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Rupert must have stripped off the condom because when he
came, it splashed hot over the small of Josh’s back and trickled into the crack
of his arse.
    Afterwards
Rupert guided Josh to the bed. Josh still had his trousers around his ankles,
and his legs felt like overcooked spaghetti. He collapsed onto his back, not
caring how sticky he was.
    “I’ll get a
cloth,” Rupert said.
    “Thanks.”
Josh was way too fucked to move for a few minutes.
    Feeling
oddly vulnerable after the heat of the moment had passed, Josh kicked out of
his jeans, rolled to his side, and got under the covers, facing away from the
bathroom door. He heard Rupert come back and move around for a few minutes
before the bed dipped and Rupert moved in behind Josh. Rupert slid his arm
around Josh and pressed a kiss to his shoulder.
    “Thought
you were getting a cloth?”
    “I did. For
the carpet and the mirror.” Rupert’s voice was warm with amusement. “Thought
you might get charged extra for the cleaning otherwise.”
    Josh
chuckled. “Yeah, probably. Thought you’d get a cloth for me too, though.”
    “Nah. I
like you covered in my come.”
    “Kinky.”
    Rupert
hummed his agreement with another kiss, to the back of Josh’s neck this time.
Then he asked, “Do you always prep yourself first?”
    “Usually.
Why?”
    “I want to
do it next time.”
    “Is there
going to be a next time?”
    “I hope
so.”
    Josh tried
to tamp down the thrill of excitement that surged in his chest. “Okay.” He
turned in Rupert’s arms, rearranging himself with a hand tucked under his head.
Rupert’s hand rested lightly on Josh’s waist, a point of warm contact, his
fingers circling idly.
    “Next
Saturday?” Rupert asked.
    “I think
I’m already booked.” Rupert’s face clouded, so Josh quickly added, “But I could
do Friday.”
    “Okay.” The
displeasure didn’t entirely lift from Rupert’s expression, but he was making an
effort to hide it.
    “I’m surprised
you can afford me three weeks in a row,” Josh said lightly. “They must be
paying you way too much in the IT department. I wouldn’t have thought your
salary would stretch to expensive rent boys.” He said it to remind Rupert about
the boundaries—or maybe to remind himself. Rupert only owned Josh for the
hours he paid him. The rest of the time they were nothing to each other.
    “It
doesn’t,” Rupert replied.
    “So what,
did you rob a bank or something?”
    Rupert
laughed, but he didn’t offer any more explanation, and Josh was left wondering
how he could afford the prices Josh charged on a regular basis. He wasn’t
complaining, though. Most of his regulars were high-earning businessmen, but
that meant they were often considerably older than Josh. It was a novelty to
have more than one appointment with someone under thirty.
    Josh
frowned as he studied Rupert. He reckoned he was in his mid-twenties, or maybe
a little older.
    “What?”
Rupert asked.
    “I was just
wondering how old you are.”
    “Twenty-six.
What about you?”
    “Twenty-two.”
    Rupert
raised his eyebrows in surprise. “I thought you were younger. But I’m relieved
to find you’re not a teenager. I did wonder.”
    “I’m in my
second year at uni, but I started late. I left school at sixteen. Went back to
college a couple of years later to do my A levels.”
    “Oh yeah?”
    Josh
ignored the questioning tone. The less said about those two lost years of
drinking and taking any drugs he could get his hands on, the better. He was
lucky to have come through it without getting arrested or worse, and he wasn’t
proud of that part of his past. The memory of those dark days was what kept him
focused now, working his way out of the shitty hand life had dealt him in order
to secure himself a better future. It gave him the drive to work, to earn the
money he needed, to succeed.
    He could
see Rupert looking at him speculatively, and, wanting to fend off any more
questions, he moved closer until their lips were