Bullheaded

the feeling of Johnny’s body writhing beneath his. He kissed the back of Johnny’s neck and shoulders, moving the damp hair out of the way with his nose.
    Cody pulled out and penetrated Johnny once more, burying his length as deeply as he could, enjoying the dance of Johnny’s inner muscles clenching and squeezing around his cock in all the right ways. He’d never asked Johnny where he’d learned to do it. Maybe it was natural talent. Back when they first started fucking Cody’d had to tell Johnny what he wanted, but Johnny had certainly been eager to learn.
    There was something so vulnerable about the delicacy and strength of the man under him, surrendering to him. It brought up feelings of tenderness, but also a possessive drive rose up in him to mark Johnny as his. Cody bit down on the side of Johnny’s throat, an alpha male holding his mate in place while the thrust of his hips grew faster.
    Then Cody let go, standing upright to grab Johnny’s hips, moving from making love to hard male fucking. Driving his cock in as far as he could, making sure Johnny would feel him tomorrow. And Johnny was into it, he liked it hard and fast as much as Cody did, rearing back to meet each drive with his ass raised, his legs spread wide, his hands gripping the edge of the counter.
    Cody yanked on Johnny’s hair, tilting his head back for a savage kiss. The familiar feeling was pooling at the base of his spine and his legs were getting shaky. Johnny’s hand had gone to his cock and he was jacking himself fast. When Cody felt Johnny’s body shudder in a deep spasm and heard the groan that accompanied his release, his cock was gripped so hard he could barely move. He slid in and out only a couple of inches, fighting off his own orgasm until Cody saw the slump of Johnny’s shoulders.
    Cody changed rhythm, moving slower until his dick began to swell in waves of feeling, and shot with a loud groan until he was only grinding his pelvis gently, enjoying the roundness of Johnny’s ass against his hip bones. Letting his head rest on Johnny’s back Cody closed his eyes, aware of the lift of each breath. Their fingers were twined together as they came down.
    “Love you,” Johnny murmured.
    “I know,” Cody said. “Want to do it again?”
    “Hell yeah.”
    “Maybe in the morning.” Cody pulled out slowly and got rid of the condom before wiping himself. He lifted his hand to his mouth to taste his own seed. Then he pulled Johnny upright and laughed at the white ropes of come on his chest. “Good thing you took that shower.”
    Johnny grinned. “Guess I need another one.”
    “Maybe in the morning,” Cody said again. He bent to lick the come off Johnny’s smooth skin, tracing the tattoo that decorated Johnny’s ribs with his tongue. At first he’d thought it was lightning, but Johnny had said it was a cloud ladder, something to do with the sky. Cody always thought of it as his own pathway to heaven. When he was finished tracing the zigzag line with his tongue, he kissed Johnny to let him taste himself in his mouth. “Let’s get some shut-eye.”
    Hand in hand, they went into the bedroom where the breeze was stirring the curtains. They didn’t bother to switch on the light, just fell onto the mattress twined together.

Chapter 3:
Cowboys Don’t Walk,
They Have Horses for That

    A FTER breakfast, RJ and Travis bounced out of the house immediately.
    “Hey, what are we? The dish slaves now?” Cody called after them.
    Travis stopped and looked back with a smirk. “If you want, we can do the dishes and you can muck out the barn.”
    “No, that’s okay,” Cody said hastily.
    “You get the morning off for today,” Davis said, walking into the kitchen, “seeing as how you’re just back, but there’s no vacations on a working ranch. There’s work to be done.”
    “Dad, we’ve been working! Riding bulls isn’t a stroll in the park,” Cody said, and grinned.
    “Don’t kid me. You’re playing, boy. You love riding and you know it. But you got those boys coming for classes and we got to get ready for them, on top of all the other chores.” Davis tilted his head from one side to the other, letting out a series of cracks. “Got to take your mother to town to lay in enough provisions to feed all you growing boys. See you later.” He went out the back door.
    “You can have the morning to ride around and look at the place,” Val said. “If you go up the hill, keep an eye on the fence line and take note