with it,‖ Nick demurred
with a cough, while the reality of who he was addressing splashed ice
water on his sudden ardor. ―I gotta get goin‘,‖ he added tersely,
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wanting to make his getaway before things got even weirder.
Companionably examining a classic Thunderbird with a remarkably
arousing, eerily familiar, convicted abuser was plenty weird enough
already.
―Okay,‖ Logan acquiesced, though his reluctance was clear.
The two men said an awkward goodbye before Nick re-covered
the car, locked up, and clattered down the steps to his Jeep. All the
while, he analyzed his disturbing reaction to Trudy‘s patient. Nick
finally shrugged it off as mere horniness brought on by an undeniably
attractive man.
―Obviously, three weeks‘s just too long to go without a workout.
Could probably fuck that car‘s trunk ‘bout now,‖ Nick muttered to
himself as he called home to see if Polly could stay a little late. With
that taken care of, he punched in the number for The Downtown
Athletic Club and asked to speak to the personal trainer, Adam Cecil.
NICK stretched out luxuriantly, enjoying the looseness that always
came into his muscles after a good hard romp. He rolled on his side and
came face-to-face with a bedside table lamp sporting a plastic Steelers
helmet as its base. Nick had already chided Adam more than once on it
being more appropriate for a six-year-old than a twenty-six–year-old,
but his happy-go-lucky friend had always shrugged him off. Still, he
couldn‘t resist another try. ―You ever gonna get rid of this lamp?‖
―Sure,‖ came the mirthful reply over his shoulder. ―When they
come out with one that has a Steelers helmet and a Pirates cap.‖ Nick
rolled back towards the auburn-haired man and gave him a playful
swat. Adam rewarded him with a mock scowl, complaining, ―You
know if we could fuck at your place once in a while, I could take
potshots at your furniture.‖
―Oh, that would be lovely. I can just see it now—I‘d be sucking
you off, and my mom would come pounding on the door wanting to
know if I‘d finished my math homework.‖
Adam gave a bark of laughter, finally chortling, ―Okay, I can see
where that would kill the mood.‖
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―Worse than when my Aunt Hetty caught me and Alison Barstow,
‗half-nekkid‘, on her ‗good sofa‘.‖
―When was that?‖
―Twelfth grade.‖
―You were still messing around with girls then?‖
―Yeah—not many other choices in a town like Freeport. Besides,
at that age any chance to shove your dick in something felt good.‖
―Huh,‖ Adam answered. ―Not when what you‘re really craving is
a cock up your ass.‖
―You never bothered with girls?‖
―Not much. I always thought they were a pain in the ass. And not
the good kind.‖ Adam waited for Nick to stop laughing before
continuing in a more serious tone. ―From what I hear at work, it gets
worse when they‘re older. Always whining about relationships and
their feelings —or wanting guys to dress up and go to stupid things like
the ballet or some goopy chick flick.‖
Adam warmed to his subject, sliding up onto his knees and
affording Nick a chance to admire his muscular form. ―I bet if straight
men really knew how it was for me and you, they‘d die with envy. We
can hook up for sex if that‘s all we got time for, or shoot hoops
together, maybe catch a ballgame, and best of all, you don‘t give a rat‘s
ass what I wear or who I screw when you‘re not around.‖
―As long as you‘re using condoms,‖ Nick shrugged, comfortable
in the knowledge that the caution was completely unnecessary for the
health-conscious young trainer.
―Yeah,‖ Adam answered sheepishly. ―Not that I ended up needing
one last weekend.‖
Sensing a story, Nick asked, ―Okay, what happened?‖
―You‘ll love this. I hit on another straight guy at Sully‘s.‖
Nick sat up