Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 8

a good shaking."
    "I'll still want to shake her," Julie muttered. "I don't know how we ended up being sisters. But I'm thirding the motion. You and Trey should hit the road in the morning and go have some fun."
    Trey raised an eyebrow at Josh, trying to look winsome. Whatever effect he managed, it was enough to make Josh smile wryly. "Okay. I guess that makes sense. Although if we're really going to hit the road before Mom shows up in the morning we should definitely turn in now."
    Trey struggled to his feet and looked at Aunt Julie and Uncle Ted. "We'll see you guys in the morning then." He hesitated, looking from one to the other of these people who had chosen him and Josh over Josh's parents. He wasn't sure how to say it. "Thank you both, so much..."
    "No thanks necessary," Uncle Ted told him. "You and Josh are like our own kids, and nobody talks trash about our kids, not even Nan and Gerry."
    That was sweet, and yet it stung too, because he'd cut them off at the same time he'd cut off Josh, and never thought about the cost to anyone except himself. "I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch more. I did miss you guys."
    Uncle Ted waved a hand. "You were busy. We understood. We'll be happy if you start visiting more though."
    "Definitely." He held down a hand to brace Josh up off the couch.
    Josh took his hand up and then let go. He went and bent to hug his aunt in her chair. "You're the best, you know that? You too, Uncle Ted. The two of you. I don't have words."
    "Off to bed with you." Aunt Julie gave him a little shove.
    As Trey climbed the stairs with Josh trailing along behind him, he heard the older couple's voices resume in the living room. He wished he knew what they were saying, but the tone was regretful. He wanted to believe that they were only sorry about Nan and Gerry's attitude, and not also mourning the straight version of Josh that they had known. Josh pressed a little closer behind him. "You are sleeping in my bed?"
    "After you announced it, how could I not?"
    "But you want to?"
    He bumped Josh's hip as they passed the bathroom. "Of course I do. Moron. Although... I'm pretty tired and your aunt and uncle will be just down the hall." What he'd planned in the car driving back from the beach was not likely to be quiet and undetectable.
    Josh bumped him back. "So we'll keep the noise down. I'll stuff something in your mouth if you get loud."
    Trey snorted, a little giddy with lack of sleep. "Maybe we should make it mutual mouth stuffing."
    "Oh yeah." Even in the dim hall way he could see Josh's eyes light up at the suggestion.
    "Shower first though. I have sand in uncomfortable places."
    "I could help you wash them."
    "When we're somewhere with a real shower and not just a tub with a curtain around it I'll take you up on that."
    Josh looked puzzled. "The door locks."
    "Yeah. But I know what happens when a guy grabs one of those shower curtain thingies for support and it's not pretty."
    Josh frowned. "I don't ever want to hear that story."
    "I wasn't planning to tell you."
    "Wait. Now I do want to."
    Josh looked so cute with his forehead scrunched up like that. Trey kissed him on the temple. "Shower and then bed. I have first dibs on the hot water."
    Standing in the tub with the water running over his back, Trey let himself drift. He was kind of glad they would head home tomorrow, and kind of scared at the same time. So much had changed. If he looked back a week, he could barely recognize himself. And to be honest, he was scared that he would get back to his regular life and find that the sucking daily grind and loneliness were just waiting there. It still felt like this week was some kind of mirage that would shine in memory but never be reached again.
    He slid a hand down to stroke himself, deliberately remembering that morning. That hadn't been his imagination, it had been the hottest thing he'd ever done. He pictured Josh's mouth on him, Josh's strong hands. His dick decided that two hours of sleep might be plenty under the circumstances and perked up slightly. Trey washed carefully, everywhere, imagining Josh tongue finding those hidden places. By the time he shut the water off, he was half-hard.
    Josh was leaning against the wall outside the bathroom when he stepped out, and pulled him in for a kiss that started quick but morphed into pretty damned hungry. Josh was smiling when he stepped back. "Wow. I was standing there so I wouldn't fall asleep before I got to the shower but that just woke me right up.