Chapter Sixty-Five
My head was killing me as I walked quietly past the four sleeping bodies, entangled in pairs on the twin sofas in front of the still glowing fireplace. I had not had a hangover this bad since college. Each step set off a jarring ache in my head that radiated downward into my neck. Frank was already in the kitchen making coffee. He took one look at me and did his best not to laugh.
“I should have warned you about moonshine. It's really high proof.”
“Ha ha,” was the best answer I could make as I grappled with the tamper-proof aspirin bottle. The little arrows I needed to line up were invisible.
“Here, let me,” my gallant lover volunteered. He popped the top and promptly passed me two white pills. “I'll leave the lid off in case you want ...” Giggles kept him from finishing the sentence.
“Laugh it up, Frank,” I said more testily than I had intended. I swallowed wrong and the pills started to dissolve in my throat. Another swig of water got them down. “Well, at least those aspirin waste no time going to work.”
“Which may be pretty much hopeless for some of us today,” Frank said sounding happy about it. “The schools are shut down and the sheriff's office says non-essential workers – that means the government - should stay home.”
We sipped coffee in silence for a bit while I felt small improvements taking place in the functioning of my brain ganglia. I swear I could feel them coming back to life one at a time. While my cerebral repairs continued, Frank took Merle out for a walk. I watched the two of them slogging through the snow. Merle tried leaping through the deeper parts of the accumulation, but soon exhausted his energy and was ready to come back inside. I watched Frank dive into a drift and completely disappear. Then his head popped up and disappeared again, forcing Merle to investigate. The two of them rolled around in mock combat and then paused looking completely happy. Their fun was infestious and I was sufficiently human again to take a peak into how my guests were doing.
“Everybody's still asleep,” I told Frank when he and the dog came back inside. We sat and had another cup of coffee. “It looks like everybody had a rollicking time, by which I mean sex, except us.”
“We had a good time. Don't you remember?” Frank gave me a sly grin. I didn't. I remembered going to bed and a little foreplay, but the rest was a blank. “At least, I enjoyed myself,” he continued in his I-fucked-you voice. “You were maybe asleep a little.”
I was appalled. “You FUCKED ME after I PASSED OUT????”
It was Frank's turn to be surprised. “Well, yes ...”
“AFTER I PASSED OUT???” The effort at indignation made my head hurt again.
“Refo, you passed out with my dick in your mouth. Technically and at your instigation, penetration had already occurred. And you know how I get when I'm hard. My balls ache if I don't get off.” He paused and watched me. “If you hadn't passed out, would you have let me?”
“Of course.”
“So, where's the harm, if you would have let me anyway?”
“You should have been a lawyer.” I took my cup to the sink and rinsed it out. I looked into the mostly bare refrigerator.
“Uh, my truck'll make it; I'm going to the store for some breakfast stuff,” he said, deciding to avoid my scowls. We had enough for breakfast, but I didn't protest.
The noise of Frank's departure must have awakened Charlie. He joined me in the kitchen. “Refo,” he whispered, “you won't believe ...”
“Charlie, do you think it''s all right to take advantage of someone who's passed out. By that I mean ...”
“Wait. Me first. My Gawd! Have you ever seen Butch and Mike fuck???? We were there in front of the fire and I guess Jody and I dozed off, but I woke and looked over and …. MY GAWD! It was awesome. The two of them ...with the fire flickering … and the shadows … it was like a private porn movie except way better.”
“Yeah, well, they were in porn for a while. I guess they picked up a few tricks ...”
“It was more than tricks. It was the most beautiful fuck I've even seen. Mike has got to be the best lover in the history of … sex, I guess. And his dick! You only THOUGHT you knew how big it is.”
“I have no idea how big it is.”
“Huge! Fucking huge! And Butch is so sweet. You know he's in pain taking it, but they get through it with kisses and … MY GAWD! Those boys are more in love than I ever thought was possible.”
“At their age it's probably a lot more sex than love.”
“Don't be cynical, Refo. They're totally into each other. And I mean totally! You know, Butch isn't missing anything in the dick department either and when I was his turn … Just the way the light played on his erection was pure magic. And when he pushed in, Mike just melted. Oh … my ...GAWD! It was beautiful. If it weren't for Jody, I'd be … Well … WHEW!” Charlie waved his hands in front of his face to cool off. “When they were done they went to sleep and I just had to wake Jody up and … we had a little thing of our own … So hot! What a night!”
“Good for you, Charlie. You want some more coffee.”
“So hot, those two … Sure, so, what were you saying about taking advantage?”
“Is it alright to fuck somebody who's passed out?”
“Oh, is that all? I fuck Jody all the time when he's passed out. He says it prevents hangovers and when he wakes up he feels all loose and relaxed. Why? What's the problem?”
“Nothing, I guess … Frank has gone for some food. If you want breakfast, he should be back in about twenty minutes.”
“You know … thinking about Mike and Butch has got me all het up, again. I think I'll go snuggle with Jody while we wait.”
“Het up? What century are you living in?”
“Livin' in the South, got me a Southern boy, it's keeping me all het up,” Charlie said as he finished his coffee.
Jody passes out and gets fucked all the time? Really? Charlie's words hung in the air. All the time? I couldn't believe they could be so casual about just doing it. Was being in a relationship supposed to mean implied consent to every possible sex act? Was permission just assumed? Whatever, wherever, whenever? What if …
“Refo,” came a raspy whisper, startling me. It was Jawan. “Good morning.” He was wearing some flimsy boxers and a tshirt. I could see his cock swinging around in loose shorts as he walked. Handsome man was my first thought. He's got a semi was my second.
“Morning ...” I gave him the breakfast story about Frank coming back in twenty minutes.
“That's ok,” he smiled. “I just want to thank you for forcing me into this thing with Mo. I think I would still sitting on my numb, dumb ass if you hadn't.”
“Quick question?” He nodded. “Have you ever fucked somebody who was passed out?”
“Are you meaning Mo? We only did oral last night. Both of us are … a little queasy about … well, let's just say fucking isn't priority one with us. Not yet anyway. He's an amazing cocksucker, though. Real talent. Taught me a few things. To tell the truth, I think I could come just from kissing him. I guess Ox trained him well.”
“No, I didn't mean Mo. I just meant in general, fucking somebody who has passed out.”
“Oh, shit, all the time. There were guys at the gym who would fall asleep while I was massaging them and I'd fuck them. Of course, half the time that was what they wanted and they were faking sleep … You know, come to think of it, maybe all of them were faking.” Jawan laughed at his reminiscence. “A lot of the time they were married guys who didn't want to admit to themselves they liked a quick poke … Only one guy ever protested and that wasn't until after both of us had come.” He laughed again. “Why do you ask?”
“Oh … you know … these questions just come up … Want some coffee?”
“No, I'm gonna go back and try molesting Mo some more.” He hid the state of his cock as he walked out of the kitchen so I couldn't tell exactly what Mo was in for.
“Hey, Jawan, Refo, ” Butch said in greeting. “I smell coffee.”
“It's ready. You want some milk? Everybody else is going for black this morning.”
“Sit. I'll get it. You want some more?” Butch offered. He topped up my cup as well as his own.
“Charlie,” he added portentously after Jawan left.
“What about him?”
“For an old guy, he really can do the deed.”
“He's forty, not dead.”
“That's what I said; for an old guy, he banged the shit out of Jody last night. And Jody loved it.
No wonder they got married.” Butch waited for my comment and continued when I said nothing. “You know Mike said he always thought Jody was the top. It was a shocker seeing them go at it.”
“By the firelight and all,” I said, getting a quizzical glance from Butch. “Maybe Jody had passed out and Charlie just had a go at him.”
“No way, Jody was all 'fuck me” with his legs in the air and everything. Why would you think he passed out?”
“Just curious. Would you fuck somebody who passed out?”
“You know, in school I heard that that was what Ox did at sleepovers. He'd pass out and guys would fuck him. I never did it. I never went to sleepovers. But that's what I heard. Guys said he liked it. I should ask Mo about that.”
“Don't ask Mo. Let sleeping dogs ...”
“... fuck each other passed out.” Butch laughed hard. “You know, roosters wouldn't hesitate. They'd nail a hen any way they could. Live and willing … passed out … dead, maybe; it's no matter to a rooster.”
Mike stuck his head into the kitchen looking for Butch. “Let's take a shower,” he said with a grin. “I missed you when I woke up,” I heard him say as they left.
Frank got back with some eggs and milk and bread. I made breakfast for eight and by the time it was over my headache had subsided to a tiny dull ache. Frank decided he should go to his work site and see if anything could be done in spite of the storm. He said they could work inside in any case.
I kissed him goodbye and whispered, “Don't bring Butch and Mike back with you. You're gettin' fucked when you get home.”
“Reef, I could delay leaving ...”
“Just don't be late. Keep me waiting and I might get into the moonshine again.”
Charlie was taking a shower and Jawan and Mo were working out. That left me with Jody, somebody I saw often enough but didn't really know very well. He looked all loose and relaxed, as Charlie put it.
“Jody, I'm taking a survey. What do you think about fucking somebody who's passed out?”
“Did Frank do that to you? Man, he used to regularly piss me off with that stuff. 'You could ask' I'd tell him. And he'd just say, 'You'd let me if you were awake.' It makes you feel like shit, though, when he doesn't even ask. I never told him how much it hurt, not physically, of course, but it really hurt.” He patted his heart.
“You and Frank were closer than I thought, then.”
“He was the love of my life, Refo, but you know how that goes sometimes ...” Jody looked so innocent and vulnerable telling me these things. I wanted to hug him. “Don't let him get away with it. Put your foot down – on his dick if you have to.”