The Hathaway

Home Sweet Home

Ben and I joined the kids for their celebratory pizza and listened to their tales from the first day of school. Sabina and Ash were in the same home room at the middle school, and the others were in different grades, and could only see each other at lunch. All in all it sounded like a fairly uneventful day. There didn’t seem to be any major crises and no one seemed to be heading for a meltdown, so we considered ourselves lucky. Helmut didn’t join us, but was busy moving things from the boarding house to the carriage house. Before Ben and I headed upstairs for the evening we decided to check in with him and see what was happening.

“You know you can’t move in yet?” I asked as he carried yet another box in the front door and placed it with a few others piled in the middle of the living room.

“I know,” he replied, “But the inspection is tomorrow, and it’s gonna pass, no question. I’m just finishing getting stuff out of the boarding house so I’ll be ready to stay here tomorrow night.”

“I thought you were enjoying being there these days,” Ben said with a smirk.

Helmut smirked back at him and replied, “More than you know.” Without a word he undid his pants and pushed them and his jock strap down to reveal that he had been caged. “She’s got me in chastity for a week. I’m only allowed to jerk off when she lets me, and it ain't often enough. Been two days now. Two whole days!”

“Why?” Ben asked, “How often do you usually...you know, cum?”

“At least twice a day,” he admitted. “Sometimes more.” he gave the cage a quick rub before stuffing it back in his jock and pulling up his pants.

“But you’re enjoying this?” I asked in disbelief.

“Hell yeah, I never know what she’s going to come up with next.” He brought in the last box and continued, “In fact, I have to head back there right now. Time for my nightly inspection. She wants to check on the cage and grill me about who I’ve been checking out today. Usually there’s no one, but I make something up so she can punish me again. Thankfully she’s been leaving my balls alone for the last few nights.”

But if you’re enjoying it, why not just stay there?” Ben voiced my confusion perfectly.

“Yeah, Andi thinks you two are getting back together,” I ventured.

“I imagine she would,” he chuckled, “busybody that she is, but that’ll never happen.” He seemed to look inside himself and find nothing but regrets. “No, I hurt Phil too badly. He’s forgiven me, but we can never be a couple again, not like you two. I...He can’t trust me, and he’s right. I’ve tried to change for him, but...No, we could never have what you have.” He adjusted a few of the boxes and rallied, “But we can still have fun together, like in the old days, well, almost. She’s still got all the skills. No one can handle a rope like she can. And when she ties you up so you can’t move and can hardly breathe...no better way to get fucked.”

“Wait,” I challenged him, “I thought you told me you’d only been fucked once.”

“Yup, and it’s still going on. She’ll probably fuck me again tonight,” He grinned and added, “If I’m lucky.”

“What?”

“Yeah, one long fuck, thirty five years now, and shes still the only one I’ve ever given my ass to.”

“You mean…?”

He looked at me in earnest. “Look, I’m no saint. I’ve fucked plenty of other guys, sucked lots of cocks, tempted happily partnered men from their husbands or wives, taken part in gang bangs and orgies. There’s hardly anything I haven’t tried at least once. But I have never given my ass to anyone but Phil. And I don’t intend to.”

Ben looked at me almost in tears, and I had an idea of what was going on in his head. “Well then, I guess you had better get that semi-monogamous ass of yours back to the boarding house for inspection. Hadn’t you?”

“Damn straight!” he smirked. “And if I’m really lucky, maybe she’ll jerk me off as well. God, I need to cum!” With that he left for the evening and we made our way back up to our apartment.

“What do you want to do?” I asked as we unloaded our pockets and kicked off our shoes.

“I don’t know,” Ben Answered, “Nothing really, just hang out.”

“Do you want to give that waiter a call?” I didn’t really feel up to it, but I was willing to try if he wanted to.

“Nah, I don’t think I have the energy to get to know someone new tonight.” He picked up his crocheting and sat quietly while I put some laundry in the washer and straightened up the kitchen. “In fact,” he ventured after a few minutes, “I don’t know if I want to call him at all.”

I finished up what I was doing and headed into the living room, He was sitting at one end of the couch with his feet on the coffee table. I sat down next to him, and kissed him lightly. “You don’t have to,” I offered, taking his project from his hands and setting it on the table. Then lying along the length of the couch I placed my head in his lap and brought his hand to the side of my face. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable by flirting with him. I certainly don’t need anyone else right now. You keep me satisfied in every way and I love you. I just thought that you wanted to...experiment, and I wanted you to be happy.”

He leaned forward and kissed me back. “I know, and maybe someday the time will be right to look for playmates, but like I said, I think we should do it together. At least I would feel better that way. But for now, you’re all I need too. Besides, I don’t want to end up like Phil and Helmut.”

I laughed. “I don’t think we’ve got to worry about that. They’ve both got a pretty strong kinky side to them and we’re both pretty vanilla in comparison. But I don’t think it’s the kink that separated them, or even Helmut’s propensity to chase after every dick he could find. I’m pretty sure it was the Alcoholism that did it.”

“Whatever it was, I think we have something pretty special, and I don’t want to risk losing it.” He kissed me again and we spent the next few moments just looking into each other’s eyes and relishing our time together.

He was caressing my hair and stroking my cheek and I could see that he was still slightly troubled. “What is it?” I asked softly.

“Nothing,” he dismissed, “Just...I think I probably should give Andrew a call, just to let him know I’ve changed my mind.”

“Andrew?”

“The waiter. Didn’t I tell you his name is Andrew?”

“No,” I laughed, “But don’t worry about it, I can’t tell you how many guys I’ve given my number to and they never called.’

“I know, but I don’t want to be that kind of guy, the asshole that stands people up. I’ll just give him a call and tell him the truth, that I’m not ready to play outside of my primary relationship. Easy, and if he has a problem with it, well, that’s his problem, not mine. I’ll have done the right thing.”

I looked up at him and wondered what I had done to deserve such a partner. “Alright then,” I smiled, “When you gonna call?”

“No time like the present,” he grinned as he reached for his phone. “Besides, then it will be out of the way, and I can relax.” He dialed the number and Andrew seemed to pick up quickly. “Hi Andrew, it’s Ben...Yeah, good to hear you as well. Listen, I’ve just called to say I think I’m not up for anything right now...Yeah...No, I think you’re cute and all, but I’m just not ready to play with others yet, It just doesn’t feel right...Yeah?...Joey...I think so, let me ask.” He covered the mouthpiece with his hand and said, “He says he’s having a barbecue this weekend at his place, just a few friends, and he wondered if we would like to come.”

I smiled. “Sounds like fun, what should we bring?”

“Joey wants to know what to bring...yup...ok...sure, we can do that. Alright, I’ll give you a call on Saturday afternoon, then. OK, Bye” He hung up and smiled. “He asked if we could bring a cooler and some ice for the drinks.”

“Sure, why not?” I agreed. “That was really nice.”

“Yeah, I like this a lot better, maybe we can make some new friends or at least get a glimpse of what passes for a gay community around here.”

Over the last two years I had been so wrapped up in Ben and so busy with my work and the creation of Hope House that I had never really made any attempt at finding other gay men in the area. “You’re right, it would be good to enlarge our circle of friends.” I said. “And I can think of something else I’d like to enlarge,” I continued with a grin, rolling over to bury my face between his legs.

He leaned back and I felt him place a hand on my head as he sighed, “Home sweet home.”