Chapter 3

Chapter Three

Tommy

By the time the fourth guy left, Tommy felt warm all over.

Not in a bad way.

Just… used. In the best way.

His skin buzzed lightly from too many hands, too much attention layered too close together. He stayed kneeling on the bed after the door clicked shut, palms pressed into the sheets while he caught his breath.

The room smelled different now.

Warmer. Heavier. Like the air itself had been handled as much as he had.

He rolled his shoulders back slowly, trying to shake the dull ache settling into his muscles. It wasn’t pain, just fatigue. The kind that came from holding himself “on” for too long, body responsive even when his mind lagged behind.

Logan’s hand slid to the back of his neck again, thumb pressing slow into warm skin.

Tommy exhaled immediately.

That touch always brought him back into himself , pulled him out of whatever drifting space he’d gone to and settled him back into something grounded.

““How are you feeling? Still want to keep going?” Logan asked quietly behind him.

Tommy nodded even though Logan couldn’t see it yet.

“Yeah,” he said softly. “I’m no quitter. How many more signed up?”

He meant it.

Mostly.

This just felt… different than he’d imagined it would.

He’d thought he’d feel overwhelmed in a thrilling way, electrified by the attention.

Instead, it felt a little mechanical.

Not bad.

Just repetitive.

Different faces. Similar energy. Everyone wanting something from him , wanting him , but none of it landing deeper than surface level.

Logan was scrolling through his phone when the knock came.

“Can I just be face down ass up for this one?” Tommy said laying his face between the two pillows.

“Do whatever you want babe, this is for you. And no pressure, I’ll tell him to fuck off if your done. Even if he’s mid pump.”

Tommy smiled, warmth flooded him chest.

Anticipation flickered, but softer than before.

Muted.

He felt Logan move away to open the door. The room shifted when it opened, cooler hallway air slipping across his overheated skin before the door clicked shut again.

Tommy stayed facing the bed, palms pressed into the mattress, gathering himself.

Logan’s hand returned, slower this time, sliding up along his spine. He took his spot at the head of the bed and wrapped his arms around Tommy’s bust.

Tommy felt the difference instantly.

The new guy didn’t say a word when he came in. Didn’t even bother with the usual awkward greeting, he just positioned himself behind Tommy, a warmth radiating off of him and then…

Holy shit.

Tommy jerked when he felt the first wet, rough swipe of the man’s tongue against his hole.

He’d been bracing for cold lube, or maybe a hand, but this?

His brain scrambled to catch up, a hot spike of shock shot through him.

He tried to twist up, maybe to see the guy’s face, but Logan’s arm wrapped around his chest and pulled him back down, firm but gentle.

The stranger’s tongue was relentless, working him open, licking deep and slow, like he was really savoring it. Tommy’s hips tried to buck away, but Logan just tightened his hold, one hand cupping Tommy’s jaw, thumb stroking along his cheek.

He felt exposed. Owned, almost. But not in a bad way.

The sheets bunched under his fists, his knees digging into the mattress, every nerve ending in his body on fire.

He was making noises he didn’t even recognize as his own, desperate little whines and gasps every time the guy’s tongue pressed in deeper or circled right over his rim.

Then the guy pulled away, and Tommy sucked in air like he’d been drowning.

He barely had time to process before he felt fingers at his hole, slick and thick and insistent.

The stranger didn’t ask, didn’t hesitate, just pushed in, stretching him wider than the others had even bothered to try.

Tommy’s breath stuttered, his whole body tensing. He was used to being fucked, sure, but this was different.

Slower.

More focused.

Like the man was taking inventory of everything he could make Tommy feel.

Logan was right there, holding him together, grounding him with every touch.

God, he loved that.

He could feel the stranger’s cock now, heavy and hot and pressed right against him, but not inside yet. Logan’s voice cut through his haze: “Condom.”

A soft rustle, the stretch of latex, and then the real test began.

The head of the man’s cock was massive. Tommy actually whimpered when it started to push in, his whole body fighting between wanting to open up and wanting to clench down and never let anything that size inside him ever again.

It hurt, in the way that made his toes curl and his brain go fuzzy. Not pain, exactly. Just… too much.

The air left Tommy’s lungs in a rush.

Every part of him felt full. No, not just full: obliterated. Stretched so tight that he could barely think, let alone say anything clever. His brain was just static, a white-noise rush of sensation, every jolt of the stranger’s hips sending sparks up his spine.

He clung to Logan’s forearms, digging his nails in, and Logan just held him tighter, rocking him gently with each thrust.

The rhythm wasn’t fast. It was slow, relentless, like the guy wanted to make sure Tommy remembered every single second.

Each push in was a new lesson in how much he could take.

Each pull out left him empty and desperate, like maybe if he begged the guy would go slower, or faster, or just never stop.

Instead, he just kept going. The stranger’s cock was thick enough to make Tommy’s eyes water if he wasn’t already too gone to care about dignity.

Every thrust felt like it was rearranging his insides, slow and deep, and somehow Logan’s hands on him made it worse and better at the same time.

Like he could fall apart and someone would be there to catch every piece.

He tried to keep his breathing steady, but it just came out in these shaky little gasps.

The guy behind him was relentless, hips rolling with this obscene confidence, like he knew exactly how it felt for Tommy, how it would wreck him.

Every time the cock bottomed out, Tommy’s toes curled and his vision sparkled at the edges, brain going static white.

He wanted to say something, make a joke, anything to fill the air, but all that came out was a pathetic little sound, half-whine, half-moan.

Embarrassing.

The bed creaked under them. Logan’s arm was a band across his back, holding him up, fingers digging in just enough to leave marks.

Tommy clung to it like a lifeline, nails biting into Logan’s skin for something real.

The guy behind him must’ve liked a show, because he picked up the pace, not faster but harder, each thrust shoving Tommy forward into Logan’s grip.

He was drooling into the pillow now, face flushed, sweat slicking his hair to his forehead.

He had no idea what he looked like, but if there was a mirror he probably would’ve wanted to crawl under the bed and never come out.

Instead, he just arched his back and let the stranger use him, let Logan hold him together.

The weird thing was, the longer it went, the more he felt it building.

Not the usual kind of build, either. This was different.

It was like every nerve in his body was being wound tighter and tighter, all the tension pooling in his gut, making his thighs shake.

The stranger’s cock filled him deeper then Logan, deeper then anyone before him.

He opened a new space inside of Tommy that sent waves crashing crashing through him, made his whole body light up, and it was getting harder and harder to breathe.

He was making noises now, desperate and filthy, like he didn’t care who heard. The guy behind him grunted in approval, big hands bruising his hips as he pounded in. Logan’s hand was at his neck again, thumb stroking his jaw, voice low in his ear: “You’re doing so good baby, I’m so proud of you.”

The pressure just kept building, and suddenly it was too much. His body seized up, thighs kicking at the sheets, and he felt it hit him all at once.

“Ohhh…. baby…. ahhhh!”

Tommy panicked.

For a second, he couldn’t breathe.

Couldn’t think.

He clawed at Logan’s arm and then shoved himself upright, back slamming into the stranger’s chest. The guy caught him without missing a beat, arms wrapping around Tommy’s waist, holding him up as an orgasm ripped through him, violent and terrifying and nothing like he’d ever felt before. He screamed, “I’m guna cum.”

Tommy’s whole body shook as ropes of white seed sprayed across the bedspread and Logan.

What was that? Tommy thought. He has never came without touching himself. And before Logan he never came with partners at all.

He was pulled out of his thoughts by unfamiliar arms wrapping around him.

“That was hot.”

That voice.

Everything stopped.

The man behind him wasn’t a stranger.

Tommy looked across the bed at Logan, who was watching him with desire, a rope of Tommy’s release shot onto his shirt.

Wide-eyed, he turned back and saw blond hair, slightly disheveled, like someone had run a hand through it too many times.

Green eyes, sharp even in the dim hotel light.

A face pulled straight from childhood summers, family barbecues, and every competitive moment that had left Tommy breathless and quietly resentful all at once.

Chase Harrington.

“Tommy?”

He blinked slowly, disbelief lagging behind recognition.

His stomach dropped so fast it felt physical.

“What…” The word never finished.

Chase stilled too, neither pulling away nor moving closer, simply meeting Tommy’s gaze with the same stunned realization reflected back.

For a second, no one moved.

“You okay?” Logan asked quietly.

Tommy couldn’t answer yet. His brain was still catching up to what his eyes were telling him.

Chase.

His mom’s best friend’s son.

The golden boy athlete who had been present at every milestone whether Tommy wanted him there or not.

Bigger. Faster. Effortlessly confident.

The boy he’d spent half his life competing with, never quite sure whether he resented him, admired him, or had secretly wanted his attention more than he’d ever admitted.

And now he was here.

Looking at him like this moment carried a weight neither of them had expected.

Tommy swallowed hard, heart pounding.

“You…” he tried again. “You’re…”

“Yeah,” Chase said quietly.

No bravado. No teasing.

Just acknowledgment.

Heat rushed up Tommy’s neck, embarrassment first, then disbelief, then something stranger.

Electric.

Because underneath the shock, his body hadn’t recoiled. His mind spun, but something deeper in him remained steady, aware, present.

“You didn’t know?” Chase asked carefully.

Tommy shook his head. “No.”

“You guys know each other?” Logan asked, confusion threading through his voice.

Tommy let out a slow breath, still trying to anchor himself.

“Yeah,” he said.

He pushed himself upright, pulling the sheet loosely over his lap more from instinct than modesty. His pulse still raced, attention split between past and present in a way that felt impossible to reconcile.

“That’s Chase,” he added. “Our moms are best friends.”

Logan blinked. “The birthday party?”

Tommy nodded once. “Yeah. That birthday party.”

A quiet beat passed.

“We grew up together,” Chase said evenly.

Tommy huffed softly. “That makes it sound nicer than it was.”

Logan glanced between them. “Okay, I’m missing context.”

“Chase was perfect,” Tommy said, the old rivalry slipping into his tone before he could soften it. “Same schools, same family events, holidays. Our moms treated us like built in best friends.”

“Lots of comparisons,” Chase added.

Tommy gave a dry laugh. “Mostly me losing them.”

“That’s not true,” Chase said automatically, then corrected himself. “And we were friends, just didn’t have as much in common as we got older.”

Tommy shot him a look. “You were varsity everything at fifteen. Good grades. Everyone loved you.”

“We had different strengths,” Chase said quietly.

Logan lifted his hands slightly. “Alright. I’m starting to understand the emotional layers here.”

The tension eased just enough for Tommy to breathe again.

Logan shifted closer beside him, a steady presence at his back.

“So,” Logan asked carefully, “are we okay?”

Tommy answered immediately.

“Yes.”

No hesitation. No wavering.

He met Logan’s eyes first when he said it, grounding the answer where it mattered most.

Then he looked back at Chase.

“This is just… unexpected,” Tommy added. “But nobody did anything wrong.”

Chase’s shoulders relaxed slightly.

“I didn’t know it was you,” he said. “I swear.”

“I know,” Tommy replied. “I didn’t recognize you either.”

A brief silence followed, awkward, but no longer sharp.

Chase glanced toward the door, reading the room with quiet awareness.

“I should probably head out,” he said. “Give you guys space to… recalibrate.”

Logan nodded easily. “That’s fair.”

Chase looked back at Tommy, expression softer now.

“No weirdness at the party,” he said. “We can pretend this never happened.”

Tommy smiled faintly. “Yeah. We’re very good at pretending things are normal.”

A quiet laugh passed between all three of them, surprised, but genuine.

Chase dressed quickly without rushing. At the door, he paused.

“For what it’s worth,” he said, meeting Tommy’s eyes, “it was good seeing you.”

Warmth rose unexpectedly in Tommy’s chest.

“Yeah,” he said. “You too.”

Chase nodded to Logan. “Goodnight.”

Then he was gone.

The door clicked shut.

Silence filled the room, heavier now that it belonged only to them again.

Tommy exhaled slowly, running a hand through his hair.

“Well,” Logan said after a moment, “that was not on my bingo card.”

Tommy laughed, half disbelief, half adrenaline release. “No kidding.”

Logan studied him carefully. “You actually okay?”

Tommy leaned back into him, settling into familiar warmth.

“Yeah,” he said. “Just… processing.”

A pause.

“You didn’t look uncomfortable,” Logan added quietly.

Tommy hesitated. Not because he didn’t know the answer, but because he did.

Growing up, he’d always suspected he might have had a crush on Chase. Who wouldn’t have? And beneath the shock lingered a quieter truth. Chase had made him feel startlingly present, fully inside the moment in a way he hadn’t expected.

“No,” Tommy admitted softly. “I wasn’t.”

Logan hummed behind him, absorbing that without tension.

“Come on,” Logan said after a moment. “Let’s shower. We need one.”

He pulled Tommy closer as they stood, easy and familiar.

Tommy leaned into Logan’s warmth, legs shaky, realizing the night hadn’t complicated what they had it had simply revealed how much more there might be.

Logan’s arm tightened around him, and Tommy understood he wasn’t losing anything at all.

He was discovering something new with the person he already loved.

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