Every day was a blessed day. Each morning Adam awoke, eager to see Ruben and to be near him. Stolen moments of passion made a pleasure of each chore. The often-present risk of being caught by his mother made even a kiss all the more exciting. Occasionally, Adam would sneak out to the barn to spend the night with Ruben. “Isn’t it strange?” he said one night in the loft. “What?” asked Ruben. “How there was no introduction,” said Adam. “How you just presented yourself to me, naked and exposed. How you sucked my c**k before we’d barely introduced ourselves and how our love blossomed from there, almost immediately.” “Is that so strange?” Adam rolled onto his side, his head propped up by his hand. He brushed the palm of his other hand in broad circles across Ruben’s well-defined chest. “I