Sometimes you can’t see the silver lining for the clouds. Abandoned as a baby and now working as a rent boy, Daniel finds it hard to let people get close to him. But nightclub bouncer Rob has a kind face and he’s helped Daniel out once already, so when he catches Daniel on a bad night, Daniel accepts his offer of money and goes home with him. Even though it breaks his heart. Letting Rob pay him for sex may have wrecked their friendship just when Daniel needs all the friends he can get. But there are more reasons why he hasn’t seen Rob since that night -- and one in particular that makes building a relationship seem almost too much to hope for.

Making It Pay

In the end Daniel’s orgasm takes him by surprise, as Rob plunges in deep and stills, the head of his cock against Daniel’s gland. Daniel feels it pulsing inside him even as he shoots out his own climax, and then Rob’s heavy body collapses on him, sweaty and hot and heartbreaking.


Rob presses a kiss onto his lips and then draws back. “Sorry. Better stop squashing you.” He pulls out and takes off the condom, wrapping it in a tissue before chucking it in the bin with a muffled clunk. Then he just sort of hovers for a moment as Daniel pulls on his jeans and shirt, finally grabbing his own trousers but not actually putting them on.


“That all right, then?” Daniel asks emptily, pushing his feet into his trainers and standing up.


Chapter 5