Chapter 77

Pretending not to watch as Calvin reached down to stop Jefferson’s hand on his own cock, I could imagine the warning, “Don’t finish yourself too fast, Jefferson.” Hard beneath the surface of the still, clear water, the thought of taking my hard-on in my grasp was tempting. Facing away from Patrick, I wondered what he was doing. Did I dare turn to see?

“Hey.”

His voice brought me around.

“I don’t mind the back of you,” he said. “It’s quite beautiful, in fact, but your eyes delight me.”

“My eyes?” I asked, using them to take in his body, thick with muscle and coated in red wisps that curled when wet. He’d referred to the roundness at the sides of his belly as “love handles” once, in another century, in another setting. I wouldn’t have minded holding on to them right then, as I sank underwater to get at his dick.

“They seem worried,” Patrick said.

“My eyes?” I asked again.