An Unexpected Turn

The Wedding Planner

As Steve and Ian prepared breakfast that morning, they also began planning their wedding. It was obvious who the best men would be, as well as the groomsmen, but should Ben be the ring bearer or the twins? Should there be a flower girl seeing no one would be the bride? How does all this work?

Julie and Mike entered the kitchen and wondered why Steve and Ian stopped talking. “Did we interrupt something”, Julie asked? Steve and Ian looked to each other. Mike said, “Julie, you shouldn’t pry”. Steve then said, “No. Mike. It’s ok. Ian and I were just sorting things out. We have no idea what we’re doing with this wedding thing. The idea of it is one thing, but the details are something that’s way over either of our heads. We have no idea how to go about this. We can plan out a whole control system to operate a whole factory line, but wedding planning? We have no idea where to start. Julie smiled and said, “Mike, why don’t you wake the rest of the guys. I think I may be of some help with this wedding planning stuff”. Mike looked at her as if she had three heads and said, “Julie, you’ve never planned a wedding”. Julie rolled her eyes and replied, “No, I did not, but as you well know, my mom did that for a living up until she retired, and I learned a few things and know some people who can help. Now go wake the guys for breakfast”. Mike was about to say something, but decided self preservation was more important, so he turned and left to rouse the guys.

As Mike left the kitchen, Steve and Ian both looked to Julie. Julie drew a deep breath, realizing she’d just committed herself to this. “Ok, you have no idea how to go about this. How would you? This isn’t your typical wedding”, she began. “Obviously”, Ian interjected. Julie looked at Ian and said, “I don’t mean because it’s two guys. That’s becoming a normal thing, Ian. You guys have become celebrities whether you like it or not. You’re freaking friends with Captain America and the Hulk for god’s sake! This is a big deal”! Steve then interrupted, “Wait, Julie, we don’t want some countrywide spectacle, we just want a simple wedding with our friends to celebrate it with”. Julie smiled, then said, “You do realize though that that was never going to happen. So, given that, we need to use that to our advantage”. Ian looked at her with extreme concern, “You’re not suggesting we put on some wild Hollywood thing are you. I really don’t want that. This is our wedding, our vows to each other. I don’t want it to be some kind of joke like reality TV”. Julie replied, “I don’t want to see you put through that either. You could just go to a JP and avoid all that or, let me talk to my mom and some others and see if we can make this a truly special wedding for you two, and allow all your friends, as well as your fans, the enjoyment of watching it happen. Please, I’d really like to try and replicate the magic that Ian displayed with the lights last night, for the two of you. I know that’s not possible, but I want to at least get close. You two really are special you know, and I’m not just saying that because Steve saved my life. You are both truly special people, and this is the ideal time for you to get a return on your selfless investment in this world”. Ian grinned and said, “I don’t know Steve, but I can’t top that. What do you think”? Steve at first had a real serious look on his face, as if he was somewhat angry, but then his expression softened as he said, “I’m just tired of people putting Ian and I on a pedestal. Like Ian said, this isn’t reality TV. We did what we did because it was needed to be done, not for the glory and adulation. That’s exactly what we don’t want! People shouldn’t idolize us for doing something that I think anyone in the same position as us should have done”. Ian just stood there smiling at Steve. Was there a tear in his eye? Julie smiled and asked, “So, is that an ok to at least look into it”? Steve let out a deep sigh, then smiled and said, “Ok, Julie, but keep it simple”. Julie suddenly jumped into Steve’s arms and hugged him, “Thank you Steve. I won’t disappoint you”. Steve looked over to Ian and saw him grinning, obviously amused by the situation.

Mike walked down the hall and tapped on the bedroom door that Carl and Chad had been using. There was no response. He knocked louder and still received no response. He called through the door and still received no response. He pondered his next move and then slowly opened the door just a little. “Hey guys? They’re making breakfast. Are you awake? Are you decent”, Mike called through the cracked open door? Still no response, so he slowly opened the door, “Guys”? The door opened enough to reveal an empty bed. They had either gotten up early and made the bed or hadn’t slept in it at all. He decided to head downstairs to rouse Tony and Scott. He made his way down the stairs and walked toward where the mat was. He froze immediately when he saw not two, but four naked forms laying on the sleeping bag spread out on the mat. At first, he cringed at the thought of what may have gone on over the past night, but now he looked on, in curiosity. The bodies were spooning each other, much the same way he lovingly spooned Julie as they drifted off to sleep. They embraced, lovingly, Carl and Chad, Tony, and Scott. Mike looked on at the scene before him. It wasn’t some gross gay erotica scene displayed before him. It was two pairs of lovers cuddling together. Mike then realized he was in a situation where he didn’t know what to do. He was sent to wake them for breakfast. He was now in an embarrassing situation for himself and those before him.

“Mike! What are you doing down here”, Mike was suddenly caught by surprise by Tony’s voice? Being behind Scott, he didn’t notice that his eyes had opened. “I, um, breakfast is getting made. I was sent to tell you. Uhm, I guess I should go”, Mike sputtered out. “Why? It’s not like you haven’t seen us naked before”, Scott said, grinning up at him. Mike couldn’t have been any redder, but held his own and replied, “Yeah, but I usually don’t see the two of you naked in this particular position. I’m glad we haven’t had breakfast yet”. Tony and Scott both saw the big grin on Mike’s face, and it made them realize that he wasn’t totally grossed out by the situation. He was their best friend again and things were back to normal with them. “You’re just jealous it’s not you in this position”, Scott teased”. Mike laughed and said, “I’d say that I wouldn’t be caught dead in your position, but that may be the only way you’d find me there”, Mike said still grinning. Scott and Tony both laughed and then Scott said,” I love you Mike, But I love this guy in a different way, like you love Julie. Can’t you”, Scott began. Mike interrupted him, “Yeah Scott. I get it now. I do understand, but there is an ew factor, like if you’d run into your parents room to ask them something and find them going at it”. “Ew”, came a chorus from Tony, Scott, Carl and Chad who’d apparently awoken during the conversation. All five were laughing now. “You seem to have come a long way from what was described to me”, Carl said. Mike started to turn toward Carl, but stopped just short, remembering their nudity, “Well, yeah. I’ve been going through a kind of awakening you might say. I realized what I’d been taught was nothing more than someone’s misguided feelings of hatred or maybe fear”. Carl decided to use this pause to extricate he and Chad from the room so they could get a shower and they could let Mike and his friends have some time alone, “Ok, Chad and I are going up for a quick shower. We’ll see you guys at breakfast. Thanks for the wakeup call, Mike”. “No problem”, Mike said. “Thanks Carl”, Tony said.

“Are you ok”, Scott asked Mike? Tony rolled away from Scott and drew a sheet over them and said, “Yeah, sorry Mike. We didn’t mean to flaunt ourselves in front of you”. “No guys. You don’t get it. You’re right that I don’t want to see you two going at it, but at the same time, I don’t have a problem knowing that you love each other. I don’t necessarily understand it, but that’s something I’ll have to figure out in time. The only thing that counts is that you love each other. That’s the thing that hit me when I found out about Steve and Ian possibly dying, in order to save two children’s lives whom they’d never met before. Their selflessness may have caused them their lives and here I was hating my best friends for loving each other. It didn’t make any sense. That’s when I knew I was wrong. I’ve been your best friend all these years and now suddenly I’m supposed to hate you”? “Yeah, we thought you were going there for a while, but we never gave up on you Mike”, Tony said. “Thanks Tony and you Scott for putting up with my bullshit. I love you guys. You’re my best friends and I don’t care if you’re gay”, Mike said. “Well, Carl and Chad headed up for a shower. There’s room here if you’d like Mike”, Scott said grinning. Mike broke into a huge grin as he said, “Ain’t gonna happen dude”, and then he suddenly pounced down onto Scott, lightly punching him in his sides, more tickling him than anything else. Tony joined in and Scott began begging them to stop because he was laughing so much, he couldn’t get a breath. As they eased up, suddenly Mike jumped up, realizing he was now situated next to two naked guys, sweating from their exertion. He began laughing and then realized Tony and Scott were looking at him like he’d just grown another eye or something, “What”? “What’s so funny? One second you jump up looking like you’d forgotten something and the next, you break out laughing”, Scott said. Mike smiled and said, “Yeah, you’re right. I had forgotten something. The reason I jumped up was because I just realized I’m right next to two naked gay guys. I then remembered that I’m next to my two best friends who just happen to be naked at the moment”. Scott smiled and said, “Ok, what did you do with Mike”? Mike suddenly resumed tickling Scott as he said, “I erased his brain and took over his body. You’re next”. Scott began laughing hysterically again, but suddenly Mike stopped as he was squirming himself as Tony began tickling him, saying, “You’re not taking over my boyfriend’s brain you alien. Soon Scott joined in, and Mike was between them squirming and laughing, “Stop! I give! I give up! You can keep your brain”!

“What the hell? Mike”, they suddenly heard? Everyone froze and then realizing they were naked, Tony and Scott pulled a sheet over them. “Hey Julie. What’s up”, Mike greeted her smiling? Julie smiled and asked, “What’s going on guys? Are you raping my boyfriend”, she asked? “He wishes”, Tony said grinning. “Just having fun like old times”, Scott added. “So I see”, Julie said, then added, “Breakfast is almost ready. Come on up. I think you two should get dressed first though, not that it would bother me”. Mike climbed out from under the sheet as he said grinning, “Please get dressed. I’d like to eat breakfast and not lose it right away”. He didn’t move fast enough as two pillows smacked into his head. He and Julie then went upstairs leaving Tony and Scott to get dressed. “Wow, Mike really seems to have come around. It’s almost like it was before we broke the news to him”, Tony said. Scott replied, “Yeah, except for the snide gay comments now and then, but at least they’re said jokingly”. “Julie didn’t seem to bat an eye seeing the two of us naked. That was weird”, Tony said. Scott grinned and said, “After she got a look at Steve’s naked bod yesterday, seeing ours was no big deal”. Tony laughed and said, “Yeah, he's solid and tall, but I like my boyfriend’s fine body”, as he reached around his hips and pulled himself against Scott’s back. Scott turned back toward him and said, “Yeah, I kinda think my boyfriend’s body is pretty hot as well”. Then he turned toward Tony and they kissed.

As they ascended the stairs Julie kept grinning at Mike. He smiled sheepishly and asked, “What is that grin all about”? “Well, I’m really proud of you Mike. I was surprised to see you horsing around with Tony and Scott like you used to”, She replied. “Well, I’m getting used to the situation. I’m not letting the fact that they’re gay bother me any more. I should have never acted that way toward them, but it was what I was taught. I now realize how stupid that way of thinking was”, Mike replied. “Mike, they were naked”, Julie reminded him. Mike grinned and said, “I didn’t take notice, but you obviously did. OW”, he yelled as she punched him in the arm!

Carl and Chad had just set the table and Steve and Ian began serving as Tony and Scott entered the kitchen. “About time”, Steve said. “We’ll serve them last”, Ian added, grinning toward them. “Must have been a long night”, Julie said grinning at them. They both turned a bright shade of crimson. Halfway through breakfast, Steve got a phone call. After he saw who it was from, he said, “Excuse me, I have to take this”, and then got up and left the kitchen. When he returned, he was grinning and gave Ian a nod, then sat down and resumed eating. When everyone had finished, Steve said, “Carl and Chad, could you take a walk with Ian and I? We’d like to discuss something”? “Sure”, they said in unison. “We’ll clean up the breakfast dishes while you do”, Julie said and then looked to the other three as if challenging them to complain.

When the four returned, Ian asked everyone to assemble in the dining room. Once everyone was seated, Steve made an announcement, “Ok, guys. The reason I asked Carl and Chad to take a walk with us was to ask them if they would do us the honor of being our Best Men”. “Told you guys”, Scott said before apologizing, “Sorry Steve. Go ahead”. Steve smiled and then continued, “Well they did us that honor. Thank you. Julie has volunteered to be our wedding planner and the first thing on her list was for us to assemble the wedding party. Now that the Best Men are chosen, we need to fill the rest of the wedding party. Tony, Scott, Mike, would you give us the honor of being groomsmen in our wedding”? “It would be an honor, Steve and Ian”, Tony said. “Thanks Steve and Ian. I’d love to be part of your special day”, Scott said enthusiastically. Mike smiled and said, “I’m in, but who will the bridesmaids be”? “You silly boy. The wedding is for two guys. There won’t be a bride, thus there won’t be any bridesmaids”, Julie replied. “You could be one if you’d like”, Ian said to mike with a grin. Mike then said, “I’m no math genius, but two Best Men and three Groomsmen would be five. Isn’t there a missing piece”? Steve chuckled, “Not since the three of you accepted. You see, the phone call I received at breakfast was Ryan returning my call. He makes six”. Suddenly, Ian produced a bottle of wine and then grabbed some wine glasses, “I think this requires a toast to our wedding party”. “To Steve and Ian”, they all yelled to the surprise of Steve and Ian! They even had Ryan and Peter on Zoom for the evening celebration. Everyone had a good time. At one point, Tony asked, “So, there won’t be any bridesmaids, but will there be a flower girl”? “What about the ring bearer”, Scott asked. “Julie responded, “Those decisions haven’t been made yet. We’ll let you know as soon they have”. As it grew late, Julie nudged Mike and motioned him to look over where Tony and Scott were sitting. Mike smiled as he saw Scott sleeping with his head resting on Tony’s chest. Carl noticed as well and said, “It is getting late, and we have work tomorrow. You ready Chad”? “Yeah. It’s been a long weekend. When are we taking the equipment back Steve”. Chad then asked”? Steve replied, “I can keep it here until we take the lights down unless someone wants to rent it in the meantime”.  “Cool”, Chad replied. Mike and Julie also got up to leave as well. Mike said, “Tell sleeping beauty we said goodnight”, to Tony as they headed out. As they headed to the door, Steve said to Tony, “You two can stay here tonight if you’d like. You look pretty tired yourself”. “Thanks Steve. I am pretty tired, and it will be nice to just go to bed instead of driving home first. Just wake us up so we can leave before you have leave for work”, Tony said as he nudged Scott awake. Ian said, “Don’t worry about it. If we’re gone when you wake up, just lock up when you leave”.

After seeing Carl, Chad, Mike, and Julie off, Steve and Ian went back inside. Tony and Scott had already gone in to bed. As Steve and Ian entered their bedroom, they began undressing each other, slowly. After pulling off Ian’s shirt, he leaned in and nuzzled his neck with his nose, then began planting kisses there before slowly working his way to his chest. He kissed and licked his nipples as he opened Ian’s pants. As the pants dropped around Ian’s ankles, Steve dropped to his knees and opened his mouth to engulf Ian’s cotton clad nut sack. “Oh, fuck Steve”, Ian cooed as he looked down to see Steve staring back up at him. Ian was rock hard in no time and his cock strained against the cotton fabric. Steve released Ian’s nut sack and smiled up at Ian before nibbling on Ian’s cock from base to tip through the material as if munching on corn on the cob. Ian giggled at the move which caused Steve’s own cock to instantly want to break out of its fabric prison. Steve pushed Ian backward onto the bed and quickly finished removing his own pants and boxer briefs before leaning over and kissing Ian’s washboard abdomen. Ian giggled from the tickling sensation, so Steve continued while Jr. jerked and throbbed for attention and drooled precum. Steve took the waistband of Ian’s briefs in his mouth and began pulling them down. Ian lifted his hips to help, but Steve still had to use his hands to get them over his bubble butt. Once the briefs were removed, Steve dove onto Ian’s cock, taking the length of it down to the pubes. “Oh, fuck yeah Steve. Swallow my cock”, Ian moaned. As Steve bobbed on Ian’s cock, he lifted Ian’s legs onto his shoulders to gain access to his eventual target. His right hand began sliding up and down between Ian’s hard mounds. Periodically a finger would momentarily massage his button. Steve paused just for a minute to retrieve some lube before resuming his ass play. “Oh, fuck yes”, Ian exclaimed as Steve’s index finger penetrated him! Ian’s own cock was flooding Steve’s mouth with precum as Steve added another and then another finger. “Oh, FUCK”, Ian cried as his hole spasmed around Steve’s fingers and his cock filled Steve’s mouth with his seed! As Ian’s orgasm subsided, Steve pulled his fingers from his hole and his mouth from Ian’s spent rod. He then climbed on top of Ian and kissed him, sharing some of Ian’s own cum. He began sliding his own precum-covered rod up and down along his taint and eager hole. Ian broke the kiss long enough to beg, “Please Steve. Put it inside me. Fuck me Steve”. Steve grinned and said, “I love when you beg for it Stud”, and then slowly pushed inside. Once he was fully pressed up against Ian’s pubes, Steve began a slow, love-making pace. Ian almost purred in response to the prostate massage he was receiving. Steve would speed up and slow down as well as shift position slightly, giving Ian changes in the sensations he was having. Ian was moving his head from side to side as he was experiencing the shifting sensations. They continued for what seemed like hours before Ian suddenly yelled, “Oh my god Steve. Now! Harder! Pound my ass Steve”! Steve knew this meant Ian was getting close to cumming and increased the rhythm and the force of his thrusts so that the room filled with the hard slapping of skin on skin as well as the pants and heavy breathing. Both of their bodies were glistening in sweat. “Oh FUCK STEVE”, Ian yelled out as Steve felt Ian’s cock throbbing between them filling the gaps with his warm semen as his hole spasmed around his own cock, bringing him to climax as well! “Fuck yeah Stud”, Steve cried out as he emptied his seed into Ian’s depths! Steve then collapsed down onto Ian and Ian wrapped his arms around him tightly. “I love you Steve”, Ian said between heavy breaths. “I love you too Stud”, Steve replied. Steve slowly pulled his spent but still stiff rod from Ian and as he rolled off beside Ian, Ian giggled. “Don’t get me started again Stud”, Steve cautioned, grinning. Ian rolled toward him and placed his head on Steve’s chest and began circling his left nipple with his index finger, “I was just thinking Steve, if I, I wot were possible. I’d gladly carry your baby for nine months”. Steve placed his arm around Ian, “Just so you know Ian, I would gladly carry your baby for nine months and even longer if it was possible. Unfortunately, we can’t, but there are other ways around that little problem”. “Adoption”, Ian asked? When Steve didn’t respond, Ian dropped it, thinking he was asleep. Ian soon drifted off as well.

End of Chapter 50