Patrick Donovan has spent the last three anniversaries of his lover's suicide getting drunk at Josh Stevens' bar. It's at the bar he feels closest to his lover and to the man he has loved since high school, Josh, his dead lover's cousin. The summer after he graduated high school, Patrick spent one hot night with Josh. When it was over, Josh maintained it was a casual one night-stand, breaking Patrick's heart. Troubled by Patrick's annual visits to the bar, Josh encourages Patrick to move on from his grief. After a disastrous near-encounter, Patrick decides maybe he should move on and forget his love for Josh. But Josh changes his mind when Patrick decides to date other men. After nights of scorching sex, Patrick wonders where he stands once more, but Josh pulls back as he did the summer after high school. Josh doesn't want to be a substitute for the man he believes Patrick still loves.

Pieces

“I’m not sure sex ever solved anything.”


“Nope, but it still feels good, don’t you think?”


Patrick smiled. He knew Josh was trying to lighten the mood and he was grateful. “Okay, you’ve convinced me.”


Sometime later, Patrick lowered himself onto Josh’s thick, hard erection. His muscles loosened enough to take the cock all the way to the hilt with one thrust from Josh.


“God, you’re tight,” Josh said on a groan.


Bracing his hands on either side of Josh’s hips, Patrick merely smiled down at his lover and began to fuck himself on the shaft within him. It felt good to be in charge, dictating how fast and deep Josh could go.


Josh’s hand moved from where it rested on Patrick’s thigh to close around Patrick’s erection. With a saucy smile of his own, his thumb swept up over the tip and swiped the drop of pre-cum. He brought his thumb to his mouth and sucked on it.


Chapter 16