Naughty Temptations

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

The next few weeks settled into a pattern, with them eating together most evenings, often at Hugh and Orion’s apartment, occasionally at Quigley’s, and a few times at different family-friendly restaurants.

Saturday mornings were spent at the swimming pool and afternoons at the park. Tallulah and Ron left on their vacation, and Orion didn’t seem unduly worried by not speaking to his mother each Sunday night much to Hugh’s relief.

On Sundays, the three of them had looked at several houses in nearby neighborhoods, but none was quite what they wanted. Orion was very excited by the idea of having a backyard and was keen to move, telling both men over and over that he wanted them all to live together. Unfortunately, the house they all really liked would mean Orion would either have to change schools or he would need to stay in daycare for a short time in the morning and several hours each evening.

“I don’t want him to change schools when he’s only just gotten settled in his new school, and I don’t like to leave him in care so long every day,” said Hugh.

“Don’t stress. We’ll keep looking. It’s a great house, but there’ll be other great houses as well,” consoled Quigley.

Then it was time for Hugh to return to work. He and Orion had talked at length about it, and Orion seemed fine. His archery class had already finished, his water confidence and swimming was more than good enough for what he’d need at summer camp, and there’d only be a few days between when camp finished and school began. Hugh still worried.

Finally, it was Orion who said, “Dad, I went to a camp last year. It was great. I’ll be fine. You need to go back to work before you forget how to do it.”

Hugh laughed and hugged the boy. “Wise words indeed, my son. But I’ll miss you. It’ll be strange coming home each night and not having you here.”

“So invite Quigley over. Then you won’t be so lonely. Maybe when I get back, we’ll have a house.”

“That would be good.”

Both men were there to see Orion off to camp, then they rushed off to their jobs, having already agreed that Hugh would stay at Quigley’s place most nights while Orion was away.

*****

This camp was way better than the camp from the year before. Of course having the lake was great, but the giant swing was even better. And they slept in tents, not boring old cabins.

Meeting up with Saffron was cool too. Saffron had boardies just like his and was going to his school when it started back. Saffron knew how to kayak. Orion hadn’t even seen a kayak until he got to camp. You had to kayak with a buddy, and Saffron and Orion buddied up just awesome. They paddled good together too.

“Dad and Quigley and me are getting a house soon,” Orion told Saffron one lunch time. “With a backyard for me.”

“Mom and me just have an apartment, but it’s fine for the two of us. Riley, my daycare mom, has a house with a huge yard and seven kitties. She leaves her Christmas tree up all year because the kitties like to play in it. She’s cool.”

“That does sound awesome. My mom always took the tree down right after Christmas. I wonder if Dad and I will have a tree this year. Dad said I’d likely go to daycare if the house was a bit farther from school and his work. Unless it’s close to Quigley’s work I guess. I wouldn’t mind going to daycare with you at Riley’s. Are there lots of kids?”

“She has two really little girls. They’re like babies. Plus me. I’d like it with another man in the house,” said Saffron.

Orion smiled. “I’ll tell Dad when we get home. Me and you’re going on the giant swing again this afternoon. I can’t wait. It’s the best!”

*****

Quigley loved having Hugh in his apartment. At first, it seemed a bit weird not having Orion there as well, but it was wonderful to walk around naked, to f**k against the wall if they felt like it, to scream out in orgasm.

They cooked for each other, did chores together, and talked. At last, they could talk about anything and everything, not having to worry about who at the swimming pool or park might be listening in to their conversation or having to watch what they said because of Orion’s presence.

They sat on the sofa, their arms around each other on Friday night.

“Apart from the whole having-to-go-to-work thing, it’s almost been like taking a honeymoon this week,” said Hugh.

Quigley laughed. “It has been great, and we still have all of next week as well. But I miss him. I keep looking around expecting to see him come running up to us.”

“So back looking at houses again tomorrow and Sunday? Or do you want to go swimming?”

“Half the fun of swimming is having Orion there. I would have quit going long ago if it wasn’t for him. Besides, we need to get the house thing sorted. Especially with school starting so soon.”

“It’s a shame that Fifth Street house is just a bit far away,” said Hugh.

“Ya know, I don’t think it’s as far as we keep imagining it. Didn’t the real estate agent say some of the kids from around there go to Orion’s school?”

“Yeah, that’s what he said, but I’m not sure I believed him. We could do some time trials on the travelling though. Each take our own car and time the travel from the house to our jobs and from the house to school and so on.”

“Okay, Saturday, Sunday we’ll keep looking at houses, and we’ll time the commute Monday and Tuesday. Tonight I want to worship your c**k. It seems like forever since I got to suck you off.”

“Let’s do that then.”

Grinning, Quigley slid off the sofa onto his knees. Slowly, slowly he slid his fingers up Hugh’s legs from Hugh’s knees to the thighs and higher. Hugh’s c**k was a long, thick ridge resting against the front of the man’s business pants.

Quigley pressed one palm flat against the bulge, reveling in the heat Hugh was giving off, and in the width and steely hardness of Hugh’s erection.

With his other hand, he tugged at Hugh’s belt, gradually working the fastening undone, popping the button open, and easing the zipper down. Next, he worked Hugh’s pants down his partner’s legs, trying to hide his grin as Hugh rose off the seat a few inches to help and almost kicked one foot free.

To raise the tension higher, Quigley took one foot in both hands. He gently massaged each toe, rolling it between his fingers, then rubbed the pads of Hugh’s foot, stroking under the arch and patting the ankle and heel.

“Holy hell, you’re killing me here,” moaned Hugh, thrusting his hips up into the empty air.

“Patience, patience,” said Quigley, putting the first foot down and picking up the neglected foot. This time he sucked the baby toe into his mouth, treating it like a little c**k, running his tongue all around it then sucking it hard.

“I thought you were going to suck my c**k. That’s not my cock.”

“Oh, isn’t it?”

Quigley licked and teased all the way up Hugh’s legs. Deliberately, he wandered around Hugh’s knees, stopping to paint wet circles on the skin and puff warm air on them as he gradually moved north.

When he felt he’d aroused Hugh as far as he could, Quigley finally grasped the erection around its root and sucked the head into his mouth. He sucked it hard and deep, hollowing his cheeks to exert maximum pressure.

Once again, Hugh groaned, and Quigley nodded to himself. He was obviously doing something right.

He let the c**k pop out of his mouth and lowered his head to suck in one of Hugh’s balls. He loved the different textures of Hugh’s skin. The man’s skin was much lighter than his own, so the veins showed a deep blue underneath it. It also felt and tasted different. It was softer than his, the hair finer. Even the tougher, wrinkled skin of his balls was softer than he’d expected at first.

Hugh tasted faintly salty, but with an overlaying spiciness. His natural scent was also spicy. Quigley breathed in deeply, filling his lungs with the scent of Hugh.

Then he bent once again to his task. He licked up the long shaft, nibbling all around the ridge where cap and stalk met, and swiping his tongue over the head. Sucking it all into his mouth, he tipped his head back, opening the back of his throat, and taking Hugh right in to the hilt.

For a while he played, stretching the blowjob out as long as could, loving the togetherness and pure erotic carnality of the act. Hugh’s groans, moans, and wiggles indicated he was enjoying it too.

Quigley could sense Hugh was getting closer and closer to the limit, so once again he sucked him deeply, holding the stalk while tasting the head. With his other hand, he grasped the curls surrounding the base of Hugh’s c**k and pulled hard enough to add a bite of pain, but not so hard that the hair would tear loose.

Hugh roared as he came, the hot seed bursting out of his c**k as the cry burst out of his mouth. Quigley sucked diligently, wanting to swallow every last little bit of Hugh’s delicious flavor.

Then he pulled himself up Hugh’s body for a kiss, sharing Hugh’s own taste with him, reveling in the extreme eroticism of the act and hugging Hugh hard.

“Gonna need a nap after that. You’ve done me in,” said Hugh, dragging Quigley up onto the couch with him. They lay along the couch, pressed tightly to each other, kissing gently, and Hugh fell asleep in moments. Quigley rested contentedly in his arms, loving being with this man, whom he loved through and through. I’m so happy. I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy before, he thought, thrilled with the knowledge of it.

*****

The commute from the house on Fifth Street wasn’t as bad as Hugh’d thought, especially from the school. It seemed the real estate agent had told the truth, since two children, slightly older than Orion, who lived on the other side of the same street, attended Orion’s school. This house appealed to Hugh and Quigley much more than any other house they’d seen. The yard was fenced and ideal for a child, with plenty of room to put in some play equipment.

The house had four bedrooms, so enough for a guestroom and an office, which would mean that if he or Quigley needed to do some work at home they could. This was important to Hugh, because if Orion got sick, he wanted to be able to work from home to be with the boy. The company he worked for allowed parents to do that.

It had a bathroom downstairs as well as a bathroom upstairs, and that was wonderful too, as he and Quigley seemed to make love all over the house. Besides, Orion liked the house, so that was the clincher. Well, it would be if they could find a really good daycare person whom they all liked.

“It’d be nice to find an older lady, a sort of grandmother figure,” said Hugh to Quigley. “Orion will miss his mother at some stage, and I don’t want him thinking we’ve just replaced her with another young woman. So an older, grandmotherly lady would be perfect.”

“That sounds really sensible and well thought out. But where will we find one?”

“Well, yeah, I haven’t gotten that far yet.”

*****

The kids were due back from camp at five on Friday afternoon, and Hugh and Quigley joined a lot of other parents and families in the parking lot at ten to five. Some parents were there in smart business suits, presumably having come straight from work, others were wearing shorts and flip-flops, but all seemed eager to meet their children again.

Quigley noticed a slightly chubby young woman with two very small girls in a double stroller. One looked to be about six months old, the other maybe eighteen months. The woman was crouched on the ground in front of the stroller smiling and playing with them. With surprise, Quigley recognized her as the young woman from the swimming pool all those weeks ago. She seemed much too young to have a child old enough for camp, but he mentally shrugged his shoulders and assumed she was older than she looked or had maybe married young.

The first bus rolled into the parking lot at one minute to five, with three more busses right behind it. Quigley and Hugh watched as the doors opened and children poured off the busses. If he’d thought it was noisy before, it had been nothing compared to now. It seemed every parent was calling to a kid, and every kid was yelling to friends and family. Quigley was grateful they were outdoors. He hated to think what such a cacophony of sound would do to his ears had they been indoors.

“There he is!” said Hugh as a flame-red head became just visible among the crowd. Quigley and Hugh made their way through the group, trying not to push and shove, over to the bus Orion had just gotten off.

When they were almost there, Orion saw them and jumped up and down, waving. “Dad, Quigley, I had the awesomest time. Awesome with awesome sauce. I missed you both,” he said, throwing himself into first Hugh’s arms, then Quigley’s, then Hugh’s again.

“I can paddle a kayak real good, and they had a giant swing and it went over the lake. It was the awesomest thing ever.”

Orion chattered non-stop as they retrieved his luggage, then he tugged on Hugh’s arm. “You have to meet Saffron. He was my kayaking buddy. You have to have a buddy to kayak.”

“That sounds like a sensible rule,” said Hugh, hugging Orion once more then letting him pull him through the crowd. Quigley followed behind.

A little blond boy was dragging his luggage over to a stroller. A double stroller.

“Hey, Saffron, this is my dad and Quigley,” called Orion.

Quigley was surprised anyone could decipher a conversation with all the noise, but the blond child turned and grinned at Orion.

“Hey, good buddy.” The child turned to the woman from the swimming pool. “Hey, Riley, this is Orion. He’s my kayaking buddy, and he goes to my new school.”

Ah, second marriage, thought Quigley. That explains why she seems so young.

“Hi, Saffron, Riley, nice to meet you,” he and Hugh almost chorused.

The adults exchanged a few polite sentences while the children chattered, and Saffron introduced Orion to his sisters or step-sisters maybe, whose names Quigley didn’t catch.

Then Hugh collected Orion’s luggage, and they headed to the car.

“Hungry, Orion? We thought we might just pick up a burger or something on the way home,” said Hugh.

“A burger would be awesome,” said Orion then launched into a long tale about his kayaking prowess. Quigley sat and grinned. He suspected he was going to get tired of everything being “awesome” real soon, but it was worth it to have the boy back home and so delightfully happy.

Orion talked non-stop through the meal, although he did manage to eat a burger and fries. They were almost back to Hugh and Orion’s apartment when the child asked, “Have we got the house? Are we going to be living there soon?”

Quigley waited in silence for Hugh to answer. It was his child, and ultimately, his decision.

“It’s a difficult decision, Orion. Let’s wait until we’re home to talk about it, so we can all sit down and concentrate properly.”

“Okay.” Orion started to tell them about the food at camp, and that topic lasted until they reached the apartment and had carried the luggage inside.

They sat around the table with glasses of iced tea, and Hugh said, “No house we’ve seen suits us as well as the one on Fifth Street. It and the yard are perfect, the neighborhood is fine, and there are a couple of older kids nearby who go to your school. Quigley and I timed the commute several different days, and it’s not bad. The problem is school gets out well before work does, and with the commute, you would have to go to daycare for a couple of hours every afternoon, and for a short time each morning. So that means we need to find you a daycare we all like.”

“Can I go to Saffron’s daycare then? He likes Riley, and she has seven kitties, and she leaves the Christmas tree up all year because the kitties like to play in it.”

“Riley isn’t Saffron’s mother? Or step-mother?” asked Quigley.

“No, he lives with his mom, and she works. Riley picks him up from school and stuff. He’s the only boy. She just has those two baby girls, and he said he’d like to have another man in the house.”

“You talked to Saffron about daycare?” Hugh was obviously as stunned as Quigley.

“Of course. We’re kayaking buddies. Do you want Riley’s cell phone number?”

Quigley couldn’t help it. He burst out laughing. Here he and Hugh had been worrying themselves crazy about how Orion would deal with all the changes, and the kid had them all sorted out, all by himself.

Hugh spoke. “Yes, please, Orion, I think I would like her number. Tomorrow we’d better go and sign the lease for the house. It’s time for us to live as a real family, and by next Father’s Day you’ll have two dads.”