A Sean Carrington Adventure.
This Is Sweden.
I was in my apartment in The Hague when the phone rang. Bjorn invited me out to meet his family in Stockholm for their midsummer celebration holidays. Bjorn had been my partner for almost a year now; we had met in Amsterdam one hot sunny day where he had propositioned me. Although I shared my concerns with Bjorn; how will his family view our relationship? "This is Sweden", he said, we do not have any problems with it nor does his family. I said yes; ok. Start of another of life's many adventures.
I flew out to Stockholm from Schiphol the next week; Bjorn was working out of his law firms offices in Stockholm that week. When I arrived at Stockholm, as he could not meet me due to an overrunning meeting, arranged for a car to pick me up and take me to his family house. The driver gave me the grand tour of Stockholm; fascinating city. Then took me out to his mother's summer house in the archipelago of a 1,000 Islands that surrounds Stockholm. Truly an amazing journey.
His parents came out to the car to meet me. I was a bit concerned about meeting them alone; I had spoken to his mother a few times on the phone, when Bjorn had stayed over at my apartment in The Hague. She showed me into the guest bedroom, which had panoramic windows overlooking the islands and private beach. The bed was the biggest I had ever seen, definitely party size. This was the room Bjorn and I would share. Ok; this is Sweden; but.
Bjorn arrived from the office about an hour or so later as we were having coffee on the decking. It was a very hot and humid Swedish day; I was down to wearing what can only be described as skimpy shorts. But I was comfortable in them. He joined us after getting changed into his rainbow shorts too that he had bought for both of us when we first met, in Amsterdam.
After we had finished our coffee and cake, he put his hand on my bare leg and rubbed it discretely. His mother said do you two boys want to retire to the bedroom and join us at eight for a meal. I didn't know which way to look or what to say. Bjorn got up and I followed him out to the guest bedroom with its party size bed. And it was to be party size tested this weekend.