Ranger Rick
by AgingAthlete
No underage anybody in this story in spite of the use of the term 'boy'. Homoerotic, consensual, soft-leather 'Dad-son' roleplay.
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It was late afternoon when Buck pulled up to the ranger station and parked his Jeep. It was the entrance to Pronghorn State Park and in order to use the park's road to get to the cabin he had to have a pass. The only other vehicle present was a white Ford Ranger, marked with the state seal on its doors and the word RANGER printed on the hood, which he found amusing given that it was a Ranger.
Going in there was a young man behind the counter that he didn't recognize.
"You must be new here, Ranger" Buck stated, closing the door behind him.
"Yes, sir. I just graduated from state with my forestry degree," he replied proudly, "How can I help you?"
Buck laid his license on the counter and said, "I need a week pass for the park, I'm staying at the Jackson cabin over on White Falls Road."
"Very good, sir. That will be ten dollars."
Buck glanced at the name tag on the young man's chest. "You play football at state, Rick?"
"Yes, sir. Did you?"
"Seventy-four, seventy-five," Buck said, taking a ten from his wallet. "Not a winning season while I was there."
"We had some good teams." Rick prepared the pass, jotted Buck's license number in the logbook and handed his license back to him.
Buck took the pass and put his license back in his wallet.
"Wait a minute," he said chuckling, "You're 'Ranger Rick' and you look nothing like a raccoon!"
Rick laughed, "I get that a lot, sir. Are you on vacation?"
"No, son," Buck explained, "I retired a year ago, I just needed to come up here and clear my head. A buddy owns the cabin and has let me use it for years. I'd come up here with my son, but he and I had a falling out, so I'm here alone."
"Sorry to hear that sir, were you by any chance a lineman?" Rick said.
"Sure was, how'd you know?" Buck said, looking intensely at Rick.
"The boots and that belt gave it away."
Rick pointed to the loop on Buck's belt. "That's a knife scar, isn't it?"
Buck nodded. "From a stubborn son of a bitch line. Last week before I retired."
"Sounds like quite a career, sir."
"It was." Buck stood, looking out the window to take in the horizon. The sky was starting to turn the rich gold of an autumn sunset. "Well, good luck to you, Rick. I'll be seeing you. Try not to let the squirrels gang up on you."
"No sir!"
Buck stopped to glance at the brochure stand by the door as Rick came around from behind the counter. The younger man crouched down, the fabric of his snug uniform trousers shifting to accommodate the motion as he replenished an empty slot in the bottom row with a fresh stack of cards.
Buck couldn't help but notice the distinct, subtle lines of a jockstrap that emphasized Rick's impeccably shaped bubble butt. The snug fit of the his uniform trousers accentuated every curve, leaving little to the imagination and drawing Buck's eyes with an almost magnetic pull.
Standing, Rick said "Enjoy your stay, Mr. Jensen," as Buck reached for the door.
"Thanks, I will."
Back in the Jeep, Buck watched as the ranger station grew smaller in the rearview mirror. The road wound through the forest, the pines and aspens towering, their long shadows reaching for each other. The air was different here--cleaner, as if the wind had been too lazy to carry anything but the faintest smell of pine and earth. He rolled down the window, let the coolness rush in.
His mind drifted back to the last time he'd brought his son up here. They'd spent a day hiking, neither talking much, the silence swelling between them like a bruise. Buck knew it was a mental risk coming up here, but after seeing the ranger he felt much better about it. He reached White Falls Road, took the turn without thinking, and before long was at the cabin.
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The next morning he decided on an early ruck and once he finished his coffee he geared up with two hefty 25-pound plates in his pack. He took the path behind the cabin that led to the Falls Trail. Once he hit the trail he started feeling better. By the time he was a mile in, a light sheen of sweat glistened across his muscular, bare torso strapped in and held taut by his pack harness, catching the soft rays of the rising sun. The recent haircut and beard trim he had gotten the day before left him feeling refreshed and unencumbered, as the gentle breeze played against his skin.
At the falls was a small rest area that included a few picnic tables, a water-pump fountain and a porta-potty set back in towards the woods. As he approached he heard a sound that every man is familiar with, the distinctive slapping of a cock being wanked. He couldn't help but smile because whoever it was didn't realize he was there.
More curious than anything, he circled the porta-potty from the back, realizing that the door was wide open, facing the dense woods.
Inside was Ranger Rick, trousers bunched around his knees, an ecstatic grin on his face. Buck watched, unsure of whether to laugh or say something. Rick had dropped a couple of magazines, and from Buck's angle, he could see himself on the cover of both. They were trade journals for linemen, the kind Buck never read after he retired. In all his natural modesty, he never thought he was cover material, but there he was, sure as anything.
"Looks like you have a bit of a problem there, boy," Buck said, using the diminutive term and startling Rick.
Rick fumbled to cover up, knocking the porta-potty door against the frame with a noisy bang as he stood. "Oh, shit!"
"Mr. Jensen! I didn't see you there. This... this isn't what it looks like!"
Buck gave a guffaw. "I don't know boy, it looks like you're about to set a speed record."
Rick, still flustered, pulled his jockstrap up. "I swear I was just--I come here early to check the picnic area."
"I see. I guess you checked it real thoroughly."
Buck enjoyed watching Rick squirm, then ordered, "Just stand there, I want a better look."
Rick looked confused and embarrassed. This could mean his job so he figured cooperation might keep him out of trouble. He stopped trying to pull his uniform pants up and stood while Buck examined him with an appraising look.
"Got a nice package there, Ranger."
Rick, still self-conscious, asked, "You're not going to report me, are you, Mr. Jensen?"
"No, boy. Just giving you a hard time."
Buck saw the relief wash over Rick's face like a breaking wave.
"Your secret's safe, but from now on I expect you to call me Sir."
Rick looked down at his cock. "I guess I got a little carried away Sir, seeing you--" he stopped, embarrassed.
"Seeing me on the cover of those magazines?"
Rick gulped. "Yes, sir."
"All you had to do was ask. I would have shown you this in person." Buck reached up, gripped the top edge of the doorway, and started doing slow, steady pull-ups.
Rick's mouth dropped open. His cock, still hard, poked out above the stretched band of his jockstrap. Buck liked to wear his lifting shorts when he hiked and now his huge bulge and rippling abs mesmerized Rick as they moved up and down in front of him.
Buck let out a whoosh as he dropped down after doing five."I could do more if I wasn't wearing my pack."
"Now what we have here," he continued, giving an appraising eye to Rick's waistband, "is a situation that warrants some attention."
At that Rick's erection deflated and he bent to pull up his pants saying, "Sir, this won't happen again."
"I told you to stand there," Buck spoke menacingly as Rick snapped up straight, "You are not to speak unless spoken to and the only thing I want to hear out of you is 'Yes, sir', or 'No, sir'. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir," Rick said meekly, still unsure of what was happening.
"Louder boy, I can't hear you."
"YES, SIR!"
"Now listen up, when is your duty day over?"
"The ranger station closes at four, that's when I get off...sir."
"Well then, at 1600 you will lock up and come to the Jackson cabin for some correction and after that I'll personally guarantee this won't happen again."
"Correction, Sir?" Rick asked hesitantly.
"Either that or I call the park service, which will it be boy?"
"I'll be there, Sir."
"Now pull up your pants and don't touch your dick again!"
...
Back at the cabin, Buck showered then made a huge breakfast and ate it all. He spent the rest of the morning relaxing on the porch, sipping coffee, and looking out at the surrounding pines and the whispering aspens. It was quiet. The same quiet that had been there last time, when his son had hardly spoken a word, when Buck's voice had been the only one that dared break the silence. Still, he felt it was different now. He had something to look forward to and that had made all the difference. But his thoughts continued to drift to the boy again, his own son.
He'd been a hell of a lineman apprentice. The best, Buck would tell folks, even when the boy would shake his head in quiet protest. That last time they'd been up here, together but not together, the stubborn silence had finally broken as they packed up to leave.
The boy had said he didn't want to go into the trades, didn't want to be like Buck. Buck had yelled after him "You'll be Journeyman in a month!". The boy left, not looking back, and they hadn't talked since.
Thinking this far into it, Buck tried to clear his mind. He'd be damned if anyone told him he didn't know how to handle a kid like Rick, and he felt a new energy.