'Til There Was You - Jerry Cole Page 0,23

behind Finn was the messy room, complete with the pile of things that reminded him of his ex. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the stuffed toys, mini film statues, and other pop-culture posters plastered across his wall were embarrassing enough. Austin had been told multiple times that his room was that of a teenage boy’s. Up until now he’d never really cared.

“Crazy!” Finn exclaimed excitedly.

“Yeah…say, do you want a drink of water?” Austin indicated back toward the apartment, away from his room. “I can get you—”

“No way!” Finn was in the room now, eyes on the Pirate Bride poster scrunched up on the floor. “What are you doing with this?!” He bent down and picked the poster up, holding it up to look at.

“Throwing it away,” Austin said quickly. “Just trying to spruce the room up a little. Get some ah... some better decorations in here, you know – these are all old. I don’t really... yeah, they’re old.” He tried for a dismissive chuckle and a wave of the hand.

“Dude, you cannot throw this out.”

“Huh?”

“The Pirate Bride! Come on – who has a Pirate Bride poster and throws it away?” Finn could not have looked more disgusted.

“You... you like The Pirate Bride?” Austin frowned. “Really?”

“Dude.” Finn turned his right arm so as to show the tattoo on the bottom of his forearm. When Austin saw it, his mouth literally fell open.

“Is that... Enya Montanero’s rapier?” Austin half reached out as if to touch the tattoo – a clear outline of the sword from The Pirate Bride.

“Duh,” Finn laughed. “And check this out.” He twisted his arm a little more, showing a tattoo of a coffee mug that had the quote “Gourmet Schmormet” printed on it.

“Gourmet Schmormet...” Austin read out loud. It took him a second, but then he got it. “Oh! Pop Fiction!”

“You know it.” Finn then indicated to the Pop Fiction poster on the wall. “But I shouldn’t be surprised – here, check these out!” Finn held both arms out now, showcasing a variety of tattoos that were all references to films and TV shows. “How many can you guess?”

Austin was quick to get closer to Finn... just so he could see the tattoos of course. And of the twelve that were on his arm, Austin knew all of them. “What do you think?” He nodded his head around his room, indicating the plethora of pop-culture and movie posters hung up. If Austin weren’t so scared of needles, he’d probably have the exact same tattoos as Finn.

“Hah! I knew it,” Finn laughed. “We need to get you some now, so after you throw all of this away, you’ll still have a little something to remind you of what it was like to have taste.”

“Oh right...” Austin suddenly felt embarrassed. He had forgotten about the pile of ex-Freddy memorabilia in the room. “Yeah... I was just doing some cleaning,” he finished sheepishly.

“I’m sure you were...” Finn eyed the pile. “Let me guess, throwing away everything that reminds you of your ex?”

“Is it that obvious?”

“I’m just really smart,” he joked.

“Among many things,” Austin joined in without thinking.

“Oh yeah,” Finn smirked. “What else?”

Austin’s eyes widened. “I—I mean... I don’t know what I... I was just being silly.”

“I’m kidding, Austin.” Finn reached out and slapped Austin on the back. “I’m just teasing.”

It felt like more than that. Now that the awkwardness was fading, Austin was almost sure he sensed something else. And although he didn’t want to be too presumptuous... it almost felt like the two were flirting.

Austin took a half-step back, just so he could get a better look at Finn without it being too obvious. The man seriously was a piece of work. Tall, handsome, dressed in a casual suit with an effortless charm that made him that much sexier. Austin wondered if he was gay, then decided there was no way. But if he was...

Despite himself, Austin snuck a quick peak at Finn’s package, but then immediately regretted it. He had forgotten that he was wearing sweatpants with no underwear. The moment his eyes landed on Finn’s crotch, he felt his own cock harden like it was made from cement. Austin also just happened to have a very large penis, which he was ordinarily very proud of, but was now mortified by.

“Thanks for dropping off my wallet!” Austin basically shouted as he quickly sat down on his bed and crossed his legs. His cock was rock hard now, pushing against his pants like it was trying to escape.