Chapter 17
CHAPTER
SEVENTEEN
Ker
By Monday morning, Ker was feeling almost back to normal. The meds that Ash had picked up for him really had helped. He couldn’t stop thinking about the kindness that Ash had shown in not only stopping by to make sure everything was okay, but in going the extra mile and talking to a pharmacist about suitable medications for him.
When he got to the trailer of his current job site, overseeing the building of a dry cleaner in the parking lot of a grocery store just outside of town, he made himself a cup of coffee since the two he’d had at home weren’t nearly enough caffeine for a Monday morning and pulled out a set of blueprints to review for yet another project.
“Hey, Ker.” Someone entered the mobile office.
“Hi, Colin. How was your weekend?” Although a few years younger than Ker, the two men had worked together for several years and had become—well, not “hang out together on a Saturday” friends—but “chat around the water cooler or coffee maker” acquaintances. Colin was a crew supervisor for the construction company and usually visited a few different sites over the course of a day.
“Good. Patty’s mom babysat, and she and I actually had a date night on Saturday. What about you?”
“As you know, last week really sucked donkey balls, and to top it all off, apparently I caught something; by Friday I felt like absolute crap. I had to bail on helping out at A Helping Hand on Saturday and spent most of the weekend in bed.” Sipping his coffee, he continued. “But a friend came by on Saturday afternoon to check on me and got me a few groceries to tide me over.” Ker tried his best to keep his voice neutral when speaking about Ash.
“A friend, huh? Something in your voice tells me there might be something special about this friend.”
Ker felt the heat rise to his face. “Um, well, he’s a volunteer too, and we met a couple of months ago, but he’s a really nice guy, and we may have gone on a date or two.”
“What? That’s great news!” The look on Colin’s face matched his tone. “I wanna know all the details.”
“There’s really not a lot to tell. His name is Ash, and he’s a police detective down in Hawthorne Bluff. We’ve actually gone out a few times and spent most of last weekend together.”
“Cool. It’s about time you met someone nice. I’m very happy for you, Ker.”
After Colin left to check on another site about twenty minutes away, Ker sat at his desk and thought about their conversation. Hmm, Colin’s a really supportive guy. Maybe I need to consider developing more of a solid friendship with him.
“Please tell me we’ll be able to see each other this week,” Ash said in greeting when Ker answered his call Tuesday evening.
“Hello to you too,” Ker chuckled.
“Sorry, babe, but I miss you.”
“I know, sweetheart, I miss you too.”
“Can you come over Thursday night for dinner?” Ash asked. ‘I’ve got some sauce in the freezer, so we could do pasta, and I’m pretty sure there’s also some beef stew if you’d prefer that.”
“Pasta sounds great. And Thursday is perfect. I’ll grab a loaf of sourdough bread and the makings for a salad. Is six o’clock okay?”
“Yeah, six is fine.”
After dinner they shared the clean-up duties, then retired to the family room to relax.
“There’s something I wanted to talk to you about,” Ash began. He stared directly into Ker’s eyes.
“Uh, sure,” Ker said, biting his lower lip. Oh God, is he breaking up with me?
“I know that talking about your family is a difficult subject for you, and I totally understand why. But I’ve noticed that when the subject comes up, you constantly put yourself down.”
“Yeah, well, after years of not living up to their expectations, it’s not easy to stay positive when I talk about them.” Ker slowly shook his head and sighed.
“I know.” Ash’s voice was soft. “But I’d like you to try and not be so hard on yourself. See, when I look at you, I don’t see a failure. I see a successful, intelligent guy. You’re kind and generous, and it hurts me to hear you say bad things about yourself.”
“I …” Ker began, but he choked up. No one had ever said anything like that to him before. “It’s difficult to see myself the way you see me,” he admitted. “Nobody’s ever told me that.”
Ash wrapped him in a hug, holding him tightly. “Oh, baby, I wish you could see how wonderful you are. I’m gonna keep telling you so that maybe you’ll start to believe it.”
Ker relaxed into Ash’s arms, his face tucked into Ash’s shoulder. His breathing evened out, and he felt the tension flow out of him. Is this what it feels like to be in love with someone?
Ker raised his head and kissed Ash. What started out gentle quickly heated up, and soon they were half lying together on the sofa. They moved against each other; Ker could feel Ash’s length along his thigh. “Want you so bad,” he groaned.
Ash rose, taking Ker by the hand, and led him up the stairs. They quickly shed their clothes, and Ker fell to his knees, licking up the length of Ash’s cock. He laved at the head, then grabbed Ash’s ass and pulled him deeper into his throat.
Ash pulled him up and kissed him deeply. “Get on the bed, I want to taste you too.”
Ker lay down, and Ash climbed on top of him, mouth to cock. They sucked and licked, relishing each other’s bodies.
After a few moments, Ker felt a finger graze his hole, and he shuddered in pleasure. He lapped at Ash’s sac, then slid his tongue along his taint and teased Ash’s rim.
Ash moaned, and Ker speared his tongue into Ash’s heat, savoring his musky scent.
Ker felt the pad of Ash’s finger breach his entrance, and he panted, “Gonna come!” He felt Ash’s lips engulf his cock, and he spilled into Ash’s mouth.
Licking Ash’s hole one last time, he returned to his cock, taking Ash all the way into his throat just as Ash came. He swallowed as fast as he could, but some of Ash’s cum trickled from his lips.
As their breathing slowed, Ash turned around and kissed him. Ker loved the taste of their cum mixing together. He sucked at Ash’s tongue, wanting even more.
No doubt about it, I’m falling hard for this guy.