The Village

Seth’s Perspective

The first annual board meeting went off without a hitch, and Zach and I were getting a great break from it all in Vegas. We bailed out of The Resort’s New Year’s Eve event early and hung out with Max and Brody to celebrate our anniversary and ring in the new year with our friends. You know, Max and Brody were our closest friends, I mean BY FAR. We all worked on The Village together, we lived across the street from each other, we were even training to be foster parents together; but we didn’t go out that often and just hang out together. Brody traveled a lot for work, and we all worked early mornings and late nights so it felt damn good to just relax with them and hang. We had drinks at the speakeasy, then just walked up and down Freemont Street watching the light show and hitting some of the old casinos, it was a tame night and we rang in the New Year with our best friends. That night we got back to The Resort bout 1AM and the joint was jumpin’ it was loud with music and the sounds of partying, and of course, hot, wild man-sex.

Zach and I went right up to our room where it was surprisingly quiet… the soundproofing in that place was amazing. While the other guests continued to party the new year in, Zach spooned my naked body until we fell asleep. I only slept a few hours and woke up to another new year in the security of his strong arms. It was clear he was excited for the new year and his (not so) little soldier was poised and ready for battle as he pushed his hardness against my firm hole. “Good morning” I mumbled through my morning breath as I pushed my ass back in encouragement.

“Good Morning and Happy New Year” he whispered as his hot breath hit my neck sending chills down my spine, then he kissed me softly on the nape and put his tongue in my ear. That was SO not playing fair, he knew that drove me crazy. I moaned in appreciation as I pushed my ass back a little harder feeling the heat and the power of Zach’s phallic perfection. “Let’s start the year with a bang” he whispered with a snicker.

I just lie there appreciating the hell out of his touch, the feel of his broad chest against my back, the sensation of his fingers interlocked with mine as they rested on my chest with his thumbs occasionally grazing my sensitive nipples. I know I’ve said this a lot, but there’s something about the fact that I was literally the only person in the world that has ever had that connection with Zach that made me hot as hell. After a bite, I rolled over so we were face to face and our lips lightly touched. My eyes were wide open as I watched a look of pure bliss wash over my lover. We kissed sweetly for a while as Zach smoothly rolled us over so he was on top of me. It was early morning and we had a couple of hours to kill before meeting up with all the guys for brunch so we took it slow. Our hands explored each other’s bodies, it was familiar terrain but every exploration was as exciting as the first time, god he was hot. I was on my back with Zach on top of me, his manhood growing hard and pressing against mine in torrid anticipation of the inevitable. He pulled out of our tender kiss and flipped around so that he was on top of me in a sixty-nine, it was my favorite position! There was something about feeling his hardness down my throat while I looked up at the outline of his perfect ass globes… my view slightly obstructed by his fuzzy balls. I couldn’t help but reach up and give them a little tug and a squeeze. On the other end Zach was working on getting my hole slickened up and ready for his assault, he responded to my squeeze by moaning into my hole. Goddamn, the vibrations shot through me like the aftershock of a landmine. We slowly prepped each other, taking our time and savoring it all. He hunkered down with his tongue in my fox hole while I prepared his missile for launch getting his not so little soldier ready to breach my perimeter and invade my ass. I swear we licked, sucked, and teased each other for over a half hour before Zach flipped back around so we were face to face and canon to canon. He moved himself back a little and lined himself up so he was ready to forge ahead.

“I love you” he said as he kissed my lips tenderly. I spread my legs and wrapped them around him at the same time my arms wrapped around his neck holding his kiss longer. He pushed hard against me and my sphincter defended its territory for as long as it could hold out but eventually gave in to the force of the “opposition.” His head entered me and he slowly and steadily pushed further into me. That was one of my favorite moments when Zach and I made love; The moment he entered me and I felt the pain and *pop* of his head going past my sphincter, then the sheer euphoric feeling of him filling me with his perfectly contoured manhood. I swear his cock was made to fill me, we just fit! We continued to kiss until he was all the way in and the blonde fuzz on his testicles tickled my ass crack making me smile into our kiss. We just stayed that way for a while until he slowly pulled out, inch-by-inch, ridge by ridge my lover exited my passage until he was gone. I groaned in mourning; I wanted him back in me so bad! Zach knew me and he understood the meaning of my groan and pushed back in. In and out he moved as we savored our private time together. No phone calls from The Village, no Petunia wedging between us, no Eli and Riley in the next room… just me and my husband in a sound proofed room.

Our gentle lovemaking was amazing, but I was ready to ramp it up and, as Zach said, start the new year with a bang. “Fuck me” I whispered. Zach was poised above me looking down, he had a serious expression of determination on his chiseled face as he complied. He pulled out almost all the way, then pushed back in a little faster than before and with a little more force. Each thrust was faster. More purposeful. More powerful. More fucking perfect. Zach leaned in and kissed me, it was tender and hard at the same time, his tongue was soft but the pressure was hard and deliberate as he pushed his tongue into my mouth, he taste like morning breath, but I didn’t care… it was Zach and me and there was nothing but passion between us. Ever! In and out harder and faster as my coos of passion became screams of ecstasy. After living with Riley and Eli for the last several months it felt good to just let It all out and not worry about someone else hearing me (thank god for soundproofing). “Fuck me” I said louder, then “FUCK ME” I screamed at the top of my lungs. Seriously it felt SO GOOD TO SCREAM in passion and enjoy every sensation Zach was giving me. Zach stayed silent and focused all his energy on driving his ramrod deep into me. I was sweating, grunting, and contorting as he gave me indescribable pleasure. His thrusts got harder and deeper until he slammed forward with a final grunt and shot his load deep inside me. Zach’s sweat dripping body collapsed on top of mine; his still-hard cock buried to the hilt as he caught his breath.

After a minute or two, he pulled out and kissed his way down my sweat-drenched body until he got to my raging hard tool and took me down his throat with one big swallow. I instinctively put my hands on the back of his head and started pushing him down on me as my hips pushed up to drive myself deeper. I slowly but steadily fucked his beautiful, chiseled face as he gulped and gurgled on my manhood. The saliva was running out of his mouth as I forced him to bob up and down on my and give me pleasure. I was lost in the euphoria as I breathlessly panted the words “I’m cumming” then in a loud whisper, “I’m cumming’ then an unbridled scream of passion, “I’m fucking cumming, YES!” I forced my cock down his throat and his face smashed against my pelvis as I shot rope after rope of thick, salty spunk down his throat. I lost all self-control as I held his head tightly against me choking him with my life-giving fluid. He was gagging and I could feel his salty tears drip onto my abs as he sputtered and struggled to breathe… but he never tried to pull off. I fed him my last drops with a series of sputters and convulsions, then went limp. Zach cleaned my tool with his tongue before snaking his was up my body to share a cum-flavored New Year’s Morn kiss.

Zach rolled off my limp, well-used, more-than-satisfied body, curled up in a ball and went back to sleep. It was only 5AM but I was up and ready to go (my body was still on Eastern Time and thought it was 8:00). I took a nice leisurely shower, wrapped a towel around me, grabbed the David Sedaris book Brody had given my for Christmas and went down to the pool to read and relax. It was nice to kick back and just read; I had always loved David Sedaris and read everything he ever wrote, but Brody gave me the book and said I’d appreciate it even more now that I lived in North Carolina. He was right! I was laughing out loud at some of the references and nuances I had missed the first time I read it. The pool was quiet at that time of day, I am sure it had seen some crazy action the night before. While I was sitting naked and enjoying my alone time with my coffee and my book, Rodney came in and sat next to me in all his naked glory. We’d been at The Resort for a few days and by then we were over the awkwardness of being naked in front of each other.

I wished him a Happy New Year and asked about his New Year’s Eve; that man turned fifty shades of red as he eked out the words, “very fun” in a shy voice. I didn’t probe any further but he gave me bits and pieces as we talked. From what I could gather he and Victor experienced New Year’s Eve in Vegas OG Phoenix style. No details were shared (or asked for), but it was clear that the two guys had an experience of a lifetime.

After a couple of relaxing hours, I went back up to the room to find Zach showered and ready to go meet everybody for brunch… and I mean EVERYBODY, the entire board of The Village, all our friends from Arizona, Rodney, and Victor, and even my dad and Best showed up. Best seemed comfortable, but my father was clearly out of his element. After a while, Dad loosened up (thanks to Zach, Scotty, making him feel like part of the group). Brunch was loud and fun as we all enjoyed our last moments together before we went our separate ways and headed back to our lives. As I looked around the room, I saw several tables filled with friends and colleagues and couldn’t help but think that a decade ago I didn’t even know most of these people existed, yet each one had made such a profound impact on my life. It was an interesting dynamic. My siblings had finally forgiven my father and were accepting the new, ‘queer dad’ (as Eli called him) but our friends from Arizona weren’t as quick to forgive. Many of them had gone through the living hell with us and were having trouble letting it go… but they did their best to welcome him and Best.

Dad and Best cut out a little early to drive back to California for the reminder of their vacation. When they were gone it was Marc who spoke up and said, “Well, I’ll say it. That was fucking surreal.” The table of our friends nervously chuckled, “I literally hunted those men down for abducting you” he said looking at Brad in disbelief.

Brad gave a sly smile and replied, “I tried hating him and my mother for over a decade and it got me nowhere. I think about it this way, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have my brothers and sisters… and for that, I decided to love them instead” he said with resolve and sincerity. “It’s too late to make amends with my mother, but my father is still here, and frankly I’m happy for the guy. It was clear he spent most of his life loathing himself. No one should have to do that.” God my brother was impressive. He looked over at me to gage my reaction and I shot him a smile and a nod in response.

“You’re a better man than I, Bradley Westin-Nicholls” Marc said as he held his mimosa up in a tribute. He was right, my brother was a great man and my hero.

There was no doubt about it. It had been a strange year… but a good year. I was excited to see what the next one held for all of us.

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Our little junket to Vegas was productive, fun, and an awesome break. I was ready to take on the new year. It was great seeing everyone but now it was back to business and there I was sitting in my office at 7AM on January second sipping coffee and catching up on emails when Maverick wandered in. “Hey Maverick, Happy New year! How was your holiday?” I asked.

“Happy New year to you too, Seth. My Holiday was great. Rusty…. I mean RayRay n’ me had a lotta fun” he responded. “We had so much fun that RayRay decided he wants to leave Kentucky and move here… we’re gonna be roommates.”

I listened to him and thought through what he was saying, “Are you sure you want to move in with someone after just a week?” I asked.

“It aint like that, Seth. I’ve known the guy since I was a little kid, and we’re just gonna be roommates. I can get a way nicer place with a roommate, and it was nice havin’ him around. Like a piece a’ home” Maverick said. I wasn’t completely sure I believed him, I suspected romantic feelings, after all the guy was pretty vulnerable and there’s nothing better than the arms of an old friend when you’re lonely. But, on the other hand he was the happiest he’d been since I met him, and more confident. This was one of those times that I had to remind myself that my job was to guide these, not make decisions for them. “But I need a favor. Can y’all help Rust… RayRay find a job. He manages a truck stop diner back home, he’s smart, he’s reliable…“ and he went on like that for a while. “It would help me to have a friend like him here, Seth” he said with pleading eyes.

This was obviously important to him, of course I wanted to help the kid, but I didn’t want to set him up for heartbreak so I probed a little deeper. “Are you sure this is just a friend slash roommate situation and not some romantic crush thing that’s going to leave you miserable?”  I asked.

Maverick rolled his eyes “He’s a friend, Seth. I aint lookin’ for a boyfriend. I’m still workin’ on myself.” He saw the look of doubt on my face then added, “I promise.” We talked about it a little longer and Maverick convinced me to help RayRay but I wanted to meet him first. He had already gone back to Kentucky so we set up a Skype call for a later that day. Maverick thanked me and left my office just as BA and Rodney came in to start the day.

“Hey Darlin’, I hear the board meeting went well” BA said as she came in for a big hug. One of the things we discussed at the board meeting was a budget to hire a fulltime office manager. BA was already working for us three or four days a week as a volunteer and I proposed that we offer her the job first. The group knew and loved her so I got unanimous approval.

“It went great, BA. Can I talk to you in my office after you settle in?” I asked. She dropped her stuff at her desk, grabbed her coffee, and came into my office. I made her the offer and she accepted without hesitation.

“I’ll give my two weeks’ notice at the Harris Teeter tomorrow” she said. It was clear she knew what was coming, but with her two stepsons and daughter in-law on the board, and her son in-law as the founder what did I expect? Of course, she knew! I couldn’t care less; I was just happy as hell she accepted. With her running the office and Rodney handling case work I would be freed up to be take care of the emotional needs of the guys and the big picture needs of the organization. Things were really falling into place for The Village.

I Asked Rodney to join me on the Skype call with RayRay, Rodney had only been with us a short time but he was very connected in the community and great at sniffing out jobs for the guys. We sat together behind my desk and called RayRay. When he answered, this cute little redneck with wild, out of control red hair came onto the screen and asked “Seth, is that y’all?” He pronounced my name just like Maverick did ‘Say-ath,’ it was clear they were from the same place. I couldn’t help but smile at the kid, he looked familiar to me… then it hit me! He looked like a combination of Max and Brody! I did my best not to laugh at that thought. He was quiet, polite, and bright as he told us about his experience, what he was looking for, how much he needed to make, and his goals. I liked the kid a lot. Rodney was all over it; he had several thoughts and leads to follow up on. We hung up after about twenty minutes and Rodney promised he’d get back to him.

As soon as I ended the call I turned to Rodney and said, “That kid could totally be Max and Brody’s love child!”

Rodney cracked up, “Oh my god, TOTALLY! I was trying to figure out who he looked like.” BA heard us laughing and came in.

“What are y’all crackin’ up about in here?” BA asked.

“Maverick’s friend RayRay, He could be Max and Brody’s love child” I said still laughing.

“Dear lort, I gotta see this” BA said.

Rodney jumped in, “I forgot to get his references, let’s call him back” and we did.

“Hey, Say-ath. Wut’s up y’all?” RayRay answered. BA was off camera but had to leave the room. I could hear her cracking up in the other room. Rodney got the references and a couple other details from the guy then we said goodbye again.

“Oh, my dear lort baby JESUS!” BA yelled with a cackle as she reentered my office. “That boy’s got Brody’s mannerism’s and Max’s hair and eyes. He could be my grandbaby!” I know this whole little tirade sounds stupid and immature, but the three of us thought it was hilarious. I really loved the crew I had built at The Village, we worked well together and well… they felt like family to me. All in all, my first day back was a great one. All of the villagers seemed to have survived the holiday in great spirits and were ready to tackle the new year.

That night I went home and Riley already had dinner on the table, she and Eli were moving into their new place over the upcoming weekend and had been packing while we were in Vegas. Zach and Eli got home a little after I did.

“We close on our place tomorrow and will be over there the rest of the week cleaning and painting so we can move the big stuff in this weekend” Riley said.

“Kelly called today” Eli chimed in. “She and Nathan are flying in on Friday to help.”

“Yeah,” Zach responded with a laugh. “She called me to let us know they were staying here and would need to borrow the truck.” That was news to me, I hadn’t talked to Zach all day. But I was good with it, I loved my in-laws and just laughed; Kelly was taking control again.

The four of us ate dinner, talked, and caught up with each other. I was going to miss them when they moved out.

 

To be continued…