The Village

Zach’s Perspective

I was finally heading home after almost a week in Raleigh presenting our case in court. The judge ruled in our favor, awarded our client a huge settlement, and mandated changes to state hiring and employment practices in order to comply with the current law… the policies were in place, they were just being ignored. I can’t describe how I felt! I had worked my ass off for this, it was a huge opportunity for me to prove myself to the firm, and to do something meaningful with my degrees. The partners treated me like an equal as I presented arguments and evidence to the judge… this was a big freaking deal and I was proud of myself. I hadn’t talk to Seth all day and was excited to tell him about it all in-person. Yeah, I know that sounds stupid and needy… but I was REALLY proud of myself and wanted him to be proud of me too. I whirred down the highway in my little GTI blasting the music, singing to Bruno Mars at the top of my lungs and just enjoying my victory.

It was dusk when I drove down our country road, the Christmas lights were already on and it looked magnificent! Brody pushed hard (which is not a normal Brody trait) for all of us to paint our homes like painted ladies, and to go overboard with the Christmas lights. His intentions weren’t lost on me… Brody was trying to build a community that he could feel part of. I know that sounds strange, but Brody was a quiet guy who was bullied in his younger years, and underestimated as he got older. I think when we moved into the duplex in college, it was the first time that Brody ever felt like part of something bigger, something more, a community; and he liked it. Truth be told, he was one of my favorite people on earth. His heart was made of gold, his generosity knew no bounds, and he accepted everyone as they were. Well, his efforts to build this amazing community in the middle of nowhere were paying off.

I turned into the long drive that led up to our house. The ruling came in earlier than expected, I had planned on being in Raleigh at least one more night, maybe even over the weekend if we had to re-strategize… Seth had no clue I was on my way home. When I got there, Eli and Riley were walking out to the Mercedes, dressed to the nines.

“You’re home early” Eli shouted as I got out of my car.

“Yeah, I wanted to surprise Seth. Damn, you two look all fancy!” I laughed.

“Well… did you win?” Eli asked expectantly.

I just grinned like the cat that ate the canary, I couldn’t contain the answer. “No comment” I said. “I want to tell Seth first.”

Eli smiled knowingly, “Well then I’ll just save my congratulations until after you officially tell us.” Riley just smiled and gave a silent clap in honor of the victory that they pretended not to know about.

“Where are you two off to?” I asked changing the subject.

“We have a new exhibit opening at the museum and are hosting a cocktail party for some of our bigger donors and corporate sponsors” Riley replied. “We invited Seth, but he didn’t want to go stag. You guys can still join us if you want.”

“Nah, I’m wiped out. Where is Seth?” I asked.

“Working late” Eli said. “He’s been staying at the office most nights catching up on stuff, then comes home and goes to bed.”

“Any idea when he’s coming home?”

“Probably in about an hour” Riley said. “call him.”

“No. I want to surprise him; we could use a night alone” I said with a grin.

The couple rolled their eyes at me and Riley said, “god you guys are so gay” then they got into the Mercedes and drove away.

I pulled the GTI into our old barn so Seth wouldn’t see it when he came home. I went into the house and was greeted by Petunia who was happy as hell to see me after almost a week. I built a fire in the fireplace, then went upstairs to the bathroom to clean myself out. Next, I jumped in the shower to clean up and do some long-overdue manscaping, I had let things go while I prepped for my case. I lit some candles in the bedroom, and put on the blue thong that Seth had bought for me a long time ago… and nothing else. I also set out some of our sex toys on the nightstand along with a bottle of lube, and a bottle of poppers… stuff we didn’t use nearly enough! Once I had the bedroom set up, I went down to the living room. I turned off all the lights in the house and moved one of the chairs so it faced the front door. The fire in the living room and the candles in the bedroom gave off just enough light to set the mood for romance in our old house… everything was perfect. I poured us each a glass of wine, then went into the living room and posed myself on the chair with one leg up on the arm so Seth would have a good view of my freshly trimmed my junk when he walked in the door from a hard week’s work, then I just sat there and waited with Petunia stretched out and asleep in front of the fireplace. After about twenty minutes, Petunia went wild barking when we heard the tires of the silver pick-up crunching the gravel. Seth was home! I got into my position and did my damnedest to look sexy.

I heard Seth put his key in the lock, the door opened, and Petunia was all over her other daddy. “Did your idiot uncle Eli leave a fire burning again… Ugh!” He said in his puppy-talking voice. “He’s gonna burn this place down, isn’t he?. Yes, he is.”

“Welcome home” I said in the sultriest, baritone voice I could muster.

“JESUS FRIGGING CHRIST!!!!!” Seth shouted as he dropped his computer bag, and looked up to see me wearing nothing but a smile and my blue thong. It took a second or two to click. “ZACH! What the fuck are you doing here?!” He came over to the chair and leaned down to hug me.

“We wrapped up early and I came home to surprise you.” I said into his ear as he continued to embrace me, by that point he was basically sitting on my lap. Then I whispered, “We won.”

He squealed into my ear, “I fucking knew you would. I am so proud of you!!! What did David say? What did the Partners say? How much did your client get?” He rambled excitedly as he rattled off every question he could think of, making me laugh. He sat back a little (still on my lap) and looked me in the eyes and I told him every freaking detail… yeah, I was freaking proud of myself. Seth hung on my every word. I had his undivided attention. That’s the thing about Seth, he makes everyone feel like they’re the most important person in the world. From the day I met him it was clear he gave a shit. He listened to me ramble for at least a half hour and asked me a million questions as we sipped our wine. After I told him everything I could think of, I kissed him. Still sitting on my lap, he ran his cold hands over my naked skin, hot from the fire. God, it felt so good to be with him again, especially after a long, stressful week. I needed him naked! I pulled the polo over his head, exposing his firm torso.

Seth pushed his naked chest against mine, it was so taut, and his skin so soft. We had cybersex over Skype earlier that week, but this was different… skin-on-skin, flesh-on-flesh, Seth-on-Zach. Seth went from surprised to horned-up in no time and we were making out and grinding on the living room chair. “Hey” I said in between our passionate tongue kisses. “I want you to play with my ass tonight.” I was a top (well, okay, a versatile top) but LOVED the occasional ass play session and Seth knew it.

“Damn, someone came home ready to play” he said with a sinister grin. He loved playing with my ass as much as I loved having it played with.

“I just won my first case… I want to celebrate!” I said with a grin. “I even cleaned out” I added with an embarrassed laugh. Seth let out a little moan, as his fingers went right for my clean, freshly shaven manhole. “And I laid out the toys in the bedroom.” I could feel Seth’s smile against my lips as his fingers probed my brown eye. Damn, it felt so good and I couldn’t help but moan into our kiss. I did my best to lift my legs to give him access, but with him on my lap my movements were limited. “Let’s get you naked and move this party upstairs. I said.

Seth jumped off me with exuberance and literally ran up the steps. I laughed to myself as I followed behind. As much as Petunia wanted to follow, the warmth of the fire had her in its grasp and she embraced the urge to stay stretched out in the living room with her belly exposed to the heat… happy as a pig in shit. When I got to the bedroom, Seth was buck naked and rock hard, then my usually submissive bottom pushed me onto the bed, pulled my thong down, and pushed my legs to my chest. Next, the love of my life dove tongue first into my pink, winking, hole… Fuck, it was the perfect home-coming!!!!

“You are so fucking hot, Zach Hall” my lover growled from between my legs. I felt his hot breath on my yearning hole before he gave it a lick, and another, and another, then pulled my cheeks apart and lost his face in my ass crack. I had one arm hooked under my knees as I held them pinned to my own chest, and the other arm reached out so my hand could push his face into my desperate hole. I held him there as long as I could but eventually, he broke free of my grasp and came up for air. “Fuck, you’re gonna drown me in your ass” he said gasping for air.

“At least you’d die doing what you love” I snarked back. That earned me an evil grin and a hard smack to my soccer-built ass. He looked over at the nightstand to see what toys I had set out for him to torture my hole with. His eyes lit up when he saw the butt-plug, then that little fucker grabbed it and put it in my mouth.

“Get it nice and wet” he growled before putting his tongue back to work on my hole while his hand was stretched out and holding the plug in my mouth. He was being very un-Seth and it was such a fucking turn on. I couldn’t believe I was lying there with my knees to my chest, Seth’s tongue up my ass, and sucking on a butt-plug. This is not exactly how I pictured this night going… but I wasn’t complaining. It was fucking hot as hell! I had lit the spark and Seth was fanning the flames with enthusiastic lust. He looked up from my hole, then pulled the plug out of my mouth. He moved it to my crack and ran it up and down, teasing my hole with the hard, wet rubber device. He looked up at me with the devil in his eyes and an evil grin that made me shiver in anticipation. “You want this?” He asked. I tried to answer but my words wouldn’t come so I just nodded excitedly like a little kid begging for ice cream. “You sure?” He said grinning.

I nodded some more and muttered, “yeah, put it in, play with my hole, Seth.” And he did. He teased my hole with the plug, moving it around, up, down, and pushing it against my hole now and then.

“Push out” he commanded after several minutes of teasing. I took a deep breath and pushed out as Seth pushed the plug in, my hole resisted him, he spit on my hole and pushed harder… still no luck. He reached over to the nightstand and grabbed the bottle of lube I’d left there; he also handed me the bottle of poppers. I took a hit in each nostril… it had been a long time since I had used Rush and it hit me instantly, and hit me hard. My hole opened right up and the bulbous plug slipped all the way in.

“FUCK!” I screamed in pain as the big hard object entered me. Fuck, it seriously hurt, it felt like my ass bone had split in two. I panted trying to make the pain subside. I scared Seth and he instantly went into comfort mode.

“Shit, I’m sorry. I’ll, I’ll pull it out” he said in a concerned tone.

“No! Leave it in, I’ll Adjust” I said hugging my knees and almost hyperventilating as I sucked air through my teeth. The last thing I wanted was for him to get freaked out and stop. I loved ass play, but it was rare and my hole had to adjust. It took almost a minute, but soon the pain went away, then I took another hit of the poppers and the pain morphed into euphoric rapture. Seth saw the change in my expression and went down on my flaccid cock. His warm mouth started to stimulate my manhood as it worked in harmony with his tongue and hand creating a symphony of pleasure. Just as the blood started rushing to my member, Seth tapped the butt plug sending new sensations through my stressed body. Fuck! That little tap sent such a thrilling shockwave through me, It felt fucking amazing. Seth brought me to the edge, then pulled off me and moved up for a kiss as he ground his hard cock against mine. Damn it was so sensual. His warm body against mine and my ass full with the butt plug. Seth reached down and twisted the plug making me yelp.

“Push out” Seth commanded and I complied. My hole contracted tightly around the toy at first but after a lot of effort, I was able to dislodge the fat plug from my bottom. DAMN! There was an amazing sensation as my hole opened wide to release it, followed by a feeling of emptiness. Seth moved between my legs to inspect my gaping hole, his finger moved in a tender, circular motion around it, occasionally breaching my loose pucker. “Fuuuuuuck” Seth said in a husky breath before reaching out and grabbing a smallish dildo from the nightstand. Again, he teased my crack and hole with the new toy inserting just the tip each time he passed by. This went on for about three days (okay, okay, it was like five minutes but it felt like for-FUCKING-EVER).  As he played with my hole, he stroked my shaft… slowly and deliberately. Eventually, he got into position and entered me without a word. My knees still pinned to my chest, my eyes locked to his, and my hole aching with desire. I push my ass toward him taking him as deep as I possibly could. His strokes to my enflamed manhood were perfectly in sync with the strokes of his perfect appendage into my passage. I can’t even describe the pure euphoric bliss as his cock stimulated my insides and his hand stimulated my outside. The man was pure fucking magic! I had nothing to compare it too because Seth was my one and only, but he had to be the best. He HAD TO BE. There is NO WAY anything could ever be better than what I experienced with Seth.

He was orchestrating every movement like a sexual maestro, each stroke, each movement pushing us towards an epic crescendo. It came without words; it came without warning; a mutual orgasm with my hot load landing between our bodies and grazing my chin, and Seth’s hot load filling my body and becoming part of me. Damn. Damn. Damn. DAMN! We lay there quietly with Seth still inside me, and my body scrunched up. “I love you, but your crushing me” I said with a chortle. Seth gave me a final kiss be for rolling off me and laying by my side. We basked in the afterglow for a bit before jumping in the shower and washing the sex off ourselves. The shower piqued in an intimate moment where the two of us just held each other under the warm, descending water.

It was about 9:00 when we were finally clean, dry, dressed in our sweats, and reveling in a post-sex stupor on the living room couch in front of the fireplace. I was skimming through the streaming services looking for something we could veg-out to while Seth foraged around the kitchen for food. He came out to join me and said, “We don’t have shit in there! I’ve been eating out all week, and Riley and Eli emptied the cupboards. I’ll need to get groceries this weekend.”

“Let’s just order a pizza” I suggested. Seth pulled out his phone and called Fern and Sue’s place to order delivery. Within an hour, Ella showed up with dinner and I greeted her at the door. “Hey! How’s the new ride?” I asked with enthusiasm. The smile on her face told me all I needed to know.

“I LOVE Falkor. Tonight, is my first night delivering in her… I don’t know, it’s so much more fun than using Colton’s car” she answered with a giggle. Seth was right, she was cute as hell when she was excited.

I pulled fifty bucks from my wallet and said, “keep the change.”

“No. No. No” she said with conviction as she handed the pizza to me with one hand and pushed the money away with the other. “Fern said this one’s on him for getting me the car.”

So, I handed her a twenty and said, “Well here’s for you.”

“NO!” she barked sharply. “You guys are never allowed to tip me again.” Such a tough little thing she was, I had to laugh.

I put my hand up in retreat, “okay, okay… no tips.” I said just as Seth walked up behind me. He greeted Ella, and I saw him glance out at the old Green Dragon with a smile. His attachment to that ugly, old car was endearing… Seth was the kind of guy who appreciated everything. He earned what he had, and when he did get help (like Brody giving him a deal on his first car), he paid it forward. We thanked Ella, then her and Falkor went on their way while Seth and I scarfed down the pizza throwing Petunia the occasional pepperoni. We caught up on our week apart while the TV droned on in the background. Seth had been working late every night while I was in court, he was pulling together the first annual board meeting for The Village sometime in January.

“So, I sent out a bunch of date options to the board” Seth Said.

“Yeah, I got it. Sorry I didn’t respond yet” I replied.

“Well, Brad replied and recommended that we move it up to December thirtieth.”

“The night before New Year’s Eve? Why?” I asked.

“AND… we change the venue from here to Vegas” Seth added. Kevin, Randy, Scotty, and Brad had some great connections in the hospitality industry and The Arizona guys had thrown some legendary New Year’s Eve parties in Vegas over the years. “The Resort just opened the Vegas property and they’re doing some insane New Year’s Eve thing there. Brad told me that Scotty and Kev said we could have the meeting at Jordy’s property on the strip. The board could stay there, and any of the gay guys want to, they can stay at The Resort… Jordy agreed to donate all the rooms and the meeting space. The board members would just have to come up with airfare” My eyes lit up.

“Holy shit, it’s been a hot minute since we did New Year’s in Vegas!” I said. The board consisted of Max (the chairman), Brody, Kevin, Brad, Laurie, Rhonda, Gina, Dylan, Zach, Terrance, and Mr. Simmons, the Principal of Max’s old School. Cam and Elliot were on the board but had both resigned after the incident with Taylor and were replaced with Scotty and Mrs. J. So, it was definitely a fun group. “What did Max say?”

“I haven’t talked to him yet” Seth replied. “Brad recommended it this morning, and I just talked to him and Scotty about details this afternoon. It’s surprisingly doable. I’ll talk to Max when we go Christmas shopping for the Villagers tomorrow.” The next day was Saturday and we had a Christmassy weekend planned. Seth was going Christmas shopping in the morning, then we were going with Brody and Max to a Christmas tree farm to chop down our Christmas trees (I was surprisingly excited about that).

“Well, I’m in!” I exclaimed, then we talked about details. I was excited by the possibility of New Year’s Eve in Vegas.We ended up falling asleep in front of the TV until Eli and Riley came home from their event and woke us. Seth and I went up to bed, and I fell asleep in his arms. I was the little spoon.

We woke up Saturday morning, had a leisurely breakfast together, then Max and Seth went shopping and I stayed home and chopped firewood. The guys got back Early afternoon and we headed out to the tree farm, Brody and Max leading the way in the Gladiator, with us following behind in our pick-up. We chopped down our trees, including a third for Ella and Colton. After we dropped the tree off at their place, the four of us went out for dinner and drinks and talked about moving the board meeting to Vegas. Max and Brody were both on board, so Seth pulled out his phone and sent an email to the board right then and there. Once that was out of the way, the four of us just enjoyed each other’s company and had a great night out.

On Sunday we spent the day wrapping gifts and decorating the tree with Eli and Riley, then we all baked Christmas cookies. It was a fun, family, pre-Christmas weekend.

Meanwhile, the emails were flying back and forth among the board members all day long and surprisingly it was a rousing YES to the board meeting in Vegas. The guys from Phoenix had already arranged for Mom and Pop Nicholl’s to stay with their kids. We thought for sure Gina would fight the idea of traveling because of her pregnancy and Maggie, but apparently, she was ready for a break and had already talked BA into taking Maggie. Everything was falling into place.

By the end of the weekend, we had officially moved the board meeting to Vegas and our flights were booked. We were in for another action-packed holiday season.

 

To be continued…

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: My apologies for the long wait between chapters. Busy as hell and too exhausted to channel the voices in my head. Thanks for hanging in there with me. Keep the comments, ratings, and emails coming... they keep me going.