Coming of Age

Scott was chuckling as he knew he was busted but was still going to hold firm - “I am not.” Scott was certain that he loved this man more than he should but damn how could he not.

AJ looked over his shoulder and saw Scott fully hard and leaking – “Sure you aren’t. Jr. is giving away your naughty little thoughts.” AJ was blown away every time he looked at Scott thinking to himself – ‘How am I so fucking lucky – Syd and Scott, God I love them both so much it hurts sometimes.’ They showered, soaping each other up as they went. Once all four men were clean and sparkling, they dressed and went to the kitchen.

The boys were clamoring for pancakes but AJ made it a point to get them some eggs, toast, and fruit. One could not live forever on just pancakes. Scott grabbed mugs for coffee and found a note next to the coffee maker – “Boys – we are going out for breakfast with Aoife, Elliot, and Charlene, then we are off for a bit of shopping, we’ll be back for dinner which we will have with us when we return at 6 PM. We expect to see the four of you plus your brothers – Chase, Brent, Brett, Steve, Jordan, and Seth. Love you, Nanny, Mama, Pops, Pa, and Miranda”. Scott handed the note to AJ for him to read – “Well it looks like it’s just the youngsters in the house today.”

The guys began to trickle into the kitchen, AJ let them know there was food in the refrigerator and coffee in the pot. What they got up to was completely in their hands. AJ had a protein shake with spinach and raspberries mixed in for good measure along with his coffee. Chase was the first to speak – “Damn you are too freaking chipper this morning, what gives?”

Scott laughed loudly – “He was up at 5:30 and worked out. I know he worked out because the bugger accosted me in bed all stinky and sweaty.”

AJ chuckled - “Accosted, that’s a big word for turned your motor over and had you wanting all of this up in all of that , so don’t get all ‘judgey’ because you were into it until monkey 1 & 2 showed up. Uhhh. Nooo. Stop, fix your breakfast, and move on, you know I’m right, and if you want to challenge me on that, I’ll get stinky and sweaty and show everyone just how into it you were.”

Scott’s ears were red and he focused on his eggs and toast, annoyed he thought – ‘God he is so annoying. I hate that he affects me and I can’t deny it, the little shit’. The guys were chuckling at Scott and AJ’s antics – “Ok chuckle heads what is so damn funny?” AJ got up to get more coffee while Steve weighed in – “The two of you are like an old married couple who are sexually frustrated. We know that’s not the case but it’s funny to watch and listen to the two of you – so in synch until you must skip your daily fix of each other. Also knowing that you both get aroused when you are within eyesight of each other makes Scott’s attempt at denying your smell turned him on, all the more hilarious, and yes AJ, we know you get turned on when looking at Scott, you can’t hide that club you carry around.”

AJ had wrapped himself around Scott’s back and was chewing on his neck as Steve talked, thinking to himself – ‘I need to learn to keep my hands off of Scott. Steve’s right, I always chub up when I see my Sam’. AJ was instantly rock-hard and his cock was wedged into Scott’s crack and his cock was straining against his underwear. AJ slid his hand up Scott’s stomach under his shirt, tweaking his nipples. Scott ground his hips into AJ’s crotch whispering – ‘You dirty little bugger, if you don’t stop soon, I’m going to shut the burner off and drag you to our room.’ AJ pulled Scott tighter against his body – quietly stating ‘I don’t think I’m a dirty little bugger, I just like how you make me feel. I’m so gone for you.’ Scott was at a loss for words, AJ was gone for him, thinking what the hell – ‘he is so clearly out of my league’.

Chase started in on AJ – “Hey cuz, do you have a minute? I’d like to talk about Gramps and Nanny to get to know them from your point of view.” AJ turned his head and looked Chase square in the eyes – “Are you serious or are you screwing with me because I’m lovin’ on my man?”

Chase chuckled – “I’m serious but screwing with you about your man lovin’ is a plus. You were such a straight stud less than a year ago and now you are grinding up against Scott like a long-term gay boy. All of that said I would really like to spend some more time getting to know our shared grandparents.”

AJ sighed, chewed on Scott’s ear and groaned out – ‘Sam, just know we are going to pick this up later.’ To Chase – “Ok kill joy, let’s go to my office and I’ll pull out some photos and we can chat about our shared family.” Comments about AJ’s obscene tent were heard as they made their exit. AJ flipped them all the bird as he disappeared around the corner.

AJ and Chase spent a couple of hours in the office talking about grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins that they had in common. The family’s traditions, the great times, the bad times, the skeletons AJ knew about, nothing was off limits. The experience was surreal for both young men, they had been friends for a couple of years, had a special connection, and now had a curve ball thrown at them. Chase talked about his adoptive mom and dad – AJ knew them well as they have spent time together since he and Chase became close friends. His biggest concern was how they would take the news and welcome the O’Brien clan into the fold?’ AJ was hopeful that they would be welcomed with open arms and he was equally sure his parents would be more than ok with Chase bringing this to them.

The rest of the guys had been talking, playing video games, and entertaining Conor and Caleb. Scott was the focus of teasing and friendly banter because of a large wet spot that appeared at the end of his cock. There were casual offers to help Popo out of the situation which he declined with a red face.

AJ and Chase emerged from the office and joined the other guys in the family room where they were playing games with the boys and watching a movie. AJ grabbed both Conor and Caleb and smooched on them, they were definitely the apple of their daddy’s eye. They all spent the next few hours discussing the future and where things were heading. They were all excited about the upcoming year and what seemed to be happening.

The front door opened and in walked Nanny, Evie, JJ, and the rest of the family that was available for a final dinner before AJ and Scott headed south. When the family swarmed into the family room the boys ran to their grandparents for hugs and kisses, they grabbed Amanda and Chandler pulling them to their games so that they could all play.

Before the family bolted to other parts of the house, Evie announced that they had an early dinner for everyone. The parents had realized they could have one last family get-together if they did this earlier. Everyone pitched in to set things up, and Scott headed off to check them in for their flight tomorrow. When he got ahold of the airline, they told him that Aaron had canceled all the tickets for the flight and had not rebooked. Scott thanked the customer service representative and hung up the phone.

He made his way into the kitchen where he stood staring at AJ who was dancing around with the boys in his arms having a grand time. Scott interrupted the reverie by asking AJ how they were all getting to North Carolina tomorrow, AJ told him by plane of course. Scott was a bit annoyed and conveyed the story from the airline. AJ stopped dancing, the look on his face was priceless – he looked like he was a little kid that got caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar.

AJ set the kids down and before he could say a word – Eva and Steph both chimed in, “busted”. AJ’s siblings were laughing and ribbing him with glee as it was nice to see their little brother caught like a deer in the headlights. It was clear that he had stepped into it with Scott and didn’t know how to get out of it so they piled on, then his parents (all four), Scott’s family, and his friends all joined in. Every person there but AJ was enjoying this until Conor and Caleb screamed out “be nice”. AJ swooped them up and set them on the counter – “Monkeys, you know when you do something that isn’t really wrong but get in trouble because you forgot to say something about it, that’s where Dada is right now with Papa. He canceled the airline tickets for us to fly to North Carolina tomorrow because he made other arrangements to get there.”

AJ was still squirming because he knew Scott was going to go ape shit about the money, he spent on a 2004 Gulfstream G550. Scott was staring at him waiting for an answer and AJ was looking everywhere but at Scott. His family all recognized this look, it was the same one he had when he was with Syd and had done something without telling her. “Sam, I sort of bought a plane so there is no need for tickets on an airline.”

Everyone was now talking a mile a minute except Scott and AJ – they were just staring at each other; AJ trying to figure out if Scott was happy, stunned, or downright pissed off. Scott was completely caught off guard but not surprised in the least – AJ made decisions like this all the time and he could afford to buy the plane. He was trying to figure out why it made more sense to buy a plane than fly commercial.

AJ was standing in front of him talking when he finally snapped out of the semi-catatonic state he was in – “Taz you are going to have to start over, I checked out.” AJ was getting used to these little absences Scott took so he began to explain that with the little ones, his desire to come home often and how things just keep changing the plane just made sense. He apologized for failing to keep Scott up to speed on the travel plans. AJ took Scott’s hand and pulled him toward the office so they could talk about all the things that AJ had done.

AJ talked through the purchase of the plane, the purchase of the house, and the new vehicles. Throughout the conversation, Scott sat and listened without saying a word. When AJ finished talking Scott thought for a moment and chose his words carefully – “Taz, I understand the SUV and Truck purchases. I am struggling with investing in a house for 3-4 years when we have this behemoth here in Washington and the plane, don’t even get me started on that – spit balling on that one we would have to fly back and forth over 20 thousand times to pay for the cost of the plane which doesn’t even consider the cost of fuel, maintenance, and pilots. I’m going to defer to you on these purchases as I can’t wrap my head around them, what I will say is that I’m disappointed you didn’t talk to me about them before making the purchases.”

With that Scott got up to leave but AJ stopped him – “Sam, I’m sorry I didn’t talk to you about the plane but honestly with your aversion to all things finance, I didn’t think you would want to talk about it. When I talked to you about the house and vehicles you checked out and told me to do what I thought was best. I have always wanted my own plane; you know that Gramps and Papa had a shared plane and I have my license along with most of the family.

Again, I should have talked with you about it and I’m truly sorry for disappointing you.” AJ placed his hands together along his left cheek, tilted his head and gave Scott the best innocent smile he could muster, and batted his eyes at him. Scott was trying really hard to stay mad but in his heart, he knew that AJ was right, if he had talked to him before the purchasing the plane he would have told him he didn’t care and it was AJ’s decision, that said Scott knew he needed to get on more equal footing with AJ – “All right cherub face, I will give you that I would have wiggled my way out of the discussion but at the end of the day we both need to do better about talking these things through. You need to teach me more about finance, investments, etc. and I need to listen, care and engage in the finances. Don’t make that face, I know this is the area of our relationship I struggle the most with but you need to remember I didn’t grow up with the money you did.”

AJ hugged Scott and was set to go on about the fact that he had not grown up with money either but thought better of it. In reality, his family had more money than they could probably spend in a lifetime that aside, AJ was beyond that wealth 10x+ and he needed to remember that this was something that overwhelmed Scott. So instead, he went with – “I understand and will do better, I need you to engage and not act like a toddler when I want to have a conversation about money, investments, savings, etc. deal?”

Scott nodded and kissed his man full on the lips, the hidden door in the office chose that moment to spring open, and Scott jumped about 5 feet in the air causing AJ to laugh his head off. Scott was not amused and started in on 20 questions about where that door led. This triggered a lecture from AJ about paying attention and listening when details were discussed and plans reviewed. AJ reminded him they had this discussion before the house was finished – there is a hidden staircase in the office that leads up to the second floor then up to the third floor as well as down to the basement, and each floor has a small hidden panic room.

The two men ascended the staircase, Scott had never been in the hidden alcove but did remember they did discuss its existence. Before they exited the stairs on the third floor, AJ slid a panel back which allowed them to look into the room and see if the coast was clear. At present, there were nieces and nephews in the room so they just closed the panel and went back downstairs. AJ made sure to show Scott the 2nd-floor panel as well.

When they stepped into the kitchen all eyes were on them – Mel asked if everything was good and Scott let them know that while AJ should have let him know about the plane, AJ was right he would have just ignored the conversation. In the end, they got to a good place and both men were going to work on communication and being present in their discussions, even if the conversation was something that they did not want to participate in.

As their family departed for home, the big house grew quieter. Evie and JJ were in their room making sure they were packed for their big getaway, Nanny was packing her bag for NC, Brent and Chase were talking with Brett and Steve to get two cars to Pullman and making sure they were ok with them heading to NC for a few days to spend some alone time with Nanny and the rest of Chase’s family to get better acquainted. Scott, AJ, and the boys were folding up the last of the clothes from the dryer to be put away until they came back for spring break.

The family all wandered into the family room around 10:30 PM and set the final plans for tomorrow. Miranda, JR, Seth, Jordan, Steve, and Brett would drive them to the airport, return their vehicles to the house, make sure things were locked up, and head home from there. Once everyone was set on the plans for the next day, everyone headed off to bed. Scott and AJ checked on the boys before heading for a shower and bed.

Their sexual dance started as they left the boys’ room, played out in the shower, and finished off in bed. They were exhausted and fully sated as they dosed off to sleep. The last thing heard from either of them was – ‘I love you to the moon and back’, ‘Always and forever my Taz, my Sam.’

As Scott stirred around 6:00 AM he knew he was alone in bed and was disappointed that he and AJ would not have another go at each other. He pulled on a pair of sweats and went in search of AJ. He could not find him anywhere and knew he was somewhere in the house because his running shoes were in the closet. He realized AJ had gone into the hidden panic room off the third floor ‘secret’ staircase. He entered the stairs and dropped his sweats at the door. He ascended the steps quietly as he wanted to surprise AJ with some hot lovin’, his cock grew harder and harder as he climbed the steps. When he was standing outside the door to the hidden room his cock juice was dangling from the end of his cock so he wiped it up with his finger and put it in his mouth. He liked the flavor but it did not turn him on like AJ’s juices. Fuck he loved that man and needed him inside him now.

AJ was lost in his own world – painting with headphones in and music playing as he made the final touches to the family portrait. He was singing and dancing as he was painting and having a great time.

Scott slid through the door and was totally captivated by the site in front of him – AJ was singing ‘Save the last dance for me’ by Michael Bublé. His skin was slick with perspiration, and every muscle in his body could be seen as he danced, sang, and painted – with just a pair of black Calvin Klein trunks on. Scott got more turned on as he stood watching the man, he loved more than life itself do his thing in his own little world. AJ was now singing ‘Voulez Vous’ by ABBA. He set his brushes and paint down – AJ was now full-on dancing and singing like a rock star. He spun around and stopped singing and dancing when he saw Scott standing there naked and dripping his ball juice on the floor.

AJ closed the distance between them and kissed Scott with more passion and fire than Scott could remember in a long time. AJ was on his knees with Scott’s fat 8+ inch cock down his throat before Scott could return the kiss. Scott threw his head back and grabbed the door handle for support – this was not really what he had in mind when he snuck up the stairs but it was a great start. When he opened his eyes, he was drawn to the painting – it was different but he could not put his finger on it right away. Then it hit him, there were two additional kids in the painting – what appeared to be two dark-haired babies had been added to the rug that Conor and Caleb were sitting on.

Scott had lost all interest in the blow job he was getting and pushed AJ off his throbbing cock – “Taz, what is going on with the painting?”

AJ stood up and pulled Scott into a hug, Scott felt AJ take a deep breath and lead him over to the loveseat in the room – “Sam, I have been trying to figure out how to have this conversation with you for a while now and still don’t know how to explain it other than to say – “those two little ones are your daughters, they will be born in May and Maureen is going to give them up to us because she doesn’t want the kids.

You know that I painted the original part of that painting before it happened, right down to our identical engagement rings. I saw the same thing with the girls and Syd confirmed it after I had initially started doodling with the drawing before painting it.” AJ handed Scott the sketches he had done of the 7 of them before painting them on canvas and the two babies were there just as they were on the canvas. AJ stopped talking, waiting for Scott to respond.

Scott was checked out, his default setting when things got weird or heavy and AJ knew it best to let him process and not try to get him to engage. Scott eventually turned to look at AJ – “So what you are saying is that the ‘final fuck’ we had actually resulted in Maureen getting pregnant, how the hell do you know this stuff?”

AJ was not sure how to respond – “Sam, I don’t ‘know’ as I have not talked with Maureen but everything else in the painting was done before it actually happened and I feel this in my gut and Syd has been hounding me to talk to you since Thanksgiving.”

Scott was now beyond frustrated, AJ ‘knew’ this for over a month and had not said anything. Just like the plane, the house, the cars – what the hell else was AJ keeping from him – “Taz, I feel like you have kept so much from me over the last month and been so secretive. What else are you keeping from me?”

It felt to AJ like a punch to the gut – “Seriously? The plane – we dealt with that and you acknowledged that you would have checked out on me if I brought it up just like you did when I talked to you about buying a house and vehicles in NC, so don’t you dare throw that shit at me again. As far as the girls, how the fuck did you expect me to address that one – ‘Oh hey babe, I had a vision that you knocked Maureen up and we will have 2 baby girls join the family in May?’ Fuck, I can’t win with you – I’m damned if I talk to you about things and I’m damned if I don’t. Which way do you want it – open dialog where you don’t check the fuck out or do you want to be in the dark or do you want out?”

AJ got up to leave but Scott grabbed his arm before he could move – “Don’t you dare walk away from me after saying something like that; I know I am a mess and I’m working on that. You said you were in it with me for the long haul. You can’t throw that at me today. It’s not fair.”

AJ chuckled and shook his head – “Not fair? It’s not fair for me to stick up for myself. I didn’t do anything wrong here, I had no idea how to broach this subject with you, I acknowledged that I screwed up with the plane, I OWNED IT. But to be crystal clear on this subject – every time I talk about money, things we need to do from a legal perspective you check out on me and tell me ‘Whatever you think is best’ and walk away.

I know this is a big deal but put yourself in my shoes – how would you have dealt with you on this subject?”

Scott knew AJ was right. He had been so caught up by AJ and pursued him until he got him. Then he started questioning what he was doing and why he was in a relationship with a man and not a woman. He knew the answer – he loved him with everything he had in his body and soul but he was still struggling with being in a gay relationship. “Taz, I’m sorry. You are right and I hate that I’m 4 years older than you, but you are so much more squared away than I am. I hate that you feel like you can’t talk to me about everything because I check out or I avoid the subject.

I think I need to talk to someone about all of this so that I can get my head in the right place. I love you with everything I am but I am hung up on the fact that we are both guys and that you have been flawless in handling the switch in your life from a straight wet dream to a gay wet dream.” Scott buried his face in his hands as AJ started laughing hysterically.

When AJ finally had his shit together, he wrapped his arms around Scott – “Sam, I had no idea that you thought I had my shit together when it comes to our relationship.

I love you unconditionally and am all in with you but I do not have my shit together. Most of the time I am good with us being two guys together but other times I think why in the hell am I with him – everything is harder because we are two guys. I ALWAYS get to the same place every time I think those thoughts – ‘because you love him and he completes you’.”

Scott grabbed AJ and kissed him with all the passion he could muster as he straddled AJ’s lap grinding his naked ass into AJ’s cock and rubbing his cock juice all over AJ’s abs. Before AJ knew what hit him, Scott was slowly sinking down his erection, driving him insane with lust and love. They went at it hard and fast – it took them less than 10 minutes to blow cum everywhere. When they both recovered from their orgasms, with AJ’s cock still inside him Scott leaned back – “God knows I love you, he also knows I’m a total nut case but it also appears he is going to continue to challenge us to be a better couple. Aaron Jonathan O’Brien, will you marry me in June after the girls are born and in our family?”

Scott chuckled, I take it that you are good with marrying me, your cock just went from somewhat hard to rock hard in an instant. AJ winked at him – “Yes, I will marry you in June. I so want to make love to you again but we need to get back downstairs as we have a plane to catch at 1 PM.”

The two men got caught up until the boys could be heard yelling for Dada and Papa over the monitor on the table. They pulled apart from each other and used the rags that AJ had in there for his paints to clean up. As they descended the stairs, AJ kept turning around and playing with Scott’s cock. Scott was fully erect when they reached the bottom of the stairs. AJ winked at him and slipped out of the hidden bookcase stairs leaving Scott with a wet hard-on to deal with. Scott was not amused – “he is such a dickhead”. Scott grabbed his sweats and put them back on thinking about anything that would make his erection go down. It took him a full 5 minutes to be able to get things under control – every time he thought he was there AJ’s ass would pop into his mind – “damn him’.

As Scott got his erection under control, AJ waltzed out into the house looking for his kids. He did not realize that there would be a house full of guests running around already this morning and he was just in a pair of trunk underwear – oh well they should be happy I’m not naked. AJ returned to the bedroom to throw on some sweats and a t-shirt before engaging with the family around the house.

As AJ was exiting the closet, Scott walked into the bedroom – “I so want to be mad at you right now but I can’t – every time I’m near you, think about you, or catch a whiff of your scent I’m instantly smitten or have a fucking erection. Look at the front of my sweats, they are soaked with my dick snot and your saliva. Everyone out there saw me come through the house looking like this.”

By the time Scott had finished his meltdown, AJ was wrapping his arms around him pulling him tightly to his body – “Sam, I’m sorry. I know I’m impetuous and don’t really think beyond you, me, and the boys. I knew we had family here today, but not this damn many, and should have been more aware but you have to know that you drive me insane – I know where you are always, I know your scent and God help me when your perfect body is in view my dick goes seeking for some fun. Syd was the only other person that had this effect on me, all I really want to do is be naked with you and make you feel good. I’ll do better.”

Scott threw his head back and laughed – “If you do any better, I’ll be goo all the time. Just try not to be so fucking sexy and downright adorable. I love you to the moon and back.”

“Always and forever.” AJ pushed his hips forward – “See and by the way how am I supposed to hide that thing? You need to get changed so we can make sure everyone is ready so we can get to the airport. No shower, we are running late.”

Scott smiled at AJ – “You just want me to have your baby makers in me all day and for the two of us to smell like we had sex this morning.”