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Ed emerged from the water like a river deity. Water cascaded from his hair down his back.
Stede felt the blood drain from his head to his cock at the appearance of the spectacle of his matey. “Damn Ed…”
“What?” Ed, like always, was oblivious to his appearance and how it affected Stede.
Casually Ed trudged up to the bank of the river they were using to bathe in. Today was “Beat Your Clothes Against A Rock” day. And both were naked in the sun after a bath.
No one would chance upon them. They were a fair distance up river, away from the path that led to their inn, in a place they designated as their personal swimming hole.
Stede joined Ed on the edge of the riverbank and checked over their clothes. They were still damp.
Ed watched with interest, a flicker of something in his eyes as he looked over the figure of his lover.
Stede finished fussing with the clothes by rearranging them to use the optimal sunlight to dry. Finally he noticed Ed’s eyes upon his naked body. “Ed?”
Ed pounced, pinning Stede to the grasses that covered the edge of the water. It was a little muddy.
Stede cried out in alarm as his back came in contact with the sun warmed mud. But cries quickly became giggles as his lover rolled on top of him. Ed’s now muddy hand reached up and drew a muddy line from Stede’s forehead to the tip of his nose. It was followed by a kiss.
“Now I have to go back in the water.” Stede playfully whined.
“Oh no! How terrible.” Ed murmured, giving another kiss.
It was like this most washing days. Stede would keep getting muddy and Ed would drag him back to the water for more sport. They would play like that until their clothes dried.
Ed got up off of Stede and offered him a hand up, leading the other man back to the river. When they reached it, they both submerged themselves to remove the mud.
Ed wrapped his arms around Stede, kissing him deeply as they stood in the chest deep water. Underwater his hand reached for Stede’s cock, lovingly caressing it.
Stede gasped against Ed’s lips and went limp, allowing the other man to do as he pleased with his body.
Ed released Stede’s cock and turned his attention to his buttocks.
Stede gave a soft moan as he leaned against Ed. Underwater Ed’s fingers were teasing his hole.
“Do you like that?” Ed asked quietly. His finger pushed in to the first knuckle.
Stede clung to him, kissing Ed’s cheeks and lips.
“What if we fuck right here?” Ed offered.
“Without the oil?” Stede asked.
“We have the water.” Ed responded, pushing his finger in deeper and wiggling it.
Stede whimpered, much like the first time he ever bottomed for Ed.Ed had prepared him with plenty of oil first and Stedde made mewling noises the whole time. When they fucked Stede was rather vocal, but only when he was on the bottom.
That’s not to say he didn’t like it. He liked it very much, thank you. It thrilled him to feel the stretch of Ed inside of him. He just made more noise when he was on the bottom.
“Won’t it be a little difficult to gain leverage?” Stede asked.
“Not if we do it closer to shore, I should think.” Ed responded.
They waded back towards shore. When they were thigh high in the water Ed wrapped his arms around Stede from behind, holding him close.
“Is this close enough?” Stede breathed as Ed ran his fingers down Stede’s bare sides.
“It will do.” Ed answered. His hand followed Stede’s hip, down his thigh and around his buttock, and up the crack, teasing Stede in a rather intimate position.
Suede let out a shuddering breath and widened his stance a bit.
Ed knelt behind him. “Lean forward.”
“What? Why would I…” He leaned forward as he said this and was surprised to feel Ed stick his face in his ass. “I beg your pardon?” Stede cried, standing up.
“I’m sorry, mate.” Ed stumbled back with a splash. “I should have warned you.”
“What was that?” Stede turned to face him. And yet he was still rock hard.
“I thought that since you took a bath that I… I would… Um… ‘Eat’ your ass?”
Stede stared at him, dumbfounded.
“You’ve never had your ass ate?”
“Where and when would that have happened? My first time was with you!”
“And Mary…” Ed mumbled.
“Mary would never…!” Stede balled his hands on his hips. Still hard.
“So you haven’t…?” Ed asked for clarity.
“No!” Stede responded.
“Do you want to?” Ed asked, almost desperate to end the conversation.
“Yes!” Stede threw up his hands.
“You do?” Ed cocked his head to the side and scooted closer, kneeling in the water.
“As you said, I just took a bath. I should be clean.” Stede cocked his own head to the side. “I trust you, Ed. I don’t think you would hurt me if you could help it.”
“I have hurt you…” Ed countered.
“You must have had some reason.”
“I… I didn’t want to be Blackbeard anymore..” Ed admitted. “And I saw you slipping into that life and I couldn’t… Couldn’t watch you do it.”
Stede knelt in the water so he was closer to Ed’s level. “Oh, Ed…”
“I told you, murder is not something you can come back from.”
“But Ed, I’ve killed before.” Stede stated gently.
“Did you? Did you really? Or was it all an accident?” Ed answered.
They both thought of the Badmintons past.
“You told me he tripped and fell on his pistol. And the other, what? Didn’t you say he landed on his sword wrong? Those were accidents. You threw a violin at a man balanced on a plank.”
“He hurt you!” Stede sat in the water so it was to his chin.
“Lots of people have hurt me.”
“I’ve hurt you.” Stede cried. “And I’m so sorry. I’m so, so sorry. I…”
But his words were stopped by Ed’s lips on his. Ed pulled away.
“I deserve to be hurt.” Stede urged.
“I love you.” Ed stated simply. “I don’t want to hurt you if I can help it.” Ed promised. “But I’m telling you, you’ll really like this.” Ed suddenly surged forward, causing Stede to fall back, into the shallower water. His chest emerged and Ed followed close behind him, moving forwards. They made it almost to the edge of the water before Ed took Stede’s cock in his mouth.
This Stede knew about and could handle without question. They had performed it on each other many times since they started sleeping together.
Hell, their first night Ed had tried to use his own spit as lube before Stede suggested oil was best for anal penetration.
“Perhaps we should use oil now?” Stede pondered aloud.
Ed pulled off of Stede’s cock. “I said I was going to eat you. We don’t need oil.”
“Oh my…” Stede didn’t know why he had just assumed.
“Although I may need oil once I start. We should wait until we’re back at the inn.”
“Yes. Let’s wait until we’re back at the inn.” Stede echoed.
“Instead I’ll just…” And Ed’ mouth was back on Stede’s cock.
Stede squealed at the sensation. It turned out that Stede made a lot of noise during any sort of sexual activity with Ed. Although he was usually quiet. In fact the first time he had heard Mary moan was when he eavesdropped accidentally on her and Doug. Neither of them had certainly never made any of those sounds together.
“Stop that!” Ed commanded.
“What?” Stede asked.
“You can say ‘No, thank you’ or ‘Stop now’ or ‘Fuck off Ed, I’m not interested.’”
And Stede noticed he had gone soft while thinking of Mary.
“I’m so sorry, mate. I was thinking about ‘first times.’ And that got me thinking about my first time.”
“If you would prefer some other time to do this…” Ed offered.
“Look! I’m getting hard again, Ed!” Stede knew some of their best sex came after arguments and he really was hard again in anticipation.
“Maybe we shouldn’t do this after an argument.” Ed sat back in the water. “We’re going to end up like Anne and Mary.”
“Anne and Mary hurt each other on purpose. We just have arguments.” Stede offered. “I don’t think we’ll end up like Anne and Mary. I don’t want to hurt you. It’s just memories, that’s all. You make me feel good, Ed. You feel good and I want to have intercourse with you.” Stede announced. “And orgasms.”
Ed smiled, his own memories flitting through his mind. “Intercourse and orgasms.” Crawling back up the embankment, he returned his mouth to its place on Stede’s cock, swallowing down as much as he could until his lips barely touched the base.
Stede’s hands rested on the back of Ed’s head as Stede stared down at his lover.
Ed glanced up, catching Stede’s eye. Usually they did this at night and it was hard to see. The look on Stede’s face was unguarded delight. Ed hummed softly and cradled Stede’s balls in his hand.
Stede cried out with the usual gusto, throwing his head back. “Ed, I’m…”
Ed prepared himself to receive his lover’s essence, swallowing it all down eagerly.
They held like that a few moments before Ed crawled up Stede’s body, eager for the subsequent wanking by Stede’s hand.
That day he was met with a fist and a warm mouth. It didn’t take him very long to climax. Keeping his eyes locked with Stede, he rode out his orgasm.
When Stede pulled off, Ed kissed him deeply, invading his mouth in search of his own seed. It was gross and yet a bit hot for Stede when Ed did that. And he melted into the kiss.
“Is the River Deity satisfied?” Stede murmured as they pulled away to assess themselves.
“I still need that oil…” Ed answered. Stede blushed.
After they both rinsed themselves off, they returned to the bank. Stede checked their clothes. “Dry!” Tossing Ed his clothes, Stede started to dress himself.
Ed continued to stare at Stede.
“What is it, Ed?”
“It’s nothing much. I just enjoy ‘Beat Your Clothes On A Rock’ day.”
“As do I.” Stede responded with a grin. “It’s fast becoming my favorite day, I think.”
They walked together back towards the inn, stopping momentarily at the grave to refresh the wildflowers and arrange the sea shells that decorated the mound, before continuing on.
Progress had been made on the inn. It now had a functioning roof. They entered the space that had once been open to the elements on two sides.
“You said there will be oil needed.” Stede went to their nest of quilts that served as their bed and pulled out a bottle of oil. It had been a parting gift from the crew.
“Careful with what’s left of that. We’ll need to get more soon.” Ed cautioned.
“We should probably schedule a supply run to town.” Stede suggested. “We need a few things for the inn as well.”
Ed looked around the empty cabin that served as their inn. So far it held two rooms and a common area. “We need a lot for the inn, mate.” Ed announced. Turning to Stede, he wrapped his arms around the man. “I’m not going to think about it right now, though.”
“Do you have something in mind?” Stede asked.
Ed took the bottle of oil from Stede’s hand. “On your knees, Stede.”
Stede obeyed, kneeling down on the quilts.
Ed knelt behind him and pulled down Stede’s breeches to reveal his ass. “I’m going to lick you down there. Try to relax.” Ed advised.
Stede nodded silently and braced himself. Ed’s breath was hot on his sphincter and he tried not to wiggle or move away.
Ed caressed Stede’s ass, easing his finger down the crack.
“You’re going to lick me, right?” Stede asked for clarification.
“Yes.” Ed answered before leaning in to swipe his tongue across Stede’s sphincter.
Stede made a garbled noise, somewhere between a cry and a moan.
So Ed did it again, teasing the puckered entrance. Or more correctly an “exit.”
“Fuck…” Stede breathed, bowing his head down to the pillows with his ass in the air.
Ed, satisfied that Stede was in a blissed out state, sat up and reached for the oil. Dousing his fingers, he pushed one and then two fingers into Stede.
Stede let out a loud moan, reminding Ed that they couldn’t do this on nights they had guests, regretfully. “Oh, Ed…” Stede moaned, pushing back against Ed’s fingers to urge them in deeper.
Ed added another finger, easing Stede open wide enough to accommodate him.
All the while Stede made mewling noises with the occasional moan.
Ed used his oily hand to slather his own cock. Sitting up a bit, he pressed the tip against Stede’s “exit” and was surprised when a very eager Stede pushed back into him, taking him deep.
Stede gave a sharp cry and went still.
Ed held still, waiting for Stede to adjust.
“I’m ready, love.” Stede stated with his face in the pillows.
Ed began an almost lazy number of thrusts. Then he reached for Stede’s erect cock and used his oily hand to wank off his lover.
Stede cried out incoherently and pushed back into Ed’s thrusts.
It didn’t take much. Ed timed his first with his thrusts and he began to pick up his pace. With a soft grunt he pushed in and stayed in. His free hand reached out to cup the tip of Stede’s cock, Ed was satisfied when he felt Stede’s essence expel into his hand.
As Stede slowly collapsed onto the pile of quilts Ed brought his soiled hand to his mouth and licked away the contents.
“That’s so fucking hot, Ed.” Stede commented from where he lay, looking back at Ed.
Ed wiped his cleaned hand against the leg of his breeches. “Want to taste?”
Stede seemed to think about it for a moment before nodding.
Ed pulled his lover up and maneuvered him to give him a deep, sloppy kiss.
Stede was helpless in Ed’s arms and accepted his tongue with his own taste. Really it wasn’t too different from Ed’s essence that Stede swallowed regularly.
Ed broke the kiss with a grin. “Happy ‘Beat Your Clothes Against A Rock’ day, love!”
Stede grinned back. “You too, love.”
--Fin