Page 55 of For the Love of the Broken Man

“Sure. Ready to go to bed? I’m exhausted.” Jase suddenly felt dead on his feet.

Ethan nodded and they went down the hallway of the ranch-style house toward the bedrooms. Jase directed Ethan into Kayley’s room, smiling as he looked around. They were her favorite colors, and Jase was a sucker for anything Kayley wanted.

He told Ethan where he could find towels and a toothbrush in the bathroom before he went to his room and collapsed in bed. He’d pulled the covers back, but he fell asleep in his cargo shorts and T-shirt. It had been a long day.

The doorbell was ringing incessantly Friday morning as Jase was finishing another fix for the same client from the previous day. He hurried down the hallway to open the door to see Danny seething as he stood at the door, his hands balled into tight fists. Something was wrong, for sure.

“Come in, babe. What’s up? It’s great to see you.” Jase tried to calm the man, leaning forward to kiss him. When Danny pushed him away, he swallowed. It was ups and downs, as Pastor Stu had told him, and he was trying to be patient. Of course, sometimes, it was hard.

“So, you and Ethan? You can’t wait until we try to… I mean, I shouldn’t even ask because I have no right.” Danny was shaking. Jase took his hand and led him to the kitchen, pushing him to sit at the table. Jase poured the man a cup of coffee and took a seat at the table across from him.

“Who do you have spying on me, Dan? You know I love you, and Ethan came here because he’s having some adjustment issues with a boyfriend, but it’s not me.

“I’m waiting, patiently, for you to decide if we’re going to be best friends or if we’re going to move this into something more serious. I mean, hell, my balls ache at night after I spend time with you. The only person I’ve been having sex with is him.” Jase held up his right hand.

He continued. “I know, trust me, you need time to work through your shit and—Hell, Danny, I’ve never had intercourse with anybody because you’re the only guy I’d ever consider having it with. I love you, Danny. I have since we met years ago, and I haven’t stopped.”

Jase saw the expression on Dan’s face, and there was an unexpected tear. It was damn sure time to move forward to something more. He didn’t know how Danny found out about Ethan spending the night, but it wasn’t important. Danny, however, was.

He took Dan’s hand to lead him down the hallway into his bedroom where he closed the door and turned to the man he loved. “See that bed? See these clothes? I fell asleep by myself, fully dressed, Daniel. The first things I ever did with a man was with you, and while I did a few things in college with other guys, it was never serious. I’ve only ever seen myself making love with you, okay? I love you too much to be with anyone else, do you understand?”

When Danny pulled Jase closer and wrapped his arms around Jase’s neck, the whole world changed in a flash. Jase kissed him and stripped him, taking his time because it had been far too long since they were naked together. He kissed and touched every inch of Danny’s body, relishing in the memories of their first time naked together.

After Danny returned the favor and they were both undressed, Jase stopped the man before he could venture too much further down his body. “For clarities sake, are you a top or bottom?”

Danny’s amber eyes met Jase’s blue ones, and he gave the taller man a sheepish smile. “You first?”

Jase chuckled. “No idea. I wouldn’t mind trying both.”

“I, uh, I’m a bottom, Jase. I can try to top if you want, but I enjoy bein’ on the bottom,” Dan explained quietly, his gorgeous face turning strawberry red.

Jase smiled and kissed the man gently. “I think this could be a beautiful relationship.” Jase went down on Danny, taking him into his mouth as he’d done before. Starting at a familiar place seemed like the best idea.

While Jase had never had intercourse, he’d made it a research project in college, watching all the porn he could get his hands on. He knew how to ready his partner, and he knew he wasn’t exactly slim when it came to girth in the junk area. He was about seven inches when erect, but the circumference had been a problem with blow jobs in the past.

After using all the tricks he’d learned regarding the preparation of one’s partner with some pretty fantastic results from Dan regarding how much he seemed to enjoy the loosening process, Jase checked that the condom was firmly in place before he slowly entered Danny, staring into those beautiful, golden-amber eyes.

“I love you, Daniel. Never again will you send me away, you hear?” Jase stilled himself before he shot off like a rocket. It was his first time in the position, and he didn’t want to make a poor showing, so looking into Danny’s beautiful eyes seemed to be a good way to steady himself.

“I’m sorry I did it in the first place. We’re in a better place now. Jason!Move!”

Jase leaned forward to kiss his lover, feeling the softness of his lips before the two of them did the dance lovers the world over did when they reached the point where they couldn’t stay away from each other. As Danny and Jase enjoyed their connection with thrusting, kissing, and a little biting, they looked into each other’s eyes and grinned. Gratification delayed didn’t have to be gratification denied.

“How about I pick up chicken tonight and you come over for dinner? Kayley has somethin’ she wants to talk to you about. It’s a Girl Scout thing, and she thinks I’m too dumb to get it.” Danny laughed as he got dressed. It was Friday afternoon, and the morning and early afternoon had been amazing.

Jase hopped up from bed in all his naked glory. They’d had intercourse several times, and it had been the most incredible experience of Jason’s life. His first time out of the chute was more remarkable than he could have dreamed.

Love had been made and returned. It was too unbelievable for him to give voice, but Jase knew for sure he loved the man who had been the object of too many lust-filled fantasies during his college years.

He pulled Danny into his arms, sorry for the clothes his cowhand had put on. Feeling Dan’s skin against his had been so fucking amazing, it was hard not to crave it, but they both had other obligations, and they had Kayley. Besides, Danny also had a meeting to attend.

“Sure, I’ll come over. You want me to pick up Kayley? I can bring her to your house after her soccer practice. Are you going to a meeting?”

“Yeah. Um, do you mind if Javie and Phil come over too? I’ve been wanting all of us to get together, and I wanna make sure there are no hard feelin’s between you and them. They were friends of mine after we… after I broke up with ya, and they kept me goin’.

“I want you to get to know ‘em, okay?” Danny asked as Jase finished putting on clothes. They wandered down the hallway, seeing it was just after two. Thankfully, Ethan was long gone before Danny had showed up that morning.

“I’ve kind of started getting to know them, but that sounds great. I need to get online and do a little work, but I’ll pick up Kayley. How’re things at the ranch?” Jase made the two of them coffee.

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