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I knew that girls were great for close friends, but not for the bed.”

    “When did you have your first real boyfriend?” Sean asked.

    “I’ve never had what you would call a boyfriend. I dated a couple guys in college but never got serious. My reason for being in college was to learn and get an education, and I spent most of my time studying and playing football. I didn’t really like gay bars, and I certainly would never have done something like the bath houses, so I contented myself with the occasional fling with a campus guy. When I got out of college, I joined the police force, and with the rampant homophobia in the department, I didn’t dare have anyone in my life that could be identified as a boyfriend.”

    “But you do enjoy sex with a man, correct?”

    “Oh, of that there is no doubt. I prefer to be the top and have limited experience on the bottom. I find the male form beautiful and very pleasurable to possess. Someone like you—who has what I consider to be the epitome of the male physique—is truly a wonder for me. Aside from your buff body, your black hair and blue eyes are stunningly handsome.”

    Sean blushed. “I feel my body has lots of improvement to make, actually. I agree I’m fortunate to have the right genes for having the cut definition that I have, but I feel I could use more muscle in my arms and chest.”

    “Well, I think you are pretty near perfect. Your ass is truly a thing of beauty,” Brian said with a broad smile.

    Sean blushed once again.

    “What about you? Have you always known you were gay?” Brian asked.

    “I knew from an early age that I liked boys. As a small boy, I was considered an ugly duckling by many, and the kids in grade school were cruel about teasing me all the time. But as I entered junior high, my face and body began to change for the better. By the ninth grade, I was considered by most to be cute, and I worked on building up my body constantly.

    “In the tenth grade, the girls wouldn’t leave me alone. They were always hinting that they wanted me to take them to the dance or the movies, and some were bold enough to suggest that we do more than make out. It was really scary for me, believe it or not. I liked girls as friends, but the thought of being in a position where I had to perform sexually with them scared the hell out of me. My contact with other boys was fairly frequent. Many of my friends experimented with each other sexually. I never had to go too long without having a boy in bed if I wanted one.”

    “You were lucky then. Did this last all the way through high school?”

    “No, unfortunately something seemed to happen to the other guys when we left the eleventh grade; they were very reluctant to fool around and ended up almost strictly dating girls. It was like they were afraid of being gay for life or something.”

    “Well, who knows really why some men and women are gay and most are not? I’ve often thought about this and wondered if I was cursed because I was born gay. But when I realized that we are also able to fall in love with another man and not just have sex with guys, I realized that we are a natural part of the order of things. I truly think that men who find lifetime partners are meant to do so and that we should cherish our good fortune.”

    “Well, when you put it like that, I kinda feel special, for some reason.”

    “We’re not special as much as we’re the same as everyone else. We just love our own gender but build the same lives together as straight couples do. If we want children, we can even adopt in most states.”

    “That might all be true, but we have to watch out for the bigots who would hurt or kill us if they could. There are many in this world that do everything they can to make it hard for gay people to live a happy life.”

    “And we as police officers can do our part to ensure that members of our community don’t get the short end of the stick when it comes to legal protection from abuse. We mustn’t give gay people extra leeway when it comes to the law, but we must ensure that they receive the same treatment as any other member of society. You’ll learn that many cops will go out of their way to hurt gay people. That’s why we have to be ever vigilant in our line of work.”

    “ Well , the sun is almost down. What do ya say we go for a swim?” Brian asked.

    “Only if it’s skinny-dipping,” Sean replied with a smile.

    “Is there any other way?”

    Sean helped Brian