Wings of an Angel

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August/September 2024 Prompt:: **Unusual Wingman**

This story is Nick going along to a club with Harry to be his wingman.

“I can’t believe I’m doing this, why did I agree to this?” Nick moaned.

“Because you love me?”

“No Harry! It’s because you pulled that puppy dog face at Charlie because and you knew I’d do whatever he wanted,” Nick poked Harry in the chest as they waited in line.

“Come on man, it’ll be fun, two bros together,” Harry said bumping his shoulder against Nick’s.

“But why here?” Nick asked.

“This is where all the cool people go,” Harry smirked before adding, “but I’m sure they’ll let you in anyway.”

Nick turned, “That’s it, I’m leaving!” Harry grabbed Nick’s arm to stop him.

“Please, Nick, don’t go man. I need you,” Harry pleaded.

Huffing out a sigh, Nick reluctantly faced Harry, “Fine! But one more snidey comment from you and I’m going back home to Charlie,” poking him in the chest again to emphasise his point.

Holding his hands up in surrender, Harry agreed, “Sure man, sure. Best behaviour, I promise.”

Nick and Harry hadn’t spent much time together since they’d left Truham, apart from the odd get together of a few of the old rugby lads. Although at times he could still be both annoying and obnoxious, he had mellowed since they were students together. But when Harry had asked him to be his wingman tonight, Nick was shocked.

As the queue inched forward, Harry was bouncing about, fed up of all the standing still. He’d never been good at standing still, always needing to be doing something. Too much energy for his own good.

When they finally reached the bouncer at the front of the queue Harry thought he was going to burst. It took him months to work up the courage to ask Nick to be his wingman, and now he was here he was just itching to get inside. He was vibrating on the spot as the bouncer looked them up and down.

“No druggies allowed, get lost,” the bouncer barked.

“Drugs? Nah man, we don’t touch that shit,” Harry said, trying to be pally with his arm around the bouncer.

Brushing him off, the bouncer stood firm, “You’re shaking a like a leaf kid, you’re clearly high.”

Before Harry had a chance to say anything else, Nick stepped between him and the bouncer. “Sorry about my friend, he’s never been here before and he’s just excited. I promise he’s no trouble.”

The bouncer looked Nick up and down, considering whether he was telling the truth. “Alright, but he better not be,” he said as he let the two men past and into the club.

The bright lights were flashing inside the club as people moved to the beat of the music. Around the floor angels are dancing on podiums. Harry’s eyes dart around the room, taking in the bare flesh on display and the bodies pressed closely against each other.

Touching Harry’s arm, Nick shouts over the music, “Let’s grab a drink!” With a nod, they move to the bar to grab a couple of beers. “So, what do you think?” Nick asked.

“It’s…it’s…wow,” was all Harry managed to say, lost for words, possibly for the first time in his life causing Nick to chuckle.

“Yeah, that’s one word for it.”

Looking around the room, Harry’s gaze fixes on one of the podiums across the dance floor. “Wow, look at that,” Harry gawped at one particular angel that had caught his eye. Nick followed Harry’s eyes to see what had captured his attention.

“Really?” Nick smirked.

“Yeah, why not?”

“I just didn’t know that was your type,” Nick teased, certain he saw a small blush creep across Harry’s face.

“You’re not the only one that likes them lean,” Harry winked.

Nudging his arm, Nick asks, “Well, are you gonna go over there?”

Nerves clear on his face, “Can’t you go for me?”

Laughing Nick replies, “I can’t go for you, man up dude.”

Groaning, Harry whines, “But…what if he doesn’t feel the same way.”

“You’ll never know until you speak to him.”

“But, what do I say?”

“How about starting with Hi. It worked for me,” Nick smiled remembering the first day he met his Charlie.

Finishing off his drink and putting the empty glass down on the bar, Harry takes a deep breathe and starts moving towards the dance floor that he has to cross to get to the podiums. As he gets to the edge of the floor, he chickens out and hurries back to Nick’s side, banging his head down on the top of the bar.

“Is it always this difficult?” Harry asks, his voice muffled by the sticky surface his face is pressed against.

Chuckling to himself, “How would I know? I’ve been with Charlie since school, remember.”

Raising his head, Harry ponders, “I wish I’d known then, you know, maybe it would have been easier.”

“I don’t know about that, it wasn’t always smooth sailing for us.”

Ordering a shot from the barman and downing it quickly, Harry decides if he doesn’t try now, he never will. He makes a determined stride towards the dance floor but its too late, his beautiful angel is no longer up on his heavenly perch. Harry looks around at the other stages and sees all of them are now empty.

If only he hadn’t been such a chicken, it’s just like when he was back at school. After Nick had come out, Harry had thought maybe he could too, safety in numbers, that sort of thing. But every time he tried, he’d get scared and instead say something stupid or worse, homophobic.

Feeling dejected, Harry lowers his gaze to the floor and twists round to head back to Nick. As he does he collides with someone standing right behind him. Looking up to apologise, he’s greeted by a pair of beautiful caramel eyes, delicately spiked hair and a large set of fluffy white angel wings. His taught muscles glistening with sweat from all the dancing.

Speechless again, all Harry can say is, “Hi.”

Chapter Seven: Pirate Play

The next morning, I lay in bed longer than usual, not wanting to disturb Olly who was still wrapped around me. It felt so good to wake up in his arms, it was a small slice of normality that I could never have. When he started stirring, I looked down and saw those beautiful eyes open, “Morning sleepyhead,” I spoke gently as I ran a finger through his curls.

“Morning,” Olly replied as he started to uncurl himself from my body. I missed the warmth of his body instantly, but I tried not to let him see that. I wanted him to remember our night together as the happy and magical time it was, and not the loss that I knew I was going to feel never seeing this beautiful boy again.

“What’s the time?” Olly asked as he gradually woke up from his slumber. I looked at the clock on the table beside me, “9:30,” I replied as I turned back to look at him.

“Shit,” he said, “I’ve got class in an hour. Mind if I grab a quick shower?”

“Sure, it’s just through there,” I said pointing to the door of my en-suite. I watched his ass as he walked away, knowing I was going to have many nights finishing myself off to thoughts of what it felt like to be inside him. Once I heard the shower start running inside and the tell-tale sign he was under the water, I picked up my phone to check the details for my first client.

There weren’t very many details in the app, but it seems I was to dress up as a ‘sexy pirate’ and go to a London hotel tonight that actually wasn’t very far from my apartment. At least I wouldn’t have all the odd looks at my outfit while I was travelling. I mentally thought through my costume collection to see if I needed to pick anything up this afternoon ahead of the session.

I was pretty sure I had a couple of pirate costumes in my collection, not from client requests surprisingly, this would be a first, but from Halloween costumes from parties Miles and I attended. I’m sure I had a Captain Hook outfit, from the year I went with Miles dressed as Peter Pan, he looked amazing in green tights. Better yet, last year I’d gone as Captain Jack Sparrow, with that outfit I wouldn’t have to worry about the hook getting caught during anything. Yes, that would be a lot safer.

I heard the water shut off and a few minutes later Olly came out, wrapped in just a towel, and all I wanted was to pull him back into my bed and have my way with him all over again. “You look so sexy when you’re all wet,” I called from my spot on the bed where I was still lying naked, much to his appreciation if the tent growing under his towel was any indication. “Looks like you like what you see too,” I teased.

Olly glanced at the clock behind me, “No time for that, I’ve got to get to class. But I’d love to do this again,” he stated, and I felt my heart drop at the reminder that I couldn’t allow this to be more than a one-time thing. When I didn’t reply he asked, “Can I get your number?”

I sighed, “I don’t do that. I had a great time but,” I sighed again, “this was a one-time thing.” I saw a brief glimpse of something that looked like disappointment flash across his face before he put up that confident persona that he approached me with last night.

“Sure, it’s been great,” he said with a bravado that I’m sure was false as he dropped his towel to the floor and bent over to pick up those obscene skinny jeans, giving me another view of the amazing ass that I wish I could be inside again and again. Clearly, trying to tempt me to give in and exchange numbers with him and I wished that I could more than I had wished for anything before.

Once he was back in his jeans, he picked up his sheer top from the night before. It seemed that he was about to slip it back on but he held it out and with that confident smile said, “I can hardly wear this to class can I? Do you have something I could borrow?”

I rolled my eyes but couldn’t fight the grin that was forming on my face as I got up out of bed and walked naked across the room to my chest of drawers. I opened them up and pulled out a black t-shirt that was tight on me. It would still be too big on him, but I’m sure he could make anything look good, “Here, you can keep this, it’s too small for me.” A little pout appeared on his lips but it disappeared just as quickly. Thanking me, he pulled the tee over his head and gathered up his own top. I saw him out and let out a huge sigh to myself as I closed the door. It was fun while it lasted, I thought to myself.

I spent the rest of the day preparing for my client. It had been a few weeks since I met any clients, so I had a bit more grooming to do than I normally would. I didn’t need to worry about waxing or trimming when I wasn’t working. But now things were back to normal, I waxed most of my body, with the exception of under my arms and above the base of my cock. There I only trimmed so that I didn’t look like a ken doll.

After that, I showered to ensure any excess hair was washed off, discovering that Olly had used almost all of a practically new bottle of my fancy shower gel. Towelling dry, I styled my hair to fix it in place. Even though my costume came with a wig, I knew at some point it would likely be removed so it was always best to make sure my own hair looked the part underneath.

I had half an hour before I needed to leave to be at the hotel on time, so I needed to start getting ready. I pulled together all the parts of my costume, checking I had everything that the character wore in the film. My version of the costume consisted of brown trousers, knee length brown leather boots, a billowy white shirt that showed off the top of my pecs, a long brown coat that reached the top of my boots and a thick brown belt with a huge buckle. The whole thing was topped off with a tricorn hat and a wig of long black braids to complete the Jack Sparrow look.

To minimise any suspicion from hotel staff that I was working, I put a long plain coat over the top of my costume, and carried my hat and wig in a small duffle bag. At 6:45, I left my apartment and set off for the hotel, thankfully it wasn’t raining and I made it in good time.

From years of seeing clients in their hotels, I’d learned the trick was to act confident as soon as you walked in and head straight for the lifts to take you to the client’s room without drawing any unwanted attention to yourself from the hotel staff. That was straight forward if the hotel didn’t require a key card to access the other floors, which thankfully this one didn’t. Back in Glasgow, Miles and I had worked out which hotels were like this so that we could make arrangements with some of the staff. Although no hotels would admit to letting escorts in, if you tipped the right people, it could open many doors, literally. But I’d yet to make those connections down here.

When I got to the client’s floor, I located room 714 as shown on the booking request. Before I knocked on the door, I pulled the wig and hat out of my bag and put them on. The plain coat went back inside and slipped it to the side of the door so that the client could get the full effect of the costume on first sight without the duffel bag breaking the illusion.

Taking a deep breath to prepare myself, I puffed out my chest to make my pecs stand out, struck a pose and knocked on the door. I heard a noise that sounded like a crash from the inside, perhaps this was the first time for the client too. It took a few moments for him to reach the door, presumably while he picked up whatever he’d knocked over, and when the door swung open my jaw dropped. The client was looking down at my feet, his eyes slowly roaming up my body. I could tell the moment he realised what I already had as his jaw dropped matching mine.

“Hi Nicky,” I finally managed to say.

“D-d-David, you…you…you’re a…a…” Nick stammered so I finished his sentence for him, “An escort?”

“Yeah,” was all he managed to say, clearly still shocked.

“Can I come in?” I asked, knowing if I stayed out here dressed as a pirate too long that the hotel staff might start kicking up a fuss. Wordlessly, Nick moved aside to let me inside the room. The hotel room wasn’t much more than a bed and an armchair, when Nick collapsed on the bed staring up at the ceiling, I thought it best to take the armchair.

Nick took a few minutes to just stare at the ceiling, I gave him time to recover from the shock, as I sat  there waiting patiently. Still laying down, the first thing he managed to groan was, “I can’t believe I just got hard checking out my own brother.” I couldn’t help it, I let out an involuntary “Ha,” at this, startling Nick into sitting up right.

When it seemed like he wasn’t going to say anything more, I thought I’d try and steer the topic clear of the fact that he’d accidentally just hired his own brother for sex. “So…Nicky, you’re gay then?” I asked.

He folded his arms across his chest, and with a pout he declared, “I’m Bi, actually.”

Feeling my younger self bubbling up inside me, I mimicked him saying, “I’m Bi, actually,” before adding, “No need to get defensive, it’s not like it’s something we’ve ever talked about before.”

When he didn’t say anything further, I thought it only fair to share too, “I’m Bi, too, actually,” causing Nick’s posture to soften. “How long have you known?” I asked.

“Since year 11. I never really acted on it, but there was this cute guy in my form and he was sort of my bi-awakening,” Nick replied, “How about you?”

“Since university. Do you remember my roommate, Miles?” Nick nodded. “Yeah, well he was my bi-awakening.” I replied before adding, “And the one who got me into this job.” I thought I might as well get the truth out there, seeing as he knew exactly what I did as he’d booked me.

“Listen David, do you think you could lose the wig? Captain Jack is a massive turn on for me and it’s really confusing me right now to see you,” he gestured in my direction before continuing, “like that.”

Laughing, I removed the hat and wig and put them on the small table next to me, “Haha, yeah I’m sure you would much rather have gone to the grave without me knowing that little fact,” he joined me in laughing now, easing the tension in the room.

“I have to ask though, why this?” Nick asked me, and it was a fair question, one I’d asked myself a few times over the years.

“It all started when I was at uni, short of cash and needed something I could do around my studies.”

“But that was years ago!” Nick exclaimed, so I continued, “Well, I’m good at what I do, and I enjoy it. It’s good pay, even with the agency’s cut, and I’m pretty much my own boss.”

Nick took a moment to contemplate this, “I assume we can keep this between us?”

I laughed again, “Of course little bro, I don’t really fancy our friends and family finding out what I do, and I’m sure neither of us will ever speak of the fact that you found me irresistible again.” He rolled his eyes at this.

“How did you find me?” I asked.

“Google,” he said matter of factly.

“Of course, Google’s always your solution, isn’t it,” I replied, both of us bursting into laughter.

“You’re still going to charge me for this aren’t you?” Nick grumbled.

“Oh yeah,” I smiled.

“Fair.”

Chapter Six: Back to Mine

We got back to my place and as soon as we were in through the door, our hands and lips were all over each other again. Mentally I was now cursing his skin-tight clothes. It was impossible to get them off him while we were kissing and I didn’t want to stop kissing him. Without breaking our kiss, I carefully walked him backwards to my room before lifting him up and throwing him down on my bed as if he were a rag doll.

I crawled on top of him and my lips found his again, drawn together like magnets, teasing his lips between my teeth in between twirling our tongues around each other, not knowing where his mouth ended and mine began. Panting for air, I decided to try again at peeling his shirt off his body and with a bit of help from Olly, I finally had it up and over his head. I leaned into his neck and started sucking on the side of his smooth neck, as I had wanted to when he first exposed it back in the bar. The moans and groans coming out of this cute boy as I did so were going straight to my cock which was now fully hard and straining at my trousers.

Out of nowhere, Olly surprised me by flipping me on my back. I’m a pretty big guy and had quite a few pounds on him, so I was stunned with how effortlessly he managed to move us. He started unbuttoning my shirt as I ran my hands up and down his bare back, before moving down to cup his firm ass, squeezing his cheeks tightly. Once he had the buttons undone, I leaned up just enough for him to help me out of the shirt, our lips connecting once more. I pulled him down on top of me again, this time the bare skin of our chests finally touching each other.

But it wasn’t enough, we both needed more. I could feel his cock throbbing inside his skinny jeans as he ground his body against me, while my own wasn’t fairing much better inside my trousers. It was my turn to flip him over as I started kissing my way down his body, twisting my tongue around his nipple bars and gently pulling on them with my teeth causing Olly to growl in delight as he thrust his hips up towards me. I continued south towards the top of his jeans, peppering his body with marks to leave him with a reminder of this night for weeks to come.

Finally ready to reveal my prize, I popped the buttons of his jeans and started to pull them down. It wasn’t easy, they really were practically painted on. Perfect for attracting but not designed for easy access. As I got them down slightly it revealed Olly’s trimmed pubes, “No underwear? You naughty boy,” I teased.

“Less words, more naked,” Olly panted. I pulled tightly on his jeans, finally getting them down and off revealing his full naked body to me for the first time. Forgetting the fact that I was still in my jeans, I dived in and started teasing the tip of his cock, slowly taking more and more, not because I needed to, but because I knew it would drive him crazy. This is where I could truly shine, I was excellent at my job and my clients came back because I could make them feel good. When my nose was finally in his fine pubes, it still didn’t seem enough for Olly. His hips were thrusting up to meet my mouth, desperate to get as deep into my throat as he could. 

I picked up the pace, bobbing up and down on his dick, his thrusts meeting me each time as he chased his orgasm. I felt his fingers in my hair, clinging on, trying to last as long as he could. But I knew exactly what I was doing. With a few key swipes of my tongue at the underside of his sensitive head, and a teasing finger circling the entrance of his hole, it wasn’t much longer before he was spilling his seed deep into my throat. As I felt his orgasm subside, I slowly eased off of him, feeling very satisfied with myself.

I climbed back onto the bed next to him and we lazily kissed. Time no longer seemed to have any meaning. All that mattered was Olly and me at that moment. When we came up for air, Olly was hard again. “You’re wearing too many clothes,” he teased as he slid down the bed to reach for the top of my trousers.

“Well I was a little distracted by a certain little minx,” I replied as he undid my fly and made quick work of removing my trousers.

“Briefs, David? I wasn’t expecting that,” he teased.

“Got to keep the mystery going that little bit longer.” Olly made quick work of removing them too so that I was just as naked as him. “Wow, you’re big,” Olly declared before his mouth wrapped around my cock making me moan in delight. I wasn’t expecting how good he’d be at sucking cock, using the stud in his tongue to expertly caress around the head of my cock. It was a whole new experience for me, and I thought I’d experienced most things in my work.

He didn’t seem to struggle with my larger-than-average length, which had often been a struggle for my clients, although never too much for Miles. Olly just kept going, working as much of my length as he could manage with expert skill. I was cumming down his throat in an embarrassingly quick time from how good the blowjob was, but the way he kissed me after I could tell he didn’t mind.

Feeling our naked bodies pressed tightly together as we passionately made out with one another soon had us both hardening again. “Fuck me, David,” he breathed between kisses, “need you inside me.” I groaned at how good that sounded. I flipped him over so he was face down, causing Olly to laugh in surprise. I kissed my way down his back until I reached the most gorgeous ass I’d ever seen. I spread his cheeks to reveal my goal, dipping my head between them and swiping my tongue over his entrance. I swirled my tongue around the edge before tentatively pressing it inside, once I felt him relax around my tongue, I pulled out causing him to whine at the loss.

“Don’t worry baby, I’ll be inside you very soon,” I cooed while reaching for the lube I kept in my bedside table. I made quick work of coating my fingers before pushing inside him to open him up and prepare him for me. I wanted this experience to be as memorable for him as it already was for me. After circling inside him with one, two and then three fingers, I knew he was ready for me when he started bucking up to try and pull them into him even more.

When I pulled my fingers out, his pert ass reared up some more, desperate to be filled. I reached for the drawer again, pulled out a condom and slipped it on, coating it in more lube before lining myself up with his hole. “Ready, baby?” I asked.

“Yes…need…you…fuck,” he managed between ragged breaths. Now I had his consent, I pressed forward, easing myself gently inside him. Even with all the work I’d done to prepare him, he was so tight. “More,” was all Olly cooed each time I stopped to allow him time to get used to my size. Not wanting to hurt him, I took my time, moving in just an inch at a time. Once I was all the way in, I gave him time to get used to my cock filling him up.

Feeling him relax a little I started to slowly pull out, just a bit, then pushing back in. Repeating the motion over and over, each time a little bit faster until I was truly pounding him into the bed below us, spurred on by the delicious sounds he was making. Wanting to take in everything about Olly before this beautiful night was over, without removing my cock from inside him, I flipped him over with ease so that I could look into his beautiful chocolate-coloured eyes.

While I thrust into him again and again, I was taking in every detail of him. The way his curls looked when they were all sweaty, the way his lips were already starting to look bruised from our intense kissing and the way his balls bounced each time I slammed into him. I wanted a distraction and there was no one more distracting than Olly. I bent down, bending Olly with me so that I could kiss him as I was fucking him. With this new angle, I was hitting his prostate each time, feeling him moan straight into my mouth.

With a few more thrusts hitting that spot inside him, he was cumming hands-free and painting both our bodies between us. As his release spilt out over us, I felt his ass contracting around my cock and I was done. With one last deep push, I was filling the condom with my second load of the evening before collapsing on top of Olly’s now sticky body. When I started going soft inside him, I eased myself up and carefully pulled myself and the condom out. I went to the bathroom, disposing of the condom en route and grabbed a damp flannel before returning to Olly to wipe down the mess we’d made of his body.

If he’d been a client, I’d have normally kicked him out at this point, but tonight was different. He was different. As we both lay in the bed, Olly’s body wrapped around mine, an alert sounded on my phone. I picked it up off the side table, careful not to disturb Olly as he started to drift off to sleep. It was the agency’s app, my profile had been approved and I had my first booking. I clicked to open the request, ‘Please arrive dressed as a pirate’, it said in the special requests section. That was a sharp reminder that our lives were too different for anything more to happen between me and Olly. In the morning I’d have to say goodbye, but for now, for now I could enjoy this feeling and pretend that Olly was mine.

Chapter Five: Finding a Distraction

My new apartment in London is so much smaller than the home Miles and I built for ourselves in Glasgow. Everything is just so much more expensive down here. I’ve had to join a new agency for work, my old one only covered the Glasgow area, and now I’m waiting for them to approve my profile.

When setting up the account, I was much more conscious that there was a greater risk of being found by people who knew me on the app. I had friends and family who didn’t really know what I did for work but would be within the area that I’d potentially be working in. So, rather than using my real name, my account was now set up under the name Liam and no longer included a face pic. It was a risk, but I hoped the artistic shot I’d taken of my bare chest would still entice a few clients.

That was a week ago and when I checked the agency’s app, my account was still showing as ‘Pending approval’. Sitting in my new home, alone with my thoughts and no opportunity to be distracted by work wasn’t doing me any good. I missed having Miles around, he was my best friend and we’d spent almost every day together for 8 years. I also missed Dorothy and Nathan. They played such a big part in my life, sure they were clients, but the intimate bonds we built, especially with Dorothy, took our connection to another level.

I needed to get out of my tiny apartment and find a distraction. Without an agency, I couldn’t work, Miles’ voice ringing in my head, reminding me it wouldn’t be safe. But maybe I could find some fun; aside from Miles, it had been years since I met anyone just for fun rather than work. Dating in my line of work would never be fair to my partner, and with Miles also around, I never really needed to find anyone for a one-night stand.

Looking in my wardrobe, trying to decide what to wear, so many items inside brought back memories of my years in Glasgow. The sports kit I first wore when I worked with Miles, the suits I wore on dates with Dorothy, the uniforms some of my clients requested I wear, I’d built up quite the collection over the years and I’d been lucky that I’d managed to keep the same size as I was back when I was still a student. I picked out a pair of dark trousers and a black silk shirt that clung nicely to my biceps, styled my hair and grabbed my keys before heading out to find some fun.

Heading to Soho, I walked into a bar that seemed popular but not too busy. I wasn’t in the mood for the thumping beat of the clubs. I propped myself up on a stool at the bar and ordered a Tennent’s to which the barman replied, “Never heard of that mate.” I rubbed my neck in frustration, of course, this day was just going to get worse. “I’ll have a lager,” I sigh, resigning myself to having whatever they could offer. Tennent’s had been Miles and my lager of choice whenever we were hanging out in Glasgow.

The barman pulled one of the taps on the bar and passed me an overpriced drink that quite frankly tasted disgusting. I was trying to work out what it tasted like when I heard a voice behind me ask, “What you drinking sexy?” Without looking I replied, “It tastes like cat piss.”

With a hint of a cheeky smile in his voice, he replied, “And how do you know what cat piss tastes like?”

I turned my head to answer, but the second I saw him I lost the power of speech. I looked him up and down, he was wearing the skinniest jeans I had ever seen that looked like they were painted on, while the sheer top he was wearing was clearly designed to show off his lithe body and, are those nipple bars, fuck I’m in trouble. He must have caught me checking him out because he giggled, drawing my attention up to his beautiful lips that I wanted to see wrecked after hours of us kissing and his full head of dark curls that I imagined pulling on as I pounded him into the bed.

“Like what you see?” He wiggled his eyebrows at me as he leaned forward to take a sip of my drink. As he did his face contorted and he said, “God, that does taste like cat’s piss,” returning the monstrosity to the bar where he found it. He called the barman over and ordered, “2 Jameson’s, neat, he’s paying,” gesturing towards me.

“Cheeky fucker,” I replied, nodding for the barman to confirm I was indeed going to pay. This guy was pushing all the right buttons for me right now, and I knew right then I wanted to take him home and fuck him into tomorrow. The barman handed us our drinks and as I reached for the glass nearest me, the sexy guy reached forward for the same one so that our hands would touch. Sparks shot between our hands like electricity running between us, I looked into his gorgeous brown eyes and felt as if they were trying to bury deep into my soul.

Without releasing my hand the sexy guy spoke again, “Hi, I’m Olly,” in such a silky smooth voice that I almost missed it. Suddenly feeling like there was a frog in my throat, I coughed a little to clear it before meekly replying, “David.”

“Nice to meet you, David,” he purred, literally purred my name. Am I dreaming? If I am, nobody wake me up. He released my hand and went for his own glass, making a show of slowly bringing it to his sweet lips and letting it drip slowly into his waiting mouth and down his throat, exposing his smooth neck, almost daring me to lean in and start sucking at the soft skin to mark him and make him my own. I could tell Olly knew exactly what he was doing, he’d clearly set his sights on me and now his efforts to reel me in were working exactly as he planned.

I reached for my own glass, downing the drink in one go. Letting the sharp sting in my throat prove to me that I’m in the land of the living. I gestured to the barman for another and invited Olly to pull up a stool next to me, “Join me?” But instead of taking the vacant stool, the little minx climbed onto my lap, grinding his pert ass against my crotch as he ‘got comfortable’. I wrapped one arm around him to hold him in place, pulling him a little tighter so I could feel his body against mine, two can play at that game, you naughty boy.

“Comfortable?” I asked him.

“Very,” he replied, bringing his glass to his lips again and letting a few more drops of whiskey drip slowly onto his tongue. I leaned forward so that my lips were next to his ear and whispered, “I want to devour you and take you apart slowly for hours,” causing him to shiver in my lap.

Taking that as a good sign, I continued to whisper in his ear, “I want to take you back to my place, pry you out of those skin-tight clothes, and taste every inch of you from top to bottom while you writhe with pleasure underneath me.” He let out a little whimper, “Please,” was all he managed.

I didn’t need to hear any more, I inched my lips round to his face, we were just a breath apart from each other now. He made the final move and closed the gap between us, and those sparks were back. Our lips connected and it wasn’t long before our tongues were tussling for dominance inside each other’s mouths. For the first time, I discovered it wasn’t just his nipples that were pierced, the little slut had a tongue stud too and boy did it make the sensation of his tongue against mine even more electric.

I couldn’t resist biting on his lower lip and the noise he let out was like a jolt to my cock that I’m sure Olly could feel stiffening underneath him. When we finally broke apart it took a moment for me to remember where we were, our foreheads pressed together. “Shall we,” Olly said, but my mind was still hazy from the heat of our kiss.


“What?” I replied confused, causing him to let out the sweetest giggle.

“Go back to yours. If you still want to, that is,” the bold confidence he had before slipping slightly now that he was asking rather than just taking what he wanted. There wasn’t even a doubt in my mind that I wanted this man, no, I needed this man. I helped him off my lap, took hold of his hand and, trying to sound more casual than I felt, said, “Let’s go.”

Chapter Four: Moving Home

TW: Emotional Loss, Natural Death (Original Characters)

If you think you might struggle with the trigger warnings mentioned, please feel free to avoid the section between the leaves 🍂

As I looked around our apartment for one last time, I thought back to all the good times Miles and I shared there over the last few years. After we finished university 6 years ago, we bought a three-bedroom apartment together in the heart of the city in a modern new build complex. We fell in love with it because the ‘guest’ bedroom had its own suite and was located right next to the front door making it perfect if either of us wanted to host any clients. We were able to divide our personal and professional space and ensure privacy for each other if one of us was working.

Neither of us often did calls at home, but it paid to be as flexible as possible in our line of work. So much had changed since I was at university; I’d fully embraced my bisexuality, although I hadn’t yet come out to my family or anyone back home in Kent, and working for both men as well as women had given me some amazing opportunities to try new things that my clients requested that I definitely wouldn’t have considered before I became an escort. It was early on in my career that I learned I enjoyed pleasing my partners, making me especially popular with my clients as it meant I’d focus my efforts on fulfilling their desires to the best of my abilities.

While Dorothy was the first of my clients to introduce me to a little Dom/sub roleplay, she certainly wasn’t the last to expand my experiences into kink. It was odd the first time a client asked me to be dominant instead of submissive, being submissive just came naturally to me as it felt like an extension of giving the client exactly what they wanted.

When I was first asked to dominate a client, it was a complete switch in my thinking from doing what the client told me to telling the client what to do. Of course, they gave me some idea of what they were looking for, but it left the events a lot more open for me to try and interpret my client’s wishes. That first time the client seemed to be satisfied when they left, but I had found it incredibly awkward to take over the control in that way. I’d dominated a few times since then, but being submissive came much more naturally to me and my clients really enjoyed how easily I took to being controlled.

One client, a slender guy called Nathan, he’d really expanded my experience of being dominated more than any other. Our sessions would always start in the same way; As soon as I walked in and we’d dealt with the money, he would order me to strip while he watched and then get into what he called the ‘present position’ where I was down on my knees with my hands behind my back. He’d then circle around me to inspect me before ordering me to crawl into another room.

After that, it would depend on what mood he was in. Sometimes, he would get me to go on all fours so he could use me as a footrest, or he might get me to strip off his shoes and socks so that I could suck on his toes and worship his large size 10 feet, which I was worried about when he first told me but they actually tasted pretty good.

The first time he bent me over his knee to spank me though, that’s when I knew I was born to be submissive. It was like electric shocks ran from the point his palm connected with my ass to radiate all throughout my body in a way that was both painful and pleasurable at the same time.

Nathan was the first client who didn’t care, or even want, me to get off during our sessions. He took great pleasure in sending me home horny and needy for more. When I got home that night, I was so desperate for release that Miles and I fucked for the first time without another client being with us. It wasn’t anything romantic, it was more animalistic, two guys fucking the cum out of each other and releasing all of our pent-up frustrations. 

It was the first of many nights that either I or Miles would come home in need of release and we’d help each other out. It was always hot and horny, and it was never awkward afterwards. In our job, we knew that sex was just sex, and we knew not to get attached to our clients. But knowing it, and doing it, were two different things.

It was hard when Nathan’s bookings started to slow down and eventually stopped altogether. There’s a unique bond of trust between a Master and his sub that transcends the normal escort/client relationship and with what followed just a day later, it felt like it was time for a change.

Dorothy had remained a loyal and regular client of mine right from the start. Most of the time our meets would be for dinner and a catch-up, we’d grown to be very close friends over the years. Occasionally, she’d book me for a more sexual session, always saying that “even us old birds need a good rogering sometimes.” And I valued each and every time that we spent together. So  when, the day after Nathan told me he would no longer require my services, I got a letter from her solicitor informing me she had passed away in her sleep, I just felt lost.

I was asked to attend the reading of her will, which was a shock in itself, but what was the most surprising was that I was the only one that had been asked to attend. Once I was seated the solicitor handed me a handwritten letter.


My dearest David,

Thank you so much for making an old girl so happy in her final years. I have loved every minute of the time we shared together and cherished your company more than you could ever possibly know.

After my Edgar passed on, I never thought I would find happiness or joy again, but despite our age difference you always made me feel like a teenager again, just as he used to.

I hope you know you meant so much more to me than just a companion, I felt you truly cared what I had to say and listened even when I rambled on about my youth. 

I have no family left of my own except for you, my precious boy. I hope you will be lucky enough to find someone who will make every day worth waking up and that you live every day to the fullest as I always have. It’s been a good life and I’m so very happy that you were a part of it.

Be happy David, and please don’t make a fuss when my fuddy-duddy lawyer tells you what I’ve left you. 

All my love,

Dorothy x


I don’t know when I started crying, the solicitor told me something once I finished reading the letter but I didn’t really take it in. Everything after that was a bit hazy, I remember getting home and Miles holding me as I cried. Mourning the loss of not only Dorothy, but also Nathan too. Miles had warned me when I first started this job not to get too attached, and normally I was pretty good at that, but Dorothy was not just my client, she was my friend too.

Besides Miles and our apartment, there wasn’t anything really tying me to Glasgow, so after a couple of days I decided to do something that was long overdue. With the money Dorothy left me I decided it was time to go home.

It only took a couple of weeks to pack up my life in Glasgow, and after one last fuck for the road last night with Miles, today was the day I set off on my next adventure.

Chapter Three: My Bisexual Awakening

“David, are you home?” called my roommate Miles as he rushed into our flat late one evening, clearly out of breath from running. He barged into my room without knocking.

“Dude, I could have been naked in here,” I responded even though I didn’t really care about him seeing me naked, I wasn’t shy about my body. Since I started working for the agency I had decided to join the university gym. I hadn’t really done anything to stay in shape since coming to university, but as my body is one of my most important assets as an escort, I thought I best do what I could to maintain the strong physique that years of playing rugby had earned me.

“Like you care, I’ve seen you walk naked across the hall after your shower when you could have covered up,” Miles joked. He wasn’t wrong I liked to show off.

“Listen, are you doing anything tonight?” he asked.

“Tonight? Erm, no I don’t think so, why?”

“I need a massive, and I mean MASSIVE, favour from you, but it’s kind of a lot to ask,” he sounded nervous.

“Miles, as you just pointed out, you’ve literally seen me naked, ask away, I won’t be offended.” I was curious as to what sort of favour would make him seem so apprehensive to ask me.

Miles took a breath before he replied while looking down at his feet instead of at me. “So I have this regular client, and we’d arranged to meet tonight,” he paused. When it didn’t seem like he was going to start again, I asked the first thing I thought might be the reason he was hesitant to ask. “Right, so…what? Did you need me to clear out of here for the night?”

He looked up at me, “What? No…no it’s not that,” he took another deep breath and finally let out, “I need you to come with me.” I had no idea what he meant though, at first I thought he might need a lift because his car had broken down or something but the confusion must have been evident on my face because he sighed and clarified, “I had arranged for another guy to join us, my client wanted a meet with two guys, but the other guy just pulled out and I’m supposed to meet her in an hour. So…”

It didn’t seem like he was going to finish the sentence so I finished it for him in slight disbelief at what I was hearing, “So, you need me to…be…there…with…her, and y-you.”

“I know it sounds crazy, and if there was anyone else I could ask I would, but I’m begging you, David, please! You’ll be paid of course, and you’ll earn more than a normal 1 on 1 session,” he begged.

I rubbed my hand over my face as I tried to take in what he was saying. He wanted me to join him with a woman, the three of us, together. My mouth started to speak before my brain could catch up, “How would that work?”

Looking even more nervous now, Miles continued, “Well she wants us to both have sex with her, like one at each end and switching round so we take it in turns.” Thinking he was finished I replied, “That sounds doable,” but that wasn’t all that the client wanted. 

“Erm…she also…she wants to see us…together,” and with that, my jaw dropped to the floor just like it did when I first found out that Miles was an escort. “I know, it’s a lot to ask, I know you’re straight, but I wouldn’t ask if I wasn’t desperate. She makes regular bookings and she’s a really great tipper, I can’t afford to lose her David,” he begged. 

“What would we have to do?” my mouth running away from me again.

“Wait…you’re not horrified? You’re actually considering this?” Miles seemed taken aback and honestly, I was a little surprised that I was considering it. 

“Look, we’re friends, Miles. You need help, and I want to help you if I can. So, as time is running out and it seems you have no options, tell me what you need me to do.”

That’s how an hour later I found myself in the passenger seat of Miles’ car, pulling up outside a house wearing my England rugby shirt, gym shorts and my best friend’s underwear. It turned out this client had very specific instructions about what she wanted.

Part of her request was for both the men she booked to be in sports kit, which I had managed to cobble together, but she also wanted both men wearing jockstraps underneath. I’d never even worn, let alone owned, a jockstrap, so Miles had to lend me one of his to fulfil his client’s fantasy. When I was getting dressed, I struggled with getting the straps to sit comfortably and not dig into my ass, so Miles had to get very friendly, very quickly to help me get them seated just right. As we stepped out into the evening breeze, it was an odd sensation to feel the wind through the thin material of my shorts, reaching my bare ass underneath, but it wasn’t an unpleasant one. 

Miles came round to my side of the car and we walked side by side up to the front door of the old Victorian house, “you ready?” Miles asked me before ringing the doorbell. “Ha, we’re about to find out,” I scoffed just before the door opened to reveal a beautiful woman with long, dark, curls hanging down past her shoulders. She was maybe in her 40s and was wearing a dress that clearly was designed to show off her huge tits. 

Coughing to clear his throat, clearly, he’d caught me staring, Miles made the introductions, “Nancy, this is David. David, Nancy.”

“Nice to meet you,” I hoped I sounded calm because I certainly didn’t feel it. Sure this wasn’t my first time meeting a client, or my first time having sex with one, but it was my first threesome of any sort, let alone with another guy, and my best friend of all people. 

Nancy clearly had no such nerves as she looked me up and down, practically devouring me with her eyes. “Very nice pick Miles, I like him,” she cooed as she reached out and caressed my bicep. She waved for us to walk inside and as I walked past her Nancy squeezed my ass, just the fabric of the shorts between her hand and my otherwise bare cheeks.

Once the door was shut, Nancy discretely handed an envelope to Miles and announced, “Give me a few minutes and then meet me upstairs. Miles knows the way,” she winked at me before disappearing up the stairs.

I turned to look at Miles, my jaw dropped in shock causing Miles to quietly giggle. He came close to me and whispered in my ear, “She’s a lot, but she’s fun.” It felt odd feeling Miles breath on my ear, the anticipation of what could happen this evening amplified the innocent sensation. There wasn’t time to discuss the specifics of tonight, but Miles and I agreed to check in as things heated up to make sure I didn’t get overwhelmed by anything I wasn’t ready for. 

“I’m ready boys,” Nancy called seductively from upstairs. Miles gave me a look to confirm I was good to go, I nodded and he led the way up the stairs. I took the opportunity to check out Miles from behind, he didn’t have the same build as me that I’d built up through years of rugby, but he was nicely toned with just a hint of definition in his arms and legs. He was wearing white shorts through which I could clearly make out the straps of his jock as they tightly framed his sexy ass. I felt my cock starting to stir the more I looked, I feel like I should probably be concerned about that but it wasn’t my head that was doing the thinking any more. 

When we got to the bedroom, Nancy had changed out of her dress and was now lying on the bed wearing just her red lace lingerie. She looked so “hot”.

“Hee hee, thank you, David,” shit I didn’t mean to say that out loud. “Come up on the bed and kiss me, David,” she said in a sultry voice while patting the bed beside her. I crawled up the bed beside her and leaned in to kiss her, she kissed back with fire nipping at my lips and teasing me with her tongue. I felt the mattress dip towards the other side as Miles came up and joined us. She released my lips and pulled Miles down to make out with him too. Seeing the two of them kiss was so hot, if there was room in the jock for my cock to tent it I would be just from watching them together.

When they came up for air Nancy looked at the two of us, “Will you kiss Miles for me, David?” Miles was about to reply, probably about to say something like I’m not sure if David would be up for that, but I don’t give him the chance, I reach for the back of his neck and pull his lips to mine, I kiss him hard and passionately and it feels incredible. It takes Miles a moment to realise what’s happening but then he’s kissing me back just as fiercely. He’s moaning into my mouth, I’m moaning into his and Nancy is moaning below us just from the sight. 

Eventually, we had to break up for air, his lips looked swollen and red from the intensity of the kiss, I’m sure mine must look the same. We stare at each other, lost in the moment before we remember we aren’t alone and we’re here to do a job. We both look down at Nancy, “that was fucking hot boys,” she panted causing Miles to chuckle, “you’re telling me.”

I lean down to kiss Nancy some more, and it feels different from kissing Miles, not bad, just different. I have an idea, without breaking from my kiss with Nancy, I pull Miles in, encouraging him to slip his tongue in too so that the 3 of us are now all kissing together. Tongues darting in and out of each other’s mouths, not knowing or caring who was who’s.

We were shaking and breathless when the three of us came up for air. Miles and I both collapsed alongside Nancy to grab a moment to recover. Nancy sat up, “I think you two are both far too overdressed, why don’t you help each other out of those sexy kits,” she teased. Miles and I stepped off the bed and came round to the end to put on a good show for Nancy.

Miles pressed a button on his phone and some sexy music started playing, he grabbed my hips and started guiding me to move with him. As we were getting started, Miles pulled me in close so our bodies were pressed together and leaned forward to whisper close in my ear, “She loves a sexy strip tease, just down to our jocks.” He moved his head back and winked at me. I had an overwhelming desire to press my lips to his neck, to taste more of his skin. I resisted the urge for the moment, knowing what we were supposed to be doing. I reached for the bottom of his football shirt and lifted it slowly up his body, giving Nancy a teasing reveal before slipping it up and over his head.

I’d seen Miles naked before around the flat, but I’d never really allowed myself to truly look before. He was stunning, his chest was smooth with the only visible hairs leading a trail down into his shorts that I wanted to trace with my tongue. His pecs were nicely defined but still managed to look natural. But I couldn’t stop to enjoy the view for too long, maybe I’d have a chance to do that when we are back home. Miles was now reaching for the bottom of my rugby shirt and mimicked my moments of teasingly lifting it up and off my body.

We danced closely a little more before Miles reached for the top of my shorts and slowly slid himself down my body along with my shorts which I stepped out of. Once he rose back up to my eye level it was my turn to copy him and slide his shorts down his strong legs which were covered in a fine layer of hair contrasting with the rest of his smooth body.

We were both standing facing each other in our jocks, still touching and grinding to the music while Nancy touched herself on the bed. “Come here boys,” Nancy beckoned to us breathlessly. We climbed back up on the bed and went back to the three of us kissing, and running our hands all over each other. Exploring each other’s bodies now that we were all down to underwear.

As our kisses started to move further south, I worked my way licking and kissing every inch of  Nancy’s body, until my lips reached her crimson panties. With a singular focus, I loop the strings of the bikini around my thumbs swiftly pulling them down and begin to devour her.

That was when I realised what the jocks were for, I suddenly felt a tongue working its way in and out of my hole and it felt amazing. No one had ever rimmed me before and if it always felt this way then I wanted to feel it over and over again. We moved ourselves round so that Nancy could rim Miles too, giving the three of us easy access to explore each other with our tongues.

I guess it’s time to update my Artist’s profile with the agency…again

  • Guy: Yes
  • Multiple Partners: Open

Chapter Two: My First Client

It took a week for the agency to approve my profile, after which it didn’t take too long to get my very first client. She was an adorable little old lady called Dorothy. Her husband had died and she wanted someone to go out to dinner with her from time to time and keep her company. I remember her once telling me she was ‘too old for all the faffing about that goes with dating’ and that by hiring me she could both enjoy the view and avoid the constant discussions about dentures and her date’s latest ailments that the conversation inevitably descended into when she went out with men that others might deem as ‘age appropriate’. Her and her husband had never done anything appropriate for their age, and she had no intention of starting now.

The very first time we met, I was so nervous. We chatted through the agency a little to set up all the arrangements but I didn’t know what to expect. We met at The Ivy on Buchanan Street, a chic and stylish restaurant which I would never have even considered going to with my budget. Miles had given me some tips beforehand, so I’d dressed up in my best suit, styled my hair just right, and didn’t wear anything that might make me stand out or look out of place. Dorothy certainly appreciated it when she first saw me cooing, “My, my, you’re even more handsome than your profile picture.” I’m sure I was blushing, “You look beautiful yourself,” I replied trying to turn on all my charm.

She giggled as the maître d’ came over and asked for the name of our reservation. Dorothy and I had discussed this in our initial communications through the agency, so trying my hardest to sound confident I replied, “Nelson, table for two.” We were shown to our table and once we were alone with our menus, Dorothy passed me across a small envelope which I tucked into the inside of my jacket. Thankfully, Miles had warned me not to check it at the table where everyone could see as I’m sure would have been my first instinct.

We chatted about the menu while we were deciding and once we’d placed our order I excused myself to go to the toilets. Following Miles’ advice, I slipped into a cubicle and checked the contents of the envelope. Inside was the money Dorothy and I had agreed on for my services, plus money for tonight’s meal. I slipped the money for the meal into my wallet and left the rest in the envelope inside my jacket. Dorothy liked to appear traditional to the outside world so that she could really surprise them on her terms.

After I returned to the table, the dinner went really smoothly. We chatted and laughed, everything just felt easy and much to my surprise there were no awkward moments where neither of us knew what to say. I’d always been one to speak my mind and found this was something Dorothy and I had in common. She told me about all the cool things she’d done during her life, and she genuinely wanted to hear about mine too. I’d tell her about my studies, about my life growing up, even my practically nonexistent dating life which she seemed quite saddened about. As the meal came to an end and I paid the bill, I found myself hoping that Dorothy would want to see me again. Not just for the money, although that was certainly good, but also because I genuinely did have a good time.

A few days went by when I got another notification from the agency of a booking request. When I was between my classes, I logged in to my account and saw that Dorothy had requested a repeat booking, I guess I didn’t do a bad job after all. Bookings from Dorothy went on like this every couple of weeks, she would pick the restaurant, wanting to experience a wide variety of sometimes quite surprising delicacies, and I would show up playing the role of the perfect attentive gentleman.

Each time Dorothy would book my services, my rating on the agency’s website would improve and as it did I started getting requests for more bookings. Mostly, they were older women looking for company for dinners or the theatre. But I still made sure I made time for Dorothy when she would make a booking request, as without her giving me a chance, I don’t know if any of the others would have given my profile a glance. That’s why when Dorothy mentioned one night at dinner that she had a special request, I decided to give it some serious consideration.

When it came to our next booking, instead of a fancy restaurant I found myself in the lobby of a far too nice hotel heading straight for the lift to take me up to the 5th floor where Dorothy had a suite booked. When the lift doors opened, I stepped out, took a deep breath and walked to room 507 where she had told me to meet her. I knew exactly what was planned once I stepped inside this room, yet still, I was nervous. I’d never done anything like this before, and I think back then, if we hadn’t already built up such a great relationship with one another then I probably wouldn’t have considered it.

I knocked on the door and waited, time seemed to slow down in that moment. It felt like I was waiting hours for the door to open, but it was probably only seconds. When the door opened and Dorothy was standing in front of me, I greeted her as she’d requested, “Hello mistress.” 

“Hello my beautiful boy, come on inside,” she replied while making way for me to enter the room. I walked in and stood at the foot of the bed with my hands behind my back looking away from her as she’d instructed. I couldn’t see her from this angle, but I hadn’t heard her move from the door since it closed, so it came as quite a shock when I suddenly felt her whisper into my ear, “You’ve always looked so good in that suit,” which she emphasised by squeezing my ass.

I jumped at the action but it was all part of what we had agreed, so I was more excited than surprised when she next spoke in my ear, “Let’s take off this jacket and get you more comfortable,” after which she helped to slide my suit jacket off my arms and onto the floor at my feet. She took a step back and more firmly this time ordered, “Pick that up.” I quickly moved to comply and felt a sudden sting of her hand spanking my backside. “What do you say when I give you an order boy?”

I was still reeling from the spank to think what the correct answer was, but apparently, my thinking was taking too long because before I knew it I was being spanked again. “You are supposed to acknowledge each order with ‘Yes Mistress’ before you carry it out. Do you remember now boy?”

“Yes Mistress,” I quickly replied, still facing away from Dorothy.

“Good boy, now, pick the jacket up and hang it up nicely.”

“Yes Mistress,” I remembered to say this time before I bent down to retrieve my jacket and hung it in the wardrobe. Once this was done, ensuring it was as neat as possible, I returned back to my previous position at the foot of the bed with my hands behind my back.

“Good boy,” she cooed, before taking a seat in a chair at the side of the room, “Now turn around and face me.”

“Yes Mistress,” the response coming automatically before turning to face her.

“Remove the shirt and hang it up nicely,” she commanded. I acknowledged her order and unbuttoned my shirt while she watched. I hung it up next to my jacket and returned to face her once more. She was clearly looking me up and down to take in all of me. Part of me felt a little embarrassed, but more than that I was feeling horny. It felt nice to be looked at, to be desired and the praise she was showering me with felt good too.

Next to go were my shoes, socks and trousers all of which she had me put neatly in the wardrobe. Once I was standing before her in just my boxers, I’d picked a nice tight black pair that it was impossible to hide my obvious arousal in, she stood from the chair and came over and started running her hands over my arms and chest. I had a pretty good body from my days playing rugby at grammar school, I have my Papa to thank for that, it was something he had encouraged both me and my brother Nick to do because he thought it would make us ‘attractive to women’, it was certainly working for me right now.

Then there was a knock on the door and a man on the other side called “Room Service”. Dorothy called back, “Just a moment,” before she reached for the top of my boxers and gave a swift tug to send them down to the floor, causing my hard cock to spring up and hit my stomach. “Let the man in David,” she said calmly and for a moment I stood there shocked and lost for words. “He’s waiting boy,” she said more firmly this time. Knowing I had to do as I was told, I turned and walked across the suite to the door. That felt like the longest walk I’d ever done.

I took a deep breath and opened the door, completely naked and my hard cock pointing straight out at the man on the other side. I noticed his eyes snapped down to my cock and quickly returned back to my face. Blushing he repeated, “Room service”, almost like it was a question. “Bring it in please,” called Dorothy from inside the suite so I stepped to one side and held the door as the man brought the food Dorothy had ordered before I arrived into the room.

“Tip the nice man, David,” Dorothy said with a hint of a smirk on her face. I walked to the wardrobe and retrieved a £5 note from my jacket to hand to him. As I did this, with no shame at all, Dorothy said, “Good boy,” which caused my cock to twitch. Looking back now, this was definitely where my praise kink started. The man thanked me for the tip and hurriedly left the room. Dorothy picked up the plate she had ordered for me and placed it on the floor by her feet. “Down boy,” she grinned and being the good boy that I am, I did as I was told.

After that day, I updated my Artist’s profile with the agency.

  • Sex: Open

Chapter One: I’m David Nelson

My name is David Nelson, and I’m a male escort. A gigolo, a prostitute, whatever you want to call it, it all means the same thing: my job is getting paid to have sex for money…well mostly. It’s not all I do, sometimes I’m hired by lonely people wanting someone to go out to dinner with them, or act as arm candy at some fancy event. In fact, that’s how this all started back when I was a poor university student.

During my second year at Glasgow University, I shared a flat with my friend Miles. Miles was everyone’s friend; he was chatty, interesting and an all-round nice guy. As far as I knew, he didn’t have a job, but he never seemed to be struggling for money in the way I always seemed to be. Sure, I was fortunate that my Papa helped pay for my rent, but with my loans paying for my tuition, what little I had left didn’t really go very far each week. Miles would often spend his evenings out, but he never brought anyone back to the flat; I even told him it was fine with me if he did. It made sense if he was getting laid all the time, he was a good looking guy, even I could see that.

One day Miles came home with a very fancy new watch on his wrist, it literally glistened when the light caught it, so I had to ask, “How can you possibly afford a watch like that? Did you sell a kidney?”

“Ha, something like that,” Miles chuckled.

“Something like that?” I repeat, confused by his response. 

Miles paused, I guess he was considering how much to tell me, and what he told me next truly did shock me.

“It wasn’t my kidney I sold, but it was a part of my body. In fact this little beauty,” referring to his watch, “was paid for by this sexy ass,” at which he literally spanked himself for emphasis. I’m sure I must have looked like a cartoon character at that moment, completely lost for words and it felt as though my jaw dropped to the floor.

After I’d recovered enough to take in what he was telling me, Miles told me how he worked for an online agency that helped connect potential clients with the escorts they represented for dates, company and of course sex.

The pieces all started to fit into place in my head then. Why he never brought any of his ‘dates’ back to the flat. Why he never seemed to be struggling for money. Why he kept some pretty weird hours. He asked me if I wanted him to refer me to be added to his agency’s list of ‘staff’ but although I didn’t judge him for it at all, I didn’t think it was for me.

I didn’t think any more about it for another couple of weeks until a particularly disastrous attempt at dating made me question what was actually stopping me from doing it. I wasn’t a prude when it came to sex, besides Miles had even told me not all of his clients wanted or even expected sex, so I could just do the dinner date-for-hire part if I was really that concerned about it. I could at least look into the agency more before I decided, rather than dismissing it completely as I had when Miles first told me about it.

So I did, Miles referred me to his agency, which apparently got him an extra bonus, and sped up the vetting process they did for all their potential new ‘Artists’ as they called them. I provided them with a few basic details including my ID and a recent picture and within a couple of days, I received a form in my inbox asking me to provide some information for my ‘Artist profile’. It was a lot like a dating profile with sections like ‘About me’, ‘Hobbies’ and ‘Favourites’. It only started to differ when it got to the section titled ‘Do’s and Don’ts’.

I guess the best way to describe this section of the profile is the agency’s way of “managing expectations” and matching the most appropriate artist to a client. It was a list of services that I had to indicate if I was willing to provide them or not, with another option to leave it ‘open to discussion’. I worked my way down the list, which started pretty tamely. 

  • Dinner: Yes
  • Theatre: Yes
  • Cinema: Yes
  • Boyfriend Experience: Open
  • Events: Yes
  • Overnight: No
  • Sex: No

With a number of follow-up options that were greyed out once I selected No to Sex. Artists could update their profile at any time, so I figured I’d start without the sex and see if I even liked being an escort first. 

The final section was on preferences:

  • Girls: Yes
  • Guys: No
  • Age: Open
  • OF/JFF: No

After completing the form, I hit submit before I thought too much about it. From there I just had to wait for my first client.

Missing my Chance

Description (May contain spoilers)

May/June 2024 Prompt:: **I want to tell you I love you – I just can’t seem to do it**

This story is Ben’s Internal Monologue from the group cinema trip.

I can’t believe he’s getting with Nick Nelson of all people; he’s supposed to be mine. He didn’t even give us a chance before he cheated on me with him. Charlie and I had something good; we’d been seeing each other for 3 months before that brute split us up.

I’d seen him about before he came out at school and thought he was cute, but when I found he was gay, I had to have him. I had to get these feelings out of my system before my father found out and disowned me.

From the day I approached him in the music room, I fell in love with getting to see his little face every day, and the way he would play hard to get. Every time we kissed his soft lips tasted so sweet, if I hadn’t been so afraid of someone realising what we’d been doing I would have happily kept the taste of him against me there forever. But that was a risk I just couldn’t afford, I had to rub my lips clean in case any hint of him lingering there would set off rumours that I was gay; I wasn’t gay, I couldn’t be gay.

Just because I liked Charlie didn’t make me gay, being with him just made me feel happy. He was so good, so pure, so lovely. I know none of it was perfect, deep down I wanted to be the one to take him to the movies and to hold his hand walking down the corridors at school. He called me his boyfriend once; I was so afraid that he’d want more than I could give, that I snapped at him and insisted we weren’t boyfriends. Why did I do that? If I hadn’t done that, maybe he would still be with me.

No one could ever know about us; I couldn’t even bring myself to explain to him why we had to keep everything secret. I wish I knew how to make him understand how I felt about him, but it just wasn’t possible. If my father ever found out, everything would be over. I’d lose my home, my family, my future.

Seeing him and Nick so close to each other at the cinema, I knew they were together. I felt hurt and angry. It should be me holding his hand in the cinema, me not him. I bet they’d been together for ages. He’d been so protective of Charlie back in the music block when he attacked me, I bet they’d been cheating on me even then.

Maybe if I’d told him how I really felt, told him why it was so important that we keep everything just between us, maybe he would have understood. If I tried to explain now, would he leave Nick and come back to me? Could I win him back?

I have a lot going for me, I’m good looking and a nice guy, I have money behind me too to spoil him and treat him right. I should have spoiled him more; I thought about getting him a Christmas present, even picked out the perfect little chain with a front clasp shaped like drumsticks. If I’d just bought it for him, instead of chickening out, he could have worn it every day and known he was mine. Known how much I wanted to be with him. Nick would have known he was taken and backed off!

Nick’s not even good looking, he looks like a bloody golden retriever. Charlie’s just getting with him to get back at me, he’ll come crawling back when he realises what he’s missing. Will I take him back? Of course I will, but I’ll make him work for it. He can’t just pick me up and drop me whenever he feels like it, he needs to know that his betrayal has consequences. Yes, he’ll be back!

He’s just doing this to make a point, to get me to come out like he did and make some big grand gesture. I won’t be doing that, he doesn’t call the shots here, he must know that. He’s never called the shots in our relationship, and he was happy with that. We must have been happy because we kissed almost every day that we were together. Couples don’t kiss if they aren’t happy.

I’ll dm him, ask him if he’s getting with Nick, make him tell me the truth. Wait, he’s stalked off and his precious Nick hasn’t noticed. No one’s looking my way, they are too distracted by Nick’s little hissy fit, I’ll go after him and ask him directly, make him come clean to my face. I can’t just walk past the other Truham boys though, I’ll have to go the long way around.

I get to the roof and damn it Nicky-boy has beat me to him. I don’t think either of them have seen me, I’m in the shadows and I can’t quite make out what they are saying but it looks like maybe Charlie is sending him away. Yes, he’s going, now’s my chance.

“Charlie,” I call out to him.

“I saw you both in there, are you going out with him?”

“No,” he lied, he was a terrible liar.

“But you are getting with him!”

“No!” he tried to insist.

“Don’t lie! I believe that you’re not going out with him. As if anyone would ever want to go out with someone as desperate as you.”

“You did,” he stammered out.

“Are you joking? You thought I liked you? You were there like some tragic loser with barely any friends, who ate lunch alone and let bullies walk all over you. I never liked you. I’m not even gay! I just felt really sorry for you.” I hoped he believed me, even if I didn’t believe myself. I wish I could have gone out with him, taken him out on a date and treated him like the beautiful prince he is.

Chapter Two: Charlie

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Charlie attends his Stag Night with his oldest friends.

Charlie was getting ready for his stag night in the house he shared with Nick and their dog Daisy. Every day he expected to wake up and find out that this had been all a dream, that really, he was still just a nerdy little year 10 being bullied by the rugby lads for being the only gay boy at Truham. Not that he wanted to wake up; if this was a dream, he’d happily stay asleep forever.

His friends were coming to collect him at any minute and as usual Charlie was fussing over his curls, trying to get them to sit just right. A few years ago, he’d considered straightening his hair or just cutting it short to save all the time he spent each day obsessing over it, but when he’d casually mentioned this idea to Nick, he’d spent the next 20 minutes being given all the very compelling arguments for keeping his hair just as it was. Those arguments involved a lot of kissing and Nick’s fingers alternating between running through his curls and tugging on them. Charlie was sure it was for Nick’s benefit more than his, but he couldn’t deny that it felt amazing.

When the doorbell rang, Charlie gave up his hopeless mission to tame his unruly hair. Putting on his favourite cardigan, because Elle had specifically forbidden him from wearing one of Nick’s hoodies like he normally would, before he headed down to greet his friends.

“Charlieeeee,” Elle screeched as she pulled him into a hug the second the door was open.

“Hi,” Charlie giggled.

“Erm, where’s our hugs?” Tao asked from behind Elle where he was stood with Isaac.

“You snooze, you lose,” Elle teased before releasing Charlie from her embrace. Charlie laughed at the easy banter between his best friends as he hugged each of them in turn.

He chatted with his friends in the kitchen as he got Daisy settled for the night, just casual banter about their lives. It could have been any other get together with his friends, but being able to spend time with all of them together these days was such a rarity that it made it extra special. Sure, they talked all the time through their group chats, but adult life got in the way for all of them, so it just wasn’t always possible to get all four of them to be free in the same place, at the same time.

After Daisy had been let out in the garden one last time, the foursome was ready to head out for the evening. Isaac had volunteered to drive them as he didn’t drink, so they all climbed into his car and drove to the pub where they would be spending the evening. Charlie had been very clear that he didn’t want the traditional, laddish, boozy stag do – he just wanted a nice night, with his closest friends and that’s exactly what he thought they had planned.

Having checked that the menu at The Ship had a few options that Charlie would eat, it seemed a nice enough place to spend his last night of freedom. Once it had been decided, Tao had tipped off Otis so that he could make sure Nick wouldn’t accidentally stumble across them. Although he himself thought it was silly, he knew his oldest friend didn’t want to see his fiancé until their wedding.

When they arrived around 7pm they were guided to a small booth near the window that looked out over the river. The pub was really cosy, with a little open fire which Charlie thought must be amazing to sit next to on a winter’s afternoon. It made him think of lazy afternoon’s curled up with his fiancé in front of the fire at home, after the school where Nick worked broke up for the Christmas holidays.

They were all reading their menus trying to decide what to have when the waitress came over to take their order. Charlie and Elle ordered cocktails, and after much debating with himself Tao ordered the same with Isaac sticking to a coke. Knowing Charlie still had some struggles with food from time to time, none of the group ordered starters and they went straight for their main courses.

The food was so good, not a single plate wasn’t left clean, even Charlie’s. When it came time to order dessert a man that looked oddly familiar came over to their table. He was kinda tall, with dark hair, blue eyes and sort of a sexy professor look. It was then that Charlie clicked, this guy looked exactly like Henry Maddox, his favourite tv history presenter.

“Charlie Spring?” the sexy man asked when he reached the table with a gruff but posh accident that could almost be mistaken for the real Henry Maddox.

“Y-y-yes” Charlie stammered, stunned by the sexy professor he’d been thirsting over since school standing in front of him.

“I’m Professor Madcocks, and I’m here to teach you a lesson,” he spoke with a sexy authority.

Whispering to Elle, Charlie asked, “Was this you?”

“Not me,” Elle replied nodding in Tao’s direction.

“You’ve thirsted over him for as long as I’ve known you were gay,” Tao said low in a flat tone that reminded Charlie of Tori.

Some music started playing, the Henry Maddox look-a-like reached for Charlie’s hand to guide him up out their booth, to sit in a chair in front of their table instead. Charlie blushed as the man started to dance seductively right in front of him.

The dancer was alternating between moving just in front of Charlie to actually grinding against his lap. Before long, he started to undress, unbuttoning the pink shirt that was underneath his purple waistcoat and pulling it off without releasing a single button on the outer garment. Charlie thought this was so hot, and really played to the sexy professor image that he had spent many teenage nights stroking his cock over, when he wasn’t picturing Nick that is.

When he stood up, still dancing, the stripper tugged on his trousers releasing a series of hidden snaps down the sides to leave him standing in just his waistcoat, tight purple boxer-briefs and his shoes and socks which were held up with a pair of sock suspenders. The professor picked up Charlie’s hands and placed them on his now boxer-brief clad ass, as he flipped upside down to do a handstand in Charlie’s face. Charlie took the hint and playfully spanked the sexy ass in front of him as the man was wiggling his ass.

If Charlie hadn’t been due to marry the love of his life tomorrow, he could easily picture doing very naughty things with this look-a-like of his long-time celebrity crush. Although Charlie was picking up some ideas for seducing his future husband from this evenings unexpected entertainment.

When the performer righted himself again, he slowly and seductively unbuttoned his waistcoat and slipped it off to join the rest of his clothes on the floor. As he did, he pulled out a large white silk flag from the pocket. He wrapped the material around himself and Charlie, giving the young man a private view of what was to happen next.

While holding the flag in place, he encouraged Charlie to pull down his boxers. Slightly tipsy from the drink, and the intoxicating effect of the show taking place in front of him that had caused the blood to rush south from his head to his cock, Charlie did as he was told and tugged the boxers down so that they pooled around the man’s feet.

Now freed from its confines, Henry’s cock sprung upright sticking straight out from his body at full mast and was bouncing about as he continued to dance to the music right in front of Charlie’s face. From out of nowhere, the stripper produced a can of squirty cream while he continued to hold onto the material with one hand.

Squirting a liberal amount along the length of his rock-hard cock, he invited Charlie to lick it off. Blushing hard, Charlie wasn’t sure if he could really do it. He’d never been this close to a cock that wasn’t Nick’s before, it was all so different. He could hear Elle cheering him on from behind, and in a moment of madness Charlie leaned forward and licked the cream straight off the stripper’s warm length.

As the music came to an end, the stripper wrapped the white sheet around himself, took a bow towards Charlie and his friends and then turned and took another, exposing his ass to the group as he did, before grabbing his clothes and heading to a back room to dress.

Charlie returned to sit with his friends and found Isaac was sitting reading his book as Elle embraced him with a massive hug. The group continued drinking and laughing until closing time. Isaac made sure everyone got home safely, leaving Charlie alone to drift off to sleep and dream of both Nick and his celebrity crush.

Chapter One: Nick

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It’s the night before Nick & Charlie’s wedding.

Nick couldn’t believe he was going to be marrying Charlie Spring tomorrow. He still got butterflies in his stomach every time he thought that he was going to get to spend the rest of his life with his Charlie. They’d been together for so long now, and everyone always told him they were ‘End Game’ but Nick never completely believed it. But it was finally dawning on him that tomorrow would be the start of their forever, their happily ever after.

If Nick made it through tonight that is, he had no idea what his friends had planned for him but Sai, Christian and Otis told him to ‘dress nice’. Nick had made all three of them his best men because he couldn’t pick just one of them, not without worrying about hurting the others. They were all his oldest friends; he’d known them all since primary school. When Charlie had seen his fiancé struggling, he simply said, “Why not pick all of them?” Relieving Nick of the nightmare of his impossible decision that he’d been agonising over for weeks.

Now Nick found himself back in his childhood bedroom, getting ready for a mysterious night out with his best friends. Although he and Charlie had been living together for years, they decided it would be romantic to spend the night before their wedding apart. Well, Charlie thought it would be romantic, Nick was already missing having Charlie by his side. They’d barely been apart since Nick finished Uni and Nick hoped this would be the last time they ever would be again.

Just as Nick was putting on his favourite after shave, the one he knew Charlie loved the most, the doorbell chimed downstairs. He heard his Mum answer the door, and after one final check in the mirror, Nick headed down to meet his friends who were chatting with Sarah in the hall.

“Take it easy tonight and don’t forget to eat something before going drinking boys, we can’t have the groom missing his own wedding because he’s too hungover,” Sarah gently warned the boys with a smile on her face.

“We will Mrs Nelson,” Christian replied.

“How many times have I told you Christian? Call me Sarah,” she reminded him, giggling at the fact that the boy had been calling her Mrs Nelson since he was 6 years old, despite always reminding him to call her Sarah.

Nick grabbed his shoes from the pile by the door to slip on. When he was ready to leave he hugged his Mum goodbye, telling her, “Don’t wait up Mum, love you.”

Sarah hugged him back, “Love you too Nicky,” dropping a kiss to his forehead before letting him leave with his friends.

“Is it just us?” Nick asked as they were walking to the cab waiting outside.

“Yeah, we thought it would be best to keep it a little low key, since someone decided they wanted it literally the night before their wedding,” Sai told him sarcastically. Another tradition that Charlie had wanted to observe, Nick really would agree to anything that he asked for.

The group of boys didn’t tell Nick what they had planned for the night, it was a miracle really that even Christian had managed to keep the plans a secret, though Nick suspected that perhaps Sai and Otis had kept him in the dark too. So, when they arrived at Frankie & Benny’s as their first destination, Nick was confused as he was expecting them to go to a pub or a club.

“Erm, are we at the right place guys?” Nick asked as they were climbing out of the taxi.

Otis explained, “This was the first proper place we came to for Sai’s birthday back when we were 7,”

“We thought it would be a nice way to end this chapter of your life, at a place where our friendship began,” Sai continued.

“Technically it began at primary school, but they don’t exactly do food,” Christian added, “or booze!”

“Aww, guys,” Nick cooed before wrapping his arms around his best friends. If they continued like this Nick thought he was going to be a blubbering mess by the end of the night.

The four of them had a nice meal together to line their stomachs, filled with lots of joking about childhood memories. Every time Nick got all misty eyed over Charlie, the boys would tease him mercilessly. Nick could tell it was all in jest, the boys loved Charlie almost as much as he did.

After they’d all stuffed their faces, and got the first few drinks under their belts, they got another cab to their next stop of the night. Apparently, it was Christian’s idea to go to The Stag pub for drinks, but when they arrived there was a sign outside the entrance saying,

‘NO STAG PARTIES’

“Bro, didn’t you think to check first?” Sai asked Christian, playfully hitting him in the arm.

“I thought it was like made for stag dos,” Christian said earnestly.

Nick found this hilarious, and guessed the owners didn’t appreciate the irony of their pubs name as much as they did. The boys took a selfie of their group in front of both the pub sign, and the sign, to post to Insta before they decided to find somewhere else that would let them in.

Rather than the expense of another cab to take them somewhere else, the boys grabbed a couple of a beers from a nearby off-licence to drink while they walked to a couple of pubs near the River Medway. Their walk was full of joking, teasing, and reminiscing about old times they’d spent together. It was so good that Nick didn’t mind the cock up with the pub. As they approached the river, they came to a pub called ‘The Ship Inn’ that looked nice. Nick had his hand on the door, about to push it open when Otis called out, “Wait, stop!”

Nick turned to his friend, “What?”

“We can’t go in there!”

Confused Nick asked, “Why not?”

Pausing briefly to consider what to say, Otis rushed out, “Because you can’t see your groom before the wedding!”

“Oh, OH…you mean,” Nick turned to look at the door, “My Charlie’s in there?” he felt like if anyone were to look at him right now, they’d see little hearts floating around his head, just like an emoji.

“Yes, your Charlie is in there,” Otis chuckled as he rolled his eyes, “Now come on, let’s find somewhere else.”

Taking one last look at the door, Nick turned and walked away with his mates to find the third pub of their evening, hopefully one they could actually make it inside. A couple of roads away they found ‘The Pier Bar’ to settle into for the night. The foursome spent a few hours drinking, never letting Nick buy a single drink, and all getting nicely buzzed. Someone made sure to get them all some water along with their drinks, to try and fight back against the almost inevitable hangover in the morning, but at this point Nick wasn’t exactly sure who.

They were squeezed into a booth together, Nick in the middle with the other boys rotating as they each took turns to buy drinks. When it was Christian’s turn to be next to Nick, he was slightly the worse for wear. Slinging his arm over Nick’s shoulder, Christian slurred, “Nick, Nick, Nicccckk, I’m sorry weee didn’t get you a strip-, a strip-, stripper,”

“What?” Nick giggled, himself more than a little tipsy.

“We was gonna get you a stripper, you know…” Christian continued before attempting to stage-whisper, “for your stag?” Nick was still giggling at his friend who added, “But we couldn’t decide if you’d want a man or a woman.” He quickly added, “We’d have been cool if you’d wanted a man! It’s your stag and all, but we couldn’t decide. Sorrrry.”.

From the other side of him, Otis added, “I think it’s time we got you home mate,” talking across Nick to their clearly drunk friend. Otis had stopped drinking a few hours ago to be the responsible one and make sure that Nick and the others got home safe. When Nick had drunkenly asked him why, Otis simply said, “Because Tori would kill us if you weren’t there to marry her brother tomorrow, and she’s scary man.”

Nick chuckled, “Yeah she would.”

Otis ordered them a cab, first dropping off Sai & Christian at Christian’s parents’ house, since neither of the boys lived that close to home anymore. Otis continued with Nick to Sarah’s house, where Otis was going to spend the night in David’s old bedroom, ready to help Nick in the morning.

All efforts to try and keep the noise down at the late time were for nothing as Otis was helping Nick inside. Nick was loudly slurring, “Charlie is soooo beautiful isn’t he? I love his eyes, I love his smile, I love his dimples. Isn’t he beautiful Otis?”

Giggling at his drunk, loved-up friend Otis replied, “Yeah mate, he’s beautiful,” smiling back at Nick.

“What if he doesn’t come tomorrow? What if he’s changed his mind? I don’t know what I’ll do if he doesn’t show?” Nick was getting a little weepy now.

Of course he’s going to show up, you literally both proposed to each other on the same night. There is nothing and no-one that will stop him getting to marry you tomorrow, Nick,” Otis tried to reassure his friend who was clearly going through an emotional rollercoaster right now thanks to all the drinks he’d consumed.

Hearing the commotion, Sarah stepped out from the living room where she’d been reading to see Nick draped over Otis’s shoulder, supporting his friend. She walked over to lift Nick’s other arm and take some of the weight of her youngest son, “Oh Otis, you are a good boy,” she praised.

“Hi Mum,” Nick cooed now she was by his side.

“Hi baby,” Sarah laughed.

Between them Otis and Sarah managed to get Nick up to his room, leaving him on top of the bed to sleep things off before his big day.

I’ll Stand By You

Description and Warnings (May contain spoilers)

This is an Omega Verse AU of what happens when Omega Olly is sexually assaulted.

TW: Rape, Self-Blame, Violent Sexual Assault.

Nothin’ you confess, could make me love you less
I’ll stand by you

Inspired by ‘I’ll Stand By You’ by the ‘Pretenders

Oliver was a bonded Omega, he had been with David, his Alpha, for 5 years, 3 of those with mutual bond marks to solidify their relationship. He knew one day he and David would fully settle down and have a couple of pups, but until then they had both agreed for Olly to carry on working for a few years before he would have to give it all up to raise their family.

Despite being bonded, Olly thought he had noticed David looking longingly at other Omegas when they had been out together, both Male and Female. When he had got home he looked at himself in the mirror and realised he’d let himself go since they had become paired. It wasn’t intentional, he’d just become comfortable with his relationship and hadn’t felt the need to put in the effort that perhaps he had before they were together.

He knew Alphas could have anyone they wanted, so Olly wanted to make sure there was no reason for his to look around. He was determined to get back in shape and stay that way to look good for David, and make him proud. But the Omega gyms were always so basic, the equipment aimed mostly at female Omegas and the few times he had been there, he had barely worked up a sweat.

Olly knew the rules were there for a reason, to keep Omega’s like him safe., but he couldn’t help himself. If he was going to stay in shape, he needed the weights, he needed the cables, he needed the tools to keep his male physique looking toned and sharp. Tools that the Omega gyms just did not have. So trying to look as dominant as he could, Olly marched into the Alpha gym and set about his workout.

No one challenged him, he was sure they would smell he was an Omega, especially with the pheromones he was emitting as he sweat. But Olly himself could smell the overpowering Alpha scents in the room, and assumed perhaps they were allowing his own to be hidden, letting him fly under the radar. The scents would have been intoxicating for him, if it wasn’t for the bite mark on his neck, protecting his brain from being overwhelmed by all the other Alphas.

Oliver spent a good hour moving between the machines and lifting the heavier weights. By the time he was finished he was drenched in sweat, his clothes sticking to his body from the moisture. Retreating to the locker room, he was pleased to find it empty. He made quick work of shucking off his clothes and shoving them into his locker before he headed to the showers with his towel wrapped loosely around his waist.

Hanging his towel on a free hook out of reach of the spray, he started the water running and waited for it to reach a comfortable temperature. Stepping underneath, he took a moment to close his eyes and allow the warm water to cascade over his body, easing the stiffness that was starting to set in his sore muscles.

With a sudden jolt Olly found himself being roughly shoved against the shower wall. He opened his eyes but the firm grip was holding his head against the tiles and he couldn’t move. He tried to thrash about and break free from the grasp, but the man was too strong for him. He could smell the Alphas scent washing over-him, it was so strong and in this close proximity even his bond mark from David couldn’t prevent his body from reacting.

Against his wishes Oliver felt the tell-tale signs of his slick gushing out of him and running down his legs, the water from the shower washing the excess down the drain. Smelling his arousal the Alpha howled behind him and in one animalistic thrust, forced his huge cock inside him. The Alpha wasn’t gentle, he was determined to meet his own needs. Not caring that Olly was bonded, not caring that this isn’t what he wanted, Omega’s didn’t get to choose.

The assault didn’t ease up after the initial penetration, the man was pounding him hard into the wall, repeatedly pulling all the way out and forcing himself back inside Olly’s hole. Despite himself, he was producing more and more slick, his body enjoying the intrusion and the feeling of being bred. He felt horrible for letting David down, but his cock was hard between his legs as he was getting off on being fucked over and over again. His prostate being stimulated from being constantly stabbed inside him.

With one final thrust, it was over. The Alpha’s knot inflated and filled the Omega with his seed, forcing Oliver’s own release to spurt out onto the tiled floor below, washing down the drain along with his tears. It took a few minutes for the knot inside him to deflate, and as soon as he could work himself free, the Alpha tore himself out and left Oliver to collapse to the shower floor. Not caring if he was hurt or in pain.

Oliver couldn’t move, ashamed at what he’d done, what he allowed to happen. He shouldn’t have come here, why didn’t he follow the rules and stick to his own kind. Oliver stayed on the floor crying until the water ran cold. He didn’t know how long he was down there, he was surprised no one else had come in, that no one had come to rescue him.

Despite not finishing his shower, he turned off the water, grabbed his towel and dried off as quickly as he could. Oliver just needed to get out of there, needed to get home, to safety, to David. God, what was David going to think? Olly didn’t want to tell him, he was ashamed to tell anyone the truth, but he knew David would be able to smell that something was wrong. He could never hide anything from him, they were too in tune with each other’s scents.

Just the thought of the hurt, the disappointment, the anger that David would feel towards him for allowing himself to be used like this. Oliver wanted to collapse onto the bench in the locker room and cry, but he needed to get out of there. Unlocking the locker, he quickly dressed, not bothering with all of his clothes, shoving the rest, including his underwear, into his gym bag. He raced out of there and ran all the way home.

As soon as the door to their apartment was safely shut behind him, the tears started flowing again. He couldn’t help himself. Looking around at the life they’d built together here, all their happy memories displayed in the mementos from trips together, furnishings they’d picked out together and pictures of them with those they cared about on the mantelpiece, it was all too much. Olly was going to be sick, he ran to their bathroom and barely made it to the toilet before he was spewing into the pan.

Once he was sure he couldn’t bring up any more, Oliver walked to their bedroom and followed his natural instincts. He needed to find some comfort, some place of safety. Despite not being in heat, Oliver started to build a nest. He grabbed blankets and pillows from around their apartment, arranging them and rearranging them until they felt just right. He rummaged through their laundry basket until he found a few of David’s favourite shirts and boxers, the ones that smelled the most of the love of his life, adding them amongst the other items in his nest.

Finally, Oliver grabbed his favourite plushie and curled up inside his nest, holding it close as he continued to sob. Allowing the scents of his mate to wash over him, it was both comforting him and wracking him with more guilt at the same time. As he laid in the nest, all the questions he was dreading were going through his mind on a loop; What if David kicked him out? What if he didn’t but refused to mate with him any more? Thinking of him as damaged goods. How would his Omega cope with being rejected by his Alpha?

From the relative safety of his nest, Oliver had no idea what the time was when he heard the door to their apartment open and David call out, “Olly, baby, I’m home,” his voice cheerful and loving. Oliver didn’t respond, he just stayed where he was, quietly sobbing. He wanted David to rescue him, to comfort him, but he also wanted David to stay away as long as possible. While David was away, they were still together, he still had his Alpha. Soon it would all be over.

“Baby?” David called out again as he moved through the apartment, he was starting to sound worried. He must be able to smell Olly’s distress radiating from their bedroom. Coming in through the door, David saw the nest in the corner with his Omega inside and approached cautiously. His Alpha instincts were urging him to rush to Olly’s side and wrap his arms around him, but David knew better than to enter an Omega’s nest without permission.

Moving as close as he dared, David leaned down and asked, “Baby? What’s wrong? Can I join you?”

Olly didn’t want to let David into his nest, if he did, everything would be over, everything would be ruined. But he needed his Alpha’s comfort, needed to feel safe, just one last time.

“Please,” was all Olly managed to whisper and that’s all David needed to hear before he crawled inside and carefully manoeuvred his boy into his arms. Now they were closer, David started to emit calming pheromones to try and soothe his pained boy. David didn’t know what had happened, but he knew it was his job to fix it. He had to fix it.

David took a deep breath, to try and smell if the pheromones were working when he smelled something else, something, unfamiliar. “Sweetheart, you smell…different, what happened.”

This question obviously wasn’t the right one to ask, as Olly burst into tears again. David rubbed his hands up and down the Omega’s back while calming him down again with his emissions. Once his tears were under-control Olly started to speak, “I’m so sorry,” David was confused, what could Oliver possibly have to be sorry about.

“I shouldn’t have let it happen, please don’t hate me, I’m so sorry Alpha,” he started to cry again.

“Sshh, it’s okay, I’m sure it’s nothing bad, I could never hate you my boy. Just…can you tell me what happened,” David tried to sound calm but he was scared of what he might hear next.

“I was at the gym, working out…for you,” he tacked on at the end quickly. David remained silent, allowing Oliver to continue at his own pace. “I’d gone to the locker room, and I was in the shower…I didn’t mean for it to happen, I swear you have to believe that David, please believe that,” he begged.

“Ollypop, please…you’re scaring me, can you try and tell me what happened, please,” David tried to gently encourage.

Sniffing Olly continued, “I don’t know who he was, but…I was in the shower, and he…he…he fucked me,” Oliver burst into tears again, clinging to David’s shirt as if it were a life preserver in the ocean of his pain.

David tried to contain the rage that his Alpha was feeling, that wouldn’t help Oliver right now. He needed to keep a level head, “Olly, can you look at me, please,” David waited for Oliver to look up at him from where he had buried his head in his chest.

Trying not to spook his Omega, David tentatively asked, “Olly, darling, were you…were you raped?”

Olly reluctantly nodded before adding, “He knotted me Alpha, I’m so sorry, please don’t hate me.”

David was shocked, how could his baby boy ever think he would hate him for something that wasn’t his fault. He placed a delicate finger under Olly’s chin and lifted his face to look at him again after he’d buried it back in his chest. He needed Oliver to see the sincerity in his eyes.

“Ollypop, this was not your fault. Nothing you have said could make me love you any less. And if anything happens, you know, like if you get pregnant, I will stand by you. That’s a promise.”

David placed a tender kiss on Oliver’s head and held him tight until he drifted off to sleep in his arms.

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Chapter Five – Moment of Truth

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Oliver finds out about David’s surprise.

Oliver

Oliver walked up to the front door of the villa where a little otter shaped post-it note was stuck to it. He peeled it off and read the words carefully written on it,

‘My Ollypop – our bedroom’

This was looking promising, Oliver thought to himself, David must have had a good day with Sofia and somehow arranged for them to have the house to themselves if he was leaving sexy notes for him on the door. Obviously, his brother must have been in on this, he hadn’t reappeared so maybe he’d gone off with Nick for some time on their own somewhere else.

He rushed inside and took the stairs leading up to their room two at a time. When he got to the door he found another otter shaped note,

‘Inside – get dressed’

Oliver and David had dressed up for each other in bed before, so Oliver did think this was anything out of the ordinary. Although he hadn’t noticed David sneak one of their outfits into his case before they left. When Oliver stepped inside the room, he wasn’t prepared for what he found next. Laid out on the bed was his favourite suit, the crimson one that showed off his pert ass just the way David liked. Together with a gorgeous matching silk bow tie that Oliver had never seen before.

Not wanting to disappoint when David had gone to so much trouble, Oliver put the suit on as the otter had instructed and when he lifted the last item off the bed, he found another of the cute little mysterious notes,

‘Open the beside table’

Another cryptic message, but who was he to argue with an adorable little otter. Oliver walked across to the beside table, expecting to find something kinky and he wasn’t disappointed. Inside he found a silk blindfold, a small black and red bell that he recognised from their toy box back home, and another little otter note,

‘Put on the blindfold then ring the bell’

Oliver really liked where this seemed to be going, he decided two can play at this game David Nelson. Before he put the blindfold on, he got on all fours on the bed with his ass facing the door. Once the blindfold was in place, he rang the bell and cheekily called out, “Come and get me old man.”

Oliver heard the door open behind him and an all too familiar voice reply, “Jesus Olly!”

“Charlie?” Oliver was confused and moved his hand to reach for the blindfold but felt a hand on his before he could, “No you don’t Oliver Spring, the blindfold is to stay on until you are told otherwise.”

“Erm, Charlie, I don’t know what David’s said, but I don’t think even we’re kinky enough to have a foursome with our own brothers.”

“Fuck, Olly, I couldn’t have gone to my grave without that image in my head,” Oliver could sense the frustration in his brother’s voice, “Do you think you can get off the bed without removing the blindfold, or do I need to leave the room until you are standing like a normal person?”

“I can do it, just help guide me a little so I don’t fall off the bed.”

Charlie helped Oliver back to his feet, and after he made a slight adjustment to Oliver’s bow tie, Charlie carefully guided him back down the stairs and out of the villa. With the blindfold on, he didn’t have a clue where they were going or why, and despite numerous attempts at asking, Charlie wouldn’t tell him. After about the tenth time of asking, Charlie huffed out, “He should have got you a gag to go with the blindfold,” causing Oliver to deliberately let out a fake moan, frustrating his older brother even more.

Charlie guided him into some sort of vehicle, it was bigger than the scooter but he wasn’t sure what it was. The engine started and Oliver could feel the breeze ruffling through his hair. It wasn’t long before they came to a stop and Oliver heard a familiar voice.

David

“Hey baby,” David said as he helped Oliver out of Sofia’s jeep. He felt so nervous, but Oliver looked stunning standing in front of him. All thoughts of what he had planned went out of his head in that moment, as all he could think of was how badly he wanted to get Olly back to the villa and out of that sexy suit.

“Hey, can I take off this blindfold yet?” Oliver replied bringing David back to his senses, he took one last look around him to see if everything was perfect, he needed everything to be perfect for his Olly because Olly was perfect.

“Sure sweetheart, here let me help you,” David said as slipped the blindfold off with ease. When Olly saw the scene in front of him, his beautiful eyes lit up in astonishment. They were on the beach, the same place David had taken them right at the beginning of their trip, but this time they weren’t alone.

“Erm, David, what is all this?” Oliver said uncertain what was going on. David moved to one side so Oliver could fully see what David had set up, causing him to release a gasp. Standing in front of him were all their friends from back home, Max and the rest of David’s rugby team, Oscar and their friends from Uni, Heather and her girlfriend Lucy, David’s friend Archana. As well as his sister Tori and her boyfriend Michael, and of course most of David’s family. There were tiki torches around the edge, with seats surrounding an aisle down the middle.

“Well…,” David started nervously, “I hope it’s ok, but…”

“Spit it out old man,” Oliver teased causing David to chuckle and roll his eyes.

“I was maybe, kinda, hoping that…” David was finding this so difficult.

“He wants you to marry him today,” came a voice from beside him causing him to jump at the surprise.

“God, Tori, you can’t just appear out of nowhere like that,” David said to Tori before turning back to Oliver. “So, what do you think? Will you marry me as the sun sets?” David asked hopefully.

“I’d love to,” Oliver replied instantly as he leaned forward and pulled David into a kiss.

When it seemed like they weren’t going to come up for air, Charlie interrupted, “Enough of that you two, they’ll be plenty of time for that after the wedding.”

David held out his hand for Oliver to take, and once Charlie, Tori and Sofia took their seats with everyone else, he led him slowly down the aisle as an instrumental version of Taylor Swift’s lover played. They were walking towards the sea, surrounded by all the people they cared about and who cared about them. All that is except for Oliver’s parents. They still hadn’t come round to the idea of David and Olly getting married, even 6 months after they announced their engagement. David had approached them about attending the wedding, they were adamant that they would ‘never support this marriage’. When David told his Mum, she had even offered to speak to them on his behalf, but David knew there was no point, he just hoped Olly would feel the same.

But David was determined not to let it ruin their day, he had everything he ever wanted and by the time the sun sets, they would be married. When they reached the officiant at the top of the aisle, they turned back to look at everyone stood there and David felt so blessed. They held hands as they faced each other, then turned to look at the officiant as she began.

Family and Friends,

Thank you all for joining us here today as we meet to celebrate the love between David and Oliver.

Today isn’t just about a marriage, it’s about these two men pledging to take care of each other, be there for each other through good times and bad, and share each each others lives in front of all you they care about.

David Nelson, are you free to marry Oliver Spring?

“I am,” David responded, with a huge grin on his face.

Oliver Spring, are you free to marry David Nelson?

“I am,” Oliver responded, with an equally big smile looking back at David.

That’s great, now for the vows, don’t worry Oliver as David sprung this on you, he chose to stick with simple vows rather than you having to make anything up on the spot. This earned a laugh from their friends and family.

David we’ll start with you, please repeat after me.

I, David.

“I, David,”

Take you, Oliver.

“Take you, Oliver,”

To be my lawfully wedded husband.

“to be my lawfully wedded husband.”

To have and to hold.

“To have and to hold,”

From this day forward.

“From this day forward,”

For all our days.

“For all our days.”

And now Oliver, it’s your turn to repeat after me.

I, Oliver.

“I, Oliver.”

Take you, David.

“Take you, David.”

To be my lawfully wedded husband.

“to be my lawfully wedded husband.”

To have and to hold.

“To have and to hold,”

From this day forward.

“From this day forward,”

For all our days.

“For all our days.”

Excellent, now David I believe you have a ring for Oliver?

“I do,” David confirmed as he pulled a small ring box out of his jacket pocket causing Oliver’s eyes to go wide for the second time this evening.

David, as you place the ring on Oliver’s finger, please repeat after me:

I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.

“I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.”

Let it be a reminder that I am always by your side.

“Let it be a reminder that I am always by your side.”

And that my love for you is as endless as the circle of this ring.

“And that my love for you is as endless as the circle of this ring.”

With this ring, Oliver, you receive a token of David’s affection, trust, and commitment as he did when you proposed. Do you accept this token?

I do,” Oliver smiled a small tear dropped from the corner of his eye. David reached forward and brushed it from his cheek earning him a few awws from the crowd. The officiant smiled before continuing.

It gives me great pleasure then to announce, that by the power vested in me by the love of everyone present and the laws of this land, I now pronounce you husbands for life! Go ahead, I can already tell you’re dying to seal it with a kiss!

And boy did they kiss, Olly jumped into David’s arms, wrapping his legs around David as they kissed passionately as their friends and family cheered and hollered, as the sun set behind them.

Charlie

All the guests were on their feet applauding the happy couple as they walked back down the aisle. They climbed into the back of Sofia’s jeep and she drove them back to the villa. As they disappeared out of sight, Charlie turned to Nick for the first time since he got back from his day with Olly, “Hi.”

“Hi,” Nick replied as a kissed his fiancé, “How was your day with Olly?”

“It was good, until I walked in on him on all fours,” Charlie cringed.

Nick chuckled, “What??”

“David left all these cute little instructions for Olly, but the last one just said, ‘Put on the blindfold then ring the bell’, apparently Olly thought it was a kinky sex thing,” Charlie groaned.

“Did you keep the blindfold?” Nick asked seductively causing Charlie to grin as Nick moved in a started nuzzling at his neck. Charlie tried not to groan as he breathlessly said, “Nick…Nick, we’re not alone.”

“Oh,” Nick said coming up for air.

Catching sight of the boys’ intimacy, Oliver’s friend Oscar came over to the two boys with a wicked smirk on his face.

“Is this a private party, or can I join?” Oscar leered.

Nick’s jaw dropped and he was lost for words. “Have you met Olly’s friend Oscar?” Charlie asked Nick.

“Enchanté,” Oscar said as he reached for Nick’s hand and kissed it tenderly causing Nick to blush a deep shade of red.

“Hands off pretty boy, he’s mine,” Charlie warned feeling possessive.

“Aww, you really think I’m pretty?” Oscar batted his eyelashes.

“Leave now, or I’ll set my sister on you,” Charlie hissed. Oscar didn’t need telling twice, he’d met Tori before, he scurried off and quickly found someone else to flirt with.

“Wow, he’s…something,” was all Nick managed to say making Charlie giggle before they kissed again.

Looking around at the scene in front of him, Charlie asked “How did David manage to pull all this off anyway?”

“With a lot of help,” Nick chuckled before continuing, “Sofia played a huge part in it, she collected everyone from the airport and got them all here after you and Olly left this morning. She also arranged the chairs and the officiant a couple of months ago. When David got in touch and explained what he wanted to do, she was so excited to help.”

“It all looks amazing,” Charlie gushed as he looked around again.

Nick

“So, David’s organised a party back up by the pool,” Nick told Charlie with a hint of seduction in his voice.

“Oh?”

“I was thinking,” Nick said as he took hold of Charlie’s waist, pulling him close to him, “we could stay and enjoy the last of the sunset.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah,” Nick replied before pressing their lips together. He felt Charlie’s mouth open just enough for his tongue to slip inside, allowing them to passionately make out as everyone else was now dispersing. Sitting back down, Nick effortlessly pulled Charlie into his lap without breaking their kiss, their hands roaming over each other’s bodies. By the time they had to come up for air, the rest of the guests were all gone and the last of the tiki torches was just being extinguished by the gentle breeze.

“You know, we’ve been coming here for years and there’s one place we’ve never had sex,” Nick teased as he brushed a curl away from Charlie’s face.

“Nick,” was all Charlie managed to breath out before Nick scooped Charlie up in his arms and carried him behind a sand dune that was just behind the makeshift wedding venue. He gently laid Charlie on the ground and started kissing his lovers neck, eliciting the most beautiful moans that Nick knew he would never get tired of hearing. Nick felt Charlie reaching for the buttons on his shirt and as Charlie got the last button undone, Nick whispered in Charlie’s ear, “I’ve prepped myself for you baby.”

That seemed to set Charlie on fire as Nick found himself pulled down on top of his body, their tongues duelling inside each other’s mouths. Charlie’s hands reached down inside the back of Nick’s boxers, searching for his hole. A deep moan escaped Charlie straight into Nick’s mouth, Nick knew that was the moment that Charlie had found the plug he’d inserted earlier.

Charlie broke the kiss and said, “A plug too? I didn’t see you pack that?”

“David’s not the only one full of surprises,” Nick smiled.

“Fuck, Nick,” Charlie purred.

The pair rushed to get each other’s clothes off, neither wanting to waste another second with anything separating their bodies. As soon as they were both naked under the night’s sky, Charlie flipped them so that he was on top, surprising Nick with this show of strength. It was Nick’s turn to moan now, as Charlie’s lips wrapped around his nipples.

It felt like electricity was radiating through his body when Charlie started easing the plug in and out of his hole, stretching him further. After all these year’s together, Nick and Charlie knew every inch of each other’s bodies and knew just how to bring each other to the brink of ecstasy and back, teasing and toying with each other until they were both ready to explode.

When Nick felt he couldn’t take the sensations of the plug any longer he moaned, “Char—liiee, I need yoooou.” Charlie’s eyes were dark with lust, he didn’t need telling twice, in a swift move Charlie had the plug out of Nick’s ass and was replacing it with his own stiff cock. In one slow and steady push, Charlie moved until he was all the way inside his fiancé. Even having been plugged for a couple of hours, the feeling of Charlie fully inside him left Nick feeling a different sort of full.

It didn’t take long for Nick to adjust to Charlie’s length, “Baby, I’m ready” he purred. Charlie started slowly easing himself out and back in, causing Nick to start moving to meet each of Charlie’s thrusts. But it wasn’t enough, he needed more. Nick had been plugged for hours now and was desperate for Charlie to take him, to use him, to remind him that he belonged to him and only him.

“More…need….you, Char,” was all Nick managed to say between Charlie’s low thrusts. Charlie picked up the pace, giving Nick what he wanted. Charlie was slamming into Nick harder and harder, thrusting deep inside him, shaking Nick to his core. No matter how many times they had sex, Nick always loved the way it made him feel so much closer to Charlie. It didn’t matter whether he was topping or being topped, he just needed to be close to Charlie like it was the air he needed to breath.

Nick could tell when Charlie was close, he had adjusted his angle and was now hitting Nick’s prostate with each thrust causing Nick’s breaths to become ragged. Just a few more thrusts and Nick was pushed over the edge, cumming hands-free and painting his stomach. His ass clenched as he spilled his load, squeezing Charlie’s cock tightly causing him to fill him with his own release.

They were both panting as they came down from their orgasms when they heard from behind them, “Looks like they had the same idea as us baby.” Charlie’s head whipped round to see David and Olly right behind them while he was still buried deep inside his fiancé.

“Nicky, I didn’t know you were a bottom,” David teased causing Nick’s face to flush.

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Chapter Four – Getting Ready

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David prepares to surprise Oliver

Oliver

The past week had just flown past, everything in Menorca was amazing. David wanted to share everything he loved about the island with Oliver. He’d even introduced him to one of his oldest friends, Sofia who Oliver thought was so cool. She took them out on a glass bottomed boat to watch the fish swimming in a nearby cove on the edge of the island, it was an amazing experience. Sofia was so much fun too, telling Oliver all sorts of embarrassing stories about David’s visits when they were both growing up.

David had never mentioned that Sofia was his first kiss, something Oliver knew he was going to tease him about for weeks. He knew it was only once a year that David got to see Sofia, so when David asked him if it would be ok for him to spend today just him and her, apart from some gentle teasing about David leaving him for another woman he was absolutely fine with it. Instead, Oliver was going to spend the day exploring some of the ruins that Charlie loved with him and Nick.

At least that was the plan, but when they woke up that morning apparently Nick had caught the sun yesterday, despite Charlie’s best impression of a mother hen, and wasn’t feeling up to going out. So now it was just going to be him and Charlie. They had reserved a couple of scooters and were headed out at a ridiculously early time so they could, as Charlie put it, “get out before all the tourists”. He didn’t seem to appreciate the irony of that.

David wasn’t due to leave to see Sofia for another couple of hours, so when Oliver got up to shower, he was careful not to wake him. Before he left their room to go meet Charlie, he gave David a quick kiss on the forehead and left the room trying not to make a sound.

David

As soon as David heard the buzz of the scooters leaving the villa, he was up and out of bed as fast as he could. There was so much to do today and very little time to do it. He grabbed his phone and text Sofia.

David: The coast is clear…go, go, go

Sofia: 😁 Roger

David: I’m sure that’s only for radios

Sofia: Do we really have time for this?

David: No, you’re right, as you were, go, go, go

Sofia: 🤣 such a dork 😘

He heard the sound of crashing downstairs, so he knew his brother was already hard at work in the kitchen. Deciding to skip his morning shower, he could do that when he dressed later, he headed down to see if Nick needed anything before he moved on to the next phase of his plan.

“How’s it going little brother?” David asked as he entered the kitchen to find Nick covered in flour wearing an odd combination of an apron and swim shorts.

“It’s fine, it’ll be fine, I’ve got this,” Nick tried to reassure while failing to brush off the mess from the front of his apron.

“Cool, is Mum up yet?”

“Yeah, she went to store to get some more eggs, it seems Olly ate a load of them before he left, and I wasn’t quite sure if there were still going to be enough for this.”

Olly does love his eggs, David thought to himself, vividly remembering the first time Olly had been to his apartment. David still pictured that first time together so vividly, but now wasn’t the time to reminisce, he had a few hours until Oliver would be back with Charlie. He’d told Charlie to keep Olly away from the villa as long as he could, with explicit instructions to be back by 7pm.

After ensuring Nick didn’t need him for anything, David went upstairs to his Mum’s room and grabbed the bags she’d helped him hide from Olly in there. It contained everything he needed for his surprise, well everything except for the things Nick and Sofia were organising for him. He laid two of the bags out on the bed in their room before going back down to the dining table with the third bag where he set to work.

Nick

Normally Nick loved to bake, and he was so happy when David asked him to help, but the villa’s kitchen just wasn’t as well organised, or stocked, as his and Charlie’s was back home. He’d manage somehow, he promised his brother after all, but it was much more stressful than anything he had made before.

David has asked him to bake two cakes, one was Chocolate fudge with elaborate Chocolate curls on top that reminded him of Charlie’s delicious brown locks that he just loved to run his fingers through. While the other cake was the Nelson brothers own favourite, an elaborate Lemon cake with Lemon cream cheese buttercream. It was going to be tight to bake and decorate it all before Olly was due back, but once his Mum got back, they were going to work as a team to whip all the ingredients together and get both bakes done.

The cakes were supposed to represent David and Olly as a couple, two opposites coming together to one whole. Nick was surprised at just how romantic the whole thing was, he never really saw his brother as the sappy sort, that was always more his thing, but Nick guessed a lot of that was Olly’s influence.

Once his Mum got back with the eggs, the pair were ready to start, they worked side by side with the radio on happily singing along together, badly, to whatever random tune was playing. Nick loved spending time with his Mum, and getting to do this together for his brother just made it all the more special.

Charlie

Getting to spend the day with his little brother was a rarity for Charlie these days, at least not just the two of them. They saw each other all the time, but usually Nick and David were there too. So to get to laugh and joke, and ok sometimes whine about there partners too, was such an amazing experience. Charlie hoped once they were back home, they could try harder to spend time together just them, and ok maybe Tori too, she was a Spring sibling as well after all and far too scary to leave out.

From what he could tell, Charlie didn’t think Olly had a clue what was going on back at the villa. He hoped everything was going to plan, and that he didn’t mess up himself and ruin the surprise before they arrived. Although everything they were doing seemed quite random to Olly, Charlie had everything planned almost to the minute for their day together. David had told him to get Olly back by 7 and he was determined not to let his future brother-in-law down.

Charlie was conscious that the aim wasn’t to tire them both out before they got home, so they enjoyed a long lunch in a gorgeous old lighthouse before it was time for them to jump on their scooters and head back to the villa.

Everything was quiet when they got back to the villa, not to Charlie’s surprise. When the got off their scooters outside the front door, he offered to wheel them round to the small parking garage so they would be safe before they had to be returned tomorrow. As he did this, Oliver headed inside.

Chapter Three – Enjoying the Sun

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The boys enjoy the summer sunshine.

David

David always thought it was beautiful here in Menorca, it was always sunny, their villa was a short walk from the most gorgeous beach and if they wanted to, they could avoid seeing another soul for almost the entire time they stayed. David led Olly past the large outdoor pool to a steep set of steps that let down to the beach. The steps were surrounded on each side by a canopy of trees to shade climbers from the gorgeous summer sun.

When they reached the beach at the bottom, David’s hand instinctively found Olly’s and they started walking along the water’s edge hand in hand. He’d never felt the urge to hold hands with his previous partners, sure he did it if they wanted to, but with Olly it was like he was drawn to him like a magnet. There were a few others on the beach when they got to it, but as they walked further away from the villa, they found the numbers grew less and less until they were the only ones to be seen or heard.

“It’s so peaceful here,” Olly remarked.

“I know, isn’t it wonderful. This is my favourite spot on the island. I used to come here as a kid when my parents were fighting and just sit and listen to the sound of the sea. It was as if there was no one else in the world and nothing could hurt me,” David reminisced.

David found himself pulled into a hug, clearly his pathetic childhood had made Olly feel sorry for him. Nonetheless, David wrapped his arms around his fiancé and held on tightly, nuzzling his face into his curls. David pulled back slightly to look Olly in the face, “Hey, it was a long time ago baby, now I have the most wonderful gift in the world standing right in front of me.” This caused Olly to bury his face back into David’s chest, embarrassed by all the sappiness. When Olly looked up at their surroundings he had a mischievous glint in his eye.

Oliver

“You know, we haven’t seen anyone the entire time we’ve been here,” Oliver winked, “We could, you know,” this time he grazed his hand against David’s crotch feeling his lover growing instantly from the contact.

“Such a bad, bad boy,” David grinned before he was leading Oliver behind a larger sand dune just in case anyone came by, they didn’t want to be interrupted after all. As soon as they were semi-hidden, Oliver pounced, knocking David down onto the warm sand and quickly pressing their lips together in a passionate kiss. Their hands clawing at each other’s clothes in a rush to get them off, to feel their bodies against each other as quickly as they could without their tongues having to separate for any longer than was absolutely necessary.

Cursing himself for not planning better and bringing some lube, Olly resigned himself to the fact that they wouldn’t be able to fuck on the beach, at least not today. Once David’s shirt was off, Oliver started kissing his way down his well-defined chest and abs towards his prize tucked inside David’s shorts. In only took one swift movement for Oliver to have David’s shorts off his legs and take all of his cock into his mouth eliciting the sweetest moan from David that Oliver always loved to be the cause of. Oliver bobbed up and down swallowing every inch of David’s cock over and over again.

Oliver knew David wouldn’t last long, which was probably for the best as they were still in a public place in the middle of the day. He felt David tangling his fingers in his curls which caused his own moans to escape his lips. With a few well placed swipes of his tongue bar against the underside of David’s cock, it wasn’t long before Oliver got his reward, as David released a long moan and shot his load straight down Oliver’s throat. Once he came back down from his orgasm, David started trying to swap places to return the favour but as he reached for the top of his shorts, Oliver put his hand on David’s to stop him and say, “Erm, not right now baby.”

Confused David asked, “I really don’t think there’s much risk of us getting caught here.”

“It’s not that,” Oliver said blushing, “I already did.” David clearly didn’t understand so with a sigh Oliver spelled it out for him, “I’ve already cum, when you your fingers tangled in my hair, I couldn’t last any longer.” Oliver was embarrassed but he had no need to be as David reassured him, “Fuck, that’s hot!” It was David’s turn to pounce on him then, kissing him on the beach with his pale ass on full display if anyone was to come by and find them.

Charlie

Charlie still felt proud that he could turn his fiancé into jelly after all these years together. Lying down on the bed in their room he looked at Nick lying next to him, blissed out from his earth-shattering orgasm that Charlie happily swallowed every drop of. They laid there for a while before Charlie suggested they move out to the pool to relax in the sun. He finished applying sun cream to Nick, planting lazy kisses around his body along the way, before they both headed out to the open-air pool.

Nick wore just his long swim shorts and Charlie thought he still looked as sexy as they day they first met back in Truham, he still couldn’t believe he was so lucky that this beautiful man was in love with him. Charlie chose to wear a T-Shirt with his own shorts. Although he was no longer as ashamed of how he looked compared to back when they were in school, he still didn’t feel comfortable with others seeing his body. Except for Nick, Nick was the only one who had seen him like that and he knew Nick loved him just the way he was.

When they arrived at the side of the pool, Nick sat down on the sun lounger first and then Charlie climbed on between his legs. It wasn’t that there weren’t plenty of sun loungers for them to have their own, they just loved being physically close to each other whenever they could be. Once they were settled, Charlie pulled out his book to read, while Nick was idly running his fingers through Charlie’s curls. It felt so soothing and comforting, he felt so happy to be in his boyfriend’s fiancé’s arms. Charlie smiled as he remembered that they were engaged, Nick caught him looking down at the engagement ring on his finger, “Did you just remember that we’re engaged again?”

Charlie blushed but Nick couldn’t see from behind him, still looking at the ring on his finger, Charlie replied, “I’m just so happy, before I met you, I never dreamed all this would happen for me.”

“Oh Char,” Nick cooed as he pulled Charlie a little tighter to him and pressed a kiss to the back of his neck, “I love you so much, I can’t wait until we are married, and I can call you, my husband.”

“I was thinking,” Charlie started before stopping himself.

“What were you thinking baby?” Nick asked with nothing but love in his voice.

“No, it’s stupid,” Charlie insisted. Nick adjusted them so that he could look at Charlie’s face as he told him, “Charlie, I promise I won’t think it’s stupid, what were you thinking?”

Taking a deep breath Charlie reluctantly told Nick, “I was just thinking, I know we haven’t talked about it, but once we’re married, well maybe we could, erm,” Charlie was babbling, why was this so difficult. This was Nick, he knew Nick would never judge him for this, and what’s the worst that could happen, he wasn’t going to leave him over this of all things. After taking another deep breath, Charlie continued, “I thought, would you like to take each other’s names.”

“Yes!” Nick beamed.

Nick

“Really?” Charlie seemed shocked at how enthusiastic Nick was.

“I’d love that Charlie, I want the world to know I belong to you,” Nick had been thinking for a while about how to bring up their married names for a while now, but just like with their proposal, Charlie had beaten him to it. “I was thinking about it too,” Nick reassured Charlie.

“Really?” Charlie was still shocked causing Nick to chuckle, “Yes, really, I’ve been thinking about it since the night we got engaged. Before we were engaged actually,” now it was Nick’s turn to blush.

“Oh yeah, how much before?” Charlie asked now with a cheeky glint in his beautiful blue eyes.

“Erm,” Nick rubbed the back of his neck feeling a little embarrassed, “you remember back when we were riding to the restaurant on Valentine’s Day?” Charlie nodded, “well I was going through all sorts of different names in my head to see what they sounded like.”

“And what did they sound like Nicky,” Charlie teased, “why don’t you let me hear the names you were thinking.”

Nick was sure his face was bright red now, but he could never resist anything Charlie asked.

“Mr Nicholas Spring,” Nick started before he placed a kiss on one of Charlie’s dimples, “Mr Charles Nelson,” Nick continued placing a kiss on the other dimple, “Nick & Charlie Nelson-Spring,” Nick purred dipping his tongue into one of Charlie’s ears, “Charlie & Nick Spring-Nelson,” Nick punctuated this last one dipping his tongue into Charlie’s other ear before lightly biting on the lobe causing a moan to escape Charlie’s lips just as Sarah rounded the corner.

“Sorry for interrupting boys, I just wanted to let you know we’re back,” Sarah said embarrassed at interrupting the sweet moment between the boys.

“Thanks Mum,” Nick called as Charlie buried his blushing face into Nick’s shoulder.

Chapter Two – La Villa Nelson

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The boys have arrived in Menorca.

Oliver

Nothing could really prepare for Oliver for the villa that Sarah had booked for everyone in Menorca, from the outside the white sandstone walls were sharply contrasted with terracotta framed windows and doors that would look clean and simple if it wasn’t for the palatial size of it. Of course it had to not only fit Sarah and her boys, but also Sarah’s extended family, so it made sense it would big but Olly couldn’t even begin to imagine how much this all must have cost, yet she refused to accept any money from him when he tried to pay his way. Each time he’d offer, she would shrug him off saying, “Nonsense honey, you’re family,” but after seeing the villa, Oliver was even more determined to pay Sarah back somehow.

Inside was a stark contrast to the outside of the villa, as they walked in the ground floor had an open layout taking up most of the footprint of the building. Yet it somehow still managed to feel homely with the furniture used to clearly define each area. A large dining table was positioned between the pristine kitchen and the large curved sofa to break up the space making it feel less imposing. To the side of the kitchen were two small bedrooms with a shared bathroom that Sarah’s sister and her children would be staying in. While on the opposite wall an imposing staircase wove its way upstairs to where the remaining bedrooms were located.

Unlike the downstairs bedrooms, the bedrooms upstairs each had their own private ensuite bathrooms, to give each of the couples some privacy away from the rest of the family. Oliver just hoped the walls weren’t too thin between each room, he didn’t want a repeat of Christmas when he overheard Nick very loudly praising his own brother for ‘how good he felt inside him’. Oliver would have happily gone to his grave never knowing what his brother got up to in bed.

Nick

Nick had always loved these family holidays. Before he met Charlie it was one of the few times that he could really be himself without having to worry about what anyone else thought of him or be what they expected him to be. Even David’s attitude towards him when they were growing up couldn’t affect him in the same way when they were here. It helped that often his and David’s rooms were as far apart as possible, so it was easier to avoid him.

Things between him and David were so much better now, maybe in a way it was Olly’s influence him, but Nick liked to think that it was also because once David had discovered he wasn’t as ‘Straight’ as he previously thought, he could relate more to Nick and see more how some of the ways he acted might have impacted his younger brother. They were closer now than ever before, no one was more surprised than Nick when David had even shared his plans for this trip with him and he was more than happy to help make this a holiday Olly would never forget.

Nick must have drifted off into his head because he didn’t notice Charlie was talking to him until he was waving his hand in front of his face saying, “Earth to Nick? Are you listening to me?”

Blushing Nick replied, “Sorry, I was miles away, what did you say love?”

Charlie smiled and shook his head, “I was saying, now we’ve emptied our cases, why don’t we go down to the beach and enjoy the sun before it sets.”

“That sounds great, let’s go,” Nick turned and reached for the door when Charlie put his hand on his shoulder.

“Oh no, first we need to put some sun cream on you,”

“You’ll have to catch me first,” teased Nick as he dashed from the room. He made it to the bottom of the stairs where Olly and David were sat on the sofa when Charlie called out from the top, “NICHOLAS NELSON! if you don’t get your arse back here right NOW so that I can put this sun cream on you, then I swear to god you will not be having sex again before our wedding night.”

“We’re not getting married for 18 months, you wouldn’t dare,” Nick retorted.

“You think? Want to try me and see Nelson?” Charlie replied with his arms folded across his chest and one eyebrow raised in a way that both scared Nick and reminded him of Jane when she was angry (although Nick would never admit that to Charlie).

Nick glanced at David and Olly, “Dude, I don’t think he’s bluffing,” David helpfully supplied before Nick decided he best go back upstairs, pouting as he approached Charlie on the stairs.

Charlie

Returning to their room Charlie told Nick to remove his shirt and started to apply sun cream all over Nick’s fair skin. As he did this Charlie lightly scolded, “I don’t want a repeat of last year, where you went home burned to a frazzle and I spent the next few weeks coating you in aloe vera to ease your skin. Don’t you remember that you couldn’t even lay down to sleep because your skin was so raw, let alone get in a comfortable enough position for us to have sex.”

“You’re right, you’re right,” Nick admitted while giving Charlie and cheeky pec on the lips over his shoulder as Charlie started to coat his back.

Once Nick’s chest, arms and back were coated, Charlie moved down to Nick’s legs and using both hands rubbed up from Nick’s feet to just inside the leg of his shorts, repeating the same motion a few times to ensure the cream was properly rubbed in. With his head the same height as Nick’s cock, Charlie could see his fiancé was starting to get hard from the innocent touch giving Charlie an idea. He looked up into Nick’s eyes with a smirk on his face and said, “While I’m down here, I could help you with that,” lightly grazing his hand over the outline of Nick’s stiffening cock through his shorts for emphasis, causing a moan to slip involuntarily from Nick’s lips.

“Would you like that baby?” Charlie teased with another gentle caress causing yet another moan to come from Nick standing above him.

“I need you to tell me what you want Nick,” Charlie said before lightly blowing on the outside of the thin material causing Nick’s cock to stand to attention tenting the fabric of his shorts.

“Need…you,” was all Nick manage to stammer out through his sex-fuelled haze. Charlie could have given Nick what he knew they both wanted but he was feeling playful and they had time.

“What do you need Nick? Me to stop, is that what you need?”

“No!” Nick quickly rushed out, “Need…your mouth, Char,” was all the words he seemed to manage. Charlie smiled, he loved how easy it was to turn Nick into a horny mess. Accepting he wasn’t going to get any more sense out of him, Charlie reached forward and pulled down Nick’s shorts, “no boxers?” Charlie asked but before Nick could even try to think of a response, Charlie wrapped his mouth around his cock and started sliding slowly down Nick’s length inch by inch while Nick moaned loudly above him.

David

David was on the sofa, kissing Olly’s neck while Olly was sat on his lap grinding down against his cock. He should really move this up to their room, but it felt too good to break the spell or the contact between them. He knew his mum, or even his cousins, could walk in any moment – they’d only gone to the shops to stock up on food – but his brain wasn’t the one in control anymore, not now all the blood in his body was rushing south to his growing erection.

Not able to take Olly’s teasing any more, David made quick work of flipping Olly on his back and climbing on top of him returning his lips to Olly’s neck as he held his hands firmly above his head with one hand. While his free hand slipped down under Olly’s t-shirt. Just as David found Olly’s pierced nipple and was about to start tweaking it the way he knew would elicit a moan from his man, the pair were stopped in their tracks by the sounds of someone else moaning.

They could clearly hear their brothers had beat them to it upstairs. The pair had never been strangers to having sex while others were doing the same nearby, they’d even been to a sex club with David’s friend Max a few times over the last few years, but there was nothing more off-putting than the sounds of your brothers being the ones having sex. David only wished it was the first time this had happened.

He carefully collapsed next to Olly on the sofa and the pair both started laughing, “Shall we go out for a bit?” David asked when they both calmed down.

“Love to,” Olly smiled back at him.

Chapter One – Flying Out

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Oliver joins the annual Nelson trip to Menorca for the first time.

This is a Dolly focused story, but Narlie will be along for the ride.

You don’t have to have read the previous parts of this series to enjoy this story, but there may be small references to events that happened in parts 1-3.

Oliver

Oliver was so excited for his first time joining the Nelson family for their annual trip to Menorca. He’d heard all about them from both David and Charlie, who had been joining the Nelson’s every year since he was 18, when Jane & Julio could no longer stop him. Although their families knew about their relationship before last summer’s holiday, it was too late for Oliver to go too because he’d already made plans to spend the summer on a road trip with his friends from uni.

They were all waiting at the airport for their gate to be announced. He was sat next to David, while opposite them Nick & Charlie were cuddled up in each other’s arms not a care in the world. Around them David’s cousins were running around between the seats working off their excess energy ahead of the flight.

Already this holiday felt different to Oliver, previously most of his trips abroad had been with his family to see his grandparents in Almería, and while he loved to see them, those trips were always the same. They’d start with their mother screaming at everyone for not being ready when she wanted them to be, even when they were. They’d all get in the car to drive to the airport and then Jane would be the last one ready to go, which of course she would always say was someone else’s fault.

Once they got to the airport, even when they were little, their mother had expected them to sit still and not draw any attention to themselves in case they embarrassed her. In fact, this summed up a lot of his childhood really Oliver thought to himself as he watched the joy of the Nelson family all around him. He would have got in a trouble at their age just for being slightly too loud, and he never would have gotten away with even getting out of the seat let alone running around the airport lounge.

No, the Nelson family and the Springs’ were very different and Oliver was very much looking forward to being officially part of it. Since they got engaged 5 months ago, David and Oliver had discussed planning their wedding but neither of them was in any particular rush. David had even suggested a long engagement might help Oliver’s mother come around to the idea of their marriage, although Oliver seriously doubted that Jane would ever change her mind, once she’d come to a decision, she would stick to it even when the world around her was telling her she was wrong.

Oliver was a little sad that his mother wasn’t supportive of their relationship, but he gave up trying to please her long ago as nothing he ever did was enough. He had come to realise that his own happiness was all that mattered, and David made him happy. In fact, he didn’t think he’d ever been happier than when he was with David, sure he made fun of him constantly and they would fight occasionally, what couple didn’t, but they always made up and they truly did love each other.

Nick

Nick looked across at his brother opposite him in the departure lounge. David was curled up holding Oliver close to him in the same way Nick was holding Charlie. He was so glad they found each other, sure it was a little weird at first, not just because their brothers were dating each other, but because David being anything but straight had come as a massive shock to all of them. But as he and Charlie spent more time with them, Nick could see that David seemed truly happy for the first time in his life. Growing up Nick and David’s relationship was strained to the say the least, but since he’d started dating Oliver, they’d grown so much closer, it was almost like now that David was no longer denying to himself who he really was, he was able to let Nick in and they were finally able to be brothers rather than adversaries.

Previously on these family holidays, Nick would do as much as could to avoid spending time with David, especially since Charlie had started joining them. After the way David had treated them when he first found out about Nick and Charlie dating, Nick had done everything he could to keep them apart to protect Charlie. For the first time, this year he didn’t feel like they needed to keep their distance. Sure, Nick and Charlie would enjoy spending some time alone, they were young, horny and in love, but he was actually looking forward to spending time together without it being some forced activity that they were doing just to please their mum.

David looked up and saw his brother looking at him and they gave each other a small smile. Yeah, ‘they could do this’, Nick thought to himself. Everything was going to be great.

Charlie

To everyone around him, Charlie hoped he looked calm and relaxed, like he knew he should be feeling when he was about to go on holiday. He knew once they arrived, it would be amazing, especially getting to share it with Oliver for the first time too. But Charlie hated flying, he was an anxious flyer and the longer they had to wait to board their plane, the more anxious he became. It was a miracle really that no one from Nick’s family, aside from Nick, had discovered his fear so far.

He hadn’t wanted to tell Nick either, but the first time he joined them on their trip he was so nervous that he started biting his nails until they cuticles underneath bled. Nick, being so in-sync with Charlie, immediately sensed his nerves and when they were alone, he had carefully asked him what was wrong. Charlie remembers the way Nick had approached him like a wounded bird that he didn’t want to frighten, always knowing just what Charlie needed even when he didn’t know himself.

Not wanting to burden anyone with his struggles, Charlie had at first thought about lying to Nick and saying everything was fine, but Nick would have seen through that straight away, he always did. So Charlie told him the truth, and since then whenever they were in the departure lounge, Nick would subtly hold Charlie’s hands to stop him from hurting himself and he would wear extra cologne so that when Charlie curled up in Nick’s arms he was enveloped in the comforting scent that to him was the pure Nick Nelson that he fell in love with all those years ago. It didn’t completely erase his anxiety, but it did help. Nick was safe, Charlie was safe when he was with Nick, and he knew he always would be.

David

David was so pleased he was finally getting to share this trip with Oliver. He understood why Oliver couldn’t come last year, he would never want to deny him the opportunity to spend time with his friends, and he certainly never expected Oliver to change his plans for him. But once their relationship was finally out in the open, David just wanted to spend every second he could showing Oliver how much he meant to him. David remembers last year being teased by his friend Sofia that he seemed to be ‘more miserable than usual’ when they spent time together and it was true, every day of their holiday he was pining for Oliver like some love-sick puppy. David knew then that Olly was it for him, he’d never felt this way about any of the women he’d been with before. He never longed to be by their side when they were apart like he did with Oliver, if Oliver hadn’t proposed on Valentine’s Day, David was certain that he wouldn’t have been able to go much longer before he would have popped the question himself.

He’d been chatting to Sofia for the last few weeks planning for this year’s family break, he wanted to make sure this was a holiday Olly would remember for the rest of their lives. When David had told her what he had planned, Sofia was more than happy to start preparing things on David’s behalf. He knew if Olly had his way, they would spend most of their time having sex whenever and wherever the found themselves, and sure David was more than happy to be part of that. But he also wanted romantic day trips for two exploring the island, walking on the beach holding hands, swimming together in the sea. He wanted to give Oliver the world and show him all the things about Menorca that were special to him.

It wasn’t just Sofia David had let in on his plans, in fact everyone knew what he had planned for this trip except for Olly.

Let Them Eat Cake

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Nick and David talk about wedding plans.

David and Nick had just finished rugby practice and were waiting in a nearby café for their boyfriends to arrive.

“So, how’s the wedding planning going Nicky?” David asked with a smirk.

“Urgh, I wish we’d just gone for something simple and intimate like you and Olly. Do you know how much there is to do for the big wedding we’re having? There’s the venue, the caterers, the suit hire, the florists, the registrar and don’t even get me started on the cake,” Nick groaned in frustration.

He loved Charlie with all his heart, and he knew the big wedding was his own idea. When he suggested it, Nick wanted to show the world how much he loved Charlie and show off how lucky he is to have his beautiful man want to spend the rest of his life with him, but he hadn’t realised how much was actually involved just to get everything in place. Nick had been seriously considering hiring a wedding planner to organise everything for them, but Charlie had insisted it would be a waste of money when between them they could manage everything themselves.

“It’ll all be worth it though, you told me yourself that Charlie’s face lit up when you suggested the big romantic wedding. If Olly had wanted a big fancy wedding, you know I’d have moved heaven and earth to give it to him.”

“I know, I know,” Nick rubbed the back of his neck.

“What happened with the cake?” David asked.

Nick groaned, “So we met a lady who seemed really nice, she showed us a few pictures of cakes she’d made before and had a few taste samples that were soooo good. Seriously David, some of the stuff she’d done was better than my own baking.”

“Wow, they must have tasted great then,” David smiled at his younger brother.

“Right,” Nick continued, “Then she asked when the big day was, and she said she had space in her diary for that. It all seemed to be going well.”

“Right, so what happened?” David asked.

Nick was quiet for a moment before he sighed, “So she made this comment, she said, ‘It’s nice that your fiancé trusts you and your friend with this decision but I’d like to speak with the bride too, to make sure she’s happy with everything too’.”

“How could she misread you and Charlie for being just friends? I’ve never seen you in a room where at least some part of you wasn’t touching,” David teased.

Nick laughed, “I know right.”

“So what did you say to her?”

“Well I assumed it was just one of those innocent misunderstandings, we both did, so I held up Charlie’s hand to show our rings and very politely corrected her, ‘oh no, Charlie is my fiancé, the cake is for our wedding’, nice and friendly with a smile,” Nick explained before continuing, “That’s when she turned, her face turned cold and she snapped her diary shut saying, ‘Oh my mistake, that date won’t work for me, I’m sorry you’ve had a waste journey.’ She reminded me of Jane when she found out about you and Olly, it was pretty scary.”

“Oh Nick, that’s awful,” David reached across to Nick’s hand to squeeze it across the table.

Nick gave a small smile of acknowledgement, “It was awful, I couldn’t believe people were still so bigoted these days, and especially not when you work in the wedding industry where everything is supposed to be all love and joy. Charlie started shaking it was so bad, I just wrapped my arm around his shoulder an got him out of there as quick as I could,” Nick felt his eyes starting to well up at the memory but he tried to fight them back.

“I’m so sorry Nicky, was Charlie okay?” David asked with genuine concern for his future brother-in-law clear on his face.

“Mostly, but when I try to bring up the subject of the cake now, I can tell he’s scared others will be like her. Now he keeps saying that we don’t really need a cake, and that everyone’s always too full at weddings to eat it anyway. But before, he was so excited David, his eyes lit up at the flavours and the design we’d settled on,” Nick rubbed his neck again in frustration, not with Charlie but at the whole situation.

“What was the design?” David asked when Nick was caught off guard.

“What do you mean?” Nick asked, confuse by David’s question.

“The cake design that Charlie loved?”

“Oh, we came up with this idea that represented some of our first memories together as a couple. It was a 3-tier chocolate cake, with bubble-gum coloured icing and then an abstract frame representing the Eiffel tower made of tempered chocolate leaning against it. It’s supposed to represent our first date and our first trip together,” Nick smiled at the happy memories of their early days together.

“Awww, you’re such saps,” David teased.

“Like you and Olly aren’t,” Nick joked back.

“True, true,” David agreed, “what if I made it for you?”

“What?” Nick was confused again by David’s suggestion.

“Your wedding cake, what if I made it for you? Like my wedding present to you both, you know my baking is just as good as yours so it’ll taste amazing,” David smiled at his brother hoping he wouldn’t be offended by his suggestion.

“We can’t ask you to do that David, it’s a lot of pressure making a cake for a wedding, it’s not like baking a few cupcakes for a bake sale.”

“You’re not asking me Nick, I’m offering, please, just consider it. Maybe run it past Charlie and see what he thinks,” at that moment Charlie and Olly walked up to the table.

“What are you running past me?” Charlie asked as he kissed his fiancé’s cheek before sitting down next to him.

“Oh, erm,” Nick stammered before David spoke up, “we were talking about your wedding.”

“Oh yeah, what about it?” Charlie asked smiling at the thought he was going to be marrying the love of his life.

“Well,” David tentatively started, “Nick told me about what happened when you went to look at wedding cakes,” Charlie’s face fell remembering the awful visit they’d had just a few days ago.

Nick squeezed Charlie’s hand, “And I know you said we don’t need a cake, but I know you too well Charlie Spring. You loved the cake we had planned.”

“Nick-,” Charlie started to say before Nick cut him off, “Don’t deny it baby, we both did.”

Nick and Charlie looked at each other lovingly and when neither of them said anything for a few moments, David spoke up again, “So, I had a thought. I was thinking what if I made your wedding cake for the two of you,” before either of them could say anything David quickly added on, “as a wedding present,” David knew it might be a little manipulative, but he thought that turning down a present would be more difficult for the couple than just turning down his suggestion.

“We couldn’t ask that of you David,” Charlie replied.

“Spooky, that’s what Nick said too,” David smiled, “but you aren’t asking, I’m offering. Look at it this way, you know I’m an amazing baker.”

“Ha, modest much,” Olly cheekily interrupted earning him a jab in the side from his fiancé.

“There’s no point denying the truth Olly, you’ve had my muffins,” David winked at Olly before turning his attention back to the other side of the table, “And you know I’m not going to turn out to be some homophobic psycho bitch, anymore,” David joked causing small laughs from Nick and Charlie. “Plus think of it as one less expense and one item to tick off your list.”

Nick and Charlie looked at each other and without saying a word out loud they turned back to David and Charlie replied, “Thank you David, if you’re sure it won’t be too much trouble, we’d love to accept your offer,” before adding on, “and we’re happy to pay you for it too.”

“Nonsense,” David replied with a smile, “I’m not charging you Charlie. Firstly, I get to make something magical for your wedding and secondly, you’re family Charlie, both of you.”

Charlie felt his eyes starting to well-up with tears, David had called him family. While he knew technically once he was married to Nick they would be family, the fact David saw him like that already made him feel quite emotional.

“Thank you David,” Charlie said as he got up from his seat and moved round to give David a huge hug almost worthy of a Nelson.

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Chapter 4 – Stéphane

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Nick & Charlie and David & Olly travel to Paris to see Stéphane Nelson.

I’ve seen lots of different ways of incorporating French into Heartstopper stories, for this story I have shown the English translation after a || notation on each line.

The French has been produced using Google Translate so apologies if it’s not quite right.

CW: There is some implied homophobia in this chapter.

Still reeling after everything that happened with telling Charlie and Oliver’s parents, David and Nick decided it would be best to wait a little before they had to approach their own father with the news. A couple of weeks went by and David and Nick were discussing how best to approach Stéphane.

“We could just call him up, leave a message on his voicemail telling him we’re getting married and leave it with him to approach us,” David suggested.

“He’s still our dad, we can’t just tell him in a voicemail message,” Nick scolded.

“Well it’s not like he ever answers his phone.”

“No David, you know what I mean. We should tell him in person, like we did for Mum and for Olly and Char’s parents,” Nick ever the optimist.

“And look how well that went,” David reminded Nick. Nick gave him a sympathetic smile, “How is Olly doing?”

David sighed, “Mostly ok, I guess, we talked a little about it, right after it happened, but then he clammed up and is just pretending they don’t exist.” Nick reached for David’s shoulder, “Give him time.”

“I am, I just,” David paused but Nick finished his sentence for him, “you just wish you could make everything better. Sounds familiar.” David nodded.

“We should go to Paris,” Nick suddenly announced.

“There’s still no guarantee Dad will see us. You know he’s always had better things to do than spend time with us.”

“That’s why we should go to Paris,” Nick said as if his reasoning was obvious, “then even if we don’t manage to see him, at least we get to take our fiancés to the city of love,” Nick smiled proudly as if he’d jut had the best idea ever. David thought about it, and he couldn’t deny that the thought of taking Olly away for a romantic break had its appeal.

A few weeks later, when the easter holidays arrived at Nick’s school, David and Nick were boarding the Eurostar at London’s St Pancras station to take their partners to Paris. Charlie had asked Nick if they planned to see Stéphane when they were there, but Nick had just waved him off with a “we’ll see.” Charlie knew from their previous trip to Paris when thy were still in school, that trying to meet up with Nick’s dad was a mission in itself. He hoped, for Nick’s sake, that Stéphane would make the time to see his sons. No matter what feelings he had about his own mother, at least she wanted to see her children, even if you she was awful to them when she did.

The journey to Paris was spent laughing, joking, and enjoying the onboard bar facilities. They’d decided not to drive so that if everything went badly, Nick and David could drown their sorrows safe in the knowledge that the train would get them home safely.

“Mesdames et Messieurs, nous arrivons maintenant à Paris, Gare du Nord”, was announced through the trains PA system || “Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now arriving at Paris, Gare du Nord”. As their train approached the station, the boys made sure they had all their belongings for their long weekend and prepared to leave the train.

Their hotel was just a short walk from the station, when they arrived at reception David spoke to the woman behind the desk, “Bonjour, j’ai réservé deux chambres au nom de David Nelson.” || Hello, I booked two rooms in the name of David Nelson.

She typed David’s name into the computer in front of her to locate their booking, “Deux chambres doubles? Mais vous êtes tous des hommes? Nous avons quelques chambres doubles disponibles si vous préférez.” || Two double rooms? But you are all men? We have some twin rooms available if you would prefer.

Charlie felt Nick tense up at his side, but as he didn’t speak French he didn’t know what the woman had said. He placed his hand at the base of Nick’s back to try and ease his tension with his touch.

Unperturbed by the receptionists response, David calmly replied, “J’ai réservé deux chambres doubles, c’est ce que nous voulons.” || I booked two double rooms, that is what we want.

The woman gave the boys a look that Charlie could have sworn was one of disgust before she placed two sets of key cards on the desk in front of David and walked away from the counter.

“Quelle salope!” Nick muttered || What a bitch!

“In English please Frenchie,” Charlie teased his boyfriend.

“Oh, sorry, she was just really judgmental about us having double beds and erm,” Nick paused, “she tried to get us to change to two twin rooms instead.”

“What a bitch,” Charlie replied which made Nick laugh, “that’s what I said.”

As the boys rode up in the lift to their floor, Olly whispered in David’s ear, “Maybe tonight you can talk to me in French while you’re inside me,” causing David to blush.

“I heard that,” Charlie told his brother.

“Shit,” Olly said.

“Aww, it seems you’re not the only Spring sibling to like it when the Nelsons speak French mon armour,” Nick teased, now it was Charlie’s turn to blush. That night in their rooms though, the Nelson brothers did both whisper sweet affections in French while they were each inside their lovers.

The first couple of days they were in Paris they hadn’t managed to get hold of Stéphane, instead they spent their time exploring the city and having romantic dinners together reminiscent of their joint Valentine’s meal. They all went up the Eiffel Tower, but this time Nick & Charlie finally got to kiss at the top, unlike on their previous trip to Paris when Nick was still in the closet.

The day before they were due to head back to England, they finally got the call they had been waiting for, Stéphane was free to meet them today at his apartment. As they were heading across the city, Olly was starting to feel nervous. He still felt bad about what had happened to David with his own parents and now not only was David going to be telling his dad about them, but he was also actually coming out to him so that he could do that. David had tried to reassure him that it would all be ok, but it didn’t help with alleviating his thoughts.

Sensing his brother’s anxiety, Charlie came over and took Olly’s hand in his, “Listen, everything will be ok. David is doing this as much for him as he is for you. He loves you Olly and nothing is going to change that.” Olly let out the breathe that he hadn’t realise he’d been holding.

“Thanks Charlie,” Olly smiled at his big brother, “you really are a good brother.” Charlie pulled Olly in for a hug and then returned to Nick’s side.

“He’s right you know,” David leaned in, making Olly jump.

“Don’t do that.”

“It will be ok Olly, I haven’t cared what he thinks of me for years and I promise if he were to say anything nasty about you, we’ll leave and never look back,” David reassured him while holding tight to his hand.

“This is it,” Nick called when they reached Stéphane’s apartment building. As they walked inside the lobby they all looked around at the white walls with sharp black accents and modern artwork adorning them. “Fancy,” Olly said.

When they all walked into the apartment it felt more like a show home than somewhere that anyone actually lived. Everything was spotless and looked like it hadn’t been used before.

“Entrez, soyez les bienvenus, puis-je vous apporter quelque chose à boire, les garçons?” Stéphane offered.|| Come in, welcome, can I get you boys something to drink?

“Pouvons-nous parler en anglais s’il vous plaît papa, Charlie et Olly ne parlent pas français,” asked Nick. || Can we speak in English please papa, Charlie & Olly don’t speak French.

“Bien sûr, of course, my apologies, coffee?” || Of course.

The boys all nodded their acceptance of Stéphane’s offer of coffees and followed him into the kitchen. It was looking more and more like this wasn’t somewhere he spent a lot of time, as their father’s attempts to use his fancy coffee machine were a bit of a disaster. Thankfully Oliver & Charlie both spent their spare time while at university working as baristas so between them they had the machine purring in no time.

Coffees in hand, they all settled around the small table in the corner of the kitchen.

“So how are you boys?” Stéphane asked without directing his question at anyone in particular. David & Nick both replied ‘Good’ in unison in response. This was it, they had to make their announcement one last time. Nick and David had already agreed that sticking to the same order as before made sense as David had more explaining to do than Nick.

Not knowing how long they would have before work would call him away, Nick started, “Papa, so you know Charlie and I have been together for 10 years now. Well,” Nick looked to Charlie and they smiled at each other before Nick continued, “we’re getting married.”

“That’s wonderful news, congratulations boys,” Stéphane smiled as he shook first Charlie’s and then Nick’s hands forcefully.

“Thanks papa,” Nick smiled, none of them had expected that to be so simple, it gave David hope that his own news might not come as the disaster he’d been mentally preparing himself for.

“So David, do you have a girlfriend yet?” Stéphane asked causing Olly to stiffen beside him.

“Well Dad, that’s the other reason we’re here,” David started, “You see, erm,” Olly squeezed David’s leg under the table reassuring him that he was there by his side.

“You see, like Nick, I’m bisexual and I’ve been dating Olly for the last four years and well,” he looked at Olly with love his eyes before turning back to his father, “we’re engaged too.”

There was silence for a few moments, Olly was starting to panic that everything was about to go wrong like it did with his mother. Then Stéphane broke the silence, “Quatre ans?! Et tu viens juste de me le présenter maintenant?” || Four Years?! And you’re only just introducing me to him now?

David burst out laughing, that wasn’t the reaction he was expecting from his father. Oliver looked between the two men, “Erm, what’s going on?”

“Sorry, I was just so shocked that David hadn’t introduced us properly before now that I slipped back into Français,” Stéphane answered, “It’s so lovely to finally meet you properly Oliver. How did you two meet?”

Olly chuckled, “It’s a bit of a strange story really, you see Charlie is my brother.” Stéphane’s jaw dropped, now he looked at the two boys he could see the family resemblance. “Yeah, so David and I met through them and just fell in love,” Olly continued while looking at David who was blushing now.

“Wonderful, and congratulations to you both too,” Stéphane shook their hands the same as he had done for Nick & Charlie.

They stayed and chatted a little longer, Nick and David telling stories of their recent amateur rugby games, before Stéphane’s work beckoned and the boys headed back to their hotel.

“So, that went well, right?” Olly asked, confused at how easy all of that seemed to go. David surprised Oliver by picking him up and swinging him round in the air, “Yes that went well mon chéri,” David giggled as he kissed his fiancé.

Chapter 3 – Back Home

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David and Olly get back to their apartment.

Please forgive this slight diversion, but after everything that happened I felt David & Olly needed a little time to decompress.

While they were packing up Olly’s stuff, Nick kindly offered to get David’s car from outside Sarah’s house and drive it round to the Springs’ so that they wouldn’t have too far to carry everything. David and Olly worked to gather up everything that Olly wanted, his clothes, a few pictures and a couple of mementos from his childhood including a small metal toy tractor, the only one that he had left after Jane had declared he was far too old to still have childish toys (he was only 13 at the time).

Olly was quiet on the journey back to David’s their apartment. David didn’t think he’d ever seen a time when he didn’t have something to say. But what had happened was a lot for him to process and Olly just wasn’t ready to talk. He knew his mum would take it badly, but he didn’t think expect it to be as bad as it was. Olly fully expected that now they were engaged, that he would finally say yes to moving in with David properly, but this wasn’t how he wanted it to be.

They got back to their apartment and managed to carry everything from the car upstairs in one trip, but as soon as they walked in the door, the pent-up emotions that were swirling inside of Olly finally broke free. He dropped to the floor and started sobbing uncontrollably. David kicked the door closed behind them, put down what he had been carrying and wrapped himself around Olly, holding him close to his chest and just allowed him to cry as much as he needed to.

Olly turned and tucked his face into David’s neck, allowing the comforting smell of David’s aftershave to wash over him, he smelled like home. David carefully lifted Olly off the ground and carried him to their bedroom, he laid him down on the bed before laying down next to him. Olly crawled back into David’s embrace, nuzzling into his neck as the tears continued to fall. At some point Olly cried himself to sleep, but David just carried on holding him, not wanting to disturb his poor sweet man.

When Olly finally stirred from his slumber he looked up into David’s eyes, “Hey sleepyhead,” David cooed as he placed a gentle kiss on his forehead.

“Hey, sorry I fell asleep on you, you should have woken me,” Olly groggily replied still clinging on to David’s body, fearing if he let ago he’d lose him too.

“It’s ok love, you needed it,” Olly saw nothing but love and concern in David’s eyes.

“Yeah, but I’m sure you didn’t need a big snotty mess clinging to you like a limpet,” Olly joked but David noticed his smile just wasn’t quite as big as usual. The tears still threatening to break through and start all over again.

“I like you clinging to me,” David tried to reassure his fiancé even though his own heart was breaking for him.

“I love you, and I can’t wait until you’re my husband,” Olly said looking up into David’s eyes.

“I love you too,” David replied simply. The pair stayed holding each other a while longer, neither in a particular rush or feeling they needed anything more than the occasional soft and tender kiss. Only when Olly’s stomach started growling at them did they decide they had to get up to find something to eat.

Neither of them felt like cooking that night, so they ordered from Olly’s favourite Vietnamese restaurant and then curled up on the sofa with Olly resting his head on David’s lap while they waited for the food to arrive. David gently stroked Olly’s curls while he laid in his lap, not entirely sure if he was doing it to comfort himself or Olly. As Olly lay there he finally spoke, “I knew it would be bad, but I didn’t think it would be like that,” David didn’t know if Olly expected him to respond but before he could think of the best words to say Olly was continuing, “I’m so sorry she said those things to you David, you have to believe me when I say you did nothing to pressure me into proposing.”

David was confused, why was Olly apologising, it’s not like he was the one who said those things. “Olly, look at me,” Olly turned his head so he was looking up at David. “You have nothing to apologise for,” David said firmly, “Jane has never liked me, we both know that, but all I care about is you. You are my sunshine on a cloudy day, my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You are chaotic and brilliant and caring and wonderful Oliver. My life before you had been dull and grey, and now you’re here, I cannot imagine a life without you by my side to hold my hand. I want to share every single day with you, through the good times and the bad.”

“You’re such a sap,” Olly smiled cheekily back at David causing him to smile. David pulled Olly’s face up to meet his, “but I’m your sap,” David replied before tenderly kissing his sweet lips.

Chapter 2 – The Springs

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After telling Sarah, Nick & Charlie and David & Olly go to tell Jane and Julio Spring.

After saying their goodbyes to Sarah, the boys decided to walk round to the Springs’ house. Oliver and Charlie were both grateful for the extra time to mentally prepare themselves for seeing their mother. Jane Spring never really understood any of her children, to her Tori wasn’t ‘feminine’ enough, Charlie was too ‘fragile’ to make his own decisions and Olly was still just a baby in her eyes.

Things had gotten a little easier for both Tori and Charlie when they moved in with their partners, but they still tried to minimise the number of times they visited, keeping to the lowest number they thought they could get away with. They both knew if they didn’t occasionally show their faces that it would just be another compliant for their mother to add to the long list of things that made them bad offspring in her eyes.

Olly hadn’t yet ‘officially’ moved out of their parents’ house, but these days he spent most of his time at David’s, they practically lived together in all but name. Jane still wasn’t happy about his relationship with David, she didn’t view him as being suitable for her son because he was ‘too old’ for Olly. So although David had asked him several times to move in with him, Olly had been resisting so that it wasn’t something she could hold over David as another reason they shouldn’t be together.

Sensing Charlie’s anxiety building as they got closer, Nick pulled him in tight to his side, giving Charlie something else to focus on and ground him in their happiness rather than his anxiety. While Nick didn’t hate Jane Spring, he certainly hated the way that even the thought of her affected his fiancé. Nick was a natural protector, he would fight fiercely to protect anyone and everyone that he cared about, and that instinct was at it’s strongest when it came to the man he loved.

Olly was also nervous about seeing his parents. He didn’t know how his father would react, but his mother would most likely be furious with him and David. He just hoped that David would remain calm and not get riled by her reaction. Unlike Nick who spent many of his teenage years visiting the Springs’ home, David had been spared too many encounters with Jane so far and had yet to experience the full force of Jane Spring’s wrath.

When the Springs’ house came into view, David instinctively reached down and took Olly’s hand in his own. He gave it a reassuring squeeze to wordlessly let him know that he was by his side and nothing was going to change that.

None of them had spoken since they left Sarah’s, and when they arrived at the house Nick turned to Charlie and asked, “Ready Char?”

Charlie let out a long breathe before giving a silent nod to his partner. Nick turned to David & Olly who had been walking behind them, “Ready guys?”

David and Olly looked at each other and Olly was the first to speak, “David, I just-,”

David held his finger up to Olly’s lips to interrupt him, “Olly, I love you, nothing that happens in there is going to change that, so if you’re about to apologise before anything has even happened, save it ok?” Olly thought in that moment he fell in love with David even more than he already did. They shared a chaste kiss and turned back to Nick to say they were ready.

After one final deep breathe, they approached the front door and as Charlie was about to ring the bell in an attempt to give them a few more seconds to compose themselves, the door opened and their sister Tori was standing there.

“How do you do that?” Charlie and Olly asked in unison.

“Older sister magic,” Tori stated without a change to her usual solemn expression. Tori stepped aside so her brothers and their partners could move inside the house.

“How come you’re here today?” Olly asked his sister.

“Jane called saying she absolutely needed me to clear out my old room today so that she could turn it into a guest room,” Tori said before sipping lemonade through the jet black straw sticking out of the top of her glass. “I don’t know why, she hates having people stay,” Tori added.

“So you’re here to tell them then?” Tori asked Nick & Charlie having seen Nick’s post on Instagram, Charlie just nodded knowing his sister would understand how he was feeling. Tori then turned to Olly and David and stated, “You got engaged too didn’t you.” There was no question in her voice, just a statement of fact. Unlike their brothers, David & Olly hadn’t posted anything online about their own engagement yet, choosing to keep it for themselves a little longer.

“What? No, Shut-up” Olly tried to act as if Tori had made a ridiculous suggestion, but she always knew, he didn’t know how but neither he nor Charlie could ever get anything past their sister.

“Nick, David, I didn’t know you were coming over today,” Jane questioned as she walked into the hall.

“Nice to see you too Mum,” Olly muttered under his breathe, if Jane noticed she didn’t say anything.

“We thought it was time we visited you and Dad,” Charlie said while shooting his brother a look trying to tell him to not rile Jane the second they arrived.

“You could have called first,” Jane snarkily replied before leading them into the lounge. David couldn’t get his head around why she wasn’t just happy to see her boys, his own Mum was always thrilled to see him and Nick whether they called in advance or not. He chose to bite his tongue rather than say anything, for Olly’s sake, but he knew things were only going to get worse before they got better.

Julio Spring was sitting in an armchair reading a paper when they walked into the lounge, “Hi boys, this is a nice surprise,” he greeted his sons and their partners as he put his paper down on a table beside him. Unlike at Sarah’s, Nick and Charlie didn’t sit on each other’s laps they just squeezed in side-by-side on the sofa alongside David and Oliver. Jane sat next to her husband in the other armchair while Tori stood in the doorway still drinking her lemonade.

Charlie decided it was best to rip the plaster off and share the reason for their visit straight away, hoping to get out of there as soon as they could and back to their own home, their safe space. “Mum, Dad, we have some news,” Charlie started pausing to take one final deep breathe. “Last night, Nick and I, well,” he looked to Nick who was looking back at him with nothing but adoration in his eyes, “we got engaged.”

There was silence for a moment before Jane started, “Are you sure you’re ready? What with your health issues and everything. I think it might be too soon.”

“We’ve been together 10 years Mum, it’s not too soon,” Charlie replied choosing to ignore her comment about his ‘health issues’, it had been years since he’d had any major setbacks with his mental health.

“Marriage is a lot of work. You and Nick are young and might not be able to handle that,” Jane said really digging in on her thoughts that Charlie was mentally unstable.

“Mrs Spring, I love your son and we take care of each other, through good days and bad,” Nick responded this time, trying to ease the pressure for Charlie.

“I’m sure you do Nick, but Charlie isn’t like other boys-“ Jane continued before Tori interrupted her, “Charlie is fine Mum, and as you seem to have forgotten, Nick was there for him when he was at his worst and he’s still here.” Charlie & Nick were so glad Tori was there to fight their corner for them.

Before Jane had a chance to say anything more on the matter, Julio stood up to cut her off and walked over to Nick & Charlie to shake their hands saying, “Congratulations boys,” as he did. Jane glaring at his back in annoyance.

One down, one to go, Olly thought to himself, it was his turn but nothing could prepare him for what happened next.

“So, erm, I’ve got some news to share too,” Olly shakily started once Julio had returned to his armchair. David squeezed Olly’s hand between them before Olly continued, “David and I, well, we,” Olly paused dreading what he thought was about to happen, “we got engaged too.”

“Called it,” Tori chimed in from the doorway.

“No, no you didn’t,” Jane said as if it was a matter of fact.

Slightly confused by her reaction Olly responded, “Yes Mum, we did. We’re getting married.”

“Don’t be silly Oliver, you’re far too young, I forbid it.”

“Forbid it? I’m not a child, I’m 22.”

 “You are too young to make a decision as big as this Oliver. I don’t care what notions he’s been filling your head with,” Jane stated while waving her hand in David’s direction, “but this fling will not last. He’s far too old for you. You’ll find someone much more appropriate for you when the time is right.”

David’s hand that wasn’t holding onto Oliver balled into a fist, he couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He didn’t care what Jane said about him, all that mattered to him was what Olly thought, he considered stepping in and saying something but before he could a voice shouted from beside him.

“MORE APPROPRIATE! My brother would give his life for your son. They are so in love and you have the cheek to dismiss what they have as a fling,” everyone turned in shock towards Nick, who had stood to shout at Jane Spring. David felt tears forming in the corners of his eyes, he’d never felt as close to his younger brother than he did in that moment.

In an attempt to try and calm the situation Julio started to speak, “What I think your mother means is-,” but he was cut of by Jane who was also now standing, “OLIVER JONATHAN SPRING while you live under my roof you will not be marrying this man!”

Rather than rise to her outburst, Olly calmly turned to his partner and asked, “Is that offer to move in still open?”

David gave Olly a loving smile, “Always my love.”

Olly smiled back before standing, not realising their hands so that David had to get up to his feet with him. He turned back to Jane and coldly said, “I’ll go pack my things,” before leading David out of the room and up to his now former bedroom.

Chapter 1 – Sarah

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This story continues from my previous work, ‘The Proposals’.

It’s the day after Nick & Charlie and David & Oliver got engaged on Valentine’s Day, the boys decide it’s time to go and tell their parents the news.

Last night was a very special Valentine’s Day. Nick and Charlie proposed to each other after almost 10 years together. It was almost a disaster after Charlie thought Nick’s stunned silence after he proposed was a rejection, but everything turned out ok and when they went home that night, they made slow and sweet love together.

Last night was also the night that Olly proposed to his boyfriend David. It wasn’t what you would consider a traditional proposal, but it was so perfectly them, much like the rough and passionate night they enjoyed together when they got home to David’s apartment.

The four boys decided they would all go together to tell Sarah about their engagements. They wanted to start off with the one person they believed would be happy for them. They knew the conversations with Charlie & Oliver’s parents, and Nick & David’s father were not going to be comfortable ones. Jane Spring was never happy with anything her children did, and Stéphane Nelson didn’t understand Nick’s sexuality and still didn’t know about David’s, so that was going to make that conversation extra interesting.

None of them had told Sarah they were visiting, they knew she would always be happy to see any of her boys, and she included Charlie and Oliver in that, whether they visited with her sons or not. Nick & Charlie arrived a few minutes before David & Oliver and waited in their car for the other couple to arrive.

“Do you think it’ll be ok?” Charlie asked his fiancé while toying with the hem of his jumper, a nervous habit that he started back in school.

“Yeah, I think she’s going to be so happy for us Char,” Nick smiled taking hold of Charlie’s hand, “She already loves you like a son, now it’s just going to be official.”

“You know that makes us sound like brothers,” Charlie teased.

“Do you think we’re like brothers after what I did to you last night?” Nick gave Charlie his best flirtatious smile causing Charlie to blush. Nick leaned in and started kissing Charlie’s neck, teasing soft moans from Charlie, the way he’d learned Charlie loved from years of exploring every inch of his body.

The pair were startled from their embrace by a tap on the window. Nick looked up from his spot nestling in Charlie’s neck and David & Oliver were standing outside the car. Nick groaned, “Our brothers are here.”

Charlie took hold of Nick’s hand, “Come on love, we need to go tell Sarah our news.”

Nick groaned again, “But kissing is so fun.” Charlie chuckled and gave Nick one more kiss before reaching to open his car door. Nick climbed out too and walked round to the greet David & Oliver.

“Didn’t you two get enough last night?” David teased his brother.

“Like you and Olly can ever get enough each other either. You literally had sex in the restaurant bathroom last night,” Nick teased right back.

“It wasn’t sex, I just gave him a blowjob,” Olly chipped in.

“Too much information little brother,” Charlie pretended to gag.

“Come on, lets all go inside before Mum sees us through the window and wonders why we’re loitering out here,” David suggested. The couples walked up to Sarah’s front door, the home were David and Nick had grown up, the place Charlie used to run to when life at home with his own Mum got to be too much. Nick used his key to open the door and called out, “Mum, we’re home.”

“Nicky? I wasn’t expecting you and Charlie today,” Sarah called from the Kitchen. “Would you boys like some tea?” she added still out of sight. Before any of the boys had a chance to reply, she walked into the hall and was surprised to see it wasn’t just Nick & Charlie that had arrived. “Oh, David, Olly I didn’t realise you were here too. What have I done to deserve this unexpected treat?” Sarah was smiling seeing all her boys together.

Just a few years ago it had felt like she was always trying to keep the peace between Nick and David, the two brothers always clashing with each other. At one point it was so bad she wasn’t sure if they’d even be able to spend Christmas together as a family. So to see them together now, with smiles on their faces made Sarah so happy.

“Can’t we just pop in and visit our lovely Mum,” David asked.

“Of course you can darling,” she said pulling each of them into a hug. After making everyone a cup of tea they all settled on the sofa in the lounge. David and Olly were sat next to each other on the sofa, David’s arm instinctively wrapped around his boyfriend. Next to them Charlie was sat in Nick’s lap, while Sarah sat opposite them in an armchair.

After taking a sip of her tea, Sarah was the first to speak up, “While you are of course always welcome to visit, it’s not like you all to turn up together so either this is an intervention or somethings happened,” Sarah teased.

“Yes Mum, this is an intervention, we’re really concerned about you,” David deadpanned causing Olly to hit him in the side.

“We actually did have something we wanted to tell you Mum,” Nick started.

“So, something happened last night,” Charlie nervously continued causing Sarah’s face to change to one of concern.

“Oh babies, oh no, what happened,” Sarah sounded worried.

“No, no, Mum it wasn’t bad,” Nick reassured her, “so, Charlie and I,” Nick started looking at his fiancé with love his eyes.

“We got engaged,” Charlie finished for him, the pair held up their hands to show off their rings.

Sarah got up and wrapped her arms around Nick and Charlie with tears in her eyes, “Oh babies, I’m so happy for you both.” After they finished their embrace Sarah held both their hands to admire their engagement rings.

After she returned to the armchair Sarah asked, “So who asked who?”

Nick and Charlie told Sarah about their joint proposals, and the almost disaster in the restaurant. They all laughed at how silly it all was, and Sarah was so happy that it all worked out for them both. All the while Olly and David kept quiet beside Nick and Charlie, knowing that soon they’d have to share their own news.

Olly was starting to feel nervous; Sarah had always been so welcoming to him, but he was worrying she’d think it was too soon for them. He knew they hadn’t been together as long as Nick & Charlie, but he knew that David was it for him.

David hadn’t said anything to Olly, but he was nervous too. He knew she’d be fine with Nick & Charlie getting engaged, it just made sense after they’d been together 10 years, they already lived together, this was the natural next step for their relationship. But for him and Olly, their relationship was so much newer, at least that’s how it looked to everyone else. He had no doubts in his own mind that he wanted to marry Olly, he loved him with every fibre of his being. He just wanted to wake up every morning next to him for the rest of their lives.

After the conversation of Nick & Charlie’s engagement had come to its natural conclusion, Olly & David knew it was their turn now. Olly looked up at David and gave him a loving smile of encouragement.

David turned towards his Mum, “So Mum, Olly and I had a pretty eventful Valentine’s too.”

“Don’t tell me you got engaged too,” Sarah joked.

Olly and David looked at each other before turning back to Sarah, “Well,” David paused before showing his own new engagement ring. Sarah’s hand shot up to her mouth which dropped in shock at her oldest son’s announcement.

After the shock had sunk in, she rushed over and squeezed David & Olly to her in the same way she’d embraced Nick & Charlie a few moments ago. “I’m so happy for both of you too,” Sarah said with more tears in her eyes.

“So I’m guessing you asked David then Olly, as I don’t see a ring on your finger,” Sarah commented.

“Yeah, I just love him so much and I didn’t want David doubting that,” Olly smiled up at his future husband.

“Aw, that’s so sweet, did you get down on one knee?” Sarah asked and if David had been drinking at that moment Olly was sure he would have been spitting it out.

“Yeah, I did,” Olly tried to say without smirking, “he was so shocked when I asked him that I had to repeat the question 3 times before he said yes,” Olly fondly remembered how David was sill dazed from his orgasm at the time he’d proposed to him. David felt like his face must have gone bright red now, as he remembered their antics from the night before. The boys stayed for lunch and David was grateful Olly kept the full extent of what happened during their proposal out of the conversation. After lunch the boys knew they couldn’t put it off any longer, they had to go and tell Charlie and Oliver’s parents, a visit that none of the boys were looking forward to.

Chapter 7

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Olly puts his plan into action.

CW: If you have read this far dear reader then I thank you, but I now need to apologise. In this chapter Olly & David have been such naughty boys that I’ve had to change this stories rating to Mature.

David

Seeing Nick so happy filled David with joy. It didn’t surprise him that both him and Charlie had the idea to propose at the same time, they were always so in tune to each other’s needs that they must have somehow sensed that they were both ready to take the next step.

Their mum, Sarah, was going to be so happy for them too, but David wasn’t sure how his father was going to take the news. He didn’t really know how to take Nick coming out and he still didn’t know about David and his relationship with Olly. He was always too wrapped up in his own life to really care about getting to know him and Nick. It took him a while, but David no longer cared what his father thought of him or expected of him. He was happy with his life, and that’s what mattered.

After the boys had finished their main courses, the waiter came round to clear the table and ask if they wanted to order desserts. Olly was quick to speak up before anyone else had a chance, “Can we have a few minutes first please,” after which the waiter retreated from the table. David gave Olly a look of confusion but suddenly there was no doubt as to why he’d sent the waiter away. Oliver gave David a wink and said to table, “I’m just going to the bathroom,” not that either Nick or Charlie noticed, they were still too busy looking into each other’s eyes and holding hands across the table.

David gave it a few moments after Olly disappeared into the bathroom before he followed him, not bothering to say anything to the newly engaged lovers. David made quick work of crossing the restaurant to the bathroom door. He pushed the door open and before it had fully swung shut Olly had pounced on him. David instinctively grabbed hold of Olly’s legs as he wrapped them round his body, their lips immediately connecting as if they hadn’t kissed in a month.

David walked them back into one of the cubicles and between them they managed to knock the door closed without breaking from their embrace. Olly shifted down David’s body and quickly slid the cubicle’s lock into place before giving David a look that sent the blood rushing straight to his cock.

Oliver

After locking the cubicle door, Oliver made quick work of undoing David’s trousers and pulling them and his boxers down to the floor as he moved down onto his knees. David’s cock was standing proud from his body before Olly had even touched him. Olly loved how easily he could get a reaction from David’s body.

Olly leaned forward and started by teasing the tip of David’s cock with his tongue, causing a moan to escape David’s lips. Olly looked up at David with a cheeky grin and reminded him, “You have to keep quiet baby, you don’t want us getting caught before you cum.” Olly quickly followed this by repeating his licks to David’s tip, this time David put his knuckles in his mouth to muffle his moans.

After years of learning how to elicit the most delightful reactions from every inch of David’s body, Olly knew exactly how to bring David to the brink of ecstasy without taking him over the edge before he was ready to. After teasing the tip, Olly starting swallowing each inch of David’s cock until his nose was buried against David’s pubes. Starting slow, he eased off until just the tip was left in his mouth before again taking David’s entire length into his throat.

Oliver gradually built up his speed until he knew David wouldn’t be able to take any more. When he could sense that David was on the edge of his release, Oliver grabbed hold of his balls and squeezed while taking his cock deep into his throat and holding it there the way David loved. David couldn’t take any more, his eyes squeezed shut and he shot his load deep inside Oliver’s throat. Olly gladly swallowed every drop.

It took David a few minutes to come down from his orgasm and when he finally managed to catch his breath again, he opened his eyes and looked down to see Oliver who was still on his knees. But Oliver wasn’t just looking up at David, he’d pulled the ring box out of his jacket and was holding it out in front of him.

“Marry me?” Oliver asked David with a loving smile.

“What?” David asked, still dazed from the intensity of his orgasm.

“Will you marry me David?” Oliver asked again with nothing but confidence.

David was clearly shocked. Oliver stood up so his face was closer to David’s again, “well David?” he asked while gently caressing his arm.

“Yes,” David barely managed to get out before Oliver was locking his lips to David’s again. When they broke apart, David redressed and Olly nervously babbled, “I wasn’t sure if you’d want a ring, but I saw this and thought it represented us, and, erm, will you wear it?”

David smiled, pulled Olly to him in a hug and once again simply replied, “Yes.”

Nick

Nick thought he was the luckiest man alive. He was going to marry Charlie Spring, he didn’t think he was ever going to stop smiling at that thought. He looked down at their hands, joined together on top of the table and took in the sight of the new rings they were now wearing. They were one step closer to being together forever.

He released Charlie’s hands, causing him to let out a little whimper at the loss. Nick reached for his phone from his pocket and opened the camera. He took hold of Charlie’s left hand with his, so that both their rings were on display. He snapped a picture and posted it to his Instagram with the caption ‘We both proposed…we both said yes 😍’, of course tagging Charlie in it too.

Within minutes of hitting post, both of their phones were alight with responses and DMs of congratulations from their friends and families. Nick knew he probably should have waited, so they could tell everyone properly, but he was just so happy. He wanted to scream to the world that he was going to marry the love of his life.

They would still tell their parents in person, as neither Sarah nor Charlie’s parents were on Instagram, but everyone else who mattered to them would soon know their good news. Both Nick and Charlie spent a few minutes looking at messages on their phones, and responding to those they were closest to. Nick then looked up at Charlie and asked, “Are you ok my fiancé?” causing Charlie to blush.

“Yeah,” Charlie smiled, “If you’d have told me 10 years ago that ‘Rugby King Nick Nelson’ would be my fiancé, I’d have thought it was some sick joke,” this caused Nick to feel a pang of sadness at the memory that his Charlie was ever anything but the happy man that he loved. “But Nick, I am so, so happy that you are my fiancé,” Charlie reassured him.

Charlie

Charlie hadn’t really allowed himself to think beyond the proposal before, that little demon of self-doubt preventing him from truly believing that Nick might actually say yes. Now that he had, Charlie could finally think of what’s next. He could finally allow himself to think of wedding plans, and what their future might look like together.

Maybe they’d have a wedding in a fancy hotel, all their friends from school and uni there, Nick’s rugby teammates, Charlie’s friends from the publishing house. Or perhaps something more lowkey, just the Paris Squad and their close family at sunset on the beach where Nick first declared they were boyfriends.

Then after, maybe they’d honeymoon in Paris and finally kiss on the Eiffel Tower, he didn’t really care what they did, as long as he was with his Nick, his future husband. They’d get a dog, maybe have kids someday, Charlie had seen how good Nick was with his students and knew he’d be an incredible dad someday. Charlie didn’t have any doubt in his mind that his and Nick’s future was bright.

Nick gestured to behind where Charlie was seated, towards the restaurant’s bathroom. As Charlie turned to see what he was looking at, Nick said, “those two have been a long time,” when he saw Oliver and David were returning to the table.

“They look happy though,” Charlie mused.

David and Oliver were holding hands when they got back to the table. David spoke first, “So, guys, erm, something happened while we were in the bathroom.”

Nick interrupted David before he could say any more, “David we don’t want to hear about you and Olly having sex,” he shuddered.

“I mean it was really good sex,” Olly cheekily said earning him a spank from David.

“Ewww, Olly, that’s gross,” Charlie joined in.

“But, after that,” Olly continued and smiled up at David, “I asked David to marry me.”

“And I said yes,” David finished for him. Charlie and Nick just stared in shock at their brothers, both stunned into silence.

“Guys,” Olly said while waving his hand in front of Charlie’s face.

Charlie said the first thing that popped into his head, “Mum’s going to hate this,” causing the four of them to burst out laughing.

The End

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Chapter 6

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Nick chases after an upset Charlie.

Nick

What had just happened. Charlie had asked Nick to marry him, he’d beaten him to it and Nick was so shocked that he was just staring at Charlie. Stunned into silence.

Before he realised he needed to respond, Charlie was up on his feet and running back towards the bathroom. Nick tried calling his name but there was no stopping Charlie. Nick chased after Charlie and entered the bathroom just in time to see Charlie slip inside one of the cubicles and lock the door.

Nick stood in front of the closed door, knocked gently and began to speak through it, “Char, please come out,” Charlie didn’t respond but Nick could hear him sniffing on the other side, trying to muffle his crying. “Charlie, Char, please.”

Still nothing, Nick knew what he had to do to. He reached his arms up in the air and, not caring who might hear him, he shouted, “I LOVE CHARLIE SPRING AND WANT TO MARRY HIM”

Nick kept his arms in the air and smiled when he heard the cubicle door unlock and start to creak open. Charlie’s eyes were red, and his cheeks were still wet, “Really?” he asked sounding so small and delicate.

“Wasn’t it obvious? Come here,” Nick held his arms out and Charlie ran into them. Nick held Charlie tight to him.

Charlie

Charlie felt like he’d been on an emotional rollercoaster over the space of just a few minutes. Nick wanted to marry him; he was so happy. Nick had said yes.

Nick loosened his grip on Charlie, looked him in he eyes and started to speak, “I’m sorry I made you think I didn’t want to marry you Char, I just wasn’t expecting it.”

“Oh, is it too soon, do you think we’re too young?” Charlie started to panic.

“No, no, Char, that’s not it, wait,” Nick released Charlie and took a step back. “You see, the reason I wasn’t expecting it, is because I was going to ask you,” Nick reached inside his jacket and pulled out his own ring box.

“Oh my,” it was Charlie’s turn to be stunned, “Why are we like this?” Charlie giggled before pulling Nick in for a passionate kiss.

When they came up for air Charlie asked, “Can I see it?”

Nick opened the ring box and showed Charlie the ring he’d bought, “Oh Nick, it’s beautiful.” Nick reached inside the box, pulled the ring out and held Charlie’s hand. He looked at his face to see if it was ok to slide it onto Charlie’s finger. Charlie nodded and Nick slid the ring on, it was a perfect fit.

Charlie reached back into his own jacket to get his ring for Nick out of its box, “Can I?” Charlie asked, and Nick simply smiled back. Charlie repeated the same motion as Nick just had, and the two of them both looked at their new engagement rings before they kissed again.

David

“Did you know he was going to do that?” David asked Olly as they waited at the table after both their brothers ran off.

“No, he didn’t tell me. He kept that really quiet,” Olly replied.

“Do you think we should check on them?”

“No, they just need some time, I’m sure they’ll be alright,” Olly reassured him.

The food started to arrive at the table, and just when David thought he was going to have to go and get them before the food went cold, Nick and Charlie emerged from the bathroom walking hand in hand with matching smiles on their faces. Olly and David were both waiting for one of the couple to say something but they were both just grinning like Cheshire cats.

“Well?” David finally asked.

“He said yes,” they both said in unison as they each held up their hands to show off their rings. The whole restaurant then burst into applause causing Charlie to blush and burry his head in Nick’s shoulder.

“Congratulations, we’re so happy for you both,” David replied on his and Olly’s behalf while taking Olly’s hand across the table. David really was so happy for his brother, he’d grown into such a warm & loving man, and him and Charlie really were perfect for each other.

Olly

Olly loved the way David had spoken for both of them, it felt really grown-up, it felt like a really couple-y thing to do. Sure, it wouldn’t have been to some people’s taste, but Olly loved it so much. He loved David so much.

Nick and Charlie retook their seats and they all started eating their meals. Olly noticed that between each mouthful Nick and Charlie just kept smiling at each other, he suspected they didn’t really remember that he or David were there, or the rest of the restaurant for that matter. They were just so happy.

Olly turned to look at David and as if he sensed his boyfriends gaze on him, David turned and gave Olly his amazing smile that made Olly feel butterflies inside his tummy. Olly was even more certain now. He was going to propose to David tonight. He had it all worked out, he just had to get David alone.

Chapter 5

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Who will propose first?

Nick

After their drinks arrived, Charlie got up to go to the bathroom saying he just wanted to wash his hands. Nick was grateful to get a few moments alone with his brother and Olly. Once he was sure Charlie was out of sight Nick turned to the other men and confessed, “Guys, I don’t think I’ve been this nervous since I was trying to come out to our friends at school.”

“You know he’s going to say yes, what have you got to be nervous about,” Olly stated as if it was already a certainty that Charlie was going to accept.

“Exactly Nick, it’ll be fine,” David agreed then turned to Olly, “Wait, you knew?”

“D’uh,” Olly replied not giving any more of an answer to David than that.

Olly put his hand on Nick’s shaking knee and reassured him with a soft smile, “You’ve got this Nick.”

Nick rubbed the back of his neck they way he often did when he was stressed, hoping it would somehow ease the anxiety that had been building more and more since he first decided to propose last year. When he saw Charlie walking back towards the table, his mood changed instantly. Giving  Charlie the biggest sappiest smile, the one he always got whenever he saw Charlie walk into a room.

David

Olly knew that Nick was going to propose to Charlie, this was news to David. David realised Nick must have confided in him before today, as they certainly hadn’t had time alone together since David and Nick had picked up the Spring brothers. He was a little sad to know that Nick didn’t feel he could come to him, but David knew that was his own fault really. They had been gradually working on repairing their relationship, and David was grateful that the damage he caused hadn’t been irreparable, but there was still a way to go.

He was glad though that Nick felt he could go to Olly. Olly was an such an amazing man. David loved how caring, kind and passionate he was. Every time he woke up next to him he felt so lucky that Olly wanted to spend his time with him. David looked at his boyfriend and he could see just why Nick always got a sappy look whenever he saw Charlie, he was sure he got the exact same look whenever he looked at Olly.

Could he see himself marrying Olly? Sure, he’d like to, but David wasn’t sure if Olly would even be the marrying type. It wasn’t something they had ever discussed; they’d only been together for a few years and honestly David didn’t need to be married to Olly to know how they felt about each other. But someday, if Olly hadn’t got tired of him, yeah, he really could see it.

Oliver

David was looking at Oliver with such a goofy smile that it was making him want to ditch his original proposal plan and just ask him now. He was so in love with David Nelson and he wanted the rest of their lives together to start as soon as they could. But no, tonight was supposed to be Nick’s night, Olly was going to stick to his original plan.

Before Charlie came back to the table, Olly pulled out his phone and sent a quick and simple text to David that he knew he wouldn’t be able to resist. It simply said:

Meet me in the bathroom before dessert 😈

He saw David pull his phone out of his pocket and his eyes immediately shot up towards Oliver when he read the message. Oliver gave him a look that David would know meant that Olly had mischief planned for them, and then grinned when he saw David was so flustered that his hands were shaking when he reached for his drink.

Oliver couldn’t deny that making David flustered was one of his favourite things, especially when he was being a brat. He loved that it brought out David’s dominant side when they were having sex, sure sometimes he loved it to be sweet and sensual, but honestly sometimes he just needed it rough and hard, and he knew David loved it too. Everything was just so intense when they were together and Olly hoped it always would be.

Charlie

Charlie went to the bathroom to splash some water on his face and give himself a moment to take a few deep breaths before he made his move. He looked at himself in the mirror and tweaked a stray curl that wasn’t quite sitting right. He reached inside his jacket pocket, pulled out the ring box and checked its contents one last time. He held the box in his hand, took one final breath and returned to the restaurant.

As soon as Nick saw him returning, his face lit up, Charlie loved the way Nick still lit up whenever he entered the room. His smile was always so infectious and had him smiling straight back. It was now or never, he got back to the table and instead of sitting back down in his chair, Charlie got down on one knee in front of his Nicholas.

Nick’s smile turned to shock, as did David and Olly’s but Charlie didn’t notice them, his  eyes were firmly fixed on his boyfriend. Charlie opened the ring box and held it out in front of him before he started to speak.

“Nick, we’ve been together since we were teens, we’ve gone through so much and come out the other side stronger, I love you so much. Will you marry me?”

He’d done it, Charlie had popped the question, he can’t believe he actually did it. But, wait, Nick was just staring at him. He wasn’t saying anything. “Oh god”, Nick didn’t want to marry him, what had he done. Charlie jumped to his feet and ran back to the bathroom, Nick was calling after him but Charlie couldn’t stop, he needed to get out of there.

Chapter 4

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The boys arrive at the Treetop Lounge.

Nick

As they pulled up outside the Treetop Lounge in the heart of the City of London, Nick entwined his fingers with Charlie’s instinctively as they climbed out of the back of David’s Lexus. Drawing comfort for himself to steady his nerves and, unknown to him, helping to steady his boyfriend’s nerves too. The building in front of them was one of the tallest in the city, with the restaurant at the top advertising the best 360-degree views of the capital.

After David handed over his keys to the parking valet and came round to take hold of Oliver’s hand, the four of them boarded the lift at the bottom of the tower that would whisk them up to the restaurant level where they had made their reservations for the evening. Nick gasped when the lift doors open and they stepped out. He’d seen pictures online when he and Olly were discussing where to pick but the pictures didn’t do it justice.

The restaurant was both elegant and magical, a canopy of leaves and branches adorned the ceiling making it feel as if you were up amongst the treetops. The bar situated in the centre of the space was made to look like the tree’s trunk, with little indents for bottles at different points. Branches fanning out from this central point to make it all feel connected. Each table had silk napkins in golden earth tones and delicate tea lights placed in the centre to give a subdued atmosphere. The lighting from above being intertwined with the tree canopy to add to the effect of feeling like you were up at the top of the trees instead of just at the top of another of  London’s ever-growing number of skyscrapers.

Someone must have given the maître d their names, but Nick wasn’t sure who as he had been too distracted by the restaurant’s magical atmosphere. As they were shown to their table, that was when Nick noticed for the first time the view outside the windows. London’s skyline was  lit beautifully against the dark night’s sky.

David

The maître d asked Nick for the name of our party twice and he hadn’t noticed, so David had to step up and tell him instead. They were led to a table next to one of the many windows that surrounded the space, views of the historic Tower Bridge and the Tower of London down below. David pulled out a chair by the window for Olly and then went round and sat opposite him, thinking that Nick would probably want to be on the outside if he was going to do the traditional proposal down on one knee.

Once he sat down, David watched as his brother copied his actions for his own boyfriend by pulling out the chair next to him for Charlie to sit and then Nick sat opposite, next to Oliver. David gave Nick a small smile across the table, sensing how nervous his younger brother was for tonight. The maître d handed each of them a menu and they all started to look through the options inside.

David felt Charlie’s leg start to twitch next to him and Nick must have felt it too because he looked up and asked his partner, “Everything ok Char?”

“Erm, yeah it’s just, this place, its,” Charlie paused, “a bit pricey.”

“Oh, erm” Nick breathed out and before he had a chance to continue, Oliver turned to his brother and said matter of factly, “Don’t worry Charlie, tonight’s on David,” before turning to David and saying, “Isn’t that right Davey,” with the most outrageously flirty look that he knew David would do absolutely anything for.

David’s mouth suddenly felt dry, “Absolutely,” he coughed, “Of course, don’t worry about the cost,” he tried to reassure Charlie before taking a sip of the water on the table.

Oliver

Oliver knew he probably should have checked with David first, before offering for him to pay for their evening, but he’d make it up to him when they were alone in David’s apartment later that night, and if it gave David an excuse to spank him as part of that, then even better, he thought to himself.

He knew how nervous Nick was when planning tonight, what with trying to balance the romance of his proposal with making sure there were safe foods available for Charlie to choose from, particularly in this space he wasn’t familiar with. Oliver was really impressed with how it wasn’t something that Nick struggled with, or even really had to think about, to him, it was just part of Charlie and he made sure to do whatever he could to help.

Oliver was looking forward to officially being Nick’s brother-in-law, because he already felt like family to him. Not just because Nick had always been around since he was a teen, or because he was always looking out for Charlie, but because he was also there for him. When Charlie was taken to hospital as an in-patient, Nick would still visit and spend time with Olly, spending time after school playing Mario Kart with him and teaching him how to bake. Sure it was probably as much for himself as it was for Olly, but he was so grateful to him for that time. His parents never wanted to talk about why Charlie wasn’t around.

A few years later, when Olly was first trying to understand his sexuality, Nick was there for him. He didn’t judge him or question him, he just listened and tried to give advice. He’d been through the same gay-crisis when he met Charlie and with Nick’s help Olly realised he was pansexual. He also stood by him when Olly was ready to come out to his family, he knew his brother and sister would be fine with it, but his parents still saw him as the baby of the family who needed to be protected at all costs.

Charlie

Everything on the menu looked so good to Charlie but also so expensive. He didn’t want to look like he was taking advantage of David, he couldn’t believe Oliver had announced that David was paying. He was pretty sure from the expression on David’s face, that he and Olly hadn’t talked about that before hand, but if Charlie knew his brother, he was sure he would find some way to make it up to him once they were home later. Not that he wanted to know what that way would be, as he mentally tried to shake away any thoughts of David and Oliver in that way.

He saw several of his safe dishes on the menu and while Charlie would have liked to try some of the more interesting items on there, he knew with how anxious he currently was, that if he stood a chance of eating anything tonight he should stick to one of those choices instead. From beside him, David asked if anyone was getting a starter and he was grateful that both Nick and Olly, knowing that Charlie might struggle more with a starter first, said they were going to go straight to main and save room for dessert if they wanted anything more.

David didn’t know about Charlie’s eating disorder, he’d been away at uni when Charlie was admitted to hospital, and as it was only in the last few years that things had improved between the 3 of them, it just wasn’t something he’d ever shared with David.

The waiter came over and took their orders before returning with everyone’s drinks. While they were waiting for their food to arrive, Charlie had made his decision. He was going to ask Nick before their food arrived, he knew he wouldn’t be able to eat at all if he waited any longer.

Chapter 3

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David drives the group to the restaurant.

Nick

All the nerves Nick had felt earlier in the drive over were immediately forgotten as soon as he saw his Charlie. He looked so hot in his suit, Nick just wanted to skip the restaurant and carry him back upstairs to Charlie’s childhood bedroom and strip him out of it so that he could explore the sexy body he knew was hiding underneath. Nick felt that he and Charlie were just two halves of one whole, needing to be close to one another to feel complete.

Now he was in the back of the car with Charlie by his side, any doubts he had about proposing were long gone. Tonight, had to be the night, if he left it any longer he thought he might explode. In Nick’s heart he knew that if he could marry Charlie tomorrow, it wouldn’t be soon enough. He felt like a teenager that had a crush on someone, mentally going through married names in his head as he thought of all the different possibilities.

Mr Nicholas Spring

Mr Charles Nelson

Mr & Mr Nicholas & Charles Nelson-Spring

Mr & Mr Charles & Nicholas Spring-Nelson

It wasn’t something he and Charlie had ever really discussed, but Nick knew he didn’t care if they changed their names or not, or what name they picked if they did choose a change, as long as he could shout out to the world that he was Charlie’s. Just like he had screamed it to the sea back on the beach all those years ago when he shouted out that, ‘He liked Charlie Spring in a romantic way, not just a friend way’. Nick was sure if he was on that beach again now, he’d be shouting to anyone that would listen that, ‘He loved Charlie Spring in every way possible and would go on loving him until the day they died!’

David

The car ride to the restaurant was unusually quiet, he suspected Nick was still nervous about his plans to propose that evening, and Charlie wasn’t the most talkative, at least not around him. But even Olly was quiet tonight which really wasn’t like him at all.

David reached his hand across to squeeze Olly’s knee and asked, “Everything ok Oll?”

“Hmm,” Olly responded not hearing what David had asked.

“I asked if everything was ok, you seem quiet.”

“Yeah, I think I’m just worried I won’t fit in at this fancy restaurant. It must be fancy if we all have to dress up like this.,” he said gesturing to his suit.

“How do you know the restaurant is fancy? Maybe this was just an excuse for me to see your sexy ass in those tight trousers?” David teased.

“Davey, you can’t say that in front of our brothers,” Oliver gasped in mock shock.

David glanced in the rear-view mirror at his brother and future brother-in-law, “Haha, I don’t think they’re paying us any attention Oll.”

Oliver

Oliver hoped David had believed his reason for being distracted. He’d actually been thinking of how he was going to propose. Should he get down on one knee, or sneak the ring into his desert, or maybe just reach across the table, take hold of his hands and ask him. So many possibilities, but none of them felt quite right, none of them felt quite them.

He probably should have considered what he was going to do before this point, but every time he’d tried he got distracted. His thoughts had drifted to what-ifs instead, like What if David said no or that he thought it was to soon, or that Olly was too young to know what he wanted.

And then what if David actually said yes, what would their wedding be like, would David want a big ceremony surrounded by all their friends & family, or would he want something more intimate. Olly would even be happy with just running away and eloping, as long as he could show David just how committed he was to their relationship.

The thought also occurred to him that he didn’t want to steal Nick’s moment, he knew Nick had been waiting such a long time to propose to his brother. He didn’t want either of them thinking that he was just trying to get everyone’s attention on him. It was then that it occurred to him, he knew exactly how he was going to propose to David.

Charlie

Nick seemed distracted in the car, normally he’d be all over Charlie whenever they were this close, but Charlie didn’t mind. It gave him time to try and calm his nerves, he kept tapping his pocket to make sure the box with the ring was still there. He’d had so many bad dreams the last few weeks, dreams where Nick said no and left him, dreams that he’d lost the ring, or it had slipped inside the lining of his jacket.

Once he woke from each of these dreams and saw his beautiful Nicky lying next to him, he knew it was just his brain doing what it always did, showing him the worst possible scenarios to make him feel worthless. His years in therapy had helped him to at least recognise when this was happening now, rather than allowing him to spiral further and further into the bad thoughts. Normally he’d talk to Nick when he was starting to feel like this, but then he’d have to ruin the surprise. Charlie knew that it was just the stress of the unknown that had Charlie in a spin.

Charlie knew, deep down, that Nick wouldn’t leave him; he also knew deep down that it was only a matter of time until the two of them got married. They’d never discussed it but they were already married in all but name. They spent every moment when they weren’t working together, they were always invited to events as Nick & Charlie, as if they were one person rather than two, and everything in their apartment was theirs rather than Nick’s or Charlie’s. He just wished that that knowledge would be enough to quiet the little voice of doubt that sat at the back of his mind.

Chapter 2

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Nick and David pick up Charlie and Oliver for their Valentine’s night.

Nick

That evening David picked Nick up from the apartment he shared with Charlie. To make the evening extra special, Olly had convinced Charlie that they should get ready at their parents’ house so that their boyfriends could pick them up, just like old times. Nick liked the idea when Olly had suggested it but now it was just more time for Nick to be second-guessing his plans.

David must have sensed how anxious he was because he asked, “Everything alright over there Nicky?”

Nick needed to talk about it, he needed reassurance that he wasn’t making a mistake. “Erm, not exactly,” Nick paused to take a deep breath before continuing, “I’m planning on proposing to Charlie,” then adding at the end, “tonight.”

“That’s amazing Nicky, but why are you anxious? It’s obvious how crazy you two are about each other,” David tried to reassure him.

“But what if he doesn’t want to get married or thinks we’re too young or that it’s too soon,” Nick started to have a small panic attack. David pulled the car over to the side of the road so he could comfort his brother.

“Nick, breathe, just breathe, deep breathes. You and Charlie have been together for almost 10 years, no one could think it’s too soon. You already live together, and he loves you so much Nicky. You must know that.”

A few deep breaths and Nick was starting to calm again. David just waited patiently for Nick to be ready.

“Thanks David, you turned out to not be that bad a brother after all,” Nick tried to tease as he regained his composure.

“Ha, right back at you Nicky boy. We ready to get going?” David asked with true care in his voice for his little brother. Nick nodded and David started the car up again to continue to get their boys.

David

David truly was pleased for his brother; he didn’t have a single doubt that Charlie wouldn’t accept Nick’s marriage proposal. Everyone could see those two were soulmates. There were still days when David regretted how he first reacted to seeing Nick and Charlie together, realising years later that it was just his own repressed feelings of being bisexual that caused him to lash out. They were in a much better place now, there was still bridges to repair between them, but the resentment David had once felt towards Nick was long since gone.

As they drove in a comfortable silence towards the Springs’ house, David’s thoughts drifted to his own boyfriend, his Olly. He didn’t understand what Olly could possibly see in him, he knew it wouldn’t last forever – someone younger, more fun, more like Olly would come along and be able to offer him things that David couldn’t. David dreaded that day, but he knew he wouldn’t stand in the way of Oliver being happy. For now, Olly was his, he was so happy whenever he was with Oliver, it’s like he wasn’t whole unless Oliver was by his side.

David had sometimes thought what it might be like to have a future with Oliver Spring, he’d picture them getting married somewhere crazy like while scuba diving or maybe on a beach at sunset just the two of them. Something so different from a traditional wedding, but full of the love they felt for each other. Maybe if they had met at school, like Nick and Charlie, or perhaps at university, then things might have been different. Even if that future seemed almost impossible to him, David knew he would cling on to everything Olly would give him, for as long as he would have him.

Oliver

Oliver heard the car pull up outside. He double-checked how he looked in the mirror of his bedroom before tucking the ring he’d bought into the pocket inside his jacket. He walked down the hall to his big brother’s childhood bedroom, knocked on the door and called out, “Charlie, our dates are here.”

Charlie pulled open the door and Olly looked at him standing there in his own suit.

“What? Do I look ok?” Charlie asked nervously, returning to look at himself in the mirror to check if something was wrong with his outfit.

Olly followed his brother inside the room, “You look great Charlie, I was just thinking, the Nelson brothers didn’t really stand a chance with how good we look.”

Charlie blushed, “Hardly. Are you sure I look ok?” Charlie said adjusting his suit for the hundredth time that evening.

Olly reached out his hands to hold Charlie’s, “Yes Charlie, Nick is going to love it.”

“Thanks Olly, you look amazing too,” Charlie said, finally taking in how his brother looked.

“Why thank you,” Olly grinned, “Now come on, they’re here and the last thing we want is them getting grilled by Mum.”

Olly and Charlie headed downstairs and were both left speechless when they saw how handsome their boyfriends looked standing there in their suits. Olly was the first to move and ran over to give David a massive hug, whispering into his ear, “I’m going to have so much fun taking this suit off you later on,” causing David’s cheeks to go bright red.

Charlie

When Charlie saw Nick standing there he thought, not for the first time, that he couldn’t believe Nick was his boyfriend. Charlie walked down to stand in front of Nick.

“Hi,” Charlie smiled.

“Hi,” Nick smiled back before pulling Charlie into a hug.

“I missed you,” Nick said without breaking the hug.

“It’s only been a few hours,” Charlie giggled.

“That’s a few hours too long,” Nick groaned, and Charlie was sure he felt Nick smelling him while his face was nuzzled into his neck.

“Nick, don’t we have somewhere to be,” Charlie reminded his boyfriend.

“Oh,” Nick suddenly remembered their plans for the evening and reluctantly released his boyfriend.

Nick and David escorted their partners to David’s car, Nick and Charlie sat in the back, while Olly sat up front with David. When everyone was ready, David gave Olly’s leg one last squeeze and started driving them to the restaurant. Normally Nick and Charlie wouldn’t be able to keep from kissing each other throughout the journey, but Charlie was still distracted by thoughts of the ring that was inside his jacket pocket.

Chapter 1

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Nick, Charlie, David and Oliver are preparing for a romantic valentine’s night together.

In this story Oliver is only a couple of years younger than Charlie, not the age gap that is in the original books.

Olly: 22
Charlie: 24
Nick: 26
David: 30

Nick

Nick Nelson had been dating his childhood sweetheart Charlie Spring since he was 16 years old. They’d had their ups and downs, probably more than most couples, but they’d come out the other side stronger than ever. They’d been to hell and back when Charlie had spent time as an in-patient for his issues with eating; they’d endured being long-distance when Nick moved to Leeds for university and subsequently when Charlie went to Durham to study classics, making as much of the time they could spend together as they possibly could.

After Charlie graduated 4 years ago, they’d moved in together in Rochester to be near their families, Nick getting lucky and landing a job teaching at a local primary school. While Charlie was commuting into London for his job as a copy editor for a publishing house. This year would be Charlie’s 25th birthday in April and Nick had decided that this valentine’s day he was finally going to propose. He’d known for years that there was no one else for him, he’d not looked at another person since the day he first met Charlie back at Truham. He’d only waited this long because he needed everything to be perfect, he’d been saving for a ring that screamed ‘Charlie Spring’, something simple but elegant, just like his boyfriend.

He’d originally planned to propose at Christmas, but they’d spent the festive season at the Springs’ family home and Jane Spring’s overbearing attitudes had put Charlie into one of his ‘down days’ as they called them. Nick didn’t want Charlie’s memory of him proposing to be overshadowed by those negative emotions. So now that Valentine’s Day was here, it was the most romantic time to pop the question. Nick was pretty sure Charlie would say yes, but he was still nervous, nonetheless.

David

David Nelson never thought of himself as the sappy sort, not like his younger brother Nick, but whenever he thought about his boyfriend Olly he just felt calm and happy. They’d met four years ago when Nick and Charlie hosted the first ‘Nelson-Spring’ family Christmases that had become an annual tradition after they got their own place together. He and Olly found themselves drawn together whenever their two families were in the same place.

Oliver Spring was chaotic and wild, the complete opposite of his older brother, but whenever David was near Olly, he struggled to resist him. He had tried at first, Oliver was 10 years younger than him after all, but once Oliver had set his sights on him, he knew it was all over. Olly brought colour into his otherwise dull life. Olly had been in his first year of uni when they first met and by the time he’d reached his second year, him and David were as close to boyfriends as they could be, although neither of them had told their families yet.

Things weren’t always plain sailing between them, when they fought it was on an epic scale, but they always made up and the make up sex was always amazing. Sometimes David thought Olly picked something to fight over just so they could have ‘the good sex’ as he once put it. David just laughed at his mad antics and played along. It was Olly’s graduation day a year ago when they’d finally ‘told’ their families about the two of them being a couple.

Told, probably isn’t the right word. After Oliver had collected his certificate, he came bounding off the stage and ran straight into David’s arms and gave him the most passionate, and certainly most public kiss they’d ever shared. The whole Nelson-Spring clan had a mix of reactions to this revelation. Jane Spring, Olly’s mother, seemed to be appalled at the sight in front of her, while Nick and Charlie were simply shocked and at a loss for words. David’s mum Sarah was happy for the two of them, while Tori scarily said, “Called it.”

Once they’d all got home that day there was a lot of raised voices in the Springs’ home. Jane had tried to imply that David had ‘groomed’ her son and that he was some kind of pervert for being with someone ‘so much younger’ than him. While Nick and Charlie were hurt for another reason altogether, David had said some pretty nasty things to them when Nick had first come out, which of course he now deeply regretted.

Once the initial shock of him and Olly being together had faded, David and had worked to make amends with his brother and his boyfriend. The relationship between him and Nick was now the best it had ever been. Jane took longer to win over, and David wasn’t entirely sure she was still happy with him dating her son, but Olly had made it very clear to her that if she made him choose between them, that he would choose David every time, filling David with even more love for his Olly.

Oliver

Valentine’s Day was finally here, and Oliver Spring was feeling nervous but excited for the night they had planned. Before Christmas, Nick had confided in Olly that he was planning to propose to Charlie. He’d even asked Olly to go with him to collect the ring that Nick had chosen for his boyfriend. Nick was so disappointed when his plans to propose to Charlie on Christmas Day fell through, but Oliver reassured him that he’d made the right call.

Oliver suggested to Nick that he should wait until Valentine’s Day, as he knew Charlie would love the romance of that. Oliver helped Nick to find a romantic restaurant, deciding on a fancy roof-top restaurant that had amazing views of the London skyline. Nick had insisted on him and David joining them too, as a thank you to Oliver for helping him and wanting to help Oliver to make the evening special for him and David too.

What Nick didn’t know, was that Oliver had his own plans for making the evening special, Oliver was also planning to propose tonight. Last week he had gone back to the same jewellers that Nick had used and picked out a ring for David that he thought summed up the two of them together perfectly. It was beautiful but with a hint of chaos in its design, it was how David had once described him. He knew they hadn’t been together as long as Nick and Charlie, and that he was still quite young, but he knew this was it for him.

He’d seen doubt in David’s eyes sometimes, little things like when he saw Oliver out with his friends or the way he was just more outgoing than David. There were even times when David had ‘joked’ that Oliver would leave him someday for someone younger. But he could see the truth behind the words, the pain, and he wanted to stop David from ever thinking that again, by showing him just how much he truly meant to him.

Charlie

Charlie was putting his suit on for the evening and trying to tame his wild curls into something a little more normal. Nick had booked them a fancy looking restaurant for Valentine’s Day, which had made him a little anxious, but Nick was great at making sure the menu was suitable for Charlie’s needs. It wasn’t even something they discussed; it was just second-nature to Nick to make sure anywhere they went had a few safe dishes on the menu to make sure Charlie could feel comfortable. He hadn’t had a relapse like when he’d been an in-patient during secondary school, but there were always going to be good days and bad. But he was much better at coping now, especially with Nick by his side.

Having Nick by his side was something Charlie knew was going to be forever, there was no doubt in his mind about that. He never knew what Nick saw in him when they first got together back in school, and when they were apart during their time at university they’d had some rocky patches, but now the doubts had long since gone.

Charlie hadn’t told anyone, but tonight he planned on asking Nick to marry him. He’d gotten a ring that reminded him of Nick, it was strong and masculine but with a soft edge to it. He was pretty sure Nick would say yes, but he was wishing now he’d discussed it with someone first, to put some of his natural anxiety at ease a little. But there was no time for that now, Nick and David were arriving any minute to collect him and Olly.

Chapter Eleven – Epilogue

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Charlie recalls his and Nick’s early days as they prepare for Tori to visit.

2 Years Later.

Charlie

“Nick, we have to get up,” I tried to sound more insistent than I actually was.

“Mmm, no,” Nick replied between kisses.

“My sister will be here soon,” I tried to protest but not breaking away from his lips more than I had to.

“Urgh, but kissing is so fun,” he groaned.

“Not, if my sister walks in on us kissing…again,” I managed to get out between his constant assault on my lips.

I can’t believe it had been two years since I moved here. After the dramatic showdown with Ben as Nick liked to teasingly call it, Nick took me on the back of a scooter to see some of his favourite sights. We saw the Basilica de Son Bou, the Cova des Coloms and the Naveta d’Es Tudons, before having dinner at sunset at the Artutx Lighthouse. The entire day was amazing and neither of us wanted it to end. Whenever Nick could get away from the day to day running of the hotel, he would find a way for us to spend it together. It wasn’t all sightseeing, sometimes it was just relaxing on the beach, by the pool or getting to know each other in the little villa.

The end of the two weeks I’d originally booked for my honeymoon with Ben came around far too quickly for both of us. I didn’t want to leave and Nick didn’t want me to leave either. We’d only just started to get to know each other but we already knew we were falling for each other fast. The night before I was due to head back home, I was packing my case and Nick kept taking every out again as soon as I placed it inside.

“Nick, I’m never going to get this packing done if you keep taking everything out,” I tried to chastise him.

“Good,” he pouted like a child.

“Nick,” I groaned while still trying to pack with him still being unhelpful.

“I don’t want you to go,” did he think I wanted to leave?

“Stay with me,” he stated as if it was the most simple thing in the world. I turned, shocked, to look at him, lost for words.

“What…what did you say?” did he really just ask me to stay with him, I must have heard him wrong.

“I said,” more seductively this time as he stepped closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist, “stay with me.”

“Nick, we’ve only known each other 2 weeks, do you know how crazy that sounds.”

“So. I like you, you like me and I really like liking you. So why not stay with me,” he made it sound so simple.

“Ok,” wait, did I just say that?

“Really,” his face lit up making up looking like an excited golden retriever, how could I say no to that.

Later that evening I found myself and all my stuff moved from the villa into Nick’s apartment. When I called Tori to explain that I was going to stay, she just replied, “Called it.” I’d been calling her regularly during my stay and each time I found myself talking about Nick, so she’d guessed I was falling for him, probably harder than I’d admitted to myself or Nick at that point.

Naturally, my Mum was furious about my sudden move but being over 1000 miles away I thankfully didn’t have to listen to her disapproval. A week later Tori brought my things from the flat I shared with Ben over to Menorca, I really didn’t have very much stuff to call my own. She told me his nose was set in bandages when she turned up there to collect my things. Ben had made no effort to pack up any of my things, so Tori had to go through and pack up everything that she knew was mine. He spent a lot of time she was there trying to make out that I was the cheater and how he had left me. She took a twisted pleasure in telling me that when he moved the topic on to same disgusting bile that he’d said in front of Nick at the hotel she’d decided to introduce him to a new world of pain when her knee met his balls.

When she’d arrived at the hotel she’d been directed back to our little apartment on her own because reception was over-run with a party of guests that were struggling with some directions. We must not have pushed to door fully closed when we’d come back to get ready, so when she walked in Nick was on top of me and his lips were kissing my neck in the way he already knew made me moan with pleasure. Rather than coughing or leaving the room and knocking like a normal person, Tori announced her presence by saying “Well done then,” causing both of us to turn towards her in shock.

I forced Nick to get up out of bed so we could get ready for Tori’s arrival. As we were showering together under the hot spray, I thought to myself, not for the first time, that I could see myself spending the rest of my life with this man. I think, and hoped, he felt the same. Tori’s visit wasn’t just so we could spend time together, she was also bringing our grandad’s ring with her so that one day soon, I could ask Nick to marry me.

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Chapter Ten – Finally

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Nick and Charlie continue from where they left off.

Nick

I can’t believe I punched him; I’d never punched anyone before. My Mum always taught me it was better to use my words rather than my fists and I’d always followed that, until today. But the things Ben were saying about Charlie were just so horrible, and then when he called him…that, I just snapped. My hand was throbbing, serves me right really. If I could go back and redo those moments, I can’t say I wouldn’t do it again. What did Charlie see in that guy?

I think back to before Ben burst into the dining room, I’d asked him out. God, that feels like a lifetime ago now. I must have seemed like a real creep to him, who does that? Who asks out a guy who just the day before was supposed to be marrying someone else? I start rubbing the back of my neck with my good hand, a habit I’d done for years whenever I was stressed.

But then, as I was trying to escape from being so embarrassing, he’d reached out for me. The next thing I knew he was on top of me, and I wanted to kiss him soooo much. He’s such a beautiful man. I think, he might have wanted to kiss me too, but maybe that was just my imagination. It must have been my imagination. But what if it wasn’t? I’d barely known this guy for a day, and yet I wanted to know everything there is to know about him. I wanted to take him out, I wanted to stay in with him, I just wanted to be with him.

“Urgh” I groaned out loud at the ridiculousness of how much I’d already fallen for him.

“Haha, you ok there?” Charlie startled me, I hadn’t realised he’d come back, I turned and the smile on his face was infectious. He was walking back towards me and I just wanted to pull him to me and memorise his features, those beautiful blue eyes, his amazing dimples, the way the curls on the top of his head gently bounced as he moved. I wanted to feel my fingers in his hair as my lips touched his.

“Hi,” that simple word from Charlie’s mouth had butterflies floating around inside me.

“Hi,” I smiled back, he was close enough that I could smell him again. Oranges. It was intoxicating.

“Was everything ok?” I ask, hoping the phone call wasn’t more bad news and selfishly hoping it didn’t mean Charlie would have to leave so soon, when we were only just getting to know each other.

“Hmm,” he hummed distractedly.

“The phone call, was everything ok?”

“Oh, yeah. It was my sister. Ben managed to find out where I was from her. She was warning me he was coming after me,” Charlie explained, “A bit late for that I guess,” he joked.

“Haha, yeah just a bit,” I couldn’t help but smile when I looked at him.

“How’s your hand?” he asked reaching out to take a look under the bundle of ice causing me to wince as he lifted it.

“Is it always this painful after punching someone,” I tried to joke through the pain.

“I wouldn’t know,” he giggled.

“Haha, I suppose not.”

“Are you saying I’m small and weak?” he asked with a serious look on his face.

“What, no…I…” I stammered, horrified that I’d offended him until he started laughing.

“Hahaha, you’re face. Nick I’m only teasing you.”

I pulled him towards me with my good hand, so our bodies were close together again.

“So cheeky, what am I going to do with you Mr Spring,” I teased in what I hoped was my best low and sultry voice. It seemed to work, he was definitely blushing now.

“Anything you want,” he replied breathlessly, now it was my turn to blush.

“Can I…Can I kiss you?” I asked, trying to keep my groans of frustration at myself on the inside this time.

“Please,” he practically whispered.

I tentatively leaned forward, closing the distance between us. Time seemed to slow around us, there was nothing but me and Charlie. I could feel his breathe against my skin now as we got closer and closer. Finally, our lips came together, finally. It started gentle, tentative, electrifying. I pulled him up with my one good hand, so he was sitting on my lap, grateful for my years of rugby giving me great strength in my arms. Once he was settled on top of me, we both deepened the kiss, neither one of us wanting to break apart. Exploring each other’s mouths with our tongues, his hands wrapped tightly around me. With my good hand I reached up to run my fingers through his curls, they were so soft, a low moan slipped from Charlie’s mouth as I gave a gentle tug to his hair.

All too soon we both had to come up for air, both of us groaning that it wasn’t enough. Would it ever be enough, could I ever have enough of Charlie Spring.

“So,” he started still sat on my lap in the middle of the hotel kitchen, “did you still want to go on that date?”

I barked out a laugh and leaned in to kiss him again, this man was going to be the death of me.

Chapter Nine – Ice

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Charlie takes care of Nick.

Charlie

Nick showed me back to the kitchen that was situated behind reception and alongside the dining room. I pulled out a small stool from the side and got Nick to sit down while I went across to the freezer to get some ice. After first opening a couple of doors that turned out to be fridges instead, they all look the same in these commercial kitchens. After finding the right door, I got a few ice cubes and wrapped a dish towel around them to carry them back across for Nick’s knuckles to hopefully prevent them from bruising.

I couldn’t look him in the eye, “I’m so sorry Nick, I’ll pack my things and leave. I’m sorry Ben came here and starting causing so much chaos.”

“Char, look at me,” Nick’s gentle voice felt so soothing but I just felt so bad that I couldn’t bare to see the hurt that must be in his eyes. Hurt I caused by bringing my relationship drama to his hotel, his Mum’s hotel.

Using a finger from his unbruised hand, Nick tilted my chin up so I had to see his face for the first time, there wasn’t any hurt there, just concern? Concern for me? How could he be concerned for me after everything I’ve caused.

“Char, none of this is your fault. You didn’t bring Ben here, you didn’t cause him to say all those horrible things. If anything, I should be the one apologising. I know it was wrong for me to punch him but when I heard him call you…that…I just snapped. I’m sorry.”

“I kinda liked it when you punched him,” I blushed.

“Ha,” Nick blurted out, as surprised by my openness as I was.

“I don’t know how he found me here. I never told him about the honeymoon, it was going to be a surprise,” I tried to think back, could Ben track my phone? No I don’t think so, I suggested it once, but he accused me of not trusting him. Clearly, I shouldn’t have trusted him after all.

The door from reception opened and a member of staff called through to Nick, “Nick, there’s a call at the desk for a Mr Charlie Spring but we don’t seem to have anyone in the system by that time, should I tell them there’s no one staying here with that name?”

“I’m Charlie Spring,” I replied, confused as to why there was a call for me, the only person who knew I was here was Tori and she always called my mobile. I felt my pockets and realised I didn’t have my phone with me. I remember now, I left it on charge in the room.

“Keep that ice on there, I’ll be right back,” I said to Nick before following the other man out to the desk.

I picked up the phone that was lying on its side on the desk, “Hello?”

“Charlie?”

“Tori, what’s happened, is it Mum and Dad, Olly?”

“No, their fine, I’ve been trying to ring you for hours.”

“Sorry, I left my phone on charge in the villa and then things got a bit…complicated.”

“I need to warn you that Ben might be on his way there, when you weren’t at the registry office he came to our parents house. Jane answered the door and he explained to her that he was your roommate and that he needed to get in touch with you but wasn’t sure where you’d gone. Made out like you’d disappeared, which of course made her panic. She made me show him where you were. I’m so sorry Charlie, you need to get out of there.”

“Tori, it’s ok.”

“Look, I can’t really talk right now but Ben has already been here and now he’s gone.”

“Are you ok?” Tori’s emotions showing through more than usual, clearly worried I might be hurt.

“I’m fine, he was really horrible but I stood up to him and then when he got really bad, Nick, he’s the guy who owns the hotel. Well, when thing’s got bad, Nick may have…punched Ben in the face,” I rushed out that last part as if feeling a weight lift off my chest.

“Well done then,” Tori replied.

“I promise, I’ll call you later ok,”

“Ok, take care Charlie.”

“You too.”

I went back to the kitchen to check on Nick.

Chapter Eight – Ben

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Ben arrives at the hotel.

TW:: Domestic violence and assault.

Nick

Charlie and I both turned towards the dining room doors as they crashed open. An average looking guy with dark hair was standing there screaming in our direction.

“What do you think you’re doing?” he screamed as he stormed over towards us.

“Ben,” screeched Charlie while still lying on top of me from where we had fallen just moments ago. Before we could do anything Ben was grabbing hold of Charlie by the back of his jumper and pulling him to his feet. I vaguely heard him say to Charlie, “You’re wearing a jumper? It’s not even cold.” Once Charlie was off me I started to get back onto my feet too. By the time I was up, Ben was dragging Charlie backwards by his jumper saying the most horrible things to him.

“You’re so pathetic, throwing yourself at any boy that will look at you,” he spit.

“Were you trying to humiliate me, by not showing up to the wedding,” each sentence filled with vile and hatred.

“You’re coming back with me, no one else will have you.”

I went after them, trying not to stumble over the legs of the chairs sticking out in the dining room. I caught up to them in reception and stepped in front of Ben’s path forcing him to stop.

“Get your hands off him,” I screamed, making sure my chest was puffed out to make me seem even more imposing in front of him.

“He’s mine, I’ll do whatever I want,” he hissed.

“After what you did to him?” I laughed.

Ben turned to Charlie, “Have you been telling lies about me Charlie boy?”

Charlie just looked down to the ground without saying anything.

“You were kissing a girl the night before you were due to marry him,” it was my turn to hiss.

Ben’s head whipped around to me, “Who even are you, this is nothing to do with you.”

“How long?” Charlie softly spoke, barely above a whisper.

I’m not sure if Ben heard him or not, until Charlie spoke up again, much stronger this time, “How long have you been cheating on me Ben?”

Ben turned, I think he was shocked that Charlie had stood up to him. I’m guessing that’s not something Charlie has often done before, if ever.

“I haven’t cheated on you, clearly you were cheating on me with this oaf,” he said pointing over his shoulder at me. I chose to bite my tongue, he can call me all the names he wants.

Charlie pulled out his phone and turned the reel from his friend towards Ben, “How can you stand there any deny it?”

Ben changed tactic now, it was almost like he had a completely different personality. He switched from the vile hatred he had been spewing to try and appear all sweet and romantic, “You know what you mean to me Charlie, we’ve been together for years, you can’t just throw this away,” his hand grazing down Charlie’s arm. Was this guy for real, I hope Charlie could see through his crap, if he chose to go with him, I’d be devastated but I wouldn’t stop him. Even if I really, really wanted to.

“It’s over Ben, I don’t know how long you’ve been cheating on me, maybe you’ve always been cheating on me behind my back but I’m not letting you do it to me anymore. I deserve better than this, I deserve better than you,” Charlie confidently replied, I felt so proud of him for standing up for himself and a huge grin was now plastered across my face.

Ben wasn’t happy about Charlie standing up for himself, the Mr Nice-Guy act now long forgotten, “Really, you think anyone else would be interested in you, you’re just a pathetic, little, fag.”

At that point I saw red, I swung Ben round to face me and punched him as hard as I could in the face causing him to fall to the floor.

“I’ll see your fired for this,” he tried to scare me while he held his now bloody nose.

“GET. OUT. OF MY. HOTEL!” I shouted back at him, “You are not welcome here, and if you try and come back, I will call the police and have you arrested for trespassing.”

“You haven’t heard the last of this,” he snarled before skulking off out the reception doors. I shook my hand out, suddenly feeling sore after punching Ben in the face. I looked at Charlie for the first time since I hit Ben, a look of fear and concern fighting for dominance across his face. Shit. The last thing I ever wanted to do was ever scare this beautiful man. It seems concern won out and he tentatively stepped forward to take my hand, looking down at my red knuckles.

“We should get some ice on that,” he smiled up at me.

Chapter Seven – Trouble

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Nick and Charlie start to get closer.

Charlie

Nick and I talked for what felt like hours. It wasn’t all sadness and regrets; it was laughs too. We found out we’d grown up just 15 minutes’ walk from each other, and had he not ended up going to a rugby academy for Secondary School we might have ended up meeting sooner. Only when I struggled to stifle a yawn did Nick decide it was time to call it a night. Things with him felt so easy and so comfortable, I wish we’d met at school instead of me meeting Ben. How different might my life had been. That’s assuming of course if he wasn’t straight, with body like that and a love of rugby he had to be straight. But it was to allow myself to imagine as I drifted off to sleep that night.

I awoke the next morning with the sun streaming through the windows and a feeling of calm that wasn’t there just the morning before. I reached over to my phone to check the time and noticed the battery had died. I was so engrossed in my thoughts of Nick last night that I must have forgotten to put it on charge. I opened my bag, rooted round to find the charger and set it up on the side in my room. After showering and dressing, I didn’t give my phone another thought and headed out into the hotel where Nick told me they did a daily breakfast buffet with muffins and pastries that he baked himself. Was there anything that man couldn’t do?

I head into the hotel’s dining room and all thoughts of eating are forgotten. Standing in front of the table wearing the cutest apron and the tightest white shirt I’d ever seen was Nick. He’d just put a tray of pastries down and stopped suddenly when he turned and was looking in my direction. I looked behind me to see if he was looking at someone else and then I realised, it was me he was looking at. His face lit up with that beautiful smile again. Aside from our now matching goofy grins, we were both frozen in place just smiling at each other.

It was only when the door behind me opened and collided with me that I was forced out of our trance and started to move towards him. He matched my movements and met me halfway.

“Hi”

“Hi”

“Did you sleep well?”

“I did, thanks to you,” that made him blush, I loved that I could affect him like that.

“Erm, I was…wondering, erm…” for someone who comes across as so confident and self-assured, he definitely seemed to get quite flustered when he talked to me. Could he possibly be interested in me, like I was in him?

“You were wondering, huh, what about?” I couldn’t help but tease him, it was just too easy his face turning ever more crimson.

“Well, you see, erm…” he started rubbing the back of his neck nervously, maybe he wasn’t as straight as first thought.

“IhavethisafternoonoffandwaswonderingmaybeifIdon’tknowyoumightwanttogosomewherewithme,” well that was different.

“I think you might have to slow down there a bit Nick,” I giggled, “I didn’t quite catch that.”

He let out a long breathe and then tried again, “Sorry, what I was trying to say, was I have the afternoon off, and I was wondering, if you might want to go somewhere,” he paused before hurriedly adding, “with me.” He was so cute.

“Like a date?” I asked, hopefully.

“Well, erm, I mean, if you want it to be,” he stammered again, “I mean, it’s ok if you don’t want to, I know you’ve just been through a lot with your ex. Wait, he is your ex right or are you hoping you might get back together. Oh god, please forget I said anything,” he started to race back to the kitchen so I quickly grabbed his arm to stop him, but his momentum sent us both flying down to the floor. I landed right on top of him inches away from his face. His kissable lips so close to mine. I wanted to know what it felt like to kiss him, to feel our lips touch and our tongues tangle together. I started to lean towards him slowly, allowing him to push me off if he wasn’t what he wanted. We were so close when the doors to dining room crashed open.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Nick and I both turned towards the doors, my jaw dropped and screeched, “Ben”.

Chapter Six – Sadness

Description and Warnings (May contain spoilers)

Nick shares his story with Charlie.

TW:: Mentions of the death of Sarah Nelson.

Charlie

“Yesterday was supposed to be our wedding day.”

I looked up at Nick’s face and saw nothing but patience and kindness in his eyes.

“I was ready to marry him, I was dressed and at the registry office waiting for him to arrive. He’d wanted to arrive separately, something about not seeing each other before we were married.”

“Well, it is tradition,” Nick gave me a small smile while he tried to lighten the mood.

When I didn’t continue after a few minutes Nick tentatively reached out and put his hand on mine in my lap before he spoke, “Did he not turn up?”

I shook my head, “I, erm,” no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get the words out. Instead, I moved one of my hands from under his, took my phone out of my pocket and opened to conversation from Tao before handing Nick my phone.

Slightly confused, Nick took it and looked at the conversation which started with Tao saying he thought Ben might be cheating on me. He watched the reel before closing the phone, putting it down and pulling me into his strong arms for unexpected but very much needed hug. I hadn’t realised until that moment that I was crying again, it wasn’t the earth-shattering tears that placed me in Nick’s arms like before, just a wave of sadness as I finally put everything that had happened out there into the world.

Nick

That poor man, how could someone do something so horrible to someone who seemed so sweet. I held him to me, not wanting to let ago, trying to convey to him how sorry I was for him but without it coming across as pity. I’m not a violent guy, but I wanted to hurt Ben for everything he had put Charlie through.

I don’t know how long I held him before I pulled away slightly to look at his face, there were streaks of tears silently falling down his cheeks. On instinct I reached out to wipe them away, part of me wishing I could wipe away all the suffering he’s been through, all the pain.

“Sorry,” he said as he tried to pull away from my hold.

I reached out and turned his chin, so he was facing me again, “Hey, don’t apologise, you have nothing to be sorry for Char.”

“Char?” his eyebrows shot up as he stopped trying to move away. Did I really just say that.

“Erm, sorry,” now it was my turn to be embarrassed.

“Don’t be, I liked it,” he said mischievously in what sounded like a flirting tone with smile that revealed the most amazing dimples causing me to blush. Was he flirting with me? It must be my imagination, he only left his fiancé yesterday, and who knew if they would patch things up. I couldn’t deny though that those dimples were stirring things in me that I had never felt before.

I’d realised at university I was bisexual; I had the biggest crush on the captain of our rugby team. It turned out he was pansexual, and we did hook up a few times after practice, but it was nothing more than a bit of fun. We even once had a threesome with a girl we’d met in a club. She said she loved our strong rugby arms and wanted to see us make-out together. We were still good mates, but we didn’t really see each other much, especially since I moved to Menorca to take care of my Mum almost a year ago.

I must have zoned out for a moment because Charlie placed his hand on my cheek again, sending sparks through me just as they had back in reception. “Nick?”

“Sorry, I..” I was lost for words, the effect Charlie had on me was unreal. I realised my arms from round him and suddenly felt self-conscious.

“Are you ok? I know I just dumped a lot of my own crazy on you, but you seemed upset when I found you in reception before.” God he was thoughtful too, he was going to be the death of me.

“Yeah, I was just thinking about my mum. This was her place, she…” I felt voice start to tremble.

“It’s ok, you don’t have to..” Charlie began to speak but I raised my hand to cut him off before I continued.

“She died, about 6 months ago. This place,” I gestured around us, “was her dream. We used to come here all the time growing up as a family, me, my Mum, my brother and my aunts, uncles, and cousins. She loved it here, so when I went to uni and David, that’s my brother, had moved out and bought his own flat, she decided to sell our old home and move out here.” I smiled remembering how happy she had been when she had our first guests here.

Charlie didn’t say anything, letting me sit with my thoughts before I continued, “Just after I finished Uni, we found out she had cancer, they tried to treat it but 6 months ago she lost the battle. I vowed to make this place special for her, I even renamed it after her. She said to me that things she loved most in the world, where me and my brother and this place.”

Without another word, Charlie pulled me into his arms and held me close to him. He smelled sweet like oranges, and I knew I was in trouble.