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[18+] “Shame and Desperation Will Kill You Someday” by Pascal Farful (part 2 of 2)
[18+] Fame and fortune. Burnt to the ground. It only took one secret to destroy their lives. But it only takes one promise to start over again.
Today’s story is the second and final part of “Shame and Desperation Will Kill You Someday” by Pascal Farful, who has been featured in multiple books by the Furry Historical Fiction Society and hosts the April writing workshop GoFourth!, and you can find more of his stories on his SoFurry page.
Last time, metal singer Randy and race car driver Thomas found their “fuck-and-forget” relationship completely unforgettable. As their lust brought them together, the fear of being outed made them force one another apart. Years after their second fuck and second argument, both men found themselves in Italy, and at rock bottom. Thomas suffered a horrific accident during a race and Randy suffers a drink and drug overdose. Both end up meeting in the same hospital, just in time to discover that their secret, that they had gone through so much meticulous trouble and mental and physical torture to keep secret, has just landed on the front page of the Italian press.
Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.
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Transcript
You’re
Speaker:listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:Pride
Speaker:Month
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog. This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob MacWolf, your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Today’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:second
Speaker:and
Speaker:final
Speaker:part
Speaker:of “Shame
Speaker:and
Speaker:Desperation
Speaker:Will
Speaker:Kill
Speaker:You
Speaker:Someday”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Pascal
Speaker:Farful,
Speaker:who has
Speaker:been
Speaker:featured
Speaker:in
Speaker:multiple
Speaker:books
Speaker:by
Speaker:the Furry
Speaker:Historical
Speaker:Fiction
Speaker:Society
Speaker:and
Speaker:hosts
Speaker:the
Speaker:April
Speaker:writing
Speaker:workshop
Speaker:GoFourth!, and
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:find
Speaker:more
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:stories
Speaker:on
Speaker:his
Speaker:SoFurry page.
Last
time,
Speaker:metal
Speaker:singer
Speaker:Randy
Speaker:and
Speaker:race
Speaker:car
Speaker:driver
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:found
Speaker:their “fuck-and-forget”
Speaker:relationship
Speaker:completely
Speaker:unforgettable.
Speaker:As
Speaker:their lust
Speaker:brought
Speaker:them
Speaker:together,
Speaker:the
Speaker:fear
Speaker:of
Speaker:being
Speaker:outed
Speaker:made
Speaker:them
Speaker:force
Speaker:one
Speaker:another
Speaker:apart.
Speaker:Years
Speaker:after
Speaker:their
Speaker:second
Speaker:fuck
Speaker:and
Speaker:second
Speaker:argument,
Speaker:both
Speaker:men
Speaker:found
Speaker:themselves
Speaker:in
Speaker:Italy,
Speaker:and
Speaker:at
Speaker:rock bottom.
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:suffered
Speaker:a
Speaker:horrific
Speaker:accident
Speaker:during
Speaker:a
Speaker:race
Speaker:and
Speaker:Randy
Speaker:suffers a
Speaker:drink
Speaker:and
Speaker:drug
Speaker:overdose.
Speaker:Both
Speaker:end
Speaker:up
Speaker:meeting
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:hospital,
Speaker:just
Speaker:in
Speaker:time
Speaker:to
Speaker:discover
Speaker:that
Speaker:their
Speaker:secret,
Speaker:that
Speaker:they
Speaker:had
Speaker:gone
Speaker:through
Speaker:so
Speaker:much
Speaker:meticulous
Speaker:trouble
Speaker:and
Speaker:mental
Speaker:and
Speaker:physical
Speaker:torture
Speaker:to
Speaker:keep
Speaker:secret,
Speaker:has
Speaker:just
Speaker:landed
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:front
Speaker:page
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:Italian
Speaker:press.
Please
enjoy
“Shame
and
Speaker:Desperation
Speaker:Will
Speaker:Kill
Speaker:You
Speaker:Someday”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Pascal
Speaker:Farful,
Speaker:Part 2
Speaker:of 2
Tuesday 28th April 1992.
An undisclosed hospital,
Monza,
Speaker:Italy
I
always
Speaker:figured
Speaker:someone
Speaker:would
Speaker:work
Speaker:out
Speaker:I
Speaker:was
Speaker:gay.
Speaker:Whether
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:my
Speaker:lyrics
Speaker:or
Speaker:my
Speaker:stage
Speaker:theatrics.
I
suspected
Speaker:a
Speaker:hit-piece
Speaker:column
Speaker:with
Speaker:rumours
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:swat
Speaker:aside
Speaker:or
Speaker:ignore.
But
this…
Speaker:this
Speaker:is
Speaker:life-ruining.
They
know
Speaker:its
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:I
Speaker:want.
I don’t even
know
Speaker:how
Speaker:they
Speaker:did
Speaker:it.
I
turn
Speaker:the
Speaker:page
Speaker:and
Speaker:there’s
Speaker:a
Speaker:photograph from Daytona in 1987, of me and
Speaker:him
Speaker:getting
Speaker:into
Speaker:his
Speaker:motorhome.
Someone
saw
Speaker:us.
“This
is
Speaker:it.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:whisper. “We’re
Speaker:done
Speaker:for.”
I
waited
Speaker:for
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:to
Speaker:blame
Speaker:me.
Speaker:In
Speaker:fact,
Speaker:I
Speaker:waited
Speaker:for
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:blame
Speaker:me.
But
we
Speaker:just
Speaker:sat,
Speaker:staring
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:revelation.
As we
sat,
Speaker:the
Speaker:ambient
Speaker:sound
Speaker:of
Speaker:complaining,
Speaker:shouting
Speaker:and
Speaker:struggling
Speaker:from
Speaker:down
Speaker:corridors
Speaker:grew
Speaker:louder.
“I
need
Speaker:a
Speaker:drink.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:whimper.
“No.”
Thomas
Speaker:grunts. “No
Speaker:the
Speaker:hell
Speaker:you
Speaker:don’t.”
“What’s
the
Speaker:use
Speaker:in
Speaker:fighting
Speaker:it?
Speaker:Our
Speaker:lives
Speaker:are
Speaker:over.”
“I
refuse
Speaker:to
Speaker:die
Speaker:until
Speaker:they
Speaker:come
Speaker:in
Speaker:here
Speaker:and
Speaker:make
Speaker:me.”
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:said
Speaker:calmly.
I
nod. “We’ve
Speaker:got
Speaker:to
Speaker:get
Speaker:out of
Speaker:here.”
“We?”
Thomas
Speaker:grunts. “Who
Speaker:says
Speaker:there’s
Speaker:a
Speaker:we?”
I
look
Speaker:at
Speaker:him
Speaker:with
Speaker:disbelief.
“You’re
not
Speaker:serious,
Speaker:are
Speaker:you?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:demand.
“I
never
Speaker:said
Speaker:we’re
Speaker:an
Speaker:item.
Speaker:We
Speaker:just
Speaker:happened
Speaker:to
Speaker:end
Speaker:up
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:hospital
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:days
Speaker:during
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:time frame,
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:ward
Speaker:when
Speaker:someone
Speaker:happened
Speaker:to
Speaker:stitch
Speaker:this
Speaker:together.”
Speaker:There’s
Speaker:that
Speaker:grumble
Speaker:again. “I
Speaker:remember
Speaker:what
Speaker:you
Speaker:said
Speaker:the
Speaker:first
Speaker:time
Speaker:we
Speaker:got
Speaker:together.
Speaker:And
Speaker:you
Speaker:were
Speaker:right.”
“That
we’d
Speaker:be
Speaker:caught
Speaker:and
Speaker:killed?
Speaker:That
Speaker:shame
Speaker:would
Speaker:kill
Speaker:you
Speaker:someday?”
“No.”
He
Speaker:looks
Speaker:at
Speaker:me
Speaker:again. “That
Speaker:you
Speaker:or
Speaker:I
Speaker:will
Speaker:get
Speaker:desperate
Speaker:and
Speaker:it
Speaker:will
Speaker:be
Speaker:the
Speaker:death
Speaker:of
Speaker:us.”
He
struggles
Speaker:to
Speaker:his
Speaker:feet.
“Easy!”
I
Speaker:begin,
Speaker:getting
Speaker:ready
Speaker:to
Speaker:catch
Speaker:him.
“I
don’t
Speaker:need
Speaker:your
Speaker:help!”
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:growls.
“Listen,
we
Speaker:need
Speaker:to
Speaker:get
Speaker:somewhere
Speaker:private,
Speaker:somewhere
Speaker:we
Speaker:can
Speaker:talk
Speaker:without
Speaker:all
Speaker:these
Speaker:people
Speaker:around.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:insist.
I
look
Speaker:around
Speaker:as
Speaker:the
Speaker:voices
Speaker:outside
Speaker:get
Speaker:louder
Speaker:and
Speaker:louder.
There. A
closet
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:water
Speaker:cooler.
I
try
Speaker:the
Speaker:door.
It
opens.
I
look
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:Thomas,
Speaker:scowl
Speaker:on
Speaker:his
Speaker:face,
Speaker:steps
Speaker:inside.
I
follow
Speaker:him
Speaker:inside
Speaker:and
Speaker:close
Speaker:the
Speaker:door.
The
room
Speaker:is
Speaker:tiny
Speaker:and
Speaker:smells
Speaker:weird,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it’ll
Speaker:do.
Outside
the
Speaker:stampede of
Speaker:people
Speaker:grows
Speaker:louder.
Speaker:They’ve
Speaker:made
Speaker:it
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:waiting
Speaker:room.
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:stands
Speaker:infront
Speaker:of
Speaker:me,
Speaker:the
Speaker:door
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me.
“Look,
there’s
Speaker:no
Speaker:running
Speaker:or
Speaker:hiding
Speaker:anymore.
Speaker:We
Speaker:have
Speaker:no
Speaker:career,
Speaker:no
Speaker:future,
Speaker:no
Speaker:hopes,
Speaker:no
Speaker:dreams,
Speaker:no
Speaker:nothing.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:tell
Speaker:him. “Except
Speaker:each
Speaker:other.
Speaker:You’re
Speaker:the
Speaker:only
Speaker:thing
Speaker:I
Speaker:have
Speaker:left,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:the
Speaker:only
Speaker:thing
Speaker:you’ve
Speaker:got
Speaker:left.
Speaker:You
Speaker:told
Speaker:me
Speaker:so
Speaker:much
Speaker:the
Speaker:day
Speaker:that
Speaker:photo
Speaker:was
Speaker:taken.
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:care
Speaker:if
Speaker:you
Speaker:wronged
Speaker:me
Speaker:before.
Speaker:I
Speaker:know
Speaker:I
Speaker:wronged
Speaker:you.
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:care
Speaker:if
Speaker:when
Speaker:we
Speaker:open
Speaker:that
Speaker:door
Speaker:they
Speaker:gun
Speaker:us
Speaker:down
Speaker:dead,
Speaker:I
Speaker:need
Speaker:you
Speaker:to
Speaker:know
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:love
Speaker:you,
Speaker:I’d die
Speaker:for
Speaker:it
Speaker:and I won’t
Speaker:ever
Speaker:hide
Speaker:it
Speaker:again.”
Before
he
Speaker:could
Speaker:answer
Speaker:me
Speaker:there
Speaker:was
Speaker:an
Speaker:abrupt
Speaker:bang
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:door.
“Excuse
me?
Speaker:This
Speaker:room
Speaker:is
Speaker:for
Speaker:staff
Speaker:only!”
--
Randy
looks
Speaker:at
Speaker:me.
I
look
Speaker:at
Speaker:him.
He
puts
Speaker:something
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:gown,
Speaker:then
Speaker:turns
Speaker:around
Speaker:and
Speaker:opens
Speaker:the
Speaker:door.
He
pushes
Speaker:his
Speaker:way
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:room.
Speaker:I
Speaker:hear
Speaker:him
Speaker:apologising
Speaker:half-heartedly
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:reporters
Speaker:as
Speaker:he
Speaker:shoves
Speaker:them
Speaker:aside.
I
let
Speaker:his
Speaker:words
Speaker:ring
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:ears
Speaker:for
Speaker:a while.
Speaker:I wait
Speaker:as long as I
Speaker:can,
Speaker:before a doctor
Speaker:orders me out too.
Randy could at least storm out in his own clothes, I had to
make
Speaker:due
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:gown
Speaker:and
Speaker:crutches.
Fortunately,
Randy had
Speaker:drawn
Speaker:a
Speaker:large
Speaker:number
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:paparazzi
Speaker:away,
Speaker:those that
Speaker:remained
Speaker:the
Speaker:doctors
Speaker:were
Speaker:a
Speaker:lot
Speaker:more
Speaker:forceful
Speaker:in
Speaker:keeping
Speaker:away
Speaker:from
Speaker:me.
I
hobble
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:room
Speaker:and
Speaker:back
Speaker:into
Speaker:bed.
The
door
Speaker:closes
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me.
Finally,
I
Speaker:am
Speaker:alone.
Randy’s words ring
in
Speaker:my
Speaker:ears.
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:know
Speaker:if
Speaker:he
Speaker:thinks
Speaker:this
Speaker:is
Speaker:just
Speaker:going
Speaker:to
Speaker:blow
Speaker:over.
Speaker:But
Speaker:it
Speaker:isn’t.
I
reached
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:gown and
Speaker:pulled
Speaker:out
Speaker:the
Speaker:scrap
Speaker:of
Speaker:paper.
It
had
Speaker:his
Speaker:name,
Speaker:an
Speaker:address
Speaker:and a
Speaker:telephone
Speaker:number.
It’s
been
Speaker:five
Speaker:years
Speaker:since
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:seen
Speaker:him.
Speaker:Five
Speaker:years
Speaker:of
Speaker:nose-to-the-grind
Speaker:hard
Speaker:work
Speaker:on
Speaker:and
Speaker:off
Speaker:the
Speaker:race
Speaker:track.
Speaker:Five
Speaker:years
Speaker:to
Speaker:find
Speaker:something
Speaker:better. And
Speaker:when
Speaker:everything
Speaker:falls
Speaker:apart,
Speaker:who
Speaker:just so
Speaker:happens
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:there?
And worst
of
Speaker:all,
Speaker:deep
Speaker:down…
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:happy
Speaker:he
Speaker:was.
--
Wednesday 29th April 1992
Truck stop, Monza,
Italy
“Why
didn’t
Speaker:you
Speaker:tell
Speaker:us
Speaker:you were
Speaker:a faggot?”
It’s the
first
Speaker:thing
Speaker:I
Speaker:hear
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:get
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:tour
Speaker:bus.
Not ‘Are
you
Speaker:ok?’
Not ‘Are
you
Speaker:ready
Speaker:to
Speaker:continue
Speaker:the
Speaker:tour?’
I
thought
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:talk
Speaker:my
Speaker:way
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:it.
Thought
that
Speaker:maybe
Speaker:they
Speaker:wouldn’t
Speaker:know
Speaker:yet.
The
fox
Speaker:glares
Speaker:back
Speaker:at
Speaker:me
Speaker:expectantly.
“Why
do
Speaker:you
Speaker:think?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:ask.
“Because
you’re
Speaker:a
Speaker:coward?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:moves
Speaker:to
Speaker:cut
Speaker:me
Speaker:off.
I’m
not
Speaker:ready
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:fight.
Speaker:But
Speaker:it
Speaker:doesn’t
Speaker:seem
Speaker:I
Speaker:have
Speaker:a
Speaker:choice. “We
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:talk
Speaker:about
Speaker:this
Speaker:now.
Speaker:We’ve
Speaker:got
Speaker:a
Speaker:show
Speaker:to
Speaker:get
Speaker:to
Speaker:and-”
“You’re
fired.”
I
just
Speaker:want
Speaker:this
Speaker:to
Speaker:end
Speaker:already. “Alright,
Speaker:lemme
Speaker:get
Speaker:my
Speaker:stuff-”
“We
dumped
Speaker:them
Speaker:outside
Speaker:the
Speaker:hotel.”
Speaker:The
Speaker:fox
Speaker:laughed.
There’s
nothing
Speaker:else
Speaker:for
Speaker:it.
Violence
it
Speaker:is.
I
swing
Speaker:my
Speaker:fist
Speaker:for
Speaker:him,
Speaker:but
Speaker:his
Speaker:foot
Speaker:buries
Speaker:itself
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:guts
Speaker:before
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:hit
Speaker:him.
I
lurch
Speaker:back,
Speaker:falling
Speaker:down
Speaker:the
Speaker:steps
Speaker:and out of
Speaker:the
Speaker:vehicle,
Speaker:onto
Speaker:the
Speaker:hard
Speaker:concrete
Speaker:forecourt.
For
a
Speaker:moment
Speaker:I
Speaker:worry
Speaker:about
Speaker:the
Speaker:bus
Speaker:running
Speaker:me
Speaker:over.
Then
I
Speaker:stop
Speaker:worrying
Speaker:and
Speaker:start
Speaker:hoping.
I
slowly
Speaker:get
Speaker:up,
Speaker:rubbing
Speaker:the
Speaker:back
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:head
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:sure
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:bleeding,
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:bus
Speaker:lurches
Speaker:forward
Speaker:without
Speaker:me,
Speaker:arguing
Speaker:audible
Speaker:from
Speaker:within
Speaker:the
Speaker:vehicle
Speaker:as
Speaker:it
Speaker:pulls
Speaker:away.
It’s
a
Speaker:long
Speaker:walk
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:hotel.
Speaker:If
Speaker:I
Speaker:start
Speaker:now,
Speaker:I
Speaker:might
Speaker:still
Speaker:have
Speaker:some
Speaker:belongings
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:time
Speaker:I
Speaker:get there...
--
Monday 7th May 1992
Home of Randy
Adams,
Speaker:Los
Speaker:Angeles,
Speaker:California
“Were
you
Speaker:followed?”
“Randy!”
I
Speaker:snarl. “Who
Speaker:gives
Speaker:a
Speaker:damn? The
Speaker:secret is
Speaker:out.”
He
pulls
Speaker:me
Speaker:inside
Speaker:his
Speaker:expensive
Speaker:house
Speaker:and
Speaker:shuts
Speaker:the
Speaker:door
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me. “Yeah
Speaker:and
Speaker:now
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:got
Speaker:thousands
Speaker:of
Speaker:people
Speaker:out
Speaker:to
Speaker:get
Speaker:me.”
I
expect
Speaker:more
Speaker:arguing
Speaker:but
Speaker:instead
Speaker:he
Speaker:storms
Speaker:off
Speaker:to
Speaker:start
Speaker:taking
Speaker:things
Speaker:off of
Speaker:walls. “What
Speaker:are
Speaker:you
Speaker:doing?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:ask.
“God
fucking
Speaker:damnit,
Speaker:Thomas.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:growls,
Speaker:throwing
Speaker:a
Speaker:magazine at
Speaker:my
Speaker:head. “Get
Speaker:your
Speaker:butler
Speaker:to
Speaker:read
Speaker:news
Speaker:articles
Speaker:to
Speaker:you
Speaker:now
Speaker:and
Speaker:again.”
I
glare
Speaker:at
Speaker:him,
Speaker:but
Speaker:look
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:cover.
‘RANDY
ADAMS FIRED FROM URBAN
Speaker:KARNAGE’
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:headline.
“Who’s
the
Speaker:twink?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:ask.
“Just
some
Speaker:breeder
Speaker:they
Speaker:found in
Speaker:a
Speaker:tribute
Speaker:band.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:replies
Speaker:from
Speaker:another
Speaker:room.
“Can he
sing?”
“He
likes
Speaker:tits.”
Speaker:The
Speaker:golden
Speaker:retriever
Speaker:returns to
Speaker:the
Speaker:room. “That’s
Speaker:all
Speaker:they
Speaker:care
Speaker:about.”
He
places
Speaker:a
Speaker:painting
Speaker:down
Speaker:neatly
Speaker:in
Speaker:front
Speaker:of
Speaker:two
Speaker:others. “Band’s
Speaker:not
Speaker:going to
Speaker:make
Speaker:it
Speaker:anyway.
Speaker:The
Speaker:landscape
Speaker:of
Speaker:music
Speaker:is
Speaker:changing
Speaker:fast.
Speaker:They’d have to
Speaker:be
Speaker:smart
Speaker:to
Speaker:keep
Speaker:up
Speaker:and…
Speaker:they
Speaker:ain’t
Speaker:smart.”
“And
what
Speaker:are
Speaker:you
Speaker:doing
Speaker:about
Speaker:it?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:ask. “Throwing
Speaker:out
Speaker:all of
Speaker:your
Speaker:belongings?”
Randy
shrugs,
Speaker:picking
Speaker:up
Speaker:a
Speaker:guitar
Speaker:and
Speaker:putting
Speaker:it
Speaker:into a
Speaker:case. “I
Speaker:can’t
Speaker:afford
Speaker:this
Speaker:big
Speaker:house
Speaker:if
Speaker:all
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:getting
Speaker:is
Speaker:royalties.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:places
Speaker:the
Speaker:instrument
Speaker:down
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:few
Speaker:others
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:door. “Sell
Speaker:up,
Speaker:move
Speaker:somewhere
Speaker:small.
Speaker:Give
Speaker:up
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:dream…
Speaker:do
Speaker:something
Speaker:else
Speaker:with
Speaker:my
Speaker:life.”
He
turns
Speaker:and
Speaker:heads
Speaker:into
Speaker:another
Speaker:room. “Want
Speaker:the
Speaker:last
Speaker:coffee
Speaker:I’ll ever
Speaker:make in
Speaker:this
Speaker:kitchen?”
I
place
Speaker:the
Speaker:magazine
Speaker:down
Speaker:on
Speaker:a
Speaker:table
Speaker:and
Speaker:follow
Speaker:him. “Sure.”
I
step
Speaker:into
Speaker:an
Speaker:expensive,
Speaker:reasonably
Speaker:lavish
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:with all
Speaker:sorts
Speaker:of
Speaker:shiny
Speaker:and
Speaker:fancy
Speaker:amenities
Speaker:and
Speaker:features.
He
pours
Speaker:me
Speaker:a cup of coffee
Speaker:and hands
Speaker:it
Speaker:to
Speaker:me.
“Is
it
Speaker:true?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:whispers
I
take
Speaker:the
Speaker:cup
Speaker:and
Speaker:sip
Speaker:it.
Speaker:After
Speaker:a moment, I nod. “It’s over. I’m not cleared
Speaker:to
Speaker:race
Speaker:again.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “I
Speaker:black out
Speaker:at
Speaker:anything
Speaker:above
Speaker:about 3G,
Speaker:and
Speaker:if
Speaker:I
Speaker:get in
Speaker:another
Speaker:impact,
Speaker:they
Speaker:reckon it’s
Speaker:a 1 in 10 chance
Speaker:I
Speaker:live.”
“I’m
sorry.”
Speaker:Randy
Speaker:whispers,
Speaker:putting
Speaker:a paw on
Speaker:my
Speaker:shoulder.
For
a
Speaker:moment
Speaker:we
Speaker:gaze
Speaker:into
Speaker:each
Speaker:others
Speaker:eyes.
I
look
Speaker:away
Speaker:first.
Speaker:I
Speaker:curse
Speaker:myself
Speaker:for
Speaker:doing
Speaker:so,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:all
Speaker:coming
Speaker:to
Speaker:me
Speaker:so
Speaker:quickly.
“Why
did
Speaker:you
Speaker:change
Speaker:your
Speaker:mind?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:asked. “About
Speaker:us.”
“I
nearly
Speaker:died,
Speaker:Thomas.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:says
Speaker:at
Speaker:last. “I
Speaker:drank
Speaker:and
Speaker:drugged
Speaker:myself
Speaker:into
Speaker:a
Speaker:coma.
Speaker:And d’you know
Speaker:the
Speaker:last thing I thought before I
Speaker:blacked
Speaker:out?
Speaker:I
Speaker:thought
Speaker:about
Speaker:what
Speaker:it
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:like
Speaker:to
Speaker:grow
Speaker:old
Speaker:with
Speaker:you.
Speaker:To
Speaker:be
Speaker:two
Speaker:old
Speaker:men
Speaker:sharing
Speaker:a
Speaker:home,
Speaker:dying
Speaker:of
Speaker:old
Speaker:age
Speaker:in
Speaker:each
Speaker:others
Speaker:arms.
Speaker:How
Speaker:much
Speaker:of
Speaker:a
Speaker:waste
Speaker:of
Speaker:fucking
Speaker:time
Speaker:all
Speaker:this
Speaker:was
Speaker:because
Speaker:the
Speaker:only
Speaker:thing
Speaker:I
Speaker:really
Speaker:wanted
Speaker:had
Speaker:been
Speaker:squandered
Speaker:away
Speaker:on
Speaker:some
Speaker:stupid
Speaker:machismo
Speaker:bullshit.”
“It
wasn’t
Speaker:stupid.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:tell
Speaker:him. “You
Speaker:were
Speaker:scared.”
He
looks
Speaker:away
Speaker:again. “Scared
Speaker:of
Speaker:loosing
Speaker:everything.
Speaker:Scared
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:really
Speaker:loved
Speaker:you.
Speaker:Scared
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:deserve
Speaker:you.
Speaker:Scared
Speaker:that
Speaker:I…
Speaker:I...”
The
emotions overwhelm me. I snarl
Speaker:and
Speaker:yank him
Speaker:close,
Speaker:slamming
Speaker:my
Speaker:lips
Speaker:into
Speaker:his.
Speaker:As
Speaker:I
Speaker:kiss
Speaker:him,
Speaker:a
Speaker:voice
Speaker:inside
Speaker:me
Speaker:wishes
Speaker:he’d
Speaker:just
Speaker:bare his
Speaker:claws
Speaker:and
Speaker:cleave
Speaker:me
Speaker:asunder,
Speaker:tear
Speaker:these emotions
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:body ‘cause
Speaker:I can’t get them out any other way.
He’s surprised
for
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment, but then his lips catch up and he
Speaker:kisses
Speaker:me
Speaker:back and
Speaker:holds
Speaker:me
Speaker:tight.
“I
won’t
Speaker:let
Speaker:them
Speaker:hurt
Speaker:us.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:promise
Speaker:him.
“They can’t hurt us in a way
that
Speaker:matters.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:whispers. “We
Speaker:have
Speaker:each
Speaker:other,
Speaker:and we’re
Speaker:never
Speaker:giving
Speaker:each
Speaker:other
Speaker:up.
Speaker:They
Speaker:could
Speaker:shoot
Speaker:us
Speaker:dead
Speaker:tomorrow
Speaker:and
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:always
Speaker:have
Speaker:you.”
--
Friday, 7th August 1992
Palmetto Studios, Los
Angeles
Speaker:CA.
“That
ain’t
Speaker:going
Speaker:to
Speaker:cut
Speaker:it.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:tell
Speaker:them. “If you wanna take 10 and
Speaker:make
Speaker:sure
Speaker:you’ve
Speaker:practised-”
“Fuck
you
Speaker:Randy!
Speaker:I
Speaker:ain’t tak-”.
Speaker:I
Speaker:mute
Speaker:the
Speaker:talkback
Speaker:microphone
Speaker:and
Speaker:watch
Speaker:him
Speaker:yell
Speaker:slurs
Speaker:at
Speaker:me
Speaker:in
Speaker:silence
Speaker:through
Speaker:the
Speaker:two
Speaker:way
Speaker:glass. I
Speaker:wonder how
Speaker:often
Speaker:producers
Speaker:did
Speaker:this
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:was
Speaker:in
Speaker:his shoes...
I
watch
Speaker:the
Speaker:zebra
Speaker:frontman
Speaker:storm
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:room
Speaker:where
Speaker:the
Speaker:skunk
Speaker:guitar
Speaker:player
Speaker:is
Speaker:yelling
Speaker:at me.
Speaker:The
Speaker:former
Speaker:shoves
Speaker:the
Speaker:later and
Speaker:now
Speaker:they’re
Speaker:rolling
Speaker:around
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:floor.
Beautiful.
Hang
it
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:Smithsonian.
“Shall I go
break
Speaker:it
Speaker:up?”
Speaker:The
Speaker:bassist asks
Speaker:me.
I
pick
Speaker:up
Speaker:a
Speaker:magazine. “The
Speaker:fight
Speaker:or
Speaker:the
Speaker:band?”
The
bassist
Speaker:puts
Speaker:his
Speaker:head
Speaker:in
Speaker:his
Speaker:hands.
Speaker:The
Speaker:drummer
Speaker:sits
Speaker:silently
Speaker:with
Speaker:his
Speaker:dumbbells
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:corner.
Speaker:At
Speaker:least
Speaker:someone’s
Speaker:practising
Speaker:something.
The
studio
Speaker:door
Speaker:opens
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:skunk
Speaker:sticks
Speaker:his
Speaker:head
Speaker:through. “Hey faggot!
Speaker:You’re
Speaker:fucking
Speaker:fired!”
I
calmly
Speaker:lower
Speaker:the
Speaker:magazine. “You
Speaker:can’t
Speaker:afford
Speaker:to
Speaker:fire
Speaker:me.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:say
Speaker:softly. “In
Speaker:case
Speaker:your
Speaker:daddy
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:tell
Speaker:you,
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:paid
Speaker:upfront
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:entire
Speaker:recording
Speaker:session.
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:already
Speaker:been
Speaker:paid,
Speaker:whether
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:cut
Speaker:a
Speaker:record
Speaker:or
Speaker:not.
Speaker:Fire
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:you
Speaker:ain’t
Speaker:got
Speaker:any
Speaker:money
Speaker:left
Speaker:to
Speaker:hire
Speaker:someone
Speaker:else.”
“I
don’t
Speaker:need
Speaker:a
Speaker:fag
Speaker:working
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:shit.”
Speaker:The
Speaker:skunk
Speaker:growls. “I’ll
Speaker:produce
Speaker:it
Speaker:myself.”
I
snort. “Maybe
Speaker:you’ll
Speaker:find
Speaker:something
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:good
Speaker:at
Speaker:yet.”
He
grabs
Speaker:me
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:shoulder
Speaker:and
Speaker:tries
Speaker:to
Speaker:yank
Speaker:me
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:chair.
Speaker:He’s
Speaker:not
Speaker:strong
Speaker:enough,
Speaker:but,
Speaker:for
Speaker:my
Speaker:own
Speaker:amusement
Speaker:more
Speaker:than
Speaker:anything,
Speaker:I
Speaker:stand
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:let
Speaker:him.
“Billy,”
He
Speaker:barks at
Speaker:the
Speaker:bass
Speaker:player. “Get out there and play.”
The
mole
Speaker:stands
Speaker:up
Speaker:nervously
Speaker:and
Speaker:steps
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:control
Speaker:room.
“You
should
Speaker:pack
Speaker:your
Speaker:things
Speaker:Randy!
Speaker:When
Speaker:my
Speaker:father
Speaker:hears
Speaker:about
Speaker:this,
Speaker:you’ll
Speaker:never
Speaker:produce
Speaker:anything
Speaker:ever
Speaker:again!”
I
do
Speaker:everything
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:to
Speaker:keep
Speaker:a
Speaker:straight
Speaker:face
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:leave
Speaker:the
Speaker:control
Speaker:room.
The
phone
Speaker:is
Speaker:ringing
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:break room.
I
close
Speaker:the
Speaker:door
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:answer
Speaker:it.
“Hello?”
“Hello
Randy,
Speaker:how’s
Speaker:the
Speaker:new
Speaker:job?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:hear
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:ask.
“I’ve
had
Speaker:worse.
Speaker:Currently
Speaker:getting
Speaker:paid
Speaker:up
Speaker:front
Speaker:to
Speaker:watch
Speaker:four
Speaker:spoilt
Speaker:brats
Speaker:kick
Speaker:the
Speaker:shit
Speaker:outta
Speaker:each
Speaker:other.”
“They
gonna
Speaker:make
Speaker:it?”
I
peek
Speaker:through
Speaker:the
Speaker:window as
Speaker:the
Speaker:once-docile
Speaker:drummer
Speaker:is
Speaker:finally
Speaker:on
Speaker:his
Speaker:feet
Speaker:yelling
Speaker:about
Speaker:something.
“God
no.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:say. “Even
Speaker:if
Speaker:these
Speaker:guys
Speaker:could
Speaker:solve
Speaker:their
Speaker:attitude
Speaker:problem,
Speaker:they
Speaker:practice
Speaker:arguing
Speaker:more
Speaker:than they
Speaker:practice
Speaker:their
Speaker:instruments.
Speaker:They have
Speaker:no
Speaker:talent,
Speaker:just
Speaker:rich
Speaker:and
Speaker:well-connected
Speaker:parents
Speaker:who
Speaker:wanna
Speaker:show
Speaker:off
Speaker:how
Speaker:much
Speaker:cash
Speaker:they’ll
Speaker:splash
Speaker:on
Speaker:their
Speaker:kids 21st birthday present.” I rub
Speaker:my
Speaker:nose. “How’s
Speaker:your
Speaker:new
Speaker:gig?”
--
Friday, 7th August 1992
Workshop of
Interstate
Speaker:Racing,
Speaker:Riverside,
Speaker:California.
I
look
Speaker:up
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:telephone
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:shop
Speaker:floor.
“Hard
graft.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:say,
Speaker:staring at
Speaker:the
Speaker:old
Speaker:Chevy
Speaker:Camaro
Speaker:sat
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:centre
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:dusty
Speaker:workshop. “I don’t
Speaker:need
Speaker:a
Speaker:gym
Speaker:membership
Speaker:any more.
Speaker:Lifting
Speaker:all
Speaker:these
Speaker:wheels
Speaker:and
Speaker:tyres around
Speaker:is
Speaker:all
Speaker:the
Speaker:exercise
Speaker:I
Speaker:need.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:chuckle. “I
Speaker:did
Speaker:get
Speaker:to
Speaker:choose
Speaker:what
Speaker:colour
Speaker:to
Speaker:paint
Speaker:the car though.”
“What
colour did you pick?”
Speaker:Randy
Speaker:asks.
“Blue.” I
smile “Matches
Speaker:your
Speaker:eyes.”
I
feel the weight
Speaker:in my shoulders ease as
Speaker:he
Speaker:laughs down the
Speaker:phone.
“You
going to
Speaker:win
Speaker:on
Speaker:Sunday?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:asks.
“I
severely
Speaker:doubt
Speaker:it. They’re
Speaker:a
Speaker:lot
Speaker:faster
Speaker:than
Speaker:we
Speaker:are.
Speaker:But
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:a
Speaker:good
Speaker:little
Speaker:motor.
Speaker:Surprisingly
Speaker:easy
Speaker:to
Speaker:work
Speaker:on.
Speaker:As
Speaker:long
Speaker:as
Speaker:the
Speaker:dentist
Speaker:can
Speaker:keep
Speaker:it
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:shiny
Speaker:stuff,
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:sure
Speaker:we’ll
Speaker:finish
Speaker:somewhere.”
“What
time are
Speaker:you
Speaker:heading
Speaker:back tonight?”
Speaker:Randy asked.
“I have
to
Speaker:help load
Speaker:up
Speaker:the
Speaker:car,
Speaker:then
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:be
Speaker:heading
Speaker:home.
Speaker:Need
Speaker:head
Speaker:out
Speaker:early
Speaker:tomorrow
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:it
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:track.
Speaker:Used
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:able
Speaker:to
Speaker:fly
Speaker:out
Speaker:there,
Speaker:we haven’t
Speaker:got
Speaker:that
Speaker:sort
Speaker:of
Speaker:money.
Speaker:So
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:hours
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:bus.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:say,
Speaker:checking
Speaker:I
Speaker:was
Speaker:alone
Speaker:before adding “Humping
Speaker:my
Speaker:pillow
Speaker:and
Speaker:wishing
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:you.”
I
know
Speaker:what
Speaker:that
Speaker:whine
Speaker:means. “You’ll
Speaker:be
Speaker:home
Speaker:before
Speaker:me
Speaker:then.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:confirms,
Speaker:before
Speaker:whispering “Once
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:home
Speaker:though…
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:be
Speaker:shy
Speaker:with
Speaker:me,
Speaker:please?”
A
grin
Speaker:smears
Speaker:itself
Speaker:across
Speaker:my
Speaker:muzzle. “Consider
Speaker:it
Speaker:done.
Speaker:Special
Speaker:occasion?”
“Day
ending
Speaker:in ‘Y’” He
Speaker:whimpers.
“Oh
of
Speaker:course,
Speaker:how
Speaker:could
Speaker:I
Speaker:forget?”
--
Friday, 7th August 1992
Home of
Randy
Speaker:and
Speaker:Thomas,
Speaker:Undisclosed
Speaker:Location,
Speaker:California.
I
arrive
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:house.
Speaker:Tiny
Speaker:little
Speaker:place.
What’s
the
Speaker:knock
Speaker:pattern,
Speaker:it’s…
Wait…
I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:need
Speaker:to
Speaker:do
Speaker:that
Speaker:anymore,
Speaker:do
Speaker:I?
I
can
Speaker:just…
Speaker:have
Speaker:sex
Speaker:with
Speaker:my
Speaker:boyfriend.
Speaker:In
Speaker:the
Speaker:comfort
Speaker:of
Speaker:our
Speaker:home.
Speaker:Like
Speaker:everyone
Speaker:else…
No
more
Speaker:secrets.
Speaker:No
Speaker:more
Speaker:double
Speaker:entendre…
Just
sex.
Speaker:The
Speaker:way
Speaker:everyone
Speaker:else
Speaker:gets
Speaker:to
Speaker:do
Speaker:it.
Opening
the
Speaker:door,
Speaker:I
Speaker:see
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:inside, sat
Speaker:naked
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:sofa,
Speaker:rock
Speaker:hard.
I
shuffle
Speaker:to
Speaker:close
Speaker:the
Speaker:door as
Speaker:he
Speaker:stands
Speaker:up,
Speaker:turning
Speaker:away
Speaker:only
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:sure
Speaker:I
Speaker:locked
Speaker:it,
Speaker:then
Speaker:focusing
Speaker:all
Speaker:my
Speaker:attention
Speaker:on
Speaker:him
Speaker:and
Speaker:his
Speaker:proud
Speaker:length.
“This
forward
Speaker:enough?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:grins.
“It’s
a
Speaker:good
Speaker:start.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:smile,
Speaker:hurriedly
Speaker:stripping
Speaker:off.
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:wanna
Speaker:waste
Speaker:any
Speaker:more
Speaker:time.
Once
naked,
Speaker:I
Speaker:step
Speaker:in
Speaker:close,
Speaker:pressing
Speaker:my
Speaker:lips
Speaker:to
Speaker:his,
Speaker:his
Speaker:stiffness
Speaker:rubbing
Speaker:against
Speaker:my
Speaker:hips,
Speaker:mine
Speaker:against
Speaker:his.
Speaker:I
Speaker:remember
Speaker:the
Speaker:urgency.
Speaker:The
Speaker:cocktail
Speaker:of
Speaker:fear,
Speaker:arousal
Speaker:and
Speaker:pain.
All
of
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:absent.
His
paws
Speaker:slowly
Speaker:explore
Speaker:me.
Speaker:Up
Speaker:my
Speaker:back,
Speaker:then
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:ass.
Speaker:His
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:works
Speaker:slowly
Speaker:and
Speaker:firmly
Speaker:against
Speaker:mine.
Speaker:My
Speaker:tail
Speaker:thrashing
Speaker:around
Speaker:behind
Speaker:me,
Speaker:my
Speaker:kissing
Speaker:becoming
Speaker:more
Speaker:frantic
Speaker:as
Speaker:my
Speaker:mind
Speaker:starts
Speaker:to
Speaker:melt.
“Alright!
Alright!”
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:laughed,
Speaker:gasping
Speaker:for
Speaker:air. “It’s
Speaker:nice
Speaker:to
Speaker:know
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:wanted.”
We
stare
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:our
Speaker:lengths,
Speaker:tips
Speaker:rubbing
Speaker:eagerly
Speaker:together. “So,
Speaker:that
Speaker:special occasion
Speaker:of
Speaker:a day ending in ‘y’,
Speaker:what does it
Speaker:call
Speaker:for?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:asks.
“I… I
dunno!”
Speaker:I grin. “It doesn’t have to be sex, but I want you
Speaker:to
Speaker:touch
Speaker:me!
Speaker:And
Speaker:I
Speaker:want
Speaker:to
Speaker:touch
Speaker:you!
Speaker:And
Speaker:do
Speaker:the
Speaker:things
Speaker:we
Speaker:were
Speaker:so
Speaker:afraid
Speaker:of
Speaker:doing
Speaker:for
Speaker:so
Speaker:long.”
I
go
Speaker:to
Speaker:jabber
Speaker:some
Speaker:more,
Speaker:but
Speaker:he
Speaker:puts
Speaker:his
Speaker:paw
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:ass and
Speaker:my
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:gets
Speaker:tied. “Only
Speaker:if
Speaker:you
Speaker:promise
Speaker:not
Speaker:to
Speaker:hold
Speaker:back
Speaker:yourself.”
I gasp and
take
Speaker:hold of
Speaker:his
Speaker:ass. “Deal!”
My
paws
Speaker:make
Speaker:him
Speaker:squeak
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel his
Speaker:length
Speaker:twitch.
“Sex.” He
decides. “Sex
Speaker:is
Speaker:good.
Speaker:Does
Speaker:that
Speaker:suit
Speaker:you?”
“Of
course!”
Speaker:I
Speaker:nod.
Gently,
he
Speaker:pulls
Speaker:me
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:sofa.
Speaker:Him
Speaker:on
Speaker:his
Speaker:back,
Speaker:me
Speaker:sprawled astride
Speaker:him.
“You’ll
have
Speaker:to
Speaker:tell
Speaker:me
Speaker:what
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:done
Speaker:that’s so
Speaker:special,
Speaker:because
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:even
Speaker:randier
Speaker:than
Speaker:usual.”
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:grins.
“That
might be
Speaker:because
Speaker:I…
Speaker:had
Speaker:a
Speaker:plug
Speaker:inside
Speaker:me
Speaker:the
Speaker:whole
Speaker:day.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:admit
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:grin.
Thomas
purrs
Speaker:in
Speaker:delight
Speaker:and
Speaker:squeezes
Speaker:my
Speaker:ass
Speaker:more
Speaker:firmly. “Is it
Speaker:still
Speaker:in
Speaker:there?”
“Of
course.”
“Good
dog.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:watch
Speaker:the
Speaker:leopard
Speaker:spread
Speaker:and
Speaker:raise
Speaker:his
Speaker:legs. “So’s
Speaker:mine.”
Wh-what?
I
Speaker:gawp
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:fat
Speaker:plug
Speaker:shoved
Speaker:under
Speaker:his
Speaker:tail. “I
Speaker:thought
Speaker:you
Speaker:were
Speaker:a
Speaker:top?”
“I’m
too
Speaker:old for
Speaker:that.” The
Speaker:leopard
Speaker:grinned. “I
Speaker:want
Speaker:it
Speaker:all.
Speaker:All
Speaker:of
Speaker:you,
Speaker:and
Speaker:all
Speaker:of
Speaker:me.”
My
eyes
Speaker:move
Speaker:to
Speaker:his
Speaker:length.
I
move
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:start
Speaker:sucking
Speaker:him,
Speaker:just
Speaker:as
Speaker:he
Speaker:moves
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:suck
Speaker:me.
We
bump
Speaker:awkwardly
Speaker:into
Speaker:each
Speaker:other.
Speaker:We
Speaker:giggle
Speaker:and
Speaker:snort
Speaker:and it’s
Speaker:a
Speaker:little
Speaker:awkward
Speaker:and
Speaker:clumsy,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it
Speaker:wasn’t
Speaker:until
Speaker:we
Speaker:were
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:realised
Speaker:I
Speaker:wished we’d
Speaker:always
Speaker:been
Speaker:awkward and
Speaker:clumsy.
Speaker:Not
Speaker:paranoid
Speaker:and
Speaker:combative.
“You
first?”
Speaker:He
Speaker:offered.
I
grin “If
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:sure!”
“Don’t
worry,
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:get
Speaker:my
Speaker:turn.”
Eagerly,
I
Speaker:lean
Speaker:down
Speaker:and
Speaker:swallow
Speaker:him,
Speaker:starting
Speaker:to
Speaker:bob
Speaker:my
Speaker:head
Speaker:and
Speaker:suck.
Speaker:The
Speaker:feeling,
Speaker:this
Speaker:time, is
Speaker:so…
Speaker:peaceful.
Speaker:I
Speaker:used
Speaker:to
Speaker:think
Speaker:the
Speaker:dominance, the
Speaker:submission,
Speaker:the
Speaker:degradation
Speaker:of
Speaker:submitting
Speaker:to another
Speaker:man,
Speaker:the
Speaker:thrill
Speaker:of
Speaker:that
Speaker:debasement…
Speaker:that
Speaker:was
Speaker:the
Speaker:point?
Speaker:But
Speaker:it
Speaker:isn’t.
Speaker:The
Speaker:point
Speaker:is
Speaker:that
Speaker:it
Speaker:feels
Speaker:good.
Speaker:Damn
Speaker:good.
Speaker:My
Speaker:mind
Speaker:gives away
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:senses.
Speaker:Big,
Speaker:warm,
Speaker:musky,
Speaker:little
Speaker:heavy,
Speaker:that
Speaker:comfortable
Speaker:feeling
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:back
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:throat
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:swallow
Speaker:it.
I
know
Speaker:Thomas
Speaker:wants
Speaker:to
Speaker:feel
Speaker:it
Speaker:too.
Speaker:I
Speaker:want
Speaker:him
Speaker:to
Speaker:share
Speaker:this
Speaker:with
Speaker:me.
Speaker:I
Speaker:ease
Speaker:myself
Speaker:around,
Speaker:swinging
Speaker:my
Speaker:leg
Speaker:over
Speaker:his
Speaker:body and
Speaker:my
Speaker:hips
Speaker:up
Speaker:to
Speaker:his
Speaker:face.
“Why
thank
Speaker:you
Speaker:very
Speaker:much.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:hear
Speaker:him
Speaker:say.
Suddenly,
his
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:is
Speaker:all
Speaker:over
Speaker:my
Speaker:cock.
Speaker:Then
Speaker:his
Speaker:mouth
Speaker:wraps
Speaker:around
Speaker:my
Speaker:length.
Speaker:He
Speaker:sucks
Speaker:me
Speaker:at
Speaker:a
Speaker:leisurely
Speaker:pace,
Speaker:just
Speaker:the
Speaker:same
Speaker:way
Speaker:I
Speaker:suck
Speaker:him.
Speaker:Like
Speaker:this
Speaker:we
Speaker:remained
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:good
Speaker:while.
Speaker:Sucking
Speaker:and
Speaker:slurping,
Speaker:licking
Speaker:and
Speaker:loving.
Speaker:This
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:our
Speaker:future,
Speaker:if
Speaker:we
Speaker:had
Speaker:anything
Speaker:to
Speaker:say
Speaker:about
Speaker:it.
Speaker:No
Speaker:rush,
Speaker:no
Speaker:fear.
Speaker:Just
Speaker:good,
Speaker:comfy
Speaker:dicksuckin’.
Eventually,
I
Speaker:slid
Speaker:his
Speaker:length
Speaker:free
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:lips
Speaker:and
Speaker:lapped
Speaker:at
Speaker:it
Speaker:while
Speaker:I
Speaker:caught
Speaker:my
Speaker:breath.
Speaker:With
Speaker:a
Speaker:free
Speaker:paw, I
Speaker:reach
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:pat
Speaker:the
Speaker:base
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:plug
Speaker:stuffed up
Speaker:his
Speaker:ass. “Nice
Speaker:plug.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:tell
Speaker:him,
Speaker:squeezing
Speaker:the
Speaker:one
Speaker:inside
Speaker:me
Speaker:a
Speaker:little
Speaker:tighter. “How
Speaker:big
Speaker:is
Speaker:it?”
He eases my length from his throat
and I
Speaker:can’t
Speaker:help
Speaker:but
Speaker:hump
Speaker:the
Speaker:air
Speaker:for the
Speaker:lack
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:mouth. “Feels
Speaker:huge,
Speaker:but
Speaker:I bet
Speaker:yours
Speaker:is
Speaker:bigger.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:teases. “I’m
Speaker:still
Speaker:new
Speaker:at
Speaker:putting
Speaker:big
Speaker:things in
Speaker:there.
Speaker:Was hoping
Speaker:you
Speaker:might
Speaker:be
Speaker:willing
Speaker:to
Speaker:teach
Speaker:me.”
No
way
Speaker:on
Speaker:earth
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:say no
Speaker:to
Speaker:that.
Speaker:I
Speaker:grin
Speaker:and
Speaker:shuffle
Speaker:around
Speaker:between
Speaker:his
Speaker:spread
Speaker:legs,
Speaker:stealing
Speaker:a
Speaker:look
Speaker:at
Speaker:his
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:coated in
Speaker:my
Speaker:pre. “I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:know
Speaker:if
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:ever
Speaker:topped
Speaker:before.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:admit “But
Speaker:I
Speaker:really
Speaker:really
Speaker:wanna
Speaker:do
Speaker:it
Speaker:with
Speaker:you.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:watch
Speaker:him
Speaker:smile as
Speaker:I
Speaker:reach
Speaker:down
Speaker:and
Speaker:tease
Speaker:at
Speaker:his
Speaker:plug,
Speaker:pulling
Speaker:and
Speaker:pushing
Speaker:very
Speaker:gently
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:base. “Did
Speaker:you
Speaker:wanna
Speaker:sort
Speaker:out
Speaker:dinner
Speaker:first
Speaker:before
Speaker:we
Speaker:settle
Speaker:down
Speaker:for
Speaker:this?
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:intend
Speaker:to
Speaker:rush.”
Thomas
grinned “We’ll order
Speaker:something
Speaker:in
Speaker:once
Speaker:we’re
Speaker:good
Speaker:and
Speaker:spent.”
“But…”
I
Speaker:glance at the
Speaker:clock
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:grin. “They
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:deliver
Speaker:pizza
Speaker:at 5AM.”
Thomas grinned. “Their
loss.
Speaker:Our gain.”
--
I
watch
Speaker:Randy
Speaker:grin
Speaker:up
Speaker:at
Speaker:me.
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:him
Speaker:take
Speaker:the
Speaker:base
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:plug
Speaker:again, and
Speaker:this
Speaker:time
Speaker:he
Speaker:pulls
Speaker:enough
Speaker:that it
Speaker:slides
Speaker:clear.
I
gasp
Speaker:and
Speaker:whine,
Speaker:the
Speaker:all-consuming
Speaker:emptiness
Speaker:fills
Speaker:me.
Speaker:I
Speaker:reach
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:spread
Speaker:my
Speaker:cheeks,
Speaker:making
Speaker:sure
Speaker:that
Speaker:he
Speaker:knows
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:want.
I
watch
Speaker:him
Speaker:bring
Speaker:the
Speaker:lube-coated
Speaker:plug
Speaker:to
Speaker:his
Speaker:lips,
Speaker:looking
Speaker:me
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:eye as
Speaker:he
Speaker:licked
Speaker:and
Speaker:sucked
Speaker:on
Speaker:it.
“You’re
still
Speaker:a
Speaker:fucking
Speaker:freak.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:tell
Speaker:him
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:grin.
“Good.
I’ll
Speaker:teach
Speaker:you
Speaker:my
Speaker:ways.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:smiles.
“You
promise?”
Randy
laughs,
Speaker:stuffs
Speaker:the
Speaker:toy in his
Speaker:muzzle and
Speaker:grabs
Speaker:a
Speaker:condom.
Oh
gods,
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:happening.
I
spread
Speaker:my
Speaker:cheeks
Speaker:more and
Speaker:let
Speaker:my
Speaker:submissive
Speaker:desires
Speaker:assert
Speaker:themselves
Speaker:unhindered. “If
Speaker:I
Speaker:cum
Speaker:when
Speaker:you
Speaker:put
Speaker:that
Speaker:in
Speaker:me,
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:love
Speaker:of
Speaker:god,
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:stop.
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:tell
Speaker:you
Speaker:when
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:had
Speaker:enough.”
He
nods,
Speaker:then
Speaker:slicks up
Speaker:his
Speaker:length.
Fuck...
I
feel
Speaker:it.
That
which
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:dreamt
Speaker:of for
Speaker:all
Speaker:my
Speaker:life.
His
length
Speaker:presses to
Speaker:my
Speaker:hole,
Speaker:then
Speaker:pushes
Speaker:gently,
Speaker:but
Speaker:firmly
Speaker:inside.
The
stretch
Speaker:hurts
Speaker:a
Speaker:little
Speaker:at
Speaker:first,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:thrilling.
Speaker:Hurts a
Speaker:little
Speaker:the same way
Speaker:all
Speaker:good
Speaker:things
Speaker:do
Speaker:when
Speaker:you
Speaker:start.
Speaker:But
Speaker:now
Speaker:he’s
Speaker:inside
Speaker:me,
Speaker:my
Speaker:entire
Speaker:being
Speaker:agrees
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:want
Speaker:him
Speaker:to
Speaker:leave.
I’m
so
Speaker:lost
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:sensation
Speaker:that
Speaker:I don’t
Speaker:notice
Speaker:his
Speaker:hips
Speaker:withdraw,
Speaker:then
Speaker:thrust
Speaker:within
Speaker:me.
My
toes
Speaker:curl.
Speaker:My
Speaker:tail
Speaker:coil.
Speaker:My
Speaker:legs
Speaker:try and
Speaker:spread
Speaker:wider
Speaker:still.
Something
inside
Speaker:me
Speaker:clicks
Speaker:into
Speaker:place.
Speaker:A
Speaker:deep
Speaker:part
Speaker:of
Speaker:me
Speaker:is
Speaker:finally
Speaker:complete.
I
manage
Speaker:to
Speaker:control
Speaker:my
Speaker:gaze
Speaker:enough
Speaker:to
Speaker:look
Speaker:into
Speaker:Randy’s
Speaker:eyes.
Speaker:He
Speaker:looks
Speaker:shy,
Speaker:like
Speaker:he’s
Speaker:about
Speaker:to
Speaker:apologise for
Speaker:not
Speaker:being
Speaker:good
Speaker:enough
Speaker:at
Speaker:this.
Speaker:I can’t
Speaker:let
Speaker:him
Speaker:do
Speaker:that.
Speaker:I
Speaker:reach
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:push
Speaker:the
Speaker:plug
Speaker:firmly
Speaker:into
Speaker:his
Speaker:mouth,
Speaker:then
Speaker:pull
Speaker:him
Speaker:down
Speaker:with
Speaker:me. “No
Speaker:being
Speaker:shy.
Speaker:You
Speaker:told me so yourself.”
He whimpers around the silicone, then
nods
Speaker:and
Speaker:his
Speaker:hips
Speaker:keep
Speaker:working.
I
don’t
Speaker:care
Speaker:about
Speaker:his
Speaker:technique.
Speaker:He’s
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:asshole
Speaker:where
Speaker:I
Speaker:want
Speaker:him.
I
run
Speaker:my
Speaker:paw through his
Speaker:long, teased
Speaker:hair.
Speaker:I roll
Speaker:my
Speaker:hips
Speaker:into
Speaker:his
Speaker:lap.
It’s
more
Speaker:important
Speaker:to
Speaker:me
Speaker:than
Speaker:anything
Speaker:on
Speaker:earth that he knows
Speaker:how
Speaker:much I
Speaker:want
Speaker:him.
Speaker:How
Speaker:much
Speaker:I
Speaker:love
Speaker:this.
So
many
Speaker:teasing
Speaker:words
Speaker:I would
Speaker:otherwise
Speaker:say.
Speaker:So
Speaker:many
Speaker:ways
Speaker:to
Speaker:demand
Speaker:that
Speaker:he
Speaker:fucks
Speaker:me
Speaker:harder,
Speaker:or
Speaker:rougher
Speaker:or
Speaker:nastier.
Speaker:But
Speaker:for
Speaker:now,
Speaker:I
Speaker:just
Speaker:want
Speaker:him.
Speaker:Forever.
Finally,
he slobbers out
Speaker:the
Speaker:plug
Speaker:from
Speaker:his
Speaker:mouth,
Speaker:panting
Speaker:and
Speaker:gasping.
Speaker:His
Speaker:hips
Speaker:press
Speaker:deep
Speaker:within
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:hold.
“Did
you
Speaker:cum?” I
Speaker:ask.
“Fuh… hhhh”
He
Speaker:pants,
Speaker:before
Speaker:shaking
Speaker:his
Speaker:head.
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:his
Speaker:hips
Speaker:shivering and shuddering. “That’s
Speaker:all I
Speaker:got.
Speaker:Hips ain’t…
Speaker:good
Speaker:for…
Speaker:thrusting.”
He
tries
Speaker:to
Speaker:hide
Speaker:his
Speaker:face
Speaker:in
Speaker:shame,
Speaker:but
Speaker:I
Speaker:turn
Speaker:him
Speaker:to
Speaker:face
Speaker:me, then
Speaker:press
Speaker:my
Speaker:lips
Speaker:firmly
Speaker:against
Speaker:his. “You’ve
Speaker:already
Speaker:given
Speaker:me
Speaker:more
Speaker:than
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:dream
Speaker:of.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:smiled. “You’re
Speaker:still
Speaker:balls
Speaker:deep
Speaker:in
Speaker:me,
Speaker:how
Speaker:could
Speaker:I
Speaker:want
Speaker:more
Speaker:than
Speaker:that?”
He
pants
Speaker:and
Speaker:flusters. “You…
Speaker:should
Speaker:get
Speaker:more.”
“Our night’s
barely
Speaker:started.” I
Speaker:smile. “But
Speaker:this
Speaker:also
Speaker:means
Speaker:we
Speaker:have
Speaker:a
Speaker:good
Speaker:excuse
Speaker:for
Speaker:you
Speaker:to
Speaker:fuck
Speaker:me
Speaker:up
Speaker:the
Speaker:butt
Speaker:every
Speaker:day,
Speaker:now
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:we?”
He
laughs
Speaker:and
Speaker:gives
Speaker:me
Speaker:that
Speaker:grin
Speaker:again. That
Speaker:grin
Speaker:I
Speaker:fell
Speaker:in
Speaker:love
Speaker:with
Speaker:years
Speaker:ago.
Speaker:He gives
Speaker:me another thrust
Speaker:and
Speaker:flops
Speaker:down
Speaker:on
Speaker:me.
We
hold
Speaker:each
Speaker:other
Speaker:tight,
Speaker:his lips
Speaker:against
Speaker:my
Speaker:ear,
Speaker:mine
Speaker:against
Speaker:his
Speaker:cheek.
“Please…”
I pant. “Please
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:go.”
“Never
again.”
Speaker:He
Speaker:whispers. “Never,
Speaker:ever
Speaker:again.”
“Whatever
happens.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:promise. “I
Speaker:love
Speaker:you.
Speaker:And
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:be
Speaker:yours.”
He
lifts
Speaker:his
Speaker:head
Speaker:and
Speaker:starts
Speaker:thrusting
Speaker:again.
Speaker:He
Speaker:presses
Speaker:his
Speaker:lips
Speaker:to
Speaker:mine,
Speaker:and
Speaker:we
Speaker:kiss.
For
as
Speaker:long
Speaker:as
Speaker:time
Speaker:will
Speaker:let
Speaker:us.
This
was
Speaker:the
Speaker:second
Speaker:and
Speaker:final
Speaker:part
Speaker:of “Shame
Speaker:and
Speaker:Desperation
Speaker:Will
Speaker:Kill
Speaker:You
Speaker:Someday”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Pascal
Speaker:Farful,
Speaker:read
Speaker:for
Speaker:you by Rob MacWolf, werewolf
Speaker:hitchhiker.
As
always,
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:find
Speaker:more
Speaker:stories
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:web
Speaker:at
Speaker:thevoice.dog,
Speaker:or
Speaker:find
Speaker:the
Speaker:show
Speaker:wherever
Speaker:you
Speaker:get
Speaker:your
Speaker:podcasts.
Speaker:Happy
Speaker:Pride,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Thank
Speaker:you
Speaker:for
Speaker:listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.