Free Take What You Want by Ann Lister Page A

Ten
bucks says I won't.”
    -0-

    Chase
woke to sunshine on Tuesday. The property owner wanted him to begin
fixing the rot around the windows, and now that the sun was shining,
he'd run out of excuses not to do it. He drove to the lumber store
first to pick-up the materials, then stopped to buy a coffee before
he came back to the estate. He took a minute and leaned against the
bed of his truck while sipping the coffee and watched an osprey
overhead circling it's nest high up on a man-made platform.
    Behind
him he heard the metal latch open and close on the pool gate. He
turned to see Alex emerging from the pool area for his morning run,
wearing jogging shorts and sneakers. His chest was beautifully bare,
swirls of light brown hair dusted his pectoral muscles and spread
lower, merging in the center of his stomach in a thin line that
disappeared beneath the waistband of his shorts. The weight of his
cock pressed an outline into the thin material, and then there were
those damn enticing tattoos to look at, too.
    “ Hey,
stranger,” Alex said, as he dropped his sunglasses down onto
the bridge of his nose shielding the intensity of his green eyes.
“Where've you been hiding yourself?”
    “ Inside
doing paperwork,” Chase said, pulling his gaze from Alex's
impressive chest. “The usual shit.”
    “ Yeah,
paperwork sucks,” Alex said. He glanced back toward the pool,
then looked at Chase again; this time removing the sunglasses. “You
sure you're okay?” he asked. “I was nervous I might have
scared you off or something.”
    Chase felt the heat rise in
his cheeks. He tried to hide his smile behind the rim of his paper
coffee cup. “Well, there was that,” Chase said. He
crossed his legs at the ankle and watched Alex's eyes follow the
movement, then settle on his groin. The heat flaring in his face
sunk to his cock. He could feel it thickening with each second
Alex's gaze lingered there.
    “ I
got an email from my manager,” Alex said, unconsciously licking
his lips. “He said I should check out a club for aspiring
musicians while I'm here.”
    “ Cherries.”
    “ What'd
you say?” Alex asked.
    “ The
place you're referring to is called: Cherries, you know, for
first-timers.”
    Alex smiled again. “Do
you know where it is?” Alex asked.
    “ Sure.
I can give you directions if you want.”
    “ I
was hoping you might like to go with me,” Alex said. He pulled
his hair behind his head making a ponytail with his hands. The
action made his biceps bulge.
    Chase nodded. “I
suppose I could do that.”
    “ Are
you free tonight?” Alex let his hair fall and his hands
settled on his narrow hips.
    “ I
am,” Chase said. Their eyes met and held. The smile on both
their faces faded. “What time?”
    “ How
about eight o'clock?” Alex asked. “We'll eat in town
first.”
    “ Sounds
good,” Chase said. “I'll drive.”
    A long moment passed; each
of them staring, every movement they made created an over awareness
of the other. Chase's hands had started to sweat. He wanted to
blame that on the coffee he was holding, but the ache in his balls
told him differently.
    Alex was the first to look
away. He turned slightly, his gaze drifting down the long driveway
to the main road and Chase saw the long arc of Alex's cock starting
to tent his shorts.
    “ Well,
I better get this run in before it gets too hot,” Alex said.
    Chase nodded in agreement.
“I should get to work, too.”
    “ If
I'm not back in an hour, send the EMTs to look for me,” Alex
said.
    Chase watched Alex jog down
the driveway, focused on his form, but mostly the way his muscles
moved beneath the tanned skin. Finally, he turned away and bent over
on the opened truck bed gate, bracing himself with his outstretched
arms. Danni's words played in his head, and Alex's did, too. He
stood up, wiping off the sweat on his brow with the back of his hand.
He couldn't see how this would end well for any of them and fuck if
he knew how to stop it from