Chapter Seventeen | Owen

Saturday movie night at Ethan's turned out to have very little movie watching happening on my part. I was too focused on my phone and the two men texting back and forth with me.

Skylar: I miss you.

Me: I miss you too.

Switch.

Chad: Can't wait to see you tomorrow night.

Me: I'll be there at 10 at the latest after our Salish Sea Society meeting.

Switch.

Skylar: Chad is looking forward to spending those nights with you.

Me: Me too. Was it your idea to have us spend them at your house?

Skylar: No, that was all Chad.

Me: I hope the sheets smell like both of you.

Switch.

Chad: Skylar is smirking. What did you say to him?

Me: I want your sheets to smell like him.

Chad: tongue out emoji I thought you were coming over for me.

Me: I'll be cumming all over you plenty.

Chad: lol

Ethan lifted his head off my chest and blocked my phone's screen with all his curls. "Can you stop, please? We're supposed to be watching this movie together."

I rested my phone on his back. He was stretched out on top of me, his hip digging into my thigh. "Today has been rough. I don't get to see either one of them."

"Never thought you'd end up with two boyfriends."

"Chad isn't my boyfriend. We're just dating."

Ethan snorted. "Right. That's why you've been so distracted since you slept with him." He tapped my chin. "I want an honest answer. Do you have feelings for Chad?"

No point in lying.

"We shared an intense connection that night." I sighed. "I cried."

Ethan pushed up by jamming the heel of his hand into my chest. I groaned and shoved him away until he found a less painful way to look down at me. "How intense?"

"It felt as though thin wispy strands of my DNA combined with his."

His eyebrows rose. "Are you in love with Chad?"

"No, but I'm falling fast. He's not what I expected. Skylar told me Chad was loveable once you moved past his trait of always being on . Skylar was right. Chad is capturing me."

"If you fall in love with him … what then?"

"Skylar hasn't said."

Ethan frowned. "Why would the decision be entirely his? "

"It wouldn't be. We'd talk about it." Again. Ethan didn't understand. Skylar and I discussed things. He respected my opinion. Listened to me. He would never force me to do anything.

My phone dinged so I looked at it. I'd missed a few messages.

Skylar: You should get back to your movie with Ethan.

Me: I will. I love you.

Skylar: Love you too.

Switch.

Chad: Skylar says we need to stop bugging you.

Me: I need to pretend to watch this movie. See you tomorrow night.

Chad: Can't wait. I bought bacon and hid it in the fridge in the garage.

Me: I've never eaten bacon off someone's naked body before.

Chad: We will be rectifying that situation.

I laughed softly, earning me a sharp look from Ethan.

Me: Gotta go.

Chad: Bye.

Ethan settled back on my chest after I stretched and put my phone on the coffee table. I tried to watch the movie. My best friend kept laughing, shaking us both. Eventually, I decided to zone out and just enjoy the feel of him on me. It had never been sexual between us, the closeness. Not going to say that in all the years we'd been cuddling I never popped a boner. That would be blatantly untrue. When it happened, it led to teasing and laughing until we were both crying.

Cuddling with my two men felt entirely different.

My men.

I smiled. They were. Skylar and Chad were my men. One I was in love with and the other who was rapidly stealing my heart. I had no idea what the future held for us.

I stroked my hand up and down Ethan's back, causing him to hum. If I was being honest, I wanted to know if the three of us could end up together, but Skylar hadn't suggested it.

Would I be ready and open to a relationship like that? Over the years, I'd encountered a few partnerships that consisted of three, even four men. It wasn't how I'd seen my life unfolding in the romance department, but Skylar had challenged me to keep my mind open.

Ethan's breathing slowed.

"Ethan," I whispered. There was no response. He was asleep.

I shifted my body until I was out from under him, practically crab-walking off the edge of the couch to do so. He mumbled something and rolled onto his side. I retrieved a blanket from the end of the couch and covered him with it.

When I went upstairs, Daniel was sitting on their bed, reading. "He's asleep," I said to him after poking my head in through the open doorway.

Daniel looked at his phone. "Earlier than usual."

"Yeah, he said he was tired."

"I'll let him sleep down there for a while before urging him to bed."

"Okay." I nodded. "See you next week."

"Do you two ever finish a movie?"

I laughed. "Occasionally. Tonight, I was so busy texting Skylar and Chad that I wasn't paying attention anyway. "

"How's that going, juggling the two of them?"

"It's worth the effort. The only nights I'm going to be alone are Friday and Saturday. They spend those two nights together. I'll be hanging out with Chad more than Skylar."

"You like Chad."

"I'd better. I'll be staying at his place three nights a week."

"Well, that's one way to figure out if you're compatible."

"I'm not even worried that we're not." I already knew Chad and I would get on well. We'd be spending the night at his place and working there during the day. Maybe we'd go into the office, but maybe not. We could both work from home. Or go to my place and work on my car.

We'd have hours upon hours together talking. And laughing. And kissing.

There would definitely be kissing.

A warm rush moved up my spine. Maybe Chad would fuck me in my garage.

Up against my '67 Mustang.

"I'd better get going," I said and took off for the stairs. My cock had stiffened fast as I imagined Chad fucking me again. There was something erotic about being fucked by a man whom I assumed only bottomed. Like I was special to him in some way. He certainly made me feel special.

Chad and I collapsed in a heap on his bed. A warm, sticky, glorious heap, basking in the afterglow of incredible sex. Last night when I arrived after my Salish Sea Society meeting, the sex had been fast and furious. All frantic mouths, groping hands, and hard as steel cocks.

This morning, we started with breakfast. Chad had cooked the bacon and as promised, I urged him to lay on the island in the nude, whereby I placed strips of crispy goodness up and down his body, then proceeded to eat each piece, savouring his skin too where they had rested .

The final piece, I lay across his hole and sucked and licked it, smearing bacon grease all over his skin and mine. Encouraged up onto his knees, I'd eaten his ass until his thighs were quaking.

I brushed my hand across his chest, and he kissed my cheek.

"I've been thinking," I said.

I could feel Chad's grin against my cheek. "That you want to go again."

I laughed. "Yes, but no. I was thinking how the three of us haven't been in the same room together since the Christmas party."

"Mmhm. Yeah, I've been thinking about that too."

"Maybe it's time."

Chad stroked my roving hand then linked fingers with me. "Should we talk to Skylar tonight?"

"Yeah. Can I join in on your video call with him?"

"That would be perfect." He snuggled closer to me. "Do we have to get up yet?"

I snickered. "It must be almost noon. I'm sure we both have phone messages piling up."

Chad groaned. "All right … I'm going to suck you off in the shower then we can start work."

"Best Monday morning I've had in a long while."

We climbed out of bed and headed for the shower. Spending time with Chad was easy. He was a bit high-strung at times but that made him fun to hang out with. He kept me laughing.

I set myself up in Skylar's office once we eventually had clothes on. Chad was in his office down the hall. After I returned all the calls taking up space in my voicemail, I opened my laptop and started in on the mountain of email. I was deep in work when Chad knocked on the doorframe to the office and peered inside. He looked absolutely edible in his grey sweatpants and tight ratty t-shirt emboldened with some sports team I should probably recognize.

"I made dinner," he said.

I frowned. "What time is it?"

"Almost six."

"Where the hell did the day go?"

"We kind of had a late start."

"True." I signed out of everything on my computer and closed it down. "What's for dinner?"

"Hamburgers. We have a barbeque strictly for meat. They're ready to be dressed."

I followed Chad into the kitchen where a plated open-faced burger was waiting for me. He had an assortment of condiments plus some tomatoes, lettuce, and cooked onions and mushrooms.

"I put cheese on yours," Chad said. "Hope that's all right."

"The only thing that would make it better is blue cheese."

"I'll remember that for next week."

I loaded up my burger and slid onto one of the stools at the island. Chad sat beside me.

"Oh, shoot." He shot back up, crossed the kitchen, and grabbed some oven mitts. He pulled open what looked to be an air fryer, removed a basket of fries, and wandered back across the kitchen to the island. "Can't have burgers without fries."

I sat back as Chad dumped some on my plate. Once he had delegated every fry, he retook his seat, his elbows knocking up against mine as we ate.

After his plate was clean, he took one of my fries, dragged it through my remaining dollop of ketchup, and held it in front of my lips. "I love painting your lips."

"With ketchup?"

He smirked. "With other things. But ketchup will do for now. "

Chad dragged the fry across my bottom lip then dropped it onto my plate and grasped my chin in one hand. He turned my face hard and pressed his mouth to mine.

One hunger had been quenched. Another was now thrusting toward the surface.

I slipped off the stool and into his arms. He walked me backward out of the kitchen and into the family room, only holding off from pushing me onto the couch, to throw a blanket on it.

A sharp exhalation escaped my lips as Chad gave me a shove, laying me out flat on the couch. He climbed onto me, trapping me, his mouth retaking mine. He stretched my arms over my head and held them there with one hand wrapped tight around my wrists. The other found its way onto the front of my jeans, caressing my hardening cock. He groaned then withdrew his hand.

"I'm going to get you off like this," he grunted and thrust his hips, our clothed dicks colliding then grinding. I squirmed beneath him, seeking to enhance the pressure. I wanted more.

Chad moved his legs and angled his hips, rocking against me until we were both swearing. It was the strangest sensation cumming in my pants. It felt dirty and glorious. Chad shuddered against me and undulated his hips in hitching jabs as he joined me with his own release.

After Chad let my arms go, we lay there for the longest time.

Just breathing.

"Should we have a shower before our call with Skylar?" Chad asked.

"It'll need to be a quick one."

Chad leapt off me. "Race you." And he was off. I wasn't going to race him. He was already in the shower when I arrived in the ensuite bathroom. We didn't have time for sex. A pity but it meant we managed to emerge freshly cleaned into the bedroom in under ten minutes.

"Do you want to borrow some clothes?" he asked. "We can wash your pants tonight."

"Sure." I stayed at Chad's side as he retrieved some sweatpants and a t-shirt for me out of his drawer. They were both swimming on me when I pulled them on.

"Oh, my god." Chad smiled at me and grasped my shoulders. "You look adorable."

"I feel miniscule in comparison to you."

"You look good commando in those sweats." Chad winked at me. When in Rome. Chad had told me Skylar was always pleased when he dressed his bottom half like that while at home.

We flopped down on the bed with Chad's laptop, our backs against the headboard, and waited for Skylar to open a call with us. Chad pressed join when the call waiting bell rang.

Skylar smiled.

"Hey, you two," he said.

"Hope you don't mind," Chad replied. "I invited Owen to join us."

"No, this is perfect. I love seeing the two of you together." Skylar sucked his bottom lip into his mouth, studying us. "Did you two just get out of the shower? Your hair is wet."

"Yeah, we got a little messy after dinner," Chad answered.

"You're having a good time together."

I nudged Chad's shoulder. "We're having the best time." My eyes must have spoken that I had something I needed to talk about. Skylar had become an expert on reading me.

"But …," Skylar said.

"But we were thinking that we haven't all been in the same room since the Christmas party."

"And that bothers you. "

"It does," Chad responded. "We think it's time we all hung out together."

"To be clear, you both want this?"

Chad and I nodded in tandem.

"I need words," Skylar said.

"I want this," Chad replied.

"So do I," I agreed.

"Okay. When?"

"I'd like to be here on Wednesday night when you fly home," I said. "I think we need to talk through some things … in person. Not over a video call."

"I agree," Chad responded.

"Then that's the plan." Skylar blinked a few times. "You two are awfully cute together." Another pause. "I can't wait to get home so I can kiss you both."

A rush of need descended into my balls and stirred my cock.

Kiss us both.

The possibility was going to be a reality in a couple of days.

"We'll be right here waiting for you," Chad said, his voice slow and sultry.

Skylar cleared his throat. "I'm going to let the two of you go. Seems as though Chad is looking for some playtime and I don't want to encroach on your time together."

"Okay. Love you." Chad stroked the screen along Skylar's jawline.

"Love you too," I said.

"Goodnight." Skylar smiled. "Love you both."

Chad closed the lid of the laptop and shoved it to the end of the bed. He turned to face me. "Did that sound strange to you? When Skylar said he loves us both."

I didn't even have to give it a second thought.

"No, not at all. He does love us. "

Chad nodded. "Good. I liked hearing him say that."

I smiled at him. "Yeah?" I pressed my finger to his chest and pushed him over, then straddled his hips, and gazed down at him. "What else do you like to hear him say?"

Chad raked his hand into my hair. "That he's going to fuck me."

"Would you like to hear me say that?"

Chad's eyebrows rose. "You'd be into fucking me?"

"I haven't topped anyone since my girlfriend in high school, so I'll be crazy rusty. Plus, it was a disaster." I smirked at him. "I'm not selling my prowess, am I?" My girlfriend, Sarah, and I had sex exactly once. I was horrified. It was all the confirmation I needed to know I was gay.

She was the first person I'd told I wasn't straight.

We'd quietly broken up after that.

Chad licked his lips and then grinned up at me. "I want to feel you pounding my ass."

I shuffled down his legs and grasped the top of his sweats. "Then these need to come off." His dick stiffened fast after I removed his pants. He struggled out of his shirt as I stood beside the bed and removed my clothes, then bounced back onto the mattress and sucked his cock into my mouth.

It was becoming familiar. The thickness and weight. The length. The fat vein that ran along the underside. The bulky head with a pronounced ridge. And the taste of his precum.

I hummed as I savoured it while sucking and licking his slit.

Chad jammed his fingers through my hair and clenched a handful.

"Fuck me."

I slurped his cock to the tip and dropped it. "Roll over." I gave him room to do so while I gathered supplies. We had everything set out on the bedside table. There was no point in putting it all back in the drawer, we'd been using it so often. My stamina was being put to the test.

After rolling on a condom, I positioned myself between Chad's open legs. A quick handful of lube then I found his hole and pierced it with my slippery thumb.

Chad groaned and shifted his hips back and forth as I massaged his opening.

I used my free hand to move his ass cheek further from the other so I could see what I was doing. I withdrew my thumb and replaced it with two fingers. I pumped them in and out of his ass until he was squirming. Then added a third, thrusting until his body relaxed and opened.

My stomach did a few somersaults. I was nervous.

Chad must have sensed me hesitating after I withdrew my fingers.

"No matter how you do it, you're going to make me feel good," he said.

Easy for him to say. He always hit the mark, rubbing and prodding my prostate like a professional. There was no way I could give him the same thing.

"We can practice until you feel satisfied with your level of skill," he added.

I chuckled. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

Chad waggled his ass. "I would. Now, are you going to rail my hole or not?"

I smacked his ass cheek. "Up on your knees."

He did as I asked, and I was presented with the most beautiful view. A round muscular ass atop two thighs covered in plentiful blond hair; his hole pink and a little puffy from my fingers.

I positioned myself behind him and breached his opening with my cockhead. The pressure was immediate, crushing. I kept hold of my shaft as I slowly fed him my length. My cock became encased in his tight male warmth. Fully seated, I clung to his hips and drew back.

I thrust into him.

"Yes," Chad hissed.

I wasn't going to last long. I rocked back and forth into him as steadily as I could while trying to curb my orgasm. The noises he was producing were making it difficult to concentrate.

More.

My pace turned to pummeling, clutching his hips and thighs as I tried to get my angle just right. Chad grunted and swore, and his channel clamped down hard around my cock.

"I'm cumming," he muttered.

I fucked him harder, wanting to force every ounce of release from his body. My face flushed as I realized Chad hadn't been touching his dick. Pride. I laughed and leaned forward and kissed his spine. He trembled at my touch, his body over-sensitized. I gave him a quick smack on the ass.

Chad jumped and then growled. "That's it. Now, cum all over my ass."

I withdrew from his hole, whipped the condom off, and began pumping my dick. It didn't take me too many strokes until I was painting Chad's glorious hole. Coming down the far side of my climax, I used my finger to play with my cum, feeding some of it into Chad.

"Fill me with it," Chad whispered. "I want all of it."

I obliged, gathering my cum and stuffing his hole with it. When I was done, I caressed Chad's ass with my sticky fingers, massaging his skin with a mix of cum and lube, then gave him a shove.

He descended onto his belly, and I layered myself on his sweaty back, grinding my waning cock against his ass and kissing the back of his neck.

"Did you enjoy that?" Chad asked .

I smirked, beyond delirious. "I did."

Chad started to turn so I rolled off him until we lay side by side, face to face. He cupped my cheek with his hand and brushed his thumb across my skin. "You would do it again?"

"Sometimes. I prefer to bottom."

"I want our time to be special … when it's just us."

My brow dipped. When wouldn't it be just us?

I'd wait for Skylar to reveal any plans to move our relationships forward. Maybe Chad knew something. Maybe it was simply wishful thinking on his part. It certainly was on mine.

I moved closer to him and slung my leg over his hip, pulling him to me with my heel. I swept my fingers into his short hair and took control of his lips.

I could kiss Chad forever and never get tired of the feel of his lips on mine.

Maybe we would have a chance at that forever.

Most of the kids at the Rainbow Youth Centre had gone home. Only the ones who lived there remained and they were busy in the kitchen helping Jamal make dinner.

The hallway where I was seated on the floor, my back to the wall, was empty and quiet. Across from me was the wall I was going to be painting a mural on. The first of the four I had planned.

I adjusted my sketch pad on my bent knees and continued with the sketch I had envisaged after studying the kids' drawings. This wall was going to have a herd of fanciful animals on it.

After completing the outline, I took one of my new coloured pencils and shaded the first of the bizarre beasts with a bright teal. I barely noticed Liam until he slid to the floor beside me .

Liam leaned against my shoulder and placed his head close to mine so he could see what I was working on. "That looks really cool. Jamal says the kids came up with the concepts."

"They did. They have quite the imaginations."

He stopped leaning on me, pulled his knees up near his chest, and wrapped his arms around them, linking his fingers. "How are things with Skylar and Chad?"

"Chad and I started having sex … with Skylar's blessing."

"That's quite the move forward."

"It is. Plus, I've bunked at his place for the past three nights."

"Oh, wow. That's significant. And Skylar is okay with that too?"

"Yeah, he loves that we're spending time together."

"What happens next?"

"I don't know. I know what I want but I don't want to be the one to bring it up."

"What do you want?"

I glanced at Liam. I felt like I could open up to him. "I want the three of us to be together in a poly relationship."

"That's quite the leap from what you've been harping on wanting for years."

"That changed when I started having feelings for Skylar."

"And Chad? Are you having feelings for him?"

I exhaled hard and rested my head on Liam's shoulder. "I'm falling in love with him."

"Does he feel the same?"

"I don't know. We talk about a lot of things. Our feelings aren't one of them."

"Maybe you need to change that."

I nodded. The truth was, I'd already fallen. The past three nights together had brought us so close together that I couldn't deny what I was feeling. I was in love with Chad Prentice .

Liam patted my arm. "I'll let you get back to it." He rose to his feet and headed in the direction of the kitchen. Toward the one man he loved whereas my heart was being pulled in two.

Was it possible to fully love two men?

I grabbed a hot pink coloured pencil and filled in the image of a warped elephant. Skylar was coming home tonight. We'd talk things through. See where everyone was at … to a point.

I'd be keeping my love for Chad under a hat for now.

I needed time to get used to the idea that I loved them both.