Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:03:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: rw6789@aol.com
Subject: "A Trial Of Strength" - Part 150   by Rob Williams

A TRIAL OF STRENGTH - PART 150
By Rob Williams

IN THIS CHAPTER:
   Mark and Bob join the boy-orgy: "The two muscular alpha males
surrendered to the onslaught of youthful sexual appetites."  Zack helps
Randy purge his demons: "Two muscle-gods in the sun, one submitting his
body to the jackhammer of the other."  Randy reunites with Bob: "The
handsome executive in his elegant tuxedo at the mercy of the gritty
construction boss towering over him.  Then the cop confronts the fireman.

***************

A TRIAL OF STRENGTH - Chapter 150 – "The Power of Man-on-Man Sex"

Darius had described the boys as a `band of brothers' and they worked hard
to live up to that name when they conspired to bring Bob and Mark together
again after the bitterness and anger left over from their fight.  They put
their heads together and devised an elaborate scheme for the two men to
meet on the deserted beach in the Guadalupe Dunes.

All six boys were spending the night together in Jamie's shack, celebrating
the success of their plan, while three miles up the beach Bob and Mark were
alone in Zack's cabin, after their spectacular reunion of sex in the surf.
After they showered together Bob called Randy.  "Hey buddy, guess what.
Mark's up here too ... I think the boys have been plotting to get us back
together.  Anyway, Mark and me, we're ... we're spending the night together
in Zack's place, if that's OK with you."

"Sure," came Randy's voice.  "About time you two made up.  As matter of
fact, Darius and Pablo asked if they could go up there and join the boys
... some kind of boy orgy, I guess.  That leaves just me and Zack here.
So, sure, you two have a good time together."

Bob smiled as he hung up, relieved at Randy's easy-going acceptance of the
situation.  What he couldn't see was Randy's clenched jaw, the glint in his
eye and the tension in his body as he recalled his own words to Bob
..... "just as long as I'm always your main man, understood?"

Bob turned his attention to the exhilarating thought of spending the night
with Mark As they sat on the porch over drinks, the sun sinking toward the
horizon, conversation flowed easily, with no mention of recent events.
That was over, in the past.  So Mark wasn't ready for Bob's sudden question
that came out of nowhere.  "Mark, that fireman who came to the house
... what's his name?  Jason?  Well ... would you know how to get in touch
with him again?"

Mark smiled in surprise.  "Well, sure, I guess ... I know what fire station
he works out of.  But why in the world ...?

"Oh, nothing.  Just thought of a favor you might be able to do for me."

"Anything, old buddy, you know that."  Mark grinned lasciviously.  "Now
that you mention it I can think of a few favors we can do for each other
right now.  Let's go inside."

****************

And so the sun went down on three houses ...  the big house in L.A., and
the two shacks on the beach, all three places charged with expectations
that the night would be something special.

The L.A. house was unusually quiet and empty, with only Randy and Zack to
keep each other company.  The two men were working buddies, two rugged
construction workers, and as they strolled down to their local restaurant
for dinner they enjoyed this rare opportunity of spending some leisure time
together.  As they chatted amiably over dinner there arose a warmth between
them, a heat even, that they never had time to feel on the construction
site in the demands of a hectic workday.

When they got back to the house they were feeling mellow and bit drunk.
Randy looked at Zack and shrugged.  "Hey, big guy, no sense you being alone
in your place across the street.  Come and bunk in with me.  I've got half
an empty bed, what with Bob away, fucking with Mark in the dunes."  Zack
heard in Randy's voice a mix of regret and loneliness, tinged with
resentment, so he readily agreed.

They were both tired and, once in bed, they savored the warmth and
companionship, with no thought of sex ... not then at any rate.  But during
the night Zack was aware of the muscular body pressed close to him, his arm
thrown over Zack's chest.  Zack smiled to himself and thought, `dreaming of
Bob, no doubt.'  And so they slept, and woke the next morning ready to face
the day together ... just the two of them.

****************

In Zack's cabin in the dunes Mark and Bob lay in bed in each other's arms,
feeling not so much companionship as sexual desire ... not so much warmth
as heat.  After their bitter falling-out and passionate reunion the
exhilaration of being together found expression in the only way it could.
After their separation they needed to hold each other, to be close ... to
be inside each other.  So they made love, endlessly, ravenously, in every
way possible for two virile muscle-studs to indulge their lust.

But finally exhaustion overcame even them and they settled down to sleep,
their last thought being for their boys just three miles down the beach.
Pressed against Mark Bob sighed.  "I can't even imagine what those guys
have been getting up to in that shack, all six of them together."  Mark
grinned at him.  "I can, buddy.  Six lusty young studs no doubt celebrating
their triumph of manipulating us so we would `accidentally' meet.  They
must be feeling pretty good about themselves right now."

Mark was dead right.  When Pablo and Darius had arrived earlier that
evening they had been exuberantly greeted by Jamie, Nate and the twins.
True to form, Darius made them relate every detail of how well their plan
had worked, ending with Mark and Bob jogging toward each other on the beach
and falling into each other's arms.  Darius, ever the expert with a camera
said, "Dudes, if you were making a movie of that you'd have to shoot that
sequence in slow motion."

They were stoked, with a sense of accomplishment they had never felt
before.  Up to now their masters had always taken care of them, but now,
working together, they had been able to heal the breach between two masters
whose anger and pride was keeping them apart.  They really saw themselves
as a band of brothers.

They opened beer bottles and drank many toasts to each other ... "To Jamie,
for having the idea in the first place and for letting us all stay here in
his shack."  "To the twins, for coming back to the house and taking their
punishment like good boys."  "To us, the Six Musketeers!"  (That last was
Darius of course, and his overactive sense of fantasy.)

Nate helped the twins put dinner together and the noisy exuberance didn't
abate throughout the meal, with the conversation mostly focused on Bob and
Mark.  At one point Darius said, "Hey, dudes, what do you think they're
doing right now?"

Pablo laughed, "Maybe you should go find out ... poke your camera through
the window and film it."

"Do you think so?" Darius asked wide eyed, taking the suggestion seriously.

"Darius!" they all yelled, as he dodged the barrage of food thrown at him.

The feasting and drinking continued until finally they collapsed from
exhaustion and alcohol.  They didn't so much fall asleep as pass out
... all over the place, on the bed, on the floor and outside on the deck.
The various combinations of boys entwined with each other in twos and
threes shifted several times during the night but they were so tired that,
although sex was, as always, in the air, it would have to wait until
tomorrow.

****************

It was nearly ten o'clock the next morning when Mark and Bob stirred from
their deep sleep, each of them with raging hard-ons that they relieved with
a session of languid love-making to begin their day.  Sated and happy, they
lay on their backs and gazed at the play of light on the ceiling as sun
streamed through the window blinds.

"Jesus, I'm hungry," said Mark.  "What say we take a run down the beach and
see if the boys can rustle up breakfast for us?  That is if they're not too
busy with each other."

Actually that last comment turned out to be prophetic.  Eager for some
physical activity (other than sex) the two men pulled on swim trunks and
jogged steadily along the beach to Jamie's shack.  But they were in for a
surprise.  Expecting a flurry of boisterous activity they got ... nothing.
No boys, no noise, except for the incessant cry of the seagulls.

"What the fuck's going on?" said Mark, with an edge of concern to his
voice.  But then they both heard it, a muffled shout from way back in the
dunes, then another.  "Sounds like that's where the action is," grinned
Bob, and they trudged silently over one dune, then up to the crest of
another.  And there they stopped ... eyes wide, jaws dropping.  "Boy oh
boy," Bob breathed.

More accurate would have been `boy on boy' because that's what lay before
them in the hollow between the dunes.  The boys had covered a large area
with blankets and all six of them were there ... fucking like jack rabbits.
When they could sort out the tangle of limbs Bob and Mark could make out
the couplings ... Jamie fucking Nate, Pablo on Kevin and Darius on Kyle.
It was the boy orgy Randy had predicted, in the dunes under the blazing
sun.

Bob smiled, shaking his head.  "That's our boys ... doing what comes
naturally."

"Yeah, well don't knock it, buddy," Mark grinned, "after the night we've
just had.  They take after their masters."

The boys were going at it so hard they were unaware of the men on the crest
of the dune watching in awe, their cocks growing like tent poles in their
shorts.  At last things seemed to be coming to a head and they heard Darius
yell, "OK, dudes, you ready?  All together ...The Six Musketeers!"  That
battle cry was followed by the howls of six lusty boys as they exploded in
one huge group orgasm, semen flowing everywhere, onto heaving bodies, into
faces and spilling over onto the hot sand.

There was a sudden silence, except for heavy breathing, followed by ... an
outburst of raucous laughter as the boys fell on their backs, elated by the
thrill of communal boy-sex, another group enterprise of the Band of
Brothers.  Through their tears of laughter they gazed up at the sky, at the
dunes towering over them ... and at two near-naked muscle-studs high above
them, gloriously backlit by the sunlight gleaming behind them in a halo
effect.  To the boys they seemed like gods on Mount Olympus.

Mark threw his arm over Bob's shoulder, a gesture that unleashed whoops,
whistles and enthusiastic applause from the boys.  Bob grinned at Mark.
"Do you suppose God put those gorgeous cum-splattered boys down there just
for our pleasure?"

"Of course, he did.  So if this is the Garden of Eden let's grab a bite of
the apple.  Come on, buddy, let's eat ..."

With a whoop like attacking Redskins they sped down the dune kicking up
clouds of sand, and fell on top of the heap of boys.  But they didn't stay
on top for long.  The boys were still flush from the thrill of taking
charge, so these two men were still fair game.  And anyway, the odds were
six against two.  Within minutes Bob and Mark lay on their backs, resigned
to being worked over by the boys.  And the boys were determined to work
them good.

Operating like a well-rehearsed attack team they divided the spoils of war.
The twins took the faces, licking, kissing, plunging their tongues into
open mouths.  Jamie and Nate took on the chest, burying their faces between
the bulging pecs, then licking and biting the hard nipples.  Pablo and
Darius, seasoned cocksuckers, pulled off the men's shorts and took charge
of their rigid poles.

The two gorgeous, muscular alpha males surrendered to the onslaught of
youthful sexual appetites.  They submitted their bodies to every erotic
pleasure ... the twins' ravenous lips pressing against theirs, tongues
probing deep ...the drooling mouths of Jamie and Nate working on the
nipples, taking the men to the brink of the pleasure/pain threshold ... and
the hot throats of Pablo and Darius gripping the pulsing cocks as they
swallowed them whole.

Never had two such powerful men been swarmed over like this, their
magnificent bodies the object of so much frenzied lust.  Trapped as they
were, the men still managed to look down on this team of beautiful boys
working on them in the ultimate group act of worship.  The sight, the feel,
the heat, the passion were all too much to resist.  The men felt their
cocks shudder just as the mouths slid off them.

In a daze they heard Darius's commanding voice.  "OK, guys, this is it
... get over here."  Six wide-eyed faces looked down at the two cocks as
they blasted plumes of cum high in the air.  The boys opened their mouths
and competed with each other for a taste, licking sucking, swallowing from
the fountains of cum.  The scene was wild, giving a whole new meaning to
the concept of gathering round the drinking fountain.

When they had drunk their fill and the masters were sated the boys stood up
and formed a circle round the men lying side by side on their backs.
"Sirs," said Jamie, "we are pleased you are together again and proud that
we played our part.  We want to show you how much we love you.  You look so
beautiful lying there, so incredibly hot, there's only one thing we can do.
This is for your, sirs."

The boys stroked their cocks a few times and the men watched as six streams
of cum blasted out of them, splashing down onto their faces and naked
bodies.  It was a rain forest ... sweet-smelling creamy liquid pouring down
on them from the circle of boys, soaking them, blinding them, drowning them
in a seemingly endless outpouring of youthful passion.

It seemed that the storm of cum would never end, but at last when their
cocks were dry the six boys looked down in silent awe.  They had never seen
a sight like this ... two incredible muscle-gods, one blond the other dark,
every inch of their perfect bodies and handsome faces smothered with the
semen that had splashed down on them and was now flowing over their
gleaming muscles, to be soaked up by the hot sand beneath them.

The boys fell on them, sliding over the cum-slicked bodies in a writhing
tangle of muscles and limbs ... a jubilant celebration by the triumphant
band of brothers.

****************

While the eight men raced down to the water to cleanse their semen-soaked
bodies in the waves, the scene at the house in L.A. could not have been
more different.  For starters, it was quiet.  Randy and Zack had slept for
eight long hours, mostly close together, with Randy's arm resting on Zack's
chest.  As Zack correctly guessed, Randy was dreaming of Bob, dreams that
made him toss restlessly at times during the night ... dreams of Bob in bed
with Mark.

That guess was certainly reinforced the next morning as the two men sat in
their boxers in the kitchen over coffee and bowls of oatmeal and Randy
stared broodingly down at the table.  Zack understood the tough alpha male
better than most, being one himself.  Working with him Zack had seen all of
Randy's moods ... his tireless strength and endurance, respect for his men
and, not least, the fiery anger that flared up when anything went wrong.

Zack looked on Randy as the ultimate tough guy, a natural leader ... and
pornographically handsome into the bargain.  He truly was, as many had
dubbed him, the dark-haired blue-eyed King of the Gypsies.  You didn't get
on the wrong side of Randy.  Zack had seen him floor a man with a single
blow.  Randy bowed to no man, afraid of nothing and no one ... except ...

Zack knew that one thing scared Randy ... he was afraid that Bob would one
day leave him.  Meeting Bob had knocked Randy off balance, made him feel
insecure for the first time in his life.  For the first time ever he was
not king of his world.  As if reading Zack's thoughts Randy muttered,
almost to himself.  "Fuck, sometimes I wish I'd never met the guy."

Zack opened his mouth to protest but Randy went on, "Oh, shit I don't mean
that.  But you know me, man, I was always a loner until I met him, never
submitted to anyone, and now I'm his prisoner.  Love?  Hell, I never knew
what the word meant until I met Bob and now I'm crazy in love with him.  I
want to own him, body and soul, I'm jealous of any guy who even looks at
him.  Oh sure, we worked out that thing about him being with Mark when he
wants, but now that I know that they're up there fucking their brains out I
can't stand it, man.  It's eating me up."

Randy stood up and paced.  "Shit, why would a spectacular guy like that,
...gorgeous, brilliant, successful, loving ... stay with a roughneck like
me.  All I know about is manual labor and slugging guys.  Hell, all you
guys are in love with Bob ... he could have anyone in the world he wanted
... so why me, Zack, why me?  Man, I'm scared to death that one day he's
gonna wake up and ask himself the same damn question.  Then he'll be gone."

Zack reached up, grabbed Randy's wrist and pulled him down to the table
beside him.  "You know the trouble with you, man?  You have no godamn
vanity.  If you had you'd see yourself the way Bob does, a spectacular hunk
of manhood anyone would be proud to belong to.  And you'd see the way he
looks at you with those big brown eyes.  He's crazy about you, man.
Remember all those times you went nuts and beat him up and he'd still come
back for more?  No way in hell he's ever gonna leave you, Randy, I'd bet my
life on it."

Randy looked at Zack and smiled for the first time.  "Thanks buddy.  Thanks
for saying that."  He inhaled deeply and stretched.  "You know what I need
right now, Zack?  Hard work.  How do you feel about helping me clear some
of that brush on the hillside that's such a fire hazard?"

Zack clapped him on the back and grinned.  "I'm up for that.  Let's go,
buddy."  They went back upstairs and pulled on the jeans and boots they had
shed the night before.  They grabbed some tools and in a few minutes they
were side by side on the sun-parched hillside, hacking away ferociously at
the dead brush.  Randy was fueled by a need to purge his thoughts of Bob
and Mark, Zack by the competitive impulse he always felt working alongside
Randy.

If anyone had been there to see, it was a magnificent sight ... two rugged
bodybuilders stripped to the waist ... the black man in black pants, the
other in blue jeans ... their veined muscles flexing as they labored,
bodies gleaming with sweat in the blazing sun.  But if this were, as Zack
felt, a contest of strength, Zack could not keep up.  Out of the corner of
his eye he saw Randy at his most determined and ferocious, swinging the
pick-axe again and again like a man possessed, ripping the dry brush out of
the ground and flinging it contemptuously away.

Zack leaned on his pick-axe and watched, shaking his head in amazement.
"Hey, old buddy, it's sagebrush you're taking a swing at not Mark or Bob.
Don't take out your frustrations on the bushes, pal, they're not the
enemy."  Zack's voice dimly penetrated Randy's manic intensity and brought
him back to reality.  He stopped, breath heaving, eyes blazing, staring at
Zack.

"Shit, man," Zack said, "you sure have a lot of anger boiling inside you,
and it seems like hard labor's not doing the trick.  I've seen you come
home from work in this mood.  So what do you do then to purge your demons?"

Randy's eyes still blazed.  "What do I do?  I fuck the shit out of Bob or
Pablo, that's what I do.  But right now Bob is getting his ass fucked by
the cop and Pablo's getting ploughed by half a dozen boys.  So where the
hell does that leave me?  Who the hell do I fuck?"  He flung his axe down
in a display of rage and frustration.

Zack didn't reply, but when Randy looked over at him he saw a black
muscle-god, shirtless, standing on the dirt hillside, his arms spread wide
to the sides.  Zack grinned, "So what am I, buddy?  Chopped liver?"

In his delirium Randy saw not Bob, not Pablo, but another beautiful man
... a man offering himself as Bob and Pablo had done so often.  Randy's
body flexed.  He was angry, he needed to vent, he needed action ... he
needed to fuck ass!  With a howl he launched himself at the black stud,
hurling him down onto his back in the dirt.  Zack curbed his natural
impulse to fight back.  He was doing this for a good buddy who was hurting.
So he tensed and braced for the attack.

Randy's pent-up savagery was cut loose ... he was like an enraged bull as
he fell on Zack, ripping his pants down below his knees, pushing his legs
high in the air with one hand, spitting in the other and rubbing the spit
over his rock-hard cock.  He gazed down and saw not Zack, but Mark, Bob
... any man who had ever defied him.  "You fuckers," he howled and slammed
his cock deep inside the man's ass, pushing into the depths of his gut.

Tough as he was Zack let out an agonized scream that echoed round the
hills.  He had forgotten just how brutal Randy's fuck could be when he was
mad, and it was all Zack could do to control his reflex to heave Randy off
him.  Instead, he gritted his teeth and submitted to the torture he knew
was coming.

And it was ferocious.  Randy leaned forward, grabbed Zack's wrists and
pinned them to the ground above his head.  His body arched over his
captive, paused ... and then his hips slammed down, his steel rod piercing
his ass.  Zack screamed again, desperately clenching his ass muscles in a
futile attempt to slow the shaft ripping into him.  But Randy was
implacable as his pace speeded up.  He was like a machine, his rod
pistoning inside the man he had pinned to the ground.

Under the scorching sun the two muscle-gods stared at each other, one
submitting his powerful body, his perfect ass to the agonizing jackhammer
of the other.  Randy was now totally out of control, all his anger now
focused on Zack's hot, tight ass.  "You fuckers," he screamed.  "You
fucking shitheads ... this is what you get when you fuck with the boss.
He's mine!  I own him.  His ass is mine!"

While Randy's massive body still drove hard down onto the tortured man his
voice became plaintive as he saw a vision of Bob.  "You're mine, buddy.
Don't you know that?  You can't leave me ... I won't let you ..."  His
voice grew louder, his body moved faster.  "Nobody can give you what I can
... you feel that? ...  you feel my cock ripping you open?  Here, let me
show you ...!"  Randy went wild as the piston of his cock became a weapon,
proving his dominance, his right of ownership.  He felt his power over Bob,
heard his screams, heard him submit to him ...

But suddenly it wasn't Bob's voice ... it was Zack, his good buddy Zack.
His fantasy dissolved ... he was back on the parched hillside, and beneath
him he saw the beautiful black face twisting and thrashing in agony, the
body arching and straining, desperate for release, the tortured muscles
gleaming with sweat.  Sanity returned and Randy moaned, "Buddy, I didn't
... oh shit, forgive me, buddy ... I love you, man ... here, let me show
you...

His body arched back, he paused, gazing into Zack's eyes, then lowered his
hips one last time, sliding his rod into the ravaged ass, deeper and deeper
until it touched the inner sphincter, stopped, then eased over it and
poured hot juice inside the secret chamber.  Aaagh!  All the pain, all the
frustration and anger drained out of him with the juice that streamed into
Zack.

At the same time he saw Zack's pain dissolve into pleasure, saw the face
relax, incredibly, into a smile, as Zack's deep voice said, "Here it comes,
man.  This is for you ... aaagh! ...  His huge black cock shuddered and a
long ribbon of cum spurted high in the air, splashing into Randy's face
looking down at him.

*****************

Randy fell forward onto Zack, sobbing with relief and shame at having
subjected his friend to so much.  "I'm sorry, man.  I used you so bad.
God, I hurt you so bad.  Forgive me, man."

"Hey, hey, don't beat yourself up.  That's what friends are for, sharing a
buddy's pain."

Randy twisted off him and they recovered slowly, gazing up at the sparkling
blue sky.  Zack said, "So now we can relax ... no more work, no more angst.
We can have fun, and maybe you'll let me get my own back later.  Can't
remember when I was last inside your hot ass."

A short while later, after a swim in the pool to clean off, they were
sitting at the poolside table taking long, much-needed swigs of beer.  And
now that the subject of Bob was not painful at all, Zack said, "So what's
this I hear that as soon as Bob gets home tomorrow he has to get all
dressed up in his tux and go off to his company's fancy-shmancy annual
dinner.  Is it true they're giving him some kind of Man of the Year award?"

"Well of course they're making him Man of the Fucking Year, wouldn't you?
Shit, I'd make him Man for Life."

Zack laughed.  "He's already that for you, pal.  But you're not going to
the dinner with him?"

"You're kidding, right?  The day ever comes I get dressed up and climb into
one of those fancy monkey suits hell will freeze over, you can bet your ass
on that."  He grinned, "Talking of asses, I owe you one buddy.  Let me take
you out to eat, and when we come back you can get your revenge, OK?"

"Lead on, man ... you're the boss."

*****************

Next day Randy and Zack were sitting quietly by the pool when suddenly the
calm of the late afternoon was shattered by a squeal of brakes, the
slamming of car doors and the clamor of excited voices.  The gate burst
open and they all flooded in.

They had driven home in a convoy led by Mark driving Jamie.  Mark was
glowing with pride at the efficient, self-assured way his boy had conducted
himself and led the effort to patch things up in the house.  "I've missed
being alone with you, kiddo, and when we get home I'm gonna show you how
much.  Your ass is grass, kid.  I'm gonna fuck the shit out of you."  Jamie
grinned in eager anticipation.

Bob had driven the twins and Nate, and Pablo and Darius followed.  Now
chaos descended on the house as the excited hordes took over, dragging in
their gear, the boys all talking at once.  "Hm," Zack said to Randy, "looks
like we missed a great trip.  But I'm glad we did.  Spending time with you,
buddy, was better than anything ... and much less noisy!"

Through the crowd, Bob came straight up to them with a beaming smile.  "Hi,
Zack, you been taking care of my man here?"

"Oh, yeah," Zack grinned.  "I took care of him alright."

"Mind if I have him back now?" Bob laughed.  He grabbed Randy's arm and
pulled him to the house and upstairs to their room, where he threw his arms
around him and kissed his mouth hungrily.  He pulled back and gazed into
his eyes.  "Man I've missed those eyes.  I've missed everything about you,
buddy."

Randy was pleased to see the glow of happiness around his lover, though
less pleased with the reason for it.  Evidently his reconciliation with
Mark had been intense and they no doubt loved each other more than ever.
But there was no time to brood on this as Bob started to pull off his
clothes ... not for sex as it would normally have been, but for a quick
shower.

"Man, I wish to god I didn't have to go to this stupid dinner but I can't
get out of it," he grinned, "being Man of the Year and all."  Randy
sprawled in a chair and watched with admiration, pride ... and a huge boner
... as Bob showered, then grabbed his evening clothes from the closet and
got dressed ...  pleated white shirt with gold studs and cuff-links, black
dress pants and dinner jacket and black bow tie.  He checked himself in the
mirror then turned to Randy.  "There, whad'ya think, buddy.  Man of the
Year?"

What did he think?!  Fucking spectacular is what he thought, the gorgeous
man looking like a million dollars in his black dinner suit, elegantly
tailored to fit perfectly over his muscular physique.  The white shirt set
off his chiseled features and tousled dark black hair perfectly.  Suddenly
Randy caught sight of himself in the mirror, in his ragged old T-shirt,
jeans and boots, the image of a gritty construction worker.  The contrast
was stunning and brought back all Randy's insecurities.

But Bob's energy was infectious and he pulled Randy to his feet and hugged
him goodbye.  "I'll get out of there as soon as I can, buddy.  After all,
I've got my own Man of the Year right here waiting for me."  He paused,
then added softly, "I promise I'll make everything right, Randy.  I love
you, man."  A last lingering kiss and then Randy followed him back
downstairs.

In the garden the mayhem was still going on, but everything stopped and
there was a stunned silence as Bob appeared.  "Holy shit," said Darius.
"That is spectacular ... James Bond!"  Bob had never looked more elegant or
more beautiful, perfectly groomed, except for his shock of tousled dark
hair, his handsome face glowing after his reunion with Mark and now with
Randy.  The boys followed him outside and watched in awe as he got into his
top-of-the-line black Mercedes and lowered the window.  He called out to
the boys, "Catch you later, kids.  Be good," and his car purred smoothly
away.

The boys all crowded back into the house and Randy was about to follow when
he felt a hand on his arm.  "Stunning isn't he?" said Mark.  Randy flinched
as he looked at the man who had been fucking Bob for the last two days.
"You wanna take a swing at me, don't you, Randy?  I don't blame you."

Mark sighed.  "Look, I won't lie to you ... we fucked like crazy up in the
dunes.  But there's one thing I want you to know.  In the bits between
fucking ... you know, the really important bits where you talk and get to
know one another ... all Bob talked about was you, Randy.  About the things
you do and say, the way you laugh, the way you get angry and then make up.
The way you walk, sit, hold him in bed, fuck him, make love to him.  He's
fucking crazy about you, Randy ... crazy in love with you.  I envy you,
man.  You've got the most spectacular guy in the world."  He stopped and
smiled.  "Just thought you should know that."

Mark turned and walked back through the gate.  Randy was stunned, somehow
resentful that Bob had shared all this with Mark and that Mark had repeated
it to him.  He had always been afraid that Mark would take Bob from him,
but as he watched him through the open gate walking across the garden Randy
ran to the gate and shouted after him.  "Hey, Mark!  Thanks, man.  Thanks
for telling me.  I'm glad it was you he was with.  You're a good man,
Mark."

***************

Suddenly alone at the gate Randy felt a strange sense of loss ... of being
alone.  Momentarily disoriented he turned aimlessly, and then heard a
voice.  "Do you want to fuck me, sir?"

He blinked, and there was Pablo, looking up at him as if he saw into his
soul ... which, in a way, he did.  Pablo had seen the mix of pride and
tension in his eyes as Randy had watched Bob get into his car, the
executive and the laborer as different in appearance as two men could be.
And Pablo knew that when Randy was in this confused, insecure mood he often
fucked his boy hard to reassure himself of his dominance.

Randy smiled and hugged his boy.  "Nah, not this time, kiddo ... I kind of
got that out of my system with Zack yesterday.  But I could use some
company.  I'm gonna go do some work at the construction site.  Wanna come
with me?"

"You bet, sir," and in seconds Pablo was sitting beside Randy in the truck.
The boy knew that, second only to rough sex, it was heavy work that freed
Randy from his demons.  And it was times like this that Pablo loved best,
being close to his hero, his adoptive dad ... needed by him, supporting
him.  And it was times like this that he was sure of Randy's deep affection
for him.  Pablo felt Randy's power next to him like a force field,
enfolding him protectively.  Pablo was loved ... he was safe.  And, as
always, he had a huge boner in his shorts.

They drove in silence for a while, then Pablo said, "Bob looked sensational
all dressed up like that, didn't he, sir."

"Yeah, kid, he did," said Randy in a strangely distant voice.

Another silence, then, "Don't worry, sir.  Bob will make everything come
right."

Randy turned to him and smiled.  "Funny, that's exactly what he said just
before he left."

***************

Man and boy worked together for several hours, mostly in silence.  It was a
tough job, clearing rubble out of a big area for the next day's work,
heaving planks, bricks and rubble over to a disused corner of the site.
When Randy finally called a halt they were both sweaty, greasy and covered
in dust.  Randy grabbed a couple of beers from the trailer and they swigged
them thirstily, sitting astride a bench in companionable silence.

As they drove home Randy said, "Thanks, kid.  I needed you with me right
now ... and I'm real grateful that you understand the reason why.  Some of
this shit I couldn't get through without you.  Like I've told you before,
kid, you're my rock."

"Thank you, sir."

"And by the way.  That fuck you mentioned earlier ... it's just postponed,
not cancelled.  That sweet ass of yours is gonna feel your old man's dick
pounding it real soon."

Pablo grinned up at him.  "I hope so, sir."

**************

It was late when they got back to the house and Pablo ran inside to join
Darius in their room.  Randy had seen Bob's Mercedes outside so he knew he
was already back.  He took a deep breath, climbed the stairs to their room
and went in.  He stood staring at Bob sprawled in a chair nursing a brandy,
having just got home.  He looked spectacularly handsome, still in his
dinner clothes, tux jacket open, black tie hanging loose round his neck,
shirt collar unbuttoned.  His dark hair hung tousled over his forehead but
that didn't detract from the picture-perfect image of sheer glamor.

He looked up as Randy came in and gazed at the rugged construction worker
in his usual work gear of cargo pants, boots, and a grimy, frayed tank-top
stretched over his chest.  He was grubbier than usual, his dark, stubbled
face streaked with dirt and sweat, body still coated in dust, boots caked
with mud.  He stood towering in the doorway, a shock of black hair falling
down almost to his piercing blue eyes, the muscles of his torso rippling as
he breathed deeply.  If Bob was the epitome of glamor, Randy was the
pornographic icon of rugged masculinity.

There was a long silence as they stared at each other and when they finally
spoke they uttered the same exclamation ... "Jesus Christ!"  At a loss for
further words Randy took refuge in small talk.  "Good party?"

Bob shrugged and nodded to a side table.  "They gave me that plaque ... Man
of the Year."

"Shit," Randy said, "you don't need a damn plaque to prove that.  I could
have told them that."

Bob stood up.  "I bet you could."  He came close to embrace Randy, but
Randy held him at arm's length.  "You'll get your fancy suit all messed
up."

"I don't care."

"Oh, you don't, uh?"  Randy's eyes glinted, his jaw clenched, he put his
hand on Bob's chest and shoved.  Bob fell heavily onto the bed, sprawling
on his back.  Randy got onto the bed and stood astride him, his muddy boots
inches from his gleaming black tux.  It was an incredible sight, the
handsome executive in elegant evening clothes sprawled on his back at the
mercy of the sweaty, grimy construction boss towering over him.  Their eyes
locked, piercing each other as a prelude, they knew, to entering the
mystical world that they alone shared.

They both knew that this was the climax of a chain of events that had
sorely tested their love.  The last two days had been tough for Randy,
knowing that his man was getting fucked by a guy Bob loved, a Greek god, a
magnificent cop who rivaled Randy in strength and beauty.  They both knew
that Randy had to reassert himself.  It was a ritual.  His low voice
growled, "You know I have to hurt you."

"Yes, sir."

Randy dropped to his knees, astride Bob's waist, and reached forward,
taking out the gold studs from his shirtfront and pulling the shirt open,
exposing the slabs of his chest.  Gazing steadily into Bob's eyes Randy
licked the fingers of both hands and said.  "You want it, don't you?"

"More than anything, sir."  Bob was trembling, totally in thrall to this
hypnotic man.

Randy lowered his hands and brushed his fingers against Bob's hard nipples
making him gasp.  He rolled the nipples lightly between his wet finger tips
and was rewarded by ragged moans as Bob felt an electric charge course
through him, as if electrodes were grazing his chest.  His eyes looked
pleadingly up at Randy and he moaned, "Please ... please do it, man.  I
need it ..."

His head jerked back and he screamed as the fingers suddenly clamped tight
on his nipples like a vise, squeezing, twisting, tugging, sending shafts of
intense pain through his chest.  Randy's eyes blazed down at him.

"You let him fuck you, eh?" ...  "Yes, sir."...  "A lot?" ...  "Many times,
sir." ...  "Did it feel good?"...  "Yes, sir, very good ... aaagh!"  The
pain was agonizing as Randy intensified the torture on his tits.  "Does he
love you?" ... "Yes, sir," Bob screamed.  "Do you love him?"  "Yes, sir."
"More than me?"  "No, never, sir.  I love you more than anything in the
world."  "What do you want from me?"  "I want you to fuck me, sir.  Please
fuck my ass.  Fuck me hard, make it hurt."'  Bob was sobbing now from pain
and desperation.  "I want to feel your strength ... I want you to own me
Please, Randy ... show me you still love me."

Bob screamed as the fingers were wrenched painfully off his nipples.  He
was in a daze as he felt Randy get off the bed and pull off his shoes, his
dress pants and shorts.  Randy was looking down at him with wild eyes,
gazing at the beautiful, sobbing man, a spectacular sight in just his dress
shirt, loose tie and tuxedo jacket, his ass buck naked, vulnerable,
clenching in anticipation of the assault they both knew was coming.

Randy fell on his knees on the bed, pushed Bob legs high and growled in his
deep voice, "This time it's me fucking your ass, buddy.  This is not your
cop, it's me, the man who loves you more than his own life, the man who
worships you.  It's the man who fucks like this ..."

"Aaagh!"  Bob's head flew back and his scream bounced off the walls as he
felt the steel rod pierce his ass and plunge deep inside him.  It pulled
out, then buried itself again in the deepest recesses of his ass.  In
seconds it was like a piston ramming into his gut.

The onslaught was so violent that at first his ass was numb, but when
feeling returned it was intense pain, unbearable pain ... until ...
gradually ... it was not only bearable, it was thrilling, sending Bob
flying into heights of wild ecstasy.  In a wild delirium he clawed at
Randy's chest, ripping his shirt to shreds, glorying in the sight of the
magnificent body crashing down onto him as the huge, stallion cock ripped
into his ass.

Spinning in a vortex of pain and desire Bob heard his lover's voice.  "Did
your cop fuck you like this?"  "Never like this," Bob moaned, "never ever
like this.  Man, I love your cock in my ass.  Please, sir, fuck me harder
.... please."

As Randy hammered his ass ever more savagely, he yelled, "Now tell me
... do you love me?"

"I love you, man," Bob shouted.  "I love you ... I love you ...!"

Suddenly the pounding slowed to a gentle rhythm and Bob heard Randy's low
voice.  "That's what I wanted to hear, buddy.  I've wanted to hear those
words ever since you left.  Now look me in the eyes, Bob, and let me take
you to our secret place.  And then I'll cum inside you."

They saw themselves mirrored in each other's eyes.  The light changed, the
room dissolved, and they passed together into that magical world where
their souls joined and became one.  They were in love, the kind of love
that never ends.  And Randy knew at last that Bob would never, ever leave
him.

Silently, gently, Randy's cock began to pour juice into Bob's ass and he
smiled as he saw his lover's cock erupt with semen that smothered his chest
and his shirt, and splashed onto his gorgeous face.  It seemed an eternity
before their orgasms ceased and at last they were still.  Randy smiled down
at Bob, "That fancy shirt of yours don't look so fancy any more, buddy."

Bob laughed.  "Fuck the shirt.  Come here," and he pulled the big
construction worker down on top of him.  Randy scooped Bob into his arms
and breathed in his ear, "Welcome home, kiddo.  I missed you."

*****************

And so that chapter in the life of the house came to a happy conclusion.
It was a chapter where they had all grown a little ... where the boys had
worked as a team to restore harmony; where Bob and Mark had been reunited
in respect and love; where Randy had discovered in Zack the love and
loyalty of a rugged, masculine partner; and where Bob had finally convinced
Randy that he would never, ever leave him.

The disruption had started the day that Jason came to the house to put out
the fire ... and started one of his own.  The beautiful, muscular blond
firefighter had unwittingly started the pendulum swinging, knocking
everyone off balance, causing a chain reaction of trouble.  For that reason
it was a surprise to Mark when a few days later Bob returned to the subject
he had mentioned briefly when they were at the beach.

"Mark, you told me that you knew how to contact that fireman ... Jason
... who came to the house ... the one in the twins' calendar.  OK, I know,
I know, you'll warn me against raking over hot coals.  But see, it's the
twins' birthday in two weeks and I want to do something real special for
them.  So I want to ask you a big favor ..."

Mark, of course, could deny Bob nothing, and so it was that a couple of
days later at the end of his shift the cop pulled up to the fire station on
his motorcycle and spoke to the duty officer.  "Hey man, is Jason on duty
right now?"

Huh," he laughed, "you come to arrest him, officer?  What's golden boy done
this time?  As a matter of fact he's just gone off duty but he's upstairs
working out in the gym before he cuts out of here."  He grinned.  "He works
out a lot, keeping that perfect physique in shape.  The rest of the guys
are out on a training exercise so you'll find him all alone up there."

Mark went upstairs and heard grunting sounds coming from the door at the
end of the passage.  He pushed it open and stood watching.  The fireman was
stripped to the waist in his yellow firefighter work pants, doing chin
lifts in front of the mirror.  Oblivious of Mark's arrival he had eyes only
for his own reflection in the mirror.  He dropped from the bar and stood
admiring himself, flexing his muscles in bodybuilder poses, admiring his
spectacularly ripped body.

"Very impressive."  The deep voice made Jason whirl round and he
immediately recognized the handsome uniformed cop.  How could he forget the
man like a Greek god who had punished him that day, the first and only man
ever to fuck him in the ass?  "You!  What the hell are you doing here?"

"I came to see you," Mark said.

There was a tense silence as they stood staring at each other, the cop and
the fireman.  They were both aware of the bulge growing in the other guy's
pants.

*************

TO BE CONTINUED in "A Trial Of Strength" ... Part 151


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