Joshua moved to his side and began to unbutton Colin’s light blue dress shirt. “As are you, my love,” he whispered. He discarded Colin’s shirt, then lowered his hands, his fingers fluttering at Colin’s belt, unfastening every button and snap until he could remove trousers and briefs as one piece.
He stared directly into Colin’s eyes as each article of clothing fell to the floor. Their faces were mere inches apart, each feeling the hot breath of the other, each feeling the heat of each other’s body as their desire mounted. Joshua cupped Colin’s face between his palms, still staring into his eyes. “I love you,” he whispered, his voice so rich with feeling that Colin felt his eyes sting with tears.
“And I loveyou,” Colin replied, his words a hoarse whisper.
They lowered themselves onto the bed, still staring into each other’s eyes. “Remember this moment,” Joshua whispered. “Remember it, Colin.”
Colin bowed his head, a choked off sob seizing his chest. “Josh,” he murmured. “Joshua, my sweet love.”
Joshua drew him close, and their lips met. Their kisses were gentle at first, a soft giving and receiving, a tender touch of moist tongues. Finally, their eyes drifted shut and they surrendered to the intimacy of their embrace, losing themselves in their soul-deep unity.
For a long time, they sprawled on the bed side by side, lost in the giving and receiving of kisses so filled with tenderness that they both trembled. Then Colin rolled on top of Joshua, pressing his naked body to his husband’s. “Look at me,” he whispered, and Joshua’s eyes once again opened. “Don’t ever stop looking at me,” Colin whispered, then once again kissed him.
Now his kisses changed from the gentle explorations of a few moments ago to a fierce and demanding claiming of Joshua’s mouth. Each of them devoured the other’s lips, gulping in air in breathless gasps as their kisses became a flaming and urgent seeking, a mindless need to join in every way possible until they melted into one.
Colin paused to quickly smeared both their bodies with lubricant, then bent over Joshua, once again crushing their lips together as he entered his husband’s body, lost in desire, lost in the love he felt for the quiet Jewish man he had married. He pressed his lips to Joshua’s ear as he moved within him, rocking in a slow, languorous rhythm. “You’re my life,” he whispered, his words shuddering in his chest. “My whole world.”
He felt and heard Joshua sob, felt his body arch, reaching for Colin’s, felt his arms and legs wrap tightly around Colin’s body. “More,” Joshua husked out, his voice a guttural demand. “More, Colin! Deeper!”
Colin closed his eyes and pressed himself more deeply into his husband’s body, his hips moving in a slow, insistent circle. He felt Joshua’s hand move to grasp his own erection, and he thrust again and again, more quickly now, faster and faster as he heard Joshua’s pleas turn to sharp cries, calling out Colin’s name again and again in an aching chant which begged for release.
Colin heard his own voice as if from a distance, gasping Joshua’s name, feeling his body explode in a dark, rich ecstasy which seemed to go on forever. “Josh, Josh,” he moaned, lost in the exquisite pleasure, groaning as he flooded himself into Joshua’s body in wave after wave of shuddering release. He felt Joshua convulse beneath him as he came, felt Joshua’s nails digging into his back, heard his incoherent cries.
“Oh god, Josh,” he breathed out as his body slowly collapsed, sprawled on top of Joshua’s. He heard Joshua’s breath pulsing against his chest, in a hot, sobbing gasp, his arms still tight around Colin’s body. “Sweetie, sweetie...” Colin murmured, kissing Joshua’s sweat-damp shoulder. “God, baby, that was heaven.”
Joshua nodded, his face still pressed to Colin’s chest. “I know,” he whispered.
Colin glanced down and saw that his face was streaked with tears. “You OK, sweetheart?”
Joshua breathed out a soft laugh and nodded. “I am,” he said, his voice still shaking. “But man!” He shook his head and his eyes once again filled with tears. “That was…” He shook his head, unable to go on.
“I know,” Colin whispered. He bent and kissed the top of Joshua’s head, then rolled to his back, letting the cooler room air bathe his wet skin. “Christ, Josh.”
Joshua turned to his side and kissed Colin’s bare arm. “Our lovemaking is always good,” Joshua told him. “Occasionally it moves beyond good to outrightamazing. But tonight was a whole new level of wonderful. I don’t have words that could describe tonight.”
Colin nodded and drew in a deep breath. “Fuckingincredibleis how I’d describe it.”
Joshua snickered and once again pressed his lips to Colin’s arm. “Or incrediblefucking,” he muttered, quoting one of their much-used jokes.
“More likeboth,” Colin replied, then nudged Joshua’s hip with his hand. “We need to hit the shower, my love.” He indicated both their bodies. “We appear to be covered in sweat and copious amounts of semen.”
“Wonder howthathappened?” Joshua teased, groaning as he turned away from Colin and rose from the bed. He took one stumbling step toward the bathroom and heard Colin laugh.
“Problem there, sweet cheeks?” Colin snickered. He clambered out of bed and moved to Joshua’s side. “You seem to have developed a slight limp.”
“Don’t brag!” Joshua warned him, reaching to run his fingers over Colin’s rounded buttocks. “Or I’ll be tempted to return the favor.”
“Anytime,” Colin laughed.
* * *
Joshua senthim out the door the following morning with tons of quality protein and omega-3s in his stomach and a bottle of water in his pocket. “Go get em’, Counselor!” he yelled. Colin blew him a kiss in reply and climbed into his red Mazda3, headed for Richmond and his final day of testing.
He met up with Dan upon arriving at the testing site and the two shook hands before entering the building. “Luck, buddy,” Colin said.
“Luck has nothing to do with it,” Dan replied, gripping Colin’s hand. “We busted our asses for this. We left luck in the dirt two months ago.”
Once the six-hour exam was completed the two men walked together from the Convention Center and sat down on a bench near the parking lot. “Well, buddy,” Dan said, nudging Colin with his shoulder. “That’s it. It’s all over but the shouting. I’m going to miss you.”
