Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:38:11 -0500
From: 1967author@gmail.com
Subject: Summer of 1984

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The Summer Of 1984

Memorial Day Weekend

	My grandfather emigrated from Austria in 1919. He had four sisters,
but he was the only boy.

	He married my grandmother in 1940. Unable for whatever reason to
have children of their own, they eventually adopted a girl (Mary) and a boy
(Peter), and each of them in turn had a boy (John Mark for Mary; Matthew
(me) for Peter) and a girl (Elizabeth for Mary; Joan (my sister) for
Peter).

	I was the youngest of the four grandchildren. I had always looked
up to John Mark, who was 6 years older than me. He was a stud. He was tall
and muscular, his body honed by years and years of soccer (He had played
varsity soccer as a high school freshman, and he went to Creighton on a
soccer scholarship; everyone but his family called him Striker or Strike
for short). He looked like the guy from "Happy Days" and "Charles in
Charge." Same profile. Same nose. Same smile.

	John Mark was the big brother I never had. He may have been a huge
dork or geek to his friends, but he was a god to me. When I was with him, I
spent all of my time trying to impress him and to mimick him.

	Growing up, we spent the month of July on our grandparents' farm
(our sisters spent the month of June there). Since it was only the two of
us, he did not have to pretend to be annoyed to have a much younger cousin
trailing after him like a hungry puppy. We watched Rin Tin Tin and the Lone
Ranger. We walked the levee. We skipped rocks. We played chess and wiffle
ball. We jumped into huge piles of hay in the loft. And, unfortunately, we
hoed bean fields.

	John Mark turned 16 in 1975. I was 10. I didn't know it then, but
that was our last July on the farm together. The next summer, he got a job
so he could get a car, and I spent the month alone.

	John Mark taught me to masturbate the summer he was 16. We were in
the hay loft, and he asked me if I knew what got a girl pregnant. I said
no, because I didn't. Casually, he said "I'll show you," lowered his gym
shorts, and lowered his jock strap. His dick looked huge to me, bigger than
my dad's. He wrapped his hand around it, and started to move his hand back
and forth. As it grew, he moved his hand faster and faster until a stream
of white fluid shot out and onto the floor.

	"Come closer," he said. I did.

	"What I just did is called jacking off. You're probably too young
for it now, but you won't be for long. When you start, you'll do it all the
time. You finish jacking off with an orgasm, which is a feeling of intense
pleasure that starts in your balls and then works its way out the end of
your dick. When you're old enough, you'll shoot cum when you orgasm." He
pointed at the fluid on the floor with his foot. "That's cum. If you shoot
cum in a woman when you're fucking, she might get pregnant from it."

	There was no way I was going to remember all of this.

	John Mark's shorts and jock were still down, and his dick was right
in front of my face.

	"You're almost the perfect height," he said.

	"For what?" I asked.

	"A blow job."

	"What's that?"

	"It's when you convince a girl to take your dick in her mouth, and
she moves her mouth up and down on it like I moved my hand up and down on
mine."

	"Do boys give blow jobs?" I asked.

	"No."

	"Well, I would, if you wanted me to."

	John Mark lowered himself to my level and looked straight into my
face. "Look, Matty, you shouldn't say that. It's not right."

	"Why not?"

	"Dude, you're too little to understand. But, you shouldn't ever
tell a guy you'd give him a blow job. Okay?"

	"Okay."

	I was confused. He had told me I was the perfect height to give him
a blow job, but then got mad at me for telling him I'd do it. I didn't
learn until I was older, masturbating with the regularity he had predicted,
why boys weren't supposed to tell other boys they'd give blow jobs. By
then, it was all I wanted to do.

*****

	Even after John Mark stopped going to the farm, he'd still spend
the summer holidays with me and our grandparents at their river cabin,
fishing and hunting snakes on the Gasconade. My grandparents shared the
cabin's only bedroom, and John Mark and I slept on the living room floor.

	When John Mark got married at 22, his wife (DeeDee) joined us for
those weekends. They shared the living room floor, and I slept on the
couch. Almost every night, they'd wait awhile and then call my name. When I
didn't answer, they'd fuck. I'd listen and quietly jerk off, imagining I
was DeeDee and John Mark was fucking me.

	The morning of Labor Day 1983, I awoke to the sound of them fucking
again. I slowly turned my head so they wouldn't know I was awake. The sheet
covering them had fallen to John Mark's ass. He was up on his arms, and I
was at the perfect angle to see between them. I watched his big, hard dick
slide in and out of her as she gasped and moaned and grabbed his ass. I was
so mesmerized, I didn't notice John Mark looking at me. When I did, he
smiled, winked, and sped up. I watched until he drove into her as deeply as
he could, made a come face, and collapsed onto her.

	Later that day, John Mark and I were on the dock fishing when he
asked "Did you like the show this morning?"

	I was embarrassed, and I immediately apologized. "Nothing to be
sorry for, Matty. We were fucking right under your nose. I figured you'd
wake up, but I didn't care. I wanted to fuck. I don't get it as often as I
should. I'd have watched if I were you."

	"It was pretty cool."

	"You ever fuck anyone?"

	"No," I lied. I had fucked and been fucked by a boy down the street
for the last two years. He was two years older than me and pretty marginal,
but I didn't care. When we were sexing and I closed my eyes, he could be
Harry Hamlin or Gregory Harrison or anyone else I wanted him to be.

	I had also been fucking one of my sister's friends (Julia) for the
past six months. Two years older, she snuck into my room during one of my
sister's slumber parties, and we ended up fucking on my bed. Since, I have
fucked her every time she sleeps over, and sometimes when she doesn't.

	"You're a good looking kid. You will soon. And, when you start, you
won't want to do anything else."

	John Mark was right. I was a good looking kid. When I look at
pictures of myself at 17, I see a strong resemblance to Zayn Malik, the guy
from One Direction. I had black, curly hair; dark eyes, with very long
lashes; a slender, small nose; big, full lips; straight, white teeth (after
two brutal years of braces and head gear); and a swimmer's body (I had swum
for my schools for years). I also had a nice dick, with black curly hair
that trailed up to my navel. The rest of me was virtually hairless.

*****

	DeeDee stayed home pregnant and nauseous Memorial Day, 1984. I was
glad. I liked her, and I really liked listening to them fuck. But, I liked
having John Mark to myself even more. When DeeDee was at the river, John
Mark had to do married shit like go for walks, go for swims alone with her,
and otherwise spend time alone with her. When she wasn't there, it was like
we traveled back to the farm Julys. We played wiffle ball and jarts and
backgammon and chess.

	We also returned to sleeping on the floor together. As we settled
in on Friday night, John Mark pulled his shorts and then his underwear off
and put them on the arm of the couch, within arm's reach. I had watched him
do that when DeeDee was there, but I just assumed it was so he could fuck
her once I was "asleep." I didn't think he'd do it when she wasn't there.

	There was no way I was going to be able to fall asleep with him
naked next to me.

	"Are you excited about the baby?" I asked.

	"Not really. We're too young. And, being pregnant sucks. DeeDee's
sick all the time, and she never wants to fuck. We haven't had sex in four
months. and I bet we won't until after the baby is here and she heals back
up. It's like being 16 again. All I do is jack off. Speaking of which, I'm
going to do that right now."

	He stopped talking as he started stroking his cock. He pulled the
sheet down as he got close to coming, so he wouldn't get cum on it. It was
dark, and I couldn't see anything. But, I could hear his hand and his
breath speed up. I finally heard the familiar exhale and grunt as he came.

	I played ignorant. "Did you really just jack off?"

	"Yeah. Didn't you?"

	"No."

	"You should have," he said as he used his underwear to wipe the cum
off his chest and stomach.

	I played innocent. "It'd seem weird to jack off with another guy."

	"Have you never been part of a circle jerk?"

	"I don't even know what that is?"

	"It's when you and your buddies sit in a circle and jack off
together. Sometimes, you race to see who finishes first. Sometimes, you
dawdle to see who finishes last."

	"You've done it?"

	"Yeah. Both in high school and in college."

	I had not lied about that part. I had never been part of a circle
jerk. If I was ever in one, we were going to have to race to see who
finished first. I would come really fast if there were a bunch of guys
jerking off around me. It'd be like live porn.

*****

	John Mark and I spent the next day on the river. For the first time
ever, I got high, as John Mark taught me how to smoke pot. We ended the day
skinny dipping near the sand bar. When we were done, we laid on the beach
to sun dry.

	John Mark had a nice dick. It was about five inches soft, but
thick, with folds of skin under the head. He also had nice, big balls. I
wanted to touch him, but I knew better.

	I flipped to my stomach to hide my growing dick. I was pretty sure
John Mark had caught me gazing at his meat and knew why I had to flip over.

	When we settled on the floor that night, John Mark raised his hips
and removed his shorts. I didn't think he had removed his underwear, but he
could have not been wearing any or he could have removed them in one swoop
with his shorts. I wanted to find out. When I thought he was asleep, I
reached my forefinger over, touched his side, and slowly traced down to his
hip bone. There was no underwear.

	"What are you doing?" he asked, startling me.

	"Nothing," I lied.

	"Lie. Now answer, what are you doing?"

	"I was trying to see if you still had your underwear on?"

	"Why do you care if I still have my underwear on?"

	"I don't."

	"Another lie. If you didn't care, you wouldn't be trying to find
out. So answer, why do you care?"

	"I don't know."

	"Yet another lie. Since you're struggling with lies, maybe I can
help you with the truth. I think you wanted to know if I had any underwear
on because you wanted to touch my cock. You wanted to on the beach, but you
were too chicken to do it. So, you were going to grope me while I sleep,
like a pervert."

	"No, I wasn't," I lied.

	John Mark shifted, grabbed my wrist, and pressed my hand to his
surprisingly hard cock. "There it is. Feel it if you want."

	I yanked my hand away. "I don't want to."

	"Yes, you do," he said, grabbing my wrist and returning my hand to
his hard cock. "So, go ahead. Feel it. Squeeze it tight."

	I gripped him in my hand. His cock was so thick I couldn't get my
hand all the way around it. John Mark still had hold of my wrist, and he
started moving my hand up and down. He wanted me to jack him off. When it
was clear I was not going to let go, he did, and I started stroking him on
my own.

	As I did, I whispered, "John Mark?"

	"Yeah?"

	"Remember when I offered to blow you in the loft?"

	"Yeah."

	"I still will."

	There was a long pause. Then, he offered, "I haven't had my cock
sucked in a really long time."

	"I'll do it."

	"You sure?"

	"I'm sure."

	"Okay. Have at it."

	I slid under the sheet and between his legs. His crotch smelled
like river and sweat.

	"Make sure you don't use your teeth," he cautioned.

	"I know how to do this," I said, surprising him. I licked the
precum off his slit and licked all around his head before taking him in my
mouth. I worked down his cock as far as I could, which was not to the
base. He was too big. I slowly sucked him, going a little deeper with each
stroke. I cupped his balls with my left hand and stroked him with my right,
using it to extend my mouth to the base. I got strong suction and a good
rhythm going.

	John Mark started to buck his hips to meet my rhythm. His balls
started to clench and sweat.

	"Oh, Jesus, I'm gonna come, Matty, I'm gonna come," he said as he
bucked his hips harder and exploded. It was too much, and cum ran out of
the corners of my mouth. I sucked as much as I could back in and swallowed
it all.

	I sucked him until it was clear I had to stop. I pulled off and
lowered my head to his thigh. He tousled my curly black hair, like he
always did. I fell asleep between his legs.

	When I woke up, the room was faintly light, I was still between
John Mark's legs, and his cock was hard again. I took him in my mouth and
started to suck him again.

	"Hurry up," John Mark urged. "Before everyone wakes up."

	I took him as deep as I could and sucked him as fast as I could. I
got the suction right, added my hand, and went at him hard.

	"'Fucking hell," he said, as he convulsed into a crunch and came in
my mouth again. I kept sucking, again draining as much cum from him as I
could. I licked and nibbled at his glans until he sucked air between his
lips, raised his legs, and forced me to pull off.

	I climbed up out of the sheet and laid my head back on my pillow.
John Mark stared straight up, rubbing his hands across his face and through
his hair. "Jesus, Matty, where'd you learn to do that?"

	"Billy Jack."

	"The stoner down your street?"

	"Yep."

	"Well, tell him I said 'thanks.' I needed that. DeeDee pretty much
stopped giving me head when we got married. I'd rather get head than fuck."

	"Have you ever gotten head from a guy before?"

	"Actually, I have. Once, at Creighton. A party went late and off
the rails and 5 of us ended up drunk and in bed together, 2 chicks and 3
dudes. One of the chicks was stupid hot, and I had been working on her for
weeks. I wanted to fuck her. Bad. She was on top of me. We were making
out. I moved under her so I could suck her tits and then so I could eat her
out. While I was eating her out, someone started sucking my cock. It was
dark, but, since the other chick was lying right next to me getting fucked
by the second dude, it had to be the third dude sucking my cock."

	"Wow, that orgy sounds hot."

	"It was."

	"Did you shoot in his mouth?"

	"No, I wanted to fuck that chick, and I wouldn't have been able to
if I let him make me come."

	"Did you fuck her?"

	"Yep. She had a sloppy pussy, and it wasn't worth the effort I'd
put in. It was like fucking a bag of water. I'd have enjoyed it more if I
had just come in that dude's mouth."

	I am not sure John Mark knew it, but I was jacking off through my
underwear to his story. I came in the waist band of my briefs. As I did,
John Mark grabbed his gym shorts and slid them on.

	"Do you always sleep naked?" I asked.

	"Sure. I started because I wanted to be ready if DeeDee ever gives
me the tap. She hardly ever wants to fuck, so I need to be ready. Now, I
can't sleep any other way. I feel trapped if I try to sleep with anything
on."

	"The tap?"

	"Yeah, you know, the middle of the night tap tap tap on the
shoulder that means 'fuck me,'" he said, tapping my shoulder as he did. "I
want to be ready to roll any time she wants to fuck, because she hardly
ever wants to."

	"You fuck a lot when you're here."

	"Yeah, it's weird. If we are anywhere else, I usually get some.
But, at home, she usually tells me just to jack off."

	"I want to have sex all the time."

	"Me, too. So did DeeDee, until we got married. Once she got that
ring, it was like she was doing me a favor. Once she got pregnant, it
became a non-starter."

	"Can I tell you something without you getting mad or grossed out?"

	"It depends on what you tell me."

	"You have to promise."

	"Fine. I promise."

	"I like getting fucked," I admitted.

	John Mark raised up on his arm and looked down at me. "You've been
fucked? Like, in the ass?"

	"Yep. Lots of times."

	"Billy Jack?"

	"Mostly."

	"Are you, like, a total fag?"

	It was 1984, and the world was different than it is now. No one
cared if use of the word "fag" offended an actual gay person, and it
certainly wasn't going to offend anyone else. And, the world saw things in
black and white. You were either gay or straight. The Kinsey scale existed,
but sexual fluidity was alien.

	I was not a "total fag." Like I said, I had fucked and been fucked
by Billy Jack, and I was fucking my sister's friend. I liked all three. Not
equally, but some days, I liked each better than the other.

	"No."

	"But, you are a total liar. You told me you had never fucked
anyone."

	"I didn't want you to think I was a whore. I'm only 17."

	"Who cares? I wish I had started fucking at your age. I feel like
I'm behind and, now that I'm married, I'll never catch up."

	"Do you think DeeDee will get back into it once the baby drops?"

	"I hope so. But, one of my buddies has a kid, and he said his wife
is now almost sexless. It's just baby baby baby. She lets him fuck her
every once and again, but not often. And, not for very long. They even call
it 'wham bamming' instead of 'fucking.'"

	"Seems bleak."

	"Agreed."

	"I don't know why anyone wouldn't have sex if they could."

	"Agreed. But, I don't think women like getting fucked as much as we
like fucking them."

	I enjoyed our talk. And, I had used it to lay the groundwork for
what I wanted that night.

*****

	John Mark and I spent the day on the river again. After breakfast,
we fished for bluegill. Fishing was better before the heat of the day.

	After lunch, we cruised the banks, hunting for snakes sunning
themselves on branches or logs. We killed about a half dozen, for no reason
other than because we could. Looking back, it was barbaric.

	As we had the day before, we ended up back at the sand bar, skinny
dipping and smoking pot. John Mark was in about knee deep, his back to me,
his arms spread wide. He was soaking up the sun, which was silhouetting
him. He had no body fat. His back was lean and muscular. From soccer, he
still had a round ass and thick legs. At 6'4", he was 6 inches taller than
me.

	Almost on cue, he turned around. With his arms spread, every muscle
in his chest and stomach showed. The area between his pecs was covered with
the same sandy blonde hair that hung almost to his shoulders. It gathered
in a trail that led down his stomach and to his crotch. This was long
before trimming became a thing, and John Mark's bush was long and thick,
like his cock, which was hard. Just as I got a good look at it, John Mark
back flopped into the river and started backstroking across it. As he did,
he yelled "periscope down" and, laughing at himself, lowered his hips and
cock into the water.

	We stayed at the sand bar until it was time for supper. We both sat
in the back of the boat as we headed back up the river. John Mark opened
the motor, the bow raised, and we skimmed as fast as we could into the
current. My grandfather would have killed us if he knew, as we were leaving
a tremendous wake and, if we hit a log, would certainly go flying out of
the boat.

	But, we didn't. We just skimmed along, yelling "woo hoo" as we
did. As we slowed and pulled to the dock, John Mark tousled my hair. "Great
day, Matty," he said.

	He was right. It had been a great day. I was hoping for a better
night.

*****

	As soon as we were settled on the floor that night, I reached over
and "tap tap tapped" John Mark's shoulder.

	"What's up, Matty?" John Mark asked.

	My mouth was dry with anxiety, but I choked out, "I thought that
was the signal for 'fuck me.' I want you to fuck me."

	John Mark raised up on his arm. Incredulous, he asked "You want me
to fuck you?" hitting both the "me" and the "you" for emphasis.

	"I do."

	"I don't fuck guys."

	"Just because you haven't doesn't mean you don't. And, I'm not 'a
guy.' I'm Matty."

	He pulled me into him. "Still, I can't fuck you, Matty."

	I was disappointed, but I was also headstrong. "Can I blow you
again, then?"

	"Well, that seems like a pretty fair compromise to me," he said,
laughing. I scrambled between his legs and started working his cock. Every
time I felt his balls clench, I pulled off and let his orgasm
retreat. Finally, he said, "Matty, you gotta let me come."

	"I will," I said, "but only if you let me ride you."

	"Seriously, dude, just finish me off."

	"Can I ride you?"

	He didn't respond.

	"Can I ride you?" I asked again.

	"I didn't say 'no'," he responded.

	I spit in my hand, smeared the spit all over my ass, and hovered
over his dick. I had been fucked a lot, but getting John Mark's cock inside
me was going to take a fair bit of effort. I slowly lowered myself onto
him, pausing and adjusting when I felt like I couldn't take any more. When
I was down as far as I could go, I started clenching my ass muscles around
his cock and slowly riding it.

	"Oh, fuck," was all he said as he quickly filled my ass with his
load. I climbed off, and we fell asleep without talking about what had just
happened.

	When I woke up about three hours later, I tried the tap tap tap
maneuver again. This time, there was no resistance. John Mark rolled into
me, I spit in my hand and lathered my ass, he spit in his and lathered his
cock, and he fucked me missionary style.

	"Hook your arms under my knees," I insisted. When he did, it raised
my ass off the floor, and he slid all the way in. "Wow," was all he said as
he bottomed out and started delivering all he had.

	I felt deliciously full, and John Mark's accelerating rhythm took
me over the edge. I came without touching myself. John Mark come as soon as
I did. He fucked me until he was soft and then he collapsed onto me.

	When he rolled off, he rubbed his face and then ran his hands
through his hair. "Jesus Christ, Matty, that was unbelievable."

	"Better than fucking a woman?"

	"I don't know about 'better.' But, certainly tighter. Your ass is
as tight as a glove."

	"So, you liked it?"

	"Sure."

	"I liked it, too. A lot."

	"Really? It doesn't hurt?"

	"It hurts a little at first. But, then it's like magic."

	"Well, I am a magician with my dick," he said, tousling my hair.

*****

	Monday was our last day on the river. I woke up before John
Mark. He was spooning me, and I could feel his morning wood in my
backside. I pushed back into him.

	"Easy, Tiger," he urged.

	"Just once more, before we go, please."

	"My mind is saying no, but my cock is saying yes," he said, pushing
his hard on into me.

	We were already in position, so I just rolled my left leg over my
right and waited for him to enter me. John Mark forced me over the rest of
the way, kneeled between my legs, and dropped a large dollop of spit into
the crack of my ass. I opened my legs and myself as much as I could, and he
pressed into me smoothly. He was up on his arms behind me, in the same
position he'd been in when I'd watched him fuck DeeDee. I used my ass to
work his cock. He hit my button, and I insisted he "stay right there." He
slowly ground me up, leaving my ass weak and wrecked when he drove in as
deep as he could and filled me with his wet warmth. When he was finished,
he lowered himself onto me, covering my back with his sweaty chest, and
kissed the back of my head.

	Gramps drove us home. John Mark and I were in the backseat of his
1977 Chrysler New Yorker, a beast of a car. I reached over and took John
Mark's hand in mine. It was rough. He worked as a mechanic at his father's
shop. It's all he had ever wanted to do. He had screwed around at Creighton
and headed right back to his father's shop once he graduated. I liked the
feel of his hand, which was much larger than mine. I gave it a squeeze, and
I got a squeeze back. I put my head on his shoulder, he tousled my hair,
and I fell asleep. I slept most of the drive home.

Fourth of July

	My grandparents crushed me when they told me there'd be no weekend
on the river for the Fourth. My grandfather had shingles, and he was in too
much pain.

	I had really been looking forward to it. I didn't think DeeDee
would make it, and I wondered if John Mark and I would pick up where we had
left off six weeks before.

	My birthday was June 25th, and my parents had a small barbecue for
my dad's side of the family (my mom was a native Virginian and her family
was all still there). DeeDee and John Mark were there. Pregnancy and her
small, thin frame made DeeDee look like a snake that had swallowed a golf
ball.

	Of course, John Mark tousled my hair when he showed up. It was
becoming clear that I was always going to be the baby, no matter that I had
just turned 18 and not matter what we had done together. That he (and he
rest of the family) dwarfed me didn't help.

	After cake, John Mark and I played catch in the yard. "Hey, Matty,
I've been batting around an idea in my head. I know it won't be the same
without Granny and Gramps, but what do you say you and I head to the cabin
for the 4th?"

	My heart leapt. "Seriously? That would be totally cool."

	"I can't leave until after work on Friday and I have to be back for
work on Monday, but we'd have all day Saturday and most of Sunday on the
river."

	"I'll have to get clearance from the 'rents."

	"Okay, let me know." I ran toward the house as John Mark let go of
the ball, sending it sailing past where I'd been standing.

	My dad said he and my mother would have to think about it. They did
not like the idea of John Mark and me being "unsupervised." My plaintive
"He's almost 25 years old and about to be a father" was met with "yes, so
maybe he should act like it and stay home and help his wife."

	I was not optimistic, and I glumly told John Mark. "I'll take care
of it," he said. He must have, as my dad told me as I said good-night and
thanked them for the party that they were okay with me going to the river
with John Mark, so long as we behaved as if Granny and Gramps were
there. If they only knew.

	John Mark swung his father's wagon into our driveway right at 6. We
knew my parents would figure out some way to inspect the coolers, so we
decided to keep them pure and get beer on the road. Sure enough, my parents
pretended to be interested in assuring we had all we needed, so they
intently went through both coolers. I think they were surprised (and
disappointed) to find only sodas.

	As we were about to pull away, my dad leaned in, tousled my hair,
and reminded me, to "remember the rule." When we were on our way, John Mark
asked "What's the rule?"

	"I'm supposed to behave as if Granny and Gramps are there."

	"So, you have to get high, suck dick, and get fucked?" he asked,
laughing.

	"I guess so. I don't want to get in trouble for not 'remembering
the rule.'"

	I had assumed (and hoped) this "John Mark & Matthew" weekend would
be a continuation of Memorial Day weekend, but I wasn't certain it would
be. John Mark's question suggested I was not going to be disappointed.

	"You still screwing around with Billy Jack?"

	"Nah. I think I'm past that."

	"What about your sister's friend, Julia?"

	"Yeah, every once in awhile. I actually snuck out my window last
night and fucked her on the patio."

	"You're an idiot. If you had gotten caught, there's no way you'd be
on your way to the river right now."

	"What can I say? I'm 18. I think with my dick."

	"Is she any good?"

	"I don't really have anyone to compare her to. She's the only girl
I've ever fucked. I come every time, so we're doing something right."

	"How does she compare to Billy Jack?"

	"She likes it more, so it's more fun. She begs for my dick. Billy
Jack only lets me fuck him if I insist before I let him fuck me."

	Talking about sex was making me hard. From what I could tell, it
was having the same effect on John Mark.

	"Do you go down on her?"

	"Yeah, it's the only way she'll come."

	"Do you like it?"

	"It's alright. I'd rather suck a cock."

	"Really?" he asked, drawing the word out slowly and inflecting at
the end.

	"Yeah. It's easier, and I like the taste of cock more than the
taste of pussy."

	"I'm not much of an enthusiast, either," he offered.

	"I figured you'd like it."

	"Nah, it's a means to an end. I have to eat DeeDee's pussy before I
can fuck her. So, I do. But, in and of itself, eating pussy doesn't do much
for me."

	"How are things with her?"

	"Miserable. The baby's pressing on her bladder, so she's
uncomfortable all the time. She was a little bit of a bitch before. Now,
she's a fucking nightmare. I can't do anything right. That's one reason I
wanted to get away. Being at home sucks ass."

	"So, no sex?"

	"Are you kidding? She avoids me like the plague. If I even hint at
sex, she insists I'm selfish and self-centered. I've been exiled to the
spare room. She needs the whole bed to herself."

	"At least in there you can jack off in peace."

	"I know, right?"

	The conversation seemed to bring John Mark down. There was
something bubbling just beneath the surface of him. I wanted to know what,
but I decided to be patient.

	With the stops, we got to the cabin around 9. It was too late for
supper, so we grabbed some chips, opened Budweisers, and headed to the
porch with John Mark's bong (thank God my parents had not gone through his
bag like they had gone through the coolers).

	There was no ambient light. I leaned back and stared at the sky,
bright with stars. The cicadas were only beginning to chirp. They'd be
deafening in a few weeks.

	We got really high and a little drunk. At about 11:30, John Mark
stood up and announced he was going to bed. I followed him in.

	"I'm older, so I'm taking the bedroom. You can have the couch."

	I was gobsmacked as John Mark turned and headed down the hall. It
was all I could do not to cry.

	I angrily opened the coffee table, pulled out a blanket and a
pillow, and settled into the couch.

	"What're you doing?" John Mark asked, leaning against the hallway
door.

	"Going to bed."

	"I was kidding, dumbass. You're staying with me. That's why we're
here."

	I floated down the hallway. We undressed, John Mark to his birthday
suit and me to my briefs. As I climbed into bed, John Mark said "You may as
well take those off, too. You're not going to keep them on for long." I
did. We were naked in bed together for the first time, the room dark except
for the bedside lamp.

	"Aren't you going to turn the light off?" I asked

	"Nah. I want to be able to see you."

	I was on my back as John Mark rolled into me. Our faces were
close. "We should do this properly," he said, lowering his face to mine and
kissing me. I opened my mouth to his, and we kissed deeply. As we did, he
moved his rough hand over my hairless body, eventually taking my dick in
his hand. I was so excited, I came almost as soon as he touched me.

	He had to know, but he didn't act like he did. He kept groping and
kissing me.

	"I can't wait to fuck you," he said.

	"You don't have to."

	I was under him, so I wrapped my arms and legs around him and tried
to welcome him in.

	"Hold on a second," he said, scrambling off the bed and grabbing a
tube of lube out of his bag. "I think this'll help," he said, lathering his
cock and my asshole.

	I was desperate to have him inside me. I grabbed his slippery cock
and guided it to my opening. He slid in and slowly fucked me. I asked for
"faster" and "harder" but got only his slow, methodical pace. He was
teasing and toying with me.

	"You have to speed up," I insisted.

	"No. I'm going to slow-fuck you," he insisted. And, that is exactly
what he did, introduing me to the concept of deliberate, single speed
fucking. He never sped up, delivering long, languid strokes that had my
entire body tingling by the time I reached down, grabbed my dick, and
yanked a load out all over my stomach.

	Finished, I could work on John Mark. I clenched and unclenched my
ass as he slid in and out of me. He hit my button, and I arched my back, my
balls and feet and hands all clenching. My entire body was aglow when John
Mark finally came, way too long after entering me. His cock popped out, and
I could feel him leaking out of me. He collapsed onto me, damp with
sweat. I hooked my arms and legs around him, and he buried his face next to
mine. I ran my hands into his hair and massaged his scalp. He raised up,
kissed me, and insisted we move to the shower.

	In the shower, we made out under the water until we were both hard
again. John Mark pushed me toward his cock, telling me he wanted to fuck my
face. He wasn't kidding. Once I had his cock in my mouth as deep as I
could, he held my head completely still and slid in and out of my mouth. He
was in my throat, but I had no control over what was happening. I was
helpless.

	I wanted to jack myself off, but I had to brace myself with both
hands just to balance myself against the assault on my face. Just when I
thought I couldn't take any more, John Mark pulled his dick out of my
mouth, jacked it a couple of times, and unloaded all over my face. As he
did, he said "I love watching my cum spray." That was enough for me. A few
jerks of my dick and I coated the shower floor.

	When we were back in bed, I told John Mark to lay on his stomach,
as I was going to rub his back. He thanked me, and I didn't tell him it was
more for me than it was for him. I wanted to touch every inch of him.

	I did. I started at his neck and worked my way up and down his
arms, along his sides, and all over his back, alternatively licking and
kissing and rubbing and tickling. I moved to his soccer ass, knowing that
my desired destination was now in sight.

	"Spread your legs a little."

	When he did what he was told, I lowered my mouth to his ass and
delivered his first rim job. I thought he might protest, but he didn't. I
went after him greedily. I didn't much care for eating pussy, but I loved
eating ass. John Mark's was nice and hairy, a man's ass.

	"Do you like that?" I asked.

	"I do . . . . I really do. I'm hard as a rock."

	"Prove it."

	John Mark rolled over, and he was, indeed, hard as a rock. I took
him in my mouth again, this time exerting the control I lacked in the
shower. I milked his cock hard and long. When he warned me that he was
"getting close," I took him as deep as I could and shoved my spit covered
finger in his ass. He yelped, shuddered, and unloaded deep in my throat.

	As he came down, I went back to work. This time, I started at the
bottom and worked my way up. I licked and kissed and rubbed his feet and
legs. When I got to his crotch, I raised his legs and ate his ass again. I
sucked his balls. I licked and kissed his softened cock, his stomach, and
his sides. I sucked each nipple hard. I moved to his neck. I finished at
his mouth, kissing him hard and long.

	I collapsed onto him, spent. I was tired, and so was he. He wrapped
his arms around me, and I fell asleep on top of him, cheek to cheek, chest
to chest, crotch to crotch.

*****

	When I awoke, it was pouring down rain. John Mark was in bed next
to me, reading a book. There was coffee and cookies on the nightstand.

	"What're the cookies for?"

	"When we finish our coffee, we'll eat a cookie to fix our
breath. That way, we won't have to get out of bed if we don't want to. The
weather sucks, so I thought we should try to stay in bed all day."
Generally, I hated rain. Today, I loved it.

	As John Mark read, I drank my coffee and basked in the peace of the
morning and the promise of the day. As soon as I finished my cookie, John
Mark pulled me to him, and kissed me deep and long. The kiss felt like it
lasted forever, as our tongues danced with each other. When we finally
broke, I was light-headed, and John Mark simply said, "Wow." I settled my
head into his chest, and we both dozed off.

	When I woke up, I was pleasantly that John Mark was sucking my
dick. He wasn't great at it, but he did fine for a first time. As I got
close, I knew I should warn him, but I really like coming in people's
mouths. I cannot imagine eating a girl out and then stopping just as she's
about to come. It seemed rude. Pulling off just as a guy is about to come
seemed equally rude.

	I stayed silent, bucked, and unloaded in his mouth. I felt him gag
a little as I did, but he kept going, finishing me off completely. He
pulled off and smiled at me.

	"How was that?" I asked.

	"Better than I thought it'd be."

	"I fucking love doing it."

	"I'm pretty sure I'll never love it."

	"I bet you will. You'll become an addict."

	"I'd take that bet," he said.

	As we talked, John Mark maneuvered himself between my legs. He
said, "I want to fuck you again. How do you want me to do it?"

	I surprised him. "Take me from behind." He did, ravaging me doggie
style with another long, slow fuck.

	It rained all day. We left the bed only to use the bathroom, clean
up, grab pot or beer, or get a little bit of food. We napped on and off to
reclaim our energy. We spent the rest of the day sexing, insatiably. I
sucked John Mark. He sucked and fucked me, taking instruction well and
getting better each time he took my dick in his mouth.

	At about 8 p.m., I announced that I was pretty sure I was not going
to be able to walk the next day. John Mark responded "I'll carry you."

	I asked, "Does that mean you're not finished?"

	"That's exactly what it means," he said, preparing to take me
again.

	I don't remember who finally gave in and called it a night. But,
whoever it was had to have done so out of sheer exhaustion, because neither
of us seemed capable of stopping voluntarily.

*****
	We slept late on Sunday. When I woke up, John Mark was again
reading, and there was coffee and cookies on the table. I sat up, grabbed
my coffee, and leaned into him, resting my head on his shoulder. When our
coffee cups were empty, I asked, "Are we going to get out of bed today?"

	"Only to leave."

	"What are we going to do until then?"

	"Something a little different," John Mark said, rolling into me,
pulling me flat, and kissing me. "I want you to fuck me."

	"Really?"

	"It only seems fair."

	Remembering the brutality of my first time (Billy Jack hadn't cared
that he was taking my cherry and he had ridden me hard without much
preparation), I took John Mark gently. I started by rimming him and then
opening him with my fingers. I lubed him inside and out. I lubed my dick as
much as I could. I told him to make sure he kept breathing. I entered him
slowly, allowing him to signal when it was okay for me to give him
more. When I was all the way in, I stayed as still as I could until he was
adjusted to my dick and ready for action. I moved in and out of him slowly,
no matter how much I wanted to buck like mad. When I came, John Mark was
hard. I stayed inside of him and jacked him off.

	When I was finished and settled next to him, I asked him what he
thought.

	"Well, just when I thought I was going to make you stop, the pain
eased a little. I'm not sure it ever felt good, but it made me hard, so
there must have been something to it."

	"I probably shouldn't have taken you on your back the first time. I
think on your side or stomach may have been easier."

	"Now you tell me," he said, sarcastically.

	"I wanted to be able to see you," I said, seriously, and echoing
his words from Friday night.

	"I love you, too, Matty."

	"I didn't say 'I love you.'"

	"Yes, you did."

	We stayed in bed until it was time to leave. The furtiveness of
Saturday was replaced by slower, more deliberate sex. John Mark fucked me
twice, and I fucked him once more. We also 69'd for the first time, which
was my first time ever for that. The reverse angle was perfect for getting
John Mark all the way down my throat.

	As we drove home, I asked John Mark if he thought he was gay. I was
surprised by his, "no, not at all" answer.

	"Then what is this?"

	"Weird shit. I mean, I've never been attracted to a guy. I've
looked at guy's bodies and dicks, but just out of comparison. I've never
thought, 'boy, I'd like to kiss him' or 'boy, I'd suck that dick.' I've
never fantasized about a guy, like when I jack off or fuck a girl. I just
never have. So, I have to think this is just about you. I mean, I don't
think I'd have ever fooled around with a guy if I wasn't horned up and
awake when you tried to cop a feel in the night."

	"Maybe you were just bored."

	"I dunno. I don't think you fuck a guy out of boredom. If you do, I
doubt you keep doing it. And, I doubt you start making out with him. I
think the kissing takes this a different direction."

	"Maybe it's just because the sex is good."

	"Well, it is really good. Like mind-blowingly good. Like, 'holy
shit, this is what it's supposed to be like good.' I think I had my biggest
orgasms ever this weekend. But, like I said, the kissing seems to take this
a different direction. It's more than sex now, at least for me."

	"It is for me, too."

	"I watched you sleep last night, trying to wrap my mind around
what's going on. And, I was just really happy to be there, with you. So, I
wondered if a guy can be straight and fall head over heels for another
guy. Because that seems to be where I'm headed with you."

	"I know what you mean."

Labor Day

	When John Mark dropped me off on July 7, I questioned what would
happen now that we were back. The next day, my questions were
answered. John Mark called me when he got off work, and we talked for about
an hour.

	About halfway through the call, I offered, "You don't sound happy."

	"I'm not. I let things get away from me, and now I'm stuck."

	"Talk to me."

	"Well, it was DeeDee's idea to get married, I didn't resist enough,
and things just snowballed until I found myself standing at the altar doing
something I didn't really want to do. It was the same way with the
baby. DeeDee claims she got pregnant by accident, but I don't believe
her. I think she wanted a baby, knew I didn't, and so took matters into her
own hands."

	I couldn't offer him any words of comfort. I had no idea what he
was going through.

	What I could do was see him. "Meet me at the coffee shop on 17th."

	"Okay, I will tell DeeDee I'm going for a run."

	At the shop, John Mark and I just talked. Every once in awhile,
John Mark would tousle my hair or put his hand on mine.

	Every day after that, I biked to his dad's shop and talked to John
Mark while he worked. Some days, I was there all day. It was my Uncle's
shop, so no one cared. We were just two "cousins" hanging out.

	When we could, we'd sneak sex. If my parents were gone, John Mark
would "lunch" in my bed. When they weren't, I'd blow him in a bathroom, or
he'd blow me in park, or we'd sneak a quick fuck in his car.

	July turned to August, and August headed toward September. I
wondered about Labor Day weekend. My grandparents and I were certainly
headed to the cabin, but I wasn't sure if John Mark was. DeeDee was close
to popping, and I didn't think she'd tolerate him being gone. I was
surprised when John Mark told me she not only tolerated it, but encouraged
it.

	"That's what we've become," he said, with only a slight amount of
melancholy. "She'd rather I wasn't around."

*****

	With our grandparents there, we were back to the living room floor,
and the loud, raucous sex of the 4th returned to the silent, furtive sex of
Memorial Day. Still, there was none of the dance of Memorial Day
weekend. We both knew and wanted what was going to happen. We fucked each
other Friday night, and sucked each other Saturday morning.

	We spent Saturday on the river. John Mark let me blow him on the
sand bar. Anyone could have seen us. We didn't care.

	After Granny and Gramps went to bed Saturday night, John Mark and I
went to the porch, smoked pot, and made out. Our kiss matched the kiss from
the morning of July 6. It took my breath away.

	"I love you, John Mark."

	"I love you, too, Matty. A lot."

	We didn't have sex Saturday night. We just kissed and held each
other.

	We slept too long Sunday morning. When I woke up, we were naked,
John Mark was wrapped around me, and Gramps was sitting at the dining room
table, staring at us. A grey sheet was all that saved Gramps from seeing
what he was trying not to see.

	I nudged John Mark awake. When he started to kiss me, the terror in
my eyes stopped him cold. I whispered "Gramps is up" and looked toward
him. I was terrified about what would happen next.

	John Mark was cool as the underside of a pillow. He grabbed his
shorts, slid them on, stood up, and stretched. When I followed, he tousled
my hair, and said, "It'll be better tonight. You'll see."

	John Mark strode to the kitchen, got a cup of coffee, and joined
Gramps at the table. Without skipping a beat, John Mark said, "Matty had
terrible dreams last night. The only way I could get him calmed was to hold
him. . . . Is it okay if I call DeeDee? It's long distance, I want to check
on wife and our baby. I'm a little nervous being gone this close to the
birth. I should've ignored her and stayed home."

	I didn't know if it would fly. But, John Mark's cocksureness seemed
to have done the trick. Gramps never said a word, and John Mark and I were
fucking on the living room floor as soon as he and Granny closed the
bedroom door that night.

	I blew him a final time the next morning. We cut it close, as we
could hear Granny and Gramps talking in the bedroom as I worked an orgasm
out of John Mark's balls and cock. No sooner than we had pulled on our
shorts, Gramps called down the hall "Rise and shine. Up and at 'em." He had
never done that before. John Mark had not tricked him the morning
before. He knew what was going on. He had just chosen discretion. And to
warn us this morning so he didn't walk in on something he didn't want to
walk in on.

*****

	As we were loading the car, Gramps asked John Mark and me to join
him on the dock. Once there, he proved himself to be a pioneer on the
leading edge of society. "Look, I don't care what you boys do, but you best
be careful. The world can be a cruel place, and I don't want that cruelty
visited upon you. So, do what you need to do, but be careful about
it. There's no need to let the world in on it."

	As we drove home, I wondered where we were going. It was clear, at
least to me, that this was not some passing fling. It was equally clear to
me that there was not room enough in John Mark's life for me, a baby, and
DeeDee. I was not sure how he'd work it out, but I didn't think it would
not be easy.

	DeeDee made it easy. She'd stopped fucking John Mark because she'd
started fucking the guy in the apartment above theirs. He was hot and
single and rich, or at least headed to riches (he was a Radiology
resident). She hadn't lied about the baby. It was an accident, and she
didn't know whose it was.

	To John Mark's surprise (and DeeDee's), the tests showed he was
John Mark's. She didn't want him or John Mark. She wanted the
Radiologist. And, he wanted her. So, John's Mark problems were
solved. DeeDee took off, leaving the baby (Travis) and John Mark
behind. She never looked back.

	Travis had arrived on September 21st. He was perfect and
adorable. I loved him the first moment I touched him.

	For awhile, I pretended to be interested in Travis and claimed to
be visiting him after school. But, it was not long before the secret was
out, at least in our family. John Mark and I were together. With the secret
out, I for all intents and purposes moved in with them. My parents didn't
like it, but I was 18, and they couldn't do anything about it.

	I officially moved in at Christmas. I took all my clothes, and my
parents stopped contributing financially to my life.

	John Mark and Travis and I were deliriously happy. John Mark and I
were living a dream. We were together, and we had a perfect baby boy.

	I graduated four months later, and I enrolled that Fall at the
local university. I was not a great student, but I thought I should get a
degree. By default, I majored in Economics. It bored me to death.

Epilogue

	On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court held that
same-sex marriage was a fundamental right. When it did, John Mark and I had
been together for 30 years. Our life together had not been easy, mostly
because we were flawed men who made selfish, self-centered decisions. I
will not detail them here, but -- suffice to say -- we both behaved badly
(we were young and inexperienced, we made selfish, self-centered, and
self-interested choices), there were times where I was certain John Mark
would leave me, and there were times where I was certain I would leave
him. We should have ended a number of times. But, no matter what, we always
found our way back to each other.

	John Mark is now 54, I am 48, Travis is 30, our adopted daughter
(Elizabeth) is 26, and our grandchildren (David, Michael, and Katherine,
all through Travis) are 5, 3, and 1. We have seen a revolution in our
lives. We started living in the shadows. We now live in the light, honest
and open about who and what we are.

	We are true partners. We still like sex, but we like to have wine
on our porch or walk hand in hand through the park even more. In

	In 2015, we also love each other more than we ever had. We started
as boys, really, me more so than John Mark. We were too young and stupid to
know we didn't have much of a chance of making it, at least not together.
But, we had made it, happily.