Out of the Blue

They had made love in so many positions and there was cum everywhere, Finn whispered into Nate’s ear – ‘I promised my parents that I would be home by 1 and it is noon. Let’s shower and then you will need to grab your clothes for tonight. You will have lunch with my parents, meet my kids, and then get ready for night two of the reunion.  I want you holding my hand as we walk in tonight, I have fallen for your charms Mr. Murphy and I believe we can make this work for a lifetime. Are you in?’

Finn climbed off Nate and pulled him out of bed. When they were face to face Nate grabbed Finn’s neck and pulled him into a kiss – “Mr. O’Malley, I have been in love with you since we were in 7th grade. I did not really admit that until our senior year but knew it was true. If you are in, I’m there with you. I will have to revise my comment from last night – “I don’t think I can use the word power when describing my sexual preference. You wore me the hell out, that has never happened before.”

Finn’s face fell, and he looked panicked. Before he could speak Nate put his finger on his lips – “Let me be clear, you did not hurt me you wore me out which has never happened in my sexual history. I have been accused of being insatiable, but my man you sated me well and truly. Let’s clean up and head over to meet the parents and kids.”

They showered and played a bit but got themselves cleaned up and presentable. Nate grabbed his tux and clothes for this evening’s formal event. Finn was beside himself – “Fuck, I thought it was a joke that the event was black-tie. I don’t have anything to wear, do you think Ben Silver will have anything I can get on this short of notice?”

Finn started dialing his dad – “Pops, I need a tux for tonight. No, I thought it was a joke and left mine at home. Yes, I understand it will be off the rack and not custom. You know I do shop that way most of the time. I know your old money doesn’t think that is appropriate but those of us in the modern era realize that custom everything is… Ok, I’ll let it go. Thank you.”

When he hung up, he looked at Nate who was trying his damndest not to laugh but was failing miserably. “Ok yuckster, I’m glad you find my panic so damn funny.”

Nate was trying very hard to stop laughing but it wasn’t working. Finn retaliated by grabbing Nate, throwing him on the bed, and pinning him down – “Ok smart ass, I’m going to start tickling you and not stop until you pee your pants”, which he proceeded to do. Nate was gasping for air when Finn stopped and just stared into his beautiful blue eyes – “Why is my dilemma so funny to you?”

Nate looked up into the most beautiful emerald, green eyes he had ever seen – “Fuck you’re beautiful. What was your question again?”

Finn sat up, still straddling Nate’s waist – “Why is my dilemma so funny to you?”

Nate smiled and winked at Finn – “Your dilemma has nothing to do with my laughing. I was laughing because I pictured your dad on the other end of the line making faces at you for dissing his old money and his custom everything. I’m sure he thinks your mental.”

Finn got up, helped Nate off the bed, took his hand, and headed for the door. Nate grabbed his stuff and they were off.

As they were driving down East Bay Street, Finn turned onto Clifford so that he could stop at Ben Silver to see if they had a tux that would fit him. Finn found a place to park, he and Nate went into the store and quickly found that Finn was going to have to buy two tuxes to make this work. His upper body was a 44L (the pants were 38), but his pant size was 30 inches and the smallest tux pants they had in stock came with a 38 jacket.

Finn threw both tuxes on the counter and grabbed a white cotton evening shirt. The man helping him was shaking his head – “you know we could take those pants in for you and have them back to you Monday/Tuesday next week?”

Finn sighed – “I’m sure you could but I have a formal event tonight and I can’t wait for alterations. I’m almost certain that you would not be able to take the pants in 8 inches and leave the pockets in a functioning fashion.”

The owner overheard the conversation – “Mr. O’Malley, I think you would be better served by buying a dinner jacket and Tuxedo Trousers that way you get a tailored fit without having to buy something you will never wear. Do you need ties, cufflinks, or shirt studs?”

Finn smiled, thanked the owner, and let him know he would use his father’s accessories. He wound up purchasing a white dinner jacket, black trousers, and a white evening shirt. He saved just over fifteen hundred dollars and had clothing that would fit for the most part as the pants were still too large in the waist.

When Nate and Finn climbed into the Tahoe, Nate finally addressed the point that had been nagging him since they stepped into Ben Silver – “You know you could have gone in with black jeans, a white tux shirt, and a jacket you borrowed from your dad.”

Finn shook his head – “Oh that would be a treat. You come down the stairs in a tux and me in jeans and a jacket my mom would tan my hide. What I just bought I will wear again, am I kicking myself for blowing the ‘black tie’ comment off absolutely.”

Nate took Finn’s hand and kissed the back of it – “You come from a different world and I will do my best to adjust, just bear with me. Dropping 1,500 bucks like that would kill my budget.”

Finn’s phone had been ringing in the cupholder and he was ignoring it. Nate was going insane, “how can you just sit there and ignore the phone?”

Finn smiled – “I have more important things on my mind right now than some random call from Stephanie. If it were my Mama or Pops it would be a different ring tone and I would answer it. To be clear, you are the more important ‘thang’ on my mind and I don’t make it a habit of stopping a conversation because someone else is calling me.

Now, I grew up with money but since then I have busted my ass for everything I have. I don’t know what it is like to have a different upbringing but I like to think I’m not a snob nor do I look down on people because of what they have or don’t have. I measure a person by their contributions and willingness to do what it takes to get a job done.

I try very hard to not go overboard with things. In this situation, I felt I needed to splurge so I would look good on your arm and that you would want to rip my clothes off after the event. Time will tell if I succeeded or not.”

Nate smiled at Finn and just nodded his head in agreement. They pulled into the motor court a minute or two later. Nate got out of the car with his mouth hanging open – “Nate my dear, you need to close your mouth, it isn’t an attractive look and you will get bugs in it.”

Nate closed his mouth and lightly punched Finn in the shoulder – “Ass.”

“My mom says I have a mighty fine one, thanks for noticing.”

“You truly are incorrigible. You should call Steph back.”

 “Ay ay, Mr. bossy pants. I thought I would introduce you to the ‘rents and my kids first, then call Steph and Sean.”

With the words just out of his mouth, the door opened, and there stood his Mama, Pops and three kiddos who came running at their Daddy yelling mostly in unison – “We missed you.” Finn swooped all three of them up into his arms and kissed and squeezed them until they were all in the house.

When he put the kids down, they all looked up at Nate. Rory chimed in – “Who’s that?”

Finn started to answer but before he could, Nate knelt next to the kids – “My name is Nathan, Nate for short. I’m your Daddy’s friend from way back when we were 11. We had breakfast this morning to catch up and I helped him find a tux for tonight’s party. It’s nice to meet you three. I bet this is Harper based on her pension for purple.”

Harper stepped forward and shook Nate’s hand – “That’s Rory and that is Owen.” Nate shook both of their hands and reached into his bag. He pulled out 3 coloring books and jumbo crayons for each. The three kids were dancing around singing – “thank you, thank you, thank you” Nate held up the books and let the kids choose and then handed each a new box of crayons.

Owen turned to Quinn – “Mimi can we go color before lunch?”

Quinn took them to the family room coffee table and got them all set up. She did make it clear they needed to color in the books only. They all agreed to the request and she returned to the kitchen where Nate, Finn, and Owen were talking.

Nate, Finn, and Owen had been talking about Nate’s job as the youngest detective in the Charleston Police Force. When Nate talked about being a detective his face lit up, he was clearly passionate about solving crimes and keeping his community safe. It was then that Quinn joined them from the family room.

“Nate it appears my men didn’t offer you anything to drink, would you like some tea? It is unsweet, yes, I know not the typical southern belle.”

Finn went to the refrigerator and grabbed the pitcher of tea while his Mama grabbed four glasses filling them with ice from the ice maker. Finn poured tea into each glass as Mama was taking a charcuterie board out of the refrigerator and placing on the kitchen table. She indicated to Owen, Finn, and Nate to take a seat.

She dove right into the conversation – “My husband here has known Finn was ‘sexually fluid’ since the 7th grade, I found out early this morning so bear with me. I love my son and won’t stand in the way of his happiness. I do kick myself for not saying anything about Beth, she was a, never mind I digress.

I believe you were the boy he secretly was crushing on but you asked Stephanie to be your girlfriend. Why should I believe that you will do right by my son?”

Finn jumped in immediately – “Mama that is out of…” Nate stopped Finn by squeezing his hand – “Mrs. O’Malley I won’t sit here and tell you that I know the future and that I won’t hurt Finn, please let me finish, what I will tell you is this – I have never stopped loving your son. I fell hard for him in 7th grade and I obviously screwed that up and hurt him. My father was a racist, homophobic asshole and I hid from my true self. When he put me in the hospital right after graduation for telling him I was gay I closed that chapter of my life.

When I tell you that I can’t guarantee I won’t hurt Finn, I mean just that. There are no 100% certainties in life but what I will tell you is that I will never hurt him intentionally and I will spend my remaining days making it up to him if it does happen.

Today – Finn freaked out, yes you did, about not having formal wear for tonight so he stopped on his way here and was going to drop 3 grand for two tuxes to ensure that he had one that fit. The owner stopped him and convinced him to spend half of that on a dinner jacket, and trousers. I can’t drop 1,500 dollars on new clothes on a whim and when I questioned the purchase, I know Finn was upset. I did not intend to upset him but I know I did. We have things to work through for sure but I’m all in with your son.”

Quinn smiled and watched Nate with a critical eye. No one said a thing and Nate did not break eye contact or say anything. The ball was in her court and he was not going to give her an out. Nate felt Finn move so he slid his hand over Finn’s and squeezed lightly. This was the contest that needed to play out and Finn needed to let the two of them work it through.

Finn asked his father if he could borrow a tie/pocket square, cufflinks, and studs for tonight. Owen was watching the whole thing in front of him with amusement. He knew that Quinn had met her match in Nate. He also knew that Finn was more than smitten with this man and that he would choose Nate regardless of his Mama’s input. It clicked that Finn had asked him a question – “Son I was not paying attention to what you asked. I love that your man has your back and is not taking any crap from your Mama. Ouch, what the hell was that for woman?”

Quinn finally broke the stalemate – “Nate, I understand what my son sees in you but the chassis that houses the person inside confuses me greatly. That is my issue to get my head around, my man has had nearly 17 years to get his head around our son’s sexual fluidity, I’m at 12 hours so bear with me as I understand more of this part of my son’s life. Welcome to the family.

Finn, shut your mouth you will attract flies and it is not a good look on you.”

Finn shook his head – “Pops the tie, square, and cufflinks?”

Owen was trying to not laugh but was struggling – “Nate, what color is your tie?”

Nate was confused at first but caught on – “My tie is blue, sir.”

Finn shook his head – “Don’t think we are going to go in matching ties. We are dating not identical twins. My boys don’t wear matching things either and they are identical twins.”

Quinn chuckled – “My goodness Bug you are certainly in a mood. Relax, breath – in through the nose out through the mouth. Come on, dear.”

Finn stood up, grabbed his garment bag, and headed for the stairs – “Mama, you should do stand-up comedy, you would bring down the house with your material. Pops I’m grabbing the tie, square, and cufflinks I want out of your room. Are there sex toys I need to worry about?”

A piece of bread came sailing toward Finn that his mother had thrown. He snagged it out of the air – “Thanks Mama, that was really nice of you to make sure your favorite child doesn’t starve. You still haven’t answered about the sex toys, I don’t want to stumble across your stash.”

There was a screech from the doorway – “Bug what is Mama doing to her favorite child? Where are those kiddos? God, you look hot. Glad you are here and ditched the bitch, yeah, I know it was years ago and those kids didn’t hear me.” She grabbed him in a tight hug whispering – ‘No kidding, I missed you like crazy. Yeah, I’m dating a guy you fooled around with in high school but if truth be told I messed around with Beth before you were married.’

Finn laughed out loud – “Why didn’t you say anything, it might have given me a few questions to ask. She never let on even when I told her I had slept with both men and women. Oh well, water under the freaking bridge. Jarod, how have you been?”

Jarod hugged Finn and whispered – ‘You smell fucking awesome. Sorry, that was inappropriate.’

Finn chuckled “Should we play never have I ever?” There were no immediate takers but Mama piped up – “Sounds interesting, how would it be played?”

Finn being Finn jumped right in – “I’ll give an example if you will pour Rose and Jarod a glass of iced tea. Rose, you may not remember Nate but Jarod you should, this is Nate Murphy, Nate this is my sister Rose. Thanks Mama.

It goes like this, someone makes a statement of something they have done and if you have actually done that you drink, we usually play with alcohol but iced tea will do for now.  I’ll give you a sample question – ‘never have I ever had sex with Jarod’.”

Quinn reacted immediately – “We are not playing this game.” Finn noticed that both Nate and Rose took a drink – “Interesting…” Both Nate and Jarod looked a little red. Finn walked over to Nate and grabbed the back of his neck and kissed him with every ounce of passion he could muster. When he was done, he cheekily asked – ‘so who was better?’

Nate shook his head – “I answered that earlier today if you were listening.”

Finn chuckled and called over his shoulder – “I was but I thought I would confirm. Rose, by the way, we are moving back to Charleston in a couple of weeks.” Finn bounded up the stairs to his parent’s room grabbing a tie, square, and diamond cufflinks.

Rose caught up with him as he was coming out of their room – “So Bug, you are dating Nate, that was quick.”

Finn smiled and hugged his sister again – “Nut I see a possible future there and I’m not going to ignore it because he is a guy. Your husband has slept with both me and Nate and you slept with my wife so I would say that there is little room for you to cast any stones. By the way, when are you due?”

Rose was caught completely flat-footed and just stared at her brother. Finn took his left hand and closed her mouth, giving her another hug – “Congratulations on both accounts. I love you and want you to be insanely happy. I guess we are even, we both slept with the other’s spouse before they did. Ouch, what the hell was that for?”

Rose leaned her forehead onto Finn’s shoulder – “You can turn a beautiful moment into a joke in a split second. How did you know?”

Finn chuckled – “Ok that is the second time in less than 24 hours I have been told that related to pregnancy news. I’m your brother and I know you would not gain weight; you are too vain for that just like the rest of us and your skin is glowing and your cheeks are rosier than normal. Beth had both things going on when she was pregnant. What do you think of Nate?”

Nate and Jarod rounded the corner with Jarod seizing the moment – “Rose, what do you think of Nate? Your ass of a brother outed all three of us on that one.”

Rose laughed loudly – “I think he is stunning and as long as he keeps his dick away from my husband, I’m good with him marrying my brother.”

Jarod’s mouth dropped open – “Ok, so we’re telling your family now? When did the two of you hook up?”

Finn took exception – “Jarod, your wife did not tell me a thing. I have known her my whole life and it is obvious she is pregnant I know her well enough to know she is not going to move forward with that unless she is married. By the way, I liked you enough in high school to fuck you senseless and you know damn well that was more than a hookup so where do you get off talking about Nate like that?”

Nate moved between the two of them with his back to Finn, speaking to both of them – “Let’s dial this down a notch, a choice of words doesn’t need to escalate.”

Jarod stepped forward and hugged both of the men in front of him – “Finn, I love you man. It is really fun to wind Nate up though.” Nate was trying to wiggle free but the two larger men had him pinned between the two of them. “Ok, funny, real funny let me out of this hug fest.”

Finn pushed his hips forward and whispered in his ear – ‘Are you sure?’ then he nibbled on his neck. Jarod stepped back – “Ok that did it, I’m out.”

Finn looked over Nate’s shoulder and both men were hard – “Rose, he passed the test kind of, I guess. He did get an erection but he did beg off. I guess I approve.”

Both Rose and Jarod flipped Finn the bird and he responded by sweeping his hand in the air and grabbing the fake bird – “Thank you for the gift. I know it was heartfelt.”

Nate chuckled – “So, Finn are you going to be attached to me for the rest of the day?”

Finn smiled and nipped at Nate’s neck where he knew Nate’s cock would react – “No Natty, I’m staying here forever. You forget I don’t work so I can go everywhere with you.”

Rose was laughing – “Bug, did you just call your fiancé Natty? He doesn’t mind having you draped all over him. So, what is the plan until we leave tonight?”

Nate was so confused at this point; he had checked out again. He loved being in Finn’s arms, it felt right. Having that big, beautiful cock wedged up against his ass was making his cock hard and every time Finn chewed on his ear and neck, he would leak a little more cock snot. Fuck he was gone and this was moving fast, was it possible he was finally going to be happy and have a family? He had great friends and occasional sex partners but nothing had ever grabbed his heart like Finn.

Finn chuckled into his neck – “Natty, did you check out on me again?”

Nate – “Natty, where did that come from?”

Finn laughed a little louder – “Nate, you checked out on me because I just explained where that came from and you of all people should know. Where did you go, it is obvious that you went somewhere?”

Nate sighed and turned to face Finn – “When it comes to relationships, I sometimes get a little self-conscious. I didn’t grow up like you, Rose and Steph did. My parents did ok but nothing like this, you know that my dad put me in the hospital when I told him I was gay and you know that I tried to hide it by bullying you through 9th grade.

I’m just a little messed up when it comes to believing that I can have a long-term relationship with a guy like you. When your sister said – fiancé I thought holy crap I do love this guy enough for that but then the old insecurities took hold.”

Rose stepped up behind Nate and hugged him to her brother and Jarod stepped behind her hugging Finn as well.

Rose kissed Nate’s cheek – “Nate, let me tell you about my brother and who he is as a person – by the way, Bug, don’t let this go to your head, either one. Nate, I don’t often praise or compliment my brother but I think you need to understand the man draped all over you –

Finn is the best person I know. He is fiercely loyal, loves deeply, hurts easily, rebounds quickly, doesn’t suffer fools well, defends his family and friends to the end, gives generously, is keenly intuitive, doesn’t miss anything, and is evolved beyond most when it comes to love – he knows that sex is just that but love is something you feel in your gut and it should be disconnected from the gender of the person you have those feelings for. EhhEhh I’m not finished.

Nate – I don’t know your whole story but what I do know is this – if my brother is this gaga for you after one day back together you are one hell of a man and need to trust that he is not going to hurt you and YES you deserve this happiness. EHHEHHH, still not done.

Now, if you hurt him intentionally, I will hunt you down and feed your carcass to the alligators.”

All three men had tears in their eyes but Nate spoke first – “Rose, thank you for that. I will tell you what I told your Mama, I will hurt Finn. It is not possible to have a long-lasting relationship without that happening but I won’t do that intentionally and I will always make things right. Bear with me while I work through my shit. Finn, I like the Natty moniker, just don’t use that out in public where my colleagues can hear it and yes, I remember when you first called me that. Well shit, you did out my nickname to a colleague, Jarod if I hear that around the force, I will tell everyone how much you enjoy having your…”

Finn kissed him to shut him up. Nate’s heart soared; it was really hard for him to believe something so wonderful could happen to him. His dad had made him feel so much less a human and no matter how much he embraced his sexuality there was always the voice in the back of his head – ‘You fucking fag, you disgust me.’ Just before the beating started and he wound up in the hospital for 3 weeks in a coma for 2 of those weeks.

Rose tapped her brother on the shoulder – “Bug, Bug, Bug I know you are in love but I would like to understand what you are planning for tonight so we can go do this thing together.”

Finn reluctantly released Nate – “Nut you are such a pain in the ass. Fine I’ll stop molesting my future husband, yes, I know that is where this is headed so all three of you put your eyes back in your heads.”

Nate interrupted – “Point of clarification, you technically can’t molest the oh-so-willing future husband. I knew from the moment I saw you the other night that is what I wanted but hearing you say it, damn it may happen. The asshole may get his man after all…”

Rose was getting annoyed – “Ok you two can figure your lives out later – where you will live, who’s the top, who’s the bottom, when you are getting married, more kids, no more kids, blah blah blah. You need to focus on the irritated pregnant lady.”

Quinn had walked up behind Rose and Jarod. Finn was doing his level best to wave her off but Rose was her typical motor mouth self. Quinn was giving Finn the talking hand sign and Nate started laughing – “My dearest daughter, I’m glad you are acknowledging you are pregnant but why hide it from me? Is it because you got married and didn’t tell us? Yes, I know that too, your brother gets his intuition from me and I would have bloody well thought that after 31 years on this earth you would have figured out that I’m not an ogre.

Congratulations to both of you and Jarod welcome to the family. One suggestion for you – don’t let her hoodwink you into keeping things from me or Finn. We will both know already so just own it and move the hell on.

Bug, Steph, and” “Sean Mama, Sean” “fiddle de dee, they are downstairs with the kids, so you 4 need to wrap up this gabfest and come downstairs. Your dad has chicken, burgers, and corn on the grill.

Nut don’t yell at your brother when I leave. He did his level best to get you to shut up but you ignored him as usual and as it has happened for nearly 27 years – you get busted. I guess consistency is a good thing.” Quinn kissed her daughter’s cheek – “I do love you more than life itself. Congratulations my dear.”

When Quinn left, Rose was giving Finn the evil eye. Both Nate and Jarod stepped in – “Rose.” Nate let Jarod take over – “Rose, your Mama is right. Why do you think I was poking your arm? It wasn’t to be annoying it was to get you to shut your mouth. Oh no, let me finish. You do this all the time; you get caught up in things and ignore those around you. This one is on you and only you. I am totally at a loss as to why it’s a big deal. We are married, we are having a baby and I love you with all my heart.”

Rose started crying and hugged Jarod tight. Finn was rolling his eyes and got an elbow to the ribs from Nate for his efforts – “Don’t be an ass.”

Finn took exception – “You two are neophytes when it comes to Rose and her waterworks. She can turn them on and off at the drop of a hat. With those that are not schooled in the wiles of Rose, they work well. Those of us that know her moods can see right through the fake ones and I’m telling you both these are manipulative tears.

Rose, if you are honest right here, right now I will let you plan the entire weekend and will go along with the plans without question unless you have us do something disgusting. We three each get one veto but other than that you are in charge.”

Rose stopped crying and had a smile across her face that would light up Broadway. “See, told you both. I think you both owe me a blow job for doubting me. Ouch, what the hell.”

Rose/Jarod/Nate all smacked Finn in the back of the head – “Seriously Bug, propositioning my husband in front of your fiancé? Bad form brother, bad form.”

Finn was annoyed and went to his room. He heard Rose say to Nate – “As I said, easily hurt.” “Fuck you Nut.” And with that, he closed his door.

Finn was coming out of his walk-in closet when Nate entered his room. He was taking the shirt out of the packaging. Nate was not sure what to say or do but knew he needed to be with Finn. Finn made it clear what was next, he walked straight for Nate and kissed him passionately for a bit, when he broke away, he put his forehead on Nate – “Hang your stuff in my closet. If you need an iron there is a board and iron in the cabinet to the left of the door, just open the door and pull it down. I hope you know I was joking about the blow job. I need to watch my jokes until you get to know me better.”

Nate chuckled – “I knew that you were joking, that’s why my smack was a light one. I do think both Jarod and Rose believed you were serious about it. I’m not sure why because the twinkle in your eye told me you were being a mischievous little boy. I told Rose that and she scoffed at the idea. Oh well I know the truth” With that said, Nate grabbed Finn by the neck and kissed him deeply.

At that moment the door flew open with Steph and Sean standing there looking annoyed – “Hi Nate. Finn, what the hell? You get a little tail and dump us? I can’t believe you have been ghosting me for almost the entire day.”

Finn laughed out loud – “You are such a drama queen. We spoke this morning at 1:30 AM, it is now 2:00 PM, that is hardly a ‘day’. I had some important things to address – a new boyfriend, shopping for a tux, by the way, why didn’t you make it clear that this thing was ACTUALLY a black-tie event, kids, and a newly married/pregnant sister? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you are pregnant too but that is 15-hour-old news. What has your knickers in a twist?”

Sean was incredulous – “Steph you mean to tell me that this damn dinner/dance is black tie, when were you going to inform me of that? I have nothing to wear and I’ll be damned if I’m showing up in a suit with these two studs in tuxes ain’t happen. Fuck correction, three studs. Shit, fuck…UGGHHH.”