Isn't a no-strings hook-up at an airport exactly the right cure for a break-up that's left you in a permanent bad mood? Even when he's the cutest, funniest, most stunning guy ever .... (loosely based on pics from a Filipino guy l still dream after and who inspired my first story too!)
Ben is finally able to articulate the reasons behind his previous reluctance to take things sexual but how does Kane react to this revelation? (Final chapter ... please comment)
Ben has plotted and prepared long and hard for this special evening ... to what end? There are roses, touching presents too but is there any touching of a more intimate kind??? (This was supposed to be the end chapter but it proved to be too long so there will be more.)
Keeping Kane occupied proves a bit of a full time job! But of course, there are a number of different kinds of 'job' you can use to satisfy a handsome young man!
Ben discovers that while caring for an invalid is not easy, it has its compensations when the patient dispenses with wearing clothes in bed! The banter flies as Ben steps into the breach when it comes to looking after Kane's personal hygiene. And into the walk-in shower!
After a row, Kane taunts Ben with his naked body and Ben responds by trying to teach him a lesson. But one of them comes to bitterly regret his action when he receives a phone call from the police.
Ben hatches a cunning plan to embarrass Kane when he catches him masturbating in the bed. But Kane's reaction turns the tables entirely and makes it clear to Ben that a show-down is on its way!
If Kane has the pain of his past to carry, Ben has a painful loss to deal with too. A room can be avoided for only so long ... . A call from the lawyer brings matters to a head ... there's an envelope in the safe ....
Ben gets revenge for Kane's OAP jokes but after an evening skinny-dipping in the hot tub, an early night leads to Ben hiding how deep his attachment to Kane now is and a final, terrible revelation about Kane's traumatic childhood.
Ben gets one of those texts you can't ever delete. Arriving in Cornwall, Kane is astounded by Ben and Michael's luxurious home but how will he react when Ben is confronted by so many memories of Michael?
Ben learns never to throw Kane a dare where being naked is concerned. Again and again, Ben somehow resists temptation on the journey down to Cornwall. Kane finding the present early provokes admissions on both sides.
After pointing out that having to go commando means you're more likely to get spontaneous erections, Kane threatens to shoot Ben! But not with a bullet! Ben's spying on Kane leads to a greater understanding ... and him plotting too!
Kane demonstrates he definitely likes fiddling with knobs! All except for one, that is! With the help of flattery, being economical with the truth and the timely arrival of an ambulance, he and Ben manage to make it safely past the Metropolitan Police Force's least likely replacement for Sherlock Holmes ...
Ben understands first hand more of the traumatic effects of Kane's past and in the process, Kane finally gets to see Ben's cock. But Kane ending up in Ben's bed puts Ben in a moral dilemma ....
A hard conversation for Ben to hear and Kane too. Ben reveals his plans. Kane reveals a little (!) of his past. But the police are hanging around like a bad smell ...
Ben mixes naked swimming lesson no 2 with (clothed!) cooking lesson no 1 and has to make decisions about the police and about a visit to Cornwall. But before he gets the chance to decide, Kane agrees to disclose a little more of his past.
And, in the meantime, the attraction just grows and grows ...
Kane gets his first swimming lesson ... nude! His reaction to alcohol raises Ben's eyebrows and Ben's scheming to find out the contents of Kane's tin prove successful but not in the way he expected!
Kane shows Ben that he's not scared to appear nude but the much older Ben isn't quite so happy to be caught skinny-dipping! PC Plod gets a shock when he rings the doorbell and Ben starts to let doubts and fears reign!
Sometimes as one fire is extinguished, it sparks off another, sometimes a short-lived inferno, sometimes it just fizzles out, other times a slow-burner ....