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David Bowman guided the space pod towards the black monolith floating in space.
“About to make contact” he sent a message back on Earth.
David wished that Frank Poole was with him now but he had to face this alien intelligence by himself . David had never felt more alone in his life
The interior of the monolith began to glow.
David braced himself as he was pulled into the unknown.
A blinding light made the stars dissapear
.A MONTH BEFORE ABOARD THE STAR SHIP DISCOVERY
“HAL asked me about sex ” David said.
“What does that have to do with operating the ship?”
HAL ran the ship. The two human astronauts were there just in case of mechanical error that the supercomputer could not manage itself.
“HAL is a machine he would never experience sex .”
“But there has never been any computer as advance as HAL.”
“You think too much David.”
“What else is there too do up here Frank?”
“You should work out more.” Frank trotted off to his daily jog around the circumference of the ship. David could not help admire how the tight shorts showed his friends ass.
David had been having a series of disturbing dreams that felt too real. The dream was always the same. He would be standing naked in front of this enormous black monolith. He had asked HAL about them.
“I will have to do some research on that David” HAL had responded.
“Thank you, HAL.”
David sometimes felt as if the computer with its soothing human sounding voice was an actual person.
“Have you discussed this with Frank?”
“Not yet “ Frank to practical to indulge in philosophical discussions
David walked by the cryogenic chambers where the rest of the crew was in suspended animation. He sometimes thought it would be better to be inside those pods.
“I’m going to take a nap HAL.”
“That should be restful David.”
The Discovery was like a submarine which drifted through space instead of the deep ocean. There were very few places one could find privacy.
“Play something classical HAL.”
David laid back on the sleep chamber.
HAL had chosen Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
David let the timeless beauty of the music relax him. He tried to imagine a perfect day in the country back on Earth but instead he saw Frank running towards him the tight t-shirt displaying his friends muscular physique
“Let go work out bud.”
Frank and David had been chosen over thousands of qualified candidates. They both were highly intelligent and physically fit for space travel.
“We got to get laid before the trip bud no pussy for two years!’
Frank was straight and had girlfriend. David had never revealed that he was gay. He was not ashamed, but he knew there were still a level of homophobia in the space program administration.
“It’s only us guys out there.”
David imagined Frank stripping of his sweaty running clothes.
“You are so hot man.”
David began to jerk off.
“I want you, Frank.”
David was near orgasm when he was interrupted by the computer
“What are you doing David?”
“HAL, were you watching me? “
David said covering his cock.
“I’m sorry David its sounded as if you need help.”
“No HAL I’m fine”
“Do you want me to contact Frank.?”
“No just turn off the lights I need to sleep.”
Frank was sitting inside one of the space pods. Tinkering with the control panel HAL had reported there was a malfunction. Frank could not find anything wrong. The supercomputer was always right but it seemed to have made a mistake this time. Poole was not in the best of moods. He had just learned that his earth-bound girl friend had dumped him for another man. Poole tried to concentrate on his work when he heard a tap on the pods window.
“How is it going?”
Frank looked up and saw David standing in the pod bay.
“Can I speak with you?”
Frank had noticed that his usually calm ship mate seemed upset.
“HAL open the pod door.”
The computer followed the command.
“What’s up?”
David stepped into the pod and sat next to Frank.
“Shut the pod door HAL” Bowman said.
“David is something wrong?”
“Can it hear us in here?” Bowman whispered pointing to HAL’s unblinking camera.
“No if I shut of the com” Poole did that.
“HAL open the door!’
There was no response.
“There you go.”
“I wanted some actual privacy.”
Bowman and Poole face each other. The two men were almost identical 30 years old 5’ 10”. Poole was more muscular than Bowman. They were the perfect poster boys for the space program .
“I think HAL is spying on us.”
“He is just doing his job.”
“Do you trust him?”
“Why are you being so paranoid.”
“I was having some alone time.” Dave whispered
“You mean jerking off.”
“Yeah, that and HAL saw me “
“You think he got turned on?”
“No, he is a computer.”
“Yeah, but his voice sounds kind of gay” Frank laughed
“Can you be serious!”
“That’s whenever I feel like jerking off, I get in here” Poole said.
“But he can see you through the window.”
Poole turned on the intercom “HAL rotate the pod.”
The computer followed the direction.
“See what I mean”
“I wish I had thought of this.”
Bowman punched Poole on the shoulder.
“Whip it out bud.”
“Now?!”
“Yeah, I feel like it” Pooled rubbed the fabric between his legs.
“Never done it with another guy?”
David could feel his dick getting hard.
“Well, we go not women around here.”
Frank unzipped his pants revealing his hard cock.
“That’s true”
David stare at Frank’s eight-inch dick
“Let’s see yours David.”
David took out his dick.
The two men started to jerk off.
“Stroking feels good”
David looked over to Frank who had his eyes closed.
“What are you thinking about? “
“A mouth on my cock”
David jerked off faster keeping up the pace with Frank.
“That would be nice.”
“Sure would”
David felt Franks hand on his hard shaft.’
“What are you doing Frank?’
“Helping you out?”
David reached over and started to pump Frank’s cock.
“Yeah, this feels great.”
“Oh man yes”
David could not believe this was really happening.
‘Going to cum soon”
“Me too”
The men jerked off until they reached orgasm.
“Oh shit”
David looked down and saw Frank’s cum on his hand.
“Nice load bud”
Frank reached down for a rag and wiped his hands.
“We need to do this again.”
Frank handed David the rag.
“Yeah sure” David said.
Poole turned on the intercom “Open the pod door HAL.”
“Frank I- ‘
“Everything will be fine David.”
David wanted to tell Frank about his romantic feelings but all he did was smile at his friend.
“Next time “he thought.
David watched the handsome Poole walked out of the pod area. He could not wait to make love to that man.
“Next time I’ll tell you how I feel” Bowman thought.
But there would be no next time.
SOMEWHERE BEYOND KNOWN SPACE
David Bowman could not believe that what he was experiencing was real. He was seeing sights not human had ever beheld before.
“Oh God “he felt the space pod vibrate as it seems to pass through the black monolith which he had encountered orbiting Jupiter.
The object was a doorway into another dimension of known space.
“Too much too much” David shut his eyes but could still feel his body pulled by a cosmic force that was beyond comprehension. Then suddenly it all came to stop.
David opened his eyes.
He was standing in the center of elegant room that one would find in a fancy European hotel
“What is this place? “
David saw a table filled with real food not the synthetic creations he had been eating for the past months. David removed his helmet and sat at the table. The food was real and as delicious as it looked.
David had the feeling that someone was watching him.
“Is anybody there?” he thought
David finished his meal. He got up and walked towards the king size bed which dominated the other side of the chamber. David stripped of his uniform. He collapsed on to the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
“Wake up Bowman”
David heard the familiar voice and thought he was still dreaming.
“Come on David”
David opened his eyes and was shocked to see Frank Poole standing at the foot of his bed wearing a bath robe
"Frank? “David thought he was seeing a ghost.
“Did you have a good sleep?”
David sat in bed and realized he was naked.
“Here you go buddy.” Frank said as he handed David a robe.
“I don’t believe this” David said as he got out of the bed.
“It’s all real.”
“But I saw you die.”
David had seen Frank’s lifeless body floating in space after HAL had killed him.
“They must have found me “
“They?”
“Yes, whoever brought us here?”
“Have you seen them?”
“No but they are very nice hosts.”
David stared at Frank he could still not believe his friend was alive.
“Let’s have breakfast.”
David followed Frank to the dining area where the table was not overflowing with breakfast food eggs, bacon, pastries
“I’m not hungry right now.”
Frank picked up a slice of bacon and ate it
“These are surprisingly good.”
David kept staring at Frank.
‘How can I be sure you’re not some sort of hologram.?”
“Touch me “
David reached out and felt Frank’s arm.
“But how did they bring you back to life?
“Their science is so advance it’s like magic to us.”
David grabbed Frank and kissed him on the mouth; if Frank was an illusion, he was very convincing one.
“I missed you so much.”
Frank gently pushed David away
“Easy man”
“Don’t you want me?’’
Frank took of his robe revealing a muscular body.
“I do”
David got naked too.
“Come here “
David and Frank kissed their hard cock rubbing up against each other.
“You think they are watching us “
“Let’s give them a show!’
The aliens were watching. It was not the first time they had witness men having sex.
“Suck my cock bud.”
Frank and David had ended up on the bed sucking each other’s hard dicks.
“Eat my ass.”
David rimmed Frank’s hairy butt hole.
“I want to you to fuck me, David.”
Frank guided his lover’s hard cock towards his ass.
“Take it man.”
David rammed his dick into David’s hole.
“Oh yeah!”
Frank felt intense pleasure as he felt David’s cock inside him.
“Love it man.”
David kept fucking Frank.
“Give me your load!’
David ejaculated into his lover’s ass.
“So good”
Frank jerked off until he too felt an orgasm.
“Love you “
David and Frank looked up and saw the black monolith standing at the foot of their bed. There was a bright light glowing from within the monolith.
“What do you think will happen next?”
“I don’t care as long we face it together.”
The two men held each other ready for the next step in their cosmic adventure.
THE END?
Authors note: This story was inspired by the classic science fiction film co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke. Clarke was gay. I hope he would find this take on his story satisfying.
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