After we were done eating, I finally got them into the Lexus again and drove the streets, taking in the sights of New York on a Friday night. The traffic was horrendous, and the noise was like no other city I’d been to, but there was also a fun atmosphere. There was always someone interesting to watch, and we didn’t need to go far to be entertained.
I turned into a car park when I got where we were going and claimed a spot. We were currently behind a boxy, two-story brown brick building with hooded lights set up at intervals. The rear entrance was a big white door withOPENlit up in neon green on a sign above.
“Where are we?” Vail whispered, placing his hands on either side of our seats and leaning forward. “It’s dark.”
I laughed. “Ye’ll see. Come on.” Unclipping my seat belt, I gave Vail a peck on the cheek before opening my door and sliding out. Vail and Fallon both exited their side and met me around the front. “It’s gonna be a treat for me boys.”
“Aw, I’m your boy, too?” Fallon laid his hand on his chest and fluttered his lashes at me. He stood directly under one of the lights and the beam struck him, making him glow as though he was an actor onstage. The spotlight suited him because Fallon craved attention, even if it wasn’t the type I’d first thought—he wanted love.
“Aye,” I said simply, surprising him into dropping his act. His eyes widened and he smiled gently when I slid my hand into his, linking our fingers. “Maybe we’re still getting to know one another, but ye’re me boy as much as Vail is.” I turned to Vail and offered him my other hand, and he took it. Together we walked toward the back door of the store.
“Thank you for that,” Vail whispered in my ear, and I squeezed his hand. This wasn’t only for my angel, but I was overjoyed that he approved.
We weren’t going to fit through the door like this, so I reluctantly let go of their hands and went inside first with Fallon, then Vail behind me. The hallway was nothing interesting. A few photos of popular porn stars from the seventies decorated the walls. I recognized some of them, but only because I’d come across Cillian’s da’s stash of VHS tapes when I was in my early teens, and I’d decided toresearchmy sexuality when no one was around. That was also when I’d discovered I was interested in blokes and not birds.
As we reached the end of the corridor it got more fun. We walked into a two-story wonderland of sex toys. The walls of the wide room were painted a bright pink and metallic streamers danced around the white ceiling. To the left was a row of porn DVDs, and to the right were dildos of all sizes, while in the center there were toys for people who had clits.
Fallon laughed and clapped his hands together. “This is what I’m talking about.” He left us there to rush over to the dildos, grabbing the biggest one on the shelf. It was long and thick and pale. He flashed it at us. “I want this.”
“Yer arsehole wouldn’t handle that,” I said, without missing a beat.
Vail giggled—actuallyfecking giggled. “He’s had two dicks in him. He could handle it. Maybe.”
I looked at Vail skeptically. “Two dicks, even Aspen’s and Cillian’s or mine, has nothing on that thing.”
Vail slapped his hand over his mouth and nodded in agreement, even though he was still chuckling.
The salesman, a fella with a short rainbow fauxhawk and small black plugs in his ears, made his way over to Fallon with a wide grin that flashed braces. It was strange to see a man around his late twenties who had the silver in his mouth, but it definitely made him unique. He had a simple white badge on his shirt that saidRyewith a tiny rainbow-flag sticker next to it.
“You like that one?” Rye pointed at the packaged dildo in Fallon’s hands and took it from him.
He wasted no time, grabbing something from beside the register on a nearby counter, then opened the plastic. I watched curiously as he pulled the massive silicone cock out. His fingers barely fit around the width and his hands weren’t small. Slapping the dick on his palm, he grinned. “We call this the T. rex Special. Big and dangerous.”
“I have a thing for big and dangerous.” Fallon winked, and Rye laughed. “Just ask my boyfriends.”
Rye sent me and Vail a careful look as though assessing how big he thought we might be.
I rolled my eyes. “He’s not talking about us. He’s talking about his other two boyfriends. They’re out of town right now.”
Rye flashed an impressed smile and turned his attention back to Fallon. “We’ve got some specialty items upstairs. Are you into monsters? Come with me.” He slapped the huge dildo on the counter beside the register and the sound of it hitting the wood echoed, but he wasn’t fazed as he grabbed Fallon’s wrist, then practically dragged him toward the stairs hidden behind the dildo wall.
Vail and I followed them up the steep, narrow staircase to the next floor. Rye wasn’t joking about the monsters because there was an entire range of outlandish toys. I’d seen a lot in my day, but the shape and size of some of the phalluses had me shocked and confused.
Rye grabbed a green one with a knot-type bulge at the end of the dick and a wide head. At the base was what appeared to be some kind of small hose-type thing, and to the right of it was a syringe and some clear balls in a container. “This is an ovipositor. You just stick the dick in, and the alien dildo will lay eggs in you. They melt eventually.”
“Oh my God.” Vail rushed forward and took the packaged dildo from him, staring carefully. “I’ve heard about these. I’ve always been curious.”
“No.” I took the toy from him and put it back on the shelf. Vail pouted, but I ignored him as I smiled at Rye. “We’re after cock rings.”
“Oh, are we?” Fallon bounced. “Fuck yeah!”
I chuckled and palmed the back of his neck. His blond hair, still damp, tickled my fingers. “I promised ye, didn’t I?”
Rye nodded and led us to an aisle in the center of the room. There was a wide range of rings to choose from and it made my head spin. Vail and Fallon had fun showing each other the different types.
“This one.” Vail laughed, holding up a massive ring that would be way too big for Fallon. Hell, I didn’t know if it would fit any human, and if it did, Ineededto meet the bloke.
I stole the package from him and placed it back on the rack. “Too big.”
