Chris and Danny's Super Sexy Summer - Chapter 11 (Patreon)
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Saturday 6 August 2022 (continued)
Despite the imminent return home, spirits were high and moods merry as the family sat enjoying their final evening meal together. Having gotten an account of the kids’ activities earlier from the twins and Clare, Blane was sitting with his youngest sister Fiadh on his lap attempting to get her to eat in amongst her own excitable ramblings. Levi was sat at his side, watching his new fiancé with the four-year-old.
Across the table from the happy couple sitting one of the only unhappy people at the table – Danny. Ever since he got yelled at by Finn, he had done his best to conceal his mood, not wanting anyone else to know he had done anything wrong… largely because he didn’t actually know what he’d done wrong himself. Finn was seated at the other end of the table happily eating and chatting with Aisling, Sean and the twins.
“Aww, just look at them,” Chris whispered, leaning to the side to bump Danny and get his attention.
“Huh,” Danny grunted distractedly, then glanced to Chris and then across the table where he was pointing to Levi and Blane. “They’re so perfect together,” he sighed happily.
Despite his mood, Danny couldn’t help smiling. Levi and Blane had always been cheerful, especially when they were together, but since their engagement the two had barely stopped smiling. It certainly did a little to lift Danny’s mood. “Yeah,” he sighed, his eyes roaming back down the table again, hoping Finn might finally look his way.
“You okay?” Chris asked curiously, reaching down under the table to stroke Danny’s leg. “You just annoyed you missed one?” he asked jokingly.
Danny loved the Smith family, but talking to them about each other always felt a little awkward. Talking to Chris about trouble he was having with a friend would normally have felt natural for Danny, but when that friend happened to be Chris’ brother, it complicated things. “Yeah,” Danny lied, then quickly added, “Just… thinking about going home.”
“Yeah, me too,” Chris said, though his face was plastered with a grin. “I get to see your house at last!”
“Oh, yeah,” Danny said with a gentle nod. He had thought the Finn issue would be his big worry of the night, but Chris’ excitement brought back a sudden wave of anxiety over the forthcoming days. “Y’know, you don’t HAVE to come home with me,” he said gingerly. “Three weeks and you’re probably sick of the sight of me. You’re not, like, obligated to come!”
“Oh no, three more weeks with my amazing boyfriend. How awful!” Chris said sarcastically, then grinned again and giggled, “It still seems weird to call you that!” As he saw the slight look of consternation on Danny’s face, he added, “Weird in a good way!”
“Yeah, yeah, it is,” Danny said distractedly, his mind already wandering to the holiday with his own family.
*****
When dinner concluded, Mr and Mrs Smith and the Byrnes broke away to go have some drinks and catch up on the day as Edward accompanied Blane and Levi in taking the younger siblings off to the playground for a while. As Chris and Danny went to tag along, Danny looked back and saw Finn still talking with his eldest sister and her boyfriend. “Hey, I’ll… umm… I’ll catch up with you in a bit!” he said, giving Chris a quick peck on the cheek before they headed away.
“Alright Dannyboy,” Aisling said cheerfully as she spotted him approaching them.
“Hey,” Danny replied, flashing a meek smile to Aisling and Sean before casting his gaze on Finn who still wasn’t looking back. “Umm… can we go talk somewhere please?” he requested politely.
The silence that followed was easily enough to warn the other two something was amiss. “We’ll… umm… we’ll leave ya to it, shall we,” Aisling said as she stood, nudging Sean to do the same. She gave Finn a curious frown, then Danny before sighing slightly and walking away, hand-in-hand with Sean who gave Danny a brief supportive smile.
“What?” Finn snapped moodily.
“That!” Danny scowled back at him. “The attitude. I’ve clearly done something to piss you off. At least have the fucking balls to tell me what it is!” He was caught a little by surprise by his own anger. He wasn’t sure where it came from. Potentially from such a wonderful, memorable day ending so sourly. Perhaps from being on the bad side of someone he considered a friend. Maybe he was just irritable that, after a day of making every guy on the island cum, he was yet to do so himself. Either way, he stood glaring angrily at the moody teen.
“Jesus, if you need me to actually tell you, you’re more stupid than I thought!” Finn snapped.
Danny’s eyes narrowed slightly as he said, “Wow, you sound just like Sarah!”
“SHUT UP!” Finn yelled, jumping from his seat, a tightly-clenched fist raised.
Danny recoiled but tried to act like he hadn’t as he added, “Wow, you’re just as violent as her too! Maybe getting rid of her was the wrong move!” The words hurt both of them. Danny could see it on Finn’s face, but it dug deep into his own insecurity too, enough to force a quick addition of, “Sorry, sorry, that was… just… sorry!”
Finn stood facing him, though his fist had lowered as he continued to glower at the younger boy.
“Wait, why am I apologising to you? You’re the one acting like a dick!” Danny said, realising things had managed to turn around from his original intent.
Finn smirked derisively as he said, “If I’m a dick, then no wonder you can’t keep away!”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Danny snapped angrily.
“You’re a slut!” Finn spat the words like they left a bitter taste in his mouth. “I’d call you a whore, but at least a whore’s smart enough to charge. You just fuck anyone who even looks at you, because you’re nothing more than a disgusting, faggot slut!”
Danny had felt his anger boiling up into rage as Finn spoke, but the final three words took the fury right out of him, replacing it instead with gut-wrenching misery. The words had hit hard, almost to the point where Danny felt like he had been gut-punched by them. He stared for a moment and felt his jaw quiver, but refused to give Finn the pleasure of seeing how much the words had hurt. He turned and started to walk away, but quickly broke into a run.
Danny wasn’t running to anywhere specific, he just needed to get away. By the time he came to a stop, he was on the other side of the tiny island, facing one of the more secluded beaches which he mindlessly wandered onto. He dropped down to sit on the sand and pulled his knees up close to his chest as he wrapped his arms around them. For a few moments he just stared blankly out over the inky blackness of the sea before the tears finally came.
Gentle sniffs quickly devolved into heavy sobs as he finally allowed himself to feel the impact of Finn’s words. He sat alone, crying helplessly.
*****
“No fair, you cheated,” Aidan complained, pouting at Chris.
Chris grinned back at the boy and teased, “Being bigger than you isn’t cheating. It just means I’m better than you in every way!”
“Dad, tell him!” Aidan complained, looking past his big brother.
“Huh?” Chris grunted as he turned and spotted their father standing close behind him.
“What am I telling him and why am I telling him it?” Mr Smith asked with a wry grin.
“Tell him to stop being bigger than me!” Aidan insisted petulantly.
Chris smirked at the request.
“No can do, kid,” Mr Smith said, mussing Aidan’s hair as he moved closer. “But I’ll save him using his almighty size against you anymore cos I need to talk to him! Go find your brother. He looked like he was having a similar problem with Blane!”
“Okie,” Aidan said, happily running off to find his twin.
Mr Smith watched the boy scurry away and shook his head slightly. As he turned to face Chris, he said wistfully, “I swear he was like, this big…” he held his hands half a metre apart, “… like… yesterday!”
“They grow up so fast!” Chris said back with a chuckle.
Mr Smith looked his middle son up and down for a moment as he nodded gently in agreement. He looked to the other side for a moment then gestured to a nearby bench and said, “Come sit down!”
“Am I… in trouble?” Chris asked nervously as he followed and took a seat next to his father.
Mr Smith sighed as he said, “No, no trouble, I just… thought we should talk!”
“Oh,” Chris said awkwardly. “About… what?” he asked, though he suspected he already knew the answer. He had felt like this conversation was coming for the last week… or maybe he had just wanted it for that long, which was strange as he was also dreading it.
“I think you know,” Mr Smith said flatly.
Chris gave an awkward smile and replied, “You’ve met me right. You know I’m not that bright!”
Mr Smith sighed as he sat back in his seat, getting a confused frown from the boy at his side. “Sorry, not agreeing, you’re plenty bright… but… I sometimes wonder if I actually HAVE met you!” he said cryptically.
“Aren’t you a bit young to be losing your marbles,” Chris smirked. “I’M CHRIS. YOUR SON!” he said loudly and slowly.
Mr Smith chuckled as he replied, “You have no idea how glad I am you inherited my sense of humour and not your mum’s!” It got a proud smile back from Chris. “But what I meant was… I feel a little like you’re growing up and I’m missing it!” Mr Smith explained.
“Cos of Kingswood?” Chris asked, cocking his head as he frowned curiously.
“Because of me!” Mr Smith replied with a stern headshake. As Chris continued to look confused, Mr Smith let out another sigh and said, “The business has taken a lot of time and effort for your mum and I. We wanted to be successful, but more than anything, we wanted to provide a good life for you lot, y’know, give you all the stuff we never had growing up.”
“You do!” Chris insisted with an emphatic nod.
The man smiled fondly for a moment then went on, “I’m glad you think that, but giving you all of that, building the business up like we have, it came at a cost, and that cost was time with you lot! We’re doing our best now to take a step back from work and be around for you all more, but… it’s hard when you’re away for months at a time. I feel like I’ve come back a little too late and… missed my chance!”
Chris let out a gentle whimper and lunged at his dad, hugging him tightly. “You haven’t!” he whispered.
“I’m glad you feel that way. I wanna do better for all of you,” Mr Smith said as he held onto the affectionate teen.
“You’re already the best!” Chris insisted.
“That’s sweet, but… we’re not,” Mr Smith said as Chris sat away from him slightly. “We want to be the best, though. We… had a bit of a wakeup call a while back and it’s been a work in progress since then!”
“Covid?” Chris asked curiously.
Mr Smith smirked and nodded as he said, “That definitely shook us, but… no, this was before that!” As Chris continued to frown at him curiously, he sighed slightly, unsure how much to keep sharing though he eventually stated, “It was you… or rather… your first half-term break at Kingswood!”
“Oh, that,” Chris said, somewhat taken aback by the comment. His first half-term break of his very first term at the school had been a memorable one. It had led to his relationship with Kyle as well as helped him develop a close bond with his favourite teacher, Mr Beecham. So it was hard to picture the bad side, but he had not been happy to be staying at school instead of returning home.
“Yeah, we let ya down, Chrissy,” Mr Smith said sadly, reaching out to muss his son’s hair. Frowning at his own actions, he went on, “We messed up what should have been your first visit home after a REALLY big change and it was because of work. That shouldn’t have happened, and yeah, it was the wake-up call we needed, but it shouldn’t have taken me this long to apologise for it! I’m really very sorry, Chris.”
“It’s okay,” Chris said with a shrug, “It all worked out, so no harm done!”
“It’s not, but that’s kind of you,” his father replied. “Ugh, this wasn’t even what I came to talk to you about, but I’m glad we’ve talked about it.” he said a little awkwardly. He got a smile and nod back from Chris before silence settled in between them for several moments. Mr Smith eventually broke it as he asked, “Chris, what were you doing at that club?”
“What were YOU doing at that club?” Chris asked back accusingly.
“Okay, fair question,” Mr Smith said with a sullen nod, blushing already at the whole subject. “But what responsible, consenting adults do and what unaccompanied minors do are VERY different things!”
“We weren’t unaccompanied!” Chris insisted, then felt nervous about revealing the name of their chaperone and said awkwardly, “We… had company!”
“Chris, you’re FOURTEEN years old!” Mr Smith said with obvious concern.
“Fifteen next month,” Chris said with a poor attempt at nonchalance.
“What were you doing there?” Mr Smith asked.
Chris blushed as he almost blurted out, “Getting edged!” but managed to restrain himself. What actually came out wasn’t really much better as he replied, “You know exactly what I did on that first visit!”
The silence returned, louder than ever.
“Chris… I… I’m sorry if… I mean… I shouldn’t… well…” Mr Smith finally began to stutter when the awkwardness became too potent.
“Don’t apologise!” Chris insisted, shaking his head emphatically. “I’m not saying it’s something I want to talk about, cos I don’t… I REALLY don’t!” He paused, staring his father in the eye for a moment. “But I’m not sorry that what happened… happened! Would I do it again? No. And would I have done it, y’know… if we weren’t masked? Definitely not. But it DID happen and… I didn’t hate it, but we were safe, nobody got hurt and we had fun. Maybe we leave it at that!”
“That… does sound like a good solution,” Mr Smith said, visibly relieved. “But I’m more worried about you even being there in the first place. That sort of stuff at your age…”
“Dad, you KNOW Kingswood isn’t a normal school,” Chris said, actually sounding a little frustrated. “I’m not saying that what happened at the club is an everyday occurrence, but Kingswood isn’t a normal school, which means I’m not a normal schoolboy, so sometimes I do things that aren’t… normal. Ugh, I hate that word, but you know what I mean!”
“I do,” Mr Smith conceded with a heavy exhale. “Look, all I need to know is… are you staying safe and are you happy?” he asked frankly.
Chris stared at his dad for a moment as he contemplated the questions. As a sweet smile spread across his face he answered, “Yes to one, and very, very yes to the other!”
“Okay then” the man replied, clearly satisfied. He held his arm out to the boy and happily settled into another hug.
“Dad,” Chris asked softly after a few moments. As he got a curious hum in return, he continued, “Does having Mr and Mrs Byrne in your life make you and mam happy?”
Mr Smith pulled back slightly to look down at Chris, but realised he wasn’t going to look back. He took a deep breath in, exhaled slowly for a moment and replied, “Yeah!”
Chris squeezed gently as he replied, “Okay then!”
*****
After his initial burst of crying, Danny had managed to take a few minutes to sit and think about Finn. It was difficult to stop himself simply bursting into tears again, but he found himself thinking back to December of 2020. It was not long after the accident that paralysed him and, understandably, grief had set in. Though his parents and the medical staff did their best to shield him from it, he had heard things like ‘may never walk again’, ‘might need assistance the rest of his life’ and ‘normal function might never return’. To say he had been scared and upset was a fairly colossal understatement. That was the last time he had cried as heavily as he had tonight.
Laying almost entirely motionless in the hospital bed, a thought had occurred to Danny. He wasn’t sure where it had come from – maybe a teacher, or adult in his life, possibly the token ‘wise’ character in a movie, perhaps it was just a fortune cookie – but a thought came to him. ‘Crying doesn’t solve things. Solving things solves things!’ As he thought about it now, if that was from a TV show it was probably not a very good one, but the message was still true.
It didn’t take Danny long to figure out what had upset Finn. Things had been great that morning, then they had gone to the island and he had spent the day fooling around with pretty much everyone, then Finn had called him a slut. Actually, he had called him a ‘disgusting faggot slut’, but for now he needed to handle one thing at a time.
‘So he’s pissed at me for being a slut’, Danny thought to himself, ‘Which can’t be news to him. He totally gets off on hearing about the stuff I get up to at school. Ugh, straight guys are so confusing!’ He let out a hearty sigh as he stared out into the blackness once again. ‘But he called me a faggot! What a cunt! But he’s not like that. He’s okay with gay stuff which means if he used that word, he was just trying to hurt me… which he did… the cunt! Great, so I’ve established he thinks I’m a slut and he wanted to hurt me… great progress, Danny. Mystery solved!’
He let out a low groan as he buried his face in his arms for a moment. Realistically, this wouldn’t even be a problem for much longer. They were flying home the next day and then Danny would fly back to England with Chris the day after, so he could just ride things out until then. He could just leave, forget all about Finn and the things he had said. Danny let out a sigh as he whispered to himself, “But I don’t wanna forget about Finn!”
He growled gently to psych himself up and climbed up onto his feet, wiping his hands together to get rid of the sand before brushing himself down. “Right!” he said for no particular reason, then turned to start heading back across the island. His resolve waxed and waned repeatedly as he wandered along. Heading for Finn’s villa, he almost turned away as he got there, but when he spotted Ethan working inside, he took a breath and walked in.
“He’s in his room,” Ethan said as he saw Danny.
Danny smirked slightly and nodded back at him before silently heading for the door. He didn’t even bother to knock, he just walked in and immediately closed the door behind him.
“Go away!” Finn’s voice came from beneath the sheet on his bed.
“No!” Danny said firmly.
The sheet suddenly threw back as Finn glared over at him for a moment before he snapped, “I don’t want to talk to you!”
“Oh good,” Danny said, pacing across the room, “Then that means you won’t interrupt!”
Finn went to reply but realised he had been verbally out manoeuvred and just scowled instead.
“I’m not gonna let you do this!” Danny said, shaking his head. “This is what you always do. You run away and you sulk and you hide and you let everything pile up on you and shut out the rest of the world, and I’m not having it. Not this time!”
Finn looked quite taken aback by the comment, mostly because it was entirely accurate.
“You were making great progress and you were happy and things were good and now you’re back to this because of me and I don’t wanna be responsible for that. I’m not worth you being miserable for!” Danny said firmly.
“Yes you are!” Finn said back firmly, then frowned and shook his head and said, “I mean… ugh, I don’t even know what I mean, but… shut up!”
“No,” Danny replied as he shook his head. “I…” he tried to start, but felt the tears threatening to take over once again. “I know I’ve pissed you off, but I don’t want you to end up being miserable because of something I did, so I’m sorry, I just…” He paused, choking up slightly as Finn stared at him intently. “I don’t want you to be lonely anymore!” he said before sniffing as a single tear managed to sneak past his emotional defences.
Everything Danny had said so far looked like it had struck Finn hard, but the final comment looked to have shattered his resolve as the anger dropped away and he just stared at Danny sadly.
“I want you to be happy, but I’ve made you NOT happy and I don’t want us to go home without making you happy again cos last summer I did that with my friends and it was horrible and it’ll be even worse if you have to deal with all of that on your own and I’m sorry, Finn. I’m sorry I’m a slut and I’m sorry it hurt you!” Danny rambled confusingly.
“Fuck,” Finn muttered as he saw the boy getting increasingly upset, listening to his distressed rambling. “I shouldn’t have called you a slut,” he said awkwardly.
Danny sniffed as he raised his hand to wipe his cheek, nodding gently.
“I thought…” Finn started, then shook his head, pulling back to sit with his knees pulled up to his chest.
Danny tentatively took a seat at the foot of the bed and asked, “You thought what?”
“I thought…” Finn started again, then blushed as he shook his head, unable to think of a less embarrassing way of putting it. “I thought I was special!” As Danny just stared, he added an almost inaudible, “To you!”
“You are!” Danny insisted.
Finn shook his head, the anger creeping back over his face for a moment as he scowled a little and replied, “I’m not. I’m just another guy on your list. You know, you’re not as subtle as you think you are. You think I couldn’t see what you were doing today?”
“Oh,” Danny blushed.
“Yeah, OH!” Finn said accusingly. “I wasn’t gonna let myself just be another name on today’s list or another… number to you. I deserve better than that, and the ironic thing is, it’s YOU and the time we’ve spent together that made me realise that!”
Danny nodded thoughtfully for a moment. “Okay, well I’ll say I’m sorry if the things I did made you feel you’re not special, but… I’m actually kinda gutted you could ever think that after everything!”
Finn had the good grace to look a little shamed by the comment.
“But I’m not gonna say sorry for being a slut, because where I’m from, ‘slut’ isn’t an insult, because having a lot of sex isn’t a bad thing,” Danny explained. He took a breath as he added, “But you called me something else too!”
Finn nodded, looking increasingly ashamed of his own words.
“When you called me that, either time you did it, you weren’t just insulting me, you were insulting your own brothers and…” Danny paused, almost revealing more than he suspected Finn knew about his family, so he quickly switched to, “… and every LGBTQ person!”
“I know, I know. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t say that and I’m sorry I did!” Finn said sincerely.
Danny stared silently for a moment, partly to contemplate where to go next, but also just giving the older boy a few moments to reflect on his words. Eventually he shuffled further up the bed until he was within arm’s reach of Finn. “Finn, you ARE important to me,” he said as he held out his hand.
Finn stared at the hand for a moment and let out a gentle sigh as he placed his own hand on it.
“And I… understand how what you saw today might have made you think otherwise,” Danny said, getting a gentle nod of agreement, “But I care about you a lot! The sex stuff we do… it’s…” He paused, a wistful smile crossing his face as he thought about something his boyfriend… ex boyfriend now… had said to him once. “I don’t care about you because we have sex, we have sex because I care about you!”
Finn sniffed slightly before he said, “I guess I’d been thinking about what you said last week… or… what you offered, and I’d been thinking about it a lot…”
Danny frowned, not making the connection for a moment before he figured Finn meant the somewhat unplanned and blunt question he had asked, ‘Would you like to fuck?’ He was surprised to hear Finn talk about it. He had assumed it was either forgotten or simply something he had decided to pass on. It was why he had not brought it up since.
“I was kinda… starting to consider it, y’know, like how you were my first… umm… y’know… suck… before you went home last time we were together!” Finn explained, looking increasingly embarrassed. “But then when I saw you screwing around with, like, every guy on the island I kinda got pissed cos I’d been thinking ‘I could do this really amazing thing with Danny’ but then it turns out it’s not amazing for you, it’s just… a regular Tuesday!”
“It’s Saturday!” Danny said with a wry grin, but it just got an annoyed eye roll in return. “Sorry,” he chuckled. “But… you were really thinking about that?”
Finn’s cheeks were blazing red from the embarrassment of the subject matter, but he nodded anyway.
“That… really would be special,” Danny said back softly. “Like I said, I DO have a lot of sex. Some of it’s with people I care about, some of it’s with relative strangers!” Danny suppressed a smirk as he thought, ‘And some’s just with your relatives!’ He took a breath and went on, “But doing things like that with people I care about… it definitely means a lot more to me!”
Finn sighed as he said remorsefully, “I guess maybe… I should talk about this stuff instead of, like, assuming!”
Danny just nodded back.
“So… is it something you’d still be interested in, even after what I called you?” Finn asked nervously.
Danny shuffled even closer, so he was now right up against Finn. He gave a sweet smile and asked, “Whadda you think?” He immediately leaned in to kiss the older boy.
As their lips met, they both tensed for just a moment before relaxing into the embrace. Gently holding onto each other, they kissed for several seconds before pulling away, both chuckling from a mix of relief and nervousness.
“Not… now though!” Danny insisted.
Finn looked rather confused… mostly because it was Danny turning down sex, which had probably never actually happened before.
Danny smiled and explained, “You were right. Today was… names on a list. I know if we did stuff now it wouldn’t be part of that, but it… you shouldn’t be a name on my list. You deserve a list all of your own!”
Finn stared for a moment, looking a little tearful before he pulled Danny into a hug and held him for several seconds before he whispered, “I’m sorry I hurt you!”
“You can make it up to me later!” Danny giggled back.
*****
The rest of the last night had been a joyful one, the whole group back together after some time apart, once again returning for a final go at the karaoke. Aisling and Chris had dueted and, inexplicably, still sounded dreadful together. Finn and Danny had spent time together, happy now with the air cleared. Blane seemed to still be on good terms with his parents. Even Edward seemed to have reached a new level of civility with Levi, which Danny secretly felt like he deserved the credit for.
While most nights the younger kids were sent off early, they were all allowed to stay up later. Officially it was a ‘treat for the last night’. Unofficially it was an obvious attempt to tire them out in hopes they would sleep through most of the journey home. Though Clare and Fiadh had dropped off and been taken to bed throughout the evening, the twins remained as lively as ever, right up to the moment Chris was finally dragged off the stage at the end of the night.
“I don’t wanna go,” Cian whined, clinging on to Danny as they reached the fork in the path that led to their villa.
“Sorry bud, it’s bedtime,” Chris said, mussing his hair.
“Actually,” Danny interjected with a wry grin. “You guys… remember the last night when I came to visit last year?”
“YAY!” the twins both cheered, knowing immediately what Danny had in mind.
“That includes you,” Danny said, smiling sweetly at Finn who was currently (and reluctantly) giving Aidan a piggyback.
“Well, if I have to,” Finn sighed dejectedly, though he gave a slight grin back.
Danny and the four siblings happily and noisily made their way along to the villa and were greeted by a surprised but amused looking Samuel.
Several minutes and a lot of squabbling later and all five of them had piled into the large bed, the twins taking an annoyingly long time to figure out their ideal configuration. Eventually, they had Danny positioned in the middle. To his right was Finn, with Aidan nestled in between them and to his left was Chris, with the other twin in between.
Silence eventually filled the room, but inevitably didn’t last as the twins, still wired from their busy days both behind and ahead of them, didn’t go straight to sleep.
“Chris, are you and Danny gonna get engaged like Blane and Levi did?” Aidan asked curiously.
Finn sniggered as he didn’t even need to see the other two’s reactions to know it was an awkward question.
“We’ve only been together a few weeks, give us a chance!” Danny replied with a snigger.
“Sure, that’s the issue, not the fact you’re both twelve!” Finn said sarcastically.
“Nearly fifteen!” Chris and Danny both replied in amusingly unplanned unison.
“Sure,” Finn chuckled.
“I’m guessing you’re not gonna marry Sarah now!” Aidan said, clearly just observational rather than with any ill intent.
Danny tensed a little for a moment, knowing it was a sore subject, but smiled as Finn replied, “No, we decided staying together wasn’t the right thing for us.”
“Maybe you can marry Danny instead!” Aidan said, the mischievous giggle giving away the less innocent tone this time.
“Yeah, I think I might have something to say about that,” Chris quickly interjected.
“Yeah, probably, ‘Can I watch’, knowing you!” Danny replied on sheer reflex with a snigger.
“Wait, watch what?” Cian asked curiously.
“You wanna watch Danny marry someone else?” Aidan asked, just as confused.
“Just kidding, forget I said it,” Danny quickly insisted, thankful that the twins didn’t probe any further into his accidental suggestive comment.
The twins continued with their unintentionally awkward questions for a few more minutes, causing both embarrassment and amusement for the three older boys as they did their best to handle them, amongst the constant demands to ‘shut up and go to sleep’.
Danny had largely stayed out of it, letting Chris and Finn handle their brothers, though he tensed awkwardly when Aidan eventually pouted, “It’s so unfair Chris gets another holiday and we don’t!”
“There’s probably room on their plane for us. Can’t we come?” Cian asked hopefully.
“Oh, I… umm…” Danny stuttered awkwardly.
“Sorry guys,” Finn quickly interjected. “I think their plane’s already full!”
Danny breathed an audible sigh of relief and said, “Yeah, it is. Sorry!”
“Aww, okay,” Cian pouted.
“Ya know,” Finn quickly continued. “If we’re doing this properly, shouldn’t we ALL be here!”
As the twins gasped excitedly at the comment, Chris and Danny chuckled, knowing what they were about to do would be both amusing and very NOT appreciated. Moments later, dragged on by the excitable eight-year-olds, the five of them burst into Blane and Levi’s room.
“Jesus, don’t you eejits know how to knock?” Blane demanded, jumping at the sudden intrusion.
“Why? Were you doing something naughty?” Chris asked with a wicked chuckle.
“We wanna stay in here!” Aidan said, clearly not giving the room’s occupants any choice.
“Not really sure this bed is big enough for seven!” Levi said, frowning at the approaching mass of boys.
“Oh no,” Chris said with another smirk, “We’ll be right on top of each other. How awful!”
Despite some initial complaining, the five new arrivals managed to climb in. Finn looked a little awkward, having not shared a bed with Blane for many years and having never done it with Levi, but they remained on one side of the bed while he thankfully managed to end up cuddled on the opposite side with Danny, as Chris found himself at the centre of the dogpile.
As they began to settle, the twins returned to their talking, though Levi’s experience from Kingswood proved invaluable in shutting them down effectively but politely. Soon enough, the boys had admitted defeat and drifted off to sleep, piled mostly on top of Chris and Blane.
“If you can do that on the plane tomorrow, I may ask you to marry me again!” Blane whispered, getting a giggle from the others.
“I’ll see what I can do,” Levi replied sleepily.
“Keep your focus on Blane,” Finn replied, happily holding onto Danny who nestled against him. “I think as soon as we’re over international waters the ceasefire ends with mam and dad!” The comment was supposed to be funny, but just got a disheartened moan from Chris.
“Chill,” Blane replied firmly, but still careful not to disturb the twins. “I think… the truce may remain!”
“Seriously?” Chris asked, sounding quite surprised.
“Mmm-huh,” Blane hummed. “We… talked about a few things today. I mean… I’m never gonna agree with them on everything but… I dunno, they seem…”
“More chilled,” Finn noted.
“Happier!” Chris said, smiling fondly at the thought of his own time with his father. It seemed their chat had been replicated with the others, though presumably a little less awkward.
“Great, world peace, love and kisses, all that jazz. Can we sleep now, or are we expecting any more company?” Levi asked, clearly getting irritable.
“Sorry sir,” Chris replied, teasingly back to their school-based relationship for a moment.
“Yeah, night Mr Trent,” Danny teased.
“Don’t make me come over there!” Levi growled playfully.
“Not sure you could find me under all this!” Chris giggled back.
After a brief round of goodnights, the conversation finally ended and they settled down, quickly drifting off.
*****
Sunday 7 August 2022
“Finn,” Danny whispered, giving the boy wrapped around him a gentle nudge. When all he got was a croaky groan, he repeated, “Finn!” He jabbed a finger into the older teen’s ribs to rouse him.
Finn groaned again but whispered back, “What’s up?”
“This!” Danny replied, pressing his crotch against Finn’s. He heard a slight chuckle in response to the raging erection. “And it’s past midnight, so technically it’s not part of… yesterday’s stuff!” he added quietly.
Finn sighed softly, clearly torn between his desire for sex and his desire for sleep. “Not here,” he eventually croaked.
“Obviously!” Danny replied, caught up in the tangle of limbs. “Next door,” he added, giving Finn a nudge to urge him to move.
Finn rolled over but misjudged how close he was to the edge and nearly fell out, his foot hitting the floor with a loud slap as he managed to steady himself just in time.
Suppressing a giggle at the almost-fall, Danny slid out after him. Realistically there was little chance of waking most of the bed’s other occupants. Blane, Chris and the twins shared more than just similar looks. All four had the same wonderful ability to sleep through anything. As Danny gave them a cursory glance, he noticed the slight shine from an open eye staring back, though it belonged to Levi who had obviously been awoken by the quiet chatter. Danny simply flashed him a grin before following Finn out of the bedroom.
As soon as the door was closed, Danny grabbed Finn’s arm and pulled him into a kiss. Finn sighed back into his mouth as they embraced, his hands grasping the younger boy’s biceps for a moment before sliding down to grab onto his hands.
As they parted from the kiss, Danny smiled and asked softly, “You sure you want to do this?”
Finn just glanced down at the erection in his shorts, every bit as prominent as Danny’s, then looked back at him, raised an eyebrow and smirked.
“Okay then,” Danny said playfully. Glancing over at the glass wall that overlooked the pool area, with the blackness of the sea and night sky beyond it, he suggested, “We could always do it on the beach!”
“We could,” Finn nodded, not really concerned about being spotted, though another thought came to mind. “But maybe not,” he said, getting a slightly disappointed look from Danny before he explained, “I’m no expert, but I reckon getting sand on bits that are about to go inside you is probably every bit as uncomfortable as it sounds!”
“Oof, yeah, good point!” Danny winced with a nod, then released one of Finn’s hands and started leading him away as he said, “Bedroom it is!”
“Good call,” Finn agreed, happily following along behind.
As they got inside, they started making out once again, vaguely making their way towards the bed which they casually toppled onto without breaking their embrace. They laid together making out for a few minutes, not to put off what was to come next, more simply to enjoy the moments before it. It had been over a year since they first got to spend time together and their imminent separation brought with it the uncertainty of how long it would be until they could enjoy each other again.
When they eventually parted, Finn rolled to the side, propping his head up on one hand as he stared down at Danny, his hand casually roaming the smooth firmness of his chest. “So… ugh, I’m gonna sound like a total noob here…” he started cautiously.
“Probably cos you’re a total noob here,” Danny quickly interjected with a teasing grin.
Finn rolled his eyes but chuckled reluctantly. “Fair,” he conceded, “Just… don’t take the piss if I ask things, okay!”
“I’m happy to show you the ropes,” Danny said back proudly before his eyes narrowed and he added, “And I’m talking literally, if that’s your thing!”
“Okay, down boy, one thing at a time,” Finn said, patting Danny’s stomach playfully. “So… is there a, like… position it’s best to start in. I mean, do I… like… bend over the bed or something?” The awkwardness of the question twisted his face into one of absolute embarrassment.
Danny frowned for a moment, trying to understand before the realisation struck him. “Oh!” he exclaimed in surprise. “Oh crap, you… wait, you… you think I wanted to fuck YOU?” he asked, wide-eyed.
“Well, yeah,” Finn blushed. “I mean… Chris is clearly the bottom, so I figured if I was doing it with you then you’d be the top!”
“Aww, you’re so sweet… and stupid, but mostly sweet!” Danny said, reaching up with both hands to hold Finn’s face teasingly.
“Oy,” Finn whined at the slight insult.
“Okay,” Danny said, sitting up. “Well first of all, the whole ‘one of you must be a top and one of you must be a bottom’ thing… absolute bullshit. Some people are like that, most aren’t and even more don’t do it at all!”
“They… oh… umm… okay,” Finn said, sitting back as he blushed a little.
“Secondly, I get how you’d think Chris is ‘a bottom’,” Danny went on, adding air quotes, “But we both happen to be versatile!”
“Huh,” Finn grunted in obvious surprise.
“And lastly… you thought I wanted to fuck you and you were going to let me?” Danny asked, unsure whether he was more surprised or aroused.
“Yeah,” Finn said with a shrug as he stared down at his hands as they casually fiddled with the sheet they sat atop. “I’ve been… kinda… practicing to… be ready,” he explained, his cheeks reddening.
“Nnngh,” Danny grunted. “That’s all kinds of hot and… if you wanna do that, so do I, but… I’m also open to it being the other way round!”
“Yes!” Finn said, nodding emphatically.
Danny snorted with laughter at the eagerness. “Wow, if I’d known you were this keen, I woulda been suggesting it all week!”
Finn whined a little as he frowned and said, “You mean I coulda been doing you all week! Dammit!”
“Yeah, look what happens when you don’t talk about things,” Danny said with a wry grin. “Maybe there’s a bit of a lesson in there somewhere!”
Finn rolled his eyes and sucked on his teeth in response.
“Sorry,” Danny giggled. “But yeah… if you wanna fuck me, I DEFINITELY wanna let you!”
Finn stared silently for a moment, took a deep breath and requested, “Is there… any chance we could do both?”
“Wow, someone’s hornier than I am!” Danny chuckled.
Finn pouted slightly as he shook his head. “No, it’s more that… well… you know last time… when we nearly kissed but didn’t?” Danny nodded thoughtfully. “I hated that,” he said firmly. “I know you had reasons for saying no and I agreed with them, but… I regretted not doing it. I don’t wanna… y’know… go our own ways this time and regret things I didn’t do again!”
“I get it,” Danny said with a gentle nod, stroking Finn’s leg. “We can do both, but if we start anything and you don’t like it, we can stop. I just want you to enjoy yourself!”
“Why aren’t you a girl?” Finn sighed wistfully. As Danny chuckled back, Finn frowned a little and said, “Well I guess if you were, it’d only be me fucking YOU!”
Danny smirked as he replied, “Depending how this goes, I think someone might be into pegging!”
“I don’t know what that is,” Finn blushed.
“It’s something to google next time you’re… enjoying some alone time,” Danny teased. “Although definitely do it in incognito mode!”
“I’ll keep it in mind,” Finn said back jovially. “Now… how do we… start?” As he saw Danny go to speak, he jumped up and said, “Lemme guess. Clothes off!”
“Ah, not your first time, is it!” Danny joked.
“Shut up,” Finn chuckled as he doffed his shorts and watched Danny do the same.
The two boys stared at each other. Danny, so thick and toned, his slight flex showing off every muscle, every line, his dick standing rigidly in desperate need of attention after a full day of sex with no actual release. Finn, all smooth and slender, his skin still pale even after weeks in the sun, his cock curving out ahead of him, as if reaching to grab Danny’s.
Biting his lip for a moment as he took in the sight of the naked teen, Danny reached out and pulled Finn’s arm to turn him round, then pushed his back to make him lean over. Reaching between his knees, he tapped them to indicate they should move apart a little and Finn willingly complied. Though he didn’t say it, Danny couldn’t help smiling at the flawless, milky-white butt. The welts that Sarah had given him, the tell-tale sign that had given away her abuse, had healed completely. Placing a hand on each buttock, he massaged them for a few moments, enjoying the silky smoothness before parting them a little more to reveal Finn’s hole.
“When you say you’ve been practicing,” Danny mused quizzically, “What have you been using?”
“J… just… a finger,” Finn stuttered shyly.
“Just one?” Danny asked, cocking his head as he leaned closer.
“Sometimes two,” Finn explained.
Danny hummed for a moment as he nodded and said, “Well I’m probably a bit bigger than two fingers, so let’s ease in gently!” He grinned as he realised what he’d said and quickly added, “Ha, and I mean that literally I guess!”
Finn laughed awkwardly.
“But first…” Danny said as he leaned closer, then plunged his tongue into the virginal hole.
“Oh!” Finn yelped as he felt the boy’s tongue probing at him. “That… that’s… unnh… that feels good,” he gasped as Danny circled the tight ring, occasionally poking the tip into the centre.
Danny worked on pleasuring the hole for a few minutes, enjoying the squirming and happy moaning it was causing before he knelt back up. He leaned over to grab the lube from beside the bed.
“Do we… I mean… should we use… a condom?” Finn asked as he glanced back at the eager boy who was already lubing up his straining tool.
“It’s okay, I know all the people you’ve been with are… in this room,” Danny replied with a momentary grin that dropped quickly as he said, “Oh you mean… to protect YOU… FROM me!”
“Sorry,” Finn said sheepishly.
“Hey,” Danny said, reaching out to stroke Finn’s cheek. “Never apologise for being safe! It’s not rude, it’s sensible!”
“Okay,” Finn said with a meek smile in return.
“But just so you know,” Danny said reassuringly, “Any time I’ve been with anyone outside of Kingswood, I’ve kept it safe, cos that’s just how I roll!”
“Wow, you must keep the condom industry alive single-handedly,” Finn said with a snigger, but the smile dropped as his eyes widened and he said, “Sorry, I wasn’t, umm… I mean…”
“It’s okay, that was funny,” Danny said, forcing his mirth slightly.
“Okay, good,” Finn said, clearly relieved, gulping slightly as he watched Danny stroking his lubed dick. “If you… wanna do it without protection… I mean, if you say you’re safe… that’s okay!”
“You sure?” Danny asked as he moved Finn back into position, kneeling behind him. As he got a nod in response, he leaned in and started kissing the older boy’s shoulder. “Just so you know, the best way to make it hurt less is to relax,” he explained between kisses. “So try to stay calm, breathe, relax and enjoy. Okay?”
“Mmmm,” Finn hummed happily as he felt the gentle kisses around his neck and shoulders. “Keep doing that and I’ll be totally relaxed,” he said dreamily.
“Happy to help,” Danny giggled back, kissing more as he reached down to guide his raging erection into the cleft of Finn’s butt. He slid the slippery head down the crack until it found its target and pushed gently. “If it hurts too much and you want me to stop…” he offered kindly.
“I know,” Finn replied, pushing back against Danny a little. “Go on!”
Danny pushed in a little more as his arms tightened around Finn. He felt the tip begin to slide in as the muscled ring relaxed slightly. Finn seemed to be listening to the instruction well, and based on the pleasured gasp it caused, seemed to be enjoying it too.
“That feels… weird,” Finn said, shuddering a little, “But… good!”
Danny replied with more kisses to his neck and a gentle push further in.
“You do this… every day?” Finn asked, panting a little, pulling aside to look back.
Danny chuckled and replied, “Not every day. Sometimes not for a while. Other days… a lot!”
“Can we swap lives?” Finn asked with a smirk, that morphed into a moaned gasp as the boy slid in a little more.
“Sure. I’ll be a moody loner and you can be Chris’ boyfriend!” Danny teased as he pulled back a little.
“Yeah, maybe DON’T talk about my brother while you’re fucking me,” Finn said with a frown, though it was followed by a quick smile as he said, “Fuck… you’re fucking me!”
“I know, now shut up and enjoy it!” Danny said, leaning forward to kiss Finn momentarily before pushing him forward onto all fours. Finn let out another pleasured gasp as Danny pushed in a couple of inches. Pausing a second to see if there was any request to stop, he saw no hesitation on behalf of the older boy and quickly pulled back before sliding in, even deeper this time.
“Ah, Danny, yes,” Finn moaned, sounding as surprised as he was delighted.
“Good, isn’t it!” Danny chuckled. He winced slightly as he said, “Maybe a bit… too good!”
“You close?” Finn asked, looking back.
“Mmm-huh,” Danny hummed awkwardly, “But in my defence, it’s been a crazy sex day and I haven’t cum since yesterday!”
“Don’t worry, I’m not judging,” Finn said, smiling but sincere. “You wanna swap?”
“Unless you want about a litre of spunk inside you!” Danny joked, then moaned as he imagined feeling a litre of spunk filling Finn up.
Finn pulled away then turned around before lying on the bed with a leg either side of Danny, staring up at the kneeling, painfully aroused boy. “Would it… be okay if you went on top?” he asked, blushing a little. Looking awkward as Danny smiled, he quickly added, “I just fantasise about a girl riding me, it’s what I like to watch and I kinda wanna try it!”
Danny chuckled, but pouted slightly as he saw Finn look a little upset by it. He reached down to stroke the older teen’s leg and said, “Sorry, wasn’t laughing at you, it was just… nice to hear you ask for something you want!” He moved one leg over Finn’s, then repeated on the other side so he had both of Finn’s legs between his own, sitting gently on top of them as he took hold of the straining erection before him. “Let’s lube you up!” he said as he leaned forward to press his own raging boner against it.
“Feck!” Finn gasped as he felt the two dicks squeeze together in Danny’s grasp, sharing the residual lubrication and copious precum.
Danny’s eyes rolled slightly as he felt himself quickly back to the brink of release. He kept cursing himself for not cumming earlier in the day. It might have meant things with Finn could be more impressive, and he did so desperately want to impress the older boy. Squirting a little more lube onto his hand which he slipped back into his own crack, he fingered himself briefly as he stared down at Finn.
“I really shouldn’t think you’re as sexy as I do!” Finn said, clearly conflicted but seemingly amused by it.
“I’m glad you do!” Danny replied with a smirk as he shuffled forward before reaching down to grab Finn’s dick and guide it into place. “Ready?” he asked, cocking his head coyly.
“Very!” Finn said shakily.
Danny lowered himself down onto the rigid prick. Any other day, there would have been slight resistance as it pushed its way inside, but after the day Danny had been through, the eager cock slid in with relative ease. “Ah god,” he moaned out happily.
“I was gonna say that,” Finn said, panting a little as he watched the boy begin to bounce gently. “Ahhh feck!” he gasped as he felt himself slide in and out of the warm tightness.
Danny whimpered slightly, the urgency of his release growing once again, despite his slippery dick only receiving a slight touch each time he flopped down and it slapped onto Finn’s firm stomach.
“Am I… ahh yeah… gonna fuck… the cum right outta ya?” Finn asked, panting between bounces.
Danny chuckled but frowned as he whimpered again and said, “I reckon it’s coming out no matter what you do!”
“Then let’s just enjoy it!” Finn said as he sat up, reaching round to hold onto Danny’s back, gripping his shoulder blades.
Danny gasped as he felt the underside of his dick slide up Finn’s torso as he sat up and stared wide-eyed at the older boy as he gulped and groaned.
Sliding his hands up onto Danny’s shoulders, Finn pulled the boy down hard, impaling him as he did so. Staring him dead in the eye for a moment, he kissed the boy briefly, then pulled closer to sandwich the straining tool between their naked torsos as he whispered in his ear, “Cum for me!”
“Ah… my… god…” Danny gasped as he watched Finn lean back onto both elbows, his erection sliding back down his smooth torso until it felt the slight roughness of his treasure trail. It was enough to push Danny over the edge and a day’s worth of spunk was finally released. Grasping hold of his spasming cock, he gave it a few strokes as he began to ejaculate, sending a shower of semen high up into the air, raining back down over them both as his eyes rolled back in his head.
The shower of spunk lasted several seconds, making Danny’s hole clench with each spurt. Nearing the end of his explosive release, Danny finally remembered the dick inside him and gave a few quick, eager bounces. Whether it was the sight of Danny’s spectacular show, the clenching of the ring around his dick or the final few thrusts into the boy, Finn felt himself cross the line too. “I’m cumming!” he gasped excitedly.
Danny felt the first shot inside him, then jumped up to allow the dick to slide out and started stroking it to add a second shower of spunk to the gooey mess already covering them both.
Finn watched in absolute delight as he ejaculated all over them both, then flopped back down onto the bed when he was spent. “Jesus, Danny!” he panted, shaking his head as he stared up at the younger boy.
“I know, right!” Danny chuckled as he climbed off and flopped down beside him, smiling as he felt an arm wrap around him. He nuzzled the top of his head against the side of Finn’s as they cuddled up together. “Sorry I was so quick!” he apologised.
“Hey, best fuck I ever had!” Finn said with a broad grin.
Danny chuckled, then sighed contentedly as they laid together in blissful silence, catching their collective breath. After a few minutes, he said softly, “Finn?”
“Yeah,” Finn replied back dozily.
“Would it freak you out if I said I kinda love you?” Danny asked curiously.
“Kinda?” Finn enquired with a smirk.
Danny tutted then chuckled slightly as he said, “I just mean… I’m not IN love with you and I know relatively speaking we don’t know each other that well yet, but based on what I DO know and how we get on and what we do together, yeah… I kinda love you!”
Finn pulled back a little and turned his head to the side so he could look into the doe-eyed boy’s face. Studying it for just a moment, he smiled and said softly, “Nobody’s ever said that to me before, but I guess you’re my first for so many other things that it… kinda fits!” He smirked at his choice of words, but Danny just blushed. “But yeah, I get… and… I guess I kinda love you too!” He paused thoughtfully for a few moments, then chuckled and grunted, “Hnnh!”
“What?” Danny asked curiously.
“Just… thinking how lucky you and Chris are,” Finn sighed, sounding joyful rather than bitter. He took another breath and said, “If what you feel for each other is even stronger than what you and me have… fuck… that’s… more incredible than I can even imagine!”
“Yeah, it is,” Danny agreed with a nod, “And you really will find it too someday, I know it!”
Danny nuzzled against Finn again, who happily returned the gesture. They remained cuddled together for a few more minutes before finally getting up. Finn decided to head off back to his own villa rather than getting back into the over-full bed in Blane’s room. Danny headed to the bathroom briefly, and when he walked back out, he was surprised to find Chris lying on their bed.
“You have fun?” Chris asked with a sincere smile.
“Yeah. Yeah, I really did!” Danny said wistfully as he took a seat next to Chris. He paused a moment and said softly, “Chris… I love you SO much!”
Chris sat up to give his lover a brief kiss before he replied, “I love you more!”
As Danny happily wrapped himself around Chris, he felt the pendants they wore knock together. Pulling back a little, he looked down at them, holding them together to make the heart shape. He chuckled briefly as he thought about what Finn had said, about how strong Chris and Danny’s love was for each other and looked to Chris as he asked, “How would you feel about a soppy romantic gesture that means we’d have to stop wearing these?”
“I trust your judgment on the romantic shit. We both know that’s your area and not mine,” Chris said a little self-deprecatingly.
“Okay, I’ll be right back. Take yours off!” Danny instructed as he jumped off the bed and hurried out of the room. He returned a few moments later, removing his pendant as he grasped a small tube of glue in one hand. He slid it off the thin chain, then did the same with Chris’ before he applied a blob of glue and stuck the two teardrops together in the heart shape. “This… felt right,” Danny said as he held it, letting the glue bond. “I got them when we were just friends and now… we’re one!”
Chris smiled, looking a little tearful as he nodded his understanding. He let out a sudden gasp that made Danny flinch back a little. Giggling, he said quickly, “Sorry, I just… had an idea! Come with me!” He jumped off the bed and offered his hand to Danny.
Mildly confused, Danny let himself get led out of the villa. Chris hadn’t bothered to get dressed and was wandering across the island in just his underwear, which somehow felt wholly appropriate. They reached the island’s gardens, which Chris had wandered round several times as well as inflicting his surprisingly encyclopaedic knowledge on anyone he happened to be with at the time.
“Here,” Chris said as he stopped at a large shrub that bore five-petalled white flowers with a splash of yellow in the centre. “It’s called a Plumeria. They’re actually the national flower of the British Virgin Islands,” he explained.
“Okay,” Danny said, a little confused about what they were doing there.
“Most flowers have some kind of… meaning or symbolism behind them, and Plumerias are usually used to signify… a new beginning!” Chris said as he reached out to take the small heart from Danny’s grasp. “I know our love started at Kingswood and it’s gonna keep growing there, but… this place… this was the first place we got to be US and have our own new beginning, so I thought…” He squatted down and scooped out a handful of dirt beneath the plant, then placed the heart into the small groove. He looked at Danny for approval.
Danny grinned as he squatted down too. “And you have the nerve to say you’re no good at romantic gestures!” he said a little tearfully. He reached down and covered over the heart, then slipped an arm around Chris as they leaned on each other, enjoying the affection of the moment, the quiet of the night and the fruity scent of the Plumeria.
*****
The journey back to Ireland had not been quite as smooth as the family had hoped. Their plans to tire the younger kids out the night before had been a total failure as all it had achieved was creating four cranky, irritable, over-tired children. Thankfully things had calmed around halfway through the flight when each of the four settled with someone else – Fiadh with her mother, Clare with Blane, Aidan with Levi and Cian with Danny. Although Danny ended up sore and uncomfortable by the time they landed from having the younger boy asleep on his lap, he appreciated the last bit of time with him, though the quiet alone time had done nothing but strengthen his growing anxieties about his imminent family holiday.
Settling in for the evening, their body-clocks completely out of alignment due to the time zone difference, Chris and Danny were more than happy to cuddle up together in bed.
“It’s so weird,” Danny mused. “Last night we were, like, in a whole other country with all the staff there around us and now we’re just back here and will probably never see any of them again!” He let out a gentle sigh. His goodbyes with the island staff he had gotten close to had been quite tough, particularly Samuel who he had become used to seeing every day.
“I know,” Chris sighed back. “And just think, this time tomorrow we’ll be at your house!” He gave a reassuring smile as he offered the little ray of positivity.
Danny forced a smile but flinched slightly at the comment. “We, umm… we don’t have to be,” he said, trying to sound casual.
“Hmm?” Chris hummed, pulling back a little as he sat up and looked at the other boy.
“I mean… you’re finally having time with your family. Things with your parents are great. If you wanna stay here for the rest of the summer I’d totally understand,” Danny explained. “I know how much they mean to you!”
“Yeah, but so do you!” Chris said, reaching out to take Danny’s hand.
Danny paused for a moment, being careful not to sound too obvious as he added, “But I get you all year at school. This is a chance to spend more time with your parents and you KNOW how happy the twins’d be if you stayed!”
Chris recoiled slightly, cocking his head as his brow furrowed. “Do you… not want me to come?” he asked curiously.
“What? No!” Danny replied quickly, though he wasn’t sure it was entirely truthful. “I’m just saying you only get so many summer breaks and you said yourself how much you feel you’re missing with the others because of being away all the time!”
Chris frowned sadly for a moment as he considered the comment and asked, “Are you… embarrassed by me?”
“No!” Danny said, panicking at the thought he had upset Chris.
“Or are you… worried I’ll, like, prank you and stuff like I did before with the underwear thing and the speedos and stuff? Cos if that’s it, I promise I won’t. I’m sorry!” Chris said apologetically.
“I… no… I…” Danny stuttered, unsure how to put this right. “I was just… thinking of you, I promise!” he lied.
“Aww, really?” Chris asked, looking quite relieved.
“Yeah,” Danny said awkwardly. “I didn’t mean to upset you and I’m not embarrassed by you, I promise!” he added, finally using a little honesty.
“Oh, good,” Chris said with a growing smile. “Cos I can’t wait. It’s gonna be awesome!”
“Yeah, yeah it is,” Danny said, holding his arms out. Chris happily leaned into them to hug him and received a kiss to the neck.
As Chris heard a buzz, he reached out behind him and grabbed his phone, then pulled it round so he could look at it over Danny’s shoulder while still hugging him. “Oh, the guys all loved the picture of you with Cian!”
“What picture of me with Cian?” Danny asked, pulling back to try and look round at Chris’ phone.
“This one!” Chris said with a grin, showing a picture of Danny on the plane with Cian sat on his lap, the two boys snoozing as they cuddled together. “Mikey says it’s so cute he actually threw up, David said hello daddy and Rob said only you could go on holiday and bring an actual boy home as a souvenir!” he said, giggling at the comments from their friends.
“Why you taking pictures of me?” Danny asked, pouting slightly, though clearly amused.
“Hey, I don’t need to ask for permission. I’m perfectly entitled to take all the pictures I want of my boyfriend!” Chris insisted.
Danny’s eyes narrowed as he said, “Say that again!”
Chris frowned and started, “Hey, I don’t need…”
“No, just the last bit!” Danny interrupted, smiling sweetly.
“Oh, you mean… MY boyfriend,” Chris said, tossing down his phone as he raised both hands to grasp either side of Danny’s neck.
Danny giggled as he stared into Chris’ beautiful green eyes. “Say it again,” he chuckled.
“My boyfriend!” Chris said, his cheeks almost hurting from how much he was smiling.
“Still so weird!” Danny said, shaking his head a little. As he heard Chris whimper slightly, he added, “In a good way!”
“Yay,” Chris cheered quietly. “I’m gonna kiss my boyfriend now!” he said as he leaned in.
“Hey, me too!” Danny said before their lips met.
The kiss was affectionate and familiar and comforting, both boys feeling intrusive thoughts melting away as they just allowed themselves to enjoy each other. Gradually they shifted round to lie together on the bed, never breaking their embrace for more than a few seconds as they nestled down together, sometimes enjoying long, passionate smooches, other times a series of delicate kisses as they pulled apart to look at each other and enjoy the closeness.
They continued making out as the weariness of the day gradually caught up with them. Though their hands roamed, their erections rubbed together and horniness began to creep in, they eventually lost the battle with sleep and drifted off for the night, still wrapped in each other’s arms.