Chapter Ten

Robert flung his towel over his should and closed his locker. The rattle echoing off the walls of the empty changing room. Justin was out on the main floor, seeing the last member out and getting the doors locked. Since Justin began working at the gym a couple of months ago, Robert had adjusted his schedule so they could leave together on the night his lover worked. If anyone had picked up on his change in routine, nobody had made a comment to him. Robert wanted to attribute his racing heart and the adrenaline flooding his veins to a great workout, but some part of him knew those sensations were also because of Justin"s presence in the gym. However, he did his best not to give away his secret with making calf eyes at Justin and focusing on his training.

It helped that his coach rode him hard, because Robert"s big fight in Vegas was getting closer. The two of them had a very specific plan on exactly what components of his training they needed to make priority when they were together and which components and Robert could handle when he was on his own. Today, his body made Robert very aware of every lift, kick, punch, and bend. James had suggested Robert schedule a massage to keep his muscles pliant, and it was the first thing Robert planned on doing in the morning. He suspected the massage would bring that wonderful mixture of pain and pleasure.

He made his way into the shower room and turned on the water. He cranked up the heat until he knew his skin would flush from the intensity. Thank god, despite the age of the building, the gym had great water pressure. A moan of pleasure escaped as the water poured over him. Tilting his head back, Rob savored the sensation of the shower"s stream on his face. He lifted his arms over the top of his head, feeling the stretch in his biceps and chest. Some of the stream fell into his mouth as he lifted his head and shook off the excess water. He reached back and dispensed some cleanser into his palms and built up the lather. His hands soaped his chest in circles and shivered when rivulets of suds fell down on his abs.

A loud bang had Robert spinning toward the changing room. Justin stood in the doorway"s opening, a basket of folded towels at his feet. The heat of the water had nothing on the fire building in Justin"s gaze. Robert decided to have a little fun with his boyfriend. Sliding his hands down, he bathed his cock and balls. He spun and presented his back and ass. He couldn"t help the little grin that snuck out when he heard Justin"s gasp over the rush of the water. Robert bent over and got his crack, legs, and feet very clean.

He froze for a moment, when a naked, hard body pressed against his back. "Was wondering if you were waiting for an engraved invitation."

Justin growled, then ran his lips down Robert"s neck. "You are a terrible tease. I fucking love it, but you make me insane."

Justin glided his hands up Robert"s back, and he couldn"t stop the moan. This was better than any deep-tissue massage on the planet. They smoothed up over his shoulders. Justin dug his fingers into the cords of Robert"s neck in the best way before his fingers speared into the strands of his hair. Robert was having a hard time staying on his feet as pleasure raced up and down his body. His cock was definitely taking an interest in the action, but more than desire flooded his system. Everything around him dissolved, and he understood a new definition of love. The ability to surrender completely to a lover and be one with them.

Justin"s massage moved to his ears. Robert did not know they were so sensitive. The slow, tugging circles had him bracing himself against the wall of the shower room. Justin pressed his thumbs into the tendons of Rob's neck, and he felt a pop as his muscles released a tight knot. There were some benefits to having a lover with intimate knowledge of human anatomy. It was as if Justin traced every muscle group from his origin to the end point, hitting every fiber along the way.

"That feels so good, sweetheart," Robert moaned.

He adjusted his stance and came into contact with Justin"s hard cock. He ground against Justin's erection. Justin took his not-so-subtle hint, and slid his hands down to Rob's ass. His lover"s slippery hands played with his crack and hole, amping up the desire that flooded Robert"s body. Robert"s cock began to throb, and he gripped it to appease the beast. He wanted to draw out the pleasure and so fondled himself in slow strokes. Justin circled his hole with one finger, dipping inside occasionally, only to pull back and circle the tight opening again.

"Please, J… I need you."

Justin pushed him under the water, and Robert rinsed off all the soap. He looked around for something to use as lube.

He pointed to his wash-up kit on the divider. "Vitamin E oil. In my bag."

"Prepared for private play time?"

Robert scoffed. "Nothing so kinky. I just get really dry skin and found it works best for calluses after lifting weights."

Robert felt two of Justin's fingers breach him. He"d never used his oil for sex, but he might have experimented with it a time or three when he jacked off. He felt his body opening for Justin. Robert kept stroking his cock, occasionally cupping and rolling his balls.

"Let me, baby."

Justin took over, and instantly, the pleasure coursing through Robert amplified. He gave himself up to Justin"s touch both inside his body and out. Justin kissed up and down Robert"s spine, and he pushed back against Justin"s probing fingers, desperate to get his lover deeper. What he needed was the pressure, the fullness.

"Hurry, J… hurry," he begged.

The two fingers quickly became three. Justin wrapped his free arm around Robert's chest to hold him in place. The other released his cock for a moment. Robert moaned at the loss of the touch, but then the head of Justin's cock pressed against his ring.

"You tell me to stop if I hurt you. You hear me? This oil is pretty slippery, but we don"t know the staying power."

"I need it, J. I don't care about a little pain. Fill me… fuck me."

The head of Justin's cock popped through the first layer of muscle. Justin"s grip held Robert's hips prisoner. After a few seconds, Justin pushed deeper into Robert"s body. It seemed as though he felt the individual tissues separating and welcoming the intruder. Abandoning the outside world, he imagined being inside his own body, inside his own channel as it was slowly invaded. He saw the steel-hard column moving deeper toward him. He opened himself in welcome. The shaft slid over him, and the rub and glide caused his nerve endings to excite. He sent signals of pleasure to the brain. As quickly as the shaft appeared, it was gone.

Please come back.

Then it once again slid through him.

Yes!

Each time the shaft appeared, he squeezed himself around it, wanting to milk it for all the sensations possible. His nerve endings went crazy, unable to keep up with the signals of pleasure he sent to the brain. Something was happening. Something strong. He was no longer in control. The brain had taken over. The shaft moved furiously now, in and out so fast he couldn't keep up. He opened himself to the experience. All he could do was accept the invader. He vibrated, all his fibers taut. In a flash, the brain commanded him to clench as tightly as possible around the shaft, holding it place, and he felt a rush of endorphins flood him. Hot spurts of liquid shot out of the tip of the shaft, the thick cream soothing the burn.

Still struggling to separate his mind from his body, Robert vaguely heard Justin's cries as he came. He felt Justin's body fall against his back and kept his arms braced on the wall in front of him to hold them up. His legs felt like wet noodles, the pleasure still coursing through him making his muscles go lax.

"Rob? Rob? Rob! Are you okay?"

He couldn't command his vocal cords, so he nodded. That had been the most all-encompassing orgasm of his life. He wanted nothing more than to just lie down and wrap himself around Justin. Eventually, they separated, and he turned to face the man he loved.

He took Justin"s face in his hands, leaned down, and kissed those sweet lips. Slowly, he brushed back and forth as both of them opened. His arms tightened around Justin's body, bringing him firmly against him. With a gentle touch, he moved his hands to the small of Justin"s back, finally resting them on his unbelievably round and firm buttocks.

He pulled back and licked across his lower lip. Justin's hand cradled the back of his head. He continued to lick and nip at the succulent pads of flesh. His mouth nipped at the base of Justin's neck. He sucked the tender skin over Justin's rapidly beating pulse into his mouth and bathed it with his tongue. He heard whimpering sounds escape from the loving torment he gave the sensitive spot.

Justin tilted his head in invitation, and his hands clutched Robert's arms. Robert straightened Justin's head and sealed their lips together, thrusting into the opened mouth. He licked the roof and twisted his tongue around its mate. Long minutes later, they finally separated.

Justin"s gaze was hazy, and Robert hoped that meant the sex had been as tremendous for his lover. It was a good thing they were completely alone in the gym, because the primal yell Robert had released as he came would most certainly have drawn someone"s attention. Judging by the tremors rippling through Justin"s muscles, his boyfriend was experiencing some powerful feelings himself. Their sweetly passionate kisses were such a flip from the earthy mating that Robert"s brain couldn't keep up. All he knew for sure was that he wanted to sleep in Justin"s arms that night.

"Stay with me tonight?" he appealed.

Justin rolled over to slap at the annoying ring coming from the side of the bed. Instead of encountering the alarm clock, he found the warm skin of Rob's hard chest. He groaned and turned his head to nuzzle into the large body next to him.

"Make it stop. Hit the snooze," he mumbled into the chest.

He could have sworn they'd only fallen asleep minutes before.

"That's not the alarm, baby. It's the phone. Pick it up." Robert rolled to his side and wrapped his arms around Justin.

"It's on your side."

He heard Rob groan when he rolled away enough to grab the phone off the bedside table where Justin had plugged it in to charge and hand it to him.

He squinted at the bright light of the screen, and his fingers fumbled as he tried to answer, still half asleep. ""Lo?"

"Justin?"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"I'm sorry. I must have woken you up. It's Kelly."

His sleep fuddled mind tried to remember a Kelly, but couldn't picture anyone. "Kelly? Kelly who? The only Kelly I know is—" He bolted up in bed, wide awake. "Holy shit! Kelly? Is that really you?"

"What's wrong, J?" Rob whispered, rubbing soothing circles on Justin's back.

"Yeah, it's me. I'm sorry for calling so late. If you want, I can call back later," Kelly mumbled.

"No!" he yelled, then, realizing he'd shouted, lowered his voice, "It's okay." He reached for Rob's hand and squeezed tight. Tears sprang to his eyes, and he tried to calm his rapid breathing. "I'm just in shock. What… why… how?"

"Long story. But I found out where you worked on the internet, and I called the firehouse. They told me you weren"t on shift until Wednesday, but when I explained who I was, the captain gave me your cell number. I… I was hoping we could get together."

"Kell, you know I'd love to, but what about your mother and father?"

He no longer thought of that man and woman as his parents.

"You don't need to worry about that. They're no longer a part of my life. I'll explain everything, but I'd rather do so in person."

"Absolutely. How about tomorrow? We can meet for dinner at Maggio's. Do you know where that is? Do you need a ride? Where are you staying?"

He knew he fired off the questions too quickly for her to answer, but he couldn't seem to help himself. He saw Rob sit up and lean against the headboard. They still clasped hands, and Justin didn"t want to let go. He needed Rob's solid presence to act as an anchor right now.

"I've been staying with a friend for the last few weeks. I live here now, in Portland. My friend will give me directions, and I have a car. I can't wait to see you tomorrow. I'm sorry I called so late. I've been really nervous and bit the bullet and dialed but didn't look at the clock first," Kelly said.

"Believe me, Kell, this is one phone call I didn't mind waking up for. See you tomorrow."

The moment the call disconnected, he released a pent-up breath. His body trembled, and tears slid down his cheeks. Rob's arms came around him, pulled him back down onto the bed, and tucked him into his side. Justin found solace in the soothing sensation of Rob"s hands rubbing his back.

He rested his head on Rob's shoulder as he said, "That was my sister."

"Your sister? The one you haven't talked to since leaving home?" Rob continued to calm Justin with his hands.

"Yeah. She wants to meet. I don't know why now, after all these years. Jesus, she'd be… twenty-two, I think. She said she"s living here in Portland. Been here a few weeks. But something happened between her and our former adult caretakers."

It was a kind of weird term, he knew. But that was an inside joke he and Kelly used to say as kids. She"d always come to him after school and ask, "Hey, J? Where are the adult caretakers?"

"You're going tomorrow? I know you've said it was the one thing you regretted about leaving, losing touch with her, but I don't want you to set yourself up to be hurt, baby." He leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on Justin's lips and pressed their foreheads together. "I don't want to see you hurting for anything."

"I know, but I have to take this one chance. If it were any other former member of my family, I would have hung up on them, but not her. I couldn't do that to her." Justin returned the sweet kiss in appreciation of Rob's thoughtfulness and protective instincts. "I'll be okay. I don't know what's happened, but I can't abandon her if she's truly alone now."

"That's one thing I love most about you, your unending ability to care for others."

Robert turned to his side so that they faced each other. Justin"s hands wandered down to grab his favorite piece of Rob"s anatomy. Pulling their bodies together, he kissed him deeply. He loved kissing his man, the meshing of lips and the tangle of tongues more intimate and bonding than any sex act. Of course, at the first feel of those lips, his cock woke up and wanted to play. Apparently not the only one, because he felt Rob"s answering hard-on get firm in his grip.

Justin opened his top leg and hooked it over Rob"s hip. They rubbed against each other, the pre-cum leaking from their tips easing their movements. Robert pushed Justin back far enough that he could bend down and latch onto one of his nipples, pulling on the sensitive tip with his lips and teeth. After sucking up a beautiful bruise, he pulled back.

"Turn over," he said, guiding Justin onto his opposite side.

He heard rattling as Rob reached into the bedside drawer for the lube. Justin"s senses heightened as he heard the distinct click of the cap opening and felt the refreshing coolness of the gel on his skin. Rob"s fingers circled Justin's opening. When he went to push one inside, Justin stopped him.

"Just slick yourself up. Don't stretch me. I want to feel everything."

Rob hesitated, but then guided the head of his cock to the still-closed ring. Justin pressed back while Rob"s hands gripped his hips as he entered him slowly. Justin sucked in a breath as the stretch burned in the most perfect way. When the head of Rob"s cock was snug inside him, they both moaned.

"Oh, J… so tight… so hot," he groaned.

"Yeah… yeah… feels good, Rob."

Rob surrounded Justin. His lover"s arms held him tight. Their bodies pressed together. Rob"s slow, deep thrusts lit up every cell in Justin. In this position, Rob wasn't hitting Justin's gland dead on, but each glancing rub sent tremors racing through his body. Rob adjusted their position, giving himself more leverage that allowed his hips to move faster. Justin clenched the muscles of his ass, which made Rob hiss and likely leave beautiful bruises on his hip. He gritted his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut to stave off his orgasm. Soft cries of pleasure escaped, and Justin gripped his cock to stroke in tandem with Rob"s thrusts.

"Gonna come, Rob… can't hold it."

"That's it, baby. Come on my cock. Let me feel you."

Justin jerked his cock with a single-minded focus. His ass pushed back into Robert's thrusts. Rob adjusted his angle just a little, and the plaintive moan that escaped when Rob hit his gland just right would have been embarrassing, but Justin had found that Rob loved his sounds.

"Oh, God… Yes... Rob!" Justin yelled. Spurts of cum shot out of his cock.

A few more thrusts, and through the haze of his orgasm, Justin held Rob tight when he stiffened and warm come bathed his insides. After riding out the storm of sensation, Rob fell back onto the bed, keeping their bodies locked together. Rob"s rapid breaths hit the back of his neck, and Justin felt himself drifting off to the thump of his lover"s heart beating against his back.

Rob kissed the back of Justin"s neck. "I love you, Justin."

"Yeah… love."

He knew they should do something about cleaning up, but for the life of him, he couldn"t summon enough energy to care. He guessed Rob was in the same boat because Justin felt it when Rob pulled the sheet up to cover them before he fell off the cliff into sleep.