Ranch 1.5-The Christmas Tree Bargain

The Christmas Tree Bargain

J. L. Langley

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Copyright © December 2006 by J. L. Langley
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Ethan took the last ornament from Fred and scratched behind her ears. “Thank you, girl.”

Standing back, he searched for a spot to hang the little cowboy snowman. Ah, right there. Hooking
the decoration onto a bare branch, he studied the tree again. He grinned, feeling good way down deep.
The colored lights twinkled against the silver garland, making it sparkle. The smell of pine filled the
living room. Christmas music was playing softly on the radio. He had his man and his dog. And the
different decorations disguised the bare spots in the tree. Perfect. Well, except there weren’t any
presents under it yet. He was going to have to wrap all the presents.

Arms enfolded him from behind. Jamie nestled his front against Ethan’s back. “It’s still ugly.” He

kissed the back of Ethan’s neck.

“No, it’s not.” Their wedding bands clinked softly as he twined his left hand with his partner’s

and leaned against Jamie.

Jamie nodded, his hair tickling Ethan’s ear. “Yes, it is, it’s even worse than last year, but that’s

okay. You owe me, Cowboy. Now pay up.”

Ethan chuckled. He’d had to bargain for the tree; apparently, it was time to fork over his

payment. Turning his head, he kissed Jamie’s jaw, the stubble pricking his lips. “You’re really going
to make me shell out a present early?”

“Absolutely. I let you get this hideous monstrosity. I deserve it.” Jamie turned Ethan toward him,

his hands dropping down to cup Ethan’s ass. A bright smile lit his face, his big blue eyes shining.

Ethan grabbed the lapels on Jamie’s red flannel shirt and pulled him forward and kissed him.

“Go upstairs and get ready for bed and I’ll be right up.”

“But …”

He shook his head. Oh no, he knew what that was about; Jamie had conducted extensive searches

throughout  the  house  during  the  past  week,  looking  for  gifts.  No  way  was  Ethan  giving  him  a  clue
what  room  to  hunt  in.  “Go.”  The  man  was  like  a  ten-year-old  when  it  came  to  Christmas.  It  was
adorable  and  trying  at  the  same  time.  You  couldn’t  put  breakables  under  the  tree,  because  Jamie
shook the shit out of the boxes as soon as he saw them. Giving his lover another quick peck on the
lips, he turned him and pushed him towards the stairs. “Go on.”

Jamie heaved a sigh, his shoulders slumping a little. He didn’t even try to deny he wanted to see

where Ethan got the gift from. “Damn.” He patted his leg twice and headed up towards the stairs.
“C’mon Fred.” That was, no doubt, the sound of Jamie pouting.

Ethan smiled so big his face hurt. His Blue Eyes was way too predictable. Waiting a few minutes

to make sure Jamie really was in their room, he went to the office. He closed the door just in case and
crossed to the bathroom. No one ever used the shower in the office bathroom and no one but Bill -
- who cleaned the shower -- ever looked behind the shower curtain. Jamie had never suspected the
shower as a hiding place. Who would?

Ethan pulled the Texas flag curtain back and sifted through the boxes, looking for the one he was

going to give Jamie. It was meant to be given in private anyway. Ah ha! There it was. He grabbed the
small cardboard box and closed the curtain. He’d ordered the gift off the Internet last week and had
picked it up from the post office just yesterday. It wasn’t wrapped yet, but he doubted Jamie would
care. Then again, the man did get a kick out of ripping through wrapping paper. Oh well, Jamie

wasn’t the only one that would enjoy this present.

When Ethan opened the door to his office he saw a dark head dart out of sight up the staircase.

Jamie. Groaning, he shook his head and headed up to their room.

Jamie was sitting on the edge of the bed in just his jeans, his bare feet tapping on the wood floor.

Ethan paused in the doorway to look his fill. Jamie still took his breath away. The man was sexy

even  without  trying  to be,  and  damned  if  Ethan’s  cock  didn’t  fill  at  the  sight.  His  love  didn’t  look
much  different  at  twenty-five  than  he  had  at  twenty-one.  He  was  a  little  more  filled  out  and  the
cobbled belly had gotten even harder, more chiseled. He still wasn’t as wide shouldered and bulky as
Ethan  through  the  chest  and  arms,  but  he  was  probably  more  defined  now-days.  The  man  was  just
plain beautiful. In fact, if there was a better looking man anywhere, Ethan had yet to see him, but then
he was a little on the partial side. At the moment those baby blues were blinking up at him, doing a
fair  imitation  of  innocence,  but  Ethan  knew  better.  “You  …”  He  punctuated  it  with  a  point  of  his
finger. “Better stay out of my office. Every present you find, I’m taking back.”

“You’re no fun.” Jamie flopped back on the bed, his bottom lip poking out. Bolting back up a

second later, he stuck his hands out, grinning from ear to ear. “Gimme.”

“Nope.” Ethan stepped into the room, tucking the box behind his back. “You aren’t ready for bed.

Get naked and you can have it.”

Hopping up, Jamie shucked his pants, tossing them on the floor, and was bare-assed in the

middle of the bed in three seconds flat. He hadn’t even stopped bouncing when he held his hands out
again.

Good Lord. Ethan lost it and started cackling. His Blue Eyes was nothing if not cute. Tossing

Jamie the box, he closed the door, and started undressing. Naked was a requirement for this present.
By the time he got the lights out, the bedside lamp on, and into bed, Jamie was digging into the box.

“Ooh.” He held up the glittery red dildo, his eyes wide.

Ethan hid a grin and crawled under the covers, fluffing up his pillow and laying down. “Okay,

then, good night.”

“Wha --” Jamie pounced, landing on top of him, dildo in hand. “Oh, no, you don’t.” He squirmed

his hands under the covers, finding Ethan’s erection. “You bought me a new toy, now you have to play
with me.” He got to his knees and jerked the covers off, pressing all that bare skin against Ethan’s.
Biting Ethan’s neck, he growled and set the new toy down on the bed beside Ethan’s head.

Unable to hold it back any longer, Ethan smiled. “That wasn’t the --”

Jamie squeezed his cock and licked a long line up his neck, then nipped his jaw.

Ethan moaned, his hips pushing up. The teasing was over.

Kissing his way down Ethan’s body, Jamie wasted no time swallowing down his prick.

“Oh, fuck, baby!” Ethan threaded his fingers through Jamie’s thick black hair, pulling him closer.

Jamie took it all happily, his whimpers muffled by Ethan’s dick.

Soon, wet sucking sounds filled the room, followed by Jamie’s little grunts of pleasure and

Ethan’s heavy breathing. The sight of those pretty lips wrapped around his cock was mesmerizing.
The man had taken to sucking dick like a duck to water. Hell, he was probably better at it now than
Ethan was.

He tried his best to lie still and let Jamie have his way with him, but it soon became too much.

He pushed his partner back.

Jamie’s mouth came off of him with a pop, and he frowned up at Ethan. “I wasn’t done.”

Grabbing him under the arms, Ethan hauled him up and rolled him onto his back. “Yes, you

were.” He kissed the frown right off that handsome face, thrusting his tongue into Jamie’s mouth and
taking what was his.

Jamie moaned and squirmed under him, thrusting his hips against Ethan’s. Hard prick slid against

hard prick. He pulled away, hands roaming over Ethan’s back, his ass, his sides. “Fuck me.
Please … please, Cowboy.”

“Did you forget about your Christmas present?” No way was he not using it. Playing with

Jamie’s arsenal of toys was one of the great joys in life. He loved to watch his man writhe and beg.
Ethan snagged the sparkly red dildo, laying it on Jamie’s chest, then reached for the nightstand
drawer. He somehow managed to get the lube while Jamie mauled him.

Dislodging Jamie’s mouth from his neck, Ethan pressed Jamie back onto the bed and stuffed a

pillow  under  the  younger  man’s  head.  He  sat  back  on  his  heels,  taking  in  the  lean,  muscular  body
below him. His cock jerked at the sight, his belly clenching. “So damned hot.”  Pinching  one  nipple
then  the  other,  he  traced  his  hand  down  the  hair  on  Jamie’s  chest,  over  the  trail  of  hair  below  his
navel, and clasped the hard prick curled over that firm belly.

Jamie moaned and humped his fist, the rock-hard cock throbbing in Ethan’s hand. Clear blue eyes

met his, pleading.

“Get me the other pillow, baby.”

Reaching to Ethan’s side of the bed, Jamie grabbed the pillow and handed it down to him.

He let go of his prize and tapped Jamie’s hip. “Lift up.” When the younger man complied, he

placed the pillow under the tight little cowboy butt and flipped the top on the KY. The lube was cool
when it hit his fingers, so he rubbed it between them, warming it.

“Please.” Jamie whimpered, his ass lifting off the pillow, making his dick slap against his

abdomen. It left a wet spot on the pale skin. He brought his knees up, planting his feet on the mattress,
giving Ethan better access.

Ethan’s own body responded, his cock starting to leak. Watching Jamie’s dick bob and wag as he

moved was something he never got tired of. He pushed two fingers into his Blue Eyes, spreading and
slicking. He tipped the bottle up, pouring more over his buried digits. “Give me the toy.”

Jamie began pushing down, swallowing his fingers up, so Ethan didn’t wait; he snagged the toy

from Jamie’s chest and pushed it into the hot little hole. He was rewarded with a gasp and then a low,
drawn out moan, then Jamie -- predictable -- started moving, impaling himself on the smooth silicone.
“Oh fuck, Jamie, baby.”

Ethan’s balls drew up tighter, anticipating what was to come. He slid his hand forward, pushing

a finger into Jamie’s ass alongside the dildo, watching his love’s face for any sign of discomfort.
There wasn’t any, but he hadn’t expected any. When Jamie got like this the sky was the limit and he
could take anything. And Ethan wanted to push it and see how much he could get away with. He
added a second finger, still using the toy.

“Oh, God! Oh. What are you doing?” Jamie’s eyes widened, but the husky voice was anything

but a protest.

“Shhh …” He added a third finger, continuing to fuck the tight little hole with fingers and fake

cock. Giving Jamie a few minutes to get used to it, he slid forward, bringing his own dick closer. His
cock jerked at the thought of what he was going to do.

Pulling out his fingers he caught Jamie’s gaze. “Be still a minute.”

Jamie nodded and stopped thrusting. But he couldn’t quite control the tremble as he bit his

bottom lip and raised up on his elbows to watch. “Ethan …” He whispered his name.

Ethan positioned his dick below the dildo and pushed slowly inside his lover’s snug hole. It felt

strange but good. It was fucking heaven, so tight. He couldn’t hold back the groan of pleasure.

Jamie whimpered, but Ethan knew that sound, it was a good whimper.

“Okay, baby?”

“Uh huh. Full, really full.”

“Hurt?”

Jamie shook his head. “No.” His prick jerked against his belly, leaking even more.

Their eyes met and held, and Ethan drew the dildo out gradually and pressed it back in little by

little. They both gasped. It was a pretty powerful moment. Jamie trusted him and he’d never do
anything to break that trust. He reached forward, caressing the stubbly cheek.

Jamie turned into his palm, kissing it. “Love you, Cowboy.”

“Love you too, Blue Eyes.”

“Ethan?”

“Yeah?”

“Move.”

“Yeah.” He held the toy still and fucked his lover. It was amazing, but then every time with

Jamie was. They watched each other as Ethan moved. Jamie squirmed beneath him, the breathy moans
starting up again. The stretched channel clutched at his cock, squishing it against the silicone. Ridges
on the toy raked across the head of his dick, adding to the sensation.

Jamie’s stiff cock bobbed with every thrust, his balls drawing up. In no time, Ethan was

pounding into him as Jamie begged. “Gonna come. Oh … Eeeethan!”

Ropy streams of white hit the rigid stomach without either of them even touching Jamie’s cock. It

was hot as fuck, how Jamie could get off with just anal stimulation. His snug little asshole clenched
around Ethan’s prick and the dildo. A tingle raced up Ethan’s spine and catapulted him into orgasm
right along with Jamie.

Pulling the toy out, he rested his forehead on Jamie’s raised knee. Merry freaking Christmas to

him. He was going right back to that website tomorrow and ordering more presents. There was a
string of anal beads that looked interesting.

He wasn’t sure how long he sat there contemplating the possibility of more toys, but Jamie

snuffled and his legs started sliding down, jostling Ethan out of his planning. Pushing himself up, he
picked up the toy and went to the bathroom to wash up. He got back just in time to catch Jamie before
he rolled over onto his stomach. Washing the come and lube off Jamie, he set the washcloth on the
nightstand and climbed under the covers. He tapped Jamie’s pretty little white ass to get him to get up

J. L. Langley

J.L. writes M/M erotic romance, among other things, and is fortunate to live with four of the most

gorgeous males to walk the earth … ok, so one of those males is canine, but he is quite beautiful for a
German Shepherd. J.L. was born and raised in Texas. Which is a good thing, considering that Texas
is full of cowboys and there is nothing better than a man in a pair of tight Wranglers and a cowboy hat
as far as J.L. is concerned.

To contact J.L. Langley, email:

langleyjl@gmail.com

To read more about the characters and their world, check out The Tin Star by J. L. Langley.

James Killian learns the hard way that smaller towns are full of bigots. When he comes

out to his father he is not only kicked out of his home but off the Quadruple J where he
works as the ranch foreman. With nowhere to go and little money, his savior comes in the
unlikely form of his older brother’s best friend, the man he’s been in love with for over
half his life.

Ethan Whitehall is a successful rancher and a well-respected man in his community.

His  ranch,  the  Tin  Star,  has  been  in  Ethan’s  family  for  generations  and  affords  him  a
certain prestige and power in the small town he calls home. Ethan knows without a doubt
that  all  of  that  could  shatter  if  his  sexual  orientation  were  to  ever  become  public.  But
when he learns of his best friend’s younger brother’s banishment and the reasons behind
it,  Ethan  can’t  help  but  get  involved.  He’s  always  had  a  soft  spot  where  Jamie  Killian
was concerned, and it may very well be his downfall.

Publisher’s note: This book is a homoerotic love story and as such has content that
may be offensive to some readers: male/male sexual practices.

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