Tragedia Et Amor - 14. Chapter 14

The day after Christmas, neither of us bothered to get out of bed until almost 10 am. Totally unusual for a couple that has morning wake-up times ranging from 4 am to 6 am the latest. But then. Last night was my fiancée demonstrating his love for me, which I returned whole heartedly. The two of us needed sleep. Quinn was squirming next to me as I had him wrapped in my arms. Tight against my chest.

“I need to pee.” His desperate tone made me relax one arm and lift the other as he jumped up, running to the bathroom. It was just the sound of the water hitting in the toilet that made me moan as I got up to join him.

It wasn’t long before he had my dick in his mouth before we made it back to bed. His tongue made several swipes at my hardened shaft. His version of licking an ice cream cone. He was just waiting for the cream to arrive. Which the way he is massaging my balls shouldn’t be too far off. My hands have stopped massaging his head and are now actively holding him on my dick as I thrust into his throat. His automatic response was to start swallowing. That was what lit the fuse on the explosion. Four shots and the sound of him choking as I released his head before he pulled off and licked his lips. Then he licked the tip of my cock as he looked up at me. His happy satisfaction and the movement of his tongue told me he was ready for me again. Quinn soon found himself pinned down on the bed as I thrust deep into him. He locked his legs and arms around me. His eyes dared me to fuck him harder before his eyes darted to the hanging bar and back to mine.

“Hold on tighter.” I growled out as I lifted him off the bed. My dick is still inside him. Quinn reached up and grabbed the bar we had installed for just this purpose when I pressed him against the wall. I shifted my arms to get them on the underside of his legs. Once that was done, he was pinned between me and the wall. His flexibility allows me to force his ankles up by my shoulders as I began thrusting again. He was straining to hold himself up for me. Enough that his rapid breathing wasn’t just because I had him on the edge of orgasm again.

An hour later, we were standing side by side in the kitchen as we made brunch. I was making omelets, and Quinn was making biscuits and gravy. Real biscuits as he made the dough while I chopped the onions, mushrooms and peppers before cracking 4 eggs and beating them together with a touch of heavy cream. Conversations were soft as we worked. I was going to sit down and look at the latest reports from the Engineers and Quinn was going to update me on the efforts of the Foundation as we closed out the year.

Quinn

Orion’s fingers dug into my shoulders as he stood behind me. I twisted my neck around as I worked out the kinks. He bent lower to look over my shoulder as he worked my neck. Occasionally, I could hear and feel the huff of air as he made a sound of disapproval. I understood that. He didn’t like some of the reports and I didn’t either, but we were just beginning. Now it was looking like we wouldn’t be getting the Rig this spring, but in the late Fall instead. Orion wasn’t happy, but he was thinking. I could tell by the way his hands moved on my shoulders and neck, when he was distracted by a thought.

“Let’s take a break, baby.” I said. He squeezed my shoulders before he pulled my chair out for me.

“Want to go for a swim?” He asked as I stood.

“OK.” I said as I took his hand and led him to the bedroom to change. In ten minutes, we were down at the indoor pool. Orion wore his swim pants and t-shirt as we did a few laps. Talking with other residents that he knew.

“Someday we should build our own house with a private pool so you can swim in a regular suit or use your birthday suit.” I whispered as I floated in the water next to him. His lips kissed the tip of my nose as he smiled. Eyes full of love locked with mine.

“Maybe. Maybe we’ll just add an addition to the side of this building.”

“Might work.” I said before we headed back up to our unit. We took a quick shower to remove the chlorine before Orion carried me to the couch. He grabbed the laptop and fired it up as we got comfortable. It wasn’t long before he released a breath he had apparently been holding. I glanced at the numbers too, but I already knew them. We brought in less than 500 thousand in donations. That would not be enough to do everything. On the flip side, we still had time as the rig from Benson and Associates wasn’t coming until the Fall. Unless that gets pushed back again.

“Just remember. We need to walk before we run.” I said softly and Orion huffed out an agreement.

“I know. I was just hoping for a better amount of donations.” He said. I could hear the disappointment in his voice as he set the laptop down and pulled me tight against him. I could tell he was thinking again and just snuggled into him.

“With the push back on delivery of the rig, we have more time to seek donations.” I said. That caused Orion to nod in agreement.

“And I can add more funds to the Foundation.”

“True, but like Amanda said. Why use your money when you can seek more donations?” That caused him to let out a small, disappointed sigh.

“I know.” He said as he kissed the top of my head. “OK. What’s our next step, Mr. Foundation Manager?”

“Let’s look at it from another point. We know who gave and who didn’t with our mailings. Let’s run through the system and use that information to break them down. One group getting the revised prospectus, with our donations amount to date and what we still need. The other getting a thank you and the updated information on our progress, plus the nudge to donate more.”

“We could call some of the students in for a few days to help with that. Maybe even get everything mailed out by the end of the first week in January. Possibly increase the size of the donor list to include areas outside our target area?” Orion said as he started putting ideas together. Using part of the donations to seek more donations. I leaned up and pressed my lips to his. His hand slipped up my back and held my head to him as his tongue entered my mouth. We fought for dominance for a few heartbeats before I gave in and let him control the kiss.

“Thank you, Quinn.” He said as we snuggled back together again. He picked up the laptop and tapped out the request in an email. Which he marked as a priority for Tuesday when the Office opens. It was the last week of December and was only open, Tuesday through Thursday. We closed for two long weekends to give the staff a long holiday with their families.

Orion

I twisted my head back and forth to work out the kinks as we finished up. Quinn was already making dinner as I watched him move back and forth in the kitchen. It brought a smile to my face that he knew when to coddle me and when to be tough on me. In hindsight, I was the same with him, which is probably why we get along so well together. We are good for each other, which is why I asked him to marry me. To spend the rest of his life with me. We would be lost without each other as we had been for years before I sent that text to Aiden asking for help. I was lost in my daydream state as I felt the arms wrap around me and the lips press on my neck. Tilting my head to the opposite side, I gave him greater access for his loving kisses. My hand went up and caressed the side of his face as I murmured.

“Love you, Quinn.”

“Love you more, Orion.” He whispered as he pulled away and held out a hand for me. “We have time for a bath as the pork chops cook in the oven.” I stood and swept him off his feet, causing him to giggle as he wrapped his arms around my neck.

It wasn’t long before he had massaged my leg and kissed the scars before he was sucking me off. We had little time, but we had enough for oral sex. I finished by sucking him off in the shower. Afterwards, he headed for the kitchen as I put the collection of laundry in the washer. Eric and Amanda were coming down tomorrow for a few days and flying back up on Thursday. We were taking out the boat to do some fishing. Just a day to relax. Not Quinn’s thing, so he was going up to Corpus Christie with Amanda to do some shopping.

* * *

Dinner last night was good. It wasn’t too cold, and the sun was hitting the back of the outside seating area, so we ate outside. Tossing ideas back and forth. Quinn was going to talk with Eric today about a few ideas. We’ll just take the Foundation one day at a time now. Working with what we have. I pushed for too much too fast. After we get the next round of mailings out, I sit down and workout the long-range plan again for the next five years. We may even push the rig until next year. Funding is the key. Quinn grabbed the house phone as it rang. I smiled, as I knew what that meant. They had arrived.

“Julio just left to pick them up. Should be back in 20 minutes.” He said.

“OK.” I replied as I pulled him down on my lap. “I think I’ll hold you tight for a few minutes before we go down.” He tried to squirm around, but I wouldn’t let him. Finally, he relaxed back against me. My breathing slowed as I relaxed.

“You’re not falling asleep. Are you?”

“No. I am content with all the world as I hold my fiancée tight to me.” I said. Knowing that his smile was spread from ear to ear as he held up the ring to admire it. It was a simple black titanium band with a blue strip inlaid and a small diamond mounted in the center of a blue triangle. I reached up and held his hand in mine as we admired it together.

“I love you for holding me like this, baby, but we need to head down now.” Quinn said, as I looked at the time.

“I think they will understand if we are late. Just by looking at the happiness on your face.” Which made him snuggle back into me more. I wrapped him in my arms and stand. Carrying him to the front door and then the elevator. He made me put him down once inside, before we got to the ground floor.

We arrived 3 minutes before Julio came wheeling around to the front door with the SUV. Quinn held the door for Eric and Amanda as I grabbed their bags out of the back. It was hugs and congratulations as Quinn showed off the ring as I held him in my arms.

“So, when is the wedding going to be?” Asked Amanda.

“After next year. We have too much to do before then.” Replied Quinn, as that was what we had decided already. We were already blocking out a three-week stretch for our wedding and honeymoon in the fall of 2007. We had decided on having the wedding after summer and then taking an 11 day cruise down to the southern islands out of San Juan. We would do this, anyway. Our cruise for next spring is up to Alaska, out of Vancouver. Seven days and four stops. Just enough to show us the area as we decide if we want to come back again for a longer vacation to include the train tour as well.

“We’ve already planned out the honeymoon and booked it. Regardless of whether we get married then, we are cruising for 11 days.” I said, as Quinn smacked my chest. I kissed the top of his head.

“We’ll get married on schedule and take our honeymoon. We just have too much to do at the moment.”

* * *

After we dragged everything up to their unit, they came back down to ours. I was talking about the revisions in our plans as we didn’t come in with the amount of donations I had hoped for. Eric agreed that our course of expanding the fund seeking would probably be the best way to go. I clarified I wouldn’t be stepping in to finance the entire thing, which he said was prudent. He would not be adding more money either. I didn’t even want to know how much he had already spent in the Foundation’s name. It was coming up on lunch and Eric took all of us out to eat as Quinn and he finished their discussion. Mom and I chatted with Amanda, catching up. She even has a dating interest now that she is pursuing. She also said something about Eric was talking to someone. Whether that means he is dating, we’ll all have to wait and see.

Eric had dinner with friends that Amanda and he were going to. That left us deciding to grab some Chinese takeout and invite mom and grandma over. That also didn’t work as they were going out too. I had Quinn laughing as I gave him a fake pout, saying, nobody loves us. It was a good laugh for us to finish the day on as we drove over to pick up the food and bring it back. Quinn spent over an hour talking with me about the ideas that Eric had suggested while looking for donors. We spent a good portion of that researching it on the Internet before he found what Eric was talking about and we placed the order for 10 thousand address labels to use to send out another batch of our donation brochures. He had also expedited them for the next day’s delivery, which means we may have them by Wednesday at the latest. Hopefully. I would really like to have over a million on hand when we receive the rig.

* * *

Monday morning, Eric and I headed out in my boat for some fishing. The weather was perfect and the winds light as we cruised across the Gulf towards one of my favorite fishing spots near a close grouping of Oil Rigs. Eric had the poles set and ready for use by the time I shut us down and we drifted while fishing.

“I wasn’t surprised that you proposed, but I was about the two of you deciding to hold off on the wedding.”

“It’s a matter of time. Quinn knows I want to get a handle on the Foundation and have the dive shop set up for us to be away for almost a month. Hence why we think the Fall would be best. We made our cruise reservations and snagged a very nice suite for the trip.”

“Good for the two of you for thinking ahead. Amanda and I can see the two of you being together, regardless of marriage, for the rest of your lives.” That made me smile.

“Yeah. We seem to complete each other.” I said, as I grabbed another pole and tossed the line over the side. We had three poles out for the two of us. Port, starboard and astern.

“Did he find the company with the list I was talking about last night?”

“We did. I ordered 10 thousand which we hope to have out in two weeks. On top of what we were working on already.”

“I still think you can make your goal of the first million by summer.” He said as we watched the one pole before he jumped at it. I grabbed the others and reeled them in. I finished the first.

“Lost it. Probably got the bait.” Eric said as he reeled fast to bring the line in to check. That meant I could drop the one I brought in back into the water.

Two hours later, we had 4 Reds between 6 and 12 lbs. Eric was piloting us back as I filleted the fish and packed them on ice. In an hour, we were back at the dock. After unloading, I grabbed us a few sandwiches from the snack shop to eat back in my unit as I prepared the fish for tonight. We had more than enough to feed everyone that was coming. I just needed to make the batter to dip the fillets in. Then we could bake them. Grandma had already made the sweet potato fries. Those too needed to be baked. As Eric and I talked, he helped me make the filling for stuffed mushrooms. Quinn and Amanda were picking up a cake in town and Quinn’s father, brother and Caleb were bringing bacon wrapped scallops and a green salad. I looked forward to tonight relaxing with friends and family over a good meal.

Eric headed up to his unit to check on work as I went to shower. It wasn’t long after I stepped under I heard voices outside. A few minutes later, Quinn joined me in the shower. His eyes twinkled as he grabbed my cock and gave it a few tugs. He dropped in front of me. His hands working my cock and balls. Minutes passed before I felt his tongue on my cock. He knew what he was doing to me and what it meant when my hands grabbed his head. He swallowed me down as fast as he could, before my body spasmed and released down his throat. He was ready this time and didn’t choke before he grabbed my hands. Which made me release his head, and he gasped for air before he licked his lips.

“Now. My fiancée. Take me to the bedroom and pin me down.” Which I did. Tonight, as with most nights we have sex, we flip-flopped. Twice.

By the time we headed to the shower again, we were both glowing with love as we shared together. I know he just wanted to make sure I would sleep tonight, as we both had to head to work tomorrow. He was going to the Foundation, and I was heading to the warehouse to start the end-of-year inventory. Mom was handling the shop inventory. We were all meeting Eric and Amanda down in town for dinner at 6 pm. I was hoping for more time, but Eric said they might go back on Wednesday instead of Thursday as Amanda has something going on at work.

Walking out this morning, I ran into Aiden in the elevator. I smirked when he boarded and waited for the doors to close.

“I just don’t know why you don’t just move in with him.” I said. Aiden actually blushed.

“It’s not like that. We are just friends with benefits.” I raised an eyebrow as I tilted my head in his direction.

“Let’s see if I have this straight. The two of you do everything together. You are here 3 or 4 nights a week when he isn’t on the late night shift. I know the two of you are closer than friends. So. Why won’t you move in and have a relationship with Caleb?” I asked. Aiden’s mouth opened and closed a few times before I started to laugh.

“My knight in shining armor is afraid of the relationship?”

“No.” The doors opened, and he took off as I followed right behind him into the parking garage.

“No?” I asked from behind him. He stopped and turned with his head lowered.

“I just don’t know. OK Orion. I don’t know.” He stuttered out. I stepped up and grabbed him in a tight hug.

“I’m your soon to be brother-in-law. I think you should let go of your fears and give it a try. Before you lose him. I get your bisexual, but the way you look at each other. Well. You never looked at any of your girlfriends that way.” He pulled me tight against him as his head dropped onto my shoulder. “There you go. Now you know why your brother likes my shoulders so much.” That made him snort.

“You two are made for each other.”

“Yes. We know that now. Stop trying to change the subject.” I said, and he laughed again.

“Don’t you need to get to work?”

“I do, but I own it too. I can be late. Besides. I like the two of you together. You look happy. Caleb looks happy. So what’s the problem?”

I felt as well as heard the sigh. “I just don’t know if I could stick with just him. I like pussy too.”

“Have you talked to him about it?”

“No.”

“Do I need to prod you along, or can you do it yourself?” He patted my back before he separated.

“I’ll talk to him.” He said resigned that I would involve myself in their relationship.

“There. See. I just handled you the same way I did your brother.” He smirked at me.

“I thought it was you pinning him to the wall that finally broke him.”

“Do I need to pin you to the wall while I fuck you to get you to do what I want you to?” I asked with raised eyebrows as I made a show of eyeing up his body.

“Ah. No. I’ll talk to him.”

“I thought you would see it my way.”

* * *

I called Quinn on my lunch break, telling him about Aiden and Caleb. He laughed at what I said to Aiden before he told me he would call him with suggestions about how to approach the subject with Caleb. Quinn and Aiden were closer now than they were even just a year ago. Maturing more and being totally at peace with himself, Quinn was now the competent thinker of the two. He pointed out that Aiden sometimes overthought issues before deciding. Which is why me suggesting I pin Aiden against the wall and fuck him would do more to move his thought process forward than just telling him to talk to Caleb.

When I returned home that evening, I ran into Caleb coming out of the building. He gave me a shocked look before he hid his reaction and spoke to me.

“Did you really threaten to pin him against the wall and fuck him senseless?”

I roared out a laugh. “As a matter of fact, I did. Why?”

“He wants me to meet him for dinner and then he wants to come back here and talk about us,” He said happily.

“Then I wish the two of you the best of luck. Listen. Keep an open mind and I think you will both be thrilled with the outcome.” He nodded as he continued towards his vehicle.

“Thanks Orion.” He said before he opened his door and slipped in. I smiled as I turned and continued to my own unit to shower and change for dinner.