Justin and I watched gay porn in his room at the seminary with the sound off. He had a 'sleep machine' that played a mix of ocean and woodland sounds that he would turn up while we watched guys, she-males, and some folk we weren't sure what to call go at it. "If anyone stops by, they'll think it's a boring nature show," he said.
And in a way, it was a nature show. He had a crazy aunt back in Mississippi who spent her whole life wanting to be something else and in her search for fulfillment had checked out every kind of porn known to man. Or known to us, anyway. When she was finished, she would send him her latest collection along with a batch of homemade cookies, a musty blanket of immense sentimental value and a slew of newspaper clippings.
Justin and I would eat the cookies and glance at the strange stories ("Local Doberman Takes Truck for A Drive") while the porn played. We'd sit close under the blanket and rub each other's cock while wondering at the scenes.
"Is that a girl wearing a dildo or a guy with tits?"
"I can't decide."
"Which would you rather it be?"
"I can't decide that either."
Justin was kind of an asshole. A former lifeguard, he was strong and confident, but he was raised by his widowed mom and crazy aunt, so he had elements of drama queen in him too. He rarely shut up, except when he was drinking. Thinking seemed to bore him. I spent the first month at seminary hating him and groaning whenever he raised his hand in class. But then one Saturday I saw him in short-shorts loading something heavy into his trunk and haven't thought the same way about him since.
His thighs were thick and strong. The short-shorts were a bit much—they set many an eye rolling around the seminary—but they let me feast on his legs, so I didn't complain.
I wasn't used to staring at guys. And although he was fit, he wasn't a stud. He was more in the loud, brash mold that made me think he could make a fortune in real estate and then blow it all in Vegas on booze and hookers.
"You look at my legs like you never saw a pair before."
"I know."
"Any particular reason?"
"Yeah."
"Care to tell me what it is?"
"Afraid to."
"Hey, I told you I was gay. I'm hard to offend."
"Well, here's the thing. I really want to suck your cock but there's a problem."
He dropped the suitcase into his trunk where it landed with an echoing thud.
"And what might that be?"
"I, um, never sucked a cock before."
That's how the movies came up. He thought I might like to see what I was getting into and if I freaked out, well, my secret would be safe with him.
At first, I just sat close to him on the love seat in his room, getting used to his smell and heft, his presence.
"Cleavage mesmerizes me," I said.
"Course it does," he said. He fast-forwarded the DVD several times, stopping it for a few seconds on a scene.
"Don't seem to be any titties in this movie. Want me to change it out?"
"No, no, just let it play. I kinda like this."
He leaned closer to me. "I hoped you would say that."
We ate cookies and talked about whatever, not even listening to ourselves, much less each other.