Brian opened his eyes slowly and smiled when he felt Justin’s warm mouth on his cock. He pushed his hips up and his fingers started to play with the blond locks. His head dropped back and his mouth opened, except no sound came out. The head of his cock bumped against the back of Justin’s throat and then the smaller man swallowed and he lost it. The brunet grunted as he shot his cum down Justin’s throat. “Mmm,” Justin said when he pulled back. “Morning.” Brian pulled Justin by the back of the neck and kissed him. “Indeed.” Justin laughed and moved back. Then he got out of the bed. “Where are you going?” Brian asked. “Be right back,” Justin assured him. When the blond came back he had a tray of food. Brian groaned and sat up. “I’m not hungry,” Brian told him. “But I’m breakfast,” Justin said putting the tray on the bed. Brian looked at the two bowls that Justin brought. One was filled with cut strawberries and the other one had whipped cream. Then Justin got in bed and lay back. “Are you sure?” Justin asked arching a brow. Brian went and straddled the blond. He caressed the blond’s chest and smiled wickedly at his husband. He dipped his fingers on the cream and then brought them to Justin’s mouth. The blond sucked them greedily before Brian pulled his hand away. “You’re the one that’s supposed to be eating,” Justin pointed out. “I will,” Brian assured him. Justin body tingled with the man’s words. “Mmm,” Brian muttered as he collected a bigger amount of the whipped cream in his palm. Justin arched his body as the cold substance pressed against his cock. He watched as the brunet busied himself putting the cream in different parts of his body. Brian covered Justin’s nipples and his navel, his cock and lastly but not least his ass. Then the older man grabbed a few pieces of the strawberries and let them drop on top of Justin’s body as if they were sprinkles. “God,” Justin moaned when Brian leaned closer and ate a strawberry that had fallen on top of his left nipple. Brian ate the strawberry and then started licking Justin’s nipple until the spot was clean. Then he proceeded to do that with the rest of the blond’s body. He was having so much fun and sometimes Justin would laugh and sometimes moan. His tongue ran down from the blond’s navel to his cock. “It keeps getting better,” Brian commented. Justin’s toes curled as Brian’s started sucking him. He covered his face and tried to keep control but it was for nothing. The brunet knew how to make him lose it. He arched from the bed and spilled his cum in Brian’s mouth. Brian pulled back until only the tip of Justin’s cock was in his mouth and let the blond’s cum slipped down Justin’s shaft. Then he pulled back and smiled. He leaned forward to kiss the blond and they shared the sweet and salty taste. “Bri,” Justin whispered with a smile. Brian moved down again and started lapping at Justin’s dick until the blond was hard again. He then moved down until he was licking and nibbling Justin’s entrance. Then he started to fuck him with his tongue. “Fuck me!” Justin yelled. Brian pulled back and reached for a condom. “Wait,” Justin said and moved his hand under the pillows. Justin pulled out a black dildo with a bow around it. “This is for you.” Brian arched a brow. “It’s for your entertainment,” Justin explained. “You bought a dildo for my entertainment,” Brian said. “Are you planning on going anywhere that I’ll need this?” “Brian,” Justin said smiling. “Just like I was breakfast…I’ll be your entertainment,” he said and turned around sticking his ass up in the air. Brian groaned as his cock jumped. He quickly undid the bow and threw it to the floor. He got behind the blond and caressed the firm generous globes. He reached for the lube and quickly prepared Justin. “Oh,” Justin moaned and his body arched up as Brian started to push the object inside of him. Brian licked his lips as he watched Justin taking the dildo. He was so horny but he wanted to play with the blond. He let Justin take a few seconds after he’d buried the sex toy deep in the smaller man. “Fuck me,” Justin groaned as his upper body crashed down in the bed. He gripped the pillow under him and his husband started fucking him. “God, Brian. Yes…that…there, there!” Brian rolled his lips inside his mouth and twisted the dildo inside of Justin knowing he was rubbing the blond’s prostate. “I’m so close,” Justin grunted. Brian started jerking himself with his free hand. “Does that feel good?” Brian asked just above a whisper. Justin closed his eyes and nodded. He pushed back into the blunt object. Brian pulled the dildo out slowly but not completely and then rammed it inside hard. His breathing and heart rate kept on accelerating and his body was boiling from the inside out. “Oh god,” Justin grunted. “You’re going to make me cum.” “All over yourself,” Brian pointed out but then pulled the dildo away. He dropped it on the bed and grabbed a condom. He donned it on and quickly imbedded himself inside his husband. “Bri,” Justin gasped out. Brian’s body blanketed Justin. He interlaced fingers with his man and started fucking him. Justin moved his hips back into Brian loving the way the brunet’s cock filled him. He moaned when Brian started sucking on his neck. “Cum with me,” Brian grunted. Justin moved his hand to jerk himself off. He’s body shook with force as his orgasm ripped out of him. He felt his body being pushed down by the weight of Brian’s body. “Have I mentioned that I love you, because I do,” Brian told him. Justin laughed, but felt empty when Brian pulled away. He turned around and watched as Brian sat at the edge of the bed tying the condom. “I have something for you.” “Justin, give me a second here,” Brian told him. He smiled because he didn’t mind at tall if Justin gave him something else where they ended fucking their brains out. The image of Justin’s ass taking the dildo made him groan, his cock twitching slightly. He was up for anything that Justin could come up with. The blond laughed as he pushed Brian faintly with his foot. “Nothing like that.” Brian got in the bed and wrapped his arms around the blond. “What?” Justin searched under the pillows again. He pulled out a box and gave it to Brian. The brunet took it wondering what it was. “What else do you have under those pillows?” he asked with a smirk. He opened and stared blankly at the Rolex. “You don’t like it?” Justin asked frowning a bit. “Fuck,” Brian said as he started at the new Daytona Oyster Perpetual. “How the fuck did you buy this?” Justin pouted and shrugged. “It doesn’t matter, Bri.” “Justin, I love it but,” Brian started but the blond didn’t let him. “Don’t worry about it,” Justin said. “Happy Birthday,” he said with a big smile. Brian rolled his eyes. “Shut up.” Justin threw his arms around his husband and pulled him close. He was sure that he could make Brian learn to love all the birthdays to come. *** Brian laughed with the blond as they watched the comedy channel. They were watching a man called Joey Gay and Brian thought he was pretty funny, crazy but funny. “Brian,” Justin said suddenly untangling himself from the brunet when the show was over. He grabbed the remote control and lowered the volume. “What is it?” Brian asked. “Well, remember how we decided that it was better to use my lawyer than Melanie because then she would know and…well,” Justin said and stopped. He knew he was babbling. “Right,” Brian said very slowly wondering what was wrong and then it hit him. “Justin is my bank account a problem?” he asked. The brunet didn’t show off about how much money he had but it was close to three millions dollars. Justin let out a short chuckle. “Yeah,” he said very slowly. “It’s not that.” “Okay,” Brian said. “I was hoping that my bank account wouldn’t be the problem,” Justin told him. Brian shook his head quickly. “Baby I love you for you not your account number no matter what it is.” Justin smiled. “And you mean that?” Brian nodded. “No matter what it is?” Justin asked. “No,” Brian said pulling the blond to him. “Anything else?” Justin got up and went to his desk. He grabbed an envelope and came back to the sofa. He sat down and gave it to Brian. The brunet grabbed it and opened. He started reading the papers smiling. It was a letter from the bank stating that their accounts had been merged. Then he moved to the next paper and his smile was gone. He looked at the blond and then back at the number. “Seventeen minus three is like…Justin!” Brian yelled. “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me?” “I didn’t think it would matter,” Justin said. “And…well we got married and is not like we really had time to discuss all of this.” Brian started laughing. Justin arched a brow. “Brian, are you okay?” “I thought your family was crazy,” Brian told him. “They were all asking me so many questions. Do you really love him? Where do you work? How much money do you make?” Brian asked his voice turning angry as he asked the last question. “They all thought I was after your money!” “I’m sorry, Brian,” Justin said getting up as well. “I don’t think about those things. I barely touch that money. It was my parents and I’ve always tried to make my own. They had a will saying that everything got divided between Molly and me. Evan was so little that I think they didn’t have time to change their will,” Justin explained. “It wasn’t a secret, Brian but I don’t go around boasting that I have money either.” Brian nodded slowly and then sighed. “God, did you said divided?” Justin took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I did.” Brian pouted. “This doesn’t change things, does it?” Justin asked. “It doesn’t change things…is just…I feel like I don’t really have anything to offer you,” Brian pointed out. “What the hell are you talking about?” Justin asked. “I don’t know,” Brian said as he shrugged. He dropped the envelope he was holding on the sofa. “I don’t know. I guess I kind of thought I would be taking care of you. I liked the idea. Now it turns out you’re my sugar daddy.” Justin laughed and pulled the brunet towards him. “I’m your husband and now all of this is ours. And you can still be the tough guy if that’s what makes you happy.” Brian slapped the blond’s butt. “Don’t be funny.” Justin smiled widely. “I’m serious, Brian. I don’t want this to change things.” Brian didn’t know if he could accept that so easily. “What does this mean?” “It means that half of what I own belongs to you,” Justin told him. Brian put his arms around Justin’s shoulders. The blond could see that the man was still digesting the idea. “It means that half of what you own belongs to me,” the blond whispered. The older man put his forehead against Justin’s forehead. “Yeah,” he agreed. “Good,” Justin said kissing the brunet. “Because I have something else to tell you.” “What?” Brian asked. “There are some papers that you have to sign,” Justin told him. “I really don’t know anything about business. It’s not my thing.” Brian frowned. “Right,” he said very lowly. “Well there are two companies that my father owned,” the smaller man explained. “They belonged to my mother’s dad, though no one really knows that. They just think my father came in and was an excellent business man, but they were already there.” Brian listened to his man. “Well, I’m not saying for you to go there and be like I’m the new boss or anything but I thought you would like to represent them,” Justin said. “One deals with sports and the other one with clothes.” Brian pinched the bridge of his nose. “I don’t know if that’s a good idea.” Justin shrugged. “I feel weird doing that,” Brian told him. “Just because they belong to you…” “Us,” Justin corrected. Brian sat down and pulled the blond with him. “How am I going to explain all this to Ted?” Justin shrugged. “I don’t know. Tell him you won the lottery.” “Ha,” Brian said as he started to tickle the blond. “Fucking ha!” Justin laughed and tried to get away. Then Brian got on top of him and started caressing Justin’s face. He didn’t know what he was going to do with the new companies. He couldn’t believe what was happening to him. But then Justin gave him that blinding smile and he knew it really didn’t matter. Justin could have had fourteen dollars instead of millions and it wouldn’t have change one single thing. “We’ll deal with it together,” Brian informed him. And Justin was happy that Brian wasn’t having a fit because he didn’t tell him sooner. He hugged the man and then they moved things to the bedroom. They were still celebrating their honeymoon. “Hey,” Brian said as he broke the kiss while they were in bed. “With all that money you could have bought me a Rolex for each day of the week.” “Shut up, Brian,” the blond said smirking. He knew that his husband was joking. Brian laughed and then resumed what they were doing. *** “Hello boys,” Brian said sitting down on the booth next to Ted. “Hey, Brian,” Ted said as he kept eating his breakfast. “Morning,” Michael said smiling. Brian didn’t say anything else. He grabbed Ted’s paper and started reading it. A few seconds later the door to the diner opened again. Justin and Emmett came inside laughing about something. “Hey guys,” Emmett said sitting next to Michael. Justin sat next to Emmett and waited for someone to attend them. “Hello Sunshine,” Debbie said. “What will it be boys?” “I’m having me a healthy bowl of oatmeal and toast,” Emmett said. “And I’ll drink orange juice and also bring me a coffee.” “I’ll have the waffles with strawberries and extra whip cream,” Justin said. “And a coffee with milk and sugar.” Brian’s cock twitched. Justin was grinning as he looked at his husband knowing that the man had a hard on. The brunet cleared his throat and looked at Debbie. “I’ll have some toast dry and a cup of coffee.” “Okay,” Debbie said after she took everyone’s order. “Hey baby.” “Ma,” Michael said. “I’m not a baby.” “I know that honey,” Debbie said smiling. “But you’re my baby.” Michael rolled his eyes. Debbie turned around and left. “Be right back,” Justin said getting up. “Jesus,” Ted said as he watched the blond walk away. “What an ass.” Emmett looked at his friend with a raised brow. “What the hell are you doing?” Brian asked. Ted looked at the brunet. “What?” he asked. “Oh, did I say it out loud?” Emmett and Michael started laughing at their friend. Brian was anything but amused. “Like you could ever get him,” Brian grunted. He didn’t like it one bit that Ted was checking out his husband. “And you think you can?” Ted asked. “Of course,” Brian said smiling. Emmett rolled his eyes. “You’re so sure of yourself,” Ted pointed out. Brian shrugged. “I guess I can be.” “Why don’t you ask him out then?!” Michael asked. His voice was full of venom. Emmett tried to find something really interesting on the table. He couldn’t look away from it. Ted stared at Michael with stunned a expression. “What if I do?” Brian asked arching a brow. Michael sighed. “He’s not going to go out with you.” “Why not?” Brian asked. “He knows the kind of person you are,” Ted told him. “What is that supposed to mean?” Brian asked. “He’s talking about your reputation as slut of Liberty Ave,” Michael pointed out. “Who would want to get into that?” “I could say so many things right now,” Brian pointed out. “Guys,” Emmett said getting in the middle. “Let’s relax.” Brian put closed the paper and put it on the table. He didn’t say anything else. Michael closed his eyes briefly. He was so angry that Brian could be thinking about going out with Justin. It wasn’t right. “Here we go,” Debbie said. “Toast and coffee,” she muttered to herself as she put the things in front of Brian. Then put Emmett’s breakfast in front of him. “I’ll be back with Justin’s breakfast. Where did he go?” “I’m here,” Justin said sitting back again. Debbie pinched him on the cheek. “Be right back.” “What’s wrong?” Justin asked as he looked around the table. “Not much,” Emmett said. “So, what are you guys doing today aside from working?” “I have a date,” Ted said. Everyone turned to look at him. “What?” Emmett asked. “And you didn’t tell me.” Ted shrugged. “I didn’t want to jinx it.” “What’s his name?” Emmett asked. “Blake,” Ted told him. “We met at Woody’s last night.” “That’s really great,” Emmett said. “Here,” Debbie said putting Justin’s breakfast in front of him. “If you need anything else let me know.” Justin nodded and started eating. “Where are you guys going?” “I’m taking him to see a movie and then we’re going to eat,” Ted said excitedly. “Then we might drop by Babylon.” “You should take him to your condo, fuck the shit out of him and order take out,” Brian suggested. Then he took a bite of his toast as the guys laughed except for Ted. “I don’t think so,” Ted muttered. “Do you have any plans Michael?” Emmett asked. Michael shook his head as he grabbed a napkin to clean his mouth. “You could come with me to Babylon,” Emmett told him. “Sure,” Michael agreed. “What about you, Brian?” Emmett asked. “I’m going to have dinner with a client,” Brian informed them and looked towards Justin. “Do you want to come?” “Excuse me,” Justin said as he stopped cutting the waffle. Michael glared at the brunet. He knew that Brian was just trying to get his point across that if he wanted to invite Justin out he could. Justin looked at Brian not sure what to say. “I don’t know,” he said only because he was freaking out. Emmett bit his lower lip and looked from the brunet to Michael to then Justin and back at Brian. This was a big moment. “We’ll have a good time,” Brian said. “I don’t want to be a bother, Brian,” Justin told him. “Plus you will be with your client.” “It’s not big deal,” Brian told him. “It’s just dinner not a business meeting or anything like that.” Michael frowned and hoped that Justin said no. He had seen his ex flirting shamelessly with the blond and it killed him. He’d always known that Brian had wanted to fuck the blond and now the man was free to do just that. He hated that he’d make Brian angry, no he had to live with the consequences. He looked at Justin and hoped he said he couldn’t go. “You don’t have anything else to do, right?” Brian asked. “No,” Justin answered. “We’ll have dinner and then we can go to Babylon,” Brian told him. He was showing a calm exterior but in reality he was frightened of what they were going to say. He couldn’t stand looking at Michael for fear of what he was going to see. “It will be fun.” “Um, I guess it will be alright,” Justin told him. “Good,” Brian said as he took a sip from his coffee. He flattened his hand over his tied and got up. “Seeing how I’m paying for dinner tonight, you should get breakfast.” “No problem,” Justin assured him. He watched the brunet go and then looked around the table. “What?” he asked with a frown. “How could you just accept to go out on a date with, Brian?” Michael asked very angry. Justin frowned. “It’s not a date,” he said not sure what else to do. “What?” Michael asked. “Of course it is.” “Brian doesn’t do dates,” Ted provided. “Maybe he just wants someone to accompany him when he meets his client.” “Yeah,” Emmett said not sure Michael would believe that. “Why would he?” Michael asked. “He never asked me to go into one of his meetings.” “He said it was just dinner with a client,” Justin said getting up. “I…fuck this. I’m out of here.” Emmett watched him go and then turned to Michael. “Are you okay?” Michael took a deep breath and pushed his plate away. He wasn’t hungry anymore. Ted and Emmett looked at each other as silence reigned over them. *** Justin parked his car and got out. He was feeling a bit more relaxed. He’d called Brian and he told him what had happened after he left. Brian told him to take it easy and Justin felt better listening to his lover. Brian convinced him it was for the best. Because sooner or later everyone would have to get used to the two of them being together and it might as well start with a date. The blond walked across the parking lot until he reached the gallery. He went inside and asked a woman that worked there where Lindsay Peterson was. Then he followed her like she told him to Lindsay’s office. “Lindsay you have a visitor,” Diana said. “Thanks Di,” Lindsay said as she got up from her desk. “Come on in.” Justin did and smiled at the blonde. “Hey.” “Sit down, please,” Lindsay told him. Justin did and looked around her office. There was a wall that only held priceless paintings. They belong to Gus. “Those are amazing.” Lindsay looked at her child’s painting and laughed. “Yeah, they are.” Justin turned to look at her again. She had called him in the morning to come see her at anytime during the day so they could talk about the show. “So, I’m here.” Lindsay nodded and leaned back in her chair. “I want you to be part of the show because I think you’re a talented artist. I saw the show you did here and the few you’ve done in New York. Some of them had made it into magazines. I know that one day you will be a great artist.” Justin smiled at her. “Thank you. Wow, I don’t know what to say.” “You don’t have to say anything,” Lindsay assured him. “I’m going to need at least ten pieces of which only six are going to be chosen to be picked for the display.” Justin nodded. “We are trying to have different themes than in one way or another intertwine,” Lindsay said getting up. “Follow me.” Justin got up and followed her into the back of the art gallery. He saw that there were a few people handling a few paintings. They walked up to a table where a bunch of pictures were placed. “This is some of the work of the other two artists,” Lindsay told him. “If you can photograph your work to bring it here as you progress it would be great. We want the three of you to be able to look at them and be able to link it all.” Justin nodded. He really liked the idea. He looked at the paintings and liked what he was seeing. His brain was already filling up with ideas for his own display. Lindsay smiled as she watched the man looking at the pictures. “I have copies if you want to take a few home,” Lindsay told him. “I know you won’t have as much time as they did.” Justin nodded. “That would be good.” “Do you really think you can do it in three weeks?” Lindsay asked. “I’ll have to work my ass off but yeah. I think I can manage,” Justin assured her. “That’s good to hear,” Lindsay said. “Of the artist I have lined up you’re the best.” Justin smiled at that. “Thank you.” “You’re welcome,” Lindsay said. “Do you want to see some of the work in here?” “Sure,” Justin told her as he pulled away from the pictures. The two of them walked around the gallery. Justin was having so much fun with her. They talked a bit about each of the paintings or sculptures that were being exhibited in the gallery. “I should be heading home,” Justin told her. “Yeah,” Lindsay said as she looked at him and back at the painting that Justin was staring. “I have stuff to do as well.” They walked to the entrance of the gallery. “If you need anything call me,” Justin told her. “I wanted to ask you something before you leave,” Lindsay told him. “What’s that?” Justin asked her. “It’s about Brian,” Lindsay said trying to gauge his reaction. “What do you mean?” Justin asked biting his lower lip. “He asked you out on a date,” Lindsay said as if he didn’t know about it. Ted had called Melanie and told her and her wife had called her. She didn’t know if it was true or not. Justin stiffened. “It’s not what you think. He asked me if I wanted to have dinner with a client of his.” Lindsay smiled at how nervous Justin looked. “He likes you, I can tell.” Justin sighed. “I…I don’t know what to say. Why are you asking me?” he couldn’t believe that news traveled that fast. “I just don’t want you to get hurt,” Lindsay said. “Brian is…” “Let me worry about it,” Justin told her. Lindsay nodded. “Of course.” “We’ll be in touch,” Justin told her. Lindsay nodded and watched him go. She could only hope that this time Brian wasn’t going to make the same mistakes he had done with Michael. She liked Justin a lot and if he could make her friend happy she was all for it. *** Justin was in his studio painting when he heard the door. He went to the sink to clean his brushes and then went to see Brian. The brunet was supposed to be there hours ago but Justin figured that he was working late. He was going to call him but then got distracted painting. “Hey stud,” Justin said. Brian was bent looking inside some bags. “Hey,” he greeted back. “What is that?” Justin asked. “I bought something for tonight,” Brian told him. “I want to impress Leo.” “Sure you do,” Justin said. “Is that where you were? I thought you were working late.” Brian straightened up and looked at Justin from top to bottom. The blond was wearing only a pair of faded old jeans. He had few different color paints in different parts of his body and jeans. He could just eat him up. “What did you buy?” Justin asked smiling. He knew that Brian was imagining them together or something along those lines. “Uh,” Brian said as he turned to look at the bags. He bent down and opened a bag. He pulled out a shirt and smiled at Justin. “Like it.” Justin frowned and tried to reach for it but the brunet pulled it away. “You’re going to ruin it,” he said. The blond stared at the red and black shirt and then at Brian. “You don’t wear that kind of thing, Brian. I mean the shirt is amazing but is so not you.” “I know,” Brian pointed out. “It’s for you.” Justin looked at the brunet and smiled. “Oh, you bought me something?!” Brian nodded and walked over to Justin. “Do you like it?” “Yeah,” Justin said looking at the shirt. “You know me so well.” Brian nodded and then went and put the shirt back in the bag. He turned and walked over to his man. “It’s for when we go to Babylon,” he informed the smaller man as his hand started to rub the blond’s crotch. “I also bought you something to wear to dinner tonight. You’re going to look dashing.” Justin smiled at him. “I always look dashing,” he whispered as he leaned closer to the brunet. “Let’s take a shower,” Brian whispered and pulled the blond with him to the bathroom. Justin laughed as Brian stripped for him very slowly. He was sitting in the counter enjoying the show. “Take those pants off and come here,” Brian instructed him. The blond was glad to oblige. They were kissing as they stepped inside the shower. Brian managed to turn the knobs and Justin yelled and ran from the spray. The looked at each other and laughed before Brian fixed the temperature. “That was cold,” Justin complained. “And you laughed.” “So did you,” Brian pointed out chuckling. “You naughty man,” Justin whispered as they came together in a blazing kiss. “You feel so good,” Brian whispered as he caressed the blond’s back. Justin smiled and pulled the brunet to him. His arms wrapping around his husband and he moaned as his cock received the friction it needed. Brian couldn’t wait any longer he’d been daydreaming about the blond all day. He reached for the lube and poured it on his fingers. He then slowly moved to Justin’s opening. He never stopped looking at his husband. How Justin’s mouth opened and a gasp came out. How the blond’s pupils dilated before they closed. How the blond moaned his name making him tremble. He reached for a condom and quickly put it on. “Brian,” Justin gasped as the brunet picket him up. He wrapped his legs around the older man. “Slowly,” Brian muttered and aligned his shaft to enter his man. “Oh god,” Justin said through gritted teeth as his head fell back connecting with the tiled wall. “Fuck,” Brian grunted when he was buried all the way inside. Then slowly he started to lower them down until he was kneeling and Justin was pressed against the wall. “You okay?” Justin pulled Brian’s head to him and kissed him hard. His arms wrapped around the brunet. Brian grabbed the blond by his hips and started pushing him up and down his cock. Justin was using his feet to push up from the floor and then he let his body slammed down. Their bodies were covered in sweat and the water that was falling on them. The older man pulled away from the kiss and watched his husband. “Justin,” he whispered. Justin opened his eyes and they stared at each other. “Look at me,” Brian murmured. “Look at me.” It took a lot for the blond not to close his eyes. One of his hands grabbed his cock and nodded. They were communicating with each other without saying anything. They were both close and they wanted to end it together. Justin opened his mouth and let out a moan as he started to shoot. Brian was hitting him right over his sweet spot. Brian watched the man’s expression with satisfaction. He was making love to his husband making him feel pleasure. He closed his eyes and leaned forward as he experienced his own orgasm. “Can you move?” Justin asked laughing. “I so can,” Brian said and with a grunt of displeasure he managed to do so. He took the condom off and tied it up. Justin slapped him on the butt. “Nice going old, man.” “We’ll have plenty of time when we come back,” Brian warned him. Justin only laughed. The both of them finished their shower and came out. They dressed while Justin told Brian what had happened at the gallery with Lindsay from beginning to end. “What do you think if she found out that we’re married?” Brian asked as he did his tie. Justin shrugged and sighed with frustration. “Brian, help me here.” Brian walked over to him and smiled. He started to do the blond’s tie. “My father taught me how to do it,” Justin said to Brian. “But I almost never wear one so I guess I’ve forgotten.” “That’s okay,” Brian told him. He was happy that Justin had told him something about his father. “Did he know about you?” “If I was gay?” Justin asked. “Yeah, he did. He didn’t care.” “That’s nice,” Brian told him. “Do your parents know?” Justin asked. Brian finished tying the knot but didn’t answer the blond’s question. Justin figured it was a no so left it alone. The blond moved away to put on his watch and grabbed his wallet and keys. “Are you ready to go?” Brian asked as he reached for his cologne. “Yeah,” Justin answered. He looked at himself in the mirror. Brian had bought him a black suit with a dark blue shirt and an even darker blue, silk tie. He smiled loving the way he looked. He rarely dressed up to go anywhere. He was an artist and didn’t need to make an impression with his clothes, only his art. Brian opened the drawer while Justin stared at himself in the dresser. He smirked and pulled out their rings. He put on his and then put Justin’s on. “Are you sure about this?” Justin asked. Brain nodded and they headed out. When they got to the restaurant Leo Brown hadn’t gotten there yet. So they waited for the man at the bar. “Brian,” Leo said when he saw the brunet and walked up to him. Brian shook hands with him. “It’s good to see you, Leo,” he told him. “I want you to meet Justin Taylor, my husband.” Leo then shook hands with the blond. “It’s a pleasure to meet you. Brian is quite the man. You should see how he came to me to do business the first time. Pretty stubborn too, good thing you know.” Justin smiled at the man. “Tell me about it.” “Why don’t we go sit down,” Brian said. Justin couldn’t stop smiling. He couldn’t believe that Brian had presented him as his husband. He could jump as high as the roof. He looked at Brian as they were sitting down and he knew it wasn’t a dream. It was all very real and Brian wanted to share as much as he could of his life with him. They could tell him the world was about to end and he wouldn’t have been able to stop smiling. *** “Hurry up, Justin,” Evan said as he walked with his brother down to Michael’s store. “Relax,” Justin said laughing. “The store is not going to move.” “I know that,” Evan told him. “I just really want a new comic.” Justin nodded understanding his brother’s excitement. When he was younger he was the same way even thought his passion wasn’t necessarily comics. When they reached the store Michael was helping out a customer. “Let’s look around.” Evan nodded and went from one comic to the other. He really didn’t know what he wanted. “Hey guys,” Michael said when he was done. He had seen them get there but he had been busy. “How are you?” “Great,” Justin told him. “We came because Evan was driving me crazy.” “I was not,” Evan said before he ran down the aisle. Michael laughed. “Kids.” “Yeah,” Justin said laughing as well. “Justin!” Evan yelled. “I want this one.” Michael and Justin walked over to the boy. “Captain Astro,” Michael said smiling widely. “He’s the best.” “He is!” Evan shouted. Justin couldn’t help it. He rolled his eyes at them. “Come on,” Michael said. “I want to show you something.” Michael and Evan moved to his office. The blond was going to follow them but his phone started ringing. He smiled when he saw that it was Brian. “Hey,” Brian said. “Hey you,” Justin answered. “What you doing?” “I’m at work losing my mind,” Brian told him. “Where are you at?” “I’m with Evan at Michael’s store,” Justin said. “What are you doing there?” Brian asked him frowning. “He promised Evan a comic,” Justin explained. “I forgot to tell you.” “Want to have lunch with me?” Brian asked. “It’s going to be just lunch Brian,” Justin pointed out. “Evan is with me.” Brian pouted for a brief moment. “I know that.” “Right,” Justin said. “Isn’t he supposed to be in school?” Brian asked. “He got sick in school,” Justin informed him. “Allegedly,” he added. “Right,” Brian said laughing. “The brat.” “Molly couldn’t get him so I did,” Justin told him. “Do you still want to have lunch?” “Sure,” Brian told him. “I’ll wait for you.” “Later,” Justin said before he hung up. He turned around and saw that Michael and Evan were laughing at something in the man’s office. That’s all he needed for Evan and Michael to bond. “Jesus,” he whispered to himself. “Justin,” Evan said as he came out. “Michael has the coolest stuff.” Justin smiled at that. “Does he now?” “Captain Astro has been my favorite superhero since I was a kid,” Michael told them. “You take good care of that.” “I will,” Evan told him. “I promise.” Justin shook his head. “Okay, say thanks to Michael.” “Thank you Michael,” Evan said. “Thank you so much.” “Of course kid,” Michael said. “You can finish seeing the first edition if you want.” Evan ran back to the office. Justin wondered what was going on. He was sure that Michael wanted to talk to him alone. He prepared himself for whatever it was. “You guys never came to Babylon,” Michael said. “How was dinner?” Justin could hear the bitterness in the man’s voice. “It just was,” he said shrugging. “Have you two fucked yet?” Michael asked staring at the blond. The younger man turned his head to stare at the man in front of him. “Wow, that’s rather blunt.” “Cut the crap,” Michael said exasperated. “I have a right to know.” “The hell you do,” Justin said getting angry. “Whatever Brian does or doesn’t do with me doesn’t concern you in the least.” “I’m his best friend,” Michael pointed out. “Is that what you are now?” Justin asked. “Evan, we’re leaving,” he yelled for his brother. “In a second,” Evan shouted back. Michael sighed realizing what he was doing. He couldn’t blame Justin for Brian’s action. He knew the brunet well enough to know that Brian could manipulate anyone into rendering to him. Brian just had that power over people. He considered Justin his friend and he wasn’t going to tarnish their friendship. “I’m sorry, Justin. I…I love him. You don’t know how it feels to see him going after you.” Justin looked at the floor. He wanted to disappear. He was going to burn in hell, he knew it. “I didn’t mean to talk to you like that,” Michael informed him. “It hurts you know. He’s just doing it because…” “Michael, please,” Justin interrupted him. He didn’t want to hear whatever Michael’s twisted brain was telling him the reason of Brian’s desire towards him was. “I have to go,” Justin told him. “I’ll see you.” Michael nodded and walked with Justin to the door. “Evan!” Justin called to his little brother again. “Jesus, okay,” Evan said as he was walking towards them. The door opened and two teenagers walked inside. They said hi to Michael and went to read the comics like they always did. “I’ll see you, Michael,” Evan said. “You take care, kid,” Michael told him. “Justin, really, I’m sorry.” Justin nodded. “I’m hungry,” Evan stated as he moved to open the door. His body froze when he heard the loud blasts. He had his eyes wide and his grip on the comic faltered. The comic book dropped to the floor with a low thud. He could hear someone behind him screaming. “What was that?!” One of the teens that had come into the store was asking his friend. He was on the floor too afraid to get up. He could see that his friend was squatting down, hiding as well. Evan turned around slowly. He looked at Michael and Justin who were both on the floor. He walked closer to them. “Guys,” he muttered. He saw the blood coming from under them expanding and claiming the floor. He took a deep breath and plummeted to the floor.