Red Zone: Boys of Fall

by Mari Carr

  She scowled. “Don’t look at me like that.” Her words were growing softer. They lacked conviction.

  “You’re almost there,” Joel prodded. “Try one more time.”

  His words were a dare. Fine. She’d show him.

  “Don’t leave me or I’ll hunt you down and cut your cocks off.”

  Oakley laughed loudly at her very earnest and sincere threat. Sadie couldn’t find the humor in this.

  “I mean it,” she said, her voice sounding pathetic even to her own ears.

  Oakley sobered up as Joel walked over to her quickly. “Never, Sade. We’re never going to leave you.”

  Oakley moved to stand next to Joel. “Never.” He sealed that vow with a sweet, gentle kiss. Joel offered the same.

  For several quiet moments, they merely held each other, their lips occasionally meeting for another quick, soft kiss.

  Oakley was the first to break the silence. “Can I tell you I love you now?”

  She shook her head. “No. I get to go first. I love you. And I’m sorry I was such a douchebag at the restaurant. I’m lugging around about two tons of baggage.”

  “Guess it’s a good thing you fell for two strong cowboys. We can carry that shit away for you. No problem.” Joel placed one hand on her hip. It was meant to reassure her, but it also fired up her libido. She wished he’d slipped his fingers under her shirt and found skin.

  “I guess it is,” she whispered, touched by his words and dizzy under his touch. He seemed to have read her mind, his hand drifting along her hip and around to cup her ass cheek. When he squeezed it tightly, she was done for.

  “What’s that?” Oakley asked as he pointed at the bag she’d dropped beside her chair as she waited.

  “Plan B,” she said, grinning as she recalled how she’d intended to beg for their forgiveness. They all seemed to be fairly evenly matched when it came to sexual appetites and lack of willpower. She had shamelessly planned to seduce them into accepting her apology.

  Joel walked toward it but she stepped in front of him, trying to hold him back. His eyes narrowed suspiciously, then a wicked smile crept onto his handsome face. “I think I like the idea of plan B.”

  She shrugged nonchalantly. “Maybe so, but you’ve already forgiven me, so it’s not necessary.” Sadie had every intention in the world of enacting plan B, C, a few O’s and the XXX one as well. But now that they’d turned the corner, it felt good to get back to the teasing, fun nature of their relationship.

  “What’s in the bag, Sadie?” Joel asked. Before she could reply, Oakley slid by her and grabbed it. His eyes widened with delight when he peeked inside.

  “Jesus, Sade. I honestly didn’t think I could love you any more, but I was wrong.”

  She laughed, slightly surprised when his words of affection didn’t prompt the same familiar fear in her. Instead, they warmed her, made her feel good.

  He handed the bag to Joel. Unlike Oakley, his expression didn’t turn to humor. It morphed into hardcore lust. Instantly.

  “Get in the house,” he demanded. “Both of you.”

  Sadie followed Oakley, the three of them walking straight to the bedroom.

  Their clothing fell away in one big heap as they raced to strip. It had only been four days since they’d seen each other, but to Sadie it felt more like years. She didn’t want to live in a world where she couldn’t touch these men, couldn’t sleep nestled between them.

  Once they were naked, Oakley pressed her down onto the bed and climbed over her. They lost no time making up for lost time. They were connected from head to toe, kissing, touching, exploring, teasing. She cupped his balls, playing with them as he pinched her nipple. Neither of them came up for air until the bag landed on the mattress next to them.

  “Tell me about this plan B,” Joel said, sitting on the edge of the bed. He hadn’t attempted to break into her make-out session with Oakley. Instead, he’d seemed content with simply watching. She’d noticed his voyeuristic kink before. In fact, she shared it. There was nothing hotter than watching Joel and Oakley kiss.

  It was so fucking incredible that she hoped for a longer show some time.

  “I was wondering if the two of you had…um…you know…” She wasn’t the type of woman to blush, but heat crept up her neck to her cheeks as she added, “done the deed?”

  Sadie knew Oakley was anxious for that to happen, but he’d held back in deference to Joel, who had been a bit reticent.

  Oakley chuckled, but Joel didn’t. Instead he shook his head. “No. We haven’t.”

  Given the look on his face, it was obvious Joel was more than ready to take it to the next level now.

  Sadie wondered how he’d feel once she told him what she wanted to do. Then she decided some things were better felt than heard. She pressed on Oakley’s shoulder and he fell to the side of her, allowing her to sit up.

  “Kiss Oakley,” she said. Joel narrowed his eyes. Unlike her and Oakley, he wasn’t wired to take orders in the bedroom without question. It was difficult for him to give up the control. Even so, Sadie knew how she wanted this to play out, so she gave him a sweet smile that promised she’d repay the favor. “Please.”

  Joel reached for his friend, tugging him close. She was always enthralled by the sheer brute strength in her men. Though they’d taken her roughly, it was obvious they’d held back some of their power, unwilling to hurt her physically. With each other, those kid gloves came off.

  As the kiss grew more heated, Joel twisted Oakley to his back, coming over him, their hard cocks knocking against each other. Sadie had never seen anything sexier in her life.

  For a few minutes, she was content to watch their embrace, but then she couldn’t resist joining in. She pulled the tube of lubrication she’d brought with her from the bag and uncapped it.

  Joel jerked when her hand caressed his muscular ass cheek.

  “Get on your knees,” she urged him.

  He shook his head. “No. It’s not going to happen that way.”

  Oakley grinned. “If I weren’t so fucking turned on right now, I’d fight you on that just to see your face.”

  “Trust me,” Sadie said.

  For a moment, she thought Joel would refuse. He was struggling with her attempts to take over. Finally he relented, going to his hands and knees, caging Oakley beneath him.

  He grunted when Sadie squeezed a large dollop of lube into his ass. Joel held himself stiffly, a sure sign that he was ready to exit the bed the second she went too far.

  She used just one finger to work the lubrication in and soon Joel began to relax. As one finger became two, he went down to his elbows and began kissing Oakley again, his quiet moans telling her exactly how much he liked what she was doing.

  Fingers brushed against hers and she looked down to see Oakley toying with Joel’s balls. She felt like laughing, so she did. Her giggles caused Oakley to break off the kiss with Joel and glance at her over their lover’s shoulder.

  “Something funny?” he asked with a grin.

  She shook her head. “Not really. I’m just…happy.”

  Oakley laughed and she suspected Joel would have joined them as well if she hadn’t chosen that moment to press her luck and add a third finger to the two already in his ass.

  “Jesus, Sadie,” Joel said.

  She added a little bit more lube to her playground, and then decided to go for broke. She grabbed the remote-control vibrating egg she’d bought prior to almost losing the best thing in her life and pressed it inside Joel’s ass.

  His back stiffened once more, but he didn’t resist or try to pull away as she introduced him to the toy. Sadie didn’t stop until the vibrator was completely inside. It had a little silicone cord, so pulling it out would be a quick, simple matter if Joel decided he hated it. Not that that appeared to be a problem. Joel’s hands had balled into fists by Oakley’s head, his forehead pressed to Oakley’s chest.

  “Fucking amazing, isn’t it?” Oakley asked.

  Joel didn’t reply
immediately. When he did, his voice was gruff. “Yeah. It is.”

  “Switch places,” Sadie urged, ready to put the next part of her plan into play. She had no idea if they could even do what she wanted, but damn if she didn’t want to try.

  This time, Joel didn’t hesitate. Sadie suspected it was taking all his powers of control simply not to come at this point. That idea pleased her more than she could say.

  Once Oakley had assumed the position on top, she grabbed the lube and repeated the same process on him. Unlike Joel, Oakley was obviously familiar with—and a big fan of—anal play. His hips pressed back against her fingers as she stroked him, slicking his channel with a generous amount of lubrication.

  They all knew what she was preparing him for, and when Joel said, “Make sure you use enough.” Sadie silently released a sigh of relief. Joel was ready. More than that. He clearly wanted it. Badly.

  Once Oakley was ready, she removed her fingers and, after finding a towel on the floor—no doubt Oakley’s, given it had just been tossed down—she wiped off the lube then returned to the bed.

  Oakley and Joel had reversed positions once more, Joel kneeling behind Oakley, who was on all fours. When Oakley beckoned her over, indicating that he wanted her beneath him, she smiled.

  “You guessed plan B.”

  Joel gave her a sexy, hurry your ass up look as Oakley nodded.

  “If this hadn’t been your plan,” Joel said, “it was going to become it. There’s no way we’re doing this without you.”

  Sadie felt foolish for ever thinking she wasn’t a part of this. “I just need one more thing.”

  Joel groaned when she grabbed the remote control for the vibrator. “I was hoping you’d forget about that. This isn’t going to last long as it is. You turn that thing on…”

  Sadie laughed. “We’ll just have to keep practicing this way until we build up our stamina.”

  “Deal,” Oakley said hastily. “Now get under me, Sade. I need to be inside you.”

  She crawled under Oakley, sighing when the head of his cock brushed against her clit. It would take precious little to set her off like a bottle rocket.

  Oakley kissed her as she settled beneath him, his tongue stroking hers hungrily. “God, I missed you.”

  Feeling guilty for being too stupid to live and rejecting their affections, she kissed him back and offered him the same vow he and Joel gave her on the porch. The one that even now was resonating in her heart. “Never again. I’ll never be so stupid again.”

  “You going to tell us what changed your mind?” he asked.

  She nodded.

  “Later.” Joel’s voice had taken on an almost pained tone that had her laughing again. She’d never been this downright giddy before. “She can tell us later.”

  Oakley didn’t bother to disagree. Instead, he grasped his cock and guided it into Sadie. She gasped as he continued to push in, not stopping until he was completely lodged within her. Then, he paused.

  She started to give him hell for stopping, for teasing her, but Joel wasn’t wasting any time. She heard the crinkle of the condom wrapper, then heard Oakley hiss.

  Joel tried to go slow, tried to wrap his head around what was happening. There were too many good things, too many amazing sensations overwhelming him. Oakley pressed back against his cock as Joel pushed into him. He was doing it. Making love to Oakley. God. And Sadie.

  He’d never once—in all his life—considered having sex with another man. However, he had been able to think of little else since that Truth or Dare game. Then, like now, it was Sadie who’d given him the push he’d needed to take this chance.

  Joel tightened his grip on Oakley’s hips. He hadn’t been joking when he said this wouldn’t take long. Having sex with a man was so different from being with a woman. Joel suddenly understood Oakley’s desire for both sexes.

  Oakley groaned once he was fully lodged. Joel couldn’t resist making the journey again, so he withdrew instantly. As he moved out, Oakley moved into Sadie. Within a half-dozen thrusts, they had found a rhythm that had each of them gasping, clenching and begging for more.

  Joel had anticipated an easier ride for their first time, but none of them ever seemed content to take the path of least resistance. Each thrust grew harder and the pace increased. Joel wondered how in the fuck Oakley was hanging in there and for a moment, he considered what it must feel like to be doubly penetrated.

  Sadie reminded him.

  He’d forgotten about the vibrating egg she’d placed in his ass. She hadn’t. He jerked when the damn thing started moving and his balls filled. He had foolishly thought he would be able to outlast them.

  Sadie seemed determined to win that race as the vibrations increased.

  “Fuck me,” Joel muttered when the egg hit top speed, beating a tango in his ass that had him rutting like a wild beast. He pounded harder in Oakley’s ass, driving his lover deeper into Sadie.

  Oakley was the first to plummet as he came loudly, cursing fluently. “Jesus mother-fucking Christ. Son of a goddamn bitch.”

  Sadie followed, her nails scratching deeply into Oakley’s shoulders. His friend didn’t appear to feel any pain from her scoring.

  That was Joel’s last cognizant thought before his climax struck. For one brief, astounding moment, the world went black. And then he tumbled, crash-landing into a heap of sweaty, trembling bodies gasping for breath.

  “Holy shit.”

  He chuckled at Sadie’s perfect summation of what had just happened. They slowly untangled body parts and, in the end, Joel found himself sandwiched between Oakley and Sadie. He reached for Sadie’s hand to tug the remote control from her clenched fist. Joel turned it off as Sadie giggled and said, “Sorry.”

  “Someone is going to have to get this damn thing out of me,” he said, which prompted laughter from both sides of him.

  “You aren’t fooling anybody, Joel. Why don’t you just go ahead and admit you like having your ass filled?”

  Joel turned to give Oakley a warning glance. “Don’t start getting any ideas.” Then, he grinned, deciding he was an idiot to deny the truth. “Yet.”

  Then he sat up and made his way to the bathroom to dispose of the condom. He was surprised to find Sadie and Oakley right on his heels.

  Oakley pressed on his shoulders and Joel bent over at the sink so Sadie could tug her wicked toy free with some cord he’d spotted dangling between his legs.

  “Where the hell did you get that thing?”

  She winked. “Ordered it online the night you stopped being a stubborn ass and kissed Oakley at Pitchers.”

  “Dammit, Sadie. There you go again. Just fell even more in love with you.”

  Sadie laughed at Oakley’s proclamation. “I think that might be Woody talking. Are you sure you aren’t mixing up love for lust, Oak?”

  Oakley kissed her on the cheek. “Is there a word that combines the two? I have to admit I’ve never had trouble figuring out what feelings were attached to my heart and which ones were cock-driven. I can’t separate the two with you. You’ve taken over everything, Sade. My heart, my head, my dick. So what’s the word for that?”

  Joel could see Oakley’s words had touched her. “Maybe you could just combine the two words,” Sadie said.

  Oakley nodded as he considered that suggestion. “Lost. Damn. That sums it up pretty fucking good. I’m lost, Sadie. And I don’t ever want to be found.”

  She took Oakley’s hand, and then reached for Joel’s. “I’m lost too.”

  Joel kissed her forehead. “Me too.”

  Oakley stepped away first. “Shower?”

  Joel shook his head. “Got a better idea.”

  He grabbed three towels and led them both out the back door of the cabin. Night had fallen, but a full moon provided enough light for them to walk with ease. None of them bothered with clothing. It only took them a few minutes to carefully make their way along the path and down a slight incline to the creek that ran through several miles of the ranch prop
erty.

  They’d had several afternoons of rain, so the water level was high enough to reach Joel’s mid-thigh. He’d noticed that fact this afternoon as they worked a couple of miles downstream and he’d considered stripping off and jumping in then, but Lorelie had called to say there was a motorcycle parked outside the bunkhouse. He and Oakley had dropped everything and hightailed it back home.

  Joel stepped into the chilly water, then reached back to offer Sadie a hand. She shivered as she dipped one toe in.

  “You sure you wouldn’t prefer a hot shower?” she asked.

  He shook his head. “Nope. Like the idea of skinny-dipping with you. What’s the matter? Too cold for you?” His words were laced with a challenge, and it worked.

  Sadie could never pass up a dare. She walked into the water and then, in true one-up-man style, sank down until she was sitting on the bottom.

  Joel was convinced Oakley was a born polar bear, so he wasn’t surprised when his friend splashed in next to them and joined Sadie, the water reaching both of them at shoulder level.

  Joel took a deep breath, and then sank down too. The cold water was a shock to his system for only a minute and then it felt good, cooling off his muscles, soothing away some aches produced from four days of nonstop, backbreaking work followed by one hell of a gymnastics routine in the bedroom.

  Oakley had wrapped his hand around the back of Sadie’s neck, pulling her close for a kiss. Joel watched them, letting the peaceful night and the realization that Sadie was here sink in.

  “You ready to tell us why you came back?” Joel asked when she and Oakley broke apart for some much-needed air.

  She gave them a rueful grin. “As you know, I apparently have some unresolved mommy issues. I was trying to help you out, save you from yourselves.”

  Oakley tugged her closer with an arm around her shoulders. Joel knew she was joking, but it was clear Oakley was still worried she’d take off again.

  “We told you,” Oakley said. “We’re not going anywhere.”

  “I know. It’s just going to take me some time to believe that, to trust it. But it’s nothing you guys have done. You’re wonderful. Like I said, it’s something I have to work on.”