Sutter's Bay Box Set

Chapter 2-2

“I’ve got her settled in for the night,” Jason announced to him later that night after they’d eaten and done the dishes. They stood on the front porch, gazing up at the stars and the rolling waves of the ocean.

“You’re so gentle and kind with her, Jason. I’m really impressed.”

“Well, she is my mother.”

Danny nodded. “Yeah, but I know lots of guys who wouldn’t be so forgiving as you.”

Jason exhaled. “It’s not been easy. Do I wish she’d done more to stand up for me and be a part of my life? Sure. But she was a victim of him, too, and it’s hard to hate her, especially now.”

“I feel the same way. She’s so weak and frail. I just…wish someone in your family besides Kent had been on your side. You know? I know it would have been hard for her to leave him and take you all somewhere safe. Hell, if she had done that, you would have been gone out of my life so much sooner. It’s just I wanted you to have a family like mine. My mother and grandfather were so great to me, I wish you could have had that.”

“I know,” Jason said softly. “And I was such an ass to you.”

“Nah.”

“Yeah. I couldn’t wait to get away from Sutter’s Bay and everything to do with it because of my dad.” Jason grasped Danny’s hand and threaded his fingers with Danny’s. “Only that meant getting away from you, too. I thought that was what I wanted. What I needed.”

“It’s okay, Jason.”

He shook his head. “No, it wasn’t. God, Danny, how can you just stand here and be so casual about this? Act like it was nothing. We were everything to each other. Best friends, first lovers. I just threw that away.”

Danny looked away and bit his lip. “What do you want me to say, Jason? That it hurt me? Okay. It did. I was devastated. You ripped my heart into shreds. Happy?”

Jason gripped Danny’s upper arms tightly. “No,” he whispered. Jason pulled Danny closer, brushing his lips over the other man’s in a light, almost hesitant kiss.

Danny whimpered and pushed himself closer still to Jason, their bodies melding together. He forced his tongue into Jason’s mouth. He tasted of the orange spice tea he’d been drinking. Danny slipped his hands down to cup Jason’s ass, pressing their jean covered erections together.

The screech of a bat directly over their heads broke them apart, reminding them they were outside on the front porch.

Danny smiled and stroked his thumb over Jason’s bottom lip. “I better go home.”

Jason sucked on his thumb. “I have a better idea. Want to walk to the beach? To our special place?”

Danny’s stomach fluttered with excitement. He glanced back toward the house. “Do you think we can?”

“Yeah, hold on, I’ll go tell her we’re going to go for a walk.” Jason went back inside.

Danny walked down to the end of the driveway. There was a cool breeze coming off the ocean and he was glad he’d thought to grab his windbreaker before he left his house.

Jason came back outside pulling a sweatshirt over his head. He smiled. “Okay, let’s go.”

As they made their way down the sidewalk toward the path leading to the beach, Danny couldn’t help remember how many times they’d done this very thing as kids. He shoved his hands in the pocket of his jeans and followed Jason down the small set of wooden stairs.

In the distance the light from the lighthouse spun around, glistening on the sea around it. Other than that and the lights from the houses near the beach, it was dark. But the darkness and the quiet lull of the waves soothed him.

Just to the left of the stairs, a few hundred yards down the beach or so, was the little alcove where they’d often gone to talk as children and then teens.

One evening in particular, Jason had been late to their arranged meeting. They’d been fourteen then and Danny already knew he preferred guys. He’d been in love with his best friend then, though he hadn’t gotten up the nerve to admit it.

A full thirty minutes had passed since the time they were to meet and Danny had been about to go home when Jason finally showed up. Danny knew from the watery shine to Jason’s eyes something bad had occurred.

“My dad’s drunk again,” Jason had told him. “He was pissed and he went to hit me, but Kent stepped in front of me.”

“s**t. What happened then?” Danny’s heart had pounded. He desperately had wanted to hug Jason, but didn’t. He just stared at his friend, feeling the misery, the pain coming off him.

“He beat the crap out of Kent,” Jason whispered. “Kent says one day he’s just going to leave and join the army.”

Danny shook his head, coming back to the present as they reached the alcove. He automatically reached for Jason’s hand. Jason wrapped his fingers around Danny’s palm.

Jason smiled. “God, it’s been ages since I’ve been here.”

“You haven’t come here since you got back to Sutter’s Bay?”

“No. I don’t know. It might be stupid, but it’s our place, you know?” Jason stabbed the toe of his sneaker into the sand.

“Yeah.” Danny’s throat constricted.

“I’m sorry, Danny. I know I keep saying that, but I wish I had done things different then.”

“Me, too.” Danny squeezed his hand. “But we were just kids, Jas. And you were going through some bad shit.”

They fell silent, staring out at the dark sea. He could smell the salt water intermixed with Jason’s spicy cologne. With all the memories and the hurt, Danny shouldn’t be turned on, but it was hard to ignore the sexy man next to him. His c**k certainly couldn’t. It grew thick, pressing against his jeans. He shifted.

“Danny, can—”

“Jason, I—”

They turned toward each other, their lips meeting, crushing together. Danny groaned when Jason’s hands grabbed his ass and pulled him close, their erections pressing against each other.

“God, Jas,” Danny said into Jason’s mouth. “Want you.”

Jason nodded, and broke the kiss abruptly, dropping to his knees in front of Danny.

Danny almost stopped breathing as Jason’s fingers undid the buttons of his 501s. Jason’s hand was cool as it slipped inside Danny’s briefs, closing over his throbbing, hard d**k.

Jason pulled it out and for a moment just stared. Danny began to wonder if that was all he intended to do, but then Jason’s hot, moist mouth closed over the tip and he thought maybe he’d died and gone to heaven.

“Jason.” His knees buckled, but Jason’s hands locked around his legs, preventing him from going down. Danny grabbed Jason’s head, holding him, even as Jason sucked him farther in.

Jason let go of one of Danny’s legs to run his fingertips over Danny’s balls.

“Ah, fuck.” His whole body shook, his breath hitched. Unable to stop, he pushed himself farther, f*****g Jason’s mouth. It had been so long since he’d been with anyone, Danny knew it wasn’t going to take long. Plus, this wasn’t just anyone. It was Jason.

Electric jolts tingled through him, from his toes to his ears, or so it seemed. His balls tightened and he tried to pull out and away from Jason. The man wouldn’t let him move, he held on with a strong grip, working his mouth on Danny’s shaft.

“Jason, I’m…please.” His c**k spurted, his balls drawing close to his body.

Jason kept sucking, taking whatever Danny would give him. He swore he saw stars as his orgasm slammed through him. Finally, Jason released him with a loud pop. He sagged against a rock, heaving heavy breaths.

Jason wiped his chin, grinned, and stood up. “Good?”

“s**t, yeah.”

The man chuckled.

Danny straightened and did up his pants. “What about you?”

“I really should get home to Ma. Can I take a rain check?”

Danny closed his hand over the back of Jason’s head and pulled him into a kiss. “You got it.”

Jason returned the kiss and then started walking back up the beach toward the stairs. Danny sighed and guessed that meant their little interlude was officially over. He ran his fingers through his curls, exhaled and followed after his friend.

At the top of the steps, Jason waited. He smiled when Danny reached him. “I’m sorry to rush you. I just don’t want to leave her alone too much.”

“Hey, I totally understand. No worries. I should probably get home anyway. I need to get to school early to get some stuff together for classes.”

Side by side but silent, they returned to Jason’s house. Danny walked him to the front porch.

“If you don’t mind leaving your mom alone for a few hours, you could come by to watch the rehearsal tomorrow night. We’ll be rehearsing from six-thirty to eight-thirty.”

“All right. See you then.” Jason grabbed his hand and pulled him close again. He stole another kiss, but Danny didn’t mind.