Oil Man

Ch.06

Facing Reality

Matthew:

My nerves have had me on edge since Bradley’s phone call telling me he’s coming to Dallas soon to talk about us.  He seems to have settled some things in his own mind about his future and hopefully ours. There’s this feeling that Bradley and I have known each other for a long, long time and that we have been together for a while.  However, reality tells a different story.  Things will become clearer after Bradley and I talk and clear up some things.

Bradley:

Things are so much better now that I have taken the first step toward facing the reality that I am in love with another man, a beautiful man in so many ways.  We’ll soon meet in Dallas and I can tell him face-to-face, in my arms, how I feel about him.  He simply must allow me into his life even with all the straight guy baggage I bring with me.  But with his help we can make a commitment to each other and start a life together.  I know I will see him soon but I still can’t sleep because I can’t wait to hold him in my arms again.

There’s a subtle knock on my door.  I rush to the door and fling it open. “Roberto,” I say with a big surprise on my face. “Come in, come in.”

“Bradley, I’m so sorry for all the trouble you’re going through.  I wish I could do something to make it go away, but none of us can do that.  I think I am probably your best friend among the crew and after the guys got together and talked it over, they asked me to come and see you.”

“Roberto, that makes me feel much better, it really does.”

“We heard that you’re taking some time off to see Matthew and we’re so fucking happy about that.  Man, we noticed the big change in you after Matthew came on-board to do his documentary.  You seemed so happy and you two were inseparable.  Some of us suspected that you and he were becoming closely attracted to each other.  We all agreed that whatever develops between you guys is OK, because it really is none of our business.  But you know how guys are and we just wanted our buddy, our friend, to be happy.”

“You guys figured it out?”

“Yeah, we were pretty sure that you guys were falling in love.  I know that sounds crazy, but one of the other guys spoke up and said it is not all that crazy.  He thought he was straight and had a similar experience after meeting a guy when he went home to Nevada on vacation. He says they have been a couple for more than a year.  He told us he found out that a lot of guys change from straight to gay and it happens to older guys as well as young men.  So, it seems that your situation is not as unique as you may think it is.”

I was choking back tears by now.  Roberto took me in his arms and held me.  He said, “Man, let it all out.  I’m here for you.”

I cried like a baby, and cried and cried and cried some more, until I had no more tears.

Roberto released me from his embrace and said, “It’s all good Bradley. You’re soon going to Dallas to claim that sexy TV anchor man for your own.  I know it will work out.  We’re all happy for you.  But we have to ask if you forgot what year we’re living in.  Guys can get married to each other. Gays can serve in the military.  And, our guys are not so old that they can’t accept gay relationships.  Dude, you’re the same person you were before you found love with another hot guy.  We love you for being you.  Always.  Now I gotta go get ready for bed, I have an early day tomorrow.”

“Roberto, tell the guys I love them and thanks for everything.  Don’t forget, please.”

“When are you leaving for Dallas’”

“The last shuttle chopper on Thursday.”

“OK, have a good time getting reacquainted with your guy.”

As I closed the door, I had such a feeling of relief but at the same time, I felt exhausted. I just climbed into bed and went to sleep within a couple of minutes.

I woke the next morning after a good night’s sleep and felt like sleep had started returning to normal.  After a couple of more wakeups, it was the day for my trip to Dallas. I packed extra clothes because I didn’t know if I would stay longer than the three days because I  had no idea what would happen between us. I didn’t show up to say goodbye to Matthew on the day he left the oil rig.  I didn’t contact him like I should have after he got home. It took more than a week before I replied to his message letting me know that hasn’t forgotten about me. He has every right to not want me into his life. But I have to try and make him see how confused I’ve been because of his absence. 

On the shuttle to Dallas, I was on edge the entire time.  I had no idea where the chopper would take me but after a 90-minute ride it landed on the roof of a tall building.

“Where are we? I asked the pilot.

He smiled and answered, “This is the building where Mr. Walker works.  He arranged permission for us to land here.”

A surge of nervousness rushed through my body because time had run out for my meeting with Matthew with no more time to think about what I would say or how I would react when seeing him. There would be people around observing everything.

A man waiting on the roof walked over to meet us, shaking hands with me and said, “Follow me Sir and I’ll take you to the channel 12 newsroom.”

The elevator stopped on the second floor.  My escort took me to a large room of people who were watching the prime time broadcast with Matt or typing into computer keyboards.  A few people were yelling back and forth across the news as they seemed to be composing a script and were sharing information.  A woman who looked to be in charge yelled, “Is it in the prompter?”

“Yes, it’s in, waiting for the golden voice to give it life.”

The woman walked up to me and said, “You’re Bradley from the oil rig.”

“That’s me,” I replied with a friendly smile.

“You and Matt got some incredible video out there.  Really good and we are just about finished with the piece.  We’ll work late tonight to get it finished for airing on Friday’s newscast. It’s gonna be a great piece for the program.  Thanks for your help. Excuse me.” She walked away over to a guy who was waving her over.

Matt finally signed off the newscast and disappeared from the camera’s view of the news set.  A couple of minutes later, Matthew walked into the newsroom. “Bradley!”

Matt rushed over to me, threw his arms around my neck and hugged on for dear life.  For a few seconds I didn’t know what to do.  Then, I just wrapped my arms around him and hugged.  The world around us ceased to exist.  I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven. Nothing will ever outdo this minute in my life.  It’s like I had been given a new life to live. I had tears running down my cheeks.  Then suddenly we were back in the newsroom with several people watching us.

The woman who had spoken with me earlier came over.  She saw my tears and said to Matthew, “Matt, why don’t you guys take off.  We’re gonna finish the oil rig story tonight before we leave. You have left a script with how you want it done.  No need for you to hang around.  Looks like you two have some catching up to do.  She smiled so warmly I just melted in my tracks.

“OK Molly, and thanks, Matt told her, then loudly yelled, “Good work everybody.  Thanks.  See ya’ll tomorrow.  Good night.”

Matt grabbed me by the arm and said, “Let’s get the fuck out of here.”

I noticed Molly was watching us with a wonderful smile on her face.  The smile said she knew what was going on between Matt and me and she approved. As she watched us, she gave us a thumbs up.

We took the elevator down into the underground garage.

“Wow, you have your own reserved parking space.”

“It’s the only perk I have,” Matt declared.

We got into Matt’s car and quickly, before he could start the engine, I grabbed his head and pulled him to me as I leaned over and pressed my lips against his.  I slipped my tongue between his lips and tasted him like this for the first time.  He tasted minty as though he had used a breath mint just in case.  I finally pulled away and just looked at him,

“Fuck, I was not expecting that. You never kissed me before,” Matt said with big eyes and a look of total surprise.

“Yeah, I thought that was too gay for a straight man like me.”

“I understand,” Matt said quietly

“I was stupid and I’m trying to shake all of that straight, macho shit.”

“Bradley, it’s so good to be with you again.  I can hardly believe that you’re here.”

“Baby, you cannot imagine what I’ve been going through since you left. I didn’t show up to say goodbye because I knew I would cry and I didn’t want the guys to see me like that.  Fucking stupid and a terrible thing to do.  I hope you can forgive me, Matthew.  Please.”

“We are dealing with the present now. The negative things from the past we should throw out and remember the great days and nights we had together.  I hope we can have many more, for a long, long time.”

“I’m all for that, Matthew.”

“Let’s go to my place and have a drink to celebrate.  Then go out on the town eat dinner and celebrate some more.  And, when we get tired of celebrating we can go back to the apartment and get into bed to make love,” Matt suggested.

“Then reboot this machine and let’s get underway but save serious talk for tomorrow. Tonight, we celebrate,” I told him.

In my living room, we are having a drink and adjusting to the reality that we are actually together again, if only for a few days this time. 

“Bradley, can we agree that if we become a couple, we will not have secrets from each other? Hiding things are known to cause relationships to die.  How do you feel about that?”

“Matt, I don’t see any need to nor do I want to keep secrets from you.  I want both of us to be totally open with each other.  I understand that each of us will sometimes do things that the other one doesn’t like.  But, that’s life.  We are all different people with different likes and dislikes.  It seems reasonable that we will not always appear perfect to each other.  Yes, I agree with you.”

“OK.  Let me the first to tell you something that I want you to know and understand.  Remember late that one night when I sent you a message inviting you to stay with me when you come to Dallas?”

“I can never forget that because it put my mind at ease a little.”

“OK, I want you to know that I had someone over and we slept in the same bed but did not have sex.  I had returned here, didn’t get to say goodbye to you.  I wondered if you never intended to see me beyond my departure from the rig.  I was upset and confused.  I couldn’t be alone that night.  I went to the straight bar down the street where the bartender noticed I was restless and upset.  He told me he was about to finish his shift and if I wanted company to talk or do more, he was available.  I thanked him and left to go to a gay bar I usually avoid. I didn’t stay more than five minutes.  I then called the bartender at my favorite bar and we came here.”

“And, what happened back here?”

“We showered and I touched him.  We went to bed and I touched him again but I stopped and we just talked.  After a few minutes we went to sleep.  Joey got a call from the bar owner who wanted him to come in and work on his day off.  Joey left and I haven’t seen him since.”

“Matthew, you telling me that makes me feel we are starting off on solid ground.  Also, I could never actually be angry at you for bringing Joey home with you because I had not committed to you and you had no way of knowing what our future would be or if I wanted a future with you at all.  But I am pleased that you didn’t do more with Joey.”

“He told me after I decided not to give him head that he would not have let me do it anyway.”

“He sounds like a nice, sensible guy, someone who could be a good friend. Do I get to meet him.?”

“Bradley, you’re not considering beating him up if you meet him.”

Bradley laughed louder than I have ever heard him laugh. “Matthew, I just want to meet a guy who thought so well of you he turned down getting head from you.  Not many men would be so honorable.  I do want to meet him.”

“Good, because I wanted to take you to the bar since it is within walking distance.  We can have a few drinks and not worry about driving.”

Bradley looked at me and spoke, “For the record, I have been out in the Gulf since you left and have not done anything either since you left.  I couldn’t have if I had wanted to because I was a mental wreck until I saw you in your newsroom.”

“I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that shit alone.”

“There’s something good to report.  Roberto, the one crew member I have actually become friends came to see me and told me the crew is OK if I’m in love with another man. That gave me a lot of mental relief.”

Bradley put his arms around me and gave me a deep, wet tongue kiss and then said, “Can we go to bed for a few minutes and have sex.  I’m so horny for you.  I want to love you and let you love me.  Please.”

I grabbed him by the hand and led him to the bedroom.  I undressed him and then he undressed me and gave me sweet kisses in-between movements.

He led me to the bed but before we got under the sheets, I dropped to my knees, looked up at him while I rubbed my face in his balls and cock.  I like his hardness, nibbled on the foreskin and then realized his body was vibrating, legs shaking and the moans coming from him were such a turn-on.

“Matthew, maybe we’d better take this to the bed, I’m not sure how much longer I can stand.  You have my body humming like an electrical transformer.”

In the bed, I covered Bradley’s body with wet kisses and tongue licks from feet to forehead.  He was squirming and moaning.

“You want to slide that hard cock inside me, babe,” I teased.

“Yes, I want to stretch you with this thick, hard tool.  I want to use my stiffness to how you  how much I love you, Matt.”

I crawled up to sit on his crotch but he said, “Me on top.”  He flipped us over, spread my legs rubbing his thick cock up and down my crack.  I handed him a bottle of lube and he knew what to do.

He pulled me open with both index fingers and pushed inside.  The slight burn from stretching and the smooth push all the way caused me to involuntarily lift my ass up to increases the friction and pleasure.

Bradley fucked me slowly but with power, moaning, groaning, hands all over me, lips on mine.

“Matthew, nothing can be better than this, making love to you without any hesitation, showing you that I am yours forever and you giving yourself to me, claiming me as yours. Loving you is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I don’t have the words to explain the feelings that you create in me.”

Bradley spoke through hard breathing and I knew we wouldn’t last long, him for sure.

He became a little hectic, faster and harder movements in and out.  Grabbing me, holding me, kissing me, whimpering and then shouting my name.  Matthew, Matthew, fuck.  AHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  He slammed inside me, cock throbbing, warm, sticky sperm filling me deep inside. Bradley’s body was twitching and he was breathing like a bull.  My legs wrapped around him, holding him in place, inside me where he belongs, forever. He rolled over onto his side, slipping out of me. Both of us were dripping wet from sweating so much.  That is the most intense sex we have had yet.

“Matthew, I want to tell you so many things but I can’t convert the things in my mind to spoken words.  The words escape me.”

“I have the same problem.  But I feel what you are feeling and I hope you feel what I feel.  Sometimes words are not needed.”

“If we stay in bed any longer I will fall asleep, so how about we shower, get dressed and get some drinks and food to give us the strength to do this again after we return home.”

“My thinking, exactly,” I reacted.

We probably would have taken more time in the shower but we wanted to get out on the town and besides we had just finished world class sex.

“What do I wear tonight?” Bradley asked.

“Jeans button down shirt or fancy t-shirt. Casual dress.”

We walked to the bar where Joey worked because there are no other bars within walking distance. And this bar has a nice atmosphere and straight customers with a few closeted men always looking for a hookup.

I waved at Joey when we walked in and led Bradley to an out-of-the-way table.  We sat and I asked Bradley what he would like. “Relax, I’ll get the drinks.”

At the bar, Joey looked at me, nodded toward the table where Bradley sat, lifted his eyebrows and asked, “Bradley?”

“That’s my man, Bradley.  Yes.”

“Is he gonna kick my ass because I showered and slept with you?  Did you tell him that you washed me and twice was hanging on to my dick?

“I did.  He knows everything exactly as it happened.  After I told him tonight, he asked if he was gonna meet you.  So, here we are.  One drink and we leave to get something to eat at a Greek place. Come over and say hi.”

I grabbed our drinks and returned to Bradley.

A couple of minutes later, Joey approached our table, held out his hand to Bradley, they shook hands and exchanged introductions.  Joey was nervous and didn’t know what to say.

“May I call you Joey?”

Joey nodded, ‘yes.’

“Joey, I want to thank you for looking out for Matthew when I couldn’t.  He told me about showering and touching in bed.  You’re a better man for not taking advantage of Matthew when he was lonely and confused about my intentions.  Thank you.”

Joey gave Bradley a look that said ‘thanks’ and nodded his head to confirm his appreciation.

We finished our drinks, stopped at the bar to say goodbye to Joey and then headed out to eat.

We took an Uber to Nick’s Greek restaurant.

Bradley looked around in the Greek place and said, “This place must be expensive.”

“No, not at all.  Portions are huge and a full meal is more than reasonable.  You’ll see,” I told him.

We were seated and I asked if Nick is in tonight. “He’s in the kitchen, right now,” the waiter told us.

Nick walked out into the dining area a few minutes later, saw us and walked over to our table, all smiles.

“Hi Nick.  May I introduce you to Bradley, he helped me with an assignment to the oil rig where he works.  Friday night, toward the end of the 6:00 PM news we’ll run a documentary about the anniversary of off-shore oil drilling.  Try to watch if you can.”

Nick and Bradley were shaking hands while I talked.

“Bradley, Nick started working here when he was a teenager.  Student by day and waiter by night.”

Bradley smiled at Nick and said, “That’s impressive.”

I asked Nick what was going on with him these days.

“It’s kind of a long story, so let’s save that for another time.  And a great time and place will be at my house for a BBQ on Saturday.  You’re invited.”

Bradley and I looked at each other because Saturday is one of our days to get things in order and sort out our relationship so Bradley can return to work.

“Nick, we’ll let you know before we leave tonight, OK?”

“No problem, guys.  Now what will it be to eat?”

“How about you decide,” I answered.  “All the food here is so excellent it’s difficult to make a choice.”

“OK, I’ll pick something that customers have reacted nicely to.  It won’t take long.”

The food was excellent as always.  Bradley was amazed at the amount of food Nick brought.  But, I explained that the portions are not always this large but larger than one would expect for the price.

We tried to pay our check for the food but Nick insisted it was on the house. We told him we would be at his BBQ on Saturday.

We Ubered back to my place, went in and collapsed on the couch.

“Man.  I ate too much to fuck,” Bradley laughed

“What, you’re tired of me already?” I joked.

“Not at all, just too tired to do all the work in bed.  But you can kneel on the floor between my legs like a good boy and give me one of your fantastic blowjobs.”

I slowly stood, walked between Bradley’s legs, knelt, opened his jeans and hauled out that thing that I loved to feel in my mouth.  I sniffed, licked and sucked, balls and dick.  I have missed doing this so much.  I love sucking Bradley’s big dick and I showed him how much I loved it.

“Matthew, I have so fucking missed this.  It’s one of the great pleasures you give me.  Maybe one day I can give it back.”

“Bradley, you don’t need to feel like that.  This is what I do, suck dick.  I get my pleasure from having you in my mouth and swallowing the cum you feed me.  That’s all I need.  Straight guys don’t give a blowjob back and that’s the way it should be.  Don’t worry about that. If one day you want to blow me you can but it will never be a must.”

I finished giving and taking my pleasure, tasting and swallowing Bradley’s cum, knowing that I will do this again after I wake up.  We both love the morning blowjobs.

We went to bed, happy to be together again and looking forward to seeing our video report in the news tomorrow night.  We have the weekend to work relationship issues out and our life together will officially start.

To be continued