1. Bombshell in the Berkshires


    Date: 5/26/2024, Categories: Gay Male, Author: byyowser

    ... managed. We gave each other a hug, not a normal gesture for us, but we were relieved. Then each of our hands went to the other's crotch, almost instinctively. Everything was soft and exhausted. We both laughed.
    
    "Drive home careful. We'll check in in a couple days."
    
    And he was off, clumping down our front porch stairs, the sound of our gravel walkway underneath his boots and then his truck starting. I shivered as I saw him drive away.
    
    After Roger had gone and Barb and I had hit the loo, we settled in together. Despite all the excitement, I still wasn't quite sure where Barb's head was about all this. I had to check.
    
    "I didn't expect this evening to go this way, love."
    
    She was nestled in next to me, head on my chest just below my chin, arms around me, the covers over us felt good.
    
    "Me neither. I didn't really have a plan." I was not so sure of this but didn't want to argue. After all, she'd gotten the bedroom heated up before we'd entered it, among other things.
    
    "But you weren't surprised either, though, seems to me."
    
    "Right. But I wanted to see you and Roger together. That was going to tell me everything I needed to know."
    
    "Which was what, exactly?"
    
    "I needed to see your interest in him, or how you expressed it anyway. You guys were actually kinda sweet."
    
    I was quiet.
    
    "But also, not romantic. I wasn't really worried, but I had to see it with my own eyes."
    
    I was quiet again, trying to come up with the right words for the question I was ...
    ... harboring. I didn't dare hope for goodness.
    
    "So, am I forgiven?"
    
    A small laugh. "I wouldn't go that far. But we might have some ground to work with."
    
    "So Barb." My words almost got stuck. "Is it possible to be monogamous..." I didn't like how I said that word so I stopped. "Is it possible for me to love you, be married to you, and still see Roger from time to time?"
    
    I waited for her reply, my eyes wide open.
    
    "I think so. There needs to be a dynamic balance. I have not gotten over you keeping sexual secrets."
    
    She paused.
    
    "I can see you guys getting together every once in a while, but you know what? I will need to be appraised. It can't be a secret. I understand maybe sometimes your lusts may get insistent and spontaneous, but then I will want to know about everything afterwards, understood?"
    
    "Yes babe." I couldn't believe it.
    
    "Roger is going to have a harder time. Carrie's pretty upset still, but I think she's adjusting. I'll keep discussing things with her. You guys are going to have to be careful. Thoughtful. Moderate."
    
    She exhaled slowly. "Carrie doesn't want to know about what you guys are up to. And she really, really doesn't want the rest of the town to know. But she also trusts me to, ah..."
    
    "Manage us?"
    
    "Not sure that's possible. Monitor maybe?"
    
    "Right." My mind was easing.
    
    "But you and I? We've still got some important matters to hash out. I'm not going to put up with any more sneaky stuff or withholdings from you from now on. ...