by Cash Cole
“All ya gotta do is ask if you want to know something.” Jake rolled onto his back and lay next to him. “I figured you might have some questions about what you saw at Blackgum, down in that cave.”
Rance stared at the ceiling. “I’m an educated man, but I’ve never run across anything like this. I wouldn’t know where to begin asking questions.”
“Well, in case it ever crosses your mind, you don’t have to morph into another bird in order to mate with me.” Jake gouged him in the ribs with an elbow to let Rance know it was okay to joke about shape-shifting.
“Good. I may be from Vegas, but I don’t think I’d look good in feathers.”
Jake howled with laughter. “You asshole. Meaning I do?”
Rance shook his head. “Man, I was too busy watching out for that damned bear to even look at you. Sorry to deflate your ego.”
“I’ll have Daniel carve you a totem or an amulet with a bear to wear around your neck for protection. That make you feel better?”
Rance rolled toward him and lifted himself with an elbow. “And who will protect me from you? Daniel might be able to rip my body to shreds, but you have the power to break my heart.” There, I’ve said it.
Jake seemed unable to come up with an answering joke. He leaned over and kissed Rance again. Tenderly. “I have no intentions of hurting you, my friend.”
Rance tasted the word on his lips. “Friend. Is that what we are?”
“I hope so. It’s a start.” Jake sobered. “There’s no telling how long I’d have wondered about myself, who I was, whether or not Sarah was right. Not that she’d have lied to me at all. But I’d have wondered if her information was correct.”
Rance nodded. “Not to mention…you’d…or at least I would have…wondered as to…”
“Who my mother was?” Jake finished for him.
“Yeah.”
“Well, now I know.” He chuckled. “And I can forgive my father—he will always be my father. But at least now it makes sense, why he was harder on me than the other boys, why he seemed pissed off half the time. God, no wonder he drank. He thought his wife had cheated on him.”
“Lots of men deal with adultery or worse, Jake. That’s no excuse to drink or to take out his frustrations on you. Sorry, but…that’s how I feel.”
Jake kissed him. “Always speak your mind with me.” Then he placed a hand between them, lowered it to Rance’s cock and stroked. “Seems somebody told me they owed me one.”
Rance lifted an eyebrow. “And you said I didn’t.”
“I lied. On your knees, white boy. I’m going to show you how a Native really makes love.”
Rance laughed, but he felt as if his stomach flipped over. “Mind if we undress first? A denim condom might hurt.”
Jake ripped off his own shirt and shimmied out of his jeans while Rance undressed, and while Rance situated himself amongst the pillows on the bed, Jake reached into the drawer of the nightstand and pulled out a handful of foil packets and a tube of lube.
“You plan on using all of that?” Rance asked, surprised.
“I might. Then again, you might. I don’t mind which side my bread is buttered.”
Rance assumed their lovemaking would be as jovial and lighthearted as their foreplay, so he was shocked when once he had assumed the position that Jake’s demeanor changed completely. Gone were the wisecracks, and in their place…soft words in Cherokee. Jake’s hands went from playful to purposeful. Each touch a caress. Each caress a silent exclamation point, driving home his devotion.
“You are so beautiful.” Jake’s breath felt hot against Rance’s back. He stroked Rance’s sides, hips, thighs.
Rance was completely seduced. He lifted his hips, needing Jake’s ministrations, wanting to feel his strong but gentle touch.
Rance sighed, hugging one of the pillows. He heard Jake opening one of the foil packets then soon felt the cool lube as Jake slid his fingers inside Rance’s hole…first one…then two…working them back and forth, massaging, opening, preparing him.
Jake’s heated body slid forward into the welcoming warmth of Rance’s thighs, and soon Rance felt Jake’s balls rubbing against his ass. The boat rocked gently beneath him, far differently from the first time they’d had sex. This time, everything from the atmosphere to the weather to the passion between them held promise and trust. There was no need to hurry, no cause for worry. The stress Rance had felt for months dissipated, completely dissolved.
Jake’s voice was tender as he entered Rance. “A-gi-ga-u.”
And Rance smiled, remembering. Beloved. His mind and body opened willingly, and he knew…he was home.
About the Author
Cash Cole is a dog-lover, traveler, sometimes gourmet cook and gardener and loves to talk to readers and can be found at http://cashcole.blogspot.com/
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