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didn‟t budge.
    “I know he came to the hospital because you told me, but I don‟t remember. I swear I haven‟t seen him since then.” Flynn swallowed, but seemed calmer already. Gable hoped he would come inside soon.
    “Why wasn‟t I allowed to be around the ranch today?” Flynn‟s voice was calm, but he was still looking sternly toward the barn.
    Gable knew he would have to tell Flynn the truth and expose his little white lie. “I went to the hospital today.”
    “Why?” Flynn asked, turning around to face Gable. Suddenly Flynn‟s face was full of concern. “Is everything okay?” Flynn moved closer and gave Gable the once-over.
    “Everything‟s fine. I just needed to see Craig for some physiotherapy.”
    Flynn‟s face lit up and a soft smile appeared. “And he‟s going to make you a prosthesis for your foot? So you can walk again?” Gable nodded.
    “Why didn‟t you tell me? I could have driven you there and….” Flynn‟s smile disappeared. “I‟m your partner, Gabe. Why couldn‟t you tell me?”

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    Gable had to admit he didn‟t know. Flynn was right. He should have shared it with him. “I don‟t know,” he admitted softly. “You had every right to know. I just….”
    “What?” Flynn asked when Gable hesitated a bit too long.
    Gable looked away. “I wanted to surprise you.”
    “Hearing you say you were going back to the hospital for this would have been enough of a surprise, Gabe. I‟m glad you‟re moving forward. I just wish you‟d include me in your plans from time to time. I wanted to share this with you, Gabe. That‟s what partners do.” By now, Flynn was standing very close to Gable and it came as no real surprise when Flynn‟s lips gently covered Gable‟s.
    “Let‟s go back inside, okay?” Flynn gently nudged Gable.
    When they entered the house, a burnt smell accosted them.
    “That‟s it,” Flynn sighed, throwing the blackened omelet in the trash. “I‟m not eating beans again. I‟m driving us into town for Chinese food.”

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    WAKING up so close to Gable was always a treat. There was something so manly about his smell, which, in combination with the fine hairs that covered large parts of his body and the sinewy muscles of a man who was used to working with his hands, never failed to make Flynn grow hard, if he wasn‟t already. For months, Flynn had almost been ashamed of his physical reaction, afraid it would mock Gable‟s inadequacies on that front. Flynn had grown accustomed to releasing his tension under the shower, the one place where he felt he had enough privacy, but that didn‟t mean he could go without feeling Gable‟s touch.
    Slowly they‟d discovered each other again. The last few days they had taken to sleeping close together, something they hadn‟t even done at the beginning of their relationship. Still, it had taken some time for Gable to persuade Flynn that he needed sex too, the intimacy, the tenderness, even though he couldn‟t grow hard and he couldn‟t climax.
    Flynn dreaded seeing the frustration in Gable‟s eyes sometimes, so he tried to compensate with lots of kisses and caresses; seeing Gable relax and become comfortable in his embrace was enough of a reward for now. Flynn still let Gable instigate most of their intimate moments, but he stopped feeling guilty about his own arousal and started enjoying the blow jobs he got from his lover, knowing Gable enjoyed them as well.
    In return, Flynn tried to find Gable‟s sensitive spots. His nipples and the insides of his thighs were obvious. The dimples just above his ass and a certain spot between his shoulder blades were less straightforward, but Flynn‟s favorite spot was Gable‟s neck. He loved lying behind him, holding Gable close and kissing and licking the place where Gable‟s shoulder muscles merged with the ones around the top of his spine, right where the hairline stopped. Flynn loved the smell of 149

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    him there, and adored the way Gable tried to get even closer to him when he did that.
    Last night, Flynn had come like that, his aching cock receiving the necessary friction between Gable‟s ass cheeks as Gable pushed back while Flynn was kissing him and playing with his nipples. Gable was moaning and clearly fully aware of what he was doing to Flynn.
    For a moment, Flynn thought Gable was playing it up because he knew it would turn him on, but then his climax hit so hard, any coherent thought had