Each night we would stop our travels at a different inn, where Tommy made sure we would be provided with decent food for the horses as well as for us and a bed with clean sheets. And true to his word, my friend had his hands on me at every discreet opportunity. This time, however—the animals were bedded down, we’d finished a stroll through town after a light dinner, and had gone up to the room we shared. “Do you…do you mind if I make love to you?” he asked hesitantly after he’d closed and locked the door. “You already do.” I removed my coat and hung it up, then took his, hung it beside mine, and ran my palm over the front of it. “I mean…may I sodomise you?” I blinked at him. Previous to this, we’d got each other off with hands or mouths, and although my arse would have liked to become

