32. One Step Forward, All Steps Back

Another wave of peony wallpaper curled from the ceiling and sank into a defeated heap on the floor.  Brandon’s shirt stuck to him as the steamer slowly transformed Anthony’s bedroom into a pressure cooker.  He wasn’t complaining, though.  Both a designer who saw a room desperately in need of reform and a lover who craved a place where…

31. Weekend Getaway

“I don’t get it,” came Lydia’s voice over the cell phone. Brandon cocked his head and narrowed his eyes in irritation. The scenery was stunning from his Adirondack chair on the covered deck, but all he could see in his mind’s eye was his work wife playing with her hair and looking at him through…

Conversing

– A Horny Short – Owen looked up from his novel.  “Are you sure I can’t get you anything?” he offered for the third time in the last painful fifteen minutes. Dean hadn’t moved much in that time. He was still seated on the loveseat, legs spread apart in that jock way guys often sit…

28. Come Again?

Anthony was overwhelmed by the selection of lightbulbs before him.  He stood in the aisle at Home Depot, his mind reeling that there could be so many shapes, intensities, and hues to passing some electricity through an LED.  He put his phone to his ear as he scanned the shelves for something that approximated a product as…

27. Quid Pro Quo

Brandon had barely stepped out of his SUV before he started getting hard.  Anthony was waiting for him on the steps of the front porch.  He was wearing the exact same outfit he had worn so many months ago when Brandon had decided he could no longer deny his fetish.  The long sleeve t, the faded camo pants,…

Carpool

– A Horny Short – Christian groaned as the van glided out of the parking lot, nose raised toward the tow truck.  His ride home.  As if being equipment manager for the hockey team wasn’t glamorous enough, now he needed to find a way to make the forty-five minute trek back to campus.  He pulled…

23. Taking a Leap Sitting Down

“So you just left?” Lydia cried. Brandon had spilled the entire messy affair of Anthony’s garage in the Michaelis workroom, which apparently had restored Lydia to confidant status. She eagerly and seamlessly stepped back into the role. “Obviously, I just left. What else was I supposed to do?” Brandon shoved a tasseled drapery tie back…

22. Wrestling With the Truth

Brandon continued to help Anthony in his transformation of the farmhouse. As the days grew longer and the forsythia bushes burst into their vibrant announcement of spring, the house was starting to feel like a genuine, cared-for home. The hand-me-down coffee table was relegated to the wood pile to be consumed in the fire pit…