Alternative Treatment by Claire Thompson

Author:Claire Thompson [Thompson, Claire]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Nolan tried to focus on the DVD he’d rented, annoyed with himself for letting the fact he was spending Christmas Eve alone get to him. He kept the TV in the spare bedroom, which contained a bureau and a double bed for guests, though he never had any guests.

It had been a fantastic week, all things considered. Mark had turned out not to be the stuck-up standoffish guy he’d been while at the nursing home. He was funny and kind. Even weirder, he actually seemed interested in what Nolan had to say, not dismissing him because he didn’t have the letters after his name that Mark had.

It had made Nolan feel special, the way Mark had sought his advice about quitting his job. Not that Nolan thought Mark was 109

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going to quit because of him. It was obvious when they talked he just needed a little encouragement to follow his own instincts. The little push a friend can offer.

A friend…

A friend with benefits, Nolan thought with a grin. So far each time the sex had been better than the last. Nolan couldn’t get enough of Mark’s hard body and even harder cock. With other guys, no matter how hot the sex, there was always a part of him hovering off to the side, watching and critiquing the action with clinical interest, or worse, detached indifference. When Mark and he had sex Nolan found himself completely in the moment. He was there, one hundred percent, something he’d never experienced before.

He knew it wasn’t fair to be mad at Mark for choosing his family over Nolan for Christmas Eve. Besides, this was Mark’s big night. He had screwed up his courage at last to tell them he was done paying his dues and wanted out.

Nolan wished he could be a fly on the wall during that scene.

Hell, he wished he could actually be there. He’d even go so far as to go to midnight mass with the family, if Mark had invited him.

But he hadn’t.

“I’d be way too nervous with you there,” Mark had said.

“Don’t worry. I’ll give you the whole horrible blow-by-blow when I see you on Christmas Day.”

“You don’t know it’s going to be horrible. Maybe they’ll surprise you.”

“Yeah. And maybe there really is a Santa Claus.”

Nolan consoled himself with the somewhat astonishing thought he’d be spending Christmas Day with his new lover, instead of alone and recovering from a hangover.

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Normally Nolan went out on Christmas Eve. There were plenty of other lonely, horny guys to pick up at one of his hangouts, but tonight he found he didn’t want to. It wasn’t just because he had no car. It was because he had Mark.

But did he? Did meeting a few times over one week for food and sex equal anything at all? They certainly hadn’t talked about being exclusive, not this early in the game. Was Nolan even ready to be involved like that?

He thought a long while about this question, for once putting aside his usual knee-jerk reaction of, “No way!” He was thirty-eight.

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