Things get out of hand with Darren.
Everyone is over 18.
Thanks to LarryInSeattle.
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"You are not doing that. Are you fucking crazy?" Liam stares at his friend in disbelief. Matt is leaning over the edge of the boulder, gazing at the water below.
"Liam, we checked out the water. There's no rocks. I've jumped from higher ledges than this."
"Not with a back that is still healing. Come on, dude, don't do this to me. Think about the impact when you hit the water, even if you do point your toes. And if you don't, wham the bottom of your fit hit the water and the impact goes up your legs and into your back. Please. Seriously, why risk it."
Matt looks back at the water. Liam's right. What is he thinking? He turns away and walks back to Liam. "You're right. I'm being a dope. Thanks for not letting me be stupid."
Liam kisses him. "You're not stupid. You have a little problem with impulse control but you aren't stupid. I don't fall in love with stupid guys."
"Don't be too sure about that," Matt replies. They kiss, standing in the sun on top of an ancient rock, breeze ruffling their hair, until their dicks start to twitch. "Whoa, bro, it might be awkward climbing down with a boner. We'd better cool it. Until later, at least," he adds with a smile and walks to the spot on the rock where they'd climbed up from. It looked more daunting going down than it had going up.
"Liam, maybe we should jump. It might be easier?"
"No! Your back. Maybe we shouldn't have climbed up here in the first place." Liam ran his hands through his hair. "Fuck!"
Matt turns to him and puts his hands on his shoulders. "Liam, relax please. We're fine. I'm fine, if that's what your worried about. We just need to take our time. I had a great time just now with you. It was worth a skinned knee or two. Don't get pissed."
"Is it worth hurting your back again?" Liam sounds as if he's about to cry. Matt wraps him up in his arms.
"Anything I do with you would be worth it, bro. Anything." He holds him, rocking back and forth until he feels the tension leave Liam's body. He leans back and stares into his lover's face. "Okay, now?"
Liam nods. Matt leans in and kisses him.
"Okay, I'll go first."
"No. I will. I'm probably the worst climber. I should go first, so I don't fall on you and knock you off, too."
"Yeah, if we were scaling Everest or some shit like that but we aren't. Hang on."
Matt stretches out on his belly, his arms and shoulders over the edge of the rock they were lying on. "Take my hands, use your feet and I can lower you to the next one. You can steady me as I come down. After that it's way easier."
Liam looks dubious but he sits down and scoots to the edge of the boulder. He turns over and locks one wrist with Matt and then slides over the edge. He scraps his belly,
better'n my dick
, he thinks and then his feet find one of the rocks beneath him. He doesn't let go of Matt's wrist until he's sure the rock is stable and he's got his balance.
"Okay, whenever you're ready," he calls up to Matt. "I'll grab your feet until you're low enough to grab your waist."
"Cool, just don't grab my junk; we don't have time for that."
"Just come on."
Matt turns over, holding on to the rock with his hands, his legs dangling over the side of the boulder. He lowers himself. Liam braces himself and puts his hands under the soles of Matt's feet.
"Dude, take it easy. You almost hurled me back on top of the rock. You don't have to lift, just steady me," Matt laughs. He's able to support most of his weight with his arms until Liam's hands go around his waist. There's not a lot of room on the rocks but he manages to give Liam a long kiss.
"Thanks. See, not so bad, was it?"
"We're not off this pile of rocks yet, Matt. Don't jinx us."
Matt was right, the rest of the way down is easier. They needed to watch their steps, especially near the bottom where the rocks are smaller and less stable, but they arrive at the bottom with everything intact. Liam has a small abrasion on his belly but that's all. Matt leans over and licks the abrasion.
"What are you doing?" Liam cries and steps back.
"Cleaning your wound." Matt gives him a wicked smile and acts as if he's going to do it again.
"Gross, dude. It's bleeding."
"So? I've eaten your jizz for the past month. Why's blood so weird?"
"It just is. I don't know."
"You still mad?"
"No, not at you. I'm pissed at myself for not being able to say no to you. I wish you'd listen to me, just every so often."
"Baby," Matt offers, tone and face serious, "I do listen to you. I listen to you all the time. What are you talking about?"
"It doesn't seem like it sometimes. We could've really gotten fucked up climbing that pile of rocks."
"But we didn't and it was great up there."
"But we could have, that's my point. If you decide to do something, you don't listen, you just steam roll me and then I'm pissed because I don't have the balls to stand up to you."
Matt sits down on one of the larger rocks. "Liam, I'm sorry. Dude, I know I get excited but I don't want you to feel like I blow you off. Liam, you're one of the most, like, level-headed, smart, dudes I know. It's one of the things I love about you, bro."
"Come here, Matt," Liam asks. Matt pushes himself off the rock and walks over to him. Liam uses his hands to turn Matt around. He hugs him. They're too close to the same height for him to rest his chin on his shoulder, so he leans his head against Matt's left shoulder. "Look at that pile of rocks. I mean really look at it. Can't you see how dangerous it was to climb on that shit?"
Matt does as his friend asks. He looks at the small loose rocks, small but still the size of basketballs. He looks at the larger rocks, sees that one of them is held in place by a rock the size of a softball; then the sides of the smooth boulder that rides atop the rest. He sees a tree leaning past ninety degrees, roots ripped from the ground, it could topple and come rolling down the rock slide at any time. He tries to tell himself that since no one got hurt, he's right and Liam's wrong but he's not convinced.
"Hey, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"
Matt and Liam turn. It's Darren. Matt considers telling him,
yeah, you are, so fuck off
, but he doesn't.
"Naw, we were just looking at the rock slide."
"Bitchin', right? It was you guys up there, wasn't it? When I was coming down the trail, I could see someone was on the rock but not who. How's the view?"
"The view is great but it was a fucking stupid thing to do," Matt tells him. He looks at Liam. "We barely got down. You were right, Liam. It was a boneheaded thing to do."