"Hi Danny! Come on in, Tim's down in his room." Karen said to the skinny blond twenty-year-old at her front door. Danny stepped in, and Karen gave him a quick hug after he took his shoes off, then went down to see his boyfriend.
Both twenty years old, Tim and Danny had been dating for just under a year; while Danny had his own place, Tim was still at home with is mom while he finished trade school. They didn't want to move in together just yet, but the two boys were definitely serious about each other and their relationship.
"Come on in," came Tim's voice as Danny knocked on the closed bedroom door.
"Hey babe!" Danny said sweetly as the tall, muscular, dark-haired Tim got up off the bed and gave his boyfriend a quick peck on the lips. The boys then sat down on Tim's bed hand in hand, staring at the TV on the wall across from Tim's bed.
"Queer as Folk again? Haven't you seen all of them before?" Danny asked as Tim gave him a sidelong look with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, but you know, Brian is really hot. So is Justin. And Michael." Tim answered. Danny said nothing, instead just snuggling up against his much taller boyfriend who wrapped an arm around him.
Tim and Danny sat there until the episode ended, and Tim leaned over to kiss his boyfriend on the top of his head, inhaling the smell from Danny's short, spiked hair. Danny turned his head up to face Tim, the taller boy's dark brown eyes looking back at his own baby blues with a mix of love and horniness.
"I really want to bang," Tim said as he kissed Danny on the lips, their tongues briefly dancing against the other.
"That would be nice," said Danny "but your mom is upstairs right now."
"So?" Tim replied, rolling over to playfully pin his boyfriend against the mattress and sit over top Danny's fully clothed cock.
"So, it'd be super weird to try anything with her here. Like, what if she came down and walked in on us? Also, we don't have any condoms, so we'd be barebacking." Danny said, his hands resting on Tim's thick thighs.
"That's fine, besides it's time we ditched the condoms anyway," Tim said in a sultry voice as he leaned down to gently kiss Danny on the lips.
"Wait, uh, do you know what you're saying? We've never done it before without condoms, what if I gave you something? What if you gave me something, wha-" Danny started to babble, concern showing in his eyes.
Tim sighed and rolled off his boyfriend to lay next to him, head propped up on one hand, the other arm stretched out to gently rest on Danny's chest. Tim idly noted that Danny's heart was racing, and his pale skin was flushed with fear and probably excitement at what he had proposed.
"Danny, Daniel, it's okay, there's nothing to be scared of," Tim said in a soothing tone before continuing. "I got tested and my results are back -- I'm totally clean. Here, let me show you." Tim sat up then walked over to the dresser and fished around in the drawer for a moment before passing a piece of paper with his test results to Danny. Danny scanned the page and a look of relief washed over his wide, Slavic features.
"Alright, that covers you, but what if I have... something?"
"Danny, do you remember who you lost your virginity to?" Tim asked, knowing the answer.
"To you, dumbass!" Daniel scoffed, then it dawned on him. "Oh, yeah. Right. Well, I guess that's that figured out. But still, your mom's upstairs, so it's not happening for now."
"Okay, fine," Tim pouted "but we haven't screwed in almost a week, and I'm super horny..."
"Do you want to come over, and maybe even stay the tonight?" Danny suggested, doing his best puppy dog eyes up at Tim.
"That'd be great, but at least stay for dinner; mom's always saying you're too skinny." Tim said with a wink, then pulled in his boyfriend for a big hug.
After dinner, Tim and Danny helped with clean-up while a grateful Karen plopped down on the couch in the living room to relax. With the dishes and kitchen squared away, the boys went back downstairs for a few minutes so Tim could pack an overnight bag.
"Mom, I'm heading over to stay with Danny tonight, just so you know." Tim said as he slipped on a pair of shoes.
"Okay sweety, just don't miss any classes tomorrow." Karen said, barely looking up from her book.
"Bye Mrs. Ducharme!" Danny called out as he zipped up his hoodie and went to open the door.
"Bye Danny! Aw, look at you two, you make just the cutest couple. Hold on, I've got to get a picture." Karen said, reached for her iPhone and got up to see the boys at the front door.
This wasn't anything new, Karen taking pictures of her kids and their partners, but she especially liked to get ones of her youngest and Danny. Karen had always been very supportive of Tim after he came out back in high school, but she was also well aware that the reaction from Danny's deeply conservative Polish family had been far from ideal, so she sought to give him the acceptance his own family had failed to.
"Okay, a little closer together -- perfect!"
Tim stood with his arm around his boyfriend, towering at 6'3" above Danny's 5'6", Tim's muscular body contrasting to Danny's slight frame. Danny's pale complexion and light blond hair compared starkly to Tim's darker tones, underlining the differences between the little Pole and his hulking Metis boyfriend. Danny rested his head against Tim's side and wrapped an arm around Tim's waist.
After a few more moments at the door and reminders not to sleep through their alarms in the morning, Tim and Danny set off. The late spring evening on the prairies was chilly, but not overly so, and after about a ten-minute walk, they arrived at Danny's run-down three storey apartment building. The boys stepped inside, and immediately there was the familiar odour of garlic and onions that seemed to pervade the whole building. Danny checked the mail, and then they made their way up to his little second floor apartment, floorboards creaking as they passed, the sound of several different televisions drifting indistinctly through closed doors.
"Tell me again why you live here?" Tim asked almost rhetorically.
"So I can save money and go back to school, eventually. I don't want to stock shelves and arrange produce forever," Danny replied. They shared a brief smile as they recalled meeting while working at the same grocery store the year prior. For Tim, it had been a slightly lame summer job, while for Danny it was his lifeline after leaving home.