Jake slowly opened his eyes as the faint chorus of a Christmas song drifted up to his room from below. He smiled, realizing that it was actually Christmas morning and his mom would already be preparing food for the day. When he was younger he would have jumped out of bed and raced down the stairs to start opening his presents but this year he felt different.
Instead of throwing off the covers and heading down to see his family, he rolled over and grabbed his phone from the bedside table before settling back down, enjoying the warmth and cosiness of his bed as he drew his finger across the screen and typed in his pin. When the display lit up he immediately saw a notification and couldn’t tap on it quick enough.
Evan’s face filled the screen as the message loaded. It was a picture of him smiling with a Santa hat on his head and the words “Merry Christmas” written across the bottom in a festive font. Jake smiled and stared at that face, looking at Evan’s eyes, nose and lips. How had he never noticed how beautiful his best friend was?
He closed his eyes for a moment and then turned his head to look at the empty bed beside him. He rolled onto his side, pulled one of the pillows down and propped his phone up against it, looking at Evan’s face again, wishing that he was there in person so he could stare into those eyes for real.
Before he could think too much about it or dwell on it, he grabbed the phone and hit reply on the message, first typing out the words “Merry Christmas” and then deciding against it. He erased the message and instead hit the video call button.
“Hey,” Evan smiled when the call connected and he saw Jake’s face.
“Hi,” Jake replied, his grin even bigger, seeing the picture from before come to life with Evan still wearing the Christmas hat. “Merry Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas,” Evan beamed back. “Are you still in bed?”
“Yeah,” Jake said. “I just woke up and wanted to speak to you.”
Evan smiled even wider and Jake was sure that he saw his face flush a little, his cheeks getting redder.
“How long have you been awake?” Jake asked.
“About an hour” Evan replied. “Ryan came in to wake me up. I thought after my birthday he’d made his point but he’s still getting me back for like ten years of me doing that to him.”
Jake laughed. “Does that mean you’ve already opened your presents?”
“Most of them,” Evan nodded. “I love the jeans you bought me. Thank you. They’ll go really well with the jacket my Mom and Dad gave me.”
“Yeah, I’ll need to see you in those jeans later,” Jake grinned.
Evan smiled back. “Oh, so there was an ulterior motive behind them?”
“I just thought you’d look good in them,” Jake shrugged.
“I bet you did,” Evan teased. “That explains why they’re so tight around my ass.”
Jake tried to hold it together but couldn’t.
“I hope you like what I got you,” Evan said sincerely. “You’ll have to tell me when you open it.”
“I will,” Jake nodded. “I, erm…”
“What?” Evan asked when Jake stopped talking.
“I bought you something else that I didn’t want you to open in front of your parents,” Jake explained.
Evan raised an eyebrow. “Like my birthday present?”
He slowly moved the camera away from his face and moved it down his body. He hooked his thumb into his lounge pants and pulled them down to show Jake that he was wearing those very boxers underneath, zooming in on the pouch that hugged his cock before he moved the camera around to show his ass framed by the red, white and blue see-through mesh.
“Oh damn…” Jake bit his lip. “Those things always get me going.”
Evan quickly brought the camera back up to his face and pulled up his pants. “Well that’s all you’re getting because my mom is about to serve breakfast and I’m not going to the table hard.”
“Come on,” Jake moaned. “Not even for me?”
He moved his phone and lifted the covers on his bed, flipping the camera so that Evan could see that he was naked and rock hard underneath.
“Oh shit…” Evan gasped. He cut the video feed so the call dropped to just a voice call.
Jake noticed and put the phone up to his ear. “Hey, where’d you go?”
“I told you not to make me hard,” Evan groaned.
“Did I?” Jake smirked.
“You know you did,” Evan snapped. “Fuck Jake…”
“You know if you were here right now, in bed with me…” Jake teased.
“Jake…” Evan whined.
“I’d lick my way down your body, feast on your ass and fuck you ‘til New Years,” Jake growled, sliding his hand down until he was holding his cock, giving it a quick squeeze and stroke.
“Stop it,” Evan demanded.
“God, I want to be with you Ev,” Jake said, his voice suddenly serious as he let go of his dick and brought his hands back above the covers.
“I want you too,” Evan said.
“No,” Jake corrected. “I don’t mean I want to fuck you. Okay, obviously I do. But you should be here with me right now, not on the phone.”
“Jake…” Evan started to protest.
“I mean it,” Jake said. “It feels wrong having to talk to you on the phone. We should be waking up, having breakfast and opening our presents together.”
“We can do that next year,” Evan reasoned.
“I know,” Jake nodded. “I didn’t think I’d want things to go so fast so soon but I can’t help it. This is what you’ve done to me.”
“I’m sorry…” Evan said but Jake could hear from the tone of his voice that he was smiling.
“I’ll have to think of a way you can make it up to me,” Jake teased.
“You do that,” Evan chuckled. “My mom is calling so I have to go. Talk to you later.”
*
Jake eventually made his way downstairs after a long shower. His dad was sitting in one of the chairs in the living room, drinking from a mug that was steaming while he read something on his phone. His mom appeared from the kitchen wearing an apron and came over to hug him, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek as she wished him Merry Christmas and then went back to her cooking. Marcus was presumably still upstairs and all of the presents lay unopened under the tree, waiting for the whole family to gather before they started un-wrapping them.
Jake slowly walked toward the Christmas tree and sat down in front of it, crossing his legs as he leaned forward and began to pull the presents from beneath it, checking each label to see who the presents were for. One by one he created four piles, arranging them by person, ready to be opened. When he was done, he sat with the present from Evan in his lap, staring at the gift tag. A slight smile curled the corner of his lips as he looked at the strange elongated F on the word from, quickly realising that Evan had begun to write L before changing it to F, trying to cover his tracks.
When Marcus finally appeared, looking like he had fallen out of bed straight down the stairs the three men were ushered into the dining room where they were served breakfast before heading back into the living room to open their gifts.
“I’ve got about twenty-five minutes before I have to be back at the stove,” Jake’s mom said, checking her watch.
Jake sat back down on the floor beside his presents while his Mom and Dad took the two chairs and Marcus sat in the middle of the sofa to open his gifts. He had placed Evan’s present on the top of the pile, thinking that he wanted to open it first, but as he went to rip open the package he realized that he wanted to keep it as the final thing he opened, giving him something to look forward to.
The brothers tore into their gifts, slipping a finger into any gap they could find in the paper and ripping it away, while their father slowly tried to peel off the tape so he didn’t ruin the paper and could fold it up after he had removed whatever was inside.
“Will you just open them?” Jake’s mom snapped. “We’re not saving the paper for next year.”
After Jake had opened everything - the games, DVD, pants and sweater he had received placed neatly in a gift bag that a pair of running shoes had come in - all that was left to open was the gift from Evan. He knew that whatever it was, and it felt like clothing, it must be safe for him to open in front of his family, but the moment still felt strangely intimate being the first gift he had ever received from his boyfriend and if he couldn’t be with Evan to open it he kind of wanted to be alone.
Excusing himself to go to the bathroom, Jake took the present with him and climbed the stairs. Once inside he put the lid on the toilet down and took a seat, staring at the present for a long moment before he turned over the gift tag and read it again, knowing that Evan was going to write ‘love from’ before changing his mind. He then turned the gift over and gently pulled it open, not knowing if he was going to save the paper or not, which he had always found ridiculous until now.
When the parcel was open enough for him to reach inside, he put his hand in, feeling the soft fabric, and gently pulled it out. He looked down at the blue-grey material and then lifted it up in front of him, unfolding it until he could see what it was; a sleeveless t-shirt that would hug his muscular upper body and show off his arms. He knew from looking at it that the intention was to wear it to the gym or for wrestling practice over a singlet, but much like the jeans he gave Evan, he knew that the real reason for it was that Evan wanted to see him wearing it.
Smiling, Jake stood up and took off his shirt, laying it down on the counter by the sink. He pulled on the new top and smoothed it down over his body. It was an almost perfect fit, clinging to all of the right places while still having enough room so it wasn’t skin tight.
Taking a long look in the mirror, Jake admired his shape. The t-shirt made his shoulders and pecs look even bigger than they were and his arms looked amazing, showing off his biceps and the veins that ran down each one. Even without going to the gym or working out he looked pumped and he knew that he wouldn’t just be wearing it to turn Evan on but to show everyone how much work he put into having the body that he did.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket and quickly snapped a picture, sending it to Evan, knowing that he wouldn’t want to wait to see him in it. The reply was instant.
“Oh fuck, you look so hot in that,” Evan replied.
Jake smiled and quickly typed back. “I’m gonna fuck you while I’m wearing it.”
The three little dots to indicate that Evan was typing kept appearing and then disappearing as he typed something and then deleted it over and over again.
“I can’t even think right now,” Evan wrote, followed by a laughing emoji with a sweat drop. “Make sure you’re wearing that the next time I see you…”
“Only if you promise to wear those jeans…” Jake replied.
“Deal!” Evan shot back. He then began typing something else. “Did you get the new Call of Duty?”
“Yes,” Jake replied, smiling at the fact they could pivot onto such a normal topic so quickly.
“Want to play some together later? I’ll use my headset so we can talk?” Evan asked.
“I’d love that,” Jake replied, really happy that some things hadn’t changed even though they were boyfriends now.
“Gotta go. Talk later.” Evan sent before the message saying he was online dropped off the screen.
Jake once again smiled to himself and looked in the mirror one final time before he pulled the top off and folded it up, slipping back into the shirt that he was wearing before. He then flushed the toilet, ran the water in the sink to at least pretend like he’d used the room for its intended purpose, and then headed back out, placing his new top down on his desk before he went downstairs to re-join his family.
*
Jake woke up the next morning feeling relaxed and content. After making it through Christmas dinner with his aunt, who did nothing but talk about how proud she was of her son, leaving both Marcus and Jake feeling like disappointments, he had spent the rest of Christmas Day playing games in his room whilst talking on his headset with Evan. They had played both individual games and multiplayers while they chatted about anything and everything, only breaking off to go downstairs for food or drink.
When he rolled over Jake realized that he had been hugging one of his pillows in his sleep and he smiled, thinking that he must have been dreaming about Evan and had used the pillow as a substitute.
He climbed out of bed and quickly checked his phone but seeing no messages or notifications he left it on the bedside table and headed into the bathroom for his morning shower. The hot water felt so good on his skin and he found himself thinking that the only thing that would feel better was if Evan was there to wash his back. That thought quickly made him start to get hard and he had to stop. He didn’t want to jerk off. He was saving his load for the next time he got to bury himself deep in Evan’s perfect ass.
When he finally managed to push those thoughts down, he finished washing himself and stepped out of the shower, using a towel to dry his skin before he combed and gelled his hair the way he liked it. He then walked into his bedroom and picked out some clothes, deciding on a blue sweater that had a zipper at the neck and a pair of charcoal grey chinos since the temperature outside was colder than the previous few days and he wanted to get out of the house for a little while.
Going downstairs he saw that his dad’s chair was empty so he continued on, finding his mother in the kitchen where she was seated at the breakfast bar with a warm drink in one hand and a paperback novel in the other.
“Hey Mom. Where’s Dad?” Jake asked.
“Morning Jake,” his mom said, looking up from her book for just a moment before returning to it. “He went to your great aunt’s and didn’t think you’d want to go with him. He’ll be back later. Did you need him for something?”
“No,” Jake said. “It’s just strange not seeing him sat in there, that’s all.”
“It’s definitely quieter,” she agreed, not looking up this time.
“I’m just going to grab some breakfast and then I’m thinking of heading out for a walk,” Jake said, moving across the kitchen to open the refrigerator.
“Okay,” his mom replied. “Are you going to see that girl you’ve been dating?”
“What?” Jake gasped, quickly closing the fridge door enough so he could look around it at his mom.
“Alice next door said she saw you bring a girl back here a few times over the past month or so. Tina something,” she said as Jake stood in shocked silence. “But that’s okay, Jake, you’re a young man now. As long as you’re being careful…”
“Mom,” Jake groaned, closing the fridge door and taking a step back from it.
“Jake, it’s only natural for a boy your age to want to bring girls home. One of them might even end up being your wife one day,” she smiled.
Jake sighed and said under his breath, “No they won’t.”
“You don’t know that, honey,” his mom replied. “I said the same thing about your dad and here we are nearly twenty-five years later.”
Jake looked at his mom and something inside him told him that this was the moment.
“Mom, I’m not dating Tina,” he said, trying to swallow down the lump that had suddenly formed in his throat. “I’m with Evan.”
“What?” she gasped, snapping her head round to look at him to see if he was being serious.
“I’m dating Evan,” Jake stated, standing up tall, trying not to show his nerves. “He’s my boyfriend.”
His mom opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. She looked away from him and shook her head as she closed the book and placed it down on the counter.
“Mom?” Jake said when she didn’t say anything else.
Another silence followed, the only sound in the room was Jake’s heavy breathing as he waited for his mom to react.
“Please say something,” he pleaded, his voice low.
He watched as she slowly slipped off the stool and turned toward him. The look in her eyes frightened him, it was like there was nothing behind them; no emotion, no tears, just nothing.
Without a word she walked past him out into the hallway and he stood still, not knowing what to do, until he heard a door close somewhere deep in the house.
*
After waiting for nearly ten minutes for his mom to return, Jake realised that she wasn’t going to, she had locked herself away and wasn’t coming back. He had pictured her crying, shouting, even cursing at him, telling him to get out. Any of those would have been better than her saying nothing, leaving him standing in the kitchen, staring at the doorway waiting for her to tell him what she was thinking.
Every minute that passed made his breathing a little heavier, made his heart beat a little bit quicker. He felt like the walls were slowly closing in on him and soon he would be crushed or suffocated by them. He needed to get out before it took him down.
Grabbing a coat from the hook by the front door, he walked out of the house, closing the door slowly behind him so it didn’t make a sound. He was halfway down the drive when he stopped and turned back, looking at that door and then up at the house, wondering if he would be welcomed back in or if he had left it for the final time.
Putting his head down, he continued on, walking out onto the street. There were birds singing in the trees, children playing on their front lawns and couples out walking their dogs on what was a bright winter morning. Everyone else’s life was continuing as normal but his had just changed forever.
He kept walking until he reached the end of Evan’s street and was about to turn into it when he remembered that Evan wasn’t there. He had gone with his family to visit his grandparents for the day.
“Fuck…” Jake muttered under his breath as he looked round.
He reached into his pocket to pull out his phone so he could at least call Evan but it wasn’t there. He had left it on his bedside table when he went to shower and he hadn’t picked it up. Damn. What was he going to do now?
He turned around and started walking in the direction of Emily’s house, but she wasn’t at home either, she was still up in the mountains on vacation. He really didn’t have anywhere to go. All he knew was that he couldn’t go home, not yet, he still needed time to prepare himself for whatever happened when he went back and so he continued walking without a destination in mind.
It was only when he reached the gates of the park that he stopped and looked around, taking in where he was. He smiled, thinking back to the jogging sessions that Evan brought him on, how he always chased Evan around that circular path because no matter how hard he tried he could never keep up. It was a special place and he decided to head inside, walking about half way around before he stopped at a bench and sat down.
He reclined back against the soft wood and closed his eyes, tilting his head toward the sky as the sun warmed his face despite the chill in the air. He thought back over everything that had happened in the last month. At the beginning of December he had a girlfriend, a best friend and a life that seemed easy despite his workload. Now, as December drew to a close, he had a boyfriend, had been suspended from school for a fight and had come out to not just Evan’s parents but his own as well. How could everything change so quickly?
As he continued to sit in silence, he kept seeing the look on his mom’s face flash across his memory and he couldn’t help but wonder what his dad would do when he found out. Had he made a mistake? Should he have waited and not been so impulsive?
Leaning forward he placed his elbows on his thighs, his hands together in front of him, almost like he was praying, and he stared at the ground between his feet as those thoughts began to overwhelm him.
He was still staring down, thinking about everything, over-thinking everything, when a shadow briefly crossed his path and he felt the bench move slightly as someone sat down beside him. He waited for the person to speak, to ask him how he was or question why he was there sitting like that, but they said nothing so he didn’t move, only briefly glancing to the side to see that the person was wearing what he could only assume were an expensive pair of running shoes.
Assuming that the runner was just taking a break, catching their breath before they resumed their jog and moved on, Jake continued to sit, lost in his thoughts. After a few minutes when the jogger still hadn’t moved he rose up and turned his head to look at them.
“Tyler?” he gasped, instantly bolting upright, his body going stiff.
“Hey Jake,” Tyler said softly, a friendly smile on his face.
“What are you doing here?” Jake asked, looking into Tyler’s blue eyes.
Tyler looked down at himself in his workout gear and then back up at Jake to see a look of suspicion written across his face. “I’m out for a run. Normally I don’t come in here. I run straight past the entrance and head down toward the car lot but today something told me to turn in and do a loop. That’s when I saw you and knew I had to stop.”
Jake turned away. The tone in Tyler’s voice and the look on his face said that he was being sincere, but Jake still didn’t trust him. They had been rivals for too long and he couldn’t fight the feeling that anything he said might be used to make his life hell when they went back to school in a couple of weeks. He was about to stand up and walk away but then Tyler spoke.
“What’s wrong?” he asked. “Has something happened between you and Evan?”
Jake shot a hate-filled glare at Tyler for even saying Evan’s name; the thought of them in bed together briefly flashing through his mind.
“Why would you care?” Jake asked.
Tyler sighed. “Because I like Evan, Jake. As if you didn’t realise that. Look, I know you don’t trust me. I don’t blame you. I don’t really trust you either. But I wouldn’t do anything that hurts Ev and outing you or whatever else you think I might do would hurt him.”
Jake looked up and met Tyler’s eyes again. He stared into them. “Evan’s fine. Everything’s good with us.”
“Then what’s the problem?” Tyler asked. “You’re not sat out here like this today for the fun of it.”
“No, I’m not” Jake snapped.
“Then why are you?” Tyler asked.
“Just leave me alone,” Jake pleaded.
Tyler was about to do as Jake asked but the pained look on Jake’s face told him that he needed someone to talk to even if he didn’t want it to be him and so he stayed seated.
“Why aren’t you with him?” Tyler asked.
“He’s not here,” Jake sighed.
Jake’s entire body sagged and he dropped back into his previous position with his head almost between his legs this time.
Tyler put a hand on Jake’s back, which made the wrestler stiffen, but he didn’t push it away or sit back up.
“I’ve never seen you like this,” Tyler said, concerned.
Jake finally rose up and took a deep breath before he turned his head to look at Tyler again, who still had his hand on his shoulder. After seeing the blank look in his mom’s eyes earlier he saw the complete opposite in Tyler’s; they were full of feeling, compassion and something else he couldn’t quite put his finger on.
He opened his mouth to speak but couldn’t bring himself to say anything. It was still Tyler sitting on the bench beside him. How could a guy who had been such a problem for so long now be the person he turned to?
“Jake…” Tyler said softly, letting his hand slip from Jake’s shoulder back into his own lap. “I’m gay. There. You know my biggest secret. Not that you didn’t already. That’s enough for you to take me down. Do you really think I’m going to risk everything I’ve worked for just to get one up in some petty fucking school rivalry?”
Jake was shocked by Tyler’s words. He shook his head.
“I have to be a dick at school, Jake,” Tyler explained. “It’s stupid but it’s all about perception. I don’t know why being a douche seems to command respect but my guys follow me and it makes me a good captain. I can’t stop or change that. But I know that I wouldn’t want anyone to reveal my secret before I’m ready and I won’t do that to you.”
Jake was silent for a long time but Tyler just kept sitting there, waiting.
“I told my mom that we’re together,” Jake said quietly, still looking down.
“Oh wow,” Tyler gasped, sitting back. He paused. “How did that go?”
Jake laughed. “Great. Can’t you tell? She walked out.”
“What do you mean she walked out?” Tyler asked, leaning a little closer to Jake.
“She wouldn’t talk to me. She just walked out of the kitchen, into another room and shut the door.” Jake couldn’t believe that he was actually opening up to Tyler but he needed to talk and without his phone to call Evan or Emily he reluctantly let Tyler in.
“Damn…” Tyler said. “But she didn’t like scream or start throwing things at you? She didn’t kick you out of the house?”
“No,” Jake shook his head.
“Maybe that’s good then,” Tyler offered. “Maybe she just needs time to process it.”
“Maybe…” Jake said, staring off at the trees on the other side of the park.
“What are you going to do if they’re not okay with it?” Tyler asked.
“I don’t know,” Jake admitted, closing his eyes, not wanting to think about the possibility.
“I can’t believe you told them so soon,” Tyler said. “I could never tell my parents now.”
Jake opened his eyes and looked into Tyler’s again. “What do you mean?”
Tyler let out a deep sigh. “My parents are good people. My mom’s a doctor and a liberal but she still goes to church every Sunday when she’s not in surgery. I don’t think she’s going to hate me for liking guys, but…”
“But what?” Jake asked when Tyler didn’t continue.
“You’ve got a brother, right?” Tyler asked.
“Yeah,” Jake answered, not sure what difference that made.
“I haven’t,” Tyler said. “It’s just me.”
Tyler stared off into the distance and looked like he was fighting with what he was about to say.
“My mom and dad are all about family, so are my grandparents,” Tyler continued. “Hell, my dad works a job he didn’t even really want just to keep my grandpa happy. They expect me to have kids. To have a family. That’s why I work so hard. Why I want to be the best.”
“I don’t understand,” Jake said.
“I need to be the best to make them proud of me for my accomplishments,” Tyler explained. “Because the chances are that I’m gonna disappoint them. I know I can still have kids but it’s not going to be in the way they envisioned it and I don’t have a brother or sister to give them grandkids and take that weight off me. I guess my biggest fear is that they’re going to regret only having me.”
Before Jake knew what he was doing he reached over and put his hand on Tyler’s. The two stared into each other’s eyes as something passed between them before Jake slowly pulled his hand away.
“I don’t know what my mom is feeling. Or how my dad is going to react when he finds out. He might even know by now,” Jake said, pausing to contemplate that. “I don’t know what they’re going to do but I know how I feel about Evan and I know that’s not going to change. I guess I just have to deal with whatever their reaction is.”
“Yeah…” Tyler said distantly as he reached up and took the necklace he was wearing in his hand, gently stroking the pendant between his thumb and index finger. “I guess it’s inevitable but it doesn’t make it any easier.”
“No,” Jake said, shaking his head. “It doesn’t.”
Tyler’s phone suddenly beeped and he pulled it out of his pocket, looking at the screen. “Oh damn, I’ve got to go. Are you going to be alright?”
Jake thought for a few moments and then looked into Tyler’s eyes again. He nodded, “I think so.”
Tyler rose from the bench and slipped his phone back into his pocket. “I hope everything works out okay, Jake.”
“Thanks Tyler,” Jake smiled.
Tyler turned around and jogged away, looking back only briefly before he ran out onto the street and disappeared.
Jake remained seated for another minute, trying to process what had just happened, the entire conversation with Tyler felt like some strange dream, and yet somehow it put everything in perspective. He stood up, brushed himself off and started the walk home.
*
When he was just a block from home Jake noticed that his pace had slowed and he wasn’t so much marching home as he was cautiously approaching it. The nerves began to build inside him and he questioned again whether or not he was ready to see what lay ahead. It was only the knowledge that it didn’t matter how long he put it off it was still going to happen and he was going to have to face his parents whether it was now or in three years time that kept him moving forward.
He hadn’t even reached the house when he saw his dad sitting outside the front door, seemingly waiting for him. Was he there to stop him from going back inside? Did he have a suitcase ready, filled with his clothes, ready to hand it to him and tell him to never come back?
Jake fought the urge to turn around and flee. But he was tired of running. He had done it Evan more than once and it had almost cost him everything. He had to stand up and take whatever his dad said to him like a man.
As he stepped onto the drive Jake saw his dad’s head snap up, his eyes locking onto his son. The older man immediately got to his feet and started closing the distance between them.
“Dad,” Jake croaked, seeing his father’s hands start to rise up from his sides as he got closer.
Before Jake could prepare himself for the punch that he knew was coming his father wrapped his arms around him and pulled him into a hug, one arm around Jake’s big shoulders, the other on the back of his head.
“It’s okay, son,” his dad said, patting his back. “We love you.”
Jake threw his arms around his dad and hugged him tighter than he had in as long as he could remember. He buried his face against his dad’s shoulder and let the happy tears flow from his eyes.
The two stood there like that for almost a full minute until Jake slowly pulled back and wiped the tears from his cheek.
“What about Mom?” he asked.
“She’ll come around, son,” his dad said. “It’s a shock. I’m not going to lie. We never expected you and Ev to get together, but that doesn’t change how we feel about you. Both of you.”
“She wouldn’t talk to me,” Jake said, hating how whiny his voice sounded. His dad smiled. “The thing you need to understand, Jake, is that your mom has been planning your whole life since before you were born. She’s always had these ideas about how everything is going to go. She’s been planning your wedding since you were two. It’s going to take her some time to adjust.”
“I might still get married,” Jake smiled back. “There’ll just be two grooms.”
“Let’s not get into that right now, it’s far too early for that kind of talk,” his dad laughed.
“You’re really okay with it?” Jake asked.
“I’m not going to pretend like I understand it, Jake,” his dad replied. “But I know how your mom makes me feel. So if Evan is the person who does that for you I want you to be with him. I want you to be happy. Life’s too short not to be.”
“Thanks Dad,” Jake smiled, pulling his father into another hug before they turned and walked into the house.
To be continued in Chapter Four… where Tyler and Joe step back onto centre stage.
Bonus scene:
A few days later…
Jake jumped when he heard the knock on the front door, even though he was expecting it. He wasn’t sure why he was suddenly nervous. Maybe it was because it was the first time him and Evan would be alone in his house now that his parents knew they were a couple and had come to accept it.
He got up from the couch and quickly answered the door, his smile so big it almost hurt his face when he saw Evan standing there.
“Hey,” Evan smiled, stepping into the house.
“Hey,” Jake replied as he pushed the door closed, not actually looking to check that it shut all the way because his eyes were already locked onto Evan’s ass in the tight jeans that he had given him for Christmas. “Holy fuck those look good on you.”
Before Evan could say anything in reply Jake grabbed him and pulled him into a kiss, almost devouring his lips in his hunger.
When they pulled back, Jake still held Evan close, allowing Evan to feel the growing bulge in Jake’s own pants growing against his leg.
“You’re hard already,” Evan smiled, pressing his own stiffening cock into Jake’s.
“Yeah…” Jake nodded. He kissed Evan again, slipping his tongue into his mouth this time as the two made out in the hallway.
“Are we definitely alone this time?” Evan asked when they came back up for air.
“All afternoon,” Jake confirmed, stealing another kiss.
“Do you want to go upstairs and play a game for a bit?” Evan asked, sliding his arms around Jake’s waist. “You can put on the shirt I bought you.”
“No,” Jake shook his head. “I don’t want to go upstairs.”
“But…” Evan started.
“I’ve got a better idea. Come on,” Jake grinned, taking Evan’s hand in his.
Evan followed Jake, letting himself be led into the basement where he saw two singlets waiting on the wrestling mats.
“What’s this?” Evan asked. “You didn’t say anything about a training session today.”
“I know,” Jake said. “But, erm… do you know how much I’ve thought about that day?”
“What day?” Evan asked.
“The first day you got me hard,” Jake explained. “We were down here, wrestling. It was the first time I wanted to fuck you.”
“Oh… yeah… I remember,” Evan said, like he could actually forget.
“I want to recreate that,” Jake said. “Only this time I’m not going to stop.”
“Fuck…” Evan gasped, feeling his dick throb in the tight confines of his jeans.
“Yeah, so put your singlet on,” Jake said as he pulled off the t-shirt he was wearing and tossed it to one side.
“Do we need them?” Evan asked with a mischievous grin.
“Yes,” Jake nodded. “It’s going to make it even hotter when I strip you out of it.”
A huge bead of precum bubbled up out of the tip of Evan’s cock as it jerked in his jeans. He watched as Jake pulled down his pants before he started removing his own clothes, dropping them in a pile by the edge of the mats.
When they were both dressed in their singlet, neither one wearing anything underneath, they stepped up to each other on the mats and got into their regular positions, ready to lock up.
“It’s been nearly a week,” Jake said as he and Evan began to circle each other.
Evan knew instantly that he was talking about the last time they had sex. “Yeah.”
“You know I’m not going to take it easy on you, right?” Jake asked, lunging in and then pulling back, trying to fake Evan out.
Evan laughed as he stood his ground and continued to circle the mats. “You think I want you to? I’m ready for this as much as you are. I want you to breed me, Jake.”
“Oh fuck!” Jake groaned, his cock throbbing obscenely against the tight fabric of his singlet.
“But…” Evan smiled. “If I pin you I get your ass today.”
Jake froze. That statement shocked him and his heart was suddenly beating rapidly in his chest at the thought.
Quickly brushing it aside, he got back into position and shook his head. “You wish.”
“Yeah, I do,” Evan smiled as they began circling again.
This time when Jake lunged in Evan was there to meet him and they locked up. The struggle only lasted for about two seconds before Jake slipped his arms around Evan’s waist and quickly moved behind him.
Evan expected Jake to lift him off his feet and slam him to the ground like he had so many times before but Jake had other ideas, pulling Evan in close as he thrust his hard cock against Evan’s ass and licked the back of his neck.
“Hey!” Evan shouted, pushing Jake away and jumping back from him, feigning disgust even though he had a huge smile on his face. “That’s cheating.”
“So tell the ref… Oh wait, there isn’t one,” Jake grinned.
“You want to play like that?” Evan asked. “I meant what I said if I pin you.”
“Try it,” Jake taunted, dropping back into position.
They locked up again and Jake repeated his move from before, slipping behind Evan with his arms around his waist, only this time he did pick him up and slam him to the mat, putting Evan down on his hands and knees as he came down on his back, still holding on.
Evan’s instinct was to fight, to struggle and try to turn the tables on Jake after being in the same position during so many practice sessions before, but this time as Jake rose up over his back, Evan held his position, wanting to see what came next.
Usually Jake would try to flip Evan over onto his back to get a pin, but this time he let his body settle on top of Evan’s, his chest pressed against Evan’s back, his crotch against his ass, his arms sliding up until they he was holding Evan’s wrists, their legs touching, his breath blowing warm air on the back of Evan’s neck.
Evan closed his eyes and locked out his elbows so he didn’t fall to the floor with Jake’s weight on him. The feeling of Jake’s body pressed almost entirely against his was so hot and he almost told Jake to just forget the wrestling and fuck him already but Jake had other ideas.
“Fight me,” Jake whispered into Evan’s ear. “Try to beat me.”
“Why?” Evan asked, turning his head to try to look at Jake, their noses touching when he did.
“Because I want you to make me work for it,” Jake said. “I want to claim you, not just take you.”
Evan felt his whole body quiver with that and it lit a fire inside him. Knowing that Jake was holding his wrists gave him an opportunity that he didn’t often have and so he quickly rolled his body, bringing his feet up under Jake’s stomach and used them to flip Jake onto his back, rolling with him until he was straddling Jake’s waist, holding his hands to the mats.
Jake looked up at Evan in surprise but then a smile spread across his face as he bucked up, trying to throw Evan off while inadvertently thrusting his hard cock against Evan’s ass.
“Still think you can claim me?” Evan smirked.
Jake growled. “I’m gonna own you.”
Evan pushed back to grind his ass on Jake’s crotch and then he laughed as he jumped to his feet.
Dropping back into position, Evan got ready to lock up with Jake again but he couldn’t help notice that Jake’s face was a little redder than normal, a slight gleam on his brow and his hair out of place. He was flustered.
They circled each other again. Jake tried to fake Evan out once more but when he finally came in for the tackle Evan was ready for him, ducking low as he slid around Jake’s body and ended up behind him. He grabbed onto Jake’s waist and thrust his rock hard cock up against Jake’s ass, driving it into the crack with the singlet wrapped tight around Jake’s ass.
Jake jumped away and whirled around to look at Evan. “Oh, you want to play it like that, do you?”
“Bring it on, big boy,” Evan grinned.
Jake immediately swooped back in, slipping under Evan’s arms as he went for the tie-up, pressing his shoulder in against Evan’s stomach as he picked him up and spun around, dropping Evan down onto his back on the floor and coming straight down on top of him, so they were chest to chest, face to face.
Evan wriggled beneath Jake, trying to get free, but Jake shifted his weight, pressing his whole body down against Evan’s, sliding their singlet covered cocks together as they both moaned and Evan instinctively spread his legs, wrapping them around Jake’s waist.
Jake stared down into Evan’s eyes and their faces inched closer together, each feeling the other’s warm breath on his face.
“I’ve never done this…” Jake whispered.
Evan couldn’t reply because Jake’s lips were suddenly on his, kissing him hard as their bodies writhed together on the mat.
“Fuck Jake…” Evan gasped, feeling their hard cocks pulsing against each other.
Jake swallowed hard and eased himself up, slowly pulling away from Evan and pushing the legs from around his waist.
“God, I hope I don’t think about this the next time I’m at a meet,” Jake said, adjusting his cock in his singlet as he got to his feet.
Evan smiled, “I kind of hope you do.”
“Asshole,” Jake laughed as he watched Evan stand up.
They were both glistening with a light sheen of sweat now, their chests rising and falling more rapidly from the exertion.
Evan was about to step back in when Jake put a hand up for him to stop. He then watched as Jake reached up and pulled the straps of his singlet down to his waist.
“Let’s turn this up a notch,” Jake challenged.
“Okay,” Evan nodded, pulling his own straps down.”
“Fuck, you look amazing covered in sweat,” Jake said, softly, looking up and down Evan’s body, at his pecs and abs, glistening in the low light. “So fucking sexy.”
Hoping to catch Jake off guard while he was distracted, Evan charged at him but Jake was too quick and saw it coming. He side-stepped Evan and once again slipped behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist and taking him down to his hands and knees.
This time when Jake came down on his back, Evan shuddered. Their bare skin sliding against each other felt so different to how it had with the singlets between them. He could feel the slight dusting of hair on Jake’s chest against his back, making all of his own hairs stand on end and the sweat from their two bodies mixed together as Jake covered Evan’s body with his own.
Jake made sure that every part of their bodies that could were touching. Once again he slid his arms down Evan’s but instead of grabbing on to Evan’s wrists this time he put his hands down on top of Evan’s, linking their fingers together.
The feeling of that gesture made Evan’s whole body shudder, including his dick, which twitched in his singlet beneath him, and his hole, which clenched, wanting to feel Jake inside him already.
All pretence of a fight or a training session was gone now. They had crossed a line. Evan gripped Jake’s fingers with his and lowered his head as he began to rock back and forth, pushing his ass against Jake’s crotch, feeling Jake drive down, grinding his cock into his crack.
They were sweating hard and there was no stopping them this time. Jake wasn’t going to jump up and run away. They were going to fuck.
Evan turned his head to say something but Jake’s mouth was there to meet his and he kissed him hard, still gently thrusting against him.
When they let their lips separate, Jake looked into Evan’s eyes. “Stay like this.”
Evan didn’t know what Jake meant so he held still as Jake began to pull back and then gasped when he felt Jake’s lips kiss between his shoulder blades before they started moving down his back.
Jake slid his tongue down Evan’s spine, following the arch of his back until he stopped just before he got to Evan’s ass.
Evan closed his eyes. His chest was heaving. His cock was twitching, leaking precum that was soaking into the singlet.
Jake sat back and looked down at Evan’s ass. It was so perfect; the hottest ass he had ever seen and he wanted to fuck it so bad.
He reached up and cupped the two cheeks, feeling them in his hands. He ran his fingers and his palms all over them, amazed by how different it felt to any ass he had touched before, a combination of hard muscle and soft flesh that turned him on like nothing else.
As hot as it was to see that ass framed in that skin-tight singlet, he needed to see it naked, to feel that bare skin, to taste it.
Evan moaned when he felt Jake slide this long, thick fingers under the material of the singlet and then groaned when he felt those same fingers pull the singlet down to his knees, leaving his ass exposed.
He heard Jake growl behind him and then felt Jake’s hands brush his ass before they started caressing it, stroking back and forth until he gripped on and pulled the cheeks apart.
“Oh fuck!” Evan whimpered, his arms almost giving way beneath him as Jake buried his face between his ass cheeks and drove his tongue against his hole, eating his ass.
Jake attacked Evan’s hole, holding the cheeks apart so he could really get at it, kissing it softly, flicking it with the tip of his tongue and then thrusting in deep, trying to penetrate him.
“JAKE!” Evan screamed as his best friend, his boyfriend, ate his hole. There was no pulling back this time, there was no running away, this was happening.
“Goddamn, Ev, I love your ass,” Jake said as he pulled back. He grabbed the singlet that was still around Evan’s knees and tugged on it. “Take this off. I need to fuck you.”
Evan scrambled to his feet and quickly pushed the singlet to the floor. His rock hard, leaking cock sprung up and slapped against his abs. He stepped out of the singlet and kicked it to one side before closing the gap between him and Jake, pulling him up to his feet for a kiss.
When their lips finally parted, their tongues sliding back into their own mouths, Evan reached down and wrapped his hand around Jake’s cock, squeezing it and running his hand along the length.
Evan continued to stroke Jake as he leaned in and gently kissed his neck before moving down, kissing a line down his pecs and over his abs until he was kneeling on the floor, his lips pressed against the skin just above the singlet.
“Take it off,” Jake begged.
Evan smiled and leaned in, placing his mouth over the cock that was still trapped behind the singlet. He slowly slid his lips along the length and then playfully used his teeth to gently nibble on the shaft.
“Please, Ev, I’m begging you,” Jake moaned.
Evan looked up at Jake, grinning as he ran his hand up over Jake’s amazing body, feeling his pecs and abs before he hooked his fingers into the singlet and pulled it down. Jake’s cock didn’t have time to spring up before Evan wrapped his lips around it and sucked it into his mouth.
“Oh fuck,” Jake moaned as Evan swirled his tongue around the head and then moved down, taking most of his shaft into his mouth.
Jake’s entire body shuddered as Evan began to suck his dick, bobbing up and down, sliding his tongue back and forth along the shaft and gently tugging on his balls.
“You’re so good at that, Ev,” Jake said as he throbbed in Evan’s mouth. “Get me nice and wet so I can fuck your ass.”
Evan’s speed and pace quickened with those words, reflecting his own excitement at getting fucked by Jake again.
When he was certain that he had licked all of the precum from the tip of Jake’s dick, Evan let the cock slip from his mouth and moved down, letting it rest on his face as he stuck his tongue out and used it to gently lick Jake’s balls.
“Oh yes,” Jake moaned, reaching down to put a hand on the back of Evan’s head.
Evan smiled, hearing how much pleasure he brought to Jake. It was the most amazing sound and feeling in the world to know that he made him feel so good.
Wanting to make sure that Jake’s cock was ready for his ass, even though he had already spotted the bottle of lube Jake had left by the side of the mats, Evan ran his tongue from the base of Jake’s cock, all the way to the tip and then back down again before repeating it on the other side, bathing the cock in as much spit as he could.
Finally happy, he slipped the cock back between his lips and ran his tongue around the head, lapping up any precum that had leaked out of it since the last time. He then pulled back and gave it a kiss before getting to his feet.
Jake was panting heavily, staring into Evan’s eyes, a fire burning behind them. He took Evan’s head in his hands and pulled him in for a kiss, slipping his tongue into Evan’s mouth to caress his own. Evan knew he had to be tasting his own precum and the thought made his cock throb even harder.
“Get back down on your hands and knees,” Jake commanded.
Evan shuddered at the order but did as Jake told him and sank back down to the mats, waiting to see what Jake would do.
Jake got down behind Evan. He was tempted to stick his face back in that ass to eat it some more but what he really needed was to slide his dick in that tight hole and fuck it until he filled it full of the cum he had been saving for it.
Moving in, Jake got back into the position from before. He rose up and covered Evan’s body with his own, letting his chest come down to rest on Evan’s back, their arms and legs brushing against each other, and then he slid this spit-slick cock right between Evan’s ass cheeks, resting it in the deep trench.
“Oh god,” Evan moaned, lowering his head. “This is really happening.”
“Yeah babe,” Jake said, kissing Evan’s shoulder. “Finally.”
Evan and Jake both held still, enjoying the moment and the feeling of their bare skin pressed against each other.
After about twenty seconds Jake began moving his hips. He kept his front against Evan’s back and wrapped an arm around his chest to hold him close but he pulled his ass back just enough and then thrust forward, driving his cock up through Evan’s crack, humping it against him.
“Jake… Jake…” Evan moaned with every thrust, only breaking the pattern to whimper when Jake’s cock ran across his hole. “Oh fuck. Put it in me.”
Jake thrust one last time and then pulled back, letting go and moving away from Evan completely.
For the briefest of moments Evan panicked. He thought back to that first time and how Jake had freaked out and run away and he turned his head, trying to see what was happening. What he saw made him almost cum on the spot.
Jake had walked over to the edge of the mat to pick up the lube. He popped open the cap and tipped the bottle up, letting the liquid fall down onto his hard cock, which he then reached down to stroke, spreading the lube up and down the length as he walked back toward Evan.
“God babe, I can’t wait to be inside you again,” Jake said as he sank back down behind Evan.
The fact that Jake had called him babe twice now wasn’t lost on Evan, but he didn’t have time to think about it because he felt Jake drizzle lube down over his hole, which he then spread around using the head of his cock.
“Oh Jake, fuck me!” Evan begged, pushing his ass back to try to get Jake’s cock to slip inside him as it brushed past this hole.
Jake dropped the bottle of lube to the floor and pressed the tip of his cock against Evan’s hole. “Are you sure you’re ready?”
“Just fuck me!” Evan growled. “Put it in already.”
Jake smiled and looked down, holding his dick by the base as he began to push forward and watched his bare cock slowly disappear into Evan’s ass.
Evan whimpered as he felt himself being stretched open by Jake’s thick cock. It felt so good as it slid inside him, pushing against the walls of his ass as it burrowed deeper, finding a home in his depths.
“Oh that’s it,” Jake moaned when he finally bottomed out, his hips pressed against Evan’s ass.
Instead of moving, Jake held still, letting them both enjoy the feeling of being back together, one inside the other. He then leaned forward and rose up until he was in his previous position, covering Evan’s body with his own, his chest against Evan’s back, as much of their skin touching as possible, the only difference being that he was now buried deep inside Evan’s ass.
“Is this what you wanted?” Jake asked.
“Yes,” Evan nodded, squeezing his ass around Jake’s cock. “Fuck Jake, you feel so good inside me.”
Jake kissed Evan’s shoulder. “Hmm, I love being inside you, Ev.”
They both moaned as Jake continued to hold Evan close and then started moving his hips, mimicking the movements from before when he was sliding his cock in Evan’s crack, only now that meant pulling his cock out of Evan’s hole before he slowly eased forward, pushing it back in.
Evan threw his head back, his mouth wide open as Jake slid into him. The position opened up his neck to Jake who moved his head in and placed gentle kisses across the skin as he continued to move, sawing his cock in and out of Evan’s hole.
Wanting to pick up the pace and finding it too difficult in that position, Jake slowly eased back, moving away from Evan, and sank down onto his knees behind him, careful not to let his cock slip from Evan’s ass.
He ran his hands up and down Evan’s back and then let them settle on Evan’s hips as he took hold of him and pushed slowly into him. When he hit bottom he eased his way back out until just the head remained inside and then sank back in, long dicking Evan with as much of his cock as he could.
Evan let Jake fuck him slowly, but as good as it felt he needed more. He arched his back and pushed back against Jake, drilling the dick into him, screaming out as it hit his prostate and then slid deep.
“Oh fuck…” Evan gasped as his body trembled.
Jake smiled and pulled back, sliding his cock all the way out of Evan’s ass for the first time since he inserted it. Still holding on to Evan’s hips, he slammed his hips forward, driving his dick straight back into Evan’s hole, making him scream and collapse to the mats.
Worried that he had hurt him, Jake lay down on Evan’s back and wrapped his arms around him. “Are you okay?”
“Yes,” Evan finally nodded when he could speak again. “That was incredible but intense.”
Jake smiled and slowly pulled his dick completely out of Evan’s ass again. He slapped it against Evan’s cheeks a couple of times and then plunged back in as Evan threw his head back and clawed at the ground beneath him.
“Fuck me, Jake,” Evan pleaded.
Jake lay down fully on top of Evan and quickly picked up the pace, pounding down into Evan’s ass as he lay sprawled out beneath him, head now buried in the mats.
“Back on your knees,” Jake said after a minute, sliding his cock out.
Evan pushed himself back up and looked back over his shoulder, presenting his ass to Jake. “Put it back in.”
Jake smiled and slapped Evan’s ass before he slid back inside the tight hole and immediately went to work. Gone were the soft, slow thrusts, now he grabbed on to Evan’s hips for leverage and fucked him with shorter, harder strokes.
“Yes. Yes. Fuck me!” Evan cried, arching his back and shoving his ass back onto Jake’s cock.
The two moved together, their grunts and the slapping of their sweaty skin filling the basement as they continued to fuck.
After another minute Jake began to slow down but Evan kept up the pace until Jake stopped altogether and remained still, smiling as he looked down and watched Evan rock back and forth, fucking himself on his dick.
“Fuck that’s so hot,” Jake said, letting some spit fall from his mouth onto his cock as he watched it sink back into Evan’s hole. “Come here.”
Jake grabbed Evan by the shoulders and pulled him up until Evan’s back was pressed against his sweaty chest. He wrapped his arm around Evan to hold him close and took back over, thrusting deep into him as he kissed the back of his neck.
“Ahh… Ahh…” Evan moaned, melting back against Jake as he was continuously impaled on Jake’s throbbing cock.
With Evan now almost limp in his arms, letting himself be taken, Jake continued to kiss and lick the back of his neck but his hands started to roam, sliding up to Evan’s chest, where he held onto and squeezed his pecs while he continued to thrust into him, and then sliding his hands down to caress Evan’s abs, impressed by how hard and defined they were.
“Fuck, you’re so sexy,” Jake whispered into Evan’s ear.
With his dick pulsing inside Evan’s hole, Jake knew that he wasn’t going to last much longer. He wanted to cum and fill Evan up but he wanted Evan to come with him so he slid his hand further down and wrapped it around Evan’s dick, stroking it a few times until he managed to match the rhythm of his thrusts, fucking Evan’s ass and jerking him off at the same time.
“Jake. Jake. Jake.” Evan panted with every thrust and stroke.
“Cum for me, Ev,” Jake urged as he kissed Evan’s ear. “I’m gonna breed you like you wanted.”
Evan’s whole body shook and he squealed as his cock exploded, firing huge shots of cum across the blue mats. As he did his ass tightened, clamping down on Jake’s dick, milking him as he buried his dick as deep as it would go and unloaded a week’s worth of cum straight into Evan’s ass.
When they both eventually stopped shooting, their sweaty bodies collapsed to the mats as they panted and tried to catch their breath.
“Holy fuck Ev…” Jake sighed as his dick softened and slipped out of Evan.
“That was incredible,” Evan smiled, rolling over to place his head on Jake’s chest.
“Better than you imagined?” Jake asked.
“Oh yeah,” Evan chuckled. “Was I better than Tina?”
Jake stiffened a little at that, remembering how Evan had caught him with Tina on those very mats. He then relaxed and started laughing. “She doesn’t compare, Ev. No girl does. You’re all I need now.”
