I brought my hand up to his wrist at first, my fingers barely making it around the thickness of this man. But then my other hand removed itself from his chest and found his jaw, the stubble rough against my palm, showing him without words that I was here, that I wasn’t going anywhere as I tried to control my breathing and my pounding heart.
Now that we’re alone, it’s harder to avoid him. I keep my eyes on the torque converter. But I was feeling something, other than the need to fuck someone else, other than the tension between us. Something I needed to get off my chest. I needed to tell him, but what exactly I didn’t know.
I stood as tall as I could and lifted my chin upward. "I knelt to him. I gave him my oath. I am his eromenos now, in truth." I kept my voice even. "The training… it is not what you think. It is an agreement. And I have chosen to obey." Theron stared at me as if I were a stranger, someone else standing before him.
Big Ray took the socket, his eyes meeting mine for a second. There was a flicker there. Something ambiguous. Maybe just friendly camaraderie. Maybe a hint of curiosity. With big, straight, married guys, you could never tell. It was all part of the frustrating, addictive game I found myself playing lately. It was all I knew.
Leo, knowing "all too well" that love stories fail, reconnects with his ex, Dan, at a gay sauna. Dan begs for a second chance, swearing he's not the same man who let his father ruin them. But as romance rekindles, old problems resurface, threatening to shatter Leo and silence his music for good.
Instead of wanting to go out and find relief with some random, I stayed at home and reached for myself, to satisfy my own needs while replaying images from the day about Troy Jenkins. Like the flex of his forearm when he tightened a bolt, or the way his coveralls fit across the width of his back when he leaned over an engine, or that ass.
Daniel is a straight A student, but a new teacher causes his grades to go down. They find a solution for it amidst extra classes and tutoring. Daniel discovers Mr. Herrera's secret pictures and messages after his final text; both of them promise to try and meet in a more private setting.
Sometime fate takes over our lives and we don’t even know it is happening. Brad found out what that was like when he meets a handsome young aviator in Baghdad. It was a night he will never forget.
Sebastian was the star quarterback, the golden boy. But when his parents discovered he was gay, they kicked him out. He responds to an online ad for a job on a farm, and his employer is everything he’s ever dreamed of. As he uncovers more of the man’s secrets, he will be thrown into a world of submission and domination.
It's the first day at sea and Nathan and Craig set out to explore the QM 2, looking at all the entertainments on offer and then preparing for the first formal dinner aboard.
"Power, Desire, and Control" is an intense journey into the secret lives of two men bound by passion, trust, and an insatiable hunger for dominance and submission. Kai, a man who has spent years sculpting his body and mind, finds his world turned upside down when he crosses paths with Adrian, a magnetic yet complex personal trainer.
Ben’s Thanksgiving trip to meet John’s Wisconsin family is a minefield of polite interrogation and unspoken rules. Navigating his boyfriend’s conservative Catholic home is hard enough, but the real test comes at night, inside John's childhood bedroom, their secret intimacy feels more forbidden and more thrilling than ever before.
Back in K, Mark and Trevor learn about the plan for Sergei and have an intense conversation about the possibilities. Later, they have dinner with Trevor's colleague and have a surprising evening with him.
The cross above the chapel hadn't changed.
Neither had the brick steps leading up to it, or the way the stained glass bled color across the front pews when the sun hit it just right.
But I had.
Ten years away had a way of doing that to a man.