The attorney nodded, and Matt closed his eyes as the plane tilted left and right, dipping and rising. The landing was awful, but once they were on the ground, he clapped along with the other passengers who probably thought they were going to die before they reached the ground. It was great to be back home.

Matt found a guy holding a clipboard with his name on a sheet of paper waiting outside at arrivals. Matt followed him to a pickup truck to go to the dealership so he could finish the transaction.

Matt made a draw on the line of credit he had with a bank in Richmond and walked out with the keys an hour later, headed home to his boys. He couldn’t wait to see them.

When he turned into the driveway of the ranch, nobody was around. He dropped his things inside the front door and drove over to the Katydid, finding his F-250 in the driveway, along with his mother’s Expedition. He saw Josh riding a horse down by the barn, so he waved as he went to the back door off the kitchen and knocked. Ryan was in the kitchen with his grandmother and Katie Simmons, and the boy had flour on his face, which definitely deserved a smile from Matt.

Katie motioned him inside, so he opened the storm door and walked into the warm kitchen, seeing a bunch of cookies resting on some paper on the kitchen table. They’d been baking for a while.

Ryan ran over to him, and Matt didn’t hesitate to whisk him up in his arms and hug him tightly. The boy was his heart and soul. If he lost him… Matt had to stop that train of thought.

“How are ya?” he asked with a smile.

“Oh, man, we’ve been so busy. We’re makin’ cookies, but we gotta put ‘em in the freezer. I get three of each to take home for now, but the rest gotta wait for Christmas. Why’d you go to El Paso?” Ryan played with the back of Matt’s brown hair. The boy always played with his father’s hair when Matt held him. Matt assumed It was comforting to both of them.

Matt decided to wait until they were alone to try to explain it to his son, so he changed the subject. “Where’s Tim?”

Jeri walked into the room and hugged her son. “Whydidyou go to El Paso, Matthew?”

“Momma, not now, okay?” He gave her a stern look to quell any additional questions she might have. All of it could wait.

“Tim’s at the barn, in the office,” Katie announced as she pulled a tray out of the oven and put it on top of the stove to cool.

Matt smiled at her and winked. He turned to his son and ruffled his short hair. “You finally got fleeced?”

The boy frowned, tugging at Matt’s heart. “Tim said it was time. I liked it long cause it was warm, but he said I looked like a shaggy dog, so he took me when he got back from Blacksburg with Mr. Josh.”

“Why’d they go to Blacksburg?” Tim hadn’t mentioned anything about it to him when they’d spoken on Saturday.

Katie hurried over and took Ryan from his arms, putting him on the ground. “We have cookies to ice, young man.”

She turned to Matt and ushered him toward the back door. “Josh went to look at a horse for one of the boarders. I think he bought the damn thing, but I’m not sure. Anyway, your man is at the barn, and he’s very excited to see you.” She ushered Matt out the back door.

Once he was outside, he heard the women laughing. He had no idea why, and he didn’t care. His dick was pointing him toward the large horse barn where his lover was waiting, and he was in a hurry to get the fuck home.

“No, baby, not like that.” Matt pulled Tim up his body until they were face-to-face. He wanted to make love, not get a blow job.

When Tim was securely on top of him, Matt didn’t hesitate to seal his mouth to Tim’s. Their tongues swirled, getting reacquainted after the short absence. Matt felt goosebumps onTim’s back as he continued to stroke his hands along the man’s spine. Their hard cocks were nestled together with their balls touching. Matt was in heaven.

He pulled away gently and gazed into Tim’s bright, hazel eyes, happy he’d left a bedside light on. “I missed ya, Timmy.”

Tim reached out to the bedside table and opened the top drawer, pulling out a condom and a bottle of lube to place them on the bed next to where they were reclined. Tim moved to sit up on Matt’s hips, strategically placing his ass on Matt’s hard cock.

Matt gazed up at Tim and saw a coy smile. “You gonna tell me why you went to El Paso? I’ve got some things to tell you myself, but you go first.”

Matt thought about it for a moment. “I wanna make love first, then we’ll talk for a bit before we go to sleep. How ‘bout that?”

Tim nodded and started to back his sleek body down Matt’s bulkier frame before Matt caught him. “Na-ah. Move up.” He was in a commanding mood, moving the man up to his chest so he could take his lover’s cock into his mouth while he got Tim ready for him. He blindly reached for the lube because giving Tim pleasure as he achieved the goal of loosening him up was what he wanted.

After Tim moaned and groaned as Matt sucked his cock while he was lubing his entrance, Tim pulled out of Matt’s mouth before he came. “I wanna come while you’re inside me.”

Once the condom was on, Tim sunk himself down slowly onto Matt’s cock. After the bull rider was seated deep inside, the two languidly kissed and nibbled on each other. Matt sucked on Tim’s nipples as he moved the man’s body up and down his shaft to give him the love and pleasure that they’d both missed.

The gasping, moaning noises coming from the bedroom would have alarmed Matt if he wasn’t the one making them as Tim moved on his cock, bringing them both to climax. He pulled hislover down to seal their mouths as Tim’s release provided the lubricant between their writhing bodies.

They slowly pulled back to catch their breath while studying each other’s faces. Matt held his lover to him and whispered, “God, I missed you.”

Tim looked up and reached to sweep Matt’s hair off his face. “I missed you, too, cowboy. I have a few things I need to tell you…. Well, it’s actually, one big thing. I don’t want this to change anything between us, Matty.” Tim’s voice was soft and trembly.