Day 328, Friday, November 28th

[papalobo]

[It's weird, to end up at a home that's not home. He's spent more time there than anywhere else this year, but that says more about his transience than anything. If told five years ago he would live such a lifestyle, he'd have believed that, but not the part about most of those multiple places being not just six but seven, eight figure abodes.

And yet it's Jessica's home (still probably the nicest one he'd lived in as an adult, before Ash swept in) they're doing Thanksgiving in. Maybe it's a fear of being upstaged on her part if it's in such a house; such a naive thought is, while unvoiced, just more proof of Ash's suspicions, that Max's mind is on something, something Ash had likely been trying to put his mind on for months. Because with even half of his braincells to put to it, he'd suspect the worst sooner.

It's not until they're pulling up to the house and there are two other cars there that he remembers the hell of Thanksgiving is not only family, but family you don't normally have to see. And thanks to Michael, Jessica's family is still his family.


And their ride is a taxi. It's not like they can turn around. Though Michael coming out to greet them right away in a hurried excitement would've made it impossible in anything.]

...Maybe she decided to start investing in cars. But not especially good ones. To be more undercover. As a journalist.

Day 375, Friday, December 14th

Comments

[papalobo]

Don't think yours'll come back, huh?

[jadedlynx]

[ With a cocky grin, he attempts to slid out from beneath Max's arm. ]

It depends on how good the shower feels. If I feel good, it shows.

[papalobo]

[But his other arm tries to hook around his hips to trap him in.]

Maybe you shouldn't turn down that heat after all.

[jadedlynx]

Pulling from your porn days?

[ This time, Ash does more than allow; he shows interest. He has no actual interest in having sex while feigning no interest. ]

After you get some cringe, I'll change the channel.

[ He urges their bodies toward the spray. ]

[papalobo]

[Max comes along, lips on Ash's neck.]

Can think of somethin' else we could be pulling.

[jadedlynx]

You're into gags, huh? I'm not usually, but if you keep talk, I'll make an exception and find one that fits your mouth.

[ The water is, indeed, warm. ]

[papalobo]

[Groping down the front of Ash's body, from over his shoulder as if following the streams of water, he props a chin on his opposite shoulder.]

Okay with my mouth on you if it sticks to the front, then?

[jadedlynx]

[ Platinum blonde hair quickly hugs his face as it's dampened by the water. While warm, it isn't hot enough to immediately redden his skin. ]

I might even let it on my mouth.

[ They can probably kiss, too. ]

[papalobo]

[But he's going to make Ash twist enough to get there; holding onto him, skin to skin, with just the steam and water, isn't bad now.]

Mouth to mouth, huh? Sounds pretty messy.

[jadedlynx]

[ It takes active effort to not think about tomorrow; this won't last. If he thinks of long-term planning, this little stolen piece of time will end too quickly. Even with that decision, turning off his mind isn't entirely possible, but Max helps keep him distracted. ]

It's the part of porn most people skip so I get why it might be hard for you to imagine. But, I'm pretty good at it.

[papalobo]

Hell, people skip it in non-porn. Nobody wants to watch the kissy scenes in movies. Gonna be a hard sell.

[jadedlynx]

Okay.

[ His tone is casual, but Max knows him well. He may be able to sense the teasing nature behind even that simple word. ]

Why force it? We won't kiss.

[papalobo]

Works for me. [Well then, he'll just have to reach around the front and see if he can't get Ash to stir again.] I only wanna kiss cute people, anyway.

[jadedlynx]

[ Currently, he's showing no reaction, but they've only just started. Ash is showing obvious signs of being into it otherwise.]

You shouldn't have to touch people you don't find cute.

[papalobo]

I know. It's a hard life.

[He does his best to look innocent with that pun, a pun starting to poke Ash in the back; for a man whose own body's response became almost if not more in doubt than Ash's, it's a fast rise. Maybe he managed to force it just for that joke.]

[jadedlynx]

[ And when he's with such an uncute partner. Max must really be pushing himself. ]

Is this where I say 'something seems hard'? The timing is almost impressive.

[ Ash rolls his body back against that 'something'.

Once, even after discovering his sex drive, the blonde assumed he'd still be unable to get erect and, yet, that too seems resolved. After a lot of difficulty and false starts. ]

[papalobo]

Only almost?

[jadedlynx]

I don't think you can get it hard on command.

[ And after the act downstairs, Max is allowed no grace.

Though they've still barely touched, Ash, too, is finally stirring. Youth is a wonderful gift. ]

You don't get points for luck.

[papalobo]

[His hand slows that now that he knows Ash's body is 'online.']

You might get some credit for it too.

[jadedlynx]

[ The need isn't as burning as the desire that overtook him in the bar, but that doesn't diminish the lust that Max's hand inspires. The bar was an exception that Ash was surprised he could manage.

This is nice. The water sprays down on them, his mind is largely in the moment, and Max is big and solid behind him. It's moments like these that his teenage self could never have imagined. ]

If you stop talking about how uncute you find me, I might give you some credit for mine.

[ He lays back slightly, putting some of his weight onto Max's body. ]

Only a little.

[papalobo]

You wanna hear the opposite?

[He doesn't wait for an answer, pushing against his back to assure he'll keep him stable as he lies, the hand on his need working a calmer pace as the opposite, stablizing his hold on Ash with a forearm and upper arm holding in place at his sides, rakes slowly up against the water's downpour, along his toned abs and torso.]

'bout how cute you can be when you feel like faking it? That's pretty uncute too, but for people who don't know no better in the moment...

[jadedlynx]

[ Max has rarely been allowed to fully shine in their relationship. So often, Ash took charge in the bedroom and was rewarded with the sight of a lust-intoxicated boyfriend, moaning and begging for release. Some may relate the desire for control to his abusive past, but there's also something basely sensual about a Max overcome with desire.

Yet, in front of Max, with his weight behind him, Ash has little power but the power to say no, a right he has no plan to exercise. The hand feels good, and the slow pace almost lulls him into desire. It both calms him and manages to reach something a little deeper than he expected when the shower began.

Never did he think of sex as something 'relaxing'.

Nor does his body, not in its entirety. Under Max's work, Ash hardens. ]

Nhnn.. I don't really want to be called cute... when having sex.

[ His head falls back onto Max's chest. It's a rare view of relaxed pleasure spreading across Ash's face with closed eyes and parted lips. ]

[papalobo]

[He won't kiss him. It's tempting, but there's the banter to consider, even if Ash is melting more into the moment than the lead up. The hand on his midsection reaches for the soap as the other hand continues a calm pace. He could actually get them clean while they're in here.]

Then you better not go and try being cute.

[jadedlynx]

I probably stopped the accidental cute when I learned sarcasm.

[ Lips close to curve into a smile. He won't fake cute here. ]

[papalobo]

[Just because he's cleaning up the outside doesn't mean anything for the inside, though. The fact that his release is still inside of Ash strikes him, along with the fact that it wasn't that long ago since he was last lubed and stretched... So, a soapy hand moves a little faster as if trying not to wash Ash with soap so much as to wipe the soap off of his own hands with Ash.]

Still probably more likable than you mean to be.