Brody walked to meet Tony in front of his truck. He slid an arm around the stocky bull rider’s waist, making sure he didn’t jostle Tony’s arm. Brody stroked his fingers over the championship buckle Tony wore.
Tony leaned into him, his right arm supported in a sling. They looked at the white ranch house. Brody heard the boys climbing out of the truck. Yancey and Juan came to join them.
“This is it?” Tony smiled.
“Yep. Les and I checked it out while you were in the hospital and then he took care of all the papers for us. It’s ours.”
Les and Randy stepped out onto the large stone porch. Randy smiled at them. “Are you coming? There’s a whole bunch of people here to throw you a house-warming party.”
Yancey and Juan raced up the steps and into the house. Tony saw how Yancey kept an eye on Juan to make sure the younger man was careful.
“I don’t think it’s puppy love.” Tony shook his head. “I don’t want them settling down with each other just yet. They both need to see the world and live life before they commit to each other.”
“How are you going to keep them apart if we’re all living in the same house?” Brody frowned.
Tony could tell Brody didn’t like the idea of separating the boys. “I’m not going to keep them apart. I think their own interests will do that for a while. Yancey’s heading back to college and Juan has to finish up high school yet. That’ll keep them busy for a time while they grow up.”
Brody turned, pulling Tony close to him and bent to kiss him.
Tony savored the smoky taste of the whiskey Brody had on the airplane. He swept his tongue over the sensitive spot behind Brody’s front teeth. His lover shivered.
“Hey, you two, quit that. You’ve got impressionable kids here,” Les called from the porch.
They broke apart, chuckling. Tony shot Les the ‘bird’.
“We weren’t doing anything either of them haven’t seen before.”
“Let’s go. We’ll pick up where we left off later.” Brody headed in.
He followed and then stopped on the porch to look out over the land he co-owned with Brody. The green grass spread out before him with the Rocky Mountains acting as a majestic backdrop.
Tony stood there, remembering all the homes he’d passed through during his life.
Some were harder to leave than others, but he always had, searching for something else.
Laughter drew him into the house. He stepped into the living room and saw his friends standing there. Brody blew him a kiss and Tony knew he’d finally found someone to love and a home to call his own.
The End
T.A. Chase
Genre: Contemporary Western, GLBT
Series: Third in Home series
Word Count: 6,680
Blurb:
Randy Hersch and Les Hardin throw a party to celebrate their families and give each other their most important present: their hearts.
Bonus Short Story
Where His Home Lies
Book Three of the Home series
TA Chase
Chapter One
The phone rang as Randy set the box of decorations down in front of Les. “I’ll get it.”
Les smiled, watching his lover race for the phone. Randy was tired from hauling all those boxes in from the truck. If Les hadn’t taken a stupid fall off Sam, his Hanoverian, the day before, he would have been able to help. He opened the lid and started to dig through the decorations. He searched for one special decoration. It was of two cowboys painted to resemble Randy and him. Tammy had gotten it for them their first Christmas together.
“Randy love, do you remember where we put the cowboys?” he called.
“I think it was in the big bag with the chili pepper lights.” Margie, their housekeeper, pointed to the box next to the fireplace. She carried in a tray filled with steaming cups of hot chocolate and cookies. “Here’s a snack for you boys.”
Les stood up and went to take the tray from the elderly lady. “Thank you, Margie.
Are you going to join us?”
She shook her head. “No. I’ve got to finish making those pies for tonight.”
“The guys would skin me alive if I stopped you from getting those pies finished.” He laughed. “Remember if you need any help, Randy and I’ll be glad to taste test them for you.”
Chuckling, Margie headed back to the kitchen. Les bent over, emptying the box.
Two hands gripped his hips and he moaned softly as Randy rubbed against him. He pushed back, wanting more. His lover’s movement was harder this time and Les almost fell over.
Stifling his amusement, Randy helped him straighten. He turned and wrapped his arms around Randy’s neck, pulling their lips together. Randy opened to him like always.
He never had to ask his lover twice. He caressed the roof of Randy’s mouth, making the younger man shiver. Threading his fingers through his dark curls, Les tilted Randy’s head to take the kiss deeper.
Randy moaned, cupping Les’ ass and bringing their groins together. His cock was so hard, it ached and from the firm bulge in Randy’s jeans, his lover was in the same predicament.
“Please, I want you now,” Randy murmured against his lips.
Les sucked the fresh taste of peppermint from Randy’s tongue and stepped away reluctantly. “We need to get the place decorated before everyone shows up.”
Randy pouted. “They won’t care if it’s not done. Hell, they can help us since they were the ones who decided we should have this ceremony here.”
He stroked his thumb over Randy’s plump bottom lip. “Tempting as it sounds, love, we need to stay on track. Of course, if we get the room done early enough, we can take a shower together.” He winked.
Randy’s face brightened. “I love you wet and begging.”
Reaching down, he pulled the cowboy ornament out and handed it to his very own cowboy. “Give the boys to Margie, baby and we can get these lights up.”
Randy’s blue eyes softened as his roughened fingers touched the faces of the wooden figures. It had been the first present they’d received as a couple. Les picked up
