing his hand over the one around his bicep.

“I love you too.”

“Get. Out!” Mr Greene snarled.

“Father, no,” Harry’s mum squeaked.

“I will not have a pair of fucking faggots in my house! Get Out!” Harry’s father screamed.

“Don’t worry, we’re leaving,” Harry said calmly, taking hold of his boyfriend’s hand and leading him back to the front door.

As Harry was helping Jay into his coat, Harry’s father called to him, “Don’t come back, you hear me boy! I. Have. No. Son.”

“Bill!” Harry’s mother cried as she cowered behind her husband.

Harry didn’t reply, he grabbed his own coat from the hook and opened the door for the pair to step outside. Once the door was closed, they headed down the drive to where Jay had parked his car. They climbed inside and only then did Harry let his emotions take over. Tears rushed down his cheeks as Jay pulled him into his arms.

“It’s ok, everything will be ok,” Jay said into Harry’s overly spiked hair.

It took time for Harry to stop sobbing; once he did, he sat back and placed his palm to Jay’s cheek. “I’m so sorry you had to be there for that. I never wanted you to have to live through that again”

“Hey, there’s no need to apologise to me. None of that was your fault, stud.”

Harry smiled, “I like when you call me that.”

Smiling back, Jay replied, “I know.”

“What now?”

“Well, I guess I’m now homeless, unemployed and we’ve missed out on most of our Christmas dinner,” Harry tried to joke, “I’m a real catch.”

“You know I love you regardless of all that,” Jay smiled, and Harry felt like everything was going to be okay.

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Baking Hearts

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Inspired by the October 2024 prompt “I love you, but you drive me crazy”.

David is introducing his partner to Nick and Charlie.

Charlie woke to the most glorious scents coming from the kitchen, the bed beside him empty and cold. The alarm clock on the bedside table read 06:11.

Instinctively he knew something was up, the only reason Nick would be up and baking this early on a Sunday morning was if he was stressed. Normally they would spend their Sunday mornings lazily kissing and caressing each other’s bodies before they got up around 10 to make breakfast together.

Reluctantly climbing out of bed, Charlie grabbed one of Nick’s jumpers and a pair of joggers to keep him warm before he headed downstairs to see his boyfriend. When he reached the kitchen, it was like a bomb had exploded, coating every surface with flour and cake mix.

There were trays of cupcakes cooling, croissants piled up haphazardly where they’d been brushed off a tray so that it could no doubt be used for baking more.

Trying not to startle him, Charlie hesitantly called out, “Nick?” When the older boy turned, Charlie asked, “What’s going on?”

“Couldn’t sleep,” was all Nick said before turning back to rolling out some pastry on top of an uncluttered piece of their worktop. Charlie approached and placed a delicate hand on Nick’s bicep.

“Nick, it’s not even 7am yet. How long have you been baking?”

Nick shrugged in response. Charlie took hold of his forearms, encouraging him to release the rolling pin he was holding. Guiding him to the dining table at the side of the room, he eased them both down onto the chairs facing each other. 

“What’s wrong, my love? You know it’s not normal to turn our kitchen into an explosion of baked goods this early on a Sunday morning.”

“We have guests coming,” Nick replied, hoping that would be enough to satisfy his boyfriend.

But Charlie knew better, “Nope, this is not a normal level of baking for your brother coming over. Spill Nelson!”

“Urgh, I hate that you know me so well.”

“It’s because I love you Nick, you drive me crazy sometimes, but I love you,” Charlie placed a kiss on Nick’s knuckles before continuing. “Are you worried about seeing your brother? I thought you two had patched things up?”

“It’s,” Nick paused, sighing. “It’s not seeing him, it’s the fact he wants to introduce his girlfriend to Me. I’d get it if he wanted me, us, there when he introduced someone new to Mum. But he said he wanted to introduce her to us first, and I just have a bad feeling about it.”

“So you decided that rather than talk to me, your boyfriend, you’d use up all the eggs in Kent and start a new business from our kitchen?”

Nick laughed, “I suppose it is a little crazy, when you put it like that.”

“Look, I don’t know why David doesn’t want Sarah here, but I’m sure it’ll all make sense once he comes over later. Until then, there is no point fretting over the unknown, is there?”

“When did you get so wise?” Nick smiled.

“Years of therapy,” Charlie joked before pulling Nick to his feet, “Come on, let’s get you, and this place, cleaned up.”

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Once they had gotten both Nick and the kitchen cleaned up, the pair had an early breakfast before David was due at 11. Charlie did his best to distract Nick with kisses at every possible opportunity.

Just after 11 the doorbell rang and Nick jumped from the sofa like someone had lit his trousers on fire.

“Nick, calm down before you have a heart attack will you,” Charlie walked to open the front door while Nick took a few deep breaths.

“Hi Charlie,” David smiled.

“Hi David, on your own?” Charlie asked, confused seeing David on his own on the doorstep.

“Not for long, work was really busy,” David confirmed as he walked inside and took off his coat.

“Oh ok, come on through,” Charlie led David into the living room where Nick was pacing.

“Hi little bro.”

“Hi,” Nick looked at David with one eyebrow raised. Before he could ask why David had turned up alone, the doorbell rang again.

“That’ll be your new girl,” Charlie announced cheerily, heading to the door with the Nelson brothers following behind him.

Opening the door, Charlie was surprised by the new arrival, “Oliver? We weren’t expecting you today?”

“Hello to you too dear brother,” Olly said as he stepped around Charlie and inside.

After greeting Nick he turned to David, “Hi sweetheart, missed you,” he said before standing up on tiptoes to kiss him passionately, causing Charlie and Nick’s jaws to drop open.

“What’s going on?” Nick and Charlie said in unison.

Releasing David’s lips but not letting him go, Olly asked, “You didn’t tell them?”

“I was waiting for you to arrive,” David shrugged.

Rolling his eyes, Olly stepped back from David, held out his arms and with a smile declared, “Surprise!”

“But…you’re straight,” Nick stated, pointing at his brother.

I’m pan actually,” David mocked, remembering the way Nick had ‘come out’ to him all those years ago.

“But…he’s my little brother,” Charlie whined.

“I’m hardly a child!” Olly replied.

“It’s incest!” Charlie protested.

“He’s not my brother,” David said snarkily.

“Hang on a second,” Nick interrupted, “When you found out I was bi, you were a real dick to me and to Charlie.”

“I know,” David said, looking down at the floor. “I’m sorry, my therapist has helped me to see that I was internalising…a lot…back then.”

Nick and Charlie both looked stunned, while Olly just looked up at him with pride in his eyes.

“You went to therapy?” Nick asked.

“Yeah, I was a real dick, but if I wanted to be with my Ollypop, then I needed to be better,” David said, smiling at Olly.

“Ollypop?” Charlie gagged.

“Oh please, you and Nick are far worse,” Olly chipped in.

“How long has this been going on?” Nick asked.

“About a year.”

“A year!” Nick and Charlie shouted in unison.

A Spider’s Kiss

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Nick and Charlie are going to a costume party, and Nick has picked out the costumes.

Nick opened the door to his bedroom where Charlie had been getting ready. Charlie was looking at himself in the mirror as he mused, “Why did I let you pick the outfits this year?”

“Because you love me,” Nick smiled back, seeing Charlie in the skin-tight costume he’d picked out for his boyfriend, “and I persuaded you with the promise of a certain kiss.” Nick thought back to the phone call from a year ago, things were so different back then. Charlie was in the hospital, and it felt like his world had just ended until that call finally broke through, shattering the painful silence.

As Charlie turned around to face him, Nick’s smile grew wider as he got to appreciate the full view of the Spider-Man man suit he was wearing. Charlie was still skinny, but he got more and more comfortable with his body, at least when he was with Nick anyway. So seeing the way this costume emphasised everything that Nick loved about Charlie’s sexy body, Nick was sure there would be cartoon hearts in his eyes like something out of Roger Rabbit.

When he saw Nick in his outfit for the first time, Charlie burst out, “Oh My God, Nick!”

“What? Don’t you like it?” Nick asked, smoothing his hands down the tight leather trousers he’d somehow managed to squeeze into.

Unable to control his laughing, Charlie breathlessly replied, “You…you look like Imogen.”

“What?” Nick asked, his head turning to the side in his trademark Nick Nelson confused look, before he walked over to the mirror to see for himself. Looking at his reflection for the first time, Nick panicked, “I swear it’s supposed to be Mary Jane! Do you think everyone’s going to think I’ve come as Imogen!”

Laughing harder now at Nick’s reaction, all Charlie could manage was, “Yes!”

“Oh god! What will Imogen say?”  Nick groaned, putting his head in his hands. He was wearing a sleeveless pink top, with an amply stuffed bra underneath, paired with a pair of deep red leather trousers. Unfortunately the costume shop didn’t have the right colour wig for Mary Jane, so the long wig he was given didn’t look like the character, but unfortunately did make him look like Imogen.

Taking pity on his boyfriend, Charlie placed his hand on Nick’s bare shoulder and tried to comfort him, “It’ll be fine, no one will be looking at you once they see me in this!”

Nick looked up from his hands and let his eyes roam over Charlie’s body again, “It doesn’t leave anything to the imagination, does it.”

“Nope, but when you have an ass this good, why hide it,” Charlie teased as he wiggled his behind in front of his boyfriend.

Nick groaned again, this time reaching forward and squeezing Charlie’s ass, “I just want to bury my face between those cheeks and never come up for air. Do we have to go to the party?” Nick started nuzzling into Charlie’s neck to try and seal the deal, knowing it was one of the things Charlie loved the most.

“Nick,” Charlie gasped, “Nick, we have to go. Everyone’s expecting us.”

Relenting, Nick moved from Charlie’s neck and gave him a final peck before replying, “Fine, I see how it is.”

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Nick drove them the short distance to Sahar’s house, who was hosting the Halloween party again this year. Nick had no idea how she managed to convince her parents after the amount of alcohol that was drunk at last year’s party, but after how last year ended for him, he was grateful for a do-over. Last year when he hadn’t spoken to Charlie for two months while he’d been in the hospital, he’d ended the night crying into Tao’s costume on the floor.

They didn’t speak. Tao just held him and let him cry until the tears all dried up. Their unspoken bond, their love for Charlie, breaking down the barriers that had once existed between them. Although neither of them has mentioned what happened since, it had brought the pair closer together, and Nick knew that Tao would stand by his side and fight for him just as fiercely as he would for Elle, Isaac or Charlie.

With Charlie by his side, Nick was whole again, and he was looking forward to enjoying this first Halloween together as a couple. Turning into Sahar’s road, the street was lined on both sides with badly parked cars. Driving round the block, eventually he found a space a couple of streets away. Nick idly wondered if he would be being too obvious if he walked a couple of paces behind Charlie so he could stare at his ass some more.

Hurrying round to the passenger door, Nick held out his hand for Charlie to take. “Such a sap,” Charlie giggled as he took hold of Nick’s hand and allowed him to help him out.

They walked hand in hand, Nick tried to hang back a bit but Charlie pulled him forward, “I see what you’re doing,” he teased. They came to a stop and Nick pulled Charlie into his arms so they could kiss, his hands creeping down to grab Charlie again. Pulling their lips apart, Charlie teased, “Don’t start something you can’t finish, Nicholas.”

“Oooohhhh,” Nick groaned, rolling his head back. Reluctantly they pulled apart and continued to walk hand in hand towards Sahar’s house. Pausing outside, Charlie pulled up the attached mask over his face to complete the look. Heading inside hand in hand, they were immediately greeted by everyone they knew over the noise of the music blasting throughout the house.

“How does everyone know it’s me?” Charlie asked Nick close to his ear.

“Erm, it may have to do with you holding my hand,” Nick teased before adding on, “and the fact that we’re always inseparable,” causing Charlie to giggle; Nick loved that sound so much, he didn’t think he’d ever get bored of it.

“Hi guys,” Sahar called out behind them. “So glad you could…” she started before the couple turned around, “Why have you come as Imogen?”

Nick groaned, “Urgh, I’ve not come as Imogen!”

Charlie giggled beside him, “Told you.”

“So who are you then?” Sahar asked.

“I’m Mary Jane!” Nick protested, but Sahar just looked at him blankly. “From Spider-Man,” Nick added, exasperated.

“Ohhh,” Sahar replied, “Never seen it.” The look of shock across Nick’s face had both Sahar and Charlie cracking up.

“Not everyone loves Marvel like you do, Nicholas,” Charlie said, poking his boyfriend in the side. “Come on, let’s get a drink,” he added, dragging him away to the kitchen.

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Charlie spent most of the evening sitting on Nick’s lap, with Nick’s arms around him, as their friends came and went from the sofa they’d perched themselves on. It was almost like they were holding court in Sahar’s front room, but neither boy really cared. They were both just so happy to be with each other.

“So why are you dressed as Imogen?” Tao asked, sitting down on the sofa.

“I’m not dressed as Imogen!” Nick said for what he felt was the hundredth time of the night, each time causing Charlie to chuckle even harder than the last.

“Next year, I’m letting you pick the costumes,” Nick conceded to Charlie.

“See, I make good choices,” Charlie teased.

“So who are you then?” Tao asked.

“I’m Mary Jane,” Nick replied, but seeing the blank look on Tao’s face he added, “Peter Parker’s girlfriend.”

“Right,” Tao said, “Why?”

Frustrated, Nick buried his face in Charlie’s shoulder. So Charlie explained, “It was his way of getting me to be Spider-Man, he promised we’d recreate the upside kiss,” then turning to Nick he added, “Which I still haven’t had, by the way!”

Nick started tickling Charlie’s sides making him squirm in Nick’s lap.

“Nick… Nick stop it,” Charlie struggled between giggles. Nick stopped his tickling and pulled Charlie back in close again.

Playfully hitting Nick, Charlie spoke again, “Let me up, I need the bathroom.”

Doing as he was told, Nick opened his arms so Charlie could carefully clamber off Nick’s lap, before leaving he said, “When I come back, I’m claiming my kiss.”

“Looking forward to it,” Nick blushed.

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When the familiar sight of a Spider-Man mask appeared alongside him, resting upside down over the back of the sofa, a broad smile spread across Nick’s face. This moment would make all the times he’d had to explain his costume tonight worth it.

Nick carefully rolled the bottom of the mask down in the same way Mary Jane did in the movie, and when their lips connected Nick wasn’t sure why but something felt off. Sure, he’d never kissed anyone upside down before, but this felt like more than that. Before he could work out what it was, he heard a small, fragile voice call behind him, “Nick?”

Nick’s head spun around so quickly, he wasn’t sure how the wig had stayed on. “Charlie? But if you’re there, who’s this?”

Tao grabbed hold of the hood of the mysterious masked man and pulled it off to reveal the man inside.

“Ben!” Nick gasped, looking at the smug face of his boyfriend’s former abuser.

“I think I’m going to be sick,” Charlie announced before he ran back off in the direction of the bathroom.

Ben tried to run away, but Tao grabbed hold of his suit to stop him, “No, you don’t!”

“Charlie,” Nick called as he ran after his boyfriend. Grumbling along the way about how fast Charlie was compared to him. Nick reached the bathroom door moments after Charlie and found it locked. He gently knocked on the door and spoke softly through it, “Char? Char, please let me in.”

Getting no response, Nick tried again, “Char, please, I swear I didn’t know it was Ben. Please, Charlie.” Nick heard Charlie vomiting from the other side of the door and felt the tears start streaming down his own cheeks.

“Charlie, I love you, please baby, please open the door,” Nick begged.

Nick heard the lock on the door click open before Charlie eased it open, tentatively. Seeing the tears streaming down Charlie’s cheeks, Nick wasn’t sure which he wanted more, to pull Charlie into his arms or to punch Ben’s pathetic smug face. Nick held out his hands and placed them carefully on Charlie’s sides, not pulling him in for fear of what reception he might receive.

“Nick,” Charlie cried, and Nick was wrapped around him completely. Holding him tight as he shook from sobbing. When Charlie’s legs gave out, Nick eased him down to the ground without breaking their contact.

“Why?” Charlie whispered into Nick’s chest. It broke Nick’s heart thinking how badly he’d hurt the love of his life.

“I’m so sorry, I swear I didn’t know, Char,” Nick pleaded.

“No,” Charlie said, more authoritatively this time before he looked up into Nick’s eyes. “Not you, why would he do that? Does he really hate me that much?”

“I, I don’t know.”

“Can we,” Charlie paused, “Can we go home?”

“Of course, Char. I’ll drive you back to yours.”

“No! Back to yours,” Charlie insisted before adding more nervously, “Please?”

Nick smiled, “Anywhere you want sweetheart.”

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“Let go of me, you freak,” Ben snarled.

“You’re one to talk, dressing up as your ex to trick his boyfriend into kissing you,” Tao replied, still gripping the back of Ben’s suit.

“Charlie? My ex? Don’t know what you’re talking about,” Ben insisted, causing Tao to roll his eyes.

“Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night,” Tao deadpanned.

“What’s going on here then?” called Harry as he walked in on Tao and Ben.

“This loser must fancy me or something, he won’t let me go,” Ben smirked.

“Please, even if I were into guys, I wouldn’t be into you,” Tao replied before turning to Harry and adding, “Just holding him for Nick, seeing as he just tricked Nick into kissing him in front of Charlie.” Tao didn’t know what reaction that would get from Harry, but he saw no reason not to let word spread about what Ben had done. He was sure Charlie wouldn’t do it himself, not wanting to out him, but Ben deserved it.

“That’s not cool man,” Harry said to Ben, “What did they ever do to you?”

“You’re going to believe him over me?” Ben asked, incredulous at the accusation.

“Yeah, I am!” Harry replied calmly, “Nick and Charlie are good guys, and part of the rugby team. You mess with one of us, you have to deal with all of us.”

Harry turned to Tao, “Mind if I deal with this maggot?”

“Be my guest,” Tao replied, letting Harry take Ben and wishing his camcorder still had charge so he could film him being dragged off.

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By the time they’d walked back to the car, Charlie was exhausted. His eyes closed as soon as his head hit the headrest. Nick buckled him in and then went round to the driver’s seat. Driving in silence back to his house, every time they were stopped at a red light he would glance over at the passenger seat to watch the gentle rise and fall of his boyfriend’s chest as he slept.

It felt like it took ages to drive back. Once Nick had pulled onto the drive beside his Mum’s car, he shut off the engine and quietly climbed out to walk round to the passenger door. Opening it gently, Nick crouched down to unbuckle his seatbelt and softly wake Charlie from his slumber.

“Hey,” Nick cooed as he saw Charlie’s eyes flicker open.

“Hey, did I fall asleep?” Charlie asked.

“Yeah, it’s ok. We’re home now, can you walk or do you need me to carry you?” Nick asked.

“Nick, you can’t carry me,” Charlie giggled. Taking this as a challenge, Nick reached in and pulled Charlie into his arms, kicking the car door shut with his foot.

“Nick, put me down you giant rugby idiot,” Charlie half-heartedly protested with a yawn.

“Nope,” was all Nick said as he carried Charlie to the front door. With Charlie in his arms, Nick couldn’t reach his keys so he rang the doorbell instead. Less than a minute later, Nick’s Mum, Sarah, was opening the front door.

“Hey babies, I didn’t think you would be home for hours?” Sarah asked, no longer surprised to see Nick carrying Charlie after it happened around their home so often over the last couple of years.

“Long story Mum, I’ll explain in the morning, ok?”

“Sure, darling,” Sarah replied, shutting the door behind Nick and watching as her youngest son carried his boyfriend up the stairs. When they reached his room, Nick placed Charlie down on his bed, the same way he had done so many times before.

Looking up at his boyfriend, Charlie sensed that Nick was still worried about what happened at the party. Charlie knew it wasn’t Nick’s fault, but he also knew that he needed to convince Nick of that too.

When Nick looked like he was going to walk away, Charlie grabbed for the bottom of Nick’s shirt to keep him close. What he wasn’t expecting was that their combined movements caused two soft dog balls to fall out of the top of Nick’s bra, startling Charlie and causing Nellie to jump on the bed to grab one of her toys.

Staring into each other’s eyes, Nick and Charlie both burst out laughing and Charlie knew they would be alright.

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Chapter Four

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Nick learns more about what happened to Charlie.

TW: This story does contain discussions of Eating Disorders, including a major character starving themselves to death (before the start of this story). Although this story is a comedy, if this concerns you then you may not want to read on.

As Nick lay in bed with Charlie’s ghostly curls under his chin, he couldn’t ever remember a time he’d been this happy before. It sounds crazy, he knows it sounds crazy. Even if you forgot the fact that Charlie was a ghost, they had literally only just met mere minutes ago. But something about their connection, the way Charlie knew what he needed, and when, it was like nothing he’d ever experienced before.

Looking up at him, Charlie said, “Even without being inside you, I can practically hear the cogs whirring inside your brain from here. Penny for them?”

“Why could you hear my thoughts?”

“Oh, that,” Charle paused, “It’s not something we’re supposed to do. It’s not considered a very nice thing to do, have you heard of ghosts possessing people?”

“What, like, demonic possession? Are you a demon?” Nick started to worry that he was going to end up getting killed out here, all alone, and no one would find his body for a really long time.

“No, no! But ghosts can do it too. Before I died, I’d always had a bit of a morbid interest in the paranormal. I’d read that ‘If a ghost enters a living human, they can take full control of them, manipulate them’.” Charlie answered before quickly adding, “I swear I’d never do that, Nick!”

“It’s okay, I believe you. So do you think that’s why everything was so… intense?”

“Yeah, I think that although I obviously wasn’t completely inside you, there was enough of a connection that I could feel you. But it wasn’t just your thoughts Nick – every sensation that you experienced, I was able to experience it too. I could feel your pleasure.”

“Wow, was that… okay?” Nick asked, concerned for how Charlie might be feeling, not wanting to overwhelm him with all of his emotions.

Giggling again, “Nick, it was more than okay. It was incredible.”

Relaxing, Nick smiled, “Okay, good. That’s… good.”

“So, how come you ended up here then?” Charlie asked Nick.

“Oh, well,” Nick paused while he thought about how to explain his current situation, “My Dad overheard some of my teammates from Rugby talking about how I’d beg them to fuck me after our matches. So as a punishment, I guess, he pulled me out of university and packed me off here. He bought this place a couple of months ago from something called the Hope Corporation -”

“Are you sure?” Charlie interrupted.

“Sure about what?”

“It was definitely the Hope Corporation?” Charlie hoped Nick was mistaken but the feeling in where his gut used to be was that it had to be true.

“Erm, yeah I think so. Why have you heard of them?”

“Yeah, that’s my husband’s company, or his parent’s company really.”

“Your husband? You’re married?” Nick was worried, he didn’t want some jealous husband coming in and attacking him.

“Well I was, death do us part and all that,” Charlie reassured Nick. “He’s the reason I died, in a way.”

“What?!?” Nick could feel the rage rising inside him.

“I mean, it’s not like he murdered me, but,” Charlie paused, he’d never had the chance to speak about what happened before.

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, it’s not really any of my business,” Nick tried to reassure Charlie.

“No. No I want to, I’ve never had the chance to talk to anyone about it since.”

Nick waited patiently for Charlie to speak, gently stroking his curls and hoping he could feel it or that at least the action of it was in some way comforting.

“His name was Ben. I’d known he’d been cheating on me for a few months, but he’d probably been up to it for years. He never liked this place, so any opportunity he had to get away he would. This house was always my baby. The moment I saw it, I loved this old building, the history of it and the life it had lived. But then one day he came home and just announced he had met some girl called Imogen and he was leaving me to be with her.Just to maximise the pain he caused, he told me as he was heading out the door that I had a few months to find somewhere else to live and then he’d be selling it.”

“I’m so sorry Char,” Nick stroked Charlie’s cheek.

“Thanks Nick,” Charlie smiled a half-hearted smile before continuing, “So, after that I just couldn’t bear the thought of leaving here, it’s just so beautiful and peaceful. I’d suffered with my mental health for years, largely triggered by Ben.But with the pain of everything he did to me, I just gave up. I didn’t eat, I didn’t go out, most days I barely even left the bed unless I had to. Eventually I just wasted away.”

Nick was seething, how could anyone do something like that to this sweet man. “Thank you for telling me.”

“I remember waking up as a ghost, if you can call it that. I was looking down at my body and I felt like I just had so much energy. More than I’d ever had when I was alive. It took a bit of getting used to at first, but things are starting to look up now.”

“Oh, why’s that?” Nick asked with a lopsided grin.

“The new owner’s son definitely brightens up the place,” Charlie smiled.

Smiling broadly now, Nick asked hopefully, “Can I kiss you again?”

Charlie leaned in and brushed his lips to Nick, but he didn’t feel the same as before. When he was inside Nick, he could feel the passion and the texture of Nick’s lips, but now he felt nothing. Charlie pulled away in frustration.

“Was that… not ok?” Nick asked nervously.

“Sorry, it’s just, I couldn’t feel anything,” Charlie said, disappointment clear on his face.

“I have an idea,” Nick smiled mischievously, “Why don’t you try using your tongue, maybe if you’re inside my mouth then you’ll feel what I’m feeling, like before.”

Charlie’s eyes lit up, “Okay,” he said before he moved forward again, this time allowing his tongue to press for entry into Nick’s mouth which he hungrily accepted. With their tongues tangled inside Nick’s mouth, Charlie sighed with relief; he could feel everything Nick was feeling. It was like he was alive again, here in Nick’s arms.

Charlie could have kept kissing Nick forever, he never wanted to break apart now he could feel again. But Nick needed air, he was still alive. Nick reluctantly broke the kiss, cursing his lungs for needing oxygen to survive.

Looking into Charlie’s eyes as he hovered above him, Nick asked, “Still want me to get out?” Mimicking the deep voice Charlie had used to scare him before.
Charlie replied with a smirk, “Absolutely not!” Before capturing Nick’s mouth again for a passionate kiss, his hands wandering over Nick’s naked body. Sensing Nick’s thoughts, Charlie pulled away this time and cheekily asked, “Ready for round 2 already?”

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Chapter Three

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Things heat up between Nick and Charlie.

TW: This story does contain discussions of Eating Disorders, including a major character starving themselves to death (before the start of this story). Although this story is a comedy, if this concerns you then you may not want to read on.

Nervously, Charlie started to ask, “Could we maybe, erm.”

“What Char?”

“Sorry, do you think I could see you, while I’m, you know.”

“Oh,” Nick paused but it went on a moment too long because Charlie was apologising again, “Sorry, forget it, this is fine.”

Nick turned quickly and took Charlie’s hand, “No sorrys, the S-word is banned. I’d like to see you too,” he smiled up at Charlie, causing the ghost to smile back.

Nick laid down on his back and placed one of the pillows at the base of his spine to prop his ass up at the best angle.

“So, erm,” Charlie started nervously, “This might not work ok, but, I erm, I’m going to try my best.”

“Charlieeee, please fuck me, I need you,” Nick begged.

“Ok, jeez you’re beggy,” Charlie teased. “So, how do you like your cocks?”

“What?” Nick asked, confused again which seemed to be his natural state around Charlie, especially before he’d had his morning cup of tea.

“Oh right, I should have mentioned that, so please don’t ask how I found this out, but I can sort of make myself your dream date, you know, down there,” Charlie nodded to his crotch bashfully, “It’s a ghost thing.”

“Oh, that’s, erm, different,” Nick stammered, “Can you, erm, just maybe, be yourself.”

Charlie nodded, not sure he could handle the emotions that were running through him. He’s sure his husband would have rather him changed into anything but himself if he was here. So to be wanted just as he is, felt so alien to him.

“Would you mind, erm, if I kept my shirt on?” Charlie asked nervously.

“You could wear a clown costume if it would make you feel comfortable lo-” Nick cut himself before he called Charlie love.

Charlie giggled again, with a snap of his fingers he was wearing just his shirt and his cock was at full mast. Nick took a moment to admire the view, “Wow Char, why would you want a different cock, you’re perfect,” before he sounded too soppy, Nick rushed to add, “Now get it in me, pleaseeee.”

Charlie pressed forward, it took all his concentration to not lose his corporeal form, but once the tip slipped with ease past Nick’s entrance both boys sighed in relief. As he slowly started to slide forward, Nick clenched around him causing him to stop abruptly.

“Char? What’s wrong?” Nick asked.

“Nick, I…I felt that.”

“Can you not normally… feel things?”

“No, I haven’t felt anything since I died,” Charlie stated, shocked at the first sensations he’d felt in years. Nick clenched his ass again and Charlie moaned Nick’s name.

Charlie started pushing in again and Nick let out a breath he didn’t realise he’d been holding. “You feel so good, Char.”

Once he had bottomed out, Charlie stopped his movements to give them both a chance to get used to the new sensations they were experiencing.

“Would you kiss me?” Nick asked from his position below him. Nick had never asked a boy to kiss him before. All his hookups had been just that, a way to get the fix he needed, to feel full inside. But with Charlie, Nick wanted more; he wanted this to be special, for both of them.

“Ok,” was all Charlie said as he leaned forward and placed his lips to Nick’s. Charlie wasn’t sure what to expect, but something about being inside Nick had meant he could feel again. He wasn’t sure anymore if they were his sensations or Nick’s, but he didn’t care. It was like sparks were erupting between them.

As they were kissing, Nick thought to himself, ‘God, I need him to pound me so hard right now.’

Charlie broke the kiss, “Alright needy, I’ll pound you now.”

“How did you? Char, you can hear my thoughts!?” Nick said, embarrassed.

“Oh, I guess so,” Charlie blushed. Before he got too nervous, he pulled his cock almost all the way out and pressed in hard and fast causing Nick to moan. Nick didn’t need to say a word for Charlie to know what he needed. The two of them were as one as he built up his pace and fucked him harder and harder.

Nick was moaning and writhing beneath him in ecstasy and Charlie could feel every bit of his joy radiating through him too. He sensed Nick was close before he could hear it in his voice, Charlie kept pounding as hard as he could, his ghostly body not able to tire. With a final long guttural moan, Nick was covering his stomach in his cum.

As he did, Charlie felt Nick’s ass clench around him and Charlie wasn’t sure how but he was cumming too, filling Nick up and causing Nick to shoot even more cum onto his body. When he sensed Nick’s cock and ass were getting too sensitive, Charlie allowed his corporeal form to slip so he could become just light again. Feeling nervous again, he quickly restored his clothes and tried hard to resist the urge to run away.

When Nick caught his breath, he looked up at Charlie, “That. Was. Amazing!” Nick held out his arms for Charlie to float into them, which he willingly did. “Did you… did you cum in me?” Nick asked, feeling something leaking from his ass.

“Erm, I think so. I didn’t even know I could,” Charlie stated, not wanting to leave Nick’s arms. It had been a long time since he’d been held.

Nick felt around his ass and scooped up some of the fluid that was leaking from his ass, he pulled it up to his face and it didn’t look like anything he’d seen before. “Char, what’s this?” Nick asked.

Charlie looked down at Nick’s fingers and hid his head in Nick’s chest as he groaned. Nick eased his face up with a finger below his chin and just looked at him with nothing but love and curiosity in his eyes.

“It’s ectoplasm, it’s a sort of by-product of when a ghost leaves behind a physical presence,” Charlie admitted, ashamed that he hadn’t realised that was what he’d done inside Nick.

“Hey, no need to be sad,” Nick cooed, “I like it.”

Chapter Two

Description (May contain spoilers)

Nick wakes up the next morning and finds he’s not the only one staying at the Château.

TW: This story does contain discussions of Eating Disorders, including a major character starving themselves to death (before the start of this story). Although this story is a comedy, if this concerns you then you may not want to read on.

The sun streaming through gaps in the moth-eaten curtains woke Nick from his sleep far too early. His body was exhausted from all the travelling. He wanted to stay in bed, but the grumbling of his stomach had other ideas. He hadn’t eaten since they stopped for lunch yesterday afternoon.

Reluctantly, Nick got out of bed and headed down to the kitchen in just his boxers. He didn’t know how long he’d be here but he knew his Dad would have had someone fill the pantry and fridge with food so he wouldn’t have to worry about going hungry.

As he walked barefoot along the maroon carpets of the dimly lit halls, Nick thought he saw something move out of the corner of his eye. He assumed it must be rats; he knew his Dad had sent him here alone to avoid any sexual temptation, so Nick knew it couldn’t be a person. He’d worry about that later on though, right now he needed to find food and work out how he was going to stop himself from going crazy cooped up on his own.

The kitchen was modest for the size of the building, wooden cabinets along the walls, a cast-iron aga sat under a stone chimney breast. In the centre of the room a large wooden table with a couple of basic chairs around it filled the space leaving very little room to move around. He assumed this once would have been used by the servants for preparing meals and having their own, while the owners ate elsewhere in more opulent surroundings.

He pulled open a cabinet door to look inside but it shut itself straight away. Pulling again, harder this time, the door slammed shut again. Puzzled by this, Nick tried again, this time the whole row of cabinet doors in front of him started rattling, opening and closing themselves seemingly untouched.

Nick backed away until the back of his legs hit the wooden table. He felt the air around him grow cold and he heard a deep disembodied moan, “Get out! Get out!”

Terrified, Nick ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs, taking them two at a time. He didn’t believe in ghosts, but there was no denying that someone wanted him gone. His Dad had recently purchased the house, that much he knew but he didn’t really know its history. Could it be true, were ghosts real? Was this house really haunted?

Dressing quickly, Nick slung the rest of his stuff haphazardly into his case. Zipping it up and hauling it off the bed, he went to open the door when it dawned on him – he was stuck. He had no way to leave, his father had abandoned him here and he certainly wouldn’t believe him if he told him the house was haunted.

Nick slumped on the bed and screamed into the pillow. What was he going to do?

“Get out!” The voice called again in the bedroom this time. The doors and drawers of the antique armoire rattled just as the cabinets had down in the kitchen.

Sobbing now, Nick cried out into the air, “I can’t!”

“Getout!” The voice yelled insistently.

“I can’t okay! My dad abandoned me here as a punishment for enjoying sex too much. He bought this house and dumped me here, so unless you can fuck me senseless, you can just fuck off, okay!”

A softer voice came from behind him, “What did you say?”

Nick turned and jumped backwards up the bed. He stammered, “You’re a… you’re a ghost.”

The ghost giggled, “Am I? So that’s why I can walk through walls,” he teased.

Nick stared, stunned by the sight before him. It wasn’t just that he was seeing a ghost for the first time, but it was the ghost of the most beautiful boy he had ever seen.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” the ghost said softly, placing a comforting hand on Nick’s shoulder.

“I can, I can feel you,” Nick said, shocked at the revelation.

“Of course you can,” the ghost stated matter of fact, “We’re not all the stereotypes you see on Scooby-Doo, you know.”

“Sorry,” Nick said, rubbing the back of his neck. Scooby-Doo was his only reference for basing ghosts off.

“I’m Charlie,” the ghost said, holding out his hand to shake.

“Nick,” he replied, but when he went to shake the hand, his passed right through, causing Charlie to giggle again. Nick was quickly starting to enjoy that sound.

“Hey, how come I can’t touch you,” Nick said, confused as Charlie was still laughing at him.

“I was only teasing, I can choose whether to have a corporeal form or not,” Charlie said, but when he could see the confused look on Nick’s face he added, “It’s up to me whether I’m solid or not.”

“Oh,” Nick said, still a little confused.

“Here,” Charlie moved his hand to Nick’s and brushed it over Nick’s knuckles.

“Wow,” Nick gasped, “I can feel you but it’s also like you’re not quite there.”

“It’s not easy to control when I get excited,” Charlie would have blushed if he could have.

“Excited?” Nick asked.

“Did you mean it?” Charlie asked.

“Mean what? Charlie you’re not making a lot of sense.”

“Sorry,” Charlie ducked his head down and started to fade out.

“No!” Nick reached forward to try and stop him, “No sorrys, I just – one minute you’re screaming at me to leave and the next, you’re saying you’re excited. It’s… it’s a lot, that’s all.”

Reappearing in his glowing, translucent form, Charlie took a breath that he didn’t need to, in order to pluck up the courage to answer Nick. “Did you mean it, when you said you wanted me to fuck you?” As quickly as he’d asked, Charlie was apologising again, “Sorry. Never mind, ignore me, I’m just going to go.”

Charlie started rushing towards the door to leave and Nick knew he needed to do something quick to stop this beautiful man leaving. “Yes!” Nick shouted, stopping Charlie in his tracks. Seeing him turn slowly back towards him, Nick continued, “I don’t know how it would work, but I need to get laid so badly. So, can you?” Charlie looked like he was thinking it over, Nick added, “Please Char, if you can, if we can, I’m begging you. I need you!”

“Char?”

Nick blushed, “Sorry, that er, that just slipped out.”

“It’s okay, I liked it. It’s cute,” Charlie smiled fondly.

“Now I’m never calling you it again,” Nick teased.

Getting serious again, Charlie’s face turned to worry, “I’ve, erm, I’ve never done this before. Not since I… since I died.”

Stepping forward and placing a hand on Charlie’s cheek, “It’s ok Char, neither have I.” Charlie leaned into Nick’s touch, “You feel so cold.”

“Well, I am dead,” Charlie said with a teasing smile.

Feeling far too many feelings in the moment, Nick reverted to what he knew best, “Fuck me, please. I need to feel you inside me so badly right now. I’ll do anything Char, I’m begging you.”

Pretending to think about it for a moment, Charlie got a wicked look on his face as he said, “Okay!” Then with a wave of his hand in the air, he caused Nick’s jeans and boxers to drop to the floor.
“Yes!” Nick exclaimed, hurriedly stepping out of them and whipping off his t-shirt. He climbed up on the bed on all fours and stuck his arse in the air. He really wanted to face Charlie, to see his face as he entered him but Nick thought that was far too intimate. That wasn’t what this was, it couldn’t be… could it?

Chapter One

Description (May contain spoilers)

Nick Nelson is the Rugby King of Leeds University, he’s also the teams resident slut. But when his father finds out, Nick is sent far away, where he meets the most beautiful boy he’s ever seen.

TW: This story does contain discussions of Eating Disorders, including a major character starving themselves to death (before the start of this story). Although this story is a comedy, if this concerns you then you may not want to read on.

This nonsense was inspired by a meme on Instagram that read ‘What’s the point of ghosts? If they’re not gonna fuck me, get outta my house!’.

Nick knew he should have tried harder to stand up to his father; he was an adult after all, and could do what he wanted. But without his money, he couldn’t afford to stay at Leeds university anymore.

When his father found out about his activities with the rugby team, he was furious. On the pitch, Nick Nelson was the rugby king, but in the locker room he’d earned a different reputation altogether. There he was known as ‘Beggy Bottom Nick’, and boy, did some of his teammates love to make him beg.

On one of the rare occasions that his dad had decided to travel across from his home in France to attend one of Nick’s matches, he’d been waiting outside the locker room after the game to take his son for dinner when he’d overheard some of the team.

“Can’t believe Nick is turning us down.”

“What, Beggy?”

“Yeah, something about his dad dragging him off to dinner.”

“That sucks, my girl’s blown me out and I was looking forward to dumping a load in him.”

Stéphane couldn’t believe what he was hearing, his son, the rugby king, was acting like some sort of slut for his teammates, his male teammates. As soon as he saw his son leave the locker room, hair still damp from the showers, he grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him out to his car that was waiting outside.

The ride to the hotel that day was unusually quiet, Nick should have known something was up then. The few matches his Dad had come to, he’d always been keen to discuss the highlights on the ride back afterwards. But even the chauffeur seemed to pick up on the tension in the air that day. Not daring to ask if he could raise the partition between them as he normally would.

When they got back to the hotel, his father was pacing up and down. Eventually he asked, “C’est vrai?” Is it true?

“Papa?” Nick asked, confused as to what his father was asking.

“C’est vrai?” Stéphane repeated more firmly this time.

“Je ne sais pas-,” I don’t know- Nick started before his father interrupted again.

“Est-il vrai que tu es la pute de l’équipe?” Is it true that you are the team’s whore?

Nick was shocked, he didn’t know what to say. How had his father found out?! What could he possibly say? He tried to deny it, but Stéphane wasn’t listening. He wasn’t sure what his father was more upset about, the fact that he was letting all the team use him or the fact that he was having sex with men. 

“Tu ne retourneras pas dans cette université. Je t’envoie, quelque part où tu ne seras pas un tel embarras!” You will not be going back to that university. I’m sending you away, somewhere you won’t be such an embarrassment!

Nick didn’t have a chance to reply; his father had stormed out of the hotel room, and that was the last time he’d spoken to him directly. He headed back to his flat before later that day receiving a text from his father’s secretary informing him that his funding had been stopped and that a car would collect him and his things the next morning at 10am.

That was three days ago, since then his father’s chauffeur had been driving him all the way from Leeds, through the Channel Tunnel and down into the South of France. He didn’t know where his father was sending him; all he could see around him as they drove was acres of trees lining each side of the narrow road.

He lost signal on his phone about an hour ago, and Nick was already feeling the pang of withdrawal from not getting laid. Normally he’d find someone to fuck him at least once a day, he loved the feeling when he’d just been fucked, feeling loose and open. Match days were the best – if the team had lost, they’d be extra rough with him and he’d feel it for days.

But he’d been saving himself for a few days before the match and pretty soon it will have been a whole week since he’d last had anyone or any thing inside him.

It was after dark when they pulled up in front of a large dilapidated building. Stepping out into the chilly autumn air, Nick looked up at the historic structure, which clearly hadn’t been cared for for years. The chauffeur dumped Nick’s bags on the ground beside him, before shoving an intricate and ancient key into his hand and driving back down the long driveway, leaving Nick all alone.

Trying to pick all his things up in one go, Nick staggered towards the grand entrance. Carved into stonework beside the archway, the words Château d’Amour were worn but still legible.

Dropping his bags on the ground, he stuffed the key into the lock of the large wooden door. Careful not to snap his only way inside, it was a bit of a struggle to get the key to turn but when it did there was a satisfying click before the double doors flew open, clattering back on their rusted hinges.

Nick thought nothing more of it as he carried his things inside the large double height entrance hall. The doors slammed themselves shut behind him, causing cobwebs to be blown from the paintings hanging along the walls and plunging Nick into darkness.

Feeling around the wall, he managed to find a light switch and was grateful that at least there was power, and that the converted chandeliers were still working. Off the entrance hall, Nick saw a number of doors on each side between the paintings and an impressive staircase on the back wall that went up to a small landing before splitting to go off to two upper wings of the house. 

Nick was too tired to explore, he dragged his cases up the stairs and went off to find a bed for the night.

Strangers on a Train

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Charlie is on the train heading home after a week working in Edinburgh, but a broken down train throws an unexpected change to his plans.

Charlie Spring was on his way home from a book fair in Edinburgh when his train lurched to a halt outside Leeds station. It was a warm day and the aircon on board was broken, making Charlie curse that he hadn’t flown back to London with his colleagues.

As they were waiting for the train to move, the train guard made an announcement over the on board tannoy, “Attention please ladies and gents, first of all let me apologise for the delay. We are currently stuck behind a broken down train in the platform at Leeds station. Hopefully it won’t be too long before they get this moved out of the way and once it is, we’ll be on the move.” 

“ Oh great ,” Charlie muttered to himself. He hated to fly and thought it would be a lot less stressful to travel in comfort on the train than to have to queue through airport security, wait anxiously in the lounge, and then go through the nerves he often felt during the actual flight itself.

They were sitting, unmoving, with no further updates from the guard for at least 25 minutes. Charlie was starting to feel a headache coming on from the stress of it all.

Charlie had spent the last few days chatting with aspiring authors, book publishers and other literary figures. His social battery, which was low at the best of times, was completely drained and he just wanted to get home and curl up on his sofa for a few days until he had to be social again.

Eventually the guard’s voice came through the muffled speakers again. After repeating his earlier apologies he added, “Unfortunately this means we will be picking up a train load of extra passengers on our arrival at Leeds, so please make sure all spare seats are clear of luggage so that they can all squeeze on board.”

Charlie groaned, he’d managed to nab himself a small table for two in First Class, and had laid out his suit bag and laptop case on the seat opposite him. He didn’t want anyone sitting opposite him, knowing his luck he’d end up with someone who wanted to make inane conversation all the way back to London.

With a jolt, the train shuddered forward when it eventually continued its approach into the station. Looking at his watch, Charlie saw they were now 45 minutes late into Leeds, having got later and later since they departed Scotland.

The guard wasn’t lying when he said they should expect a train load to be waiting at the station. As they pulled into the platform, Charlie saw it was heaving with passengers. He thought that It seemed like it could even be two trains worth with how deeply they filled the platform.

As the train came to a stop, Charlie closed his eyes, hoping that if people thought he was asleep, they wouldn’t ask him to move his things from the vacant seat. Once the doors opened he heard the passengers filing past him, rushing to grab any available seat. The already warm carriage, getting warmer as it filled with all the extra bodies.

When Charlie heard the sound of beeping to warn people that the doors were closing, Charlie thought he might get away with not having to give up the spare seat. Just in case there was anyone still looking, he kept his eyes closed a little longer. But when the train jerked back to life, Charlie’s fake sleep was broken by a sudden, heavy weight landing in his lap.

Opening his eyes, Charlie saw the most beautiful man in the world had literally landed in his lap. “Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” said the strawberry-blonde as he stumbled to get back to his feet, his hands and arms flailing about. As he did he asked Charlie, “Are you ok? I didn’t hurt you did I?”

“I’m fine, it’s fine,” Charlie assured him.

“Are you sure? I’m so sorry,” the man apologised again.

Charlie giggled, “You say sorry a lot.”

“So-,”

“Don’t say it,” Charlie laughed again. He didn’t think he had the energy to laugh, but there was something about this clumsy Adonis that Charlie found quite endearing.

Looking around for somewhere to sit, the stranger glanced at the space opposite Charlie. “Is anyone sitting there?” He pointed.

Despite his earlier reluctance, Charlie quickly replied, “No! No, it’s free. Here pass me the bags,” holding out his hands. Accepting his laptop case first, Charlie squeezed it between his legs, before taking his suit bag and hooking it up behind his head, blocking out the view from the window beside him.

As Charlie looks back, the tall stranger is sitting down. Now he’s eye level with Charlie, he says, “Hi.”

“Hi,” Charlie smiled back.

“I’m Nick.”

“Charlie.”

“Nice to meet you Charlie,” Nick smiled, “Do you go all the way?”.

“Excuse me?” Charlie replied pretending to be offended.

“To London! I mean, not. Oh my god,” Nick buried his face in his hands.

Charlie’s laughing again, placing his hand on Nick’s, “Nick, I know what you meant, I’m only teasing.” Nick moves his hand slightly from in front of his eyes to assess Charlie’s expression. Seeing Charlie looking back with a smile, Nick slowly comes out of his self-imposed cocoon, giving a shy smile back.

Before Nick or Charlie could say anything else to each other, they were interrupted by screams from further down in the carriage. “Oh my god, it’s you,” gushed two girls rushing up to their table. “You’re Nick Nelson, aren’t you. Can we have your autograph?”

Blushing from the attention, Nick quickly signed autographs for the two fans.

“You were so good in last week’s game,” they cooed.

“Thanks, it was a team effort,” Nick added curtly, not wanting to encourage them to stay and talk too long. Thankfully, after making polite small talk with them for a few more minutes, the pair rushed away to try and find somewhere to sit.

Turning his attention back to Charlie, he saw the cute brunette had a shocked expression across face on the other side of the table.

“What was that?” Charlie asked.

“Sorry about that, sometimes the fans can be a bit much,” Nick responded, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Fans? Are you some big shot celeb then?”

“Ha,” Nick barked out, “I wouldn’t know about that. I just play for this rugby club in Leeds.”

“Like a professional rugby club?” Charlie asked.

Laughing again, “Yeah, something like that.”

“Well I guess that explains the strong rugby arms then,” Charlie blurted out, causing Nick to laugh. “I can’t believe I just said that outloud.”

“Do you like my strong rugby arms, Charlie?” Nick said while teasingly flexing one of his biceps.

“Oh my god, shut-up,” Charlie groaned into his hands.

“I think you do,” Nick continued to tease, causing Charlie to blush hard.

“They’re ok, I guess,” Charlie tries, but fails, to sound like he isn’t flustered.

Giving Charlie a break from his turn to be embarrassed, Nick asks, “So what brings you to our little sweatbox today?”

“Work really,” Charlie sighed, “I’ve been away at a literary fair in Edinburgh for a week and now I’m finally heading back home.”

“So are you some big fancy author then, should I be asking for your autograph?” Nick teased, not really knowing anything about the world of fiction.

“Hardly,” Charlie scoffed, “I’m an editor. I take other writers’ work and,” Charlie searched for the best phrase to describe what he does for a living, “improve upon it.”

“Wow, so you’re both beautiful and a nerd,” Nick blurted out, his cheeks going crimson when he’d realised what he’d just said.

“I’m sorry, what?” Charlie asked, not believing he heard correctly.

“Erm, nothing,” Nick stumbled over his words, “just forget I said anything.”

“You…you think I’m beautiful?” Charlie questioned shyly.

Nick had his head in his hands again, “Urgh, I’m so embarrassing.”

“No more embarrassing than me,” Charlie said, tilting his head down so that Nick could see the sincerity in his eyes from his lowered position.

“Why are we like this?” Nick groaned causing Charlie to laugh.

“Well as you pointed out, I’m a big gay nerd. But I know what your excuse is.”

“I never called you a big gay nerd,” Nick rushed to clarify before he noticed the playful grin across Charlie’s face causing his dimples to pop. “I guess, I’m the result of combining a dumb jock with a bisexual disaster,” Nick laughed self-consciously.

“I happen to like dumb jocks,” Charlie said, trying his best to sound seductive.

“Well …happen to like big gay nerds,” Nick flirted back.

The pair spent the rest of the trip flirting and chatting about their lives, neither one noticing when the train arrived into London’s King’s Cross station. As the guard walked through the train he saw the pair and barked, “End of the line folks, this train’s now out of service.”

Looking round the now empty carriage, Nick and Charlie spoke in unison, “Oh,” causing them both to laugh again.

As they got off the train and walked side by side down the platform Nick asked, “So, where are you heading now?”

“I’m actually heading to my parents, my Mum insisted I go visit the second I got back,” Charlie sighed.

“I’m off to see my Mum actually too, she lives in Rochester,” Nick replied. Noticing Charlie’s mouth drop, he asked, “What?”

“My parents live in Rochester too,” Charlie smiled and the pair headed off together.

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September 2024 Prompt:: **The world could be on fire and we wouldn’t know**

This story is set after David and Olly return from their honeymoon.

It was David’s first week back at work after his honeymoon and he was certain he was having withdrawal symptoms from not being around his husband all the time. Husband: he didn’t think he’d ever stop smiling at that word. Knowing that Olly was his to hold, to kiss, to touch whenever he wanted with no one to come between them.

Their honeymoon had been fourteen glorious days of exploring each other’s bodies with nothing to distract them. But now, sitting back behind his boring desk, wearing one of his expensive suits in his stuffy office, he was finding it hard to concentrate on facts and figures. His mind kept drifting to thoughts of dark curly hair and chocolatey eyes. Counting the minutes until he could leave to have Olly in his arms once more.

The buzzing of the intercom brought him back to his dull reality with a start.

“Yes Judy?” David responded, trying not to sound too down.

“There’s a Mr Spring here to see you, he doesn’t have an appointment. Would you like me to send him away?” Judy’s nasal voice came over the speaker.

David tried to hide his excitement when he responded, “No, that’s fine, send him in please.” As the door opened, David added, “No interruptions please Judy.”

“Yes, Mr Nelson.”

“This is a surprise,” David smiled as Olly closed the door behind him.

“I hope this is ok, I was missing you,” Olly blushed.

Getting up from behind his desk, David walked across the room and pulled Olly into his arms. “This is more than ok,” David breathed into the beautiful curls beneath him, “I missed you too.”

When they finally broke apart, Olly had a glimmer of mischief in his eyes that David was all too familiar with. “Olly! What did you do?”

“What makes you think I did something?” Olly chirped, trying to sound like an innocent cherub.

“Because I’m your husband and I know that look, Oliver!”

Smirking, Olly turned towards David’s desk and swiftly dropped his jeans to the ground before leaning forward over the papers in front of him. David now had a perfect view of the two delectable globes that were Oliver Spring’s ass, framed beautifully by the black bands of his jockstrap. Not only that but nestled between those cheeks was the base of what David knew was the largest plug they owned.

David was lost for words. Looking over his shoulder, Olly asked, “See anything that takes your fancy?”

Not caring where they were, David strode forward to be up close to his husband’s sexy frame. He leaned over and started kissing his neck, as he took hold of the base of the plug. As he started to ease it in and out slowly, Olly responded with appreciative moans.

“Ssshh, we have to be quiet baby,” David whispered close to Olly’s ear, reminding them they could be interrupted at any point. When David increased the speed of his movements, Olly bit down on his lip to try and muffle his noises. Seeing Olly struggling to control himself had David rock hard inside his suit trousers.

Sensing they were both ready for more, Olly held out a small sachet of lube that he’d been holding since he dropped his jeans. Practically growling with excitement, David wasted no time in getting his stiff cock out of his fly. Using the packet to lube himself up first, before fully pulling out the plug and adding extra lube inside for good measure.

David knew they had to be quick, anyone could interrupt them at any moment, but he was past the point of caring. He pushed slowly inside, not stopping until he was seated all the way into Olly’s tight heat. They’d had years of getting to know each other’s bodies, he knew Olly could take it but if he didn’t go slow, he knew they’d both be coming within seconds.

Pausing to give them both a chance to relax, David breathed a sigh of relief now they were finally connected once more. Taking his time to build up his movements, as his pace got faster, he could hear the desk creaking beneath them as it shook. He hoped it could take the strain of both Olly’s weight and their exertions; he didn’t know how he’d explain it to maintenance if it collapsed.

As he was getting closer to his orgasm, David could here bells ringing. He was certain they were in his mind like a siren’s call, signalling that he was about to fill his love for the hundredth time. Moaning his name, Olly was close to his own release too. Pounding against his ass as hard as he could, David was chasing his release, knowing that their bodies would cum in sync with each other as they always did.

Just a few more thrusts and David felt Olly’s hole clench around him as he spilled out his release, coating the paperwork laid out below him. Feeling his husband’s climax, drew out his own, as David pumped his seed deep inside Olly, filling him from behind.

Once he was drained, David collapse onto Olly’s back, coming down from the euphoria. But the bells David had thought were in his head earlier, were still there, screaming louder now. Realising a moment too late the cause of the disturbance, the door to his office was thrown open. David’s secretary, Judy, calling as she entered, “Mr Nelson, the fire alar-,” stopping suddenly when she saw her boss still buried deep inside the young man she’d shown in not that long ago.

“Shit! Judy,” David started, carefully pulling his deflating cock out and trying to tuck it away without exposing themselves any more than he already had.

Looking anywhere but the scene in front of her, Judy started stammering out an apology before she turned and fled the room.

Helping ease Olly up off the desk, they took one look at each other and burst out laughing. It wasn’t the first time they’d been caught with their pants down.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Epilogue

For the past couple of months, Olly and I have been dating exclusively and it has been going really well. Not that either of us were going on dates with anyone else, except for when I was working but we both agreed they didn’t count.

Most nights when he hasn’t had some deadline or another for his course, we end up back at my place. It isn’t even always for sex, some nights we just love spending the evening curled up on the sofa, Olly in my arms, watching nature documentaries before falling asleep.

There are some evenings, after a long week of studying, that he’s fallen asleep almost the second he’s arrived. The first time I saw him laid out on my sofa, his messy curls squished up against its arm, he looked so adorable. I draped a blanket over him and just watched as he snored into the cushions beneath him. Maybe it was a little creepy, but I just love everything about him.

Since giving up being an escort, I’ve not yet found a steady job, but I have managed to pick up some freelance work. Some of my former colleagues at the agency needed someone to help with their accounts and it seems they find it a lot easier discussing how they earn their income, when it’s with someone that’s done it all before. I’m not sure if I’ve found my calling, but at least it was work and I was finally putting my degree to good use.

The income from being the accountant to a few prostitutes wasn’t going to be enough though. Combined with the not insignificant savings I’d been able to build up over the years, I’m managing to pay the bills, but I know that unless I can get a full time job soon, something will have to change. I’ve not told Olly yet, but I’ve already started looking for somewhere else to live. Although I own the flat, the maintenance fees each year will just keep rising, and moving to somewhere cheaper will free up some cash while I’m job hunting.

The biggest problem is that living in London is super-expensive. So far, it looks like unless I want to live in a rabbit hutch, I’ll need to move out of the city to afford anything decent. It would be nice to move closer to my Mum, back to Rochester, but I’m scared of what that would mean for me and Olly now that we are finally together.

Would he be ok with the distance? Would he follow me after he finishes uni? Maybe we’d be in a position where he’d want to move in with me by then? I have so many questions running through my head, but the thought of asking any of them yet, after everything we’ve gone through to get here, terrifies me. The biggest being, how would I survive if he leaves me, if the distance proved too much.

I couldn’t think of all that now though, Olly and I are sitting in a little coffee shop down the street from my flat, waiting for our brothers to arrive. With thoughts of Rochester running through my mind, I’d suggested to Olly that it was about time we met the family , as it were. We both agreed it would be best to start off easy, bringing our brothers together. The fact that it gave me a perfect opportunity to meddle in my little brother’s love life was just a bonus.

As we sit with our iced lattes in a corner facing the window, just enjoying being in each other’s company as always, a familiar boy with a mess of curls and ocean blue eyes walks in the door. I recognise him from our previous appointment, but seeing him now in the same room as my Olly, I really could see just how similar they were.

Olly waves Charlie over in our direction and after a brief and awkward hug, Olly gestures in my direction and says, “Charlie I’d like you to meet my boyfriend.”

Before Olly has a chance to say my name Charlie interrupts, “David? You’re dating, David?!”

“Wait, what? Do you two know each other?” Olly asks, clearly confused. Charlie looks nervous, he doesn’t know how much his brother knows and it’s clear he’s concerned that he’s put his foot in it.

To save him from trying to come up with a plausible lie, I decide that it’s best to be honest, “Charlie was one of my clients,” I say, bracing myself for a reaction from both brothers.

It seems neither of the brothers know where to look following my revelation, so spotting the perfect opportunity to break the tension, I announce, “and here’s another of my clients now.”

Charlie and Oliver both turn to face the door and see who’s just walked in.

“Nick,” Charlie gasps out, clearly still as spellbound by my younger brother as I suspected. “Wait, what do you mean client?” he adds.

“I thought we were meeting your brother,” Olly chips in.

As he gets closer, a look of confusion across his face, Nick speaks for the first time, “Charlie? Why are you all looking at me like I’ve grown a second head?” I can’t help the laugh that erupts from me.

Ignoring the questions from all three of them, I make some introductions, “Olly, I’d like you to meet my brother, Nick. Nick, this is my boyfriend Oliver, and I believe you already know his brother,” I say with a cheeky wink, causing his cheeks to flush a deep shade of red.

I get us all drinks and we settle around our little table in the corner, making sure that Nick and Charlie are sitting close to each other. Olly is the first to speak up, prodding my chest with his finger, “What do you mean they were both your clients?”

I start to smile but seeing the serious look on his face, I think better of it and start to explain, “Nick was actually one of my first after I moved to London. He’s always had a thing for curly dark hair,” I say with a cheeky wink in Charlie’s direction, “So it was a shock in more ones than one when I turned up in my pirate costume, sporting a wig of long, dark, curly hair, after he’d found my profile with the agency.”

“I can not believe you just told them that,” Nick said, looking almost crimson now.

“ Please say you didn’t do anything?” Olly asks, clearly disturbed by the thought.

“No, no, we just laughed about it and I headed home,” I reassured him.

“And he still charged me,” Nick whined, causing everyone to laugh, myself included.

“Ok, and what about Charlie?” Olly tentatively asks, I look down at the table. More embarrassed now, I knew I had to be completely honest with him. I just hoped that honesty wouldn’t scare him away, or ruin his relationship with his brother.

I look back up into his deep brown eyes, and take a deep breath before speaking, “I didn’t know at the start, I need you to know that.” I hoped he could see the sincerity in my eyes. Looking at Nick now too I added, “Neither of us knew who the other was related to.”

“Charlie was just another client, and I’m not going to lie, some… stuff did happen,” Olly’s face falls and I know I have to continue, but Charlie cuts me off.

“He called out your name, Olly.”

“What?” Olly asks.

“I was rimming him, and he moaned out your name. It was so weird,” Charlie adds.

“And…and then what happened?” Olly sounds so hesitant to ask.

“We stopped, I was worried we’d both booked the same guy and then David, he…” Charlie paused.

“I confessed my love for you, Olly. Before I’d even admitted it to myself,” I finished for him.

“And it was just that one time?” Oliver asks, looking hopeful.

“Yes, and it was just business, nothing more. I swear.”

Clearly pleased with my reply, Olly pulls me to him and kisses me deeply. I return the kiss until we’re both brought back to the room by our brothers clearing their throats to remind us we’re not alone.

I could leave it there, Olly seemed happy that it wasn’t anything more than my former life, but where would be the fun in that. As I’d already embarrassed my own brother, it was only fair to embarrass his too, right? So I continue, “Who would have thought both our brothers liked guys dressing up for them though,” I teased.

“Wait, what did he have you dress up as? Please tell me it was embarrassing,” Olly giggled, encouraging me to go on.

“It seems Charlie boy over here has a thing for rugby lads,” I nodded in Charlie’s direction before continuing, “I had to wear my old Glasgow rugby kit for him, because apparently a player from school he used to sit next to in form made quite the impression on him.” Charlie looked mortified and had his face in his hands.

Nick laughed before a look of shock crossed his face, “Wait, I used to sit next to you in form,” he said looking at Charlie.

“Yep,” I added unnecessarily, laughing to myself.

“Char?” Nick says in almost a question, with one hand on Charlie’s.

Looking up from his hands, Charlie looks at Nick and whispers, “Hi.”

“Hi,” Nick replies with a smile.

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Chapter Twenty-One: Taking a Chance

One month later…

Since our first date, Olly and I have been trying to take things slow. We’ve done the traditional date night ideas like bowling and pizza, dinner and a movie, and tonight we’ve had so much fun on our first double date with Heather and Lucy. It was karaoke night at one of the cocktail bars not far from my place.

Heather and Lucy sang The Time of My Life together from Dirty Dancing, complete with most of the moves, although they skipped the lift much to Lucy and Olly’s disappointment. Olly and I decided to pick out songs for each other.

For me, he picked Sex Bomb by Tom Jones. He thought it was hilarious watching me look like a deer in headlights as the song started. I have to admit though, by the time I got to the first chorus I was really getting into it, thrusting my hips and pointing at Olly as I sang along to the words.

For Olly I picked Troublemaker by Olly Murs, which definitely felt appropriate. Unlike me, he was really into it right from the start, moving and shaking as he sang, earning him a huge round of applause from around the room when the song came to an end.

A few guys and girls were buying Olly drinks after his performance. A couple even tried flirting with him while he literally sat in my lap with my arms around him. I mean we couldn’t have looked like more of a couple if we tried, but when Olly told them he only had eyes for me, my heart soared. At least for a moment, until it dawned on me that I couldn’t say the same. Sure Olly was the only one I wanted, but he wasn’t the only one I’d been with since we got together.

Olly saw my face drop slightly and turned my head so I was looking directly into his eyes, “Hey, what’s going on in there baby?” He asked me softly.

“Nothing, just tired I guess,” I lied.

I’m sure he knew I was lying, but thankfully he let it go.

Three months later…

Olly and I never talk about my work, he never asks and I never tell. So far it seems to be working. I’ve stopped seeing all of my regular clients and now just stick to those that book one-off sessions. It’s not as rewarding financially, since I don’t get the opportunity to tailor my service to their needs, but getting to know my clients feels somehow more like I’m cheating on Olly.

The only time my job comes up between us now is if I need to change our plans in order to see a client. Although more often than not, I’ll decline a booking if Olly and I have arranged to spend the time together. I’m earning less but it’s enough to pay my bills and it gives me more time to spend with Olly, which is always a bonus.

We’ve been having a ‘proper date night’, as he teasingly calls it, once a week, fitting it in around his studies and my work. It’s the one night that I’ve blocked out for any appointments so that I can focus entirely on him. We’re not just together that one night a week, in fact our friends have said we’re so like a married couple that it’s sickening, but I can’t help it, I just love to be around him.

We’re lounging around on the sofa, Olly resting against me as we watch something mindless on TV when the agency’s app pings on my phone. I pick it up to see what it is and my face must show my surprise because Olly asks, “Everything alright?”

“It’s umm, it’s work,” I stammer, not wanting to say too much. 

He places his hand on mine, “Talk to me, David,” he gently soothes.

I take a deep breath, “It’s just a name I hadn’t seen in a while.”

“Ok, is that bad?”

“I don’t know, I haven’t opened it to look.”

“Do you want some privacy?” He asks sweetly. I pull him closer to me and kiss the top of his head, taking the chance to breathe in his fancy shampoo. 

“No, it’s ok,” I confirm, opening the app and the message, from Paulo.

Liam,

I’m in town again next week and would like to see you again. Same terms as last time, are you available?

Paulo

Wow, Paulo definitely wasn’t a regular but also wasn’t a one off, as he now wanted to see me again. It was one of these grey areas that I hadn’t yet decided what to do about since it hadn’t come up so far. He was also the first client to want me for more than a few hours, or a night, since I got together with Olly.

I could tell that Olly was waiting for me to speak, but I didn’t know what to say. I know that if Paulo was even half as generous as he was before, that the numbers of bookings I was now losing would be more than made up for, at least for a couple of months.

I checked the booking details and saw it was for a few days’ time, as he was landing the day after tomorrow. Could I do it? Spend a week apart from Olly, a week being the plaything of another man, the only other man I’d truly felt comfortable allowing to fuck me.

It was just one week, the money really would come in handy. One week and then I could go back to my normal routine of a smattering of unimportant clients and time with my man.

Taking another breath I spoke, “I, I’m going to have to go away for work.”

“Ok,” he said simply, clearly needing more details but not wanting to press.

“For a whole week, from Monday,” I added.

I see a glimmer of something in his eyes, sadness perhaps, that he quickly shakes off before saying, “It’s ok David, I understand, it’s work,” smiling at me. 

“I don’t have to,” I rush to add, “I know it would mean missing our date night.”

“David, one of us has to work so that I don’t have to,” he joked, and the laugh that comes with it just fills me with so much joy.

“If you’re sure?” I nervously ask.

Taking hold of my hand in his, he confirms, “I’m sure.” So with his blessing, and knowing I could do with the extra money, I use my free hand to tap the accept button for the booking.

Monday

Recently my Monday mornings have consisted of waking up with Olly beside me. The two of us grabbing breakfast together before he heads off to his classes around 10am. This is the first Monday in weeks that I’ve woken up in bed alone. I’m seeing Paulo today and I didn’t want Olly to have to witness me preparing to go see a client.

That and I’m sure if he’d spent the night, we’d have ended up having sex and I know Paulo would want as much cum saved up inside as I could. In fact I’d been saving myself since I accepted his booking, only making Olly cum while he was here on Friday and Saturday. If he thought anything odd about that, he didn’t say anything.

Making sure I am thoroughly showered, and wearing what I’d been asked, I lock up my apartment and head out towards the hotel. I pass the coffee shop where Olly and I usually got breakfast, and a sense of sadness sweeps over me. Sure we hadn’t been together for very long, not really, but we’d developed on our little routine and it worked.

Now my job was getting in the way, just as I knew it would. How could I ever deserve someone as sweet, kind and sassy as Oliver Spring? How could he possibly be ok with what I do for a living? I always knew this job wouldn’t be for life, but I never really planned for what’s next or when I’d have to give it up.

As I reach the doors of the hotel, I notice for the first time where I am. I’m just a couple of roads over from Olly’s little flat. He’ll be waking up there about now, I wonder if he’s thinking about me. Missing me the way I’m missing him.

I reach for the handle of the hotel’s door and…I can’t do it. I can’t be this version of me any more. Olly deserves all of me and I want to give all of me to him. I turn away from the hotel, pull out my phone and send a polite but curt cancellation to Paulo and change my availability settings to None.

On instinct I make my way the short distance to Olly’s flat, the front door of the building is open so I head straight in and make my way up. On knock on his door and hear the beautiful tones of my Olly, swearing as makes his way to the door. I just hear him say from the other side, “Who’s bloody knocking at this time,” before the door opens and stunned he asks, “David? What are you…”

“I Love You!” I interrupt, I didn’t know that was what I was planning on saying before it was out, but I do. I love Oliver Spring and I need him and the world to know it.

“You, what?” He asks, clearly confused and half asleep.

“I love you, Olly,” I say again, more tenderly this time, pulling him into my arms and kissing him with everything I’ve got. He willingly returns the kiss, and when we pull apart he replies with tears in his eyes, “I love you too. But, aren’t you supposed to be with a client?”

I laugh, “I quit.”

“You,… you quit?”

“Yes, I quit, I can’t keep being with others and see you. You deserve so much more than that Olly, you deserve the world. You are my world.”

He stands there stunned, his hair a rumpled mess, his lips bitten from our kiss and his skimpy briefs leaving very little to the imagination. Until that is, he questions, “What are you wearing?”

I look down and realise I’m not in one of my usual sophisticated outfits that Olly is used to seeing. I dressed for Paulo, so I’m in just a T-shirt and trackies which clearly show the effect his body is having on my cock.

“Oh,” is all I manage before he’s pulling me inside his flat, kissing me and leading me to his bedroom.

Chapter Twenty: The Morning After

I wake up feeling trapped the next morning, a heavy weight pressing across my chest. It takes me a moment to realise why, and where I am. I look down to see Olly’s beautiful curls resting against my chest, his naked chest rising and falling slowly as he breathes in his sleep. He looks so peaceful, I don’t want to disturb him but my bladder is demanding it’s morning release.

Trying to slide off his bed that is a little too small for the two of us without waking him isn’t easy. I manage to slip a pillow under his head and squeeze off the side without disturbing him. Treading gingerly across the floor to make my way towards his bedroom door, a floorboard creaks below me. It’s almost as if it has been perfectly positioned to alert the occupier of any movement in the room.

Before I have a chance to turn around and see if the sound has woken him, I hear Olly’s groggy voice speak, “Are you leaving?”

I look at his face, he looks so cute with his hair a tangled mess. I point at the door and confirm, “Just need the loo, back in a minute,” before I slip out and down the hall.

I try to be as quick as I can, not wanting to miss out on a second of my first morning waking up with Olly. Ok, so technically it’s my second, but the first was back when I thought all this could be, was a one night stand. This was the first time I was actually letting myself believe that maybe, just maybe this thing between us could be the start of a new chapter together.

It feels like the stream is never going to end, but when it eventually does as I’m washing my hands I spot a tube of toothpaste laying on the side. I haven’t got a toothbrush, but I squeeze a little on my finger and rub it around my mouth in the hope that it’ll do something about my morning breath which must be horrendous right now.

Slipping out of the bathroom, I walk down the hall back towards Olly’s room when another door opens and Olly’s roommate crashes into my side and falls to the ground in front of me.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry, are you ok?” I rush to ask, holding out my hand to help him up. I hope he’s alright, I’m pretty sure injuring your date’s friend is probably not the best way to end a first date, or any date for that matter.

“I’m fine,” he says tersely, brushing his long fringe out of his eyes. Looking up at me and my outstretched hand, his head quickly turns to the side and he rushes to say, “Dude, Why are you naked?”

I look down and realise I forgot to put on my boxers before going to the loo, shit . I lower my hand to try and cover my cock, but most of it is still on show. “Sorry, I’m not really awake before I’ve had my coffee and I guess I forgot,” I apologise, squeezing past him as he lays on the ground. I slip into Olly’s room and stand with my back to the door, banging my head backwards a couple of times at my stupidity.

“Is everything ok?” Olly asks, looking confused.

“Yeah, I just managed to knock your friend to the ground and flash him all before breakfast,” I say, hiding my face in my hands. “Shall I let myself out,” I add, the sound now muffled.

I hear him giggling as he walks over to me. Taking hold of my hands, he lowers them so I’m looking into those amazing eyes. “Is Xay ok?”

“I mean I think so, apart from being scarred for life.”

He giggles again, I love that sound. “David, yours is definitely not the first cock Xay has seen, and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last. Plus it’s not like it’s the first time he’s seen your cock either, and while, yes , it is pretty impressive,” he says as he moves his hand down to stroke my cock, “Seeing it again, is not going to scar him for life .”

My cock grows as Olly strokes it, his lips sucking into my neck making me forget not just Xavier but even my own name. Once I’m fully hard, he moves his hands to my hips and pulls away from my neck, “Come on, put some pants on and lets have breakfast.”

I groan at the loss, “Hey, that’s not fair, you can’t just do that.”

“What are you going to do about it,” he teases. With ease I lift him off the ground and carry him the short distance across the room to throw him down on the bed, just like I did the first night we slept together. I’m on top of him quickly and my mouth finds his, we go from zero to max in a heartbeat. Grinding my cock against his stomach as our tongues fight for dominance.

I nip at his lip as I stop the kiss and bark, “My turn,” before flipping him over onto his front.

“ Yes ,” he moans as my tongue finds his hole and starts to work on opening him up. I’m too horny to take my time but as gently as I can I grab the lube from the night stand and start working my fingers, one by one into his eager ass. His moans beneath me getting louder the closer I get to fucking him.

“I’m ready,” he breathes out once I’m scissoring three fingers inside him.

“You sure?” I ask.

“Yes…need…you,” he says through shaky breaths.

I pull my fingers out from inside him and see his ass winking at me while I grab another condom and coat it in even more lube once it’s over my dick. With a hand on his back, I push his chest down onto the bed and instinctively his ass raises in the air at the perfect angle for me.

Going as slow as I can, I feel my cock breach his outer ring as it slips inside him. I know I need to take it slow but every nerve ending is on fire inside me as I move deeper and deeper into his body. It feels like an excruciatingly long time before I bottom out and my balls are pressed against his ass.

want to start moving, I need to start moving, but I restrain myself. I press my chest against his back and start to bite his neck, marking him, making him mine . He’s breathing hard now, his ass starts squeezing around me. “David,” he breathes.

“Baby,” I coo.

Pulling out slowly, I thrust back inside him causing him to moan my name, “ Da-v-id .”

I do it again and again, each time he moans louder and louder. The springs of the mattress are squealing below us in sync with Olly’s own. I pull him up so his back is against my chest, drawing his lips to mine as I take him from behind. Desperate to be as close to him as I possibly can, our two bodies entwined as one.

He’s moaning and groaning into my mouth, everything feels sooo good. I’ve had a lot of sex over the years, but something about this feels different. This connection between us, is making everything seem more intense, like we are drawn to one another. Neither of us wanting this to stop.

I can’t take it any more, I push him back down, pull his hips up and hammer his ass hard and fast. The bed is shaking beneath us as my balls slap against his cheeks. I can feel my orgasm building, “I’m so close,” I whisper loud enough for him to hear.

“Me..too,” he manages to reply.

A few more thrusts is all it takes and we’re both shooting our loads at the same time. I see stars as every drop I have erupts from me and fills the condom inside him. Finally, I collapse down on top of him. I know I must be crushing him, so I move to rise up on him but he places one of his hands on top of my ass and pleads, “Wait, don’t move, please.”

So I stay on top of him and place gentle kisses against any bare skin I can reach, they are light but I hope a sweet contrast to the weight of my body on top of him. As my cock starts to go soft inside the condom, I know I have to take it off before it gets stuck inside him. I start to rise off him and he whimpers at the loss.

“I know, baby, let me get rid of this and I’ll be right back,” I say, kissing his neck before climbing off the bed. I tie up the condom and dump it in a bin by his desk. I’m quickly climbing back onto the bed. I pull him on top of me and kiss his forehead, basking in the fact that I can let myself enjoy this and allow myself to open my heart to his amazing man.

“You called me baby,” he eventually speaks while nuzzling into my chest.

“Huh?”

“Twice, in fact,” he giggles.

“Sorry, I didn’t realise,” I say embarrassed.

“It’s ok, I liked it,” he places his hand over my heart.

“Now I’m never calling you it again,” I joke and we’re both laughing. We just lay on the bed, with me holding him for a while. I don’t know how long we actually stay here but neither of us is in a rush to get up.

I hear Olly’s stomach growl and I ask, “Should we get up?”

“Erm, no,” he definitely replies before his stomach growls again.

I laugh, “It sounds like your stomach doesn’t agree with you.”

“ Fine ,” he reluctantly agrees. He climbs off me and holds his hand out for me to take and asks, “Shower with me?”

“Definitely,” I smile and we both rush naked down the hall to shower together, laughing as we hear Xavier call out, “Put some damn clothes on you two!”

Chapter Nineteen: Back to His

We travel on the tube to Olly’s flat, the whole journey Olly is sat in my lap and our mouths barely break apart for air as we kiss passionately. My hands are gripping his ass to keep him from falling to the floor as the train twists and turns under the capital. Despite my grip he’s still managing to grind against my crotch, making my cock swell inside my boxers. My growing erection will be difficult to hide when we have to get up, but right now I’m too lost in Olly to care.

We are so distracted by our make out session, that we almost miss our stop. Catching the station name over the automated tannoy just in time, Olly leaps off my lap and drags me up out of the seat to run onto the platform, the doors almost catching us as they close. We look at each other, my hair a mess from where his hands had been entwined in it and his lips red and swollen from our kissing, and we burst out laughing.

The passengers just arriving onto the platform look at us with a mix of confusion and probably contempt, having not seen our rushed efforts to alight.

“Clearly they are jealous of how fun we are,” Olly jokes, causing us to both laugh even harder.

He leads us up out of the depths of the station towards the street, not once releasing his grip on my hand. As we ascend on the escalators, Olly takes advantage of us being the same height for a change to kiss some more. When we reach the top, he skillfully steps off the escalator backwards without looking, ‘clearly this isn’t his first time’, I think to myself.

As soon as we escape the station through the exit barriers, we’re practically jogging the short distance to his place, desperate to reconnect. Arriving at his flat, we tumble through the front door and get our hands and lips on each other again. It all feels familiar, yet new at the same time.

Although we’ve been intimate with each other before, this is the first time I’ve allowed myself to embrace my growing feelings for Olly. Our lips don’t part as he starts to guide me backwards, neither of us wanting to break our connection for a second now that we are alone.

I feel the edge of the sofa collide against the back of my knees and I collapse down onto it, dragging him down on top of me with ease. There are limbs everywhere, but somehow we manage to fit together like missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Our hands are trying to find their way under each other’s shirts and I’m now regretting wearing a button up.

I manage to get my hands up the back of his shirt first and start to dig my fingers into the bare skin of his back. The most delicious moan erupts from Olly, into my mouth. After struggling with my shirt while he’s on top of me, Olly’s hands move back up into my hair and he starts tugging on the strands.

Our hands and tongues are moving faster and becoming more erratic as we sink deeper into each other’s touch. We’re so lost in a cacophony of our moans and groans as we embrace, that we don’t notice we are no longer alone. From the other side of the room, an overdramatic clear of a throat, finally causes us to come up for air, Olly’s head snapping around to look towards our unexpected audience.

Olly’s friend, and roommate, Xavier is standing inside the doorway. “Guys, we eat on that sofa,” he chastises us.

“Xay, I didn’t know you were home,” Olly replies, still laying on top of me.

“ Clearly ,” he said dryly, glaring at us. I don’t know where to look.

My erection, which had been at full mast since we left the tube, has now deflated from the interruption and I’m starting to realise just how uncomfortable their sofa really is. The sharp springs inside are poking me in all the wrong places. Olly’s earlier description of it being ratty was pretty spot-on. After a brief stare-off between the two roommates, Olly climbs off me, his knee dangerously close to my balls as he does.

He holds out his hand to help me up, and I gladly take it to get off this painful three-seater. Continuing to hold my hand again, almost like he’s afraid I’m going to bolt, he leads me towards his bedroom. As we pass Xavier, Olly blows him a kiss with his free hand and gives him a wink, causing me to blush. We get to his room and as the door closes gently behind us, Olly seems sort of nervous now.

I squeeze his hand and he looks at me, “You okay?” I ask.

“Yeah, I’m sorry about that,” he replies looking down shyly. He seems so different from the confident man I am used to seeing.

“It’s fine,” I say gently, lifting his chin with a finger. “I wanted to get you back to your bed anyway,” I playfully add, with a wink.

I move my hand to his hip to pull him in close again. I look into his eyes to see if there’s any signs he doesn’t want to continue, hoping he can see the desire I have for him reflected in mine. I lean forward to touch my lips to his, a light, gentle touch at first. He returns the kiss and the heat between us builds quickly again.

I reach for the buttons of his shirt, deftly undoing each of them in turn so that I can finally get my hands underneath the thin material to wrap around his back. He tries to return the favour as his fingers fumble with the buttons on my shirt, but he’s not having much luck getting them undone. He breaks the kiss briefly and with barely a whisper says, “ Too many clothes ,” before his lips are back on mine. 

Reluctantly, I take my hands off his body to get my shirt undone and slip it off my shoulders. As soon as it’s fully off, my hands are back on him once more. I move them up from the base of his spine towards his shoulders, sliding his shirt up from the inside and off his body. Now both shirtless, I press closer to him so that we are skin-to-skin. It feels like sparks of electricity are exploding through me with the new contact between us.

I walk him backwards towards the bed, hoping it’s more comfortable than the sofa. As he reaches the foot of the mattress, I lift him up with ease and gently lay him down in front of me. 

Crawling up his body towards his waist, I reach the button of his skinny jeans and pop it open. I try to pull them off, struggling to get them down past his thighs. ‘ Damn these things look so good, but why are they so difficult to get off’ , I think to myself.

When I finally get them loose, I toss them to the floor and admire his gorgeous, lithe body. He’s laying there in a pair of skimpy black briefs and tiny socks to match and fuck does it turn me on.

Catching me enjoying the sight of him laid out in front of me, Olly smirks and teases, “You just going to stop and stare?”

I’m so enraptured by his body that I can’t think of a snappy comment to reply with. Instead, I jump up to stand above him, and in one move I pull my own trousers and boxers off, swiftly followed by my socks so that I’m naked above him.

Now he’s the one staring appreciatively, so I return his smirk with, “Now, who’s staring?”

Lost for words, Olly makes grabby hands in the air towards me, beckoning for me to come back down to his level. Climbing back on top of him, I kiss my way up from his waist until I’m back locking my lips with his. He squeezes the bare cheeks of my ass, pulling them apart. Sensing his desire to do more, I break the kiss to ask, “What do you want, Olly?”

Looking back up at me through his long lashes, he replies simply with, “I want to make you feel good.” Seeing the confusion on my face he continues, “I bet you spend so much of your time making sure everything is good for everyone else, so I want to make tonight all about you !”

Shocked, I climb off him and sit on the side of the bed with my back to him. I try to compose myself, but I must have been quiet too long. I feel Olly tentatively reach a hand out to rest on my arm.

“Sorry, did I…did I say something wrong?” he sounds nervous and uncertain again.

‘Fuck, I didn’t mean to do that’. Turning to face him I practically screech, “No!” before more calmly continuing, “No, I’m the one that should be sorry. It’s just…,” I take a breath, “No one has ever really cared about what wanted before.”

He moves his other hand to my cheek and tentatively pulls me closer to him, placing the softest of kisses to my lips. There’s no heat in it, only, love? I know it’s far too soon to be thinking that, but I can certainly see myself falling hard and fast for this amazing man. Maybe a part of me already has, but I’m not ready to admit it to myself, let alone to him .

We break apart but stay close, looking into each other’s eyes. He asks me again, “So, David, what can do to please you .” His voice is both seductive and caring at the same time.

Staring into his cocoa-coloured eyes, the answer slips from my lips, barely a whisper, before I even have a chance to think about it, “Will you fuck me?”

His face breaks out into a huge smile. If only he knew how big a deal my words really were. I’ve often resisted bottoming, it took a lot to give that sort of trust to anyone. With my clients, if I’d known them a while, or spent a lot of time with them, I was a bit more open to it, but if they were new, there was always the risk that they would be too rough. In my early days, some guys would think that just because they’d paid for my time, that they could do whatever they wanted.

Yet, here I was asking for it from him, offering myself to him so easily after getting together only a handful of times. Before I have a chance to get overwhelmed by all the thoughts running through me right now, I move in to embrace him again.

The passion between us is heating quickly, our hands freely exploring as much of our bodies as they can reach while our tongues are dancing between our mouths. Ready to take this further, Olly’s lips leave mine causing me to whimper but his lips are back on me as he starts licking a trail down my body, pecking at my skin as he goes. He sucks my nipples into his mouth one by one and I’m moaning with my fingers curled inside his hair.

He continues his downward path until he reaches my cock, which has been rock hard for what feels like a lifetime. Olly doesn’t waste any time though, in one move he’s not just gone down on my cock, but he’s pulled me all the way into his throat so that my pubes are tickling his nose. It feels so incredible that the noises I’m making no longer sound human.

The walls must be thin because after a few moves up and down my cock we hear from the other side, “Will you stop doing your party piece and fuck him already!”

Sliding off my cock, Olly calls back, “Xay, you know the rule. Put your headphones on and let me do what I do best.”

Before I have a chance to say anything, he’s going down on me again causing my head to roll back as I get lost in the sensations. I think he could even give me a run for my money with how good it feels. Just when I think he’s going to bring me over the edge, to spill down his throat, he pulls off and moves lower down to suck on my balls.

Reaching down, I start to stroke my cock, desperate for release. Olly quickly slaps my hand away, “Oh no, I’m not done with you yet,” he says in a sultry tone.

When Olly’s back between my legs, he guides them both up so that my feet are planted down on each side of his head. His tongue finds my hole, circling my entrance to get me ready for more. Swirling around the outside, occasionally dipping into me, teasing me to the point of begging for more.

“Need you, Olly,” I pant.

His tongue leaves my ass causing me to whine at the loss. He reaches for the bedside table, rummaging around inside and when he finally finds what he’s looking for he shouts, “Yes!”, holding his prize aloft like a trophy. I look to his hand and find he’s holding a bottle of lube.

The cap on the top pops as he flips it open to coat his fingers with a generous amount of the gooey substance. I feel the first of his fingers press inside me where his tongue had previously been. The initial sting makes me gasp, but I am quickly making other noises once Olly’s lips are wrapped back around my cock again.

His actions are skilled and efficient, he knows exactly what he is doing. It is just enough to keep me hard and horny, without pushing me over the edge. Each time he senses I am getting anywhere near to being close, he  eases off my cock while continuing to stretch my hole.

Once he has three fingers moving inside me with ease, we both know I am ready. Leaning across me to reach into the drawer by his bed again, he pulls out a condom and rolls it down his stiff length. Adding some more lube to my hole, and slathering a generous amount over his cock, he slowly guides himself inside me.

Feeling him slowly fill me up is like nothing I’d ever experienced. It isn’t that his cock is particularly different from any of the others I’ve had over the years. But looking up into his eyes, seeing all the possibilities of a future together, it seems to heighten every sensation in me.

Once he’s bottomed out inside me, he bends down to capture my lips with his while my body adjusts to him. Tentatively pulling out slightly and then thrusting back in to judge if I’ve become accustomed to his intrusion. Pulling out slightly more each time until only the head of his cock remains beyond my rim, he sits up and picks up the pace. Each time he pushes in, he uses his hips to angle himself slightly differently, grazing across my prostate at different angles.

I resist the urge to roll my head back and just get lost in the amazing electricity flowing through me, not wanting to miss any detail of our first proper time together. I noticed the way his curls are clinging damply to his forehead, the way his tongue was slightly poking out of his mouth as he concentrates on making me feel good and the way his chest is glistening with sweat that I just want to lick from his tanned skin.

Pounding me hard and fast now, the flare his hips had before is gone, replaced with a bed-shaking force. Each move is pressing against the button inside me with a constant instance now. I’m not going to last long, I don’t know how I’ve lasted this long already. With a few more plunges from his cock, he has me coating my stomach hands-free. This pushes Olly over the edge too and with one large push he’s grunting his own release, pulsing inside me and enhancing the after-shocks surging through my body.

Once he is totally spent, he collapses on top of me, breathing hard. I run my hand down his sweaty back, caressing him as he slowly comes down from the euphoria we’ve both just experienced. When he does, he gives me a quick peck on the lips before carefully pulling out, holding onto the end of the condom as he does.

He jumps off me to dispose of the condom, and grabs a t-shirt from the floor to wipe off the cum from my body before it completely dries on. Satisfied there’s no more he can do, he lays down next to me, nuzzling into my side as I wrap my arm around him. We lay in silence for a few minutes, just basking in the afterglow of the day.

When Olly finally speaks, his voice is quiet and slightly nervous, “Will you stay?” he asks.

I smile, ‘ he wants me to stay’ , I think to myself before I realise he’s waiting for an answer. “Of course, I’ll stay,” I say, planting a kiss on his forehead before we fall asleep with Olly where he belongs, in my arms.

Chapter Eighteen: Starting Over

“David, stop shaking your leg or I will stab you,” Heather berated me from the floor where she was making some adjustments to the trousers I was going to be modelling for her in a few weeks time.

“I can’t help it, I’ve never been on a date before.”

“Surely, with your job, you’ve been on hundreds of dates,” Lucy helpfully supplied.

“It’s hardly the same,” I sighed.

“Why not?”

“I was paid to be whatever they wanted, fulfilling a role like an actor in a play. But this , I just have to ‘be myself’, I mean, who even am I?”

“Oh sweetie,” Heather cooed.

“You’re not playing a role now, are you?” Lucy asked.

“Well…no, but…”

“No buts,” Lucy interrupted, “You can be yourself with us, just do the same with Olly.”

Huh, maybe she was right. I never thought about it like that.

“So what’s the plan for your date?” Heather asked.

“I was thinking Dinner and a Movie.”

“BORING!” Lucy declared.

“Lucy!” Heather chastised her girlfriend, “I mean, she’s not wrong though.”

I groaned, “Why is this so hard!”

“David, sweetie, this isn’t just a date. It’s yours and Olly’s first date, it should be memorable,” Heather continued.

“What should we do then…Help me,” I whined.

“Well I think a movie is a terrible idea! Sure it’s great if you just want to spend your time making out, but you can’t actually get to know each other in the cinema,” Lucy stated as she pulled out her phone, “How about this?” she added turning her phone towards me.

“I don’t know? Do you think he’ll like it?”

“It’s different, it’s original and it gives you loads of options in one place. Besides, it’ll give you a great chance to get to know each other.”

“Sounds perfect,” I exclaimed, “Ow!”

“I warned you not to move,” Heather smirked as one of the pins she was using slipped.

“This place is so beautiful,” Olly said, in awe at the surroundings of Kew Gardens in front of us. He turned to me to add, “There’s so much to see.”

“It’s not the only thing that’s beautiful here,” I replied shyly, earning me a blush from his tanned cheeks. This wasn’t my first date ever, but it was my first date with Olly. What I hoped would be the first of many, a chance to get to know him. Inside I am shaking like a leaf with nervous energy, I really want to get this right. My job alone should doom us from the start, but Olly wanted me anyway. So I owe it to him to try and not fuck this all up.

“Earth to David,” Olly was clicking his fingers in front of my face. 

“Huh.”

“You kinda zoned out on me there. Everything ok?” His beautiful, kind, dark eyes are staring up at me.

Shit- “Sorry, I guess I got lost in my thoughts.”

He takes hold of my hands in his, they feel so soft and gentle. He leads me to a nearby bench and guides me to sit down before he speaks, “Talk to me, David. Tell me what’s going on under those beautiful golden locks.”

Taking a breath to give myself a moment to compose myself, I reply, “I’m scared of screwing this up and that you’ll realise that I’m wrong for you after all.” I’m afraid to look him in the eyes, but when I hear him laughing, I look up to his face.

“David, I don’t need you to be perfect, I just need you to be you . I can’t promise you that everything will work out like we want.” My face falls at that, but Olly lifts it back up with one of his delicate fingers placed under my chin, “None of that. Life isn’t some story where everyone gets their happy ever after, but, we can try and we can hope. Besides,” he nudges me in the side, “This is only our first date, you might be a crap lay for all I know,” he says with a cheeky wink.

“Cheeky shit,” I smile back, “You already know I’m amazing at that.”

“ Well… ” he starts, but I give him a playful slap to his arm causing him to smile. “Yeah, okay.”

After sitting in companionable silence for a few minutes I decide it’s time to move on. Standing up from the bench, I hold out my hand to help him up. Of course Olly doesn’t miss the opportunity to rib me about being an old man and how he should be the one helping me up. But he says it all with the cutest smile so I forgive him immediately.

Once he’s up, I don’t let go of his hand as we return to walking through the gardens. Out of the corner of my eye I catch a little bashful smile when he notices, but neither of us says anything. With our free hands we both point out things we spot to show each other, venturing into the giant glass houses to marvel at the exotic varieties.

We walk up to the top of the treetop walkway, and enjoy the vast views overlooking the site. I’m not keen on being so high up, but not once does Olly let go of my hand or tease me when I won’t let go of the railing with my other hand.

Olly and I are laughing and joking as we go, mimicking some of the statues we see carved out, much to the annoyance of a few little old ladies. But Olly doesn’t care, he just flips them off and continues with his impressions making me laugh even harder. After he helped me get past my initial moment of doubt, everything has been so…wonderful.

There’s so much to see and do that we are both tired out from walking before we’ve even made it around half of the 30 plus acres of gardens and woodlands.

Taking a rest from all the exploring, I take Olly to The Botanical Brasserie, a beautiful restaurant within the grounds. Taking one look at the menu, Olly starts to protest when he sees the prices.

Grabbing it away from him I tell him, “None of that, this is my date, I’m paying.”

“But that’s not fair, I can’t ask you to do that and this place is sooo expensive, David.”

“You can pay next time,” he looks sceptical, so putting on my best attempt at my own pout, “Please, Olly, let me do this for you.”

With a huff he declares, “Fine! But if I’m paying next time don’t expect more than a takeaway pizza on my ratty old sofa. I’m just a poor student after all.”

“I don’t know, I think we can have a lot of fun on your ratty old sofa,” I tease with a seductive wink, making his cheeks flush an adorable shade of pink.

I already knew exactly what I was ordering for us, having looked at the menu when I booked the table. When the waitress comes over to take our order I speak up for both of us, “Hi, could we get two afternoon teas please?”

“Certainly,” she replies, writing on a pad, “Classic or vegetarian?”

“Vegetarian for me,” Olly requests. I look at him and smile before returning my eyes to the menu. 

I read the differences between the two options and make a decision that surprises me, “I’ll try that too, please.”

Now it is Olly who was smiling back at me. The waitress disappears but we just focus on looking into each other’s eyes.

“So you’re a vegetarian then?” I asked.

“Yeah, I tried being vegan for a while, but I missed real cheese too much,” he laughs. “How about you?”

“No, I like my meat.” I wink at him, “But I’m always up for trying something new.”

The waitress returns with a three tier tower filled with sandwiches, scones and miniature cakes for us to share. There are two of each delicacy on all the levels and Olly remarks, “It’s just like Noah’s ark, but for food.”

I was not expecting that, so when he just casually spoke, I burst out laughing so hard that the other diners all turned to stare at me. I don’t think I’d ever had so much fun.

As we are working our way down the stack, Olly and I talk about all sorts of things but soon the inevitable question comes up that I’d be dreading.

“So what made you choose afternoon tea?”

I took a breath before I reply, hoping I was able to speak with my voice cracking.

“I used to have this friend, her name was Dorothy.” I pause again. “She once told me her husband would take her for Afternoon Tea for their anniversary each year. But since he passed away, she’d not had anyone to go with, until she met me.”

“She showed me how to properly strain the tea when they provide it as loose leaves. And seeing the joy it brought to her to get to renew those memories of her happier times, it was wonderful to be a part of that.”

I have to pause again, I can feel tears starting to try and break free.

Olly gently places his hand on mine, “Do you still see her?”

I felt a tear drop down my cheek, “No, no she died, just before I moved to London,” I say in barely a whisper.

Olly reaches for my face to brush away another tear that has escaped, “I’m sorry to hear that, she clearly meant a lot to you.”

“She was a really good friend and had a wicked sense of humour. She would have loved you.” I smile, I really think they would have got up to so much mischief together if they’d met.

The rest of the afternoon tea goes by with much less emotion and much more laughing. Once we were done and I’d paid the bill, leaning across the table Olly smirked at me and in a low voice said, “Take me home, David.

Chapter Seventeen: Unrequited Booking

I’d walked up to many hotels over the years, but this one was different to most. Usually they are a little bit more upmarket than this budget hotel I’d been booked to attend, something much more in keeping with the price tag that my services attracted. It didn’t matter to me though, I was just here to do a job.

I step inside and I’m immediately blocked from going any further by needing a key card to access the lifts. Standing out of the way, trying to blend in, I take out my phone to recheck the booking notes. Sure enough there are instructions with the booking telling me to text the client, who I only know as ‘Os’, so that they can let me up to the rooms.

I send off the text, and within a minute received a reply simply stating, ‘Down in a min, I’ll be the one in a baseball cap’.

So I wait, glancing around to see if any of the staff have clocked me and worked out why I am here. It seems I don’t have anything to worry about though, they don’t seem to be that fussed about who is hanging around, let alone what for.

The door to the lift lobby opens and a man in a red baseball cap appears from behind it, keeping his face turned down to the ground. At first I think he’s perhaps nervous or shy, but then as he raises his head, I feel my jaw drop like a character from Who Framed Roger Rabbit .

Finding my voice again, “Olly?” I gasp.

“Hi,” he says, looking nervous.

“Wh-, what’s going on?” I can’t believe he’s standing in front of me, I haven’t seen or spoken to him in weeks and all I want to do is wrap my arms around him.

A few days after I’d confessed everything to him, the messages started. It wasn’t too bad at first, Olly would ask me to at least give him a chance and I’d reply with the reasons why we couldn’t. But then the messages become more insistent, almost non-stop. No amount of explaining seemed to be getting through, so in the end, I’d had to block him. But now, here he was, and I don’t know how he even found me.

“I booked you… surprise !” he shrugs.

I’m completely lost for words, Olly booked me? Olly is my client? No, he can’t, I can’t, I need to get out of here.

“ No ” is all I manage to say as I turn and practically run out of the hotel. Olly is calling after me and it’s not long before he catches up to me. He stands in front of me, placing his hands on my chest to stop me.

“Please, David, can we at least talk?” He asks with a desperate look in his eyes.

“We can’t, can’t,” I plead, I need to get out of here.

“I’ve paid for the hour! If you won’t come up to hear me out, then you can at least come up to fuck me. That’s why you’re here isn’t it?” He was playing dirty now. He knew that if I cancelled the booking, he could ruin me. He knew that I was basically his for the next hour, whether I liked it or not. But that was the trouble really; it is what I wanted. I wanted to spend time with him, so much time, but not like this.

Reluctantly accepting my fate, I nod and he lowers his hands from my chest. We walk in silence as we head back inside the hotel. Using his room key to let us into the lift, neither of us look at each other the entire way to his room.

Once inside, he moves to sit on the bed, placing his cap down next to him. I just stand there staring at him, now he’s got the cap off, his beautiful curls are flowing freely wherever they want to go. I want nothing more than to climb on top of him and run my fingers through them once more while I kiss his beautiful lips.

I see his lips start to move and I realise he’s talking, “I told you I wouldn’t give up on you David. I’m sorry for tricking you into this, but I didn’t know how else to get you to talk to me. Your profile wasn’t easy to track down, Liam , really?”

“I could hardly use my real name, could I?” I smile.

“So, David, is your real name then?” he asks, a hint of nerves in his voice.

Ouch that stung, “I suppose I deserved that.” I move to sit down next to him, “Yes, David is my real name, I never lied to you about that.”

He looks down at his hands in his lap for a beat before looking back up at me again, “I’ve had time to think since you told me, a lot of time, and…” he pauses and it feels like it lasts a lifetime.

“I don’t care, David, I want a chance to be with you, whatever that looks like.”

I sigh and look down before I reply, “I told you why we can’t, it would never work. I’ve been doing this job for 8 years , if I give it up, no one else will employ me. To them I’d just be a lazy university graduate, that’s been doing nothing ever since.

“And if I can’t give up the job, you’d just end up resenting me. Even if it wasn’t the fact that I have sex with strangers for money, you’d resent me for constantly disappearing, sometimes at very short notice, to go to see clients.”

“I wouldn’t,” he sounds like a petulant child.

I look at him, and he’s facing away from me now. I tentatively reach for his cheek and turn his head towards me. I need him to see the truth in my eyes as I tell him, “I really like you, Olly. The truth is, I can’t stop thinking about you. But I also couldn’t bear it if I hurt you.”

When he doesn’t say anything, I think this is it, he’s finally going to kick me out of his life for good. I try to memorise every part of him while I still can, hoping that the memories I already have will be enough to ease the inevitable heartbreak I feel is coming.

I brace myself as he takes a breath before he speaks, “Who says any of that would happen?”

I’m confused now as he continues.

“Who says you wouldn’t be able to get another job if you gave up this?” He gestures around the room, “Who says I would resent you if you didn’t give this up? Who says that we wouldn’t work, David?”

There’s so much hope in his eyes, I’m just stunned, lost for words. Olly takes hold of my hands in his and asks, “Please can we at least try?”

Before I have a chance to think about what he’s saying, I hear myself let out a breathy, “Okay,” before our lips crash together.

All I can think now is ‘ Finally!’

Chapter Sixteen: Her First Time

Getting back to work after everything that had happened with Olly felt like torture, I just wanted to pack it all in and beg Olly to give me a chance. But besides escorting, I had no real work experience. No one would hire me so I didn’t have a choice. I needed to make as much money as I could before I got too old for anyone to want me anymore.

Over the years, I’ve been able to help a number of my clients experience their first time. Sometimes it has been a woman who, for all sorts of reasons, wants their first time to be with someone they perhaps think of as safe. But more often than not it’s men, unsure of their sexuality, who want to experiment while still having control of the situation if they want to change what’s happening or stop altogether.

In an ideal world they’d come right out and say it in their bookings, being upfront is nothing to be ashamed of and I’m a professional after all. Thankfully it’s something I’ve come to get a feel for through their body language and behaviour when we first meet, even if they don’t come right out and say it, they are usually nervous and perhaps slightly uncertain about what to do.

I’ve always felt it was an honour to be trusted with such a personal milestone in people’s lives, and I try to make sure that it’s a pleasurable experience for them. Some clients just want to meet, have sex, and then leave – I’m sure sometimes all they really want is to brag to their mates that they’ve lost their virginity. While others, like tonight’s client, Abbie, want to make the whole evening special by making it more like a traditional date.

Unlike most of my first timers, Abbie was very clear in her booking that she wanted me to be her guide. We were meeting at a small Chinese restaurant, nothing fancy but it was nice. I recognise Abbie when I arrive, she’s in a distinctive dress that she’d told me she would wear. It’s knee length, printed with a pattern of autumnal leaves designed to look like they are falling down from her shoulders.

Abbie is fairly plain looking, she’s wearing large round glasses and is quite short compared to me. From what I can tell with her loose fitting dress her chest is also unremarkable, but her dark curly hair causes me to stare a moment too long. Even though they are a lot longer, those brown curls remind me so much of Olly, just what I need right now.

Olly and I haven’t spoken since he stormed out of my building two weeks ago and I’d been feeling like I’d lost something ever since. It’s ridiculous, we weren’t dating, we were barely hooking up, and yet I hadn’t gone a single night since without dreaming about him.

I need to focus, and shake Olly out of my head. I remember I’m here to give all my attention to my client, so I turn on the charm and greet her by kissing both her cheeks, making her blush. After our brief introductions, we were shown to a little table tucked away in the corner. When the waiter asked if we’d like anything to drink, Abbie ordered a double Vodka, neat. I’m guessing she might be nervous, so I strike up a casual conversation to put her at ease.

“Have you been here before?” I ask, steering clear any potentially awkward personal questions.

“A few times with friends, the food’s pretty good,” she confirms, seemingly relaxing a little.

The rest of the meal goes by pleasantly. I learned that we both went to the same university in Glasgow, albeit at different times as she was a few years younger than me, so we spend most of the meal chatting about the campus, our classes and the nightlife.

Once Abbie has paid the bill, we head out to grab a taxi back to her place.

It’s not too far to the generic tower block of apartments where she lives on the 3rd floor. It’s small but cosy, after leading me to the sofa she asks, “Can I get you something to drink?”

“Water would be great, thanks.” I tend not to drink when I’m working, so that I can keep a clear head.

She hands me a glass of water and takes a seat next to me, clutching a small glass of wine in both her hands. The nerves from earlier seem to be back now that we are another step closer to her first sexual experience.

I take the glass from her and place it down on the coffee table in front of us, along with my own. I brush a stray curl away from her face, and once again images of Olly are rushing through my mind. I’d done the same thing to him the morning he left after our first night together. For such a seemingly insignificant action, why could I still picture it so clearly?

Quickly shaking the memory from my mind, I speak softly to reassure her, “You have nothing to worry about, you’re in safe hands. If you don’t like anything, you just have to say, okay?”

“Okay,” she replies, nerves still peaking through in her voice.

“Tonight is all about you feeling good,” I smile before cautiously asking her, “Can I kiss you?”

When she nods in confirmation, I slowly lean forward until our lips meet. The kiss starts very chaste, not knowing how much she has done before, I don’t want to rush her. I tentatively brush my tongue along the outside of her mouth, seeking permission to enter. When her lips part to let me inside, I keep my movements slow but deliberate. Following my lead, her tongue starts curling around mine, and they begin to twist and turn switching between each of our mouths.

I’m holding her close to me as the pace of our kiss builds. Carefully easing her down so she’s laying against the sofa, I lay my body on top of her just enough that she can feel me without crushing her smaller frame. I feel her hands running up my back and into my hair, clients always love running their fingers through my hair. I deliberately kept it longer on top to give them something to feel or grab onto.

The kiss is getting more and more heated, and when we come up for air she dares to ask me, “Would you like to move to the bedroom?”

I climb off of her and hold out my hand, “Lead the way,” I smile. Taking my hand to help her up she guides me through to her bedroom. Much like the living area, her bedroom is small but comfortable with very little space between the bed and the wardrobes.

She climbs up on the bed and I make a show of kissing my way up her long, smooth legs as I crawl up her body. Reaching the hem of her dress, I guide it with both hands along her sides as I continue leaving a trail of kisses up her thighs. My lips follow my hands as I guide her dress up her body, kissing her navel, her abdomen, pausing to kiss both her breasts tenderly before slipping her dress up over her head.

I lean down and kiss her again as she’s laying underneath me, before I rise up to carefully sit back on my legs without sitting on her. I put on a show of slowly unbuttoning my black silk shirt from the top to the bottom. Letting her enjoy the slow reveal of my body before I threw the shirt to the floor. She leans forward and reaches for the clasp on my trousers, her shaky hands moving clumsily in her rush to get them undone. After a couple of failed attempts, she has the clasp open and slides the zip down to reveal the matching silk boxers I’d picked to compliment my discarded shirt.

I stand up on the bed, so she can see the full extent of my body as I let my trousers glide down my legs to pool at my feet. I step out of them with one foot and use my other foot to kick them off the bed to the floor before, in an action worthy of Magic Mike, I jump back down on top of her. I grind my hips as I allow my chest to rise and fall against her body.

I lavish her breasts with open-mouthed kisses, as I reach for the clasp on the back of her bra to snap it open. Fifteen year old David would be very proud of how much I’ve improved with undoing bras. I slide the straps out from under her as she lifts her body to help me, and I deposit it with the rest of our discarded clothes.

I take one of Abbie’s now exposed nipples into my mouth, licking and sucking on it, feeling it harden under my efforts and making her moan as I caress and squeeze her supple breast. Moving to her other nipple, I give it the same attention as she starts to weave her hands into my hair to toy with my locks.

Pulling slightly too hard on my hair, she drags me back to her lips so we can kiss again. While our tongues are battling for dominance, her hands go back to exploring my body again. Moving down my back to settle on the silk fabric separating her hands from my ass, squeezing my cheeks exploratively.

Taking a grip of the silky material, Abbie starts to slide my boxers down my ass exposing it to the air. I sit back above her once more as she reveals my hard cock for the first time. She reaches out tentatively to touch it, her grip soft, almost feather-like. Wrapping my hand around hers, I tighten her grip and guide her hand at a slow pace up and down my stiff prick.

As she gets more confident in her movements, she picks up the pace. I release my hands and allow her to practise her movements unaided. It feels good, she was a quick study, but tonight is about her and not me.

I carefully remove my cock from her grasp and start kissing a trail down between her breasts and over her flat stomach to reach the top of her lacy bikini. I gently grip the soft fabric between my teeth and shimmy it down her thighs, calves and over her feet one-by-one, maintaining eye contact, before discarding her underwear to one side and moving back up her body.

Shuffling down between her legs, I open her gently with my finger, pleased to feel her wetness in anticipation. I lick her for the first time, causing her to arch up off the bed in surprise. I use my mouth on her for a few minutes, licking, sucking and kissing her clit, feeling her writhing in the bed and panting.

I start to add one, and then another finger, drawing circles inside her, encouraging pleasure to crest across delicate bundles of nerves. She starts to moan, her breathing becoming more rapid. Her hands and feet are trembling, her eyes growing wilder, so I double down on my efforts, until she orgasms with a cry of “Oh god, that was….that was…holy fuck!”

I can tell she’s ready for more, so I ease back my tongue and fingers and ask, “Do you want to feel my cock inside you?” Making sure she knows the decision is entirely up to her.

“Please, yes, please,” she replies, hungrily now. I grab a condom and a small packet of lube from my trouser pocket, knowing that even having just come, she may need the extra help due to my size. I roll the condom on, and add some lube to the outside, as well as applying a small amount inside her to try and make it as comfortable an experience as I can. I remind her that it may sting a little as it’s her first time, reassuring her that I will take things slow and be gentle until all she feels is pleasure.

Lining myself up, I ease myself into her slowly, letting her get used to the unfamiliar sensation whilst keeping an eye on her face to watch for any signs of discomfort. It takes time, but once I’m pressed all the way in, I lean down to place tender kisses to her mouth while she gets used to me filling her up.

I tentatively raise my hip to guide my cock back out until just the tip is left inside. I keep the pace slow and steady at first, kissing her as I do. As my cock starts to slide more easily, I move faster, using my hips to twist my angle as I thrust over and over again.

“Yes, yes, yes,” she repeats as I pound her into the bed.

She’s so tight around my cock, the friction has my orgasm building, and before too long I’m shooting my load inside the condom as she pants below me, clinging onto my shoulders clearly still riding waves of pleasure from her orgasm and the continued attention.

I pull out carefully and dispose of the condom, before returning to the bed. We kiss a little more and I hold her as she comes down from the excitement of the evening. She starts to get sleepy from our exertions, so after ensuring she was satisfied, I gather up my clothes and wish her good night.

As I head home, my mind drifts back to the other curly haired beauty that has taken over my thoughts lately. The same questions I’d been asking myself since he left circling through my head, ‘Could we be together with my job? Could I give up my job for him? Would it really work?’

Chapter Fifteen: Telling the Truth

I’d been in London for a few months, and while I’d made a couple of new friends in Heather and Lucy, I was still feeling pretty lonely. So when Miles called and asked if he could come for a visit for a few days, I jumped at the chance.

Miles was going to arrive any time now, having got a cab from Euston station. I’d spent the morning getting the place ready. Unlike our apartment in Glasgow, I only had the one bedroom here but the sofa could fold out into a bed if I had anyone come to stay. Not that Miles and I hadn’t shared a bed before, and I was hoping that during his stay we might get to share it again, for old times’ sake.

When the buzzer rang to announce someone had arrived downstairs, I was expecting it to be Miles. I lifted the receiver, my finger hovering over the button to release the door, when I heard another familiar voice.

“Hi David, it’s me,” Olly’s chirpy voice came through the intercom. Once a week Olly had been dropping by unannounced to see me, it was getting a bit ridiculous. I think he was hoping to wear me down and quite honestly there were times when I really thought it might be working. But then I’d get home from a particularly rough client and I’d remember all the reasons for pushing him away.

“How many times Olly, go home, I’m not good for you,” I said, trying to hold my temper. He was a good kid, and I did like him, but I couldn’t allow myself to let him in. 

Our one-time only arrangement had already tipped into two-times when he’d turned up late one night. He’d made a really good argument about it not being safe for a ‘cute little twink like him’ to be roaming the streets late at night. It didn’t occur to him that he’d wandered those streets just to get to mine in the first place. I was feeling particularly lonely at the time, so I let him in and it was nice. It was better than nice, it was amazing.

In another life, I could really see us having our happily ever after, but it could never work. Not while I was an escort, and who else would hire me with my career history. I could hardly kiss him goodbye over our morning coffee and then go off and let some dirty old man pound me into next week before coming home to dinner.

“But David,” he whined.

“Look Olly, now is not a good time, just, just go home,” I sighed exasperated.

When I got no further response, I hoped he got the message and put down the receiver. I went back to tidying and when the intercom buzzed again, I let out a frustrated growl thinking it was him again. I lifted the receiver with a arsey, “Yes!”

But it wasn’t Olly, it was Miles who giggled, “You never were a morning person were you David.”

Laughing, I replied, “Sorry Miles, come on up.” Pressing the release to let him in. Taking one last look around, I opened the door just as he was stepping out of the lift. As he got nearer I held out my arms and we shared a bone-crushing hug, we’d both missed each other so much. After living together for eight years and seeing each other almost every day, it was such a difficult adjustment to suddenly not see each other at all.

I looked up over Miles shoulder and saw Olly, staring at us with his jaw dropped before he dashed off into the stairwell. “Shit,” I said, releasing Miles as I headed towards the lifts to try to beat Olly to the ground floor. I called back to Miles, “Make yourself at home, I’ve just got to sort something.”

Not hearing if he replied, as soon as the lift doors opened, I jumped inside and hammered the button for the ground floor. The ride down felt like it was taking forever and just as the doors opened I saw Olly running from the stairwell. “OLLY WAIT!” I called, “Damn you’re fast,” I said to myself, as I raced to catch him up.

I managed to grab hold of his arm just as he reached the front door, “Get off me,” he tried to shout through the tears that were now falling down his face.

“Olly, please let me explain,” I said softly, without letting go of his arm in case he tried to run again.

Muffled by his sobs, he looked at me, those big brown eyes full of sadness, and said, “You should have just told me you have a boyfriend.”

“ Boyfriend ? Oh,” I shook my head, “Olly, Miles isn’t my boyfriend. We’re just friends, that’s all. I wasn’t lying before when I told you I don’t have boyfriends Olly,” I said, trying to comfort him. He was shaking now as he sobbed, I tried to pull him into a hug but he shook me off.

“Can we go up to my apartment and talk, Olly. I’ll tell you anything you want to know, but can we talk,” I asked, hoping it wasn’t too late. I didn’t know what I was planning to say, but I needed him to know it truly was all to do with me and nothing to do with him.

“No, I can’t go up there, I can’t,” he cried.

“Okay, it’s okay,” I tried to say soothingly, “Look there’s a sofa over here, let’s sit down at least. Please.” He nodded and I guided him to the sofa that was in the corner of the lobby. I took a deep breath and hesitantly started, “Olly, I can’t really explain exactly why I don’t date. But I don’t date, anyone, ever. I know it’s going to sound like a cliche but it really isn’t you Olly, it’s all me. You are amazing, both times we were together I had so much fun with you. But that’s all we ever could be, some fun, Olly.”

“Then why can’t we just have fun then?” He asked, those gorgeous eyes filled with hope.

I looked down at my lap and sighed, “I can’t do that either, not to you Olly. I think I could really fall for you, and that wouldn’t be fair to you Olly.”

“Why not?” He pouted.

I rubbed the back of my neck, hoping it might relieve some of the tension that I could feel there. 

“It’s…complicated,” was the best response I could manage.

“BULLSHIT!” He shouted. “You say you think I’m amazing, you admit we are good together and that YOU could fall for ME. And when I ask why, all you’ll tell me is it’s FUCKING COMPLICATED!”

“My life, my work, Olly, it just…it would never work. I’d end up hurting you and I couldn’t bear to do that to you Olly,” I pleaded.

“What could your work have to do with it, it’s just an excuse. People have jobs and still manage to date, what could you possibly do that’s any different to them?”

“Olly, I…I, I can’t say. You’d look at me differently and…and I couldn’t bear that.”

Olly stood up, “Forget it, I’m out of here.”

I panicked, I didn’t want him to go, still thinking I didn’t want him. My mouth opened before my brain had a chance to catch-up and I shouted across the room between us, “I’M A PROSTITUTE!”

He stopped still, his back towards me. What have I done?

He turned slowly, walked back to the sofa and collapsed next to me, stunned into silence. Neither of us said anything, I didn’t know if I could even find the words to say anything. It felt like forever before he finally spoke again, his voice barely a whisper, “You’re a… prostitute ?”

I sighed, “Yes Olly, that’s why we can never be together. I don’t date, no , I can’t date. Because dating means commitment, and cherishing the one you’re with, and no matter how much I want to cherish you, Olly, and I hope you believe that I do, I can’t give you the commitment that you deserve.”

“What about what I want? You say a relationship is all about commitment, but not all relationships are. And who’s to say what commitment should look like for us? Why can’t we try, why can’t you let me in and let us try?”

I shook my head at how simple he was making it sound. He continued, “You don’t love the people that book you, do you? It’s just work right?”

I nodded, uncertain I could find my voice if I tried to speak.

“So why not let that be the distinction, let us be emotionally committed, but physically open?”

How did everything he say just sound so simple?  It wasn’t that simple. Was it? “You’d end up resenting me, and I couldn’t bear to do that to you.”

“So you’d rather just be sad and alone?” He asked, looking defeated.

He stood up, looked me straight in the eye and asserted, “I’m not giving up on you David,” before he strolled out of my apartment building.

Chapter Fourteen: Something Familiar

Fulfilling fantasies was a big part of my job, adapting to whatever the client needed and making sure they were left satisfied at the end of our time together. Sometimes they would be very specific in their bookings, other times they would leave it more open giving me some room to get more creative.

This could be a double-edged sword though. Sure, being creative gave me the opportunity to have fun with a request, but if it wasn’t what the customer had imagined, then they would leave disappointed and could even leave me a bad review. I’d gotten pretty lucky so far, but it was always in the back of my mind when the requirements were less specific.

That worry creeped in when I read the details of my latest appointment, other than the standard time and location details, all that it said was ‘Rugby Kit’. It had been a long time since I’d worn it, but tucked away at the back of my wardrobe, which, honestly, was getting more and more like a costume store, was my old Glasgow University RFC kit. I’d played a little while I was a student and I just hoped it still fit.

Slipping it on to try it  for size, I looked at myself in the full length mirror. It was nice to see the black and yellow stripes of my old team. I hadn’t worn them in a while, but the memories they brought back were making me a little homesick.

The black shorts were slightly too tight, but they showed off my plump ass perfectly. Checking out the front, I hadn’t put on any underwear and the outline could only be described as obscene. The silky fabric clung to every curve of my soft cock, leaving nothing at all to the imagination. You could even tell that I was uncut through the way the fabric wrapped smoothly around the head.

If it wasn’t for the risk of getting arrested for public indecency, I’d consider wearing them just as they are. I’m sure the client would love the view when I arrived, but no, it wasn’t worth the risk when the client had only paid for a couple of hours.

I rummaged through my underwear drawer and found a black jockstrap with yellow bands that matched the kit perfectly and stuck this on underneath, before finishing the look with my team’s signature bright yellow rugby socks that came up to my knees. Taking a moment to myself to bathe in the memories of Miles and my other friends from back in Glasgow, I took one final look and was ready to go.

When the door opened and the client saw me for the first time, I think something may have shorted in his brain. I knew I was good looking, it was an asset that was an important part of my work, but it was always nice when I could see the appreciation on the clients’ faces.

Trying to surprise a giggle, not wanting to seem rude, I said “Hi, Charlie is it?”

“Hi,” was all he seemed to manage before his brain tried to re-engage itself. “Charlie, yes, Charlie, that’s me- sorry,” he spluttered, stepping aside for me to walk inside.

“Nice to meet you Charlie,” I smiled, trying to put him at ease. 

Looking me up and down, he suddenly blurted out, “You look like a bee.” Realising what he just said he quickly followed up with, “Sorry, I mean your shirt, it, it’s like a bee.”

“Urm, thanks,” I said with a smile, making him blush.

Trying to look anywhere but my face, I saw his eyes roaming appreciatively up and down my body. Deciding to let him enjoy more of the view, I did a slow and deliberate twirl to show off the full kit. As my ass came into view for him, I heard a whispered “wow” slip from his lips.

I’m glad I’d picked a jock to wear under my kit, I knew the outline of the straps would be showing through the fabric and nicely lifting my cheeks to make them look juicy and firm. If he hadn’t seemed like he was about to bolt any minute, I’d have teased him about liking what he could see, but instead I continued my turning until I was back to facing him. Keeping a reassuring smile on my face as I did.

He stood there just staring at me, not knowing what to do. So I tentatively stepped forward and placed my hand against his soft cheek. “Do you want to show me to your bed, Charlie?” I asked softly, almost like a parent might speak to a small child.

Perhaps not trusting his own voice, Charlie nodded and I held out my hand so he could lead the way. We walked through the spacious apartment with me following behind him. We got to his room and he let go of my hand before rubbing it on his jeans, “Sorry, I’m a little nervous.”

I smiled and gently cupped his face again, “You apologise a lot.”

“Sorry,” he looked so adorable standing there with his brown curls flopping over his face and his stunning eyes staring up at me. He reminded me of someone, but I couldn’t quite place who.

“May I?” I asked, hoping he’d let me take the lead as he was so nervous. Silently nodding his agreement, I leaned in and gently kissed his lips. They were soft and tasted like cherries. It was brief, but as we parted I could see the lust for more in his eyes.

“Was that ok?” I asked, checking in that I hadn’t freaked him out.

“Please,” was all he managed to whimper before he was pressing his lips to mine with much more intent than our previous embrace. It wasn’t aggressive, just determined, verging on passionate. I felt his tongue press against my lips and I willingly parted them to deepen our kiss.

On instinct my hand reached up into his curls and I started to lightly pull on them eliciting a moan that suddenly had me remembering who he reminded me of. Shocked that thoughts of Olly were seeping into my brain, I abruptly broke the kiss.

Charlie had a sad look in his eyes, “Sorry, was that…was that not ok,” he stammered out, looking like he’d done something wrong.

‘Get your head in the game David,’ I mentally scolded myself.

Cupping his cheek again, “No, no, I’m sorry, I loved that,” I hoped I was reassuring him. There was still doubt in his eyes, and I hated that I caused that. Placing my hands under his ass, I lifted him off the ground with ease and carried him over to the bed. Placing him down carefully, I climbed on top and hungrily pressed into his mouth once more, as I ground my crotch against him.

As the intensity built from the kiss, I felt him run his hands down my arms towards the bottom of my rugby shirt. He started to lift it up my chest slowly as we kissed. I eased my body up off of him just enough to give him room to undress me, not breaking the kiss until I had to.

Once my shirt was discarded to the floor, our lips were reconnecting with passion and fire. My fingers were once again in his curls, as he moaned into mouth more and more. His fingers scraped down my back and images of Olly once again flashed through my mind.

I tried to focus on the sweet man beneath me, letting his tongue swish and flick around my own. Now was not the time to get distracted and risk spooking Charlie again.

Coming up for air, Charlie sweetly asked, “Can I…Can I kiss you?”

“Erm, you know that’s what we were just doing right?”

Letting out a cute little giggle, “Oh, yeah…I just mean, you ,” he said, waving his hand in the direction of my chest.

Oh-

“Of course you can, I’m all yours to do whatever you want Charlie,” I reassured him.

Realising that I wasn’t going to say no, or stop him from exploring, Charlie made room for me to lay down so that he could get on top of me and start kissing his way around my body. Sweetly, little pecks were dotted over my neck, my chest, my arms. He took each of my nipples into his mouth in turn and sucked on them, lightly biting down causing a sting that had my cock bouncing inside my jock.

Charlie seemed to be working around my body in a clockwise motion, sometimes kissing, sometimes sucking, sometimes peppering my skin with soft little bites. Each action was electrifying and the mystery of what he would do next had my head rolling back onto the pillow in delight.

With his hands on my hips, he looked up at me again. Before he had a chance to ask, I raised my hips and allowed him to pull the tight shorts down my legs and off to the floor to join my discarded top.

“Oh wow,” he gasped seeing me in just my jock and socks, my cock clearly struggling to escape from inside its confines.

“Can you, erm….” Charlie started, but was clearly shy or unsure about what he wanted to ask.

Leaning forward to face him, I reminded him, “Whatever you want, just say the word.”

Covering his face so he didn’t have to look at me as he asked, “Can you get on all fours so I can rim you?” his voice slightly muffled by his hands.

I simply smiled, and flipped myself over so that my ass was on display right in front of him. I just stayed there for a few moments facing away from him with nothing happening. Then I felt it, Charlie’s tongue made tentative contact with the outside of my hole. For someone so shy, he certainly had a talented tongue when it came to everything else.

It didn’t take long before he was pressing inside me, licking me from the inside out with the same passion as when he was kissing my mouth just a few minutes ago. It felt amazing, I was so lost in the feeling and just letting Charlie enjoy himself behind me.

I was moaning, and groaning at all the sensations Charlie was eliciting in me. “Ohhh, don’t stop, that feels so good,” the praise caused his tongue to press deeper still, Charlie’s face right against my jock-clad cheeks.

“Ohhh, wow, oh, Olly!” I moaned. The motions inside me stopped and I felt the cool breeze of air against the moisture around my hole that now felt empty. I turned to look behind me, to see what happened.

Charlie sat back on his legs as he asked, “Did you just call me Olly?”

What- “What?”

“You moaned my brother’s name, while I was…” he didn’t finish his sentence, we both knew what he meant.

Shit, why did I scream Olly’s name, wait- “Brother? What?”

“My little brother, his name’s Olly. Wait, he didn’t book you too did he, that would be just…” he mocked shivering.

“It can’t be the same guy.”

“About my height, same curly hair, dark chocolate coloured eyes,”

“What!?”

Charlie pulled out his phone from the pocket of his skinny jeans and after searching showed me a picture of the two of them together. Sure enough, staring back at me was the trouble maker that had been popping into my dreams more and more recently.

“Oh shit,” I gasped.

“So is he?”

“Is he what?”

“One of your clients,” Charlie started to sound like he was panicking.

Carefully placing a hand on his arm, I replied as best I could, “Erm…no…no, not exactly.”

“Then, how do you know him?” Charlie demanded

I knew I didn’t have to answer him. I knew even if I did that I could keep the details limited, but I was feeling vulnerable. I needed to tell someone what was going on in my head, so before I knew what I wanted to say, the words were spewing out of me.

“We met at a bar and hooked up, and since then he’s been stopping by mine uninvited. Then we hooked up again and it was like sparks flew between us. I haven’t really been able to sleep without him appearing in my dreams, and then today…God, those curls. You seemed so familiar but I couldn’t quite place it. Then I realised you reminded me of him, but you’re a client, so I just tried to push him to the back of my mind. Shit,” I looked down at my hands, I just took over-sharing to a whole new level.

Charlie placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked up into his piercing blue gaze. “It’s ok, really Liam,”

“David.”

“Excuse me?”

“My name, it’s David, not Liam. That’s just what I use for the agency,” it seemed I wasn’t holding anything in any more.

“Huh,” he smiled, “You won’t believe this, the whole rugby thing,” he continued gesturing at what was left of my rugby kit, “is because I used to have a massive crush on a rugby player at school, and he had a brother called David. He was a bit of a dick apparently.”

“Clearly this rugby player left quite an impression on you, for you to request this,” I gestured to my discarded rugby kit on the floor.

“Yeah, we met in form at school and he was so sweet, but he was super straight so I just tried to…admire him from afar.”

“Wait, wait, wait, this is probably way off the mark, but…please, don’t tell me your crush was on a guy called Nick Nelson!”

His mouth flew open, “What!!! How did you? How do you? You know Nick?”

I burst out laughing, who’d have thought that today I would have been rimmed by a guy who was not only the brother of my…whatever Olly is…and was my brother’s bisexual awakening.

I pulled out my phone and searched for a photo of me and Nick from last Christmas and held it out for Charlie to see. “Nick’s my brother, surprise!”

Now it was Charlie’s turn to burst out laughing too.

When we both calmed down I pleaded, “Please don’t mention this to Olly, he…doesn’t know about what I do for a living, and I don’t want to hurt him.”

“Of course, I won’t say a thing.”

“Have you spoken to Nick since Truham?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

“No, we kinda drifted apart after he went to Leeds,” Charlie looked down-heartened again now.

“Maybe you should,” I hinted, feeling the mischievousness of Olly creeping into my words.

Chapter Thirteen: The Daily Grind

There were days when I wished I could just pack it all in, and live a normal life, just like everyone else. Especially when I got clients like Mr Daniels. For his booking, he requested I dress ‘appropriately’ to attend to his needs in his office.

I was dressed in a full business suit and heading to a fancy office block in Canary Wharf, the heart of London’s financial district. To everyone around me as I got off the Jubilee line, I probably just looked like one of them, but I felt so out of place.

I found the building amongst all the other glass towers, and checked in for my meeting with Mr Daniels. The receptionist shoved a visitor’s pass towards me, and told me his secretary would be down to collect me in a few minutes, gesturing towards a seating area that’s not near her desk. I took a seat on a chair shaped like a dolphin and tried not to fiddle with the lanyard around my neck while I waited.

Thankfully, it was only a few minutes before a petite lady with short grey hair was calling out my fake name, “Mr Simons.”

I stood up and gave her a polite little wave, and with a stern look she instructed, “Follow me please.” She definitely knew why I was here.

We entered a lift and after she inserted a key, we headed up to somewhere near the top of the 50 floor building, not stopping on any floors along the way. When the doors opened his secretary led me along a long corridor, instructing me to “Sit,” pointing to a chair outside a tall set of double doors.

I did as I was told and waited while she stepped inside. I couldn’t hear anything through the doors, which was a relief knowing why I was here. A few minutes later the woman returned, and with one final glare at me, disappeared back down the corridor without another word.

A few moments later the doors opened and a man from inside instructed me to enter with a deep, “Come.” I stood up and walked inside the large private office. Opposite the doors was a solid wooden desk placed in front of a large wall of floor to ceiling windows. The chair was placed so that its user had his back to the view, presumably to look more impressive to any visitors.

I took the opportunity to take in Mr Daniels as he walked back across to the desk, leaning against it to face me. He was an older man, slightly podgy with balding hair. His suit looked clean but certainly had seen better days.

Still, I knew the type. Closeted older business men, who liked to fuck any hole they could behind their wives back. It wasn’t my place to judge, I just knew that in a few minutes I was going to be bent over the man’s desk and receive a quick, probably rough, pounding for a few minutes and then, mercifully, be out of here.

Clearing his throat I braced myself for the inevitable instructions, “I’ll cut to the chase young man, my wife’s not as young as she used to be,” called it , “and she no longer has the stamina to give me everything I need.” How much stamina does it really take to just lie there and take it for a couple of minutes.

“And so with her blessing,” man this guy liked the sound of his own voice, “I want you to fuck me. But no kissing, I’m not into that gay shit.”

What! I was stunned, that was not what I was expecting at all. I stood there gawping, speechless from the surprise.

“Come on, I don’t have all day,” he said as he reached for his belt and dropped his trousers to the floor. He turned to face his desk and dropped his y-fronts to join his trousers around his ankles. Pointing to the side of his desk he added, “Lube and condoms are there, chop chop.”

Blinking myself back into the room, I moved forward and grabbed the travel size bottle of lube and after coating my index finger tentatively started to press into his ass. Hissing he said, “Don’t be so slow lad, I ain’t soft.”

I suppose they do say ‘the customer is always right’, so I pushed harder and picked up the pace, fucking his ass with my finger. When I felt him open up some more, I added a second finger, not easing it as gently this time earning a small yelp from the recipient. “That’s it lad, open me up good and proper.”

Rolling my eyes, I thought it would be a lot easier to do this if he would just shut up, but I kept that to myself as I continued my two-fingered assault. It wasn’t long before he was open enough for a third, but as I was about to press in a third he piped up again, “Don’t bother with another lad, just get it in me.”

He hadn’t seen it yet, and I knew from experience that my size was a struggle for even the most practised of holes. “I really think you should let me open you a bit more, I’m pretty big,” I tried to warn him.

“Nah, just do it, I ain’t got all day,” he reminded me.

I wasn’t going to argue with him, so after slipping my fingers out of him and wiping them on a rag on the desk. I unzipped my trousers and pulled my cock out through my fly. It’s a good job I’d slipped myself a little blue pill before entering the building, otherwise I’d have definitely had trouble getting it up for this guy.

Never before have I been so glad that the agency insists to all our clients that we must always use protection, than I am with this man right now. Slipping the condom over my erection, I add some more lube to both myself and his hole. With an internal sigh, I line myself up to enter him. I warn him, “Brace yourself,” watching as he plants both hands down on the desk in front of him before I press forward.

I took my time pushing my length inside him. From the sharp breaths and hissing he was making, I could tell he wasn’t really ready for my size, but he kept telling me to keep going until I was all the way in. It was an agonisingly long time before I bottomed out and once I did, I gave him a few moments to get used to the sensation of me filling him.

“Ok, move now,” he ordered once he loosened up a bit, so I did. I slowly eased a few inches out before pushing back in. With each thrust the hissing was gradually becoming a moan. As I pulled out more each time, I also picked up the pace. Building up a steady rhythm as I fucked him into his desk.

“Harder,” he barked.

Ay Ay , I thought to myself as I fucked him harder. I was now slamming him into his desk. Moans and groans of pleasure were escaping him loudly now, I’m glad I wouldn’t have to explain the sounds to the others on the floor after.

It didn’t take much more of this brutal invasion to tip him over the edge as he spilled his load over the papers on his desk in front of him. Once he was spent, without looking at me, he said, “You’re done now, you can go.”

I was still rock hard, no thanks to this prick, and I hadn’t got close to shooting my own load, but who was I to ignore such a polite request. I pull out of him dumping the condom into a bin next to his desk. Tucking my cock back in my trousers as best I could, and hoping no-one would notice the thick length bulging out the front of my trousers, I zip up and head out.

Back in the corridor, I look at my watch, all that had only taken 20 minutes, yet I still got paid for the whole hour. That was what made these types of clients worthwhile… even if I did now need to deal with this boner by myself.

Chapter Twelve: Two’s Company

🔊 Buzzzzzzz….Buzzzzzzzz 🔊

The sound of my apartment’s door buzzer woke me from my sleep. I looked at the clock on the bedside table and it was 2am. Who could possibly be here at this time of the morning?

🔊 Buzzzzzzz….Buzzzzzzzz 🔊

The noise continued as I trudged to the door in a haze, stubbing my toe on the corner of the sofa on the way. Grumbling, as I lifted the receiver on the intercom, I answered the rude awakening, “What!”

“David! It’s meeeeeeeeee ,” slurred the voice at the other end, I was too tired to recognise whose voice was there.

“Who?” I croaked out.

“It’s Olllyyy!”

What the f- “Olly? What are you doing here, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning!”

“Its earllyyyyyyyyyy , let us in! We can show you a good time.”

“ Us ? Olly, you’re drunk, go home!”

“There’s no tubes, pleeeeease David, I need you,” he begged. My hand was rubbing the back of my neck, I couldn’t send him home in this state, especially not on the night buses. Regretting it almost immediately, I pressed the button to release the door and let him and his friend up.

I unlatched the door and went to the kitchen to grab a couple of bottles of water which I was sure Olly and his friend were going to need. When I returned Olly stumbled in, falling into the wall just inside the door as he did. He put one finger on his beautiful lips and gave an exaggerated ssh to his friend behind him, who hadn’t actually made a noise at all.

When he turned and saw me standing there watching him, Olly held out his arms wide shouting, “DAVIDDDDDDDD!” While the door behind him was still wide open. I stepped forward, avoiding his arms, and shut the door.

“Olly keep it down, I have neighbours who will not be happy with you screaming my name at TWO in the morning,” I tried to tell him, unsure if he was even paying attention in his drunken state.

Squeezing my bicep he seductively said, “I bet you’d love me to be screaming your name right now.” I rolled my eyes at how he was still trying to seduce me with his friend right behind him. Despite me turning him down every time he’d turned up uninvited before.

“Let Xavier and Me show you a good time, I bet you’ve never shagged two guys at the same time,” he winked at me. “David this Xay, Xay, David,” he introduced while encouraging his friend, Xay apparently, to grab hold of my other bicep. How wrong he was though about me not having been with multiple men before, couples had often booked me to be a third to spice up their love life or for a special occasion, but I shouldn’t tell Olly that.

“Olly I’m not shagging either of you while you’re in this state, you can sleep on the sofa until the morning and then you have to go home,” I insisted.

“But we want you David,” he pouted.

“Tough! You are both too drunk,” I forcibly told him. Years of having to turn down clients who were too drunk to consent to anything when I arrived had taught me that I had to be firm. I showed the boys to the sofa, gave them a couple of blankets and the bottles of water and wished them goodnight.

After more pouting from that beautiful mouth that was so hard to resist, I went to my room, alone, and tried to get back to sleep while Olly and Xavier were making so much noise laughing just the other side of the door.

It took me a while to drift off back to sleep, with all the racket coming from the two drunken idiots next door. Several times I had to get up and tell them to keep it down. I didn’t want to sound like a grouchy old man, but it was the middle of the night.

I was woken from my slumber the next morning by a warm sensation wrapped around my morning wood. As I slowly opened my eyes, I saw Olly was sucking on my cock while his friend was sucking on my balls. The cheeky fuckers had pulled my boxers off and were helping themselves. I’d be mad if it didn’t feel so good.

I moaned without thinking and Olly pulled off my cock causing me to groan at the loss.

“Morning sleepyhead,” he smiled.

“Less talking, more sucking,” was all I was able to grunt out. Giggling, he returned to sliding down my cock, taking every inch like a pro. Each time he rose back up to the tip, he was swirling his tongue around it before going back down, causing my head to tip back on the pillows from the delicious motion.

Olly slipped off my cock and without missing a bit, his mouth was replaced by Xavier’s. Clearly, they both knew exactly what they were doing, I idly wondered if the two of them had done this together with someone before.

Olly crawled up my body and tentatively pressed his lips to mine, but it wasn’t enough. I pulled him deeper into the kiss, allowing our tongues to tangle and twist together. Olly didn’t put up any resistance, allowing me to dominate his mouth with one hand in those beautiful curls once more.

My free hand slid down his back to that perfect ass, this time causing him to moan as I squeezed the mounds of taught flesh. From the feeling of his body against mine, his tongue in my mouth and Xay sucking my cock, I was desperate for release. But there was only one place I wanted to do that, I needed to be inside him.

I pressed a finger against his hole and was pleasantly surprised to find it slipped in with ease. In fact, he was loose enough that it took very little time to prepare him at all. When he broke the kiss and started begging me to fuck him, I knew he was ready.

Without prompting, Olly’s friend slipped my cock from his mouth and helpfully slipped a condom over it instead. Pulling Olly so he was on top of me, our bodies pressed together, I lined up my cock and started to push inside. I don’t know if something had happened with him and Xavier before they joined me, or if he’d done his own prep first but it took hardly any time at all for me to bottom out inside of him.

As I reached the hilt, Olly captured my lips between his teeth and was ferociously kissing me again. Barely giving him any time to get used to my invasion, I started to pull out slowly before thrusting deep inside him in one quick hard touch. He moaned as he bit down on my lip, I’m sure he was going to draw blood but I didn’t care.

We are both like feral animals, pawing at each other, not able to get enough of each other’s bodies. I flipped him over so I was now on top of him, pounding his ass over and over. Both of us, chasing our own releases, forgetting about everything else, except each other, in the moment.

Adjusting my angle, I knew the exact moment I found his prostate as he started screaming my name in ecstasy. I pressed into that spot over and over, harder and harder as I picked up my pace. I wasn’t sure I could last much longer, but it was long enough. My repeated assault on his button had him shooting his release up and over his smooth body. The sight alone was enough to send me over the top, as I shot blast after blast of cum into the condom inside him.

I thought it was never going to end, the orgasm was so intense. When I finally finished, my body was like jelly. I collapsed on top of him, not caring that he was sticky from his own release. I took his mouth in mine and kissed him. This time it was gentle and sweet, almost romantic. I should have cared about that, but I was too blissed out to think of anything but the beautiful boy beneath me.

As I felt my cock start to deflate, I carefully pulled out and slid off of him to dispose of the used rubber. I collapsed on the bed next to him and started to drift back off to sleep, I’d barely slept last night after all. I was only vaguely aware of Olly slipping out of the room before I was out like a light.

Olly’s POV

As I walked out of the bedroom to retrieve my clothes that I’d discarded by the sofa I saw Xavier glaring at me from the seat.

“What’s up Xay?”

“I don’t appreciate warming them up for you and then being left naked and awkward in the corner of the bed Olly!”

“Sorry, we just sort of got caught up in the moment, I guess,” I replied sheepishly.

“Did you even notice me leave the room?” He asked.

I tried to think if I had, but, damn , I didn’t.

“I didn’t think so,” he answered his own question. My expression must have given me away. “Did you have a good time at least?” He asked with a smirk on his face.

“Xay, it was soooo good,” with a sigh I admit, “I think I’m in trouble!”

Chapter Eleven: The Leather Ball

We travelled in a taxi together to the ball. I wore a long coat so as to appear somewhat normal in front of the driver. As soon as we arrived at the hotel, I checked this in, and we headed together into the impressive ballroom, Heather and Lucy hanging from each of my arms as we walked through the large double doors and down the stairs to the main floor below.

The dress code specified that outfits should be leather, it was a Leather Ball after all, but it didn’t specify how much anyone had to wear. Although my outfit wasn’t exactly conservative in its design, it certainly wasn’t the most revealing of those on display. There were some men walking around in as little as a leather jockstrap, while some of the women were in barely more than what can only be described as leather bikinis.

To the side was an open bar where we each grabbed some drinks and then made our way around the room to explore the entertainment that had been setup for everyone to enjoy. I thought I’d seen it all in this job, but even this was something new to me. There were people restrained to benches with leather straps being fucked openly; there were x shaped crosses with people attached to each of the four pieces while being spanked with leather whips and paddles; and there were a series of stalls with people selling all sorts of leather and bdsm pieces.

My eyes were drawn to a 6’3 god who seemed to be built like a tree. I’d never been ashamed of my body, I knew I looked good and I was pleased with the muscles I had, but this guy looked like he could wipe the floor with anyone in a bodybuilders competition. He was at one of the crosses whipping the bare ass of one of the guys in a leather jockstrap. His biceps rippled with each swing he made of the whip. He caught me staring and smirked in my direction, his eyes telling me he wanted me to be next.

I’d forgotten for a moment I wasn’t alone until Lucy touched my arm and said, “I think you’re in there,” a look of mischief behind her eyes.

“It’s too bad for him that I’m your date for the night then,” I smiled half-heartedly.

This time, Heather spoke, “You’re here to show off my designs: what better way than to show them in action,” her eyebrow raised as if daring me to say no to her.

I let out a sigh, “Fine,” and start walking over towards the stud who was just finishing his session with the jock-clad sub. Heather called out to me, as I walked, “Don’t forget to slip him my card!” I looked back to give her a thumbs up as I continued to walk, but then found myself crashing into a solid mass. I turned my head, hoping I was wrong, but no, of course it was Him I collided with.

“Sorry, I didn’t see you there,” I say , trying to play it cool.

He laughed, a deep but small belly laugh, “No problem, I’m Max,” he introduced himself holding out his hand for me to shake.

“David,” I reply , at a loss for words at being so close to this mountain of muscles. Max was very openly looking me up and down before he practically growled, “Hot!”

“Thanks,” I blush, “It’s one of a kind, like me,” I add, trying my best to flirt. Despite sex literally being 95% of my job, when it came to being smooth in ‘real life’, I really had no game at all.

He steps forward so our bodies are barely an inch apart and squeezing my ass whispers in my ear, “ Nice . See that cross over there,” nodding his head in the direction of the x-shaped frame I’d noticed when we walked in.

“Uh, huh,” was all I was able to reply now that I could feel the heat radiating from his body.

Still speaking so only I could hear, “I’m going to tie you to that and fuck you right here where everyone can see and hear how much you are enjoying it.”

groaned .

“Would you like that, David?” he asked, causing me to whimper.

“Words David,” dipping his tongue into my ear as if he was trying to drain every last thought out of my body.

It took a few gulps of air for me to breathlessly reply, “Yes.” I could barely hear myself, but Max must have, as he was now guiding me forward to the cross.

Pressing his body up against me from behind as he tied my hands first to the two restraints at the top. Before he slid down my body to my ankles, forcing my legs apart to attach them to the straps on the lower part of the equipment.

Moving back up my body, making sure some part of us was always in constant contact, he took hold of the zip on the back of my shorts but before pulling it down he breathed into my ear again, “Comfortable?”

“Yes…please,” I pleaded with him. Without another word I felt the zip of my leather shorts being slid down to expose my ass. A soft breeze in the room grazing across my cheeks through the open slit. The restraints stopped me from seeing what Max was doing behind me, but there was no doubt that I could feel what he was doing.

The familiar cold sensation of fresh lube was being lightly brushed around my hole before the welcome intrusion of one of Max’s huge fingers. He went slow, maybe slower than I really needed, but it was deliberate and targeted, intentionally avoiding putting too much pressure on the button inside me. I’m sure it was forever before he was pressing a second of his sausage sized digits in to join his first and it felt like I was being taken apart from the inside.

While his fingers were stretching me from behind, his other hand came round to stroke the front of my shorts where my cock was hard and straining against the leather and the cold metal of the zip that was holding it inside. But he didn’t free me, no instead he chuckled as he just teased me from outside the pouch. It was torture, but it was delicious torture.

“Please,” I beg.

“Please, what? David.”

“Fuck me, please, fuck me,” the power of speech now a real struggle as all the blood in my body had pooled into my erection.

He chuckled again as I felt his fingers slide out of me, leaving me whimpering from the empty feeling. But I wasn’t empty for long, as he slowly pushed his cock into me and I’m sure it had to be the biggest I’d ever taken. It hurt, it really hurt, but I knew I needed to breathe through the pain and press out to help ease his passage into me.

Once he was fully seated inside me, he was pressing his tongue in my ear again. I think if it wasn’t for the restraints and his body against mine, I would have collapsed to the floor from the sensations coursing through me. He must have felt me relax against him because he started to pull out, slowly at first, but it wasn’t long before his pace was increasing.

Pounding me into the cross, he took hold of my hair and pulled my head back to meet his. The pain felt so good, and when his lips found mine the rest of the world seemed to disappear. Harder and harder he went, I was certain I would be sore in the morning. When his cock found the sweet spot inside me, he was relentlessly using it like a goal, hitting it with each thrust.

Still confined in the leather shorts, I felt my orgasm building. Powerless to stop it, my ass clenched as I filled them with cum, moaning through my orgasm. That’s all it took for Max to thrust inside me as hard as could, growling in my ear as he unleashed his load inside the condom deep in my ass. Collapsing on top of me when he was finally spent, I finally became aware of the crowd that had gathered around us who were whooping and cheering.

Gently pulling out of me, he tied up the condom and placed it down beside us so he could release my restraints. First untying my wrists, which were a little sore from where I’d pulled on them. He then undid the straps binding my ankles to the frame before pulling me into his strong arms.

My legs started to give way from the assault of being fucked, and he guided us both with ease down into a chair with me sat on his lap. Whispering soothing words that only I could hear as he held me tight while I came back down from our intense scene.

Talking as I was recovering, I found out Max was also into rugby and was part of a local amateur rugby club that wasn’t too far from where I lived. We exchanged numbers so he could send me the club’s details, and when I felt human again, he helped me off his lap so that I could find Heather & Lucy.

I didn’t have far to go, they’d been watching the whole thing, Heather telling me that Lucy had been one of the loudest ones cheering me on. Lucy also teased me, “I guess the shorts are ruined now then,” causing me to blush and look down at the front of the shorts. Thankfully there was no sign from the outside of what I’d just done, but I could certainly feel the cum starting to dry on between me and the shorts.

Giggling, “Let’s call it a night, you look exhausted,” Heather said to me with a genuine smile.

“Thanks, it’s certainly been, different,” I smiled back as we went to collect our coats.

Chapter Ten: Dressing Up

“I came to return your t-shirt,” Olly said simply as I approached him on the steps of my building.

“You, what? Olly, I said you could keep that,” I was feeling very confused and a little groggy from a week of orgasms.

“But then I wouldn’t have got to see you again,” he said, sounding all sweet and innocent. If I wasn’t so tired, I’m sure I’d have been falling for his act.

“I told you, it was a one-time thing. There was no seeing me again Olly,” I rubbed my neck, this was the last thing I needed right now. Right now, I wanted to collapse into bed and sleep for several days.

“But I want to see you again,” he whined. Don’t snap, don’t snap, don’t snap, I repeated to myself in my head.

Through gritted teeth, I tried to sound firm when I told him, “Go home Olly.” But the cheeky shit didn’t even move away from the steps where he was perched. Then it occurred to me, “How did you even know I’d be here?” When he didn’t answer, I followed it up with a stern, “Olly?!”

Blushing, he looked down at the ground as he softly replied, “I’ve come by every day, for, like…the last week.”

Sighing, I step closer and lift his chin so that he’s looking at me, “Olly, I have had a ridiculously exhausting week. I just want to get up to my apartment and sleep for a week, okay.” Before quickly adding, “Alone,” stomping out any ideas he may have had about joining me. He looked so disappointed. I was already feeling vulnerable right now, I needed him to go before I accidentally said anything to give him hope of us having a future together.

“Please Olly,” I asked, putting on my best puppy dog impression.

Reluctantly stepping aside he said, “See you around,” with so much hope in his eyes. I don’t know how this boy got under my skin so quickly but I hated knowing I was going to break his heart.

“Bye Olly,” was all I managed to say before I let myself into the building, resisting the urge to look back.

After my week with Paulo, I decided to take a couple of days off work to recover, after all, I was unlikely to be able to perform to the best of my abilities until I let my body, and especially my cock, rest. My body probably needed more rest than that, but I was an exceptionally sociable guy. I liked being around other people, it was one of the things I loved most about this job.

About 3 days after I got back, I was going stir-crazy being on my own, so when an intriguing booking request came in, I jumped at the chance. The main booking wasn’t for a couple of weeks, but they had requested a pre-meet which wasn’t common, but not totally unheard of either. Pre-meets had a smaller extra charge, they were still taking up our time after all, but some clients liked them to discuss their needs in person first rather than via the messaging system.

I arranged to meet them for coffee about an hour after I got their request at a coffee shop near Victoria station. They’d told me to look out for a girl with fiery red hair sitting with a beautiful blonde and they weren’t wrong. Heather, certainly, was a beautiful blonde. Heather and Lucy had been a couple for years and were as gay as you could get. But, as they drank their coffee, Heather explained the reason they wanted to hire me.

Heather was starting a small side business making one-of-a-kind clothes for the BDSM market and they wanted a model to show off the menswear in her new range at an upcoming kink event called The Leather Ball. Heather seemed slightly shy about her creations but Lucy was feisty and insisted, “Her designs are incredible, you have to do it, please say yes.” Her enthusiasm was infectious and I jumped at the chance to help out.

I went to the flat that Heather & Lucy shared together a couple of times between that first meet and the day of the ball, so that Heather could take my measurements and do fittings of what she had planned for me. Not surprisingly, we got to know each other really well during those sessions. I found out they were Taylor Swift fans just like me, although I think I had them beat in my devotion to her. Lucy had a wicked sense of humour and Heather had to tell us both off a number of times when I kept moving while she was trying to make adjustments to my outfit.

At our second get-together, I told them my real name, it just felt weird when they kept calling me Liam. It had been so long since I’d made any new friends. I’d tried after university to meet new people other than Miles, but it would always get awkward when the inevitable question of ‘ what do you do for a living ’ came up. Despite being the oldest profession in the world , it was still very much looked down on by so many people.

I’d sometimes lie and tell them I did something boring like being an accountant, but how could I maintain a friendship that was built on so many lies? But since Heather & Lucy knew exactly what I did for a living, I didn’t have to hide from them, and more importantly they didn’t care. It was so nice to finally have people to talk to and spend time with again. We even started making plans to meet up outside of the booking, with Heather & Lucy insisting I join them at a Karaoke night at the end of the month they were planning on going to.

When the night of the Leather Ball came around, I met Heather & Lucy at their flat to get ready. I’d seen bits of what I would be wearing, when Heather was making adjustments at the fittings we’d done over the last couple of weeks, but finally seeing it all together, it was incredible.

The top half consisted of a bejewelled leather harness that ran over my shoulders, joined together by rings that perfectly framed my nipples. A leather strap ran between the rings and around my body joined to a leather corset that zipped up tightly at the back and emphasised my pecs by pushing them up and out.

While the bottom part of the piece consisted of a tight fitting pair of leather shorts with a golden zip that ran from the front around to the back. Dangling down from these were a number of leather straps that clipped onto the top of a pair of thigh high leather boots, which had the same dazzling decorations as the harness. The gems were translucent with a golden hue Heather had picked out to match my hair. It truly had been designed specifically for me.

For Lucy, Heather made a leather dress that hung from one shoulder with a strap that matched the straps of my harness. The jewels around her dress were a darker red than mine to complement her fiery locks that she had platted from the top of her head to run down her bare shoulder. Despite it being made of leather, Heather managed to make the dress still have an elegant flow to it as it hung down beyond Lucy’s hips.

Heather’s own costume had the same shoulder strap design to tie all over costumes together, although hers hung over the opposite shoulder to Lucy’s. Her golden studs were the same as mine and matched her own beautiful blonde hair that she had braided into a stunning fauxhawk, running from her forehead and all the way down between her shoulders. Unlike Lucy, Heather’s outfit was more form-fitting with skin-tight leather trousers decorated with more of the jewels that would make the collection stand out from the crowd.

Once we were all dressed, Lucy pulled me over to her and said, “Stand very still so I can add the finishing touches.” She pulled what looked like a pencil from inside a small bag and reached up to my face and carefully ran it underneath each of my eyes. Returning the pencil, she then pulled out a small box that looked like a paint palette and used a small brush to apply something from it beneath my eyes. Once she was satisfied with her work, she turned me to look in the mirror and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

Lucy had artfully applied a thick golden line below each of my eyes that then faded into a glittery sunset that ran down underneath. I’d never worn any makeup before, but the effect she created made my eyes pop and enhanced the overall look that Heather wanted to achieve.

Both ladies came to stand beside me in front of the mirror and it became very clear that while each of our outfits looked amazing on their own, when seen together they were something else. We looked hot and were going to get a lot of attention from guys and girls at the Leather Ball.

Chapter Nine: Paulo’s Play Thing

I awoke a few hours later, to a strange sensation surrounding my cock. As my eyes flitted open, I realised why. Paulo had attached some sort of milking machine to my cock that was now pulsing up and down building me up to yet another orgasm. I know we’d discussed this, and I’d consented, in our pre-meet discussions, but I hadn’t been prepared for how it would feel.

Paulo had asked, and paid a lot extra, for complete control of how and when I would orgasm this week. That included while I was asleep if he so desired. His goal was to send me home completely drained of cum, and clearly, he wasn’t messing around. The machine buzzed and pulsed and despite the massive double orgasm I’d had before I fell asleep, I could feel I was getting close again.

Seeing I was awake, Paulo reached out and started squeezing and tweaking my nipples. Combined with the effects of the machine, that’s all it took and I was filling the machine with a relatively small load. Paulo left the machine going a little past what was comfortable, clearly enjoying seeing the slight discomfort on my face again of being overstimulated. 

He brushed the stray hairs from my face and whispered, “Good boy, you can rest again now.” There was something about his soft and gentle voice that my body just reacted to, almost as if it was responding to his commands without my consent. I drifted back to sleep only waking to the sound of the shower running the next morning.

I stretched lazily in the bed, I have no idea how long it had been since I was last woken up to be milked. I reached down to scratch my balls and that’s when I felt something was different. I threw the covers off myself and looked down and that’s when I saw what was different. A shiny metal cage was now wrapped around my dick, enclosing it. Complete with a small metal padlock at the top to hold it in place.

I didn’t notice the sound of the shower shutting off, or the bathroom door opening, so I was startled when Paulo was standing next to me wrapped in just a towel, greeting me with, “Good morning my beautiful boy.” It was the first time I’d seen him out of his clothes, and god did he look good. “Do you like it?” He asked and it took me a few moments to realise he was talking about the cage, I was so distracted I’d forgotten it was there. 

Rather than answering his question, I asked one of my own, “I thought you wanted me to cum?”

“I do, my boy, I do. But only when I’m here. I have to go to work and this will keep your cum safe for me while I’m gone,” he replied matter of factly.

I nodded slowly, still not really taking it all in. “Is it ok?” He asked, checking in with me. I took a moment to really think about it and I liked trying out new things as part of my work, so I agreed. It was to control my orgasms after all, and that’s what he was paying extra for.

He smiled and allowed the towel around his waist to drop to the floor. My jaw dropped with what I saw, I thought I had a big cock, but this guy’s was huge I started to imagine him fucking me with it and having to muffle my moans from the intensity as he breached me for the first time.

My cock started to try and get hard, and suddenly I understood the effect of the cage. Paulo giggled, “Maybe if you’re a good boy, I’ll let you play with this when I get back,” he teased, lightly stroking his cock which seemed to be getting even bigger as he did.

I closed my eyes and tried to will my cock  not to try and inflate inside its new confines, causing Paulo to giggle again. Once he was dressed, he kissed my forehead and headed to work. Leaving me alone, naked and locked.

The rest of the week continued just like this, I spent my days naked and locked. Then as soon as he got back, I’d be unlocked and the milking would begin all over again. I lost count of the amount of times he made me cum over the course of the week. Occasionally, he’d give my cock a rest and have me suck his instead. I think it was the first cock I hadn’t managed to completely swallow, but he seemed to enjoy it just as much.

On our last night together, when he was holding me after another orgasm, he asked me, “You’ve been such a good boy this week, doing everything I’ve asked. Is there anything I can do for you?” Twirling the ends of my hair between his fingers.

I barely thought about it for a second before blurting out, “Will you fuck me?”

He chuckled, “Are you sure about that, most men struggle to take me and once I’m in, I don’t like to stop.” I shivered in anticipation, my cock again making the decision for me, “Yes!” I breathed out. 

“Ok boy, let’s get you prepared,” he agreed. So I jumped off the bed and went to my overnight bag to retrieve the lube and a condom. He laughed at how excited I was, but I’d been dreaming of this moment since the first morning when he was teasing me after his shower. Returning to the bed, I got on all fours so that he could start getting me ready to take him.

Applying a generous amount of lube, he slowly opened me first with one finger just swirling about to give him enough room to insert a second. With more lube, he slipped a second finger and started to scissor me open. When he felt he couldn’t do any more with the two fingers, even more lube was added and I felt a third digit press inside me. It felt good but it wasn’t what I needed, I needed his cock and I needed it now.

“Paulo, please,” I begged.

“Just a little longer, I don’t want to hurt you.”

Sure enough, when he didn’t think he could do any more to prepare me, he slipped his fingers out causing me to whimper at the loss. He made easy work of slipping on the condom and covering himself in lube before adding more of the cold goo to my entrance. Then finally, finally , he was pressing against me trying to push his way past the resistance my body made.

I tried to relax my muscles and with a satisfying pop, his head was inside me. He gave me a couple of minutes to get used to this new intrusion before he started to ease himself in inch-by-inch. He wasn’t just long, he was girthy too, almost like a tin can forcing its way inside me. But Paulo clearly, knew what he was doing, with some clients I needed to tell them to slow it down, but with Paulo, he was almost achingly slow.

Each new push was forcing me to groan at how full I felt. When he finally bottomed out, he released a sigh of relief and said, “Damn, look at you, you’ve taken all of me, I’m impressed.” I could hear the smile in his voice, and mixed with his praise I mewed, “Fuck me, please, please fuck me.”

Tentatively, he withdrew just a couple of inches before pushing them back in again. He repeated this slow and steady rhythm, building up in the number of inches he pulled back before pushing all the way in again. Once he was able to pull out so that just his head was left inside and could comfortably move all the way back in, he knew I was ready.

Holding onto my waist, he picked up the pace and was now thrusting in and out of me harder and harder. If it wasn’t for the strong grip he had on me, I think the force of it alone would have sent me flying down into the bed. It was rough, but I felt so alive. Each movement was now pounding into my prostate, taking me apart from the inside.

I felt my orgasm building inside me and I hadn’t even touched my cock, neither of us had. I didn’t even know if I had any cum left in me after the week we’d spent together. With a few more slams into my ass, I was cumming hands-free, shooting yet another load underneath me. Ok, it was a small load, but I somehow managed it.

Feeling me clench around him as I let go of my release had Paulo tipping over the edge too. He filled the condom inside me and the pulsing sensation felt incredible after the intensity of his pounding. Even after he was done, he continued to fuck me, teasing us both until he really couldn’t take the sensation any more. He carefully pulled out of me and guided me back to the bathroom, just as he did on our first night together. He disposed of the condom and set the water running in the bath.

When it was ready, he climbed in and told me to join him. It wasn’t a perfect fit, but it felt good. I was in his arms and he just held me in the warm water, telling me to relax into the feeling. Everything was sore, my ass, my muscles, even my throat was sore from all the moaning and screaming I had done.

Just as on the first night, he picked up the soap and started washing my body. It felt more like an exploration than an actual effort to get us clean like he was trying to commit my body to his memory before we parted tomorrow. It had been an intense week, and one I knew I would never forget.

The next morning, I woke up to an empty hotel room. Paulo had told me he had to leave early for his flight, so it wasn’t a surprise, but I was a little disappointed I didn’t get to say goodbye. I grabbed my clothes for the first time since I’d arrived and got dressed, I could shower back at home. I reached inside the pockets of my trackies and found a small envelope, which surprised me as the agency handled all of the money as a sort of escrow service.

I opened it up, and inside was cash, a lot of cash, and a note.

My dear boy,

Thank you for such a memorable week, I hope you aren’t too sore today.

Take care,

Paulo x

I slipped the note and cash away in my pocket and gathered up my toiletries. I took one last look around the room and smiled as I headed home.

The trip back to my apartment was uneventful until I got to the front steps of my building. There was someone sitting blocking the door, they heard me approach and looked up. Beautiful chocolate eyes stared at me as he exclaimed, “You’re alive!”

“Olly? What are you doing here?”

Chapter Eight: Working Away

It took some time for me to start building up a new client base in London. They were slowly trickling in, mainly with pretty vanilla requests like dinner dates, suck and fucks, nothing really exciting. So when a lucrative request to have my company for a whole week came in, I couldn’t afford to pass it up. 

Back in Glasgow, I normally wouldn’t have accepted a week-long stay in a local hotel. I’d done the occasional overseas trip, as someone’s travel companion, but there’d been enough regular work that I didn’t need to spend a whole week shacked up with some tourist.

Fortunately for me, Paulo wasn’t like the regular tourists that would book. Most of them were looking for a tour guide, dinner date and late night fuck ( unless they picked someone up in a bar, then they wanted to stiff you because they had a better offer ). But Paulo’s needs were much simpler. He didn’t want a tour guide or someone to take to dinner, he just wanted someone to enjoy. His two rules were that once I arrived I was to remain naked at all times until the week was up, and I wasn’t to leave the hotel room while he was paying for my time.

We’d had some brief conversations over the agency’s messaging app and I learned that Paulo was from Italy and was in town on business. While sex was very much on the agenda, when he was at work he wanted to have a little camera setup in the room, so that he could watch me from his phone between meetings. Making sure I was doing as I was told. The thought of being watched like that, and not knowing exactly when he would be watching turned me on. It was new and exciting, and with the extra money he was offering, even after the agency’s cut , I was happy to accept.

I walked into the hotel on Sunday afternoon, an hour after he had confirmed he’d checked in and sent me his room number. My overnight bag, significantly lighter than normal, containing just my toiletries and a jumbo box of condoms and lube, it paid to be prepared . Even my clothes were lighter than normal, Paulo was very specific with what he wanted me to wear. It could best be described as the bare minimum.

Often, to blend in when I walked into fancy hotels like this, I’d be dressed in a nice suit, or at least a smart shirt and trousers, so to be wearing just my T-shirt, trackies and trainers today put me a little on edge–fearing that my appearance could alert the staff to why I’m here and promptly get me kicked out. Even dressed smartly, I’d sometimes have to find an amenable concierge to look the other way.

Trying to look as if I belonged, I strolled across to the lifts on the opposite side of the lobby. It wasn’t until the lift doors closed and it started to ascend that I let out a sigh of relief. There was a mirror on the back wall of the lift and I checked my appearance while we rose to the 9th floor. The look was quite obscene, Paulo had specifically told me not to wear underwear under my trackies and the outline my large cock was making, even soft, should have been enough to get me arrested on my way here.

The lift came to a halt and the doors opened. I stepped out into the corridor and found his room all the way down the end, the door tucked slightly out of sight. I knocked and when it opened the man in front of me looked rather nice. There was always a risk with clients, that I might not find them attractive but had to still put on a show. But fortunately for me, this time it wouldn’t all be an act.

Paulo was slightly shorter than me, with thick dark hair, broad shoulders and biceps that were bulging out of his white shirt that had slightly more buttons undone than was necessary for the time of the year. “Strip,” he commanded in a heavy but smooth accent. I started to move forward so I could enter the room and do as I was told, but he placed a hand on my chest to stop me, “No clothes in the room, strip.”

“ Out here?” My voice jumped higher in surprise. He didn’t say anything, just stood there with his arms now across his chest, stretching the fabric of his sleeves further against the tight muscles. I took a look round, checking the coast was clear, before I did as I was told. First, slipping off my trainers and feeling the rough corridor carpet against my bare feet, then lifting my thin T-shirt up and over my head. Finally, with another gulp of air, I dropped my trackies to the floor and stepped out of them.

He looked me up and down, as I stood there naked in the hotel corridor, appraising me before wordlessly stepping aside to allow me access to the room. I quickly bent down to pick up my discarded clothes and hurried inside. The room was nice, not quite a suite, but there was a small sofa and what looked like a little fridge. We hadn’t discussed our sleeping arrangements before but it came as no surprise to me that there was a soft-looking double bed in pride of place in the room.

Placing my clothes down carefully I turned and noticed that Paulo just seemed to be staring at my body, taking in the view that he’d be the only one to see for the next week. Not quite sure what to do with myself, I put my hands on my hips and puffed my chest out a little to show off for him.

Approving of my stance, Paulo stepped forward and touched me for the first time. Caressing my bicep before moving his hands around to feel my chest and run his hands down my body towards the base of my cock. I could feel myself growing under his appreciative gaze, but he didn’t touch me there. His hands ran back up my chest with the lightest graze over my nipples, causing my eyes to close instinctively.

He continued exploring my body with his hands. Each time I thought he was going for my now fully hard cock, he would avoid it. His hands got tantalisingly close so many times, despite my obvious arousal. Years of submitting to clients I learned not to ask for what I wanted, that I was just a plaything for them to enjoy as they wished, but right now, I really wished he would do more.

Being hard for so long, my cock was dripping precum onto the floor below. Paulo caught some of it on his finger and sucked it off slowly causing me to whimper and release even more from my throbbing cock.

“On the bed, on all fours,” he finally commanded. Complying quickly, I got into position on the bed with my ass on display for him, thinking he was now going to fuck me, to use me for his own release. I thought I was going to collapse from the shivers of pleasure it sent through my body when instead, he reached between my legs and started squeezing my cock after avoiding it for so long.

He was alternating between stroking and squeezing my cock to tease more and more precum from me and onto the bed below. When he sensed I was on the brink of cumming, he’d stop and hold my cock firmly at the base to stop me from chasing my release. Once I’d calmed down enough, he’d continue his assault, edging me over and over again. 

When he finally allowed me to cum, it was such an intense sensation, that I didn’t think my cock was ever going to stop shooting more and more of my seed onto the sheet below. Even when I couldn’t take any more, Paulo continued stroking me. I whimpered from the sensation as he pulled my foreskin across my sensitive head again and again. But still, he continued. 

I didn’t think there could be any cum left in me, but he somehow managed to find it. This time a much smaller load joined my previous release on the bed below me as a cooed, “Good Boy,” in my ear. I felt dazed after all that. He gently guided me off the bed, careful to avoid the wet patch I’d caused, and led me into the bathroom. Sitting me down on the lid of the toilet, he started running the water in the bath. When it was full and the temperature just right, he helped me in and said, “Relax now, I’ll be back in a few minutes,” before leaving the bathroom. 

I allowed the warm water to soothe my aching muscles and the tension that had built up from being in the same position for so long. I couldn’t tell you how long I just rested in the warm water. When Paulo returned, he topped up the water to add some extra heat and then started washing my body, being careful not to jostle me about too much as he did. He even shampooed my hair, gliding his fingers through my thick locks and massaging my scalp causing more moans to escape me from how good it felt.

When he was done, he helped me out of the water, towelled me off and took me back to the now remade bed. He tucked me in, kissed my forehead and whispered, “Rest now.” My body didn’t need telling twice, as I drifted off to sleep.