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  “Sounds like you have a plan.”

  “Oh God, do I have plans?”

  “And when I get loose, you know I’m going to make you pay.”

  “I hope so,” he winked, looping the ugly orange tie around his ankle and securing it to the base board. “Now, try to get loose. I got to make sure that you’re secure before…”

  “You just want to see me do this,” he replied, moving his naked body seductively on the bed. His chest heaved, his hips lifted up and down a few times. “Looks like I’m at your mercy, master, but then, I always was, Kendal, even without the ties.” He met his gaze.

  Kendal swallowed the lump in his throat. “God, you say the most incredible things. I’m so turned on, seeing you like that, naked, I…” he crawled between his legs and began to kiss every inch of him. “I’m going to make you come tied up like that, just with my mouth and…my tongue and…”

  Aaron was moaning now, his body twisting on the bed, his cock, so hard, pulsing, slick with pre-cum. “Kendal, Jesus,” he grunted.

  Kendal lowered his mouth once again to Aaron’s cock, sliding his hand up over his chest at the same time. He felt the cum plummet up into Aaron’s shaft, as he squeezed his hand around the base. Aaron let out a shout and began to shoot, his head slamming back into the pillow. Kendal crawled up over him, kissing his chest, pressing his mouth to his. Aaron moaned into his mouth, his chest heaving deliciously. Kendal continued to touch him, wanting him hard again. He moved down over his body and lifted his untied leg up.

  “You’re going to kill me,” Aaron grunted with a laugh, as Kendal began to tease his anus.

  “Yeah, but what a way to die.”

  Aaron chuckled, then, made a pleasurable sound in his throat as Kendal’s finger moved up inside of him.

  “Got lube and a condom, sailor?” Kendal joked. “I think I want to take a raunchy ride on your cock.”

  “You’re the sailor with these knots you tied. I don’t think I’ll ever get out of these,” he protested.

  “Um, how nice, you tied up and naked, and at my disposal forever.”

  “In the drawer,” he grunted, as Kendal moved his hands over his body again, kissing his neck, and each nipple. He fondled his cock and his balls a little as he reached into the night stand for the condoms and lube.

  “Shit,” Aaron hissed. “You better get to it.”

  Kendal smiled, looking down at his cock. “Okay,” he grinned, squeezing out some lube. “My pleasure, just let me prepare.”

  “I’d, ah, help with you that,” he licked his lips, “but I’m a little tied up right now.”

  “Ha, ha, very cute. Did I tell you how cute you are?” Kendal threw the lube aside and leaned down over him, kissing his lips teasingly. He reared back and tore the condom open with his teeth.

  “You’re pretty cute yourself.”

  Kendal issued him a little boy grin. He began to unroll the condom onto Aaron’s erection. “I’ll show you cute. I’m a hungry wolf right now.” He positioned himself so that Aaron’s cock was just at the right place. He teased him a little by grabbing it and brushing the tip across his anus.

  Aaron bucked his hips upwards, and swore under his breath.

  “Ah, ah, ah, not nice.” Kendal laughed, wiggling a little so that he could get the head of Aaron’s cock inside of him. “Now, if you weren’t such a big boy, it would be easier but…it’s worth it.” He winked.

  Aaron’s head went back. “Are you going to continue to torture me, or are you going to fuck me already?”

  Kendal laughed, and began to take him, inch by inch sunk up inside him as his body drew closer to his. “Now, I’m going for a ride,” he said, licking his lips. God, it was incredible. Aaron’s cock was up inside of him, hard as rock, and he had complete control with the most erotic view.

  Aaron was one gorgeous stud, no wonder Charlie was so pissed. His incredible chest lifted as Kendal bounced down on his dick without mercy. His head was back, but he could see his face contort, wander his gaze along the smooth column of his throat, reach out and torment his rock hard nipples. There was something so sexy about him being tied like that. Kendal had to fight to hold onto it. Aaron was bucking up into him now, Kendal had finally lost control. He was coming, and Aaron was shouting out some prayer at the top of his lungs. They both came with shouts which probably woke half the neighbourhood.

  Kendal collapsed onto Aaron’s chest, and laid his cheek there, planting feather kisses on his nipples. He reached up and untied his knot. Aaron folded him in his arms and kissed the top of his head. “You’re an animal, you know that?”

  Kendal looked up at him.

  He was smiling.

  “Can you pay me back in the morning?” Kendal yawned, closing his eyes.

  “Sure,” he said, “go to sleep, baby.”

  “Your leg is still tied to the…”

  “Forget it,” he yawned. “We’ll untie in the morning.”

  Chapter Five

  Kendal awoke to the smell of coffee brewing. He stretched luxuriously and yawned. He glanced at the clock on the night stand. It was after eleven. Suddenly Aaron walked into the room, in shorts and a t-shirt. He was carrying a tray. “Hungry?”

  “Famished. How did you get loose?”

  Aaron laughed, sitting down the tray. “I just reached down and freed myself.”

  “Oh, that’s right,” Kendal said, reaching for the coffee, “I untied your wrists last night before we conked out.”

  “Thank you, oh merciful and benevolent master.” He hung in head in mock humility.

  “Come over here,” Kendal said, “and give me a kiss.”

  Aaron smiled, and crawled onto the bed. He kissed him sweetly, then fetched the tray and joined him for breakfast. “Bagels, sorry, I got lazy.”

  “Perfect. How’s my eye look this morning?”

  “Like you got punched in it.”

  Kendal slapped him on the arm. “No, really?”

  “Really,” he said.

  Kendal sighed. “Does it look better?”

  “A little. Want me to punch him back?”

  “No, you’d knock him into next week. Forget it.”

  Aaron shrugged his shoulders. “Okay.”

  “Hey, let’s say today we…” Kendal began.

  “I can’t today, I’m sorry,” he said. “I promised a friend I’d help him move, then tomorrow I start a five day shift.”

  “Damn. Can’t we have dinner tonight together?”

  “I’d love to have dinner with you, honey, really, but I promised my parents I’d have dinner with them tonight. I haven’t seen them in weeks.” He laughed. “I’ve truly been the prodigal son.”

  “Okay, no problem.”

  “Look, I’ll drive you home in about an hour, and then head out to my friend’s place.”

  Kendal nodded. They finished eating, Kendal grabbed a quick shower, and they were off. Aaron left him at his doorstep with a kiss and a promise to call him in a week.

  Kendal watched him go, then, went inside. There were several messages on his answering machine, one from the publishing company he was currently contracted to, three from Andrew, and six from Charlie. Kendal sped through Charlie’s, not wanting to hear his crap, and then listened to Andrew. Andrew and George were worried about him, and of course Charlie had called them to tell them his version of the story already.

  When Andrew picked up, he sounded frantic. “Where have you been? Are you okay? Did that big brute sock you?”

  “What big brute? Slow down, Andy.”

  “That fireman.”

  “Aaron didn’t hit me. Charlie hit me.”

  “Charlie? Charlie is very concerned about you. He says that you are being used by that…”

  “I am not being used,” Kendal snapped. “I am through with Charlie. It’s over. He got angry because I was kissing Aaron, and he wants Aaron for himself. He wasn’t jealous over me. Then he punched me in the parking lot. Aaron stopped him from hitting me a second time. I sa
w the true Charlie last night. It’s over.”

  “And you’re going to rush right into another relationship with this…this…fireman?”

  “Fireman is not a dirty word, Andrew. Yes, he’s a fireman, and I know that carries all kinds of sexual baggage, but Aaron’s job isn’t sexy, it’s dangerous. He cares about me. I truly believe that now, and I don’t know what he sees in me, but he sees something.”

  “Are you sure he’s…”

  “Andy, trust me. I know what I’m doing, and if everyone else is jealous because I’m sleeping with Aaron Radcliff, they’ll just have to deal with it. I think I’m in love, really in love, for the first time in my life.”

  “You could get hurt.”

  “Sure I could, but I’ll be in far greater pain if I don’t take a chance with him.”

  “Is he there with you now?”

  “No. He had to help a friend move, and then he’s having dinner with his parents. I’ll see him in about a week because he has to go on shift at the firehouse.”

  “Don’t be surprised if he doesn’t call you back.”

  Kendal sighed. “You know, it’s nice that my friends think so highly of me that…”

  “It’s not that. We care about you.”

  “Well, if you care, let it go, and trust my judgement, okay?”

  “Okay. If you need us, then…”

  “I’ll be fine. Say hi to George.” He hung up. This time, he wasn’t going to listen to those voices in his head which told him that a man like Aaron Radcliff couldn’t possibly want someone plain like him. He was going to shut them out, and trust Aaron.

  * * * *

  Two hours later, Kendal had taken all of Charlie’s stuff that was left, and put it out at the curb. He called his message service, and told him that it was out there. “If you don’t come and get it tonight, it will go out with the garbage tomorrow. I won’t be here when you come, so don’t bother knocking on the door. I really don’t want to see you again, Charlie, for any reason. So, good luck with your life. I hope you find what you’re looking for.” He hung up. He left the house twenty minutes later, and went window shopping. He took supper at a little seafood restaurant he liked, and then took a walk along Hollywood Boulevard

  . When the sun went down, he went back to his car and drove home.

  He was feeling a little lonely as he drove up his driveway, wondering if Aaron was at his parent’s house now. He glanced at the curb and noticed that Charlie had come and taken his stuff away. That was a relief. When he walked into the house, he glanced at his phone. It was flashing. He hoped it wasn’t Charlie again. He really wanted to make a clean break, no communication at all. When he heard the voice on the machine, he smiled. It was Aaron. “Hey, baby,” he said. “I just got home from helping Tanya move. She had a lot of stuff.” Ah, Kendal grinned, it was she on top of that. That made him feel better, not that he was worried, really. “Anyway, I was in the shower, and I thought, hell, why didn’t I invite you to come with me to my parents’ house. I’d love for you to meet them, especially since I’m hoping that you’ll agree to spend the rest of your life with me.”

  Kendal swallowed. “Oh Aaron,” he whispered.

  “Anyway, I didn’t ask before because it’s a little pushy, and I don’t want to scare you off but do you want to go with me? Anyway, it is six thirty here, so if you get back before seven, call me and I’ll swing round and pick you up. I miss you. Bye.”

  Kendal sighed with disappointment. It was almost nine thirty. Too late. But the fact that he wanted to introduce him to his parents touched him deeply. He knew that Aaron had a cell phone but he never thought to get the number and he wasn’t going to bother him at his parent’s house.

  The doorbell rang a few minutes later, and Andy and George stood there. He invited them in, and they fussed over his eye. “It’s fine. Coffee?”

  George went directly to the kitchen and started making it. He was very fussy about his coffee.

  When the coffee was made, they sat around talking. Kendal told them about Charlie coming by to pick up his stuff, and about what Aaron had said on the answering machine.

  “Look, honey, if he’s what you want, even if it’s only an affair, and he makes you happy…” Andy said.

  George leaned over and squeezed Kendal’s hand. “Don’t listen to him. He stopped believing in fairy tales, but I still do.”

  Kendal laughed. He was just about to get some more coffee, when the doorbell rang again. “God, if that’s Charlie, promise me you guys, you’ll back me up in what I say.”

  “Of course,” Andy said.

  George stood up. “He won’t hit you again.”

  Kendal walked to the door, and opened it. It was Aaron. Kendal’s face broke into a smile. “Aaron?”

  “Hey, I missed you too much,” he said, enveloping him in his arms and kissing him quite fiercely.

  “Aaron,” Kendal laughed, “I have company.”

  “Oh.” He released him with a grin. “Sorry.”

  “It’s just my friends, Andy and George. Come in and meet them.”

  “Okay.”

  “I got your message too late. I was out. I would have loved to meet your parents.”

  “Good.” He winked at him. “Next time. I told them all about you.”

  Kendal reached up and kissed his cheek, took his hand and led him into the kitchen. “Guys, this is Aaron Radcliff. Aaron, Andy, and his partner, George.”

  “Kind of makes you wish you were single, doesn’t it,” George joked, shaking Aaron’s hand.

  Andy was gushing. He took his hand too. “You’re even better looking in person.”

  Aaron looked at Kendal.

  “He has the calendar.”

  “Oh,” he said, smiling. “Thank you. I’m a little older now.”

  “Age agrees with you,” Andy cooed.

  Aaron laughed, glancing at Kendal again.

  “Honey,” George said, “the way he’s looking at you, has erased all doubts from my mind. You really do care for Kendal.” He looked at Aaron.

  “George!” Kendal chastised him.

  “Hey, I don’t mind,” Aaron said. “He’s absolutely right, and maybe one day you’ll let me declare how I feel in front of everyone. We could just drive up to Canada.”

  Kendal’s mouth opened, along with Andy’s and George’s.

  “You guys could be the witnesses. We could make it a holiday.”

  “Some holiday,” Andy said, his eyes wide.

  “Well,” George poked Andy, “we’ve got to go.”

  “We do?”

  “Yeah, we do. Let’s go, and leave them alone?”

  “Oh yeah, bye, Aaron.”

  “Bye, guys,” Aaron said.

  “I’ll just walk them to the door,” Kendal said, almost bursting, he was so happy.

  At the door, Andy looked teary eyed. “He really loves you.”

  Kendal grinned. “Looks that way.”

  George kissed his cheek. “Don’t let him go. He’s scrumptious.”

  “Don’t worry, I won’t. Talk soon.”

  He watched them go, then shut the door behind him. Aaron had poured himself a cup of coffee and was sitting at the table. “Good coffee.”

  “Yeah, George makes it. He’s a specialist. I thought you had to work.”

  “Tomorrow. I was planning on making it an early night, getting some sleep before…”

  “That’s all right,” Kendal said. “I…”

  He stood up. “I missed you the minute you left.” He pulled him close. “Move in with me, Kendal. Let’s not waste any more time. When you went back to Charlie, I almost died. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat. And now it looks like you like me a little.”

  Kendal kissed his mouth. “I like you a little, yes.”

  He smiled. “Is it enough to move in with me? You don’t own this block, do you?”

  “No, I rent.”

  “Do you like the house? We could sell it, find one you like better.”

 
“The house is great, and you know, love, I don’t care where I live, as long as it’s with you.”

  He hugged him. “That’s what I want to hear.”

  “You know what’s funny?” Kendal asked, laughing.

  “No. What’s funny?” he asked, examining his eye, and then gently kissing it.

  “You started out as the other man.”

  “What?”

  “The other man. You were the reason Charlie left me, remember?”

  “Vaguely.” He laughed.

  Kendal grinned. “But now, you’re no longer the other man, you’re my man.” He hugged him tight.

  “You’re not going to tie me to the bed again, are you?” He raised an eyebrow.

  “Maybe.”

  “If that turns you on, baby, go for it, but just remember, you’ll never have to tie me down,” Aaron steered him toward the bedroom, “because as long as you love me, I’m not going anywhere.”

  The end

  About the Author

  I write not only for my own pleasure, but for the pleasure of my readers. I can’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t written and told stories. When I’m not writing, I’m dreaming about writing, doing something wild and adventurous, or trying to make the world a better and more open minded place to live in. I adore beautiful men, and I know I’m not alone in this! Eroticism between consenting adults, in all its many forms is the icing on the cake of life!

  PUBLISHED BOOKS:

  Eternal Souls Book 1 Vampire Lust

  Eternal Souls 2: Beloved Foe

  Brennus’ Witch

  Christmas with Wistan

  Dreaming of Brandon Archer

  The Initiator

  The Sexshifters

  The Sexshifters II

  Ash: Son of the Demon God

  Brennus’ Witch — Body and Soul

  Borderline

  Tainted — Tarot — The Hanged Man

  Eternal Souls 3 —Wanton Renegade

  Essence

  The Staircase

  Nicholas