AUTHOR'S NOTE:
While each chapter is a story in its own right, you will probably enjoy them more if you have already read the series Chris Donaldson, as well as Chapters 1-4 of Mr. One Fifty-Eight. The characters' back stories are revealed there. All characters depicted in this story are over 18.
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Chris paced antsily back and forth, eyeing the windows and the snow coming down outside. Wet, white drifts were already forming against the bottoms of the three panes in the dormer, blown by what were apparently gusts of up to 45 mph. It was a nasty storm, predicted to turn into a major blizzard β a great night to be inside and cozy, which Chris was. There was no kitchen in the attic suite, but he had tons of prepared food from the cafΓ© where he worked stored carefully in his small refrigerator. He could easily camp out for a few days. He already had candles lit, not because of the looming possibility of snow weighing down lines and causing an outage, but for atmosphere.
Because this was supposed to be a date night. He circled back to his desk and clicked "refresh" on the radar map of the storm. His area was already light blue, with a dark blue mass headed his way.
How is Justin even going to get here, he wondered, much less get back to the frat house? Maybe he'll be stuck here. Chris small dick stiffened. That would actually be fantastic. 24, 48, 72 uninterrupted hours with my Sir. We haven't had that since the dorm.
Chris sighed. His expectations for the year with Justin had been so far from reality; his hopes for their continued relationship had been seriously frustrated. Yeah, they had sex periodically, and it was hot. Sometimes incredibly hot, like their manic fuck before Christmas. But that was more than two months ago. They had met only twice since then; it was so damned hard to coordinate, between Justin's frat obligations, his insistence that his roommates never have reason to comment about unusual absences, and his moods.
Chris had carefully suggested tonight: a Thursday, so as not to take away from Justin's weekend at the frat, and the day before Valentine's Day instead of the actual day, so as not to insist on anything that might actually look romantic. God forbid. Justin had become so touchy about affection this year β he was again uptight about kissing, hugs, or any friendly contact that didn't involve his 8-inch cock. Not to mention just hanging out, which they had done easily enough when they were living together, after the first bumpy months. So Chris exercised extreme caution at all times, striving to please his Dom without demanding a thing. It was hard. Chris ached to show his love β and love it was β but lived in constant fear of being shunned if he revealed too much.
And now it was snowing. Not like they hadn't been punished enough weather-wise that winter . . . the horrible cold wave at the beginning of the year had been brutal. But were classes canceled? Of course not. There was a very good reason everyone hated winter quarter, and this year was proving to be a superb example of why.
Chris stopped his pacing in front of the large dresser that had come with the room, looking at himself in the mirror. He had trimmed his beard and his pubes a bit; he could see this because he was naked. He wanted to be fully available and ready to go when Justin arrived, to underscore his commitment to the jock he adored. The heat was cranked up so he didn't shiver . . . and so his dick didn't shrink. Although it can't get much smaller anyway, he thought wryly. Oh well.
Oh God, this snow. And I can't text him again, either β that would be nagging. Fuck! I hate this. He eyed the window again; was the white line already higher? The bottle of Knob Creek on the sill looked tempting. The hell with it.
Chris generally made a practice of being sober when Justin arrived; much as he worshipped his former roommate, the man was unpredictable, and usually arrived fairly lit himself. And Chris hated to get the party started until he knew for sure there was going to be one. But . . . a few fingers over ice would help calm him down.
Like that night at the Four Seasons, he remembered suddenly with a pang. Man. That had been quite a night. An emotional roller coaster to be sure, but also some of the most connected sex they had ever had. Actually, there was really no contest. That was perhaps the ONLY truly connected sex they had ever had. And more and more, that's what Chris longed for. Sure, he was a sub, but he needed a boyfriend. Someone he could be completely honest with, someone to trust and confess his feelings to without fear of recrimination.
Every time he saw Justin, he thought: maybe it'll be tonight. Maybe this time is the time he'll say, "Chrissy, I really like you. I think . . . I think I love you. I want to be with you." But it hadn't happened yet.
All the same, tonight was Valentine's Day eve. Maybe there was some lingering romance in the air, some lucky energy. You couldn't stop hoping.
And so Chris paced in circles around his room as the snow fell. He remembered another time he had waited naked for Justin, but had shaved most of his body smooth. That had been a bad night. Justin had flipped out at seeing him, and punched him hard several times in the stomach, causing Chris to run away from the dorm for a couple weeks. At least THAT didn't happen anymore. Justin was beyond that kind of physical abuse now. He might withdraw, but he didn't hit. Except to spank, and that was hot. Chris smiled. Finally, he forced himself to sit down with his glass of bourbon, and breathe deeply. There were ways to pass the time. He could text someone. Who? Mark?
Chris didn't know what to do with the handsome ad executive in his late twenties. They hadn't seen each other in months. Mark was always the fallback β the guy who would be there in a pinch (and Lord knows, he had been) β but Chris could never feel right about hooking up with Mark as long as he could still see a way to Justin's heart. And Chris had no idea how Mark himself felt; the boy had not forgotten that Mark had stopped communicating with him only a week after he had taken Chris' anal virginity, and had actually blocked Chris' online profile a couple weeks afterward. That was over a year ago now, but it had really stung at the time, and still made Chris question what was truly going on in the older man's head. Mark texted or emailed periodically, but always playfully and noncommittally. If Justin was unattainable because he was straight and uptight, Mark was even more exotic: an apparently emotionally healthy gay man who was too busy with his own fulfilling life to spend inordinate time pursuing a college boy, or so Chris had concluded. And it was just so . . . different with Mark. Wonderful in a way, because Mark was an adult, and that was seductive.
But Justin . . . Chris' old roommate was not only a hot hunk of beef, but also showed occasional glimpses of sensitivity that were even sexier than his large, uncut dick. It was those momentary views into the jock's soul that made Chris hang on. And Justin was also a gateway to a larger sense of acceptance than Chris had ever felt. Justin was popular. Justin was in a frat. Justin's approval was hugely validating. To be lucky enough to date someone like that . . . well, it would change Chris' world. College had been a success overall for Chris, but it was hard to shake the memories of the high school pecking order and how it had made you feel.
Ok, so don't text Mark. Then what else to pass the time? He was sick of Civilization. He could always surf tumblr . . . but that was such dangerous territory. Like a moth to a flame, Chris was drawn to all of the most extreme blogs β there was nothing non-sexual on his "follow" list β and he was alternately seduced and repelled by what he saw there. The hardcore pics, the extreme rhetoric from the "Alphas" on the site who demanded cash and humiliating images. Chris was a lurker, not a contributor, but still . . . you can't watch several auto wrecks a day without it affecting your psyche, and the boy couldn't always figure out how to process what he saw. And could not unsee.
Mr. Fitzsimmons might be useful to talk to in a situation like this, but with the crappy weather this winter, driving way out to the exurbs was impractical. Chris missed their conversations (and, truth be told, the spankings that sometimes accompanied them), but he was going to have to work this one out on his own.
Work WHAT out, exactly? Chris thought. Justin will probably never give you more emotionally than he has already given you; Mark is too old for you; the internet is a cesspool . . . what is there to figure out? You're screwed.
Chris sipped his bourbon.