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Chapter 20: North to Skatgit County

By mid-July the distance between him and Ben had started to take its toll on John. The two of them saw the light at the end of the tunnel and they would eventually be together again at school in just a month. John had saved up almost $5,000 working with Joel and joked to Ben in their nightly chats before bed that he was looking at flights to Seattle every night to see how much it would cost to see him sooner. Ben advised against this, as his family was going busy with Nick’s wedding this month and as much as he wanted John to add John to the guest list, they already had family coming in from out of town staying with them. John figured Ben was right, the two probably wouldn’t be able to spend much time alone together as on his first trip, and decided the money would be better spent on stuff they needed for school and their new apartment. It was almost time for Country Thunder in Wisconsin too, and John had already promised he would go with Joel the weekend of the wedding to Twin Lakes.

Cam was also getting on John’s nerves, but it mostly wasn’t Cam’s fault. Cameron seemed to have a hookup every weekend in Madison, but John wasn’t jealous of his promiscuous lifestyle, it was that Cam only had to drive an hour to be with a guy, while John had to be content with smelling the faint scent of Ben’s crotch in those worn Patagonia boxer briefs he had taken back to Wisconsin unwashed.

John didn’t tell Cam about this fetish for underwear and sportswear from Ben that was now rubbing off on him, he didn’t think Evan understood it fully either when John told him about sharing their clothes. There was that day before Independence Day Cameron came by John’s house after Cam’s shift at Mt. Olympus Park where Cam forgot his workout clothes and John just gave him the black and yellow UA shorts and t-shirt to work out in. John instantly got hard when Cameron put the shorts on over his black CK briefs in the changing room at the gym. Seeing his shorts on Cam brought back that fond memory of Ben’s first time at the Mines Rec gym when Ben had that exact pair on as well. Of course, Cameron didn’t know the significance of the shorts, and how the soft silky nylon felt on your cock as you rubbed it on your engorged penis, but that made it even more enthralling to John. He had to hide his excitement when Cameron handed him back the shorts and shirt when they were done, John slipped them into his gym bag and tried to hide the bulge in his sweatpants when he returned to the car.

John had to rush to his room with the shorts and inhale Cam’s scent still in them. While it was mostly the lingering Old Spice Cam drenched himself in, there were still some sweaty wet patches that John burrowed his nose into, before finally wrapping the black shorts around his cock and blowing that huge load into them that they so rightfully deserved before going back into the wash. Ben was still having dinner at this time, so John had to somewhat pretend to still be aroused when they jerked off together an hour later, John’s cock still a bit sore from the last wank.

His desire for some real-world eye-candy vs on a screen was somewhat satiated by that evening two weeks ago and John sat in his room on a late Saturday morning bored. Country Thunder was the next weekend and Ben had messaged him he was going on a short early morning hike today with his Dad and Nick, one last time before Nick got married. With Ben unavailable, John thought he would do something he hadn’t done in quite a while, go live on TikTok for some entertainment.

John grinned as about 6 people joined him immediately on his live, he was still wearing the UA Mines shirt and royal blue UA shorts that he slept in. More people joined till about a minute later over 40 people were watching him fiddle around with the settings for the broadcast. John had a decent following of just under 10k who would watch his workout and basketball videos when he was in high school.

“Oh hey!” John smiled at his phone, surprised he was probably already on the ‘For You’ page with his livestream. “It’s been a while!”

Some of the comments greeted him warmly, while one asked where he had been.

“Well, I was away at college in Colorado,” John replied as he tried to read the comments scrolling up on his screen. “Yeah I still live in Wisconsin, I’m home right now but I'm moving back to Colorado in about a month.”

“Construction Engineering,” John answered the question about his major then picked up the basketball he kept underneath his desk and started to spin it on his finger while still sitting in his gaming chair.

“Do I still play basketball?” John laughed as the basketball fell off his finger and bounced off his bedroom floor. “Well I played in my school’s rec league, but no I didn’t play on my school team, we’re only a D2 school anyway.”

“What school?” John paused with a bit of reluctance as he read the comment. “Uhmm, School of Mines, like it says on my t-shirt.” John pulled the logo flat across his chest.

“Why don’t I post much anymore?” John grinned. “Well, a lot has happened in my life since last summer. For one, engineering school is tough work, and the other thing is I have a boyfriend now and I’ve been mostly private about my personal life since I met him.

The comments to John’s last words were immediate.

BOYfriend?

Wat ur gay?

He’s a f*g! Knew it!
I thought you had a GF????

t/b/v?

didn’t know u were gay!

John’s face lit up red instantly as he read the multitude of comments, some of them flashing by before he could even read them as there were now over 80 people on his livestream. “Whoah, that’s not nice to say, I broke up with Allison last fall. I’m bisexual.”

One of the commenters, cojeepwrangler2020 kept commenting trying to get noticed: It’s COLE, from Colorado Springs!

John kept reading the name Cole in the comments and it slowly clicked when cojeepwrangler2020 commented Connor’s brother! “Guys, stop commenting homophobic stuff or you’re gonna get blocked,” John pleaded. “Cole!” John chuckled. “I didn’t know you followed me on here, heck I don’t think I’ve even posted since I met you! How do I kick someone from my live and block them? Do you want to be a moderator Cole?”

DM cojeepwrangler2020 commented but John didn’t see it as he was in the settings screen again trying to figure out how to remove the people making the homophobic comments, and while doing so, John accidentally ended the livestream.

John looked at his notifications to see he had a DM and it was from Cole.

Hey mr popular, hope you’re doing alrite back home. Haven’t seen you since u were moving out with Connie. He’s looking forward to seeing you back in Colorado again, and mebbe I am too.

Hey bro John sent back. Yah, Connie keeps sending me these reels on insta, I figured he misses me a lot too. How u been, Rockies are still in the basement of the NL rite?

😞 Cole replied. Don’t wanna talk about it. Anyway, dunno if this sounds homo but you look good. I got some new Ethikas this week. Do you wanna see em?

John groped at his hardening dick through the fabric of the royal blue UA shorts at the mention of the bright underwear. Cam also had a pair of Milwaukee Bucks patterned  Ethikas, and John had grown to like how the logo of the team was visible on the leg of the long boxer briefs under the plain navy blue UA shorts Cam would wear to the gym. Grinning as he was leaking precum into his nylon UA shorts John typed back: Sure bro, FT? Connor gave you my number I think? John sat back in his chair bewildered with what he was doing in Ben’s absence. Earlier this month he was jerking off to Cam and now he was going to Facetime with Cole to look at his underwear? John didn’t think he had the same perversions as Ben, but clearly, this wasn’t the case anymore.

Sitting back in his gaming chair John waited for Cole’s call, he wondered if Cole was stripping down to his underwear ready to show off the new boxer briefs. He picked his phone back up to look to see where Ben was, and it looked like he was still hiking and likely dropped out of cell coverage. John’s thoughts about Ben were interrupted by an incoming Facetime Call from the 719 area code, he recognized the area code from Connor’s number and answered it before putting the phone back in the ring stand.

“Hey, stud!” Cole grinned, he was still wearing a red Marmot t-shirt so John guessed he was still fully clothed.

“Mornin’ Bro!” John laughed at the compliment. “Boring day for you as well? Ben is out with his family so I just hopped on Tiktok for a bit. Glad I got off there and am just talking to you, people can be shitty.”

“Oh, I know how it can be.” Cole sighed. “Colorado Springs isn’t exactly the same type of town as Denver and I’ve always been overprotective of Connie for that reason. Anyway it’s good to have you all to myself now, you can let me know what you think of these!”

Cole got off his bed and pointed the phone down toward to his plaid blue fleece pajama pants, Cole wasn’t wearing any socks either, and John got a glimpse of his big bare feet below the pajama pants. The phone got close to Cole’s waist and John could see the blue waistband of Ethika underwear poking over the top of the fleece.

“Hey, don’t need to see the dawgs out too!” John chuckled, he was lying of course, Cole had a beautiful body from head to toe and John was still slowly stroking himself out of view of his phone.

Obviously aroused, Cole peeled back the fleece pajamas and lowered them, showing of a pair of blue Ethika boxer briefs with a reptilian skin pattern embossed into them, Cole’s massive 7-inch cock was barely contained below the waistband of the underwear.

John savored every second of this view and was starting to stroke himself faster through the nylon royal blue UA shorts that were the same color as Cole’s boxer briefs. He didn’t know why, but he wanted to take that glorious cock and lick it through the thin fabric of Cole’s new underwear. John exhaled deeply and by now it was obvious to Cole he was jerking off. “Yeah those fit you so nicely, I’ll have to get a pair for Ben one day and eventually I’ll wear them as well!” John eyes went wide hoping Cole would leave him to this view until he creamed his shorts.

Cole looked back up at his phone. “Well, don’t be shy stud. I wanted to show these off, and you were the only one I thought who would appreciate them. There’s Connor but that would be downright weird. What underwear do you got on today sport?”

John blushed, wondering why Cole was talking to him like this and what was his game? “Uhmm, I'm freeballing today.” John pointed the phone down with his left hand as he continued to jerk off through his nylon shorts showing his erect cock through the fabric for Cole.

“Just asking.” Cole laid back on his bed and placed the phone on his chest as he stroked the head of his huge dick through the thin spandex stretchy underwear.

Now furiously wanking his own cock again to the view unfolding before him on his phone John knew he was close to release. He gripped the nylon fabric tightly around his cock, and closed his eyes.  John could feel his heart racing, his breathing becoming labored. The sight of Cole's massive erection clearly visible under the thin fabric of his underwear, was too much for him to bear, John could only imagine the sensation of Cole's cock in his hand as he stroked himself furiously, desperate to spill his own seed.

With a shuddering gasp, John’s hips thrust upward out of his chair and he groaned “Ohhhh gawd….” spurting his load into the loose folds of the soft royal blue nylon fabric. Huge wet spots formed all over the front of John’s shorts as he pulled back his hand and fell back onto the chair.

“One day you’ll have to teach me to do that.” Cole chuckled. “It looks pretty fun.” Cole lowered the briefs letting his huge cock loose. John had a great view of the head now and there were drips of precum on Cole’s tip. Cole was now wanking away intensely as John had been and his athletic arms didn’t let up or get sore.

“Your dick is so massive bro, it’s glorious, I wish I was that long, but maybe Ben might not like that.” John commented as he put the phone back in his mount and wiped the wetness that seeped through the shorts onto his hand with his t-shirt.

Cole laughed and the phone jiggled but he continued to whack off for John. "I don't think it's about the length, man," Cole panted, trying to maintain his grip on his phone with his other hand. "It's about how long you can last that matters!" He was getting close now too and he pushed the waistband of the Ethika briefs lower.

Finally, Cole felt his whole body tense up and he let a low groan. “Ufffff, Ohhhh.” Cole grunted, his hips spasmed upwards and ropes of cum blasted from his cock, one of them almost hitting the phone. He sat back up and used his phone in his hand to give John an overhead view of the mess all over his crotch then grabbed some tissues out of frame to start cleaning himself as John was still watching.

“I know that’s twice now we’ve done this but sometimes I just need that cheerleading while again while doing it, single life sucks at times. Do you think Ben cares?” Cole asked.

“To be honest, I think he’d be a bit jealous.” John grinned. “For such a sweet guy he gets pretty horny and has some wild fantasies. I’ve caught him looking at other guys at times and I even had porn sites come up when I typed stuff into the browser of his computer at school. We’ve fooled around with other guys into the mix, but I’d never ask him about girl.

“Oh boy!” Cole snickered as he pulled his underwear and PJ pants back on. “You guys are a bit wild!

“Yeah,” John replied. “Hate to leave you with just a quick cum, but I better get changed. I think my brother needs help with something outside. You have my number if you wanna call and just shoot the breeze again.”

“Will do!” Cole said as John closed the call.

John used the soaked shorts to wipe the wetness from his crotch then changed into his UA grey striped boxers and put his gray UA sweatpants over them. He found Joel outside on the back porch trying to setup a Ring floodlight.

“Hey Mr. Smarty-pants,” Joel called out from the top of the stepladder. “Add this to the app on your phone, darned if I could figure it out.”

John rolled his eyes and added their new camera to their security system. After he was finished, Ben messaged him. Hey babe we’re back home. I almost forgot I am out after lunch at a birthday party in Sedro-Woolley. It’s a sleepover too, aren’t I too old for that?

Oh, how far is that and whose is it? John asked.

About an hour north Ben replied. You remember the kid in our troop Evan mentioned when you were here, Walker? He just turned 18 and we’ve been talking lots because he came out to his family. He only has a small, close circle of friends and I guess he really wanted me to come too. It’s up at his grandparent’s place on like 5 acres.

Okay have fun, just don’t get too wasted or anything, u have to drive back in the morning. You’re definitely not too old for that! John replied.

Yah, Ben sent back. Walker isn’t that type of kid, but I almost don’t want to go because I don’t really know his friends since he didn’t go to Meadowdale, but they can’t be that bad I guess. You can keep me company tonight too if I get bored but we can’t do our usual Saturday night stuff.

That’s fine Benji, John typed back feeling less guilty now about his cam session with Cole since Ben couldn’t have fun with him tonight. John was planning to do the laundry himself in preparation for their Facetime with the shorts but he could wait on that now.

Anyway, I should take a shower and get dressed. I want to be there by 2. You know what I got Walker for his bday at Pro Image Sports? A Gonzaga UA Bulldogs shirt! lysm babe. Ben waited for what John thought of the gift.

Ur such a tease Benji, bet you will want him to wear it tonight! Luv u2. John put away his phone smiling at Ben’s ulterior motive with his gift.

After his shower, Ben changed into neon yellow American Eagle Boxer Briefs, a gray Kirkland logo t-shirt, and brown cargo pants also from Costco with some plain white adidas socks. He took one of Nick’s old adidas soccer bags and packed another A&F t-shirt, black adidas track pants, the navy blue and white UA nylon basketball shorts with the matching Mines adidas soccer jersey, black Nike boxer briefs, and a pair of adidas socks.

“Benji?” His mom called from the hall.

“Yes? I’m just packing my stuff.” Ben replied.

“I found a gift bag for Walker’s gift, sorry we only have Christmas wrapping paper in the house. I at least had plain white tissue to go on top.” Sofia put the yellow bag on Ben’s bed.

“Thanks, Mom, Uhmm dad’s not expecting me to be back in time for church right?” Ben asked.

“No, but you should get back by lunch, your brother is taking us out to Red Lobster, or you can meet us there.” Sofia picked up Ben’s dirty towel from the floor and put it in the hamper for him.

“Okay I’ll let you know when I leave his house and I’ll see you guys tomorrow.” Ben gave his mom a quick hug and got his toothbrush and toothpaste from the bathroom to put into his bag.

“Don’t forget this!” Sofia exclaimed and went back into his room for the gift as Ben only still had the adidas bag around his shoulder. Ben took the gift bag and made his way to his car.

The drive up I-5 was more hectic than Ben thought it would be with the choke point for all the traffic going out of town on this Saturday in mid-July just after Everett. Ben thought about stopping at the Chick-fil-A in Marysville as he didn’t have lunch, but figured he didn’t want to be there later than he already anticipated. As he was pulling up to the well-kept blue ranch-style home just outside of town, there were already a bunch of vehicles in the driveway. He parked behind Walker’s pickup and saw a thin older woman with graying hair waiting for him on the porch.

“Here for Walker’s party?” She said briskly, as Ben was pulling out the bags from his back seat.

“Yes, I’m Ben, I used to be in his scout troop.” Ben went up the steps with some confidence knowing he was at the right house. As he got to onto the porch he was greeted with an immediate hug from the woman.

“You’re the Benji he was talking about since middle school! I’m his grandma, everyone is out back, just go through the kitchen. I can take your bag though and put it in Walker’s room.” Walker’s grandma let Ben go and Ben slipped the shoulder strap of the adidas bag off and handed it off to her.

As Ben got to the backyard there were more people than he expected, it looked like a lot of Walker’s extended family were also there.

“Ben!” Walker shouted and got up from a folding lawn chair where he was seated with his friends. “I’m glad you made it. Did you have lunch yet?” Walker was wearing a blue North Face t-shirt with khaki brown cargo shorts and no socks under his lime green Crocs. Ben shook his head but handed Walker the gift bag.

“Well, grab something to eat on the table by the BBQ and I’ll introduce you to everyone.” Walker went to put the bag with the rest of his gifts and Ben grabbed himself a lukewarm burger and some chips.

When he was done eating, Ben grabbed a can of Coke and went back over to Walker and his friends. Ben found out both of the boys seated with Walker were on the golf team with him at Edmonds Woodway High School. There was Rohan, an East-Indian kid with thick black glasses and a big and tall frame. Today he was somewhat overdressed in a light blue collared dress shirt and khaki pants.

Ben however was much more drawn to the other boy, Egor, who had perfect Slavic features, a straight long nose, oval face, steel blue eyes and middle-parted straight blonde hair. Egor had a slender twink frame, was just slightly shorter than Walker, and was wearing an orange Under Armour polo shirt with loose blue jeans. Ben thought Egor looked gorgeous enough to be a model, if only he was slightly taller, he probably would have fit in on any fashion runway in Europe.

The first of two girls in Walker’s friend group was Maya, who was a short and tiny brunette, looking almost lost in the huge olive green sweatpants and hoodie she was wearing. Megyhn was the other girl, a slightly heavy-set blonde dressed in short jean shorts and a tank top. There was some room beside Egor, so Ben was happy to grab another lawn chair and sit next to him.

Egor smiled at Ben and made a bit more room for him with his chair. “Hey Ben, Walker said you were with him in his Boy Scout troop?” Egor asked, he had a soft-sounding voice and as he smiled Ben could see Egor had perfect glowing skin.

“Yeah, I was his Senior Patrol Leader before I turned 18, aged out, got busy with school and applying for college. I was kinda his mentor in the troop for almost 5 years.” Ben replied.

“Don’t be so modest Ben,” Walker interrupted. “You left out that you are an Eagle Scout too, that’s something I can’t say for myself!”

“College? Which one? WSU?” Meg asked. “I applied there!”

“No. I’m at School of Mines in Colorado.” Ben replied.

Rohan’s eyes lit up. “Mines, is that an Engineering School?” He asked.

“Yeah, I’m majoring in Environmental Engineering.” Ben scratched his nose. “I was accepted into UDUB and WSU, but decided to go to Mines. I don’t regret it at all.”

“Wow!” Rohan exclaimed. “You must be a smart guy!”

“Smart and fit!” Maya said looking at Ben’s arm muscles. “A girl’s dream!” Her eyes fluttered.

Walker’s head shot toward Maya instantly. “Maya, maybe you missed it when I mentioned that Ben is gay.”

“Oh!” Maya grinned. “Uh, you have a boyfriend then?”

“I do!” Ben laughed looking at Egor who still had a warm expression on his face.

“His boyfriend is hot too Maya! He’s just your type!” Walker chuckled.

“Well, show us then!” Meg pleaded.

Ben took out his phone and showed them his lock-screen with the picture of him and John. He noticed Egor was more than willing to get as close a look at his phone with the girls.

As soon Ben settled in, Walker’s grandmother came out of the house with a big Dairy Queen slab cake with the numbers 1 and 8 at the center while Walker's mom called everyone in the yard over. Walker blew out the candles, everyone had a piece of cake and then it was time for the presents. Ben was a bit impressed with Walker’s gifts, having divorced parents meant you got a big gift from each parent and Walker particularly cashed in at 18. His dad bought him the latest Macbook Pro for school and his mom got him a new iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Ben didn’t have to wait long for Walker to get to his present as Walker picked it up after he opened the LED desklamp from his grandparents. Walker opened the tag and read it out loud. “From Benji, GO DAWGS! Happy 18th!”. After he pulled away the tissue paper on top, Walker took out the navy blue Gonzaga t-shirt and held it up to his chest, his mom then took a picture. “Awesome Ben!” Walker beamed at him. “I’ll be sure to wear this on my first day!”

With a smirk on his face Ben thought to himself ‘Why not now?’ He hoped Walker appreciated the thought he had put into his present, Ben didn’t know what to make of the gifts from Walker’s other friends when they were opened. Maya had gotten him Dior Sauvage cologne, Meg a portable Bluetooth speaker, Egor a pair of black Nike slides, and Rohan a black Under Armour backpack.

When Walker was finished with the presents most of his extended family started to go home, and after putting away everything in the yard the only people left were Walker’s parents, grandparents, Ben, Walker, and his four friends.

Everyone retreated inside and the kids hung out in the living room for a bit while Walker’s grandmother ordered them all pizza, making sure to get a meatless pie for Rohan. Walker’s mom AirDropped the picture of the shirt to Ben and Ben forwarded it to John. Ben also got to know Egor slightly better, he was half Ukranian and half Russian, came to the States when he was 4, and was going to Western Washington University in Bellingham in the fall. Ben didn’t feel comfortable though straight up asking Egor about his sexuality, so Ben thought he would ask Walker when he got the chance.

Full of pizza after dinner, Walker didn’t give his friends much of a chance to digest their meal when he announced it was ‘Hot Tub Time’

“Err I didn’t bring a swimsuit.” Ben proclaimed, trying to weasel his way out of changing. As much as he wanted to see Egor strip his clothes off, he could do without exposing his body which he was still semi-conscious of, even if Wallker’s friends were shooting him compliments.

“You can borrow some of mine.” Walker suggested.

“Uhm, okay. I guess.” Ben replied. Maybe he would even see Egor naked changing, or at the very least get a peek into Walker’s closet to see how it compared to his. However, Ben didn’t think there would be much in there that Ben might be interested in since Walker only was on the golf team at school and this was grandparents' home and not his actual home. ‘Am I doing this again without Johnny?’ Ben thought to himself. ‘Perving into people’s closets to get off?’