Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 10

the afternoon rented bicycles. Glenn took Jason to a rodeo that evening where they indulged in Texas barbeque, followed by a stop on the way home at the ice cream stand where they each got enormous sundaes. Jason laughed as he pointed out how counterproductive it was to work out all day and pig out all night. They went back home and worked off most of the calories in bed.
    Friday morning Glenn took Jason into the office where he introduced him to his staff. The feel of Glenn's workplace was much like Glenn—casual and easy-going but highly productive. Jason found a corner where he set up his own laptop, thinking he'd just stay out of the way, but when Glenn called him over to show him a software platform he was working on, Jason soon got sucked into the project. "Wait! Go back," Jason said. He leaned in front of Glenn and took over the keyboard, typing rapidly. "There. Try that code."
    "You're a genius," Glenn smiled, kissing the back of his neck.
    For the remainder of the day, they worked together. "Well, I guess you won't be in a hurry to come visit me again," Glenn said as they were locking up the office at eight o'clock that night.
    "What do ya mean?"
    "You come down here for a vacation, and I put you to work."
    "Glenn, what are you talking about? These past four or five hours have been the highlight of my trip. I love that stuff."
    Glenn shook his head. "You really are a geek, aren't you?"
    "Your mouse clicks really turn me on," he said with a bit of a growl.
    "Oh?" Glenn said, pushing the door to the office back open.
    "Don't we have a dinner reservation?"
    "It can wait." He grabbed Jason by the shoulders and steered him back into the office. Before he knew it, Jason was lying flat on his back, stretched out over the top of Glenn's desk.
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    The two weeks that Jason had with Glenn escaped way too quickly. Almost every day, even those when Glenn had to work, included something adventurous. Jason had never before been golfing and had always assumed it would be boring, but he went with Glenn and loved it. Jason had never tried Lebanese food and was a bit intimidated when he first looked at the menu of the restaurant Glenn had sprung on him, but he loved it. Jason had never eaten oysters or sushi or real Texas chili, but he tried them on Glenn's insistence and he… didn't love them. He hated them! But he was grateful for the experience.
    He was grateful for every single minute with the man, especially when he happened to catch Glenn staring at him. Jason would be doing something, minding his own business, and he'd look up to see Glenn frozen, as if mesmerized. Jason would smile.
    "Are you entranced?"
    Glenn slowly nodded. "By you," he whispered. Then five minutes later they were naked…
    Well, sometimes it happened that way. Other times it was enough simply to realize he was the object of this man's affections. He didn't completely understand why. Sure, he got that he was young. Of course, that had to be appealing to a middle aged gay man—having a young, twenty-something boyfriend. But why him? There were so many from which he could choose.
    The night back in Denver that they'd gone to the gay bars together, Jason felt as if he were the envy of every gay man in the city. Glenn was a catch. He was uber attractive, incredibly sexy, intelligent, and by the looks of things, at the very least, upper middle class.
    But when Jason caught Glenn looking at him like that, he got the feeling that Glenn thought he was the one who was lucky.
    "I'm the lucky one."
    "No, I'm the lucky one."
    "No, I am."
    "I am!"
    He thought of the chipmunks from the Bugs Bunny cartoons, arguing with each other over which one was more polite.
    He didn't want to go home. He had just three days left then he'd have to fly back Monday morning.
    "We could go to Dallas this weekend," Glenn offered. "It's a four hour drive. I could take you to a Nascar race."
    Jason thought for a moment. It would be another adventure, one more thing to add to his list of new experiences. He shook his head.
    "As much as I'd love to take a road trip with you, I don't want to waste my last three days. I just wanna stay in. I want to make love to you dozens and dozens of times and pretend this never has to end." He felt like he was experiencing déjà vu. It was Denver all over again, before Glenn had left.
    Glenn stepped over to him and wrapped him in his embrace. He kissed Jason on the side of the head. "Baby, you know I don't wanna push you, but if you don't make