| Where You Least Expect It |
| Nelson's eyes blinked open. It seemed strange to just ... wake up. For the past several days, each morning he'd awakened already well into the ravages of a hormonal overload. He glanced at the clock - 8AM. Late for him to be getting up, but considering he hadn't gotten to bed until almost 2 in the morning, not too bad. And only about 6 hours since Lee had eased his ache on the couch. He could feel things building again, wasn't surprised to find a morning hard-on, but he wasn't a raving lunatic for a change. Maybe the hormonal surges were easing up? He certainly hoped so; these past few days had been an emotional roller-coaster, something he was decidedly uncomfortable with. Funny; despite his original reaction to the sexual side of this malady, it was the emotional aspect that troubled him more now. He wondered what Lee must think of him after his reversal last night. Despite his disappointment, Crane had been quite gentle with him on the couch, making sure he found his release before going back to bed - alone. The younger man's friendship had really come to mean a lot to the Admiral these past years, and even more so the past few days. Thinking of Lee set his cock quivering. Nelson sighed and let his fingertips run along the length of his erection. He wished the heavy bandages weren�t in his way so that he could take care of this himself. Or did he? No, there was no question that he enjoyed the Captain�s attentions, far more than he had ever enjoyed being with a woman. It was about time he faced the reality that this bizarre situation had shown him. There were certainly a plethora of potential difficulties ahead of them, but they had already faced uncountable odds together and won so many times. He realized he WANTED Lee to touch him; and more importantly he wanted to take away the hurt he had seen in those hazel eyes last night. Although part of him knew that wasn�t going to happen just yet; the way he kept changing directions, he couldn�t blame Lee for not trusting his heart now. Still, he had to try. He climbed out of bed and slipped his robe on, heading down the hallway to the guest bedroom. He tapped softly on the door, and hearing no answer, he pushed it open. Even with the curtains closed, there was enough light in the room to clearly see the handsome face. Something in his heart twinged at that sight; what was it about sleep that made even the hardest men look like little boys? Or a man like Lee look like an angel? He knew the strength, the spirit of this man, and yet now he just wanted to keep that sweet face safe from all harm. Most military men were so used to sleeping in tight quarters that even when they had a big bed, they occupied only a small portion of it. But Lee Crane wasn't most men. Whatever he did, he threw himself into whole-heartedly. The long body was mostly hidden beneath a single sheet, sprawled almost diagonally across the bed. Nelson�s entry must have made just enough noise to disturb him; the long lashes fluttered open and the hazel eyes quickly focused on him. �Harry? You up already? What time is it?� Lee�s expression was guarded; Nelson realized he was still uncertain of his reaction. He tried to smile reassuringly. �About 8AM.� Crane sat up, giving the Admiral an appraising look. �You seem relatively calm?� Nelson chuckled. �Compared to the past few mornings? Definitely. I think our late-night session helped. And I�m hoping that just maybe the hormone concentration is going down �� An eyebrow raised. �Down but not gone?� Nelson just shook his head and walked toward the bed. �Lee, I want to apologize for last night �� Crane finally allowed a smile. �Harry, it�s all right. Really, I understand.� Nelson sat on the bed beside him, looking deep into Lee�s eyes. He reached out, letting his fingers caress the rough cheek. �Let me make it clear, Lee. I don�t regret anything that has happened. You mean the world to me �� Lee�s eyes closed; the words of endearment he had so longed to hear all these years were almost too much. �Harry, please. I know you mean it now, but I just can�t let myself believe that you still will when this is all over.� His eyes opened again, locking with Nelson�s. Harry seemed to be on a much more even keel this morning, but who knew how long that would last � The Admiral nodded, his hand falling to rest on Lee�s shoulder. �I know. I wish there were some way I could reassure you �� Lee shook his head. �Not until Jamie pronounces you free of Kinnard�s serum. If you can still say those words then, I�ll be the happiest man on Earth.� // And if I can�t, you�ll be crushed.// Nelson realized just how vulnerable his friend was. He vowed that as soon as Jamie cleared him, he would plan an evening that would leave absolutely no doubt in Lee�s mind. For the moment, he simply nodded and took a deep breath. �For now, do you think we could �� Lee smiled at Nelson�s sudden shyness and decided that perhaps he could relent a bit. �Of course. In fact, I�ve got an idea, if you�d like to try something a little different?� Harry realized that he�d follow just about any suggestion Lee wanted to make. �Such as?� Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he stood and pulled Nelson up beside him. He grinned. �Your shower is bigger than this one �� Harry got the hint and grinned back at him as they walked back to the master suite. Lee reached in and turned on the water, and while waiting for it to heat up, he gently removed Harry�s bandages. Nelson sighed with relief as he flexed his wrists. �Feeling much better today.� �Good.� Lee realized that when the bandages came off, his �services� wouldn�t be strictly necessary any more. He wasn�t sure if that would be a good thing or a bad one � for the moment he decided not to think about it. Instead, he stepped into the shower and drew Harry in after him. They both sighed as the warm water poured over them. Lee grabbed the soap and lathered up his hands, then wrapped his arms around Harry from behind. Pulling him close, he worked the lather into the soft gingery hair on Harry�s chest, holding him as his hands caressed every inch of the Admiral�s skin. He paused for a while to tease at the rapidly hardening nipples as his lips and tongue worked at Harry�s neck. �Oh, god, Lee!� Nelson moaned softly. He leaned back against the strong, lean body behind him, could feel the hardness of Lee�s cock pressing against his buttocks. Again, the vision of the two of them joined jumped into his head, this time with himself as the receiver. The thought scared him, and yet enticed him as well. Lee�s body pulled away from him as those long-fingered hands slid around to his back. Slick with soap, they worked their way down toward his ass but did not slip between the crack as Harry almost was hoping they would. Gentle, thorough attention was paid to his arms and legs as well, then finally Lee reached for the shampoo. His greater height was a distinct advantage here as he worked the bronze tangle into a lather, massaging the scalp below and wringing a soft sigh from Harry. Holding him under the spray to rinse it clean, he finally let his hands slide down to the thick patch of rust-colored hair below, working the lather there then finally taking the soapy, slick hands to Harry�s aching cock. Nelson groaned with pleasure as Lee stroked him. He felt soft, warm lips against his neck and a hot, hard cock pressing into his backside. The hands left him for just a moment as Lee moved some of the soapy suds behind to himself. Then they returned and began a slow rhythm, matched from behind as Lee thrust against him. �God, Lee, yes!� he managed to cry out as his climax took him, leaving him sagging, limp, leaning against the tall man behind him. Luckily, Crane had been braced against the wall, as his own climax had left him somewhat shaky as well. When he felt his legs would again support him, Nelson turned within the long arms and looked up at his young lover. Smiling, he caressed Lee�s cheek and leaned up for a kiss. Lee knew he shouldn�t let himself get so caught up, but somehow in the moment he had no willpower to resist. This shower fantasy had been a favorite of his, he just couldn�t resist the opportunity to indulge. But finally he pulled himself away from Harry and shut off the water. �Come on, Harry. Time to get moving.� ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over coffee that morning they had decided to head in to the Institute for the afternoon. Nelson called Doc Jamieson and arranged to meet him at the clinic for an evaluation; some additional blood tests should show whether the hormone levels were actually reducing. And since neither of them had put in an appearance at their offices since Seaview docked, it was well past time for that. Lee parked the red convertible in his reserved space in the Institute parking garage. Nelson went straight to the clinic where Jamie was waiting for him, while Lee went straight to his office. Technically he was on leave, and Angie would have notified him if anything important had come up, but still he wanted to at least put in an appearance. �Well there you are!� Angie�s greeting surprised him. �Hey, Angie! You�ve been looking for me?� �Nothing special, it�s just not like you not to put in an appearance when you get back from a mission. I haven�t seen HIM yet either.� Lee chuckled; they were rather set in their ways. �We�ve been hiding out at the beach house. Ha � The Admiral sprained both his wrists � don�t ask, it�s a long story � so I�ve been helping him out. You should have seen him last night trying to open a carton of cigarettes!� Angie laughed, but she noticed the slip. So they were finally on a first name basis? How many years had they worked together? Crane�s military bearing usually didn�t let up for a minute. She wondered what had happened to finally crack the reserve. �Is he coming in today too?� �Yeah, actually he�s with Jamie in the infirmary right now for a checkup, he should be over shortly.� Lee disappeared into his office and started sorting through the pile of mail on his desk � and this was AFTER Angie had sorted through it to pull out the obvious junk! With a sigh, he settled in to the task at hand. Not much later, Nelson made his appearance, only to be fussed over by the now anxious Angie. �Admiral! About time you showed up! Lee said you�re injured? Are you all right?� Her eyes went right to his hands. Nelson smiled at the enthusiastic greeting. �I�m fine, Angie. Just a little sprain, that�s all. Nothing serious. Jamie says they�re healing nicely.� Angie followed him into his office. �Here, let me get this a bit better organized for you �� With Angie�s ever efficient help, he managed to get in a couple of hours work, even if it was just sorting through the paperwork that had accumulated while he was gone. But eventually he started to feel the pull of the hormones and his concentration wavered. He knew Lee would be in his office next door. He found himself fantasizing about what they could do here in the office if Angie wasn�t sitting right outside. �Sir? Who did you want me to assign that to?� Angie�s voice broke through his reverie. �Oh, sorry my dear. Hendricks can handle that.� He shook his head, trying to clear it, and sighed. �I think that�s enough for now, Angie.� She looked at her boss, concerned. Nelson was usually a workaholic; it wasn�t like him to come in for a couple of hours and leave. �Sir, are you all right?� Nelson couldn�t help the snort of laughter that escaped him. �I�m fine, Angie. Just not in the mood for work today. Even I can take some time off, can�t I?� �Of course, sir, I didn�t mean to imply �� �Angie, dear, relax. Don�t worry about me. I probably won�t be in for another couple days at least. I had to come in to see Jamie today, otherwise consider me on vacation. In fact, take a couple of days off yourself. Starting now.� The secretary smiled. �Thank you sir!� As Angie gathered her things, Nelson went over to Lee�s office. The door was open so he walked in. �Busy, Lee?� Crane looked up from the journal he�d been reading to kill time. �Not at all, sir. Just catching up on some reading.� Nelson came over and perched on the edge of the desk. Lee could see that his mind wasn�t exactly on business anymore. Angie poked her head into the office. �You sure you two don�t need anything else?� Nelson chuckled; Lee could see his impatience. �Go on, Angie. We�re fine.� �Or will be when you get out of here,� Lee muttered softly so that only Nelson could hear. Once Lee heard the outer door to the office suite close, he reached out and ran his hand along Harry�s thigh. Nelson moaned softly at the touch. �So how�d it go with Jamie?� Nelson swallowed hard, trying to find his voice. �Um, fine. He took another blood sample and is running some tests. Said he should have some results by the end of the day. He, uh, asked how I was coping �� The Admiral�s face was turning that delightful shade of red that had become far too common lately. Lee laughed softly. �What did you tell him?� �Oh, that I had a friend who was helping out �� �Do you need some help now?� Lee couldn�t resist teasing. Nelson glowered at him. �You have to ask?� Another laugh covered the movement of Lee�s hand to the bulge in Harry�s pants. �No, not really �� Nelson sighed as Lee gently massaged him. �God, that feels so good.� Lee gave him one last squeeze. �Come on, then. Let�s go up to the penthouse.� Nelson groaned. He had let things go a little too far to back down now. �Please, Lee �don�t stop now �� Crane bit his lip, considering, then got up to make sure the outer door was locked AND closed the door to his office. �OK, Harry. Come over here, sit up on my desk. There you go.� He pushed some papers out of the way to make room, then guided Harry into the middle of the desk. Crane slid his office chair back under the desk between Nelson�s legs. He pulled the Admiral down for a kiss, delighting as he felt Harry�s arms wrap around him. Letting go, he slid his hands down Harry�s body until they came to the belt buckle. Harry watched him eagerly, his eyes sparkling with desire, as he unbuckled, unbuttoned, and unzipped. Long, elegant fingers slipped inside the fly of his shorts and pulled out his throbbing dick. Lee was perfectly positioned to lean forward just a little and suck it into his mouth. Harry sighed happily, wrapping his arms around Lee�s back, holding him close as that hot mouth devoured him. The Captain�s long arms slid around his hips, holding him in position as the dark head bobbed over him. It didn�t take long before Lee was again swallowing his cream. Nelson sat on the desk catching his breath, his hands still wrapped in the dark hair. �Lee �� Crane sat up, gently dislodging the admiral�s hands. �Shh. Don�t say it again, Harry. I think I�ve heard enough �thank you�s� for a lifetime.� Nelson felt the heat again rising up his neck. �I just can�t help feeling I�m taking advantage of you �� Lee looked at him in shock. �I thought it was the other way around � if it weren�t for Kinnard�s serum, you never would have agreed to anything like this � hell, I never would have asked. I took advantage of the situation to get what I wanted!� Nelson stared at him for a moment, then chuckled softly. �Quite a pair, aren�t we?� He sighed and reached out, letting his fingers trail across Lee�s cheek. �I�m glad you did, Lee. Really.� They looked at each other for a long moment before the Captain finally smiled and nodded. Lee realized he was blocking any chance Harry had of a graceful exit, so he backed his chair away from the desk, getting up to look out the window. Harry hopped down from the desk, tucked himself back into his pants, and came to stand behind his friend, a hand laid gently on the broad back. �Lee? Do you need �?� Crane shook his head. �I�m fine, Harry. I do have some self-control.� Nelson sighed and moved over to one of the chairs opposite Lee�s desk. He fished out his cigarettes and got one lit. �Lee, it�s not a matter of self control. Not now.� Crane turned to face him; for some reason he didn�t want to sit back down in his chair, where he had just � so instead he perched on the corner of the desk. �I know. But still, I don�t want you to do anything you�re not comfortable with.� Nelson took a long drag and exhaled slowly. �Lee, I won�t say I�m completely comfortable with all this, you know I�d by lying if I said I was. But I�ve always been someone who pushes boundaries. You�ve opened a new door for me, and I want to explore it. You�ve piqued my curiosity. And that�s a dangerous thing!� Lee saw the laughter creeping into the soft blue eyes, and he couldn�t help chuckling along. He hadn�t thought that Nelson�s inquisitive, scientific mind would latch onto this quite this way. But he supposed it made sense. �A very dangerous thing!� Nelson relaxed as he saw Lee�s acceptance. �Lee? Shall we go up to the penthouse?� Crane looked into his eyes, debating. He desperately wanted to say yes. But instead he held back. �Harry, I � not right now. Please?� Nelson saw the pleading in the hazel eyes and nodded. �Of course, Lee.� They both started at a sound from the outer office. A familiar voice called out, �Angie? You here?� They came out of Lee�s office to find Chip Morton, in uniform, pacing the outer office. �Chip? What are you doing here? Weren�t you supposed to be with � what was her name, Lori? � all week?� Morton seemed quite relieved to see them together. �Lee! Admiral, what are you doing here?� Lee laughed. �I asked first, Chip.� Morton sighed. �It just didn�t work out the way I thought it was going to work out, so I thought I�d get a little paperwork done the rest of the week. Where�s Angie?� Nelson chuckled. �I just gave her the rest of the week off.� Chip shrugged. �Oh well, so much for finding anything around here �� Lee grinned. �She does keep this place going, doesn�t she?� �Somebody has to, and it�s certainly not us!� Nelson watched them bantering back and forth and for the first time really saw the depth of the friendship between these two. He knew the past several days had been hard on Lee, and suddenly realized that Chip�s misfortune was a blessing in disguise. The Captain could use some time to talk with his friend, without Nelson around. While Nelson was lost in thought, his officers had come up with dinner plans. �Admiral? How does that sound?� Lee�s return to formality shook him out of his reverie. �No, you two go on without me. I�m still waiting to hear back from Jamie on those blood tests.� The younger men turned to him, looking concerned. He smiled. �Lee, you�ve been putting up with me for too many days now. Go, have fun. I�ll see you back at the penthouse this evening?� Crane looked from one pair of soft blue eyes to another. He could see Chip really wanted to know what had been happening, and truth be told, he really needed to work it out himself. Finally, he turned to Harry, speaking softly. �You�re sure?� �I�ll be fine, Lee. Just don�t stay out too late �� Lee nodded, knowing the implications. �I won�t leave you hanging, Harry.� Chip watched them with interest, wondering just how the past days had gone. There was definitely something there, and he was eternally grateful that it hadn�t gone as bad as it had seemed the day they docked. Dinner was certainly going to be interesting � Continue on to Chapter 7 Send me some feedback Back to Voyage Home Back to Home Page Disclaimer: These characters belong to their original creators; I'm just borrowing them for fun, not profit. |
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