***Author's note: The following is a work of fiction intended for adult entertainment only. The author in no way advocates or condones the scenes depicted. Any resemblance to actual persons or places is entirely unintentional. If you enjoy stories of Man/boy love and/or the idea and look of young boys in short pants, please refer to "Ian, One Man's Prince" and "Arcadia Academy" and "Newspapers & Gym Suits."*** SUMMER AT UNCLE'S by Short Boys-Pants When I was nine I spent the summer with my uncle. My mother divorced my father while I was still a baby and so I never knew him, and that summer mother decided that I needed the influence of an adult male in my life. I'd never met uncle Ted, and the thought of spending the summer with a stranger didn't exactly fill me with delight. I protested, but once mother set her mind she never backed off until she got what she wanted. Now that I'm older, I can see how mother's strong will might have led to divorce, but none of that matters. If things hadn't turned out the way they did, I would have never gone to my uncle's, and that has made all the difference. So, on the first of June and several years ago, I found myself disembarking an airplane in Chicago, anxious and already dreaming up excuses to go back home. I was so busy inventing excuses that I walked right past my uncle and the cardboard sign he'd made to greet me -- Welcome to the Windy City, Eric! -- and wound up wandering around the terminal for almost an hour. He finally found me standing at an information booth, near tears and clutching my single bag to my chest. Uncle Ted wasted no time in being affectionate; he picked me up and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, then set me down. I was a bit shocked by his familiarity and stood quietly as uncle Ted ran his eyes all over me. Mother's reason for sending me was understandable, even if my visit didn't have the desired effect -- not that she ever knew, even as I did not understand her reasoning until later -- but the fact is that I was a sissy. The lack of a male influence in my life was telling: Mother loved me dearly and spoiled me but I don't blame her. What else was a single woman to do but dote on her one son? "Well! Aren't you dressed nicely!" smiled uncle Ted, tousling my hair. I was used to boys at school making fun of me and to adults smiling at me because they thought I was cute, but I wasn't used to a man looking at me the way uncle Ted was looking. He stared like I was a movie star or something. It made me uncomfortable, but it was better than uncle Ted's being put off by my appearance, which is what I'd feared. See, mother liked to dress me in short pants. Preppie, short short pants outfits entirely out of synch with fashion. All my shirts were real shirts with collars and buttons, and my pants were real pants with pockets and belts. That's why other boys teased, and that's how I was dressed when I first met uncle Ted; I wore a white short sleeved shirt tucked into black short pants with a black leather belt, white footie stockings and black shoes polished to a shine. I looked like a neatly dressed little boy -- adorable, actually, judging by old photographs -- and a sissy with my auburn hair tinted with red highlights, fair complexion and compact, soft body padded with baby fat. A full, pouting lower lip and round, brown eyes completed my Little Lord Fauntleroy appearance. "How was your flight? First time on an airplane?" I nodded. Traveling to Chicago was my first time on a plane and my first time away from Seattle and mother. The flight had been exciting; the stewardess had doted on me and the captain let me visit the cockpit. It wasn't unusual for grownups to fuss over me because I was a beautiful little boy, and you know how it is. I hope that doesn't sound conceited, but I want to be honest in sharing my story. I didn't tell uncle Ted about my adventures, however, because of my shyness, so he talked enough for both of us as he guided me to his car. He closed his right hand over the back of my neck as we walked and gently stroked it with his thumb. It made my skin tingle -- I felt a vibe I did not recognize coming from my uncle -- and I kept glancing at him over my shoulder, sensing his eyes on my body. It was sunny, and our shadows, large and small, flowed over the pavement. Uncle surprised me by driving to Navy Pier where we strolled the boardwalk and its many shops, taking lunch at a restaurant with a live blues band, then a guided tour on a real battleship. We passed hours together in the warm June sun, uncle Ted touching my cheeks or forehead often to be sure I wasn't overheated. I got used to the touch of his large, gentle hands and his penchant for taking photographs of me, which he did often. We had "lost years" to catch up on, he said. We stayed late at the pier. We sat on a bench and threw popcorn to pigeons; we watched people and sat very close as the sun set over lake Michigan, turning the waters orange, then red. By the time uncle was generously patting my knees and thighs I was growing to like him and the fact that he liked me. I didn't have any friends because of my shyness and my clothes which were the cause of my shyness, and because my temperament was of a quiet, thoughtful nature unlike most boys. Some boys spied me sitting with uncle and guffawed or sneered at my clothing, but uncle had only to turn in their direction and they walked on. Uncle Ted was big and swarthy. He had dark brown hair and a manicured beard and moustache; he was 34, stood 6'6" and weighed 240 pounds; that day he wore a checkered green and blue shirt, khaki walking shorts and sandals. He had muscles, and his arms and legs were matted with brown fur. Uncle Ted was handsome. I recognized his attractiveness and was drawn to it. His presence was palpably different than my mother's and struck a deep chord in me. We left Navy Pier and its brightly lit shops, the enormous ferris wheel with its glowing golden neon frame twirling against the starry sky, and arrived at uncle's home in a suburb just north of the city. It was late, so after uncle showed me the spare bedroom that was to be mine for the summer and helped me unpack (he made quite a fuss over my clothes, saying how my all pants were so "little" and "cute and short"), I showered and changed into my pajamas, then called mother while uncle showered. After the call I settled onto a big gray couch -- the biggest I'd ever seen -- and watched television. I was tired and knew sleep was not far away. Uncle Ted walked into the living room dressed only in blue and white striped boxer shorts. He carried his camera and stood before me, wanting more photos. Unease made me shiver, but because I knew from movies and from seeing my mother in her panties and bra in the mornings that adults often went about in their underwear, I relaxed. I drew up my feet so that my right leg lay curled on the couch, my left knee bent and near my chin, and smiled as uncle took photographs. My pajamas consisted of a long sleeved paisley top with faded blue trim at the wrists and neck, and paisley short pants with faded trim around the waist and leg openings. On my feet were faded blue socks. This was my favorite pair of pajamas -- well worn and comfortable -- much less neat and preppie than my other clothes. In a way, my pajamas were a childish expression of rebellion; I would have preferred long pants and more casual clothes, but, as I've said, there was no arguing with mother. Uncle Ted walked about me, the camera's bulb flashing, eventually zooming in on my legs, but after a few minutes I grew bored by the elaborate pains he took to find the best angles and just lounged naturally. "Good boy, Eric," he said, pleased. "No one likes a false pose." He stopped and asked if I was cold, offering to turn down the air conditioner. I told him I was fine. He asked if I was hungry. I said no. I leaned on my right elbow, my hands crossed at my right hip. Uncle Ted set the camera on an end table and sat on my right. He draped his left arm around my shoulders. My cheek rest against his broad, hairy chest, my right thigh pressed against his leg. The hairs on his chest and leg tickled and caught my fascination. "I'm very glad you came to visit," said uncle Ted. "Me, too," I said, mostly from politeness. The night and the distance from mother were beginning to register on me, and I felt a wave of homesickness. I thought of the lake's black waters rolling in to the pier, the ferris wheel and the pigeons pecking at popcorn. I sighed. "Feeling lonely?" he asked. I nodded. The fingers of Uncle Ted's right hand began to play in my hair. "It'll pass," he said. "A few days and you'll be fine. Don't think about leaving me, OK?" The television flickered it's cool light around the room. Uncle Ted's deep voice was almost whispering, and I caught how he'd asked me not to leave him. Other than mother, no one had ever spoken to me in such soothing, intimate tones. "I'm sorry we took so long to meet, Eric. I'm sorry your mother and I weren't better at keeping in touch." My pang of homesickness grew. Needing comfort, I nudged my cheek against uncle's chest, felt the warmth of his skin and the tickle of hair. I could hear his heart beat. "I never thought about having an uncle," I said. "I never thought about having a nephew," he said, brushing my bangs. "If I'd known you were such a sweet little boy...." There was a tone to uncle's voice which I could not place, and the affection of his words chilled me. Uncle said I was 'sweet'! The press of his body intrigued me -- a large man's body almost naked -- as well as the proximity of my own half-naked body next to his. Being alone with a man that way, in his house and far from mother, affected me, though I couldn't then say how. The darkened room, the murmuring voices on the television and the light flickering from the screen were hypnotic. We sat together for several moments, man and boy, uncle and nephew, and I knew uncle Ted felt the same funny tension that I did. The best way I can explain it is to say that we both seemed to want to get close, to know each other suddenly and completely, as if this wasn't our first meeting. "You have cute legs," uncle whispered as the fingers of his left hand stretched out to brush against my left knee, his other hand softly closing over my right thigh and sinking into my tender flesh. "They're rather voluptuous." "Volup-- what?" I asked, never having heard that word. "I mean they're shapely and well-formed." "Oh." I glanced down at my legs and uncle's hands on them. The skin of my legs was glossy and smooth, tanned peaches-and cream, and my legs were baby-shapely, thighs and calves padded. Grownups, mostly women, often cooed and fussed over me when I went shopping with mother, pinching my cheeks and saying things like "look at those little legs!" so I knew grownups liked to see them. But they never touched them. I watched uncle's large hands close over my thighs and squeeze. Then uncle was looking into my face. I looked back, staring into his dark eyes. He smiled. "Very shapely legs, Eric. Do you play sports?" "I play piano." "Oh, do you?" uncle gasped. His hands slid and closed over my inner thighs, brushed against the hems of my pajama pants, which were wedged in my crotch. I was an innocent: I thought nothing of uncle's touch, except that his hands were cool and good. "Will you play something for me?" I blushed and bashfully wagged my head. Mother often made me perform for her bridge club, dressing me in a white short pants tuxedo -- which always made the women coo -- and stand beside the piano to announce each selection before playing. Then, I stood after each piece to take my bows while the women clapped. Those afternoon performances were painful to endure, the tuxedo scratchy and stiff and the air of the piano room heavy with perfume, ending in boring talk with those women while I made the rounds serving cookies and glasses of lemonade on a silver tray. The women always took it upon themselves to straighten my bow tie, smooth my jacket or tug at my cuffed knee stockings to be sure they were even. Mother loved her little boy. I knew uncle Ted wouldn't treat me that way -- at least I thought he wouldn't -- and I liked the idea of performing for him. "OK. Now?" "No, silly," he laughed. "Now would spoil the mood." What mood? I wondered. Uncle Ted began to slowly knead my baby-shapely thighs, his fingers pressing into the flesh where my legs joined my crotch. I gasped. He kissed the top of my head. "I'm so happy you're here with me. Are you happy to be here?" he asked. Suddenly I was out of breath, my homesickness disappearing as my body began to surge with its first sexual excitation. It was all I could do to nod as uncle's hands flipped over so that he caressed my thighs with the backs of his fingers. From pajama pants to knees, uncle's large hands wandered. "Your skin is so soft," he whispered huskily. "What beautiful young legs you have, Eric. So beautiful for an eight year old boy." "Nine," I peeped, correcting him. "I'm nine." "Oh, honey. I'm sorry. You look younger." It was true. I had a compact figure, like I said, and though I was nine and three months old, I had a very soft face. My baby-shapely legs -- glossy and hairless and peachy pink with health -- prissily displayed in my short pants outfits didn't help me look nine, either. And my voice was so high. Uncle scooted down to the edge of the couch, flipped his hands again, then went on stroking and feeling my legs, palms and fingers everywhere. He looked into my face again; I looked back. The television light flickered. He bent and kissed my right cheek. His beard tickled. I sat silent and still as uncle kissed my cheek again, watching him feel my legs for who knows how long. My skin tingled. My penis grew hard. I didn't notice its hardness until uncle sighed and stared at it. I followed his gaze. My penis held no special meaning for me as I had not yet learned to masturbate, and though it had grown hard before, I never gave it much thought. Now, with uncle, I studied it closely. It lay flat against my pubes, the narrow shaft like a two inch finger in the paisley folds of my pajama pants, the circumcised glans plainly outlined and the size of a small cherry. Uncle Ted slipped his hands over my inner thighs, pushed the faded blue hems of my pajama pants up so that a V of cloth was all that hid my pert kiddie hard on from our view. My chest rose and fell. I didn't know what was happening, but I sensed that my penis could unlock the mystery of my tension. Judging by uncle Ted's interest in it, I knew I'd guessed correctly. "So beautiful, aren't you, Eric," uncle whispered. "So beautiful." For the first time, I noticed my uncle's body. A glimmer of insight came to me. My round, child's eyes roamed over his broad shoulders and developed pectorals; I saw the wide nipples, the dark hair forming a thick trail down to his six-pack abdomen; I saw the blue and white striped boxers and the brown hunky legs that looked nothing like mine. He was all muscle and hair; he radiated strength. Then my eyes caught a jumping motion in his boxers, and I saw that my uncle's penis was hard, too. "You want to stay with me all summer, don't you, Eric?" he asked, almost pleading. I saw that he needed something from me, a promise and something more, so I nodded. "Do you know that men can love boys?" he asked. I didn't. But, suddenly, I wanted to know. "I can't be your father, but I am your uncle. And I can love you. I can love you if you'll let me." A child bursting with sexual energies, and needful of friendship, I was calm and accepting about uncle's affections. I reasoned that since mother sent me to visit, she knew uncle would want to love me. "You can love me," I peeped, giving permission. The magnitude of my submission was not lost on me: mother had made all decisions concerning my welfare up until that night, and it was the first time I'd asserted myself, albeit passively. "Thank you, Eric. Sweet Eric," said my uncle. I whimpered as uncle's lips met mine. I found myself gently eased onto my back, uncle stretching out beside me so that I was pressed between his body and the couch. He lay on my right. My knees were bent and my thighs spread in a silky expanse of naked flesh. Uncle's right hand found my thighs. His lips never left mine. Our mouths did not move but simply touched. Warm breath from his nostrils washed over my face. I closed my eyes. Dreams. I had dreams as I gave up my virginity. Little boy dreams of being special and beautiful and good. My young body quivered as uncle Ted gifted me with the magic of man-boy love. He began to kiss me more urgently, lips nibbling until I nibbled in response. I heard deep rumbling groans which I knew were uncle Ted's, and high squeaky groans that seemed to be coming from the television. It was wonderful. It was electric. First kisses. Eyes yet closed, I only felt uncle shift and scoot beside me as his mouth pecked it's way down my tiny chest. He rucked up my shirt and kissed my soft baby's tummy. I heard the high squeaking groans again. Uncle's mouth wandered about my pajama pants, and then I opened my eyes as I felt my legs being lifted so that my knees were draped over uncle's shoulders. He was laying face down below me, propped up on his elbows and large hands caressing my thighs. "Does it feel good, baby?" I stared into uncle's face framed between my legs. For the first time I became aware -- truly aware -- of how naked my legs were in my short pants. So naked and visible to anyone who cared to look. Or touch. Before, I had focused only on the neatness of my clothes, on how the shortness of my pants set me apart from other boys. Now, it struck me that I had grown up half naked, and that the men I'd sometimes caught staring at my legs had wanted to touch them. Boys, too, especially teenagers who did not tease or laugh when spying me but watched me with guarded interest. "Baby?" I nodded. I was gasping, my exposed tummy pink and heaving. Uncle's voice had changed; it was curious now, thick and husky, and his calling me 'baby' the way people called each other on those soap operas mother watched.... "Yes!" I yelped, quivering violently, needing release from a tension never experienced. Uncle face took on a soulful expression, and then he simply turned his head, opened his mouth wide, and began to suck on my right inner thigh. "Ooooo!!!" I bucked. I whined. I made my hands into fists that shook like baby rattles by either hip as uncle moaned and sucked and sucked. His mouth was hot and wet. His tongue felt like a wet, probing muscle, and his beard scratched and pricked my tender skin. The tiny pain of it thrilled me. I bucked and lifted up from the couch as uncle suddenly turned his head to suck my other thigh. "Eee! Ooo ooo! Tickles! Ahh!" I warbled, frantically trying to cope with the sensations. Never having wrestled or engaged in rough play -- mother feared for my musician's hands -- I was unprepared even for these simple actions uncle took with me. I watched my legs swing open and closed, my baby-shapely thighs smack harmlessly against uncle's cheeks, trapping his head there. I watched my tiny feet in their faded blue socks go up and down above uncle's back, hover and tremble in the air. I watched my knees straighten and bend, the skin glazed with television light as they hooked round and secure over uncle's shoulders. My legs! What was it about my legs?! Why was uncle sucking them?! Why did it feel so good?! Had I been wearing the long pants I'd craved, I knew, uncle wouldn't be able to suck my legs and I wouldn't be feeling the awesome pleasure he was giving them, and at that moment -- strange as it sounds -- I vowed never to wear long pants. The vow was redundant because uncle -- and mother -- had every intention of keeping me in short pants for years. I bucked and struggled, whining with childish ecstasy, scaling a peak of excitement that had no summit. Or so I thought. Uncle sensed what I could not: I was building to first orgasm. Uncle took hold of my hips in a gentle but unbreakable grip, used his thumbs to catch at the fabric of my paisley, favorite pair of pajama pants and underwear, then stretched and pulled both items of clothing so that they lay on the right side of my suddenly exposed genitals. Uncle lay breathing over my crotch. My balls looked like peeled grapes in their silky pink sack, and my penis was thinner and shorter than all of uncle's fingers, the tiny cherry glans swollen and deep crimson atop the veinless shaft. Oh, what would happen next?! My mind whirled with frantic questions. To my amazement, uncle's tongue flicked out and swiped at the tip of my glans. Briefly. I did not move. He did not look up. And when I lay anxious and thrilled, he licked me again, from the base of the shaft to the glans, making my kiddie erection flop and my eyes spin. "OH!" I gasped with genuine passion. My hands clamped suddenly onto uncle's head and I fisted his hair, sitting up to get closer and watch what he was doing. "Yes, Eric," he whispered, his lips moist and twitching. "Yes. Just relax. Relax." Tongue on my balls. Tongue on my dick. Tongue on the tip of my glans and poking at the tiny slit. Three licks, and I was consumed in bliss. Brown eyes wide and sparkling, gazing in awe and wonderment, I watched my uncle Ted work his oral ministrations on my virgin nine year old boy's genitals. He took me in his mouth. I cried out and curled into a tight ball over his head, my shoulders and hips wrenching left to right as every muscle in my body strained. Uncle's jaw massaged my balls, and his tongue curled itself around my erection even as his lips formed an air-tight seal around my genitals. The couch was cool and soft under me, but my crotch and a place deep in my belly were growing hot and moist. I felt pleasure everywhere. My scalp tingled -- even my anus -- and, yes, the tips of my little curled toes. We made much noise. Groaning, moaning man and whimpering, squealing little boy. My face was almost in uncle's hair, my fists and knees on either side of my cheeks. I felt his muscled strength and sensed his delight. I felt a surge of empowerment to realize that letting uncle suck on my legs and my dick could make him so happy. And everything he did gave me pleasure. Then the pressure building inside me was too much to hold back. In the moment I felt as if I was going to pee, I cried out high and loud, tears springing to my eyes -- and those tears were the only fluids I gave up that night. Dry orgasm ravished me. A honeyed cocoon formed about me as the most exquisite, delicious warmth cascaded throughout my straining body. My penis jumped and throbbed in uncle's mouth, swelling and jerking, brushing the ridged roof and the back of his throat. Great convulsions wracked me and I cried out again, sobbing in fear and awe at the ferocity of my first childish orgasm. The next moments go unremembered. But when my senses returned, I found myself laid out in uncle's bed. He lay beside me, left hand stroking and caressing my thighs which were wet and coated with a thick, gel-like goo. Feebly, I lifted my head from the pillow and gazed down at myself. My genitals were safely tucked away in my underwear and pajama pants once more, and in the wash of moonlight coming from the window, I saw uncle's large hand smearing that opaque, jelly-like substance over my thighs. Lotion? Baby oil? I didn't know. Like many other things, uncle would explain what it was over the next several months. "Shh, Eric. Go to bed now. You're a tired boy." I lay back. Uncle pulled the covers over us. He snuggled up to me and gathered me in his embrace. He kissed me tenderly on the cheek, and I fell asleep almost instantly, uncle's hand on my thighs and my genitals tingling. -- to be continued?