A FANTASY FULFILLED

 

 

Hutch finally comes to terms with Starsky’s confession. Now he has to do some soul searching of his own.

 

Slash, first time, committed relationship.

 

Beta read by ProvencePuss. This is a sequel to Forbidden Fantasy.

 

 

            I closed the door to my apartment and locked it behind me. I was exhausted, mentally and physically. I had known for months that Starsky was hiding something from me but I never expected it to be something like this. I could accept the fact that Starsky was bi-sexual. Hell, I could even accept the fact that he had ‘fallen in love’ with me. But what I was having a hard time dealing with was the fact that he had lied to me about his sexuality ever since I had known him. Okay, I guess lied isn’t exactly correct. He just didn’t tell me that he swung both ways.

            What really troubled me about this whole mess was the fact that he snuck away every few months when the urge got too strong and went to dangerous places in other towns to satisfy his needs. This time he had almost been killed when he was attacked by four men in an alley outside a gay bar in Bristo. They came dangerously close to beating him to death just because they didn’t like men who chose to have sex with other men. If some customers leaving the bar hadn’t found him when they did and called for help, he would have died in that dark, trash filled alley. I went to the hospital immediately when my Captain called me with the news and stayed by his side until he was out of danger and released to come back home with me to Bay City.

            Even after we got back I knew Starsky wasn’t telling me everything but I let it slide. I knew my partner and I knew if I pushed him on this he would just shut down and refuse to tell me anything. So I was willing to wait until he was ready to talk about it. We just never got that change. I left to run some errands a few days after we got back to Bay City and left him alone in his apartment. I was almost to the store when I realized I’d forgotten my wallet and had to turn around. When I walked into the apartment, I thought Starsky was lying down resting since I didn’t hear him at first when I came in.

            I walked back to the bedroom to check on him and paused with my hand on the doorknob. I could hear soft grunts and whimpers coming from behind the closed door. I eased open the door, thinking at first that Starsky might be sick. I froze in my tracks, unable to look away, when I realized what was really going on.

            Starsky was so wrapped up in what he was doing that he didn’t even realize I was there. Now, I’ve seen Starsky naked more times than I can remember over the years and I’d even seen him with an erection a time or two, but this was the first time I had ever seen him pleasuring himself. To be honest, it was the most erotic thing I’ve ever seen.

I’d always known that Starsky was a handsome man with a lean, muscular build. I didn’t know how he managed to stay so fit considering the junk he ate every day. I had a pretty good build too but I had to really work at it. I was disturbed to find my own cock responding to the blatant display of raw sexuality unfolding in front of me. An aroused Starsky just seemed to be screaming Fuck me, please fuck me.

            I continued standing there even as I recognized the subtle signals that he was rapidly approaching his climax. The last thing I expected to hear was him screaming out my name in a strangled voice as he came. When he opened his eyes and looked at me, I saw the sheer terror reflected in his gaze and I bolted. I knew that I had uncovered a secret he had never meant for me to find out. I heard him calling my name, begging me to wait, even as the front door slammed shut behind me.

            I ran down to my car and gunned the engine, pulling away from the curb as fast as I could. I didn’t know where I was going; I just had to get away from there, away from the images that were burned into my mind. I drove around aimlessly for almost an hour as I tried to make sense out of the scene I had just witnessed. What did it all mean? Did his calling out my name like that mean anything or was it just a coincidence? I found myself thinking back over the past few months and suddenly remembered all the times I had caught Starsky looking at me with a strange expression in his eyes that I couldn’t readily identify. An undefined hunger, a moment of vulnerability, a yearning for something he didn’t or couldn’t have. I knew I couldn’t just walk away from my best friend. I had to find out what was going on in that head of his. I turned around and headed back to his place.

            I let myself in and found him sitting on the sofa with his face buried in his hands, looking like a lost little boy. He looked up when I shut the door and stared at me, his eyes filled with so much pain and shame that it almost ripped my heart out. I shook my head and raised my hand before he could speak. I turned and went into the kitchen for a beer, draining it in one long swallow. I immediately got another one, sipping it more slowly as I tried to gather my scattered thoughts. Finally, I looked at him and said, my voice a bit colder than I intended,

            “So, Starsky…how long have you been using me as one of your fantasies to jerk off to?” He bowed his head and didn’t answer me but not before I saw the flash of pain in those sapphire eyes. I felt terrible. I didn’t want to hurt him, I just wanted to understand what was going on. I slammed my beer can down on the counter and growled,  Are you gonna talk to me or not? I think you at least owe me some kind of explanation!” I took a step towards him intending to shake the truth out of my stubborn mule-headed partner if I had to.

            Without raising his head, he said in a quiet, carefully controlled voice, “What do you want me to say, Blondie? That you turn me on? That I get hot just thinking about you? You want me to tell you how I think about touching you all the time? About getting you into my bed and never letting you leave?” His voice cracked on those last few words and he buried his face in his hands again.

            No, that wasn’t what I wanted to hear but at least it was a step in the right direction. Starsky was finally being honest with me. I stepped up to him and reached out to grasp his chin with my hand, raising his head and forcing him to look into my eyes. I kept my voice calm and quiet so I wouldn’t spook him. “Starsk, are you trying to tell me that you’re gay?” I asked him as gently as I could.

            “No…not gay.” He said defensively. “I’m Bi. I like women too. I never wanted you to find out. I tried to stay straight but sometimes the urge just got too strong to ignore…”

            “Is that why you were in Bristo?” I said, suddenly putting two and two together and feeling like a fool for not figuring it out sooner “Were you at that gay bar? Does that have anything to do with what happened to you?”

            He nodded his head dejectedly, his eyes still filled with fear, fear of rejection from me. I knew that whatever I said next would impact our relationship significantly. I sighed heavily and settled down on the sofa beside him. Slipping my arm around his shoulders, I was surprised to feel him trembling. My tough streetwise partner was scared to death of how I was going to react. Instinctively, I pulled him close and said,

“Okay. Start at the beginning and tell me everything. I think I have the right to know what’s going on in that empty head of yours lately, partner.”

I listened to him as he told me how he had discovered he was bi-sexual while he was still in high school and how he had his first sexual experience with a man while he was in Viet Nam. I was shocked when he told me that he’d always been attracted to but had always been able to control those urges until the last few months when he realized his feelings towards me were changing, he was falling ‘in love’ with me and that scared him to death. He was crying by the time he finished his story and I was pretty close to losing it myself. I pulled him closer and just held on tight until he regained his composure. He finally raised his head and looked at me, desperately seeking my acceptance and reassurance that nothing between us had changed because of his confession. Choosing my words with care, I said,

 “I wish you’d told me all of this before. It could have saved us both a lot of trouble. Don’t you know that you’re the most important thing in my life? I couldn’t make it without you, mushbrain. I love you too. I just need some time to get used to all of this and to figure out how I feel about it.”

“So you don’t hate me?” he asked in a lost sounding voice, still refusing to believe that I could accept the situation so easily.

“I could never hate you, buddy. No matter what.” I told him with a comforting squeeze. I hesitated before continuing. I didn’t want to hurt him but I didn’t want to give him any false hope either. “I won’t lie to you. I’ve wondered sometimes what it would be like to be with another man but I never acted on those feelings. I never had any reason to.” I paused and then added without a second thought. “Until now.”

I couldn’t miss the sudden surge of hope in his eyes when I said that. Gently, I cupped my hand to his cheek, cradling his face in the palm of my hand. “No promises, buddy.” I said quietly but firmly. I didn’t want there to be any misunderstandings between us. “But if I could do that with another man, it would be with you. Just give me some time to get my head around this. Okay?”

He nodded and we both chuckled as his stomach growled loudly. Leave to my partner’s stomach to decide it was time to be fed. I suggested ordering a pizza and told him to take a shower while I called in the order. We didn’t talk about what had happened when he came back out. We didn’t have to. Everything was up to me now. Starsky wouldn’t push me or try to force me into making any decision I didn’t feel comfortable with. If I decided to remain nothing more than the best of friends, he would accept that and never bring the subject up again. That was my partner. Loyal to a fault, always putting me and my feelings first before his own.

After we had eaten, I told Starsky I was going home. I could tell he was disappointed but he understood. I needed to be alone to think about his confession. He was still sore and stiff from the beating he had taken but he would be okay on his own.  I knew he wouldn’t hesitate to call me if he needed me for anything. I grabbed a beer out of my refrigerator and slumped down on the sofa. I knew I shouldn’t be drinking anymore than I already had since I had to work the next day but suddenly getting loaded didn’t seem like such a bad idea.

I had always prided myself on being more liberal minded and accepting of ‘alternative lifestyles’ than some of my peers. I’d know several homosexual couples during my college years, both male and female partners, and they had all been in happy, committed relationships. They hadn’t been any different from the rest of us except for the fact that they were both same sex. I’d had my fair share of propositions over the years but I’d had never considered any of them seriously. But I knew that I cared too much about Starsky to take his feelings lightly or to disregard the things he had told me. It had taken a lot of courage for him to confess his feelings to me. I didn’t know if I would have had enough guts to do that. But then Starsky had always had more courage than anyone I knew.

I had watched him get hurt time and time again by the women he had dated over the years but he kept trying, reaching for that brass ring or that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. He didn’t give his heart to just anyone but when he did, he gave it completely. His only serious relationships had been with women not men. So I could only imagine how much it must have scared him when he realized he wanted more from me than what we already had. Not only were his feelings for me changing but his secret was in danger of being exposed to the one person he didn’t want to find out. Me. If I had been in his position, I had no idea what I would have done or how I would have reacted.

I let my mind drift. Could I do it? Could I let myself love Starsky the way he wanted me to? I craved his touch just as much as he craved mine but what would it feel like to have him touching me like that? I’d seen Starsky with his women enough times to know that he was considerate and passionate lover. We had even dated the same woman a few times and they had always raved about Starsky’s talents in the bedroom. It was the only part of our lives that still remained separate, the only thing we had never shared completely with each other. Hell, to be honest, the only thing we got from our women that we couldn’t or didn’t get from each other was the sex. In every other aspect, we met each other’s needs except for that one little thing. More than one woman had recognized that and dumped us because of it.

We’d already shared the same bed more than once when one of us was hurt or sick. I always woke up with an armful of Starsky. Somehow during the night, he always managed to end up cuddled up next to me. I’d never even given it a second thought, Starsky was just naturally a cuddler when he was asleep. Would it really be such a big step to cross that final forbidden boundary that loomed between us? Somehow, I didn’t think so.  

            At least it seemed as if I had resolved one issue in my mind. I had no qualms about having sex with another man especially if that man was Starsky. So that just left one thing to resolve. How did I really feel about Starsky? I knew that I loved him but was I ‘in love’ with him? Was it really that different when it came to love? I would gladly give my life for him. How could I say that I wouldn’t let him make love to me if that was what he really wanted? And as close as we already were wouldn’t a sexual relationship just deepen what was already there?

            I smirked as I thought about all the failed relationships in my past including my marriage. I knew that I had deliberately sabotaged a few of them when they got too possessive and demanded that I spend more of my time with them than I did with Starsky. There had never been any question of who I would choose if they forced me too and they all found that out in a hurry. So, what did that say about me and Starsky? I knew that he had done the same thing himself a few times. The only two women who had ever come close to even fitting into our private little world and who had loved us for who we were with all our quirks and bad habits, accepting our unique bond without any reservations, had both been murdered simply for loving us. We had been there for each other to pick up the pieces and go on with our lives, cherishing their memories and holding them in our hearts. But women like Gillian and Terry only come along once in a lifetime and that’s only if you’re very very lucky.

            I thought about all the times I had ever been in love. That aching need to be with them as much as possible, missing them the minute they walked out the door, calling them just to hear the sound of their voice. That feeling of being lost and alone when I had to be separated from them for any length of time, as if I were missing a part of myself. With a sudden start I realized that was exactly how I felt about Starsky most of the time. Like a lightening bolt going off in my head I realized that I was ‘in love’ with him too. I had just never let myself admit it before. For a moment, I was too stunned to move but then I bounced to my feet and grabbed my car keys. I had to talk to Starsky and I had to talk to him right now before it was too late.

            I drove through the early morning streets like a madman, focused only on getting back to my partner’s apartment as quickly as possible. As I pulled up in front of his building, I noticed immediately that his car was missing. I scrambled up the front steps and used my key to open the door. I knew as soon as I stepped inside that Starsky wasn’t there. A quick check of the bathroom and his bedroom revealed that his shaving kit and an old duffle bag were both missing, along with several of his faded jeans and some of his favorite shirts DAMN IT, STARSKY! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO? I knew that he wasn’t in any condition to be traveling very far but in his present state of mind I had no idea what he was liable to do. As I started to leave, I noticed an envelope lying on the kitchen table with my name scratched across the front in my partner’s familiar left handed scrawl.

            Grabbing it, I tore it open and pulled out the single sheet of paper I found inside. I held my breath as I read:

 

Hutch,

 

I know I laid some pretty heavy stuff on you tonight. I should have been honest with you from the start. I know you need some time to think about everything and it would probably be easier for both of us if I wasn’t around. So I’m going to New York to see Ma for a couple of weeks. Maybe you’ll be ready to talk when I get back.

 

Love S.

 

            “Damn it, Starsky!” I muttered as I finished reading his note. I stuffed the letter in my pocket and tried to think about what to do next. I knew that Starsky was emotionally vulnerable right now. I picked up the phone and called Captain Dobey at home.

            “Hello?” he growled in my ear, answering the phone on the second ring.

            “Captain, its Hutch. I don’t have time to explain but Starsky took off and went to New York. I need to go after him.”

            “What the hell is going on with you two?” Dobey barked in an irritated voice. “You two are worse than Cal and Rosie!” After a few more choice words, his voice softened and he said, “How much time do you need to work out whatever is going on between you and your bullheaded partner?”

            “I don’t know. Hopefully not more than a week. If it’s going to take any longer than that then I’ll let you know.” I said gratefully. In spite of his brash exterior, underneath it all Captain Dobey really cared about us and we both knew that.

            “All right. Call me when you know more.” He said, hanging up without another word. My next call was to the airlines to get a seat on the next available flight to New York. The redeye had already left and I assumed that Starsky had been on that flight. My flight wouldn’t leave until six am, getting me into New York five hours later. Luckily I was able to get a direct flight with no layovers. I drove up home to pack a bag and head out for the airport even though my flight didn’t leave for another three hours.

 

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            My flight landed on time and I grabbed a cab at the airport. The driver didn’t seem to happy when I gave him Rachel Starsky’s Brooklyn address but a generous tip convinced him that it was worth his while to make the trip. Forty-five minutes later, he was pulling up in front of the tiny two bedroom house where Starsky had spent his childhood. On our last visit together, Starsky had told me how much the neighborhood had gone downhill since he was a kid. What had once been a nice middle class neighborhood full of families with small children had been taken over by gang members, hookers and junkies. But Rachel Starsky refused to move from the house she had lived in for almost forty-five years. I knew that Starsky sent her money out of each paycheck to help her with the upkeep and expenses. Although Starsky’s younger brother, Nicky, still lived at home, he was about useless when it came to helping his mother out with the bills.

In spite of the forced separation when he was a rebellious thirteen year old, Starsky and his mother were still close. Since I was estranged from my own family and had been for years, I really envied the relationship that Starsky shared with his mother and the rest of his extended family.

            From the day we met when Starsky graduated from the Police Academy, Rachel Starsky had treated me like one of her own. Whenever Starsky planned a visit back home, she always insisted that I come too. She was a gracious, outgoing woman and it was easy to see where Starsky got his nurturing from.

            I grabbed my bag and walked up the front stoop. The front door opened before I got a chance to knock and I found myself wrapped in Rachel Starsky’s warm embrace. I laughed as she stepped back and looked at me intently.

            “David never said you were coming too.” She scolded me gently. “He’s still sleeping. He was exhausted when he got here.”

            “He…uh…doesn’t know I’m here.” I stammered, silently curing the stutter I got whenever I was nervous or upset. Now that I was here, I hoped Starsky that wouldn’t be too mad about my following him across the country to his mother’s house. It was the first time I had arrived uninvited and unannounced but I didn’t want to give him a chance to run again before I could talk to him.

            “Did the two of you have a fight?” Rachel asked with the insight as her son. “David was upset when he arrived but he wouldn’t talk to me about it.”

            “No…we didn’t have a fight. Not exactly…just a little misunderstanding.” I reassured her. I didn’t want to worry her and I had no idea if she knew that Starsky was bi-sexual. Even if she did, it wasn’t my place to talk about something so personal with Rachel. This was between me and Starsky.

            “You must be hungry. Come in the kitchen and I’ll make you some breakfast and some coffee.”

            I knew better than to protest. Rachel Starsky was a typical Jewish mother, using food as a way to express both comfort and love. I followed her into the sunny, cheerful kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table. Within minutes she was sitting a plateful of scrambled eggs, hash browns and lightly buttered toast in front of me along with a steaming cup of black coffee. I dug in with barely concealed pleasure. Rachel was an excellent cook who always complained that Starsky and I were both too skinny to suit her.

            Rachel poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down across from me. In her usual direct way, another trait that Starsky seemed to have inherited from her, she said,

            “I’m glad you’re here. David’s always so sad when you can’t come with him.” She smiled as she reached out and rubbed the back of my hand. “This will be a nice surprise for him when he wakes up.”

            “I hope so.” I said trying to keep the doubt out of my voice.

            “Whatever is wrong, I know the two of you will work it out.” She said confidently. “You love each other too much not to.”

            I raised my head to look into those blue eyes that looked so much like her sons. Although Starsky was the spitting image of his deceased father, he had his mother’s eyes and mouth. I found myself wondering if she knew something that I didn’t know or was it just her mother’s instinct wanting to see her child happy?

            Before I could think of an answer, I heard a startled sound behind me and turned my head to see Starsky standing in the doorway. He was staring at me as if he had seen a ghost. “What are you doing here, Blintz?” he said in a stunned voice.

            “Looking for you.” I told him “You left before we had a chance to finish talking.”

            “I think I’ll leave you two boys alone.” Rachel said diplomatically, rising gracefully to her feet. “I have some errands to run with Mrs. Ellis down the street. I should be back in a few hours.” She smiled at her son fondly and reached out to run her fingers through his tousled curls. “Take good care of Ken while I’m gone. He’s come a long way after you. Listen to what he has to say.” With those parting words, she was gone, the back door closing quietly behind her.

            I exchanged a shy smile with Starsky as he moved to the stove to fix himself a plate of food. An uneasy silence hung in the air between us until he was finished. He sat down in the chair his mother had vacated and began eating with his usual gusto. I took a deep breath and decided to start first.

            “Why did you take off like that?” I asked.

            “Seemed like a good idea at the time.” He said with a shrug of his shoulders, concentrating on his plate instead of looking me in the eyes, a sure sign that he wasn’t comfortable.

            “I came back to talk to you and you were gone. You must have taken off just after I left.”

            “I did.” He said. He finally looked up, his eyes filled with a deep sadness that made me want to reach out and pull him into my arms. Starsky sighed heavily and took a deep breath. “Look, Hutch…I don’t expect you to feel the same way I do. It’s just a relief not to have to lie about it anymore.”

            “Starsky, you idiot,” I scolded him gently. “I came back to tell you that I think I feel the same way you do and that I want to see where things go from here.”

            “You think you feel the same way I do?” he repeated as if he hadn’t heard me right. “Hutch, do you have any idea what you’re saying?”

            “Oh, I think I’ve got a pretty good idea.” I said with a chuckle. “And I’m sure you can help fill in the blanks for me.” I grinned at the blush that crept up into Starsky’s face. It wasn’t often that I could get the best of my partner. Feeling bold, I reached out and grabbed his hand. “I love you, David Michael Starsky and I want to find out what it feels like to make love to you.”

            Jeeze, Hutch…” he said in an embarrassed tone. “You don’t mess around once you make your mind up, do ya?”

            “Hey, the way I figure it, you and I have wasted enough time as it is. We got a lot of making up to do.”

            “Not in my mother’s house, I hope.” He said in a teasing voice, his eyes shining with joy.

            “I don’t think that would be such a good idea, do you?” I said with a soft laugh. “But I did get us at least a week off, maybe a little longer if we play our cards right. What do you say we spend that time getting to know each other?”

            “I’d like that…” he said with a shy smile. “As long as you’re sure this is what you really want and you’re not just saying it because you know its what I want.”

            “God, mushbrain…give me some credit here, would ya? I’m offering you something I’ve never offered any other man. Don’t make me feel like I’m making some big sacrifice here.”

            “You have no idea how precious what you’re offering is or how much I’ll treasure it.” He said with the sweetest smile I had ever seen on his lips.

            “I have a feeling that neither one of us is going to be disappointed.” I told him quietly. “We’ve always loved each other, we’re just going to learn a new way to express that love.”

            “I need to know where you want this to go, Blondie.” Starsky said, a hint of doubt creeping into his voice. “Because if we do this…I’m in it for keeps. If you can’t deal with that than it’s not too late to change your mind.”

            “Gee, Starsky…are you asking me to go steady with you?” I teased him, loving the way his cheeks flushed again. “Or are you asking me to marry you?”

            “I’d ask you to marry me if I could.” He admitted self-consciously. “But I can’t…so I’m asking you if you’re willing to spend the rest of your life with me instead.”

            “Sounds like a proposal to me.” I said, my voice turning serious as I looked deeply into his eyes. “For better or for worse, until death do us part and all that jazz.”

            “And I didn’t even buy you a ring.” He quipped. He grinned mischievously as he added “Yet.” It was his turn to turn serious. “Hutch, I know you’ve never been with a guy before so we’ll take it as slow as you want. I don’t want to rush you into anything you’re not ready for.”

            “Don’t worry about me.” I reassured my anxious partner. “I’m a big boy and I catch on quick.” I couldn’t resist another teasing remark just to see if I could make him blush again. “So, how soon can we start with my ‘love lessons’?”

            Starsky reared back his head and laughed. God, I loved to hear that laugh. Everything would be perfect if I could just hear him laugh like that every day for the rest of my life. He laughed so hard that his eyes began to tear up. I couldn’t help joining in and soon we were both laughing uncontrollably. Finally, we managed to regain some semblance of sanity. We cleared the table and washed up the dishes. I felt a shiver run down my spine every time our hands brushed accidentally or we bumped up against each other. From the flushed look on his face, I could tell that Starsky felt it too. There was suddenly a sexual tension between us that had never been there before.

            I was startled when Starsky suddenly shoved me back against the counter and pressed his body up against me, rubbing against me suggestively as he ran his hands up and down my arms. I gasped at the lust I saw burning in his eyes. I’d seen that look before but it was usually directed at a woman, not at me. It was a bit unnerving to say the least. He leaned closer and I knew that he was going to kiss me.

            Then I felt his mouth on mine. His lips were softer than I had expected and more demanding than any woman I had ever kissed. When he ran his tongue against my bottom lip, I willingly opened my mouth to him. Our tongues teased and explored, discovering each others own unique taste and flavor. The temperature in the room seemed to go up at least ten degrees as we shared our first kiss. We were both breathing heavily when we finally came up for air.

            “Wow…” I whispered in an awed voice. “I was wrong when I said you weren’t a good kisser.”

            “You’re not so bad yourself, Blondie.” He said with the dirtiest chuckle I’d ever heard him use. “But I think we’d better cool it before things get out of hand. I’d sure hate for Ma to come home and catch us in a compromising position.”

            “What do you say we make some kind of excuse to your mom when she gets back and check into a motel so I can have you all to myself for the next few days?.” I suggested with a leer.

            “Sounds pretty good to me. I mean, Ma knows I swing both ways and she tries to understand that but she doesn’t know about us yet.”

            “I don’t know about that.” I said thinking back to my aborted conversation with Rachel earlier. “I think she might suspect something.”

            “Well, I don’t care if she does…I’m not ready to share you yet…especially with my mother.” Starsky said. He leaned in for another deep, lingering kiss that shook me to my very core. He was right, we needed to cool it until we could make our excuses to Rachel and find a nice quiet motel to shack up in. Then I intended to show my personal little devil a few little tricks of my own.

 

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            Rachel graciously accepted our lame excuses for staying at a motel during our visit and by three o’clock that afternoon we were checking into the Stardust Motel. We promised to come by for supper the following evening. I just hoped we were both in the condition to go. Starsky had made a brief stop at a nearby drugstore but he refused to tell me what he had purchased. All he would tell me was that it was a surprise for later.

            No sooner had I closed the door behind us and locked it, then we were wrapped in each other’s arms. We kissed almost desperately as our hands tugged at each other’s clothing, needed to feel skin on skin. Our shirts fell to the floor, all the buttons ripped off of mine in our haste to get undressed. Starsky moaned softly as he ran his hands over my nearly hairless chest, tracing the outline of bone and muscle almost reverently. It was my turn to moan when he began playing with my nipples. That was one area that had never been especially sensitive before now. But under Starsky’s talented hands, they suddenly became another erotic zone. I almost lost it completely when his mouth settled over one nipple, nipping lightly and then licking gently to ease the sting.

            “Jesus, Starsky…” I whimpered as I dug my fingers into his shoulders to steady myself. “What the hell are you doing to me?”

            “Gonna love you real good, babe.” He whispered, his words slightly muffled since his mouth was still busy teasing my nipple. “Gonna make you forget every other lover you ever had but me.”

            “You keep that up and it won’t take much…” I whispered, wrapping my fingers in his soft thick curls. I had always loved Starsky’s hair. It was so thick and soft. It felt like strands of silk slipping through my fingers. My own hair was rapidly thinning as I grew older. I’d probably be bald by the time I was sixty while Starsky would still have a head full of hair. Just when I thought I couldn’t stand it anymore, Starsky moved his mouth to my other nipple, giving it equal attention.

            My cock felt hard as a rock, straining painfully against the fabric of my jeans. The front of my briefs were already soaked with pre-cum. I had never been more turned on in my life. If Starsky kept this up, I was going to come before he even got close to my cock. Somehow, Starsky seemed to know how close I was to the edge and he backed off.

            Taking a step back, he smiled wickedly as he reached for his belt. I reached out and stopped him. “Let me.” I whispered almost desperately. He nodded slightly and moved his hand letting me unfasten his belt and whip it out of the belt loops. My hands were trembling slightly as I unsnapped his jeans and slowly pulled down the zipper, exposing the impressive bulge in his black bikini briefs. Hooking my fingers in the waistband of his jeans and his underwear at the same time, I slowly pushed the clothes down over his slender hips, tugging gently at the skintight denim. As the jeans and briefs slid down to his knees, Starsky gave a little wiggle and let them fall to his ankles, kicking them aside.

            “My turn.” He whispered hoarsely, his eyes burning hotly. He stripped me of my cords just as slowly, his hungry eyes devouring the sight of my cock as it sprang free from my clothing. “Beautiful…” he said “Just beautiful.”

            I couldn’t help laughing. It sounded strange hearing my very male, very macho partner calling my cock beautiful. Although we were both what the jocks used to call ‘hung well’, my cock was a bit longer and thicker than Starsky’s and I was uncircumcised while he was neatly cut. He grabbed my hips and pulled our lower bodies together, both of us hissing at the first tantalizing touch of our cocks rubbing against each other. Kissing each other again, he backed up, pulling us back onto the bed with him lying on the bottom. Instinctively, I bucked my hips, thrusting my cock against his upper thigh. My cock throbbed, begging for release and I knew that Starsky had to be just as close as I was to the edge. I was leaking badly and needed to come.

            But Starsky seemed to have other ideas. He flipped me to the side, reversing our positions so that I was the one lying on my back on the bed. Leaning over me, he grinned and whispered, “I ain’t done with you yet, Blondie so stop trying to rush things. We have all night.”

            “God, Starsky…I need to come now! I can’t wait all night!” I growled through tightly clenched teeth.

             “Patience, lover…I want a little taste first.” He said as he leaned down and ran his tongue over the head of my cock, lapping up all the traces of pre-cum he found there.

            “Oh, Christ!” I screamed, arching my back and thrusting my hips as my cock seemed to seek out that warm wet tongue again. I was slowly losing my mind and loving every minute of it. I had never expected anything like this or we’d have been making love to each other a long time ago. Because I knew in my heart that this was what making love was all about instead of just having sex with some one night stand. I knew that everything was more intense because it was me and Starsky making love. It would never have been this good with anyone else. I gasped as I felt Starsky taking me into his mouth and I lost it completely. I heard myself screaming his name as my body exploded into a million pieces and my muscles trembled with the intensity of my orgasm. I felt Starsky swallowing all I had to give; milking my cock until it was dry, then licking me clean.

            I collapsed on the mattress and I think I may have even blacked out for a second or two. I had never come so hard in my life. I opened my eyes as Starsky stretched out beside me and leaned his head against my shoulder. “What about you?” I mumbled sleepily, barely able to keep my eyes open.

            “I’m okay.” Starsky said, taking my hand and guiding it to his own softening cock to prove it. “I came when you did.”

            “I need a nap. You wore me out.”

            “Sounds like a good idea…we still got the whole night ahead of us. I want you rested up for the main event.” Starsky said with a chuckle, cuddling up against me as I drifted off to sleep with the memory of his kisses burning on my lips.

            When I opened my eyes, Starsky was still asleep, lying on his stomach beside me with one arm thrown carelessly across my waist. I let my hungry eyes sweep over that strong muscular back to the slender waist and the firm globes of that perfect ass that he displayed so outrageously in those skin tight jeans that he preferred. His legs were slightly parted and if I stretched my neck I could see the heavy, lightly furred sack nestled between his thighs.

            I let my right hand drift down to my groin, cupping my own balls between my fingers and fondling them gently. I closed my eyes, indulging in a little fantasy of my own. My eyes flew open guiltily when I heard Starsky’s voice mumble, “Hey, did you decide to start the party without me?”

            He was awake, that crooked grin I loved on his handsome face. His eyes were dancing with laughter as he watched me playing with myself.

            “I was just admiring the view from this angle.” I admitted, making a point of taking another long look at his gorgeous ass. I swear the man was a walking advertisement for sex and he didn’t even realize it half the time. Or maybe he did. I already knew he was an outrageous flirt. I knew it was going to be an unforgettable experience getting to know this side of my partner and best friend. And now my lover. The last lover I would ever have or need. The only one I wanted for the rest of my life. Damn, Hutchinson…you’ve got it bad and all he did so far was kiss you senseless and give you head. I thought with a chuckle.

            “Take your time. I don’t mind.” Starsky said, wiggling that ass suggestively. I couldn’t resist reaching out and running the palm of my hand over each rounded globe, letting my fingers linger for a moment in that deep crack that separated them. I heard Starsky sigh softly as he pushed his ass back against my hand, making my fingers slip in a little farther. “Go ahead…” he whispered in a husky voice. “Play all your want. It feels good.”

            “Starsky…have you ever…you know…” I stuttered, flushing with embarrassment as I stumbled over my words. Those deep blue eyes focused on my face and a slight smile tugged at his lips. Slowly, he shook his head.

            “No…you’ll be the first.”

            “The first?” I squeaked in alarm. Until that moment I had just been asking a question but suddenly an image of taking Starsky that way flashed into my mind and my cock went rock hard in seconds. I wasn’t exactly a virgin in that respect. My ex-wife had liked to take it up the ass now and then. I had enjoyed it the few times we had done it that way but I still preferred it the more conventional way.

            “Look, I’m not saying you have to do it if you don’t want to. I’m just saying that I’d let you if you wanted to.” Starsky said, suddenly sounding unsure of himself and a bit self-conscious. “And believe me, you’re the only man I ever wanted to fuck me that way.”

            “It’s not that. I just don’t want to hurt you.” I said, suddenly realizing just how much Starsky loved me to offer to let me do that to him. It would join us together in the most intimate way possible between two men. I felt humbled and honored to be offered such a precious gift. A gift freely offered with the purest of love. But I would sooner cut off my right arm than hurt this man in any way.  

            “I trust you.” Starsky said with a faint attempt at a smile. “I know it’s gonna hurt the first couple of times but I don’t care. I want to show you just how much I love you.”

            “Oh, babe…” I whispered, nuzzling the side of his neck with my lips. “If I didn’t know before, I do now. Right now…I just want to touch you and make you feel good. Okay?”

            He nodded without answering and rolled over onto his back. I covered his body with mine and kissed him deeply, rubbing my cock against his groin his penis started to stand up and pay attention. We began thrusting in unison, falling into a natural rhythm that just seemed to come natural to both of us. Our cocks rubbed together deliciously, sending both of us spiraling closer and closer to the edge with each thrust of our hips. We screamed each other’s name as we came simultaneously, bathing each other with our seed.

            After catching my breath, I shoved myself to my feet and reached down to grab my partner’s hand, pulling him up from the bed. “Come on…we both need a shower. We smell like Miss Annie’s whorehouse after a busy night.”

            “How would you know?” Starsky giggled as he followed me into the adjoining bathroom. “You were always too busy blushing to pay attention to what was going on when we went in there.”

            I swatted his ass playfully as I reached into the tub to turn on the water and adjust it to a comfortable temperature. I pulled up the knob to turn on the shower and we stepped into the tub with me standing underneath the shower and Starsky standing in front of me, leaning back against my chest. I leaned my head against his curls and let my hands drift over the curly hair on his chest.

            “God, Hutch…” he said with a chuckle “I didn’t know you were going to be so insatiable. What are you trying to do? Put me in an early grave?”

            “Nope.” I whispered, nuzzling his ear playfully. “I got other plans for you later. First we’re going to get something to eat. I figure you must be starving by now.”

            “Now that you mention it…” he said, grinning as his stomach growled right on cue. We both laughed. I had learned a long time ago that a well fed Starsky was a happy Starsky and I planned on doing whatever I had to do to make this man happy for the rest of his life.

 

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            The next evening, we arrived at Rachel’s for supper as promised. The kitchen was filled with delicious aromas lingering in the air. She greeted us both with a hug and a kiss, stroking the side of Starsky’s face in a gentle caress. We sat down to eat, enjoying the meal tremendously. Rachel had fixed Starsky’s favorite, the Paul Muni Special, with plenty of carrots and potatoes. She joked about how that was the only way she could ever get Starsky to eat his vegetables. I laughed and had to agree. I was constantly telling Starsky that the vegetables on a pizza or in his favorite burritos didn’t count.

            Over slices of warm apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the top, Rachel leaned over to her eldest and said something to him in Yiddish. Starsky’s face turned a bright red and he started to choke on the piece of pie he had in his mouth. Alarmed, I slapped him on the back until he caught his breath. Rachel merely smiled as she stood up to get us all some coffee. I knew I would have to wait until later to find out just what she had said to Starsky. He had taught me a few words in Yiddish but not enough to translate what Rachel had said to him.

            It was a pleasant evening but I was still glad when it was over. I couldn’t wait to get Starsky alone back in our room at the motel. I felt like a newlywed on my honeymoon and I knew that Starsky felt the same way. Back in our room, after a long lingering kiss, I smiled at the curly haired devil in my arms and said,

            “Are you going to tell me what your mother said to you that made you almost choke on your pie?”

            “You sure you really wanna know?” he asked evasively, trying to avoid the subject. I could tell it had embarrassed him.

            “She told me that she’s happy we finally got our heads straight and figured out that we belonged together and that she wasn’t worried about grandkids because we could always adopt.”

            I couldn’t help laughing, especially when I saw the exasperated expression on his face. “You’re kidding right?” I said between bouts of laughter. “Your mom really said that? I guess your mom is still pretty sharp after all.”

            “She used to do that when I was a kid too.” Starsky grumbled “I could never get away with anything because she always seemed to know exactly what I was doing or thinking about doing.”

            “You think she knows what we’ve were doing last night?” I asked with a grin, enjoying teasing my friend.

            “God, I hope not!” Starsky exclaimed looking genuinely shocked at the idea.

            “I know what I want to do right now.” I whispered seductively, leaning up against him and rubbing my center against his.

            “Yeah?” he said with a grin, grinding back against me. “You plan on making an honest man out of me when we get back to Bay City?”

            I knew that he was joking but I cradled my hand against his cheek and said honestly, “I would in a minute if I could. I’d love to put a ring on your finger so everybody would know that you belong to me now and that they can’t touch you anymore.”

            “I know…me too.” He said with a sweet little smile that made my stomach do flip flops. “We’ll work it out, just like we always do. All I want is to be with you.”

            “Me and thee…forever.” I whispered as I bent my head for a kiss.

            We both knew we had some things to work out when we got back home to accommodate the turn in our relationship. We’d have to keep both apartments, at least temporarily, until we could figure out a way to move in together without raising any suspicions in the department. Since we spent the majority of our time together even when we were off duty and often spent the night at one apartment or the other, it shouldn’t be that difficult to conceal the fact that we were lovers. We both hated the idea of hiding our relationship but we didn’t really have a choice.

            “Hey, I called the Captain and he said we could take a couple more days off before we have to be back at work.” Starsky said with a pleased smile.

            “That’s great. You must have caught him in a good mood.”

            “Yeah, well, they’re going to start painting the squad room next week and a lot of guys are taking vacation days while they do, so he’s gonna be shorthanded for a few days.”

            “So I guess we better make the most out of the time we have left.” I said, pulling him towards the bed. I silently thanked whatever power had sent Starsky to me and prayed that I would always make him as happy as he made me. We had the rest of our lives to spend together and our entire future ahead of us.

 

THE END