"Every time we jack off together, he starts touching my foot with his."

Ben loved jacking off with his buddy Leo.  They'd strip off, climb on his bed, start a video, lube up and stroke for hours.  They both loved to edge themselves until their balls were about to burst, then shoot huge loads that usually hit the wall over their heads.  Usually, they'd stay naked and watch TV and have pizza and beer until late at night.  Then Leo would put his pants on and go home.

They did this once a week.  They'd been friends for a long time and did everything together until after college when the "real world" pulled them apart.  They still made sure to have their one night a week so they could catch up on each others lives.  Both had various girlfriends, but nothing serious.  The only thing that was constant in their lives was their Friday night jerk offs.

Leo was more of a nudist than Ben.  He'd always been the first to shed his clothes when they went to their favorite swimming hole no matter how many of their friends were with them.  Ben admired his self confidence.  He also admired Leo's ability to play.  He could act like a little kid and make everyone around him laugh and join in.  At the same time, he was a mature, responsible adult.  He just liked to have fun and make the ones around him have fun to.   

Every Friday night when Leo left Ben's, they hugged each other.  Ben felt something he couldn't explain every time.  When Leo walked out the door, he felt sad.  He'd quickly go to bed so he could fall asleep and stop wishing Leo was still there.

This night would be different.  Leo and Ben were both off from work for two weeks.  They'd planned their vacations together.  Leo wouldn't be going home.  He'd be sleeping in the same bed with Ben.  Ben smiled when he thought about that.  They'd never slept together, in all the years of being friends.  Well, unless you count the time they passed out drunk at the lake and their friends piled Ben on top of Leo and took a bunch of pictures of them.  When they woke up, Ben was freaked out, but Leo just laughed and grabbed Ben, and wrestled his way on top of him.  It seemed, nothing could embarrass Leo, but Ben was beet red.

Ben watched Leo's foot inch closer to his.  He watched Leo's hand milk his big cock.  he always admired Leo's cock.  It was bigger than his, thicker to.  Ben wondered how it felt in his hand.  He also liked that way Leo would buckle up when he came.  His abs would flex so hard, his shoulders would come all the way off the bed.  He usually shot himself in the face the first two or three shots.  Then he'd fall back and shoot the wall a couple times.  Sometimes he'd let one or two fly wild and it would land on Ben.  Ben never could hold his load when that happened.  He'd immediately cum  

Leo's foot touched Ben's.  Ben smiled.  This time, he moved his toward Leo's.  Now their feet pressed against each other's. Ben took a deep breath and bent his knee.  His chin moved toward Leo's.  Leo acted like he was about to cum and let go of his cock.  He squirmed and moved his chin against Ben's.  

Ben felt the warmth of Leo's skin against his.  It felt different than any other time they'd touched.  The warmth moved up his leg to his heart.  He felt something he'd never felt before but he couldn't figure out what it was. It was all over him. 

Leo's elbow touched his.  It rotated as Leo began stroking his cock again.  Ben's stroking began to match Leo's.  Their arms moved in unison.  Ben liked the way it felt.  He wanted more his skin to touch Leo's.  He inched his body toward Leo.  Watching Leo, he looked for any sigh of discomfort but only caught a slight smile.  He didn't even notice Leo move in his direction, but suddenly he was aware of their shoulders touching.  

Then their arms were not only touching, but were pressed together.  Leo was an ambidextrous masturbator. 

He switched hands.  His left hand rested on his thigh for a minute.  Then it rested on Ben's thigh.  Ben could hardly breath.  His heart pounded so hard his ears thumped with every heartbeat.  Leo's hand felt so warm.  It was charged with electricity that jolted Ben's body with much more of that strange feeling he couldn't explain. 

Ben let go of his cock and panted, desperately trying not to cum.  His cock bounced up and down as he leaked out a few minor spurts of cum, a prelude to what was to come later.  Leo saw the leakage and rolled his hand over to catch it.  Ben could hardly believe his buddy wanted to take his cum. 

"Oops, almost went too far." Leo said lightly.

"Yeah" was all Ben could say.

Leo closed his hand over the little puddle of Ben's spooge.  He mixed it with the lube he already had in his palm.  He took his cock in the gooey mess.  Ben could smell the combination of cum and lube.  Another drop of cum oozed out the tip of his cock before it finally settled down.  He took it with the thumb of his free hand and licked it off.  When he started to stroke his cock again, more cum appeared at the tip.  Leo reached over and took it with his thumb.  He offered it to Ben, but before Ben could take it, he jerked his hand back and stuck it in his own mouth.

Ben looked at him in shock.  Leo had a big wide smile.  He was leaning toward Ben.  Ben smiled back.  There was a strange look on Leo's face.  His eyes were different than Ben had ever seem them.  There was peace and joy in them.  Ben looked intensely at every feature of Leo's face.  How could he see so much more in that face than he'd ever seen before?  He saw a tiny scar on the side of Leo's nose.  He remembered when they were much younger, Leo ran through a glass patio door.  He wasn't seriously hurt, but he'd gotten a piece of glass stuck in his nose.  The circumstances that led up to that happening were hilarious.  Leo's dad wasn't even mad about it.  In fact he was laughing the whole time he was removing the glass and bandaging Leo's nose.

Ben chuckled remembering that event.  "What's so funny?" Leo asked.

"Your nose." Ben said.

"Hey, that's not nice." Leo said.

"No, I was remembering when you got that scar." Ben said, touching the tiny white line.  Leo's face was only inches from his.  Leo's entire face smiled.  He pulled Ben's pillow over and laid his head beside Ben's.

"That was the stupidest thing I've ever done." Leo chuckled.

"I thought your dad was going to puke he was laughing so hard.  Your mom got so mad at him.  She was all freaked out." Ben recalled.

"Yeah, then when I came back outside with a Bandaid on my nose, she started laughing." Leo said.

"Well, the Mickey Mouse Bandaid was kinda funny looking on you face." Ben said.

"Yeah, a Mickey Mouse Bandaid on a seventeen year old's nose.  I guess it was pretty funny."  Leo chuckled.

Leo raised his left arm and slid it under Ben's neck.  He pulled Ben to him.  They were silent.  Both guys just stroked their cocks and watched the video until it ended.  They kept stroking.  Ben started breathing erratically.  That was always a sigh he was about to shoot.  He warned Leo, but Leo just pulled him tighter against him.  Ben began to shoot.  Leo opened his mouth as Ben's load shot into their faces.  Leo pressed his cheek against Ben's.  By the time Ben was spent, Leo jerked up and pulled Ben with him.  His thick load splattered in their faces.  Ben was breathing through his mouth from the exertion of his orgasm so he got a mouth full of Leo's load.

"Wow, that was the best eve..UMF." Ben started.  Leo had cut him off with a wide open mouth kiss.

Ben's shock only lasted a second, then he began kissing Leo back.  Neither guy could open their eyes.  Cum stings.  They just sucked each other face and groped each other's body.  There was no worry about what the other guy thought.  They did what ever they felt like doing.  For the very first time, they grabbed each other's gentiles and butts.  Their legs wound around each other.  Their sticky loads melted together and dribbled down.  

They lay still and silent.  Leo's head on Ben's chest. Ben's leg across Leo's.  Ben understood what the strange electric sensation was.  He smiled and drifted off to sleep.  

Hunger and a pain in Leo's arm woke them a while later.  Leo's face was glued to Ben's chest.  "God, were a mess." Leo said as he pealed his face off Ben.  He got up and pulled Ben up.  He led Ben into the shower and they washed each other off.  They explored each others body while washing it.  Leo kissed Ben's body all over.  Ben couldn't figure out what to do.  He wanted to kiss Leo's body.  He wanted to taste his cock.  He even wanted to lick Leo's butt crack.  He just couldn't let himself be free enough to do it.

Leo sensed his hesitation, so he took the first step.  He grabbed Ben's wrists and lifted his arms over his head.  He licked the wet hair of Ben's pits.  Ben let out a loud groan and squirmed.  Leo then moved to his tits.  Like a magic button, as soon as Leo nibbled one of Ben's tits, his cock sprang to attention.  Leo took it and stroked it gently.  Then suddenly, Leo dropped to his knees and took Ben's cock into his mouth.  

"Ah!!!" Ben barked as his friend swallowed his cock to the root.  If he hadn't cum just a while earlier, he would have instantly cum in Leo's mouth.  He shivered with excitement.  He'd never gotten a blow job from a girl friend.  It was a totally new feeling.  

Leo had never sucked a cock.  He'd gotten a half ass blow job from a slut in high school and remembered how it was.  He was determined to do much better on his buddy.  That's exactly what he did, and in no time he was swallowing Ben's second load for the evening.  He held on to Ben's cock long after it had gone soft.  He loved the way Ben's pubes and belly fuzz felt against his face.  He liked that way Ben's soft cock felt in his mouth.  He liked that way Ben's knees had buckled when he came leaving him to steady his friend.

Ben finally pulled Leo up.  He turned Leo around and bent him over.  Ben dropped to his knees.  Bravely, he licked the hairy crack of Leo's ass, while he stroked Leo's cock.  He moved from his crack to his balls and back over and over.  Passionately, he bit Leo's butt and stuck his tongue in Leo's hole.  Leo moaned.

Ben had done the most risky thing he'd wanted to do and Leo had enjoyed it.  Now there was nothing he was afraid of.  He knew Leo was open to anything they wanted to do.  So they did.  Ben even fucked Leo's ass.  Then he gave Leo his.  It was almost midnight before hunger made them stop.  

They gave the pizza guy the shock of his life.  Not only did Leo answer the door naked, but Ben came up behind him with a boner.  The pizza guy was real young and kinda cute.  He saw Ben's boner and got one of his own.  Ben got his camera and took a picture of Leo and the pizza guy holding his dick.  Then Leo got one of him.  The pizza guy got one of both of them and set up the camera to get a picture of the three of them.  They downloaded the pictures on Ben's computer and made the pizza guy a copy.  He left very happy.  

Ben and Leo went to bed after eating.  For once, Ben went to bed happy on a Friday night.  Now they have every night together.

Sssh, Isn't that the guy that's always talking trash about our gay fraternity?

Yeah, that's the preacher's son.

How'd he end up here?

Brady from Phi Delta Kappa said he had a present for us.  Maybe that's it.

That would be just like him. Brady's really cool.  He helped lobby the University to let us on campus.  What are we going to do with him?

I can think of a ton of stuff I'd like to do to him.  That would just give him more ammunition. to use against us though.  I wonder if he know's he's in our house.

I'll call Brady and ask him.  (Hey Bro. I like our present.  Does he know where he is?......Good....... Naw, we'll take a bunch of picture of him and take him some place where someone will let him go.

............Yeah..........Oh shit, that's where we'll put him.  Thanks guy.  See ya later.)  Okay, he has no idea where he is.  Let's get the camera and take some pictures of him.

Then where are we going to take him?

Brady suggested either the girl's gym, or the chapel.  There won't be anyone at the chapel till later on this evening.  It's Wednesday and the Bible study group get there at seven.  

You still got any Viagra?  

One, why?

Wouldn't it be more fun if they found him with a boner?

He's only going to have a boner is something's stimulating him.  Viagra isn't an automatic hard on.

I've got just the thing.

My sister gave me a vibrating dildo.  The dildo is too big for him, but the thing that vibrates is just the right size to stick up his ass.  

Won't you miss it?

I wore out the dildo.

Why does that not surprise me?

Shut up.  Do you want it or not?

Oh hell yeah.  How are we going to get the pill in him?

He's a Red Bull addict.  I'll mash it up in one of those and give it to him.

Shit, let's do it.

The mischievous pair ran and got the camera and stuff.  They came back and one offered their victim the Red Bull. He cursed as soon as his tape gag was removed so they put it back on and poked a hole in it for a straw.  The preacher's son drank the beverage quickly.  

Together, the two lubed up the three inch long three quarter inch wide suppository shaped vibrator with a brand new battery in it, and managed to shove it up the fighting guy's virgin hole.  Instantly, the guy's cock responded to the vibrator massaging his prostate.  They snapped lots of pictures.  Some of the pictures featured them, naked and next to the guy.  None of the pictures had their faces.  They also Photoshopped out any identifying moles or scars and took in their waists a little. 

The other brothers came in and were quickly told to be quiet.  They didn't want him to know where he was. The other brothers helped the two haul the victim into a van and took him to the Chapel.  The placed him right in front of the alter and covered him with a tarp.

That night about six forty five, the bible study class started arriving.  The victim hear their voices and sat perfectly still, hoping they'd go on with the class and not discover him.  It wasn't long before their curiosity got the better of them and one pulled the tarp off.  There were screams of laughter, screams of shock and screams of pure delight.  The victims cock was rock hard and standing at a forty five degree angle.  Precum oozed from the tip.  The poor guy was mortified.  He struggled against the ropes, but as tight as he was tied down, he hardly moved at all.  The people ran around like roaches in a jar.  You'd think they put the tarp back over the obscene sight, but no one thought of that.  

The preacher came out of his office to see what all the commotion was.  He saw he son and freaked out just like everyone else.  Finally, one of the men started untying the kid.  He got his hands loose and the kid yanked off the gag and blind fold.  He wished he hand't taken off the blindfold.  He tried to cover his boner while they finished untying him.  They got the ropes off and he stood up.  He nearly topple over.  The chair was stuck to his ass.  While the two evil guys were sticking the vibrator up his ass, they super glued his ass to the chair.  

The poor guy was desperate to get the vibrator out of his butt.  He started bouncing around and crashing into things until he'd broken the back and legs off the chair.  He could at least walk now.  He ran out of the church and ran into their house next door.  His mom screamed when he came crashing through the door.  Finally, the preacher and another man came in and took the boy to the garage to get something to dissolve the glue.  It took a couple hours to finally get the boy off the seat of the chair without ripping off a chunk of skin.  By then, the acetone they used had made his skin raw.  His ball sack was dried and crusty from the chemical.  

As soon and his ass was free from the chair, he squatted and shit out the vibrator.  His father and the other man were grossed out at first, but then as the vibrator danced around on the floor making a loud buzz, they started laughing.  As angry as the preacher was, he laughed until he was sitting on the floor.  His studly son was crying.  Finally, the preacher took off his shirt and wrapped it around his son's waist.  "Son, what ever you did to make someone mad enough at you to do all this, don't do it again." the preacher chuckled.

The preacher's son wasn't sure who had done that to him.  He knew it was a couple of gay guys.  He realized they could have done much worst things to him.  As he was, the only thing besides and leathery scrotum he had to suffer, was humiliation.  He took it as a warning like his father said and never badmouthed anyone again.  

One day he father asked what ever happened to the vibrator.  His son told him he'd thrown it in the trash.  He lied.

"Oh WOW, Who is he?"

Josh staggered into the frat house at about two thirty in the morning.  He'd been out celebrating his birthday.

"Hey Fruitloop." Rob called as he saw Josh stumble toward his room.  "The guys and me put you birthday present in you room.  Hope you like it."

"You didn't forget my birthday.  You guys are so nice to me." Josh blubbered.  

"How could we forget.  Your gay buddies have been calling and planning you party all week.  Did you guys have fun?" Rob asked.

"It was great, the had a huge cake and three strippers.  They were hot to." Josh said.

"Did they get you all worked up?" Rob asked.

"Sure did.  But I think they were straight cuz they wouldn't let me do anything, and they didn't get totally naked."  Josh said.

"Ah, poor Josh.  Well your present will make up for it." Rob said.

Josh would have been really excited, but he didn't think all the straight brothers in the house would have a clue what he wanted for his birthday.  Still he was anxious to see what it was.  He ruffled Rob's hair as he passed him and opened the door to his room.  The look on his face was priceless.  All nine brothers yelled "Surprise".  They all ushered him into the room.  "There you go buddy.  Hope you enjoy your present." Rob said motioning to the bed.

Josh struggled to focus on the bed.  He didn't believe what he was looking at.  He shook his head and looked again.  There on his bed was a hot naked guy, spread eagle and tied down.  "Oh wow, who is he?" Josh asked.

"Let's just say, he asked for this.  He really needs a good ass fucking and since we're all straight, he figured you'd be the perfect one to give it to him."

"You guys are so good to me.  Thanks." Josh said, hugging Rob and kissing him on the cheek.  The other guys laughed. 

"All right all right. I'm out of here.  If you guys want to stay and watch, go for it.  Oh there's condoms and lube on the table there.

The guys all filed out of the room.  Josh staggered over to the table.  There was a big bottle of lube and a pack of condoms.  There was also a big margarita, his favorite drink.  He sat on the side of the bed.  He drank the margarita and played with the guys ass.  The guy didn't move.  The drink was laced with drugs.  Josh got drunker, but more awake to.  He started talking to the guy like he was awake.  Even though the guy didn't respond, Josh was having a great conversation with him.  

Josh got strangely horny.  Normally, when drinking his much, he couldn't get it up.  Now he couldn't get it down.  Finally he mounted the guy and hammered his ass like crazy.  He filled the condom with his load.  The guys moved around a little when he was being fucked, but never woke up.  Josh pulled the condom off and stumbled out of his room to the showers.  

The brothers were all cheering his as he staggered down the hall naked, trying to hold a towel around him.  His rock hard cock led the way.  He hardly knew the guys were there.  The warm shower relaxed him so much, he slumped to the floor and passed out.

Josh woke when the guy on his bed did.  The guy, Nate Cross, captain of the swim team, started raising hell right away.  Josh looked around totally confused.  He had absolutely no memory of who this guy was and why he was on his bed.

"Cool it dude.  Who the fuck are you and what are you doing on my bed?"  Josh asked.

"Untie me you cock sucking faggot.  NOW!" Nate barked.

"I'll untie you, but if you call me a faggot again I crack your skull." Josh said.  He rolled off the guy and the bed and started to undo the restraints.

"God damn it hurry up." Nate demanded.

"I'm trying, but my head's killing me.  I can hardly see what I'm doing." Josh said.

"You did have any fucking problem tying me down.  Now move your faggot ass and get me free." Nate shouted.  Then it was lights out.  Josh had kept his promise.  

Nate came around in a few minutes.  Josh was gone.  He was still tied down.  Josh was talking to Rob and a couple other brothers.  "What happened last night?  Who's that asshole on my bed?"  

"That's your birthday present, Nate.  He's the captain of the swim team.  He got Randy's brother kicked off the team because he was gay.  We figured he deserved a good butt fucking.  I hope you fucked him." Rob said.

"I don't know.  I can't remember." Josh said.

"Shit, oh well, we've got it on DVD. Let's see."  Rob said turning on the TV and DVD player.  He fast forwarded it to the point where Josh stared fucking Nate.

"You fuckers I can't believe this.  You drugged us.  Was that Viagra in that margarita?" Josh yelled.

"Yeah and a tiny little bit of speed." Rob said very satisfied with himself.  

The crack Josh's fist made against Rob's jaw scared the crap out of the brother in the room.  Rob flew out of the chair he was in and sprawled out on the floor.  "You know I don't do drugs.  What did you give him?" he demanded.

Rob was in no shape to answer.  Another brother answered for him.  "I don't know, but we slipped it in his water bottle in the gym."  

Josh stomped toward him.  He turned and ran.  "You made me rape him." Josh yelled.

"Sorry dude.  We figured you'd want to pay him back for being such and asshole." Rob said.

"He deserves something, but not rape.  I can't believe this.  Give me that fucking DVD." Josh said knocking another brother out of his way as he stormed toward the player.  He pushed the button.  It took several seconds to come out.  Josh almost broke the carriage when he snatched the disc.  He walked out the door and dropped it on the concrete walk.  He ground it into the concrete.  Then he broke it into pieces.  He threw the pieces at Rob.

He stormed into his room.  Nate was dazed, but conscious.  "I'm going to let you go, but if you open you fucking mouth once, I'm going to cram a sock in it and fuck your ass." Josh threatened.

Nate wasn't about to test Josh again.  Josh got him loose.  "Where are your clothes?" Josh asked calmly.

"I don't know.  I was at the gym, the last I knew." Nate said.

Josh got up and went to ask Rob.  "We left them at the gym. He was in the shower when he passed out.  We just tossed him in the trunk of Dave's car and brought him here."

"God you guys are freaks." Josh snapped.  "Find him something to wear.  All my stuff is too big for him." he demanded.

Rob and the other guys went looking for something.  One guy gave him a t-shirt and another a pair of shorts.  

Josh took them to Nate.

"Here, I need to tell you what happened last night." Josh said.  He told Nate everything.  He remembered a little of it, but most of the was from the DVD.  Nate was not totally surprised.  He'd notice the sensitivity in his rear while Josh was out of the room.  "They did this to you for getting Randy's brother kicked off the swim team.  I just hate that I didn't have any control and did that to you."

"I got a guy kicked off the team, but it wasn't cuz he was gay.  He was doping.  I liked the guy, but I can't have a doper on the team.  Truth is, I liked him a lot." Nate said.

"A lot?  How much." Josh probed.

"Enough to sleep with him every chance we got.  It broke my heart to have to turn him in, but he wouldn't stop." Nate said sadly.

"Did you love him?" Josh asked.

"Still do." Nate said.  "But he hates me."

"I'm sorry about that." Josh said, putting an arm around Nate's shoulder.  They walked out of the room.  The other brothers were sitting silently in the game room.  The TV was on.  They looked at Nate and bowed their heads in shame.  Josh saw the TV was showing his room.  He knew the guys had seen and heard everything that he and Nate had talked about.  "Nate, I think these guys have something to say to you." Josh said.

He made the guys apologize to Nate.  He also made them promise to make it up to him.  Nate was concerned he'd been outed.  He wasn't ready for that.  Josh made the guys swear they'd never say a word about what they knew.

Randy got up and went to Nate.  He personally apologized to him and promised he'd deal with his brother.

He did to.  He told his father about the doping.  His father made him stop.  Soon, he and Nate got back together.  Nate came out and they started hanging out with Josh. 

Josh found the camera and wouldn't tell anyone what he did with it.  One day The brothers wanted to watch a movie.  Rob opened the DVD player to find a disc in it.  He played it.  The title came up "Pay Back".  It was Josh and Nate sneaking into one of the guys room.  They placed the camera so it pointed to his bed, waved at it and left.  There was an edit break and the next thing they saw was the guy jacking off.  Then, again, Josh and Nate placed the camera in another room.  This time two guys fucked a blow up doll.  Again they place the camera and after the edit break, Rob was sucking himself and jacking off into his own mouth.  

One guy had a girl he'd sneaked in to his room.  He didn't perform very well and she got bored and left.  It was like watching a slow motion train wreck.  The guys couldn't take their eyes off it.  Finally, two of the brothers 69'd.  No one knew they were bi.  They'd watched a porno on one's  computer and jacked.  But turned to each other to cum.  All the brothers except Randy was shown doing something.  Randy just didn't get caught on camera.  He was really glad because although the was totally straight, he loved to jack off with a dildo up his ass.  Josh and Nate just didn't get him on the right day.

When the video was about to end.  Josh and Nate came on.  They spoke to the camera.  "Now you guys know what it's like to have your privacy totally violated.  You deserve more of a lesson, but this will do for now.  We each have a copy in a safe place off campus so you can share this one amongst yourselves.  I'm sure a few of you will beat off to it.  Oh and the camera has been set up in the room here and should have captured the looks on your faces.  Right now, Nate and his boyfriend and I are going to have a little fun together, so bye."  Josh got up from in front of the camera.  He was naked, but the camera only showed him down to his pubes.  Nate and his boyfriend came into the picture.  They were naked to, but you couldn't see down past their pubes either.  Josh reached over and turned the camera off.

Rob grabbed the DVD and turned to the other guys.  "What say we put the cameras on the outside of the house for security and never use them on the inside again?"  All the brothers agreed.  They were all to embarrassed to look at each other.  Rob destroyed the disc and when Josh got in, Rob told him what they would do with the camera.  Josh gave it to him and they shoot hands.  From then on, they respected each other's privacy completely.  

Oh my God, I hope he's not dead.

Todd worked all winter and spring at an extra part time job so he could go on his dream vacation.  He had four weeks of vacation time earned at his regular IT job, and planned his trip for months.  His plan was simple.  He’d go where there were no phones, computer, cars or people.  

He’d just broken up with his fiancé.  He found out she was screwing his best friend on a regular basis.  He threw himself into his work and totally cut himself off from everyone.  He fought off depression by planning the trip.  Shopping for all the best camping equipment made him happy.  It took his mind off everything. 

He spent his free time, what little there was, researching tips about camping.   He read books and watched videos.  He’d camped before, but he knew he was in for the challenge of his life and wanted to be ready for everything.  At the last minute, he decided to take his cell phone.  He knew he’d be in a remote area where it probably wouldn’t work, but something told him to take it.

The flight to Anchorage seemed to take forever.  He picked up the perishables and found he’d left out two items he might need.  Although he was not a hunter, he bought a hunting rifle and a large knife.  His father had taken him hunting as a kid and made him dress out the deer his father had shot.  It was the most horrible day in his young life, but it was also a lesson well learned.  He picked up a new fishing reel.  His was old and he didn’t want to depend on it for a month in the wilds of Alaska.

The weather was perfect as he set out on his hike.  There were trails for the first two days, but then he reached a point past were others would go.  He’d only seen two other people in the trails.  Now he expected to see no one.  The food he’d brought ran low by the end of the first week.  Now he’d have to hunt and fish. 

He found a stream that was full of fish and set up camp.  He carefully set up a ring of rocks and built a fire.  Collecting more rocks, he added to the ring until it was a couple feet high.  He stock piled a lot of wood and kindling.  During the day, he’d fish and gather mushroom and edible berries and plants.  At night, he’d stoke up the fire so the rocks would get hot and with the tent opening facing them, he’d be warm all night. 

One night, he had a visitor, a big bull moose.  Knowing they were dangerous animals and more likely to attack than a bear, he pulled out his rifle.  The moose kept getting closer and closer.   When Todd came out of the tent, it started to huff and snort.  Todd lowered the barrel and aimed.  The moose started to lower his head like he was ready to charge.  Todd pulled the trigger.  The bullet slammed into the moose’s right antler, near his head, right where Todd aimed.  The moose’s head jerked to the side as the antler shattered and fell off.  The left antler twisted the animal’s head to the side.  The moose tried to run off.  He stumbled around and ran into trees as he tried to get away. 

Todd knew that moose loose their antlers in the winter.  If one falls off before the other, the moose can’t eat until the other falls off.  Todd ran after the moose.  He had been asleep when he was wakened by the moose and was totally naked.  He felt funny, but he had to help the animal out.  He finally caught up with him.  He took aim and shot the left antler in the same place as the first.  It shattered, but didn’t fall off.  Todd knew the moose would knock it off so he took the opportunity to go back to camp.  He could hear the moose knock the antler against trees.  He heard it snap off and the moose run away.

Todd decided he liked being naked.  He could wash his clothes and just put them away.  Why dirty up clothes when you’re alone in paradise.  The next few days, he roamed around his camp naked until night when it got a little too cold unless he was close to the fire. 

One day, he decided to walk a little farther from camp.  He took his riffle and left at dawn, heading for the high mountain close by.  He walked for hours, keeping mental notes of the path he took.  He stopped for lunch and soon after found a beautiful area at an elevation where the trees were already loosing their leaves.   It concerned him a bit.  He didn’t expect the weather to be changing this early in August.  He was naked, but the sun was warm so he wasn’t cold unless he stopped walking.  Then he found it fairly cool.  He decided it might be better to head back down to the camp.

Just as he turned, something half buried in the leaves caught his attention.  It was a naked man.  “Oh God, I hope he’s not dead.”  was his first thought.  He rushed over to the man.  Wiping away the leaves, he checked for obvious injuries.  Finding none, he rolled him over.  The guy was alive, but just barely.  His lips were blue from cold, and his eyes had dark circles around them.  He tried to wake the guy, but got only moans and a little movement.  He took a bottle of water and poured some on his lips.  The guy opened his mouth and drank a little water.

The guy opened his eyes just a bit and tried to talk.  After a few more drinks, he managed to open his eyes wider.  “Are you hurt anywhere?” Todd asked. 

The guy shook his head and mumbled “cold”.

“This is a hell of a time for me to be naked.  I’ll try to get a fire started.”  Todd said.  He ran around gathering wood and rocks.  He rushed to start a fire, using a shot from his rifle to start some leaves burning.  The blast shook the guy, but he realized what Todd was doing and relaxed.  Todd got a good fire started and moved the guy as close to it as was save.  He sat behind the guy, holding his warm body against the cold man’s back.  “My God man, you feel like a corpse.  How long have you been out here like this?”  The guy was able to hold up four fingers.  “Four days?” Todd asked.

The guy nodded.  Todd rubbed his arms and tossed more wood on the fire.  The sun started going behind the mountain.  The days were fairly long, but on the east side of the mountain, it got dark earlier.  Soon, both Todd and the guy were asleep.  Todd woke several times and tossed more wood on the fire.  By morning, the guy’s temperature was back up to normal.  The sun woke them both as it rose over the hills to the east.

“You saved my life.  I would be dead by now if you hadn’t found me.” The guy said as he felt Todd stir.

“When was the last time you ate something?” Todd asked. 

“Three days ago.  I found some raspberries.” The guy said.

“Let’s see if we can find something.  All I have left is a bite of jerky.” Todd said.  They got up, but the guy couldn’t stand up yet.  “That’s okay, you stay here and I’ll see what I can find.  Oh, my name’s Todd.” Todd said offering his hand.

“Ha, you’re not the first guy I’ve slept with before I knew his name.  I’m Jerry.” The guy said.  Then he realized he’d outed himself to a complete stranger with a gun.

Todd looked surprised at first, but broke into a big grin, telling Jerry it was alright.  Jerry slumped back against the rock Todd had been leaning on behind him.  He was too week from hunger, thirst and hypothermia.  Todd ran off looking for anything they could eat.  He found an area of grass and saw tracks.  Soon, he found a large bird.  He didn’t know what kind of bird it was, but he knew it wasn’t a balled eagle so he took the shot.  The bullet took the bird’s head right off.  Todd grabbed it and headed back to their fire.  By the time he got there, he’d bled out the bird and pulled off most of its feathers.  Jerry was asleep.  Todd had trouble waking him.  He knew the guy needed food and water.  He quickly rigged a rotisserie and told Jerry to keep the bird from burning.  He was going to go get water.

Jerry managed to keep the bird turning while Jerry ran down a stream.  Jerry came back and handed the water to Jerry.  Jerry almost drank all of it.  Soon, the bird was done enough to eat.  Todd gave all of it to Jerry, even though he was starving himself.  Jerry ate all he could.  He kept trying to get Todd to eat some, but Todd refused.  They rested a while.   Then Todd put out the fire and covered the coals.

They started walking to Todd’s camp.  “How’d you get out here like this?” Todd asked.

“Over the mountain, there’s a hunter’s lodge.  I stayed there over night and hiked out here early in the morning.  I’m a photographer.  Some guys mugged me.  They made me strip and took all my stuff, everything.  One of them tied me to a tree, but I got loose.  By the time I did, it was dark.  I got lost and couldn’t find my way back to the lodge.” Jerry said.

“What did they do that for, just to rob you?” Todd asked.

“I guess, certainly not to rape me.” Jerry joked. 

“I hope we don’t run into them again.” Todd said.

“I hope not.  They’ve got more guns than they need.  I’d sure like to get my camera equipment back though.” Jerry said.

“I bet.  Those things aren’t cheep.” Todd.

“I got over ten grand in that bag.” Jerry said.

The walked as long as they could, then Jerry had to rest.  They found a sunny spot on a rock and rested.  They heard a shot.  It was close by.  Then they heard another, then several more.   Todd told Jerry to stay there.  He crawled up the ridge and saw two guys shooting into a small lake.  They were obviously drunk.  Todd waved Jerry over.  Jerry looked over the ridge and saw the two men who’d mugged him and left him to die.

“That’s them.  Give me your gun.” Jerry said.

“Ever shot one before?” Todd asked.

“Well, no.” Jerry admitted.

“Better let me.”  Todd said.  He positioned himself in a better spot and laid waiting for the right time.  The two drunks finally put their guns down and started taking off their clothes.  When they were naked, they waded out into the lake to retrieve the fish they’d shot.  Todd took aim.  He fired.  One of the guns shot up in the air.  As it spun around, Todd and Jerry could see it was bent at a thirty degree angle.

The men freaked.  By the time they saw what had been shot, Todd shot the other man’s gun.  The same thing happened to it.  The men were in chest deep water and apparently couldn’t swim.  They started scrambling for shore.  Todd and Jerry ran to the shore.  Todd aimed his gun at the men.  Jerry went to their stuff.  The first thing he did was go threw their pockets and recover his wallet and money.  Then he threw their clothes in their camp fire.   Then he started looking for his gear.  He found his camera bag and hiking supplies.  His clothes were gone.  He also found four pistols and a small back pack full of ammunition.  He stuffed all the guns the pack and grabbed his camera bag.  All he left them was camping dishes and flatware.   He took all their food which was power bars, and jerky, and their canteens. 

Walking back to the beach, he aimed a loaded 45 at the two men.  He and Todd ordered the men to go back out in the lake.  “It’s freezing cold and we can’t swim.” One argued.  Jerry fired off a shot that was way closer to the guy’s head than he intended it to be.  In fact, it was so close, that the guy felt it brush through his hair just over his ear.  Little did the guy know it was a luck shot.  He spun around and rushed out into the middle of the lake.  The water was over his head.  He and his partner struggled to keep their heads above the water.  Jerry and Todd walked off with Jerry’s haul.

“I’m such a dumb ass.  I should have kept their clothes, or at least their boots.” Jerry said.

“You couldn’t find your clothes?” Todd asked.

“I guess they got rid of them.  Their clothes wouldn’t have fit anyway.  Oh well, God know what kind of bugs I’d get from their clothes.”  Jerry said.

“Yeah, true.  By the way, that was one hell of a shot.” Todd said.

“It scared me as much as it did him.  I wasn’t trying to get anywhere close to him.  I’ll leave the shooting up to you.  You’re pretty good.  Where’d you learn to shoot like that, the service?” Jerry asked.

“No, I guess I was just born with it.  My dad took me to shooting ranges and hunting, but I wouldn’t shoot game.  That bird was the first thing I’ve ever killed.” Todd said.

“What kind of bird was it?” Jerry asked.

“I don’t know.  It was bigger than any other birds I saw, so I shot it.” Todd chuckled. 

“It was good.  Of course, anything would have been good right then.” Jerry said.  “Hey, they had a ton of Jerky.  Here” Jerry said, handing Todd a bag of jerky.

“ALRIGHT, I need that.” Todd exclaimed. 

“Say, you don’t think those guys will come after us do you?” Jerry asked.

“I doubt it.  No guns, no food, no clothes.  They’ll probably head for home.  You didn’t leave them anything they can hurt us with anyway.” Todd said.

“Not unless the hit us over the head with a frying pan.” Jerry joked.  The excitement and adrenaline of the encounter wore off.  Jerry started to weaken again.  Todd took his bag and the men’s back packs.  Jerry stumbled along.  They stopped to rest again.  Jerry ate a powerbar and some jerky.  He took a drink from one of the canteens but spit it out.  “That’s fucking whisky.” He yelled.  Todd laughed and handed him his water. 

“We’ll save that for another time.  The place they stopped at was warn and sunny.  Both guys fell asleep.  Todd woke just as one of the two muggers charged at them.   Todd grabbed a rock and slammed it against the side of the guys face.  He was instantly down for the count.  The other guy grabbed Jerry, but Todd got his gun up and aimed it at the guy’s face.  The guy used Jerry to block Todd’s aim.   Todd smiled at Jerry.  “Like they do on TV?”

Todd looked confused at first, then herealized what Todd meant.  He stomped on the guy’s instep and dropped.  Todd fired his rifle, hitting the mugger in the armpit.  The guy screamed like a woman.  His buddy was just starting to come around.  Jerry jumped at his bag and pulled out the 45.  He slammed the barrel in the guy’s mouth, shattering his front teeth, both of them.  “I ought to blow your fucking brains out.” Jerry shouted.    He pulled the gun out of the guy’s mouth and rammed it in his crotch.  The guy tried to swing at him so he fired off a shot that blew one of the guys nuts right out of his sack.  The scream echoed through the hills.

Jerry stood up so he could take in all the satisfaction of watching the guy writhe in pain.  His buddy was freaking out at what Jerry had done.  His own womb was bleeding, but the bullet had just raked the skin of his arm and gone through his rather impressive lat.  It hadn’t hit any arteries or bone.  Todd had intended to his shoulder joint so he’d be affected for the rest of his life.  He really liked what Jerry had done.  If the guys were smart, they could stop the bleeding and survive. 

The guy on the ground was screaming, “You blew my nuts off” over and over.  He buddy was holding his shoulder and trying to help his friend stop the bleeding.  Todd laughed at the men freaking out over their injuries. 

“I’m not going to just blow a nut off next time I see you, mother fucker.  I’m going to shove the gun up your ass and blow your guts out.  Now get the fuck out of here.” Jerry screamed.

They managed to get up and walk a few steps.  The one nut guy collapsed crying in pain.  They got up again and made it a few more yards.  Jerry happened to look down and saw his testical laying on the ground.  He picked it up.  “Hey one nut, you forgot something.”  He threw the little orb at the men.  His buddy caught it and quickly dropped it in disgust.  Eventually, they disappeared in the woods.

Charged up with adrenaline, Todd and Jerry walked on.  They reached Todd’s camp long after dark.  Todd knew he was headed in the right direction by the terrain and the sound of the stream.  They washed off in the stream, stoked up the fire and crawled in the little one man tent.  “This is going to be cozy.” Jerry joked.

“Can’t get any cozier than last night was.  I never hugged a fella long.” Todd chuckled.

“Ah but tonight, I’ll know it.  I’ll try to keep my back to you so I don’t poke you with anything.” Jerry said.

“You keep your back to me, and I might poke you.” Todd joked.

“Oh dear oh dear, how horrible that would be.” Jerry said sarcastically.  “You ever done a guy?” he asked.

“Naw, I’ve never had a desire to.  I used to do pretty good with the girls.  I may go that way after the last bitch I dated.” Todd said.

“REALLY!” Jerry said.

“Shut up and go to sleep.” Todd said.  They both chuckled and in just seconds were fast asleep.  The night was quiet and they both slept well.  When they woke, Jerry was cuddled up against Todd’s side.  He smiled as Todd woke and wrapped his arm around him.  But Todd wasn’t just being sweet.  He started squeezing Jerry’s neck.  “AAK” Jerry cried.  Todd laughed and sat up, dragging Jerry’s head with him.  Jerry responded by going for Todd’s morning wood.  He just got his lips on it when Todd shoved him back down and scrambled out of the tent laughing. 

Todd walked over to the edge of the camp site and took a long piss.  Jerry crawled out of the tent.  His head spun as the stood up and he almost fell over into the fire.  Todd caught him.  “Slow down buddy, you’re still week.” Todd said.

“Wow, I felt great till I stood up.” Jerry said.  He sat down on the rocks surrounding the fire, but jumped back up.  “That’s still hot.”  He said holding his butt.

Todd caught him again, laughing his ass off.   “You sit here, while I get breakfast together.  I hope you like oat meal.” Todd said.

“I like it with fruit.  I wish I had some of those raspberry’s I had a few days ago.” Jerry said.

“There’s some bushes right across the stream.  I’ll cook while you get the berries, but take it slow and easy.” Todd suggested.

“Wow, how lucky.” Jerry said. 

“Take it slow.” Todd yelled.

“Yes daddy.” Jerry joked.  He stepped into the knee deep stream.  “Oh my God this water’s cold.” He screamed.  “Slow my ass.”  He scampered across the stream.  He came back a couple minutes later with his arm against his stomach.  He’d collected all the berries he could carry.  “Leave it to me to not take something to carry them in.” he laughed.  Todd laughed and helped him get the berries into a bowl.  There were more berries than the bowl would hold.  The two started eating them and feeding them to each other.  Jerry mashed one on Todd’s nipple and liked it off.   Todd playfully mashed one on his cock.  Jerry went right for it.  Todd jumped away.  “You keep teasing me like that and I’m going to tie you up and suck you dry.” Jerry threatened.

“Maybe later, breakfast is ready.” Todd said.  They ate breakfast and went fishing.  Todd gave Jerry his old rod and reel.  Jerry was the first to catch a fish.  Todd caught the largest one though.  They filleted them in the stream and put the fillets in plastic bags which they put in the stream, held down with a rock.  They took the fish heads and scraps down stream and tossed them in the water.  All this was so it didn’t attract bears to the camp.  Then they went “shopping” for mushrooms and what ever else they could find.  There were bolita mushrooms all over the place.  Jerry was afraid of them, but Todd showed him how good they were. 

They chatted about their homes and lives.  Jerry was real close to his family until he told them he was gay.  Now they barely acknowledged he was alive.  Todd’s folks were separated and getting a divorce.  Todd was really angry at them.  Neither one had a good reason to separate.  He hoped by him dropping off the grid for a while, they’d change their minds and get back together.  He hadn’t told anyone of his plans.  All anyone knew was he was going on vacation for a month.

Jerry was supposed to be at his sister’s wedding.  He’d kept touch with her although she didn’t approve of his “choices”.  The wedding was that day.  He wished he could call her and tell her what happened.  Todd got out his phone, but as expected, the battery was nearly dead and there was no signal.  They had fun gathering wood and food and talking.  The day seemed to go quickly.  Todd asked Jerry if he wanted to go back home.   “Man, I don’t want to fuck up your vacation anymore than I have.  I can’t go back on my own, I’m lost.  I hate for you to have to share your camp, but I’d hate for you to leave before you’re ready.” Jerry said.

“I did come out here to get away from everything, but I don’t mind sharing my camp with you at all.  If you want, let’s stay a couple days and if we are about to kill each other, we’ll go back.” Todd suggested.

“That sounds great.  But promise me if you don’t like something I’m doing or not doing, you’ll tell me.” Jerry said.

“Oh hell yeah I will.” Todd teased.  That night, they were visited by a massive grizzly bear.  All the food was hung high in a tree of stored in bags under water in the stream, so there was no food to attract him.  Todd figured it was the fire that caught his attention.  He held Jerry close and told him to not move or make a sound.  The bear stuck his head in the door of the tent.  His head was the same size as the door.  He sniffed at Todd and Jerry’s feet and went on.  They listened until the heard him cross the stream and leave.

“Oh my God, either we’re really lucky or we got some stinky feet.” Jerry whispered.  Todd cracked up.

“Did you see the size of that son of a bitch?  His head barely made it through the door.” Todd said.

“Hell no, I didn’t see it.  I was too busy cowering.” Jerry said.  He’d stuck his face in Todd’s arm pit.

In an hour, sunlight began to warm the tent.  Neither guy slept after there guest.  They got up and crawled out of the tent.  “Mother fuck, look at these tracks.” Jerry said as he stood up outside the tent door.  He put his size 11 foot in the indentation.  It took up about one fifth of the space.

“Holy shit, that think must be gigantic.” Todd said. 

“It is.” Jerry said quietly.  Todd was still on all fours.  He looked up and Jerry’s face.  It was white and staring across the stream.  Todd looked around the side of the tent.  The bear was sitting in the stream on the far side.  He was grabbing fish as they passed by.  He looked up and Jerry and Todd.   He snorted and went on about his business.  “Guess fish is off the menu this morning.”

“So are raspberries.” Todd said.  Jerry slowly got back in the tent.  He pulled out the pistols from the mugger’s pack.  They loaded them and sat quietly.  They heard strange noises and splashing.  They peeked out of the tent and started laughing.  The bear was on his back kicking around and wiggling back and forth.  “He’s taking a bath.” Todd said. 

A few minutes later, the bear rolled over and walked into the camp.  Todd and Jerry sat at the door of the tent with fully loaded guns.  The massive bruin lumbered up from the stream with a large fish in his mouth.    He was so close the guys could see raspberry stains in the fur around his mouth.  The bear walked right by the tent, so close the guys could smell it.   It dropped the fish on the ground and walked on.  “Oh my God, he brought us a fish.” Jerry said.

“He was a visitor in our territory.  He paid us for letting him stay and eat.” Todd suggested. 

“Funny, but logical” Jerry said.  I wonder if he’ll come back. 

“I’d never seen him before.  He must be just passing through.” Todd said.

The next week went by quickly.  The guys had all sorts of fun.  Jerry kept trying to get Todd to let him photograph him.  Todd wasn’t too keen on the idea.  But eventually, they took shots of each other.   They got to acting up and playing around, having a lot of fun.  That night, when they went to bed, Jerry confessed he wished they could stay there forever.

“In about two weeks, we’d freeze to death.” Todd said.

“I tried that once.  No thanks.” Jerry said.  They were already cuddled up as they always were in the tiny tent, but he put his arm across Todd’s chest and laid his head on it.  Rain began to fall.  A cold breeze blew.  They both knew it was time to go home.  The next day, they started preparing to leave.  They filled plastic bags with mushrooms and raspberries.  Todd had found a patch of wild roses that were covered with hips.  He picked a bag full of them to take home.  Jerry watched sadly while Todd packed up everything but the tent. 

They held each other that night.  Even though it would be a several days of hiking out, it seemed like the end of their friendship.  Jerry wanted to make love to Todd so badly.  He dared not try.  They went to sleep.  The next morning, they got up and struck the tent.  They divided the gear evenly and headed home. 

They passed the giant bear about fifteen minutes down the way.  It raised its head and looked at them and went on about his business.  They walked for hours without talking.  Only when they stopped to eat lunch did they finally talk.

“I’m going to miss this so much.” Todd said.

“What’s that?” Jerry said.

“All this, the trees, the animals, the peace, you” Todd said.

“I’m going to miss you to.  I’ve never had so much fun with anyone.  I never slept with someone like we did and not had sex with them.  It was nice for a change.  Not that I would turn you down if you asked.” Jerry joked.

“That’s nice to know.  We’ll be sleeping together tonight.  Maybe I’ll get horny.”  Todd returned Jerry’s tease.

“Hell, it took long enough for me to get a rise out of you.” Jerry said.

“You haven’t yet.” Todd said.

“We’ll see about that.” Jerry said.  They walked on.  That night, they set up the tent and crawled in.  Jerry crawled in first.  Todd went in over him.  He straddled Jerry.  He hovered over him with a slight smile.  Jerry looked at him with puppy dog eyes.  Todd’s smile widened.  He leaned down for a quick kiss.  Jerry’s lips didn’t move.  Todd smiled and kissed the end of his nose.  Still smiling, he kissed each eye.  Jerry wrapped his arms around Todd as their mouths met in a passionate open mouth kiss.  Their tongues explored each other’s mouth.  Todd slipped and arm under Jerry’s back and pulled him over on top of him.  He grabbed the back of Jerry’s hair pulled his head back.  He bit into Jerry’s neck and shoulders, passionately, tasting his sweat. 

Jerry flinched as some of the bites were slightly painful, but that only made them turn him on more.  He could feel the emotion in them.  It wasn’t just sexual passion.  It went deeper, way deeper, into their very souls. 

Todd rolled him over again and continued the biting, sucking, kissing and licking all the way down to Jerry’s waist.  He chewed Jerry’s pits, his waist, and even his pubes.  Jerry could hardly believe the things he was feeling.  His body had never been so excited.  He squirmed as Todd hit spots on his body Jerry never even thought could be interesting.  Todd went down his inner thighs all the way from his balls to his knees.  He attacked the backs of Jerry’s knees, sending Jerry’s brain into overload.  Jerry let out loud barks of pleasure.  Todd spread his legs apart and moved up his thighs to his balls and perineum, his butt cheeks, his crack.  Jerry’s vocals got louder as his excitement reached overload.  Todd attacked his lower back.  Jerry jerked and squirmed.  Suddenly, he realized Todd was knocking at his back door. 

Jerry opened it and let him in, all the way in.  How Todd could so rhythmically fuck him while wildly chewing his neck and shoulder was more than Jerry could figure out.  Every cell of his body was tingling with joy and excitement.  Todd had to stop several times to keep from cumming before he was ready.  He wasn’t going to cum until Jerry was nearly out of his mind.  Finally though he knew he couldn’t hold off any more.  He pulled out just long enough to roll Jerry over and stick it back in.  Then he grabbed Jerry’s cock and bent at the waist like a contortionist.  He took Jerry’s cock in his mouth.  With his hands, he moved Jerry’s hips up and down on his cock and in his mouth.  Jerry started shooting first.  Todd had to let his cum run out the sides of his mouth.  He was breathing too hard to swallow.  Then he began to shoot up Jerry’s ass.  Jerry quit cumming just in time for Todd to let his cock drop out of his mouth and let out a loud cry of lustful joy. 

Todd collapsed on top of Jerry.  They lay panting for some time.  “Geez, all I wanted was to suck your dick.” Jerry said. 

Todd burst out laughing. “You can do that in the morning.” He said.

“You kidding?  With all the berries I’ve been eating.  You gotta go wash that thing off.” Jerry said. 

“From the way your pits smelled, we both gotta go take a bath.” Todd said.

“Good idea.” Jerry said.  They got up and went to the stream close by.  The water was cold, but not as cold as the stream at Todd’s camp.  It was the same stream, but much farther down the mountain.  Here, it was deeper and wider.  They bathed and wiped the water off each other’s body.  Towels are too heavy to bring along.  A cold wind came down the mountain side.  They ran back to the tent.  Todd didn’t want to bother with a fire, so they cuddled up in his sleeping bag.  Quickly, they fell asleep. 

Jerry woke first.  He tried to go down on Todd before he woke up, but he got caught.  Todd didn’t move.  He just smiled.  Jerry sucked him, edging him several times and finally drinking down his load.  He laid his head on Todd’s belly and they both slept for another hour or so. 

Again, they struck camp and headed down the mountain.  Jerry took Todd’s hand.  Todd looked over and smiled.  He grasped Jerry’s hand tightly.  They made good time because Todd knew exactly where he was going.  They stopped at night and made love before sleeping peacefully three nights in a row. 

When they got to the paths where other’s had been, they stopped and got dressed.  Jerry and Todd were the same size, but Todd’s shoes wouldn’t fit Jerry.   From this point on, the trails were rough and rocky.  Jerry walked carefully, but his feet were getting sore.  Todd pulled out all his socks.  Jerry put on five pairs of socks, but by the time they got to the park ranger’s station where Todd began his walk, Jerry’s feet were bruised and painful.  He’d stepped on something sharp and cut one foot.  The ranger’s took a report about what happened to Jerry and took him to the hospital in Anchorage.  Todd stayed with him. 

While they were there in the emergency room, they heard two guys raising hell.  The ranger went to see what the commotion was.  He came back laughing.  “Well, there’s a guy in there with his nut shot off and another one with a gun shot to his arm pit.  They’re claiming someone robbed them and shot them just for kicks.”  The rangers said.

Todd and Jerry looked at each other and just laughed.  “I wonder how they got back so quickly.” Todd said.

“They had four wheelers out there.  They cauterized their wombs with heated flatware the ‘robbers’ left with them.  Man, I’d like to have been there when the guy cauterized his nut sack.” 

“Me to” Jerry laughed.

The ranger left and the doctors treated Jerry’s feet as best they could.  There wasn’t much they could do for the bruises.  In the mean time, Todd got them a hotel room.  He called his boss and told him he’d be gone for a couple more days. 

Todd carried Jerry across the hotel lobby up the elevator and to their room.  He put Jerry to bed and went to get them something to eat.  Todd sat on Jerry’s bed while they ate and watched TV.  Then he cleared it off, pulled the covers back.  He stripped Jerry and got undressed himself.  He crawled in bed beside Jerry and pulled up the covers. 

Jerry had been silent while Todd undressed them and got in bed.  He was surprised and delighted.  He started to say something, but Todd spoke first.  “You’re from Seattle.   I’m from Chicago.  I don’t want this to end.  I don’t know where it’s going, but I’m not ready for it to stop here.”

“Seattle’s depressing.” Jerry said.

“Chicago stinks.” Todd said.

“What do we do?” Jerry asked.

“Let’s sleep on it.  Maybe we’ll come up with an answer in the morning.  I’m too tired now to think about it.” Todd said.

“Me to” Jerry said.  Todd laid his head on Jerry’s chest.  They slept.

In the morning, they both had come up with solutions.  Jerry spoke first.  My uncle has been after me to move to Portland.  I can move there and we can find jobs easily.  We won’t have to pay rent or a mortgage.”  My uncle knows I’m gay.  He isn’t, but I’m still his favorite nephew.”

“I’ve got an answer to.  I can do my job from anywhere.  My boss suggested it once before when I said I didn’t like Chicago.” Todd said.  “I still don’t know what’s going to come of this.” 

“I don’t know either, but I’m willing to take a chance if you are.” Jerry said. 

“I’ll have to go home to get things started in Chicago.” Todd said.

“I’ll call my uncle and see if the offer still stands, and if it’s okay for me to bring a boyfriend.” Jerry said. 

“You do that and I’ll go get us breakfast.” Todd suggested.  He dressed and left.  When he got back, Jerry was smiling.  His uncle had sold his house, but he had three others he’d been renting out.  They could take their pick.  When Jerry asked him if he could bring a boyfriend, he uncle said he expected him to.  He never thought his nephew would be single. 

After breakfast, they borrowed a wheelchair form the hotel and went shopping for clothes for Jerry.  They were crowd pleasers where ever they went.  At a thrift store, they found a wheelchair for ten bucks.  They bought it and rolled around together until both guys were exhausted.  They returned to the hotel and returned the hotel’s chair.  Jerry got in the chair they bought, and Todd took him to the room for a passionate joyful love session.  They left the next day to go home and make arrangements to move to Portland.  A month later, Jerry carried Todd across the threshold into their new home and new life.