“Oh my god!” Nate exclaimed, staring after him.
“You havegotto be kidding me!” Joshua exclaimed, hopping off his stool.
“Let’s go!” Colin urged, pushing Nate and Joshua ahead of him as they followed David to where the crowd had formed a long line, each person waiting their turn to dance under the limbo bar. David stopped at the end of the line, peeled off his suit jacket, and tossed it to his husband.
“Now, just stand there and prepare to be dazzled,” he told them as he loosened his tie. “Because this staid, respectable, boring professor is about to kick a ton of ass!” He leaned toward his husband. “Ididhave a life before I met you, you know.”
Colin leaned against Joshua’s shoulder, breathless with laughter, while Nate stood beside them, wide-eyed, clutching his husband’s coat to his chest. Then, while they gawked in disbelief, David reached the head of the line and approached the limbo bar with a confident swagger. As the wild, loud music filled the room, he bent backward, his body seeming to defy the laws of physics as he scooted under the bar with apparent ease.
“All right, Professor!” Colin called from the sidelines while Nate cheered and jumped up and down, applauding wildly.
The crowd of dancers urged David on as one of them lowered the limbo bar for another round and cheered as he, once again, eased underneath it. The other dancers surrounded him as he stood, patting his back and offering congratulations. “Way to go!” one of them called out. “You fucking rock!”
“Go again!” Colin yelled from the sidelines, but David waved away the suggestion, thanked all of his admirers, and wandered back to where his friends waited.
Nate leaped into his arms and covered his face with kisses while Colin and Joshua applauded and showered him with praise.
“Freakingamazing, Professor!” Colin told him, handing him a fresh cocktail.
Nate kissed him one last time, then handed him his suit jacket. You’ve been holding out on me!” he accused. “Where the hell did you get those moves?”
“Been keeping them in reserve,” David said, nuzzling against Nate’s cheek.
“Well, tonight you’re bringing them out of the closet, so to speak - because I want a hands-on demonstration…ifyou catch my drift.”
Joshua snickered and leaned against his husband. “Just make sure you close the adjoining door because that’s one demonstration I don’t care to see.”
“Orhear,” Colin added, lifting his stout to his lips.
“Then I hope you brought earplugs,” Nate told him, reaching to poke his ribs. “Because I plan to make alotof noise!”
David downed his drink in one long swallow, then took Nate’s hand. “I have a solution for this problem,” he said. “You two stay here and finish your drinks, and we’ll see you in a half-hour or so.”
Colin wrapped an arm around Joshua’s neck and nodded. “Go!” he said. Enjoy! We’ll stroll around the deck and see you… um…after.”
“Wanna wander to the Lido and see if there’s some pie left?” Joshua asked.
“God, yes!”
“You go haveyourdessert,” Nate called back as he and David left the lounge. “And we’ll go have ours!”
* * *
Back in their cabin,Nate wandered to the balcony, where he stood for a moment to inhale the clear sea air. Then he turned to face the bedroom. David was emptying his pockets and dumped change, Nate’s inhaler, a credit card, cough drops, and several tissues onto the chest of drawers. “Jesus,” he mumbled. “How did I get all of this stuff?” He peered at the credit card. “This isColin’s!”
Nate snickered and moved to stand at his side. “Why don’t you just take these off, Professor? Then you won’t have so much to fret over.” He unsnapped David’s slacks, then lowered the zipper, taking ample time to caress and squeeze David’s impressive erection.
“Are you trying to seduce me?” David asked, grinning broadly.
“Damn right! I want to see if you’re as limber and flexible in bed as you are on the dance floor. And, uh…” Nate continued, still fondling David’s rapidly hardening cock. “It feels to me as though you’re very much in favor of that idea.”
David slid his arms around Nate’s waist and drew him close. He gazed into Nate’s brilliant, sapphire-blue eyes for a moment, then bent and kissed him with eager passion. “I got a new oil for us to try,” he murmured. “It’s lavender! A friend at UVA made it for me.” He held an open vial to Nate’s nose. “Smell! The scent is wonderful!” Then he lifted the vial to his own nose and inhaled deeply. “And the oil itself seems pure and sweet,” David murmured as he recapped the vial.
“But are yousure, my love?” Nate asked, his eyes twinkling. Perhaps we should try it out before deciding how good it is.”
David drew Nate down on the spacious king-sized bed, and their bodies pressed close as they sank into the soft sheets. The room was dimly lit by a single lamp which cast a warm glow over their entangled forms. Nate ran his fingers through David's hair, a contented smile playing on his lips. The world outside seemed to disappear as they lost themselves in each other and savored the moment.
David opened the tube and poured a dollop of the precious oil onto his palm, then lifted his eyes. For a moment, the oil lay forgotten in the palm of his hand as his eyes moved over the visual wealth of Nate’s alabaster nakedness. Trembling, he bent his head, pressing his lips to Nate’s throat as his wet hand slid down his husband’s chest, slick fingers lingering over the rose-velvet nipples, caressing them with the slippery oil until he heard Nate moan and felt the sensitive buds harden beneath his caresses.
