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A gay summer Holiday – Chapter 12
• A festival of strong will - part 2.
The atmosphere on the veranda was a jagged mix of post-coital heat and raw, electric static. When Jelmer finally emerged from the cabin — looking wrecked, victorious, and deeply satisfied — the guys let out a collective roar of approval. The breakup hadn’t been a funeral; it had been a celebration of two men finally finding their own lanes.
Before Christopher’s holiday started, they were just a group of cousins hiding behind island tradition and flawed social conventions. They’d spent years doing the mischievous things unsupervised teens do. However, after four weeks together, the closet doors hadn’t just been opened — they’d been kicked off the hinges.
Then there was Wyatt, the horse farmer’s son from the East end of the Island. The gorgeous blond surfer hunk had captured far more than just Chris’s imagination. Christopher moved with a new, effortless grace as he set out plates of food and cold drinks on the weathered patio table. An unsuppressible elation hummed in the air. They were five gay men sitting in the sun, unapologetic and hungry, bound together by secrets. They weren’t the only Islanders with these feelings, either. This summer, they had found each other — and their passion.
The guys ate and drank while Christopher tweaked and strummed his new guitar, perched between Wyatt’s powerful legs on the edge of the deckchair. He was feeling a jarring cocktail of pride, love, and — paralyzing anxiety. Chris had no idea what he was supposed to do tonight. The men watched as he worked the double-necked guitar and MIDI drums in one fluent motion, belting out pop, country, and traditional songs in quick procession, until his phone buzzed. It was Wessel himself.
“Hey, Soan. Are we still on for tonight? I really need you here. It’s a madhouse already.”
“Sure thing, Wes. I do hope I can call you that?”
“Stud, you can call me anything. I don’t mind ‘Daddy’ — ha, ha, ha!” Wessel barked, though the laugh ended in a rough cough. His voice sounded thin and ragged.
“Okay… Daddy? But won’t your wife mind? Anyway, Wes, when do you expect me at The Whaler?” Chris laughed.
“The main event starts after the BBQ. You can drop by for a sound check at six. The auction starts before the main act at nine,” Wessel explained. He was clearly losing his voice.
“Cool, I’ll bring some extra bar-help if you need them. What songs do you want me to play with you tonight?”
“Dude… You’re the main act, Christopher! Didn’t I explain that?”
“Shit, really?… Me? — I… I can’t… You want me to put on the entire show? You’re kidding. I’m not that good — and I’ve got work tomorrow. I… I —” Chris stammered, the world tilting under his feet.
“Don’t sell yourself short, Soan. We’ve got twelve bands to fill the evening. It’ll be fun. See you at six.” *Click*.
“What’s wrong?” Jessie asked, staring at Christopher’s bloodless face.
“I am… Wessel wants me to… I’m tonight’s main act! Is he kidding?! I can’t!”
Wyatt squeezed his shoulder. “Don’t worry about it, Chris. You’ve done it once, you’ll stun them again. We’ll be right there with you.”
Chris opened his mouth to retort, found no valid excuse, and snapped it shut. Every eye on the patio was burning holes in his shaken ego.
“Look at it this way, Chris,” Jelmer said calmly. “You’re the only one who can make the Islander Youth Fund a success. You’re a one-of-a-kind, strong-willed man. Now go make a spectacle of this festival you inspired.”
The words came from the heart, but Chris’s nerves won out. With tears welling, he retreated into the cabin. Wyatt moved to follow, but Jelmer’s hand on his arm was firm. “Give him time, Wyatt,” he whispered. “You can comfort him tonight after the show.”
Wyatt looked flabbergasted. Did the man really just give his permission to — ? Without a word, he threw his arms around Jelmer’s neck and pecked his cheek in stunned, silent thanks.
It was a good hour before Chris finally emerged from the ‘sanctuary’ of his cabin. The guys had already headed into town to catch the opening bands, leaving him alone with a silence that felt far too loud. He had tried to bleed his stress onto paper with a diary entry, but every time the pen touched the notebook, his thoughts deserted him.
After two hours of relentless practice — drilling the high-energy covers until his fingertips throbbed — Chris finally killed the power. He watched the glowing red light of the amplifier fade as the tubes began to cool, his mind already drifting toward the festival and the money he needed to raise for the Islander youths. The time for hiding was over.
He changed into the outfit he’d been dreaming of since yesterday. The transformation was sharp. He pulled on a crisp, bright white polo, the fabric clinging to his pumped chest. He fastened the polished Islander pin to the breast pocket — a silver glint against the white — and stepped into his buffed cowboy boots. The matte black leather of his jeans hugged the tall shafts, completing a silhouette that felt less like an outfit and more like armor.
It wasn’t even three o’clock when he pulled the door shut, dragging his guitar and the small amplifier toward his Great Uncle’s house, desperate for the one porch on the Island that might actually calm the storm in his chest. Taking the long way round to The Whaler felt like the only way to breathe. As he rounded the corner, he saw them — Great Aunt Frida and his Gran Sofia sitting out front with Aunt Petra.
“There he is! The man of the hour! Damn, you look… sexy —” Petra called out, her eyes widening as she took in her nephew’s transformation. At her shout, Great Uncle Ben and Uncle George stepped into the sun to join them. Gran stood up, her face lighting up as she twirled Christopher around, while George let out a sharp wolf-whistle before pulling the young man into a rough bro-hug.
“That’s some look, Chris! Nervous?” George asked, a knowing glint in his eye. “Wessel told me everything. My kitchen brigade is already down there setting up the catering.” He pulled a small box from his pocket and flipped the lid to reveal two black cylindrical studs.
“Earrings?” Chris asked, his hands hovering over the velvet.
“Yup. You only have to pick which ear you want ’em in,” George explained. When Chris started to explain that he didn’t have pierced ears, George cut him off with a wink.
“These are magnetic. And a tough guy like you can handle a little pressure on his skin.” Chris took one of the shiny black rings, feeling the satisfying snap of the magnet as it fastened firmly to his right earlobe.
“Christopher. This is yours, too,” Uncle Ben added, draping a leather lace with a silver-set pendant over Chris’s hand. It featured the Lighthouse’s outline engraved in stone, shimmering with subtle rainbow colors. Sofia fastened it around his thick neck, her hands trembling with pride as she smoothed the polo over his massive shoulders. Then, she pressed a tiny, handmade wooden box into his palm.
“This was your Grandfather’s. It’s been in our family for generations.” Sofia’s smile was soft but unwavering. “We appreciate all you’ve done, Chris. Even if Pastor Simons, your mom, and your brothers don’t. Uncle Piet didn’t want it — said it was too ‘gay’ for his taste.”
Chris opened the box to find a heavy black link ring set between silver bands, bearing the family coat of arms. It looked ancient, heavy with history. He slid the too-large ring over his thumb, his voice thick. “Thanks… I — this is beautiful. You really don’t mind that I’m… turning gay, then?”
“Mind? We don’t mind at all, silly!” Aunt Petra said, ruffling his hair. “Even if your mother does. Now, let’s get some pictures with the tower in the background. We’re sending these straight to your father and mother,” George added defiantly.
“And Chris,” Uncle Ben said, his voice turning serious. “I can give you a job here so you don’t have to head to college this year. There’s plenty of work on the Island… if you don’t mind working with Jelmer, that is. He told us you’re no longer boyfriends.”
The announcement hit Chris like a physical blow, catching him off guard. But as he looked at the smiling, defiant faces of his extended family, the glow from within finally outshone his nerves. He wasn’t just a performer tonight — he was home. It was the opening — the solution — he hadn’t figured out before.
Petra fussed with his hair, tugging the spikes into a sharper, more aggressive edge. George snapped dozens of professional photos. Laughter echoed across the porch when Chris brazenly unfastened the top button of his leather jeans, hitching his polo to reveal a sun-baked six-pack with a wicked smirk.
“If we’re going to make ’em cringe, we might as well go all the way,” he challenged, eyes gleaming with reckless confidence.
“You just keep your pants on, young man,” Grandma Sofia joked, though she couldn’t hide her pride.
“Maybe we should send this one to Pastor Simons,” Chris joked back, his voice dropping an octave as he imagined the man’s inevitable outrage.
With the mood lighter and nerves finally settling, Chris sat back on the porch steps. He watched the Wednesday afternoon ferry passengers trickle past the reception of the Harborview campground office, their eyes lingering on the handsome musician. He serenaded them as they filed by, his fingers dancing over the strings with an effortless cool. He only stopped when a courier arrived with a heavy box of high-gloss promo cards. George had sent his photos to the local printer for a rush job.
He pulled one out, his heart skipping at the professional finish. The image featured him — a high-definition shot of Christopher atop a sun-baked dune with the famous Lighthouse looming in the background. His double-necked guitar was draped across his frame, the Islander flag fluttering behind his bold digital logo. At the bottom, the text was loud and clear: ‘Welcome to the Island, where Music, Fun, and Sea ignite the senses.’
It was a few minutes before six when Wessel greeted Chris with a sudden, firm kiss on the mouth. Chris bounced back, startled, but laughed as Wessel threw an arm around his shoulders and guided him toward the club’s entrance.
“What was that for, sir?” Chris asked softly, his heart still hammering.
“You look so damned hot… even I got excited,” Wessel admitted with a rough, slightly embarrassed chuckle. Inside, the stage felt familiar, and as Chris ran through his sound check, the muscle memory of the strings began to drown out his remaining nerves.
Afterward, he spoke with the notary about the auction and the Island’s Mayor, Silvia, about the youth fund. As he scanned the items donated by local businesses, he bought a bidder number, as well. One item in particular had caught his eye: a gleaming candy-red, eleven-speed gravel bike. With its mid-drive electric motor, rugged run-flat tires, and a lightweight frame that glittered under the stage lights, it was exactly his style. It looked a hell of a lot faster than his uncle’s borrowed Dutch bicycle. It would likely be the most expensive lot of the night, but he decided then and there to try his luck.
The Whaler looked skeletal, stripped of its tables and chairs to make room for the crowd. Outside on the grass, the furniture had been rearranged for a private feast for the bands and the Island’s notables. Uncle George wandered over, balancing steaming plates of succulent grilled chicken with thyme, green beans, and seasoned quinoa. He set a fresh melon salad down, but as he reached for a Pepsi to hand to Chris, Wessel caught his wrist.
“He’ll take a honey-sweetened tea or a Gatorade, Chef,” Wessel said, his voice firm. “No bubbles tonight. He needs his lungs clear and his stomach flat if he’s hitting those high C’s later.”
Chris smiled at the veteran singer-songwriter, bumping his shoulder in a grateful grin. Across the lawn, the other band members were already face-deep in greasy fries and succulent barbecue. Still, Chris felt like a professional athlete being prepped for the main event.
It wasn’t until the meal was finished that Chris noticed the Irish musicians sitting nearby. Liam, their leader, was watching him with the same territorial scowl from the night before. Chris felt a flicker of unease — what was the guy’s problem? — but Silvia quickly pulled his attention back.
“I see you’re wearing the pin with pride. I love how you promote the best of this Island and its people,” the Mayor said warmly. She explained that the Islander’s pin was a rare honor, awarded only once every five or six years. The last one had been handed out eight years ago. Hearing that made Chris’s chest swell.
“You can’t buy a loaf of bread with it… But it’s damn nice to have,” Wessel joked, tapping his own matching pin.
“I’m not going to run the Youth Fund myself, guys,” Chris told them. “But I’ve asked Jelmer if he’d take the lead, and he said yes.”
“I’m sorry to hear you won’t be at the helm, but I understand,” Silvia nodded. “Jelmer is exactly the right person for the job.”
“I loved what you told the business owners,” Wessel added. “‘You sparked the idea… It’s up to them to make the motor run.’ That’s the absolute truth.”
“The trick is getting the kids to come up with the ideas themselves,” Chris suggested. To prove his commitment, he showed them the 1,000-euro check from The Keynote. “I’m auctioning off the guitar they gave me, too.”
“That puts us at 24,958.14 as a starter!” Wessel announced proudly. Silvia smiled and immediately offered to round the amount to an even 25,000 euros out of her own pocket.
“A good beginning is half the work done,” she joked, laughing as Wes and Chris leaned in to plant a simultaneous kiss on her cheeks. A local photographer caught the moment, quickly pulling Chris aside to gather details for what promised to be a front-page article.
Slowly, the club began to heave with business owners, Islanders, and a massive influx of tourists. The turnout was even bigger than a few weeks ago, leaving Wessel looking slightly overwhelmed. Chris spotted his friends and called them over.
“Guess I’m not the only one working tonight,” Chris told Wessel, gesturing to Jan-Timo, Jelmer, and Jessie. Wes didn’t hesitate; he put the extra hands to work immediately.
After a guest band finished their set, the stage was cleared for the auction. The local notary, the Mayor, and the organizers huddled to discuss logistics, but the conversation was dragging on. Chris sighed, the adrenaline finally overriding his hesitation.
“What’s the matter?” Wessel asked in surprise.
“Less talk… more doing,” Chris laughed. He walked resolutely onto the stage, slinging the signed guitar around his neck and planting a cowboy boot firmly on a chair, ready to take control of the room.
Chris struck the first chords of an Irish folk song, a pointed move that drew another scowl from the Irish musicians. The bustling club gradually fell into a hushed expectant silence as Chris kept the volume low, forcing the crowd to lean in. Without missing a beat, he transitioned from the soulful folk tune into the gritty blues track he and Wessel had written. From behind the bar, Wessel’s voice joined him for the chorus, their harmonies locking perfectly.
“That song was for my dear friend, Jelmer. He’s the man who’ll be running the Islander Youth Fund with us,” Chris announced as the final note faded. Jelmer wiped away a stray tear and flashed a quick thumbs-up. “Now, you all know this one… join in!” Chris launched into his Islander tribute song, backed by Wessel’s full band. “Last time I played this stage, we sparked the idea for this fund. But as we all know, it takes a lot of fuel to keep the motor running.”
“Get your bidding numbers ready,” Chris commanded, his voice amplified and steady. “We’re starting with my signed guitar. Every cent goes directly into the pot. Even if you aren’t bidding, the collection boxes are open.” Potential buyers surged toward the edge of the stage as Chris ran a lightning-fast scale on the instrument. “Donated by ‘The Keynote’ — the best music store on the Island. Okay, the only one, but still the best! Who’ll start me off?”
“One hundred euros!” Jelmer shouted from the bar.
“I’ve got a hundred! Do I hear two?” Chris scanned the room like a pro. The numbers climbed fast: two hundred, five, seven-fifty. “A thousand? Anyone? I’m selling at a thousand!” He teased a riff out of the strings. “It’s for a good cause, people!”
Wessel jumped in at twelve hundred. Skip’s father countered at fourteen. Otto, Wyatt’s dad, pushed it to fourteen-fifty. The room went quiet for a heartbeat before Douwe, the ferry company CEO, barked out, “Nineteen-ninety-nine and ninety-nine cents!”
The crowd roared. “Two thousand!” a rival businessman shouted back. A fierce bidding war ignited between the two heavyweights, the numbers flying until Chris finally slammed his hand on the mic stand. “Sold! For two-thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-nine and ninety-nine cents!”
“Is that before or after taxes, Douwe?” Chris joked, pointing his pick at the ferry CEO. The club erupted in laughter, the local bigwigs clearly enjoying the kid’s brass balls.
The only sour note came from the corner where the Irish band stood. “Boring!” Liam hollered, his face flushed. “Will ye look at the state of this clown? Wind your neck in and get on with it! We didn’t come here to listen to you waffling all night, ye gobshite!”
The room turned cold, the Islanders ready to lynch the intruders for the insult, but Chris didn’t give them the chance. He cut through the tension with the sudden, thumping growl of ‘Seven Nation Army.’ The double-necked guitar roared to life, the deep resonance of the bass strings and drum machine vibrating through the floorboards. The club didn’t just wake up; it exploded. Even the elderly ladies, Granny Sofia and Great Aunt Frida, were off their stools, cutting a rug like they were the very ‘Islander Youths’ the fund was meant for.
Wessel watched from the wings, a knowing smirk on his face. Chris had the room in the palm of his hand, and he hadn’t even broken a sweat yet. It was a hell of a performance, especially considering he’d just offloaded that cheap import guitar for a small fortune. Breathing hard and grinning, Chris finally set the acoustic back on its stand, handing the auction to the notary. The rest of the evening was framed perfectly by Chris and Wessel’s band, the music fueling a bidding frenzy that showed no signs of slowing down.
The party roared deep into the evening. Chris caught Wessel’s eye and leaned in close. “Wes, it’s been a blast. But I need to find Wyatt and Jelmer — I’ve neglected them for far too long. I’m just glad I won the bid on that bike. See you tomorrow for the total.”
He scanned the thinning crowd, but Wyatt and Jelmer were nowhere to be found. When he asked around, his friends mentioned seeing them leave with Officer Tomas earlier. Chris smirked, imagining the three of them getting to know each other in the biblical sense, where every inch counted. After arranging for his new gravel bike to be delivered, he began the long haul, dragging his guitar and amp through the sleepy town.
As he climbed the steep dune toward his cabin, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. He felt followed. He pulled his phone out and shot a quick text to Wyatt: ‘Missed you at the Whaler. Heading home to the Harborview Campground via Back Road now. Hope you’ll join me in the Commander’s bunker for a bit of ruff-n-tumble. Love, C.’ His muscles screamed; his hand was cramped from signing hundreds of promo cards, and his feet were dying for release from the pointed cowboy boots. He could barely hoist the amp over the final ridge.
But the physical ache vanished when he reached the door. Through the still air, he heard the sharp sound of men swearing. The voices were familiar, cutting through the thorny bushes that lined the lower terrace. They were struggling through the shrubs, blocked from the stairs by the locked construction fence, but they were definitely coming for him.
A cold suspicion washed over Chris. He fumbled for his phone and fired a text to Officer Tomas’s private number: ‘Tom, I think I’ve got those Irish fan-boys heading my way. Five suspicious guys in the shrubs. My gut says they’re up to no good. Are Wyatt or Jelmer with you?’
‘No!? I’ll call in the cavalry. Be there in three,’ Tomas shot back.
Chris had seconds to kill the lights and prop his phone up to record the cabin. He kicked off his leather jeans and shoved his guitar into the bathroom just as a heavy blow rattled the glass patio doors. One of the men already had a chair hoisted, ready to shatter the pane. The moment Christopher cracked the door to demand an explanation, a fist caught him square in the jaw.
“You think ye can outperform us? You’re a bleeding amateur, lad!” one of them roared as all five barged inside. The force sent Chris staggering back; his skull banged against the edge of the dining table, and the world plunged into blackness.
“Yeah! Ye should’ve let us use your fucking arse on the ferry,” a voice sneered into the darkness. “But no, ye thought you could outsmart us. Steal our crowds and our songs. Not so smart now, are ya, ye little bleeder?”
The words reverberated like a blown speaker, warping faster than slower as Chris drifted in and out of focus. He heard the men fan out over the cabin. Liam — the same predator who’d forced the twink on the ferry — hooked a thick finger around Chris’s leather lace, choking him. As Chris gasped for air, another man shoved a chees-crusted cock down his mouth. He was beaten, punched, and used as they stripped him of his dignity. His grandfather’s heirloom ring was wrenched from his thumb while one of them snarled about his empty wallet.
“Look at this!” one of the burly musicians shouted to his mates. “He’s got a blooming sling. He’s a poof!”
“I already figured that out, thanks. Now he’s going to pay the piper! Danny, take his arse if he doesn’t have any money!”
“No, man! You can’t! Let’s just take his gear and get out! I don’t want to —”
Whatever the man didn’t want to do, Chris never heard. He felt his underwear rip, followed by the first Irish bog-monster forcing his way in. The man smelled like a rotten heap of shit, penetrating with such violent speed that even the distant sweep of the Lighthouse beam couldn’t offer a flicker of warmth. His eyes were wide with shock, but he could no longer see. His only hope was the cavalry. A foul-smelling cloth was shoved into his mouth, and the boy finally stopped resisting.
• Continued in chapter 13 •
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