— Current Day —
“Well that went way better than I ever expected that to go…” I told Tim. “See I told you. They just want to see dear old dad happy and apparently it doesn’t matter if it’s with another man or not.” Tim pulls me in and grabs my cheeks and kisses me hard. I kiss him back and then lay my head on his shoulder. “Yeah that was way better than I thought.”
The rest of that day went pretty smooth and uneventful. Tyler and Tim both got dressed once breakfast was cleaned up. They lounged around the house watching tv and just enjoying one another’s company. Around mid afternoon Liam had made his way back out of his room and made his way to the kitchen for a snack. “Hey son, get enough sleep?” Tyler asked. “Yeah dad I did, that couch at James’s house isn’t the most comfortable and with him throwing up didn’t help the matters either” he chuckled. Tyler just sat there looking at his son, his mini me and thought about how lucky he was to have such wonderful and understanding kids like him and his sister. “Dad are you ok?” Liam asked when he caught Tyler staring at him. “Oh yeah…I’m ok. More than ok actually. Thanks again for being so understanding about the whole Tim thing.” Tyler said. “Yeah dad don’t mention it. I just want you to be happy. I know it’s been hard without mom around and I’ve been sad too but I was worried about you all this time. And it’s not like you just picked up some random guy to start dating dad, it’s your old buddy and I can get that.” Tyler was just amazed by the maturity of Liam with this whole situation. “Hey where is Tim actually?” Liam asked. Tyler looked around and didn’t see him anywhere. “Maybe he took a work call outside, I’m sure he’s around here somewhere.” “Ok well I’ll be in my room if you need me dad.” With that Liam walked back upstairs. Tyler was wondering where Tim had went off to. He walked around looking for him. He checked his bedroom, no Tim there. He checked the bathrooms, no Tim there. He checked his office and as he walked to half open door Tyler spotted Tim standing in front of the shelf looking at all of Tyler’s pictures he had up. He made sure Tim didn’t spot him. Tim was looking at each one very carefully and taking in what each of those specific photos must mean to Tyler. Tyler watched and was smiling when he saw Tim reach for the picture of the two of them from back in high school. He watched carefully as he thought he noticed a tear fall down Tim’s face while looking at the picture of them. Tyler remembered that day very fondly and it was one of his favorite memories of the two of them and even though for the longest time they were out of touch, Tyler was never going to get rid of that picture because of what that picture meant to him. He smiled while watching Tim hold the frame and began to think back about that day twenty one years ago…
— Twenty One Years Ago —
“Come on man we are going to be late!!” Tyler yelled at Tim. “Ok ok ok man, get your panties out of a twist I’m coming!!” Tim replied back grinning. Tyler just rolled his eyes. They had packed Tyler’s truck with everything that they needed to go away for the weekend camping at Tyler’s uncles cabin on the lake for the last big trip before senior year. Tyler wanted for them to get there on time so they could make every moment count, Tim on the other hand was in no rush and wanted to just take his time getting there. Finally they hit the road and drove the six hours to the cabin. Once the boys got there they got out and unpacked their bags and set out to make them some dinner. Simple sandwiches after the long ride was more than enough for the two of them. They walked out to the deck and saw the sun setting over the lake. “Hey we need to take a picture to remember this trip before we forget!” Tim said. “Yes!! How about us in front and the lake behind us?” Tyler suggested. “Yeah that would be perfect!” Tyler grabbed his camera and set it up on the timer and they got in position to take the picture. “5, 4, 3, 2, 1, cheese!” The flash went off. They looked at the picture and “that’s an awesome picture of us Ty. Glad we took it!” Tim said. Tyler looked at the picture and smiled “yeah it really is..”Tyler stared at the picture and got this weird feeling in his body while looking at the picture. He didn’t know what it meant but it was sure something he never felt before when looking at pictures of the two of them. They headed inside and off to their rooms to shower and within the hour they quickly fell asleep in their own rooms.
That next day Tyler decided for them to go on a hike to a certain spot they used to go as kids to see how it had changed. “Hey I think we should go up and see if our old secret spot on the trails is still there!” Tyler said enthusiastically to Tim. “Yeah that would be pretty fun man I haven’t seen that spot in what? Six years since we last came up here?” Tim agreed. The two of them made some snack and grabbed some water for the hike and headed on their way. After about an hour and half way to their destination, Tyler suddenly got a sick feeling and a little light headed he stopped to take a breather but not before he tripped on a rock on the path and started to fall when Tim who was right behind him was able to catch him and help break his fall. “Whoa man are you ok?” Tyler fell into Tim’s arms and was stunned for a minute. There it was again that flutter, what the hell is that? “Yeah I’m ok man must have gotten a little dehydrated and stepped wrong.” Tim smiled back “ok let’s continue if you’re up to it?” “Yeah let’s keep going” Tyler began to take another step. “Ouch! Fuck that hurts! My ankle!” Tyler shouted in pain. “Let’s take a look at it” Tim told him. “Sit and let me look!” Tyler sat and let Tim look him over and once again for the third time in less than 24 hours Tyler was getting those butterflies in his stomach and was so confused. “Why am I feeling like this? What does it mean?” Tim finished looking him over and luckily had an ace bandage wrap in his bag and wrapped Tyler’s ankle up. Tim looked up and smiled “all good to go buddy!” Tyler’s breath hitched and he locked eyes with Tim and got lost for a second in his emerald green eyes and didn’t know what to say but then right there he knew. He knew what all of those feeling la have been the last 24 hours. He’s up here alone with his best friend and that’s when he knew…he knew that he was in love with his best friend and not just love you like your best friend or brother kind of love. But the romantic kind of love. “Ummm umm thank you” Tyler managed to stutter out trying not to seem to obvious that he was just blubbering and staring back into Tim’s eyes. “Ok yeah don’t mention it man! We should get you back to the cabin so you can prop that ankle up. Hopefully it’ll go down after a bit and it won’t hinder the rest of our trip.” Tim said getting up and blushing while doing so. He had caught Tyler looking at him and he too knew that from that moment on things were different. He too was having those same feeling but never knew what they were and pushed them off.
They headed back to the cabin and Tim got Tyler all fixed up and had him resting in his bed with his foot elevated. They laid together in Tyler’s bed just telling stories and remembering all the good and bad times they’ve had over the years of their friendship. They both looked at one another and smiled. “Well we better get some sleep. We might as well head home tomorrow a day early. I’m not sure that ankle is going to get any better and you might need to go see a doctor about it man.” Tim suggested. Tyler was quiet, contemplating his next move. Would he try and say anything to Tim or just let it go and chalk it up to it just being them alone in the cabin for the weekend, nah better let it go he thought. “Can you stay here with me for a bit?” Tyler asked Tim. Tim looked at him “of course I can” and laid back down next to Tyler on the bed. Before they knew it they were both asleep next to each other. The sun peeked though the curtains and woke both of them up. Tim found himself cuddled up next to Tyler and their faces were just mere inches apart. Both woke up looking one another in the eyes. Trying not to give in and kiss Tim, Tyler made a joke. “Ahh man get outta here with that rank morning breath!” He chuckled nervously. Tim laughed “yours ain’t much better either!” He got up and headed to the bathroom to pee and brush his teeth. Tyler looked at the ceiling and thought “what the fuck…here’s not the place. You need to make sure that what you’re feeling is for real and you don’t jeopardize your friendship for something that might not be what it seems.” Tyler sighed and pulled himself up and decided to try and use his foot. “Agh fuck!” He screamed and Tim come running in toothpaste and toothbrush hanging out of his mouth. “You ok!? What the fuck are you doing!?” He looked at Tyler. “I was trying to get up and go brush my teeth but yeah I think you’re right…we need to leave so I can go to the doctor.” Tim helped Tyler to the bathroom and helped him get ready. He got Tyler loaded into the truck and grabbed their stuff and threw it in the back and back home they went. “Sorry to fuck up the rest of the weekend man, I was having fun with what little we did do.” Tyler said. Tim looked at Tyler and smiled. “It’s all good man, I got to spent it with you and it’s always a good time no matter what we’re doing.” Tyler smiled back and said “thanks” as they started the six hour drive back home…
— Current Day —
Tyler just smiled and thought back to that day of the picture. “Hey you…” Tyler finally spoke out loud to get Tim’s attention. Tim turned to see Tyler standing in the doorway watching him. “I was wondering where you ran off to…I was beginning to think I’d have to send a search party for you.” Tyler chuckled. Tim smiled “nah no need, I told you I’m not going anywhere and I meant it. I remember this trip…I was stunned to see that this was the picture Ashley mentioned earlier.” Tyler walked up behind Tim and put his arms around him and put his head on his shoulder. “Yeah that’s a special picture to me…” Tyler sighed. “Yeah me too…” Tim replied. Tyler continued. “Yeah that trip…was when…I realized I was in love with you Tim. I realized after you had helped take care of me after I fell and twisted my ankle on our hike that I loved you more than a friend. I was scared to try anything and for our entire senior year I was holding it all back. Until that day…well you know…” Tim smiled and turned around and put his forehead to Tyler’s and kissed him. “Yeah…I knew…” he said. “What? How? Why didn’t you say anything!?” Tyler spoke. “I wasn’t sure of what I was feeling and I had a feeling you were too and I didn’t want to mess anything up so I didn’t say anything and let it go. Well yeah until that day as well. But then I had to go and ruin the best thing that ever happened to me in my life and threw away the past twenty years….” Tyler smiled. “Well I guess better late than never huh?” And he grabbed Tim’s face and planted a hard passionate kiss on his lips. “Ohh yeah? That’s what we’re doing now huh?” Tyler chuckled and Tim grabbed Tyler’s ass and pulled him in tighter. “Better start making up for those past twenty years!” Tyler moaned back and said “hell yeah!” And he pushed Tim backwards towards the couch in his office and laid on top of him. They started making out and grabbing each others shirts and ripping them off. “Mmm fuck I’ll never get tired of this and you!” Tim said. “Me neither! Now I want you to fuck me! Right here right now!” Tyler said with such lust and passion in his husky voice as his sapphire blue eyes seemed to get darker with hunger staring down in Tim’s sexy emerald green eyes. “Fuck! Your wish is my command sir!” Tim replied and rolled the two of them over and pushed Tyler’s legs up. “Let’s get these off now…” Tim ripped off Tyler’s shorts to see his beefy sexy body naked under him. Tim stood up and removed the rest of his clothes and kneeled down and started tongue fucking Tyler’s firm hairy hole. There was no making love right now…it was pure lust and wanting one another. “Ohhh fuckk yessss baby fucking eat that ass make it yours!” Tyler squealed in ecstasy. Tim ate and ate until he felt Tyler opening up for him and knew now was the time. Now was the time to fuck him and fuck him good. “Put it in me baby, fuck me you sexy stud, give me that dick that I’ve always wanted and now it’s mine!” Tyler hissed. Tim grinned and evil grin and spit on the head of his hard 7” cock and in one swift motion started sliding it in Tyler’s tight love canal. “Oh fuck yes!! Tim! Fuck me!” Tim picked up the pace and started to really fuck Tyler’s brains out. He grabbed his ankles and held them back to Tyler’s head and began to pound his lover, his boyfriend, his best friend until Tyler’s eyes were rolling into the back of his head. “How the fuck did I ever let him go!? Never again! He’s mine and I’m his!” Tim thought to himself. The more he thought about it the harder he got and the harder he began to fuck Tyler’s tight hole. “Oh my god Tim!! Yeahhh mmmm ughhhh” Tyler was starting to spout gibberish as Tim was hitting every spot deep inside him. He watched Tim’s face contort as he was fucking him hard and fast. “I love you Tim, fuck me forever!” That’s all Tim needed. He was already close to cumming but that set him over the edge. Two more hard thrusts and he began to cum blast after blast in Tyler. “Ughhh oh my god….fuckkkkk yeahhh” he groaned. That’s all it took for Tyler too. He didn’t even tough his dick for that last thrust from Tim deep inside him set off a wave and he started to cum hands free all over his hairy chest and abs and wracked with such pleasure he was cross eyed. Tim collapsed on top of Tyler and Tyler wrapped his arms around Tim and pulled him in for a long hard passionate kiss. “That…was….amazing….I love you Tim.” Tim smiled. “I love you too Tyler and fuck that was amazing and I can’t wait to do that over and over again forever.”
Tim thought to himself….now or never…even though he already knew what the results would be…he wanted to do it now. After they had just had one of the best fucks of their lives…Tim knew it was time.
“Tyler. Hey I just wanted to say…” Tyler looks up at Tim and smiles, knowing Tim so well he has a pretty good clue where he’s going with this. “Yes babe?” He grins back. “I know I pictured this going differently but after that hot sex session and us looking at that picture and confessing that weekend was when we both knew…I knew then that I wanted to ask you something….” Tim proceeds to slide off Tyler’s naked body and kneel down on one knee.
“Tyler Liam Hayes…I knew I loved you from the first time we met in first grade. I knew we would be in each others lives from then on out. I know I was not always the best person to you and I know now that it was my fear of losing you that caused me to in fact lose you for those twenty years. But if the past few days have told me anything is that I know now in my heart that you’re the persons, the man that I want to spend the rest of my life with. With that said…. WILL YOU MARRY ME?”
Tyler looked at Tim and had the biggest smile on his face. He knew that his life had been rough and looking now at this man that he knew deep down in his heart he’s always loved since then and that weekend in his favorite picture of them made it clear to him that Tim was the love of his life. The one that got away and somehow by some miracle twenty years later shows back up in his life. He knew the answer to Tim’s question. Without a doubt, 100 percent… “YES I WILL MARRY YOU!!” Tim jumped up and grabbed Tyler and the two of them embraced. They held each other tight and kissed.
“Sorry I don’t have a ring or anything right now…I just knew I had to ask you. I know being this close to Christmas and everything I wasn’t sure how to ask but…” “shhh..” Tyler said putting his finger to Tim’s lips. “Yeah Christmas the past few years haven’t been my favorite time of the year…but I do have to say…it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…is going to be my favorite time of year again.” Tyler smiled.
“And…I couldn’t have asked for a better Unexpected Christmas Present like you.”
The End…for now ;)
