by Augusta Li
Querry finally located the water: a little fount that tumbled over some gray blocks and into a round pool surrounded by rushes. Metallic flowers of every color climbed up the sides of the fall. A monkey called to the trio from a nearby tree. Querry set his lamp on a large rock. The pool’s surface reflected the golden light.
“Set up here, shall we?”
“This is a lovely spot,” Frolic said, setting down his blankets.
“Are you sure Thimbleroy won’t find us here?” Reg asked.
“Absolutely,” Querry said. “We’re several stories below ground. It’s just as Dink said. If Thimbleroy’s men come ’round they’ll never know these levels exist.” He reached out and found Reggie’s hand, using it to pull Reggie to him. Querry petted his hair as he spoke. “Our lives aren’t going to be easy. But tonight we can forget about that. We can forget that there’s a world outside this forest at all.” He kissed Reg softly, cursing the armloads of pillows that separated their bodies.
Reg nodded, and he and Frolic arranged the bedding in a circle around the lantern. Querry lit some candles to better watch the other two men, who sat side by side, holding hands. Smiling, Querry got out of his gloves and armored waistcoat before joining them. Before long, a small, spotted jungle cat crept from the undergrowth and curled in Frolic’s lap. The cat lapped at his fingers with a rough little tongue. Soon a badger and a hare rested at Frolic’s side, and a family of small frogs watched the clockwork boy from a nearby branch.
“These creatures are so drawn to you,” Querry marveled, reaching over to stroke the jungle cat, caressing Frolic’s hand and fingers as he did. He looked up to find Reg watching, Reg’s grip tight on Frolic’s other hand. “What’s wrong?” Querry asked him.
“This feels strange, Querry. I thought I wanted this, but, watching you two, I feel something. Jealousy? I’m not used to this idea. I suppose I’ve always believed that each person has his one true love, a partner to be faithful to.”
Standing, Querry said, “I think I understand. I love you both, my Frolic and my Reg, and if it will make you more comfortable, I’ll sit a ways off for a bit. If you want me to join you, just tell me so.” He perched on a rock, not at all disappointed with the idea of watching, for now.
Reg scooted around so he faced Frolic. He smoothed Frolic’s curls, stroked his cheek, and cupped his chin. “Frolic,” he said, “I was so worried over you. I’ve missed you very much.”
“I’ve missed you too,” Frolic answered, pulling the end of Reg’s necktie, letting his collar fall open. When it did, Frolic traced the line of Reg’s neck with one finger. “Kiss me.”
Reg leaned in and found Frolic’s lips. His hand moved up Frolic’s arm until he held Frolic’s face between both his palms. Frolic held to Reg’s neck and his wrist, moving closer and displacing the cat, who moved around to curl at his back.
Querry could see their cheeks ripple and churn, indicating the fury of their tongues within. He wet his own mouth with his tongue as he felt his pants grow tighter.
“Reg,” Frolic breathed, breaking the kiss. He unbuttoned Reg’s waistcoat and then started on his shirt. Reg followed his lead and started on Frolic’s buttons. When he’d finished, he brushed the shirt from Frolic’s slender shoulders, gasping with awe at Frolic’s beauty. Then he removed his own shirt, and both of them rose up on their knees, letting their smooth chests join. Their hands roved over each other’s lean arms, waists, and backs, the grasping and groping growing more urgent as they began to kiss again. Frolic circled his groin, grinding his body against Reg. Reg grabbed his butt and kneaded his cheek.
“Let’s get out of these clothes,” Reg suggested.
Frolic nodded eagerly and got to his feet, toeing off his boots and peeling his pants and underclothes away. His naked body looked soft and fuzzy in the firelight, and his erection stood out. Almost as soon as Reg undressed, the two men’s mutual need pulled them together again. Bodies collided, and hands and lips resumed their fevered exploration. Reg bent his knees to suckle Frolic’s small nipple. Frolic threw his head back and moaned, his fingertips digging into Reg’s shoulders and his hard cock rubbing against Reg’s own. Reg slowly kissed his way down Frolic’s body, moistening the skin between his chest and belly muscles. Soon Reg dropped to his knees, his face pressed against Frolic’s flat stomach and Frolic’s hands in his hair.
Querry watched Frolic’s chest heave as Reg’s fist closed over his testicles. Reg planted little pecks up and down Frolic’s shaft, making Frolic’s legs tremble and his lips fall open.
“Oh, Reggie, please!” Frolic panted.
“All right then, my love,” Reg said, parting his lips so the swollen tip of Frolic’s penis could slip between them. Querry envied Reg the treat he now savored, the satin skin his fingers skimmed. He envied Frolic the skillful mouth he plunged into, the wheat-colored hair he held for balance. He unbuckled his belt and popped the buttons of his fly as he watched Reg’s head bobbing, and Frolic crying out along with Reg’s rhythm. He knew well that Frolic’s body wasn’t hindered by a normal man’s limitations: he could come half a dozen times in an evening. Reg must’ve known, too, because he didn’t take his time with Frolic, but drove hard and fast against him, sending Frolic deep into his throat.
Querry got out of his pants and walked over to them. He stood a few feet behind Frolic and watched Frolic’s ass muscles clenching. His eyes were shut and his lips open. Over his shoulder, Reg’s golden head moved back and forth.
“Please, tell me I can kiss him,” Querry managed.
Reg paused in his work and met Querry’s eyes. A tiny crease appeared between his brows as he considered, and then his eyes crinkled with a smile. He nodded, and Querry’s arms snaked around Frolic’s lithe waist. To Querry’s surprise and delight, Reg’s hand moved up the outside of his thigh. Frolic turned his head and found Querry’s mouth. They kissed hard, Querry swallowing Frolic’s moans and cries as Reg sucked and slurped at his cock.
Querry’s hard dick left wet trails over Frolic’s back. He moved against him while his fingers found Reg’s hand on his leg and covered it. His other arm stayed around Frolic, holding him up as he quivered and swooned.
“This, this is perfect,” Querry panted, his heart and mind soaring. He’d never been so aroused, so happy, or so in love. Frolic’s inclusion hadn’t diminished his devotion to Reg; it had multiplied it. Squeezing Frolic’s ribs, Querry swiveled against him, sending him in and out of Reggie’s mouth. A symphony of grunts, moans, and barely formed words escaped the three men. When Frolic came, he screamed Reg’s and then Querry’s name over and over again.
Querry let him recover a bit before he gently urged him to the side and took his place. Reg shot him a smug smile, but he opened his mouth and complied. Wet warmth enveloped Querry’s cock, and his balls drew up tight to his body. “Oh my God, Reg,” he panted, thrusting forward and delving into Reg’s throat.
Frolic hurried to kneel behind Reggie and kiss back and forth across his shoulders. Reg purred with delight, the sound reverberating all through Querry’s body. His cock skipped and his anus clenched. Frolic’s arm wrapped around Reg, and his small hand found Reg’s erection. He deftly used his thumb to swirl the leaking juices around and around the head. Reg’s ample fluids eased the way as Frolic stroked him. Querry watched, enthralled. Soon Reg’s movements became erratic, distracted. Querry grasped the back of his head and held it immobile as he thrust, taking over. Reg reeled forward, holding onto Querry’s leg for support. Frolic’s fist twisted, and white ribbons erupted from Reg’s slit, covering his cock and Frolic’s knuckles. Seeing Frolic’s hand painted with Reg’s seed was more than Querry could take. He felt his orgasm ripped out of him, his entire body drained and trembling. Reg didn’t let a single drop go to waste.
“Reg,” he panted, his erection bouncing against the roof of his lover’s mouth. “F-Frolic. God. God, I love you both so much.”
Weak, shaking, and satisfied, the three of them sunk down to the blanke
t. Querry lay on his back and drew Reg and Frolic onto his chest, draping an arm over each of them. They lay face to face, smiling, giggling, and stroking each other’s hair. Querry looked up at the artificial stars, and a laugh escaped him. He squeezed his lovers tight, enjoying their warmth and weight. He was so happy, he worried he might cry. “I love you,” he told them again. “That was, that was better than anything. You’re both so wonderful.”
They rested together for quite some time, saying little and listening to the song of an owl in the distance. Above Querry, Reg and Frolic felt liquid and relaxed. Querry, remembering from earlier, shook Reggie’s shoulder gently and said, “Are you feeling better about everything? I don’t want you to be uncomfortable.”
In response, Reg pulled Frolic’s face to his and kissed him, their lips joining right above Querry’s heart. Querry watched their slick lips twisting together, seeing an occasional, tantalizing flicker of tongue. He felt his blood flowing south again as their fingers knit together and their thighs crossed over him, Reg’s knee on top of Frolic’s.
Querry pulled them up a few inches, so that they kissed right in front of his face. He pressed his mouth to the corners of theirs and thrust his tongue up. It slipped between two sets of lips. Two tongues licked up the sides of Querry’s tongue. All of them opened their mouths wider, exploring this new sensation, tongues twisting together in a chaotic, wet knot. Hands curled into Querry’s hand and fondled his nipples, penis, and balls. Reg’s and Frolic’s mouths moistened his cheeks and chin as they devoured his face with nips and kisses. Querry writhed, trapped deliciously beneath them. Each of his hands found the soft mound of an ass, and he guided Reg and Frolic closer together. Like their tongues, their three cocks rubbed against each other, Querry’s squashed tight between the other two. He and Reg seeped fluid, allowing slippery flesh to glide over slippery flesh. It felt indescribable, like nothing Querry had ever experienced nor even imagined. His pelvic muscles tightened as a second orgasm built.
Throwing his head back, Querry broke away from the exquisite kiss. He gulped air until he could speak. “Frolic,” he panted, trying to still the motion of their hips so he could form a coherent thought, “Frolic, would you like to try something new?”
Frolic’s silver head rose from Querry’s chest, his ringlet curls bouncing. He moved his arm so he could prop himself on his elbow as he regarded Querry. “Something new?” he asked.
“I’ve wanted, I want—” Querry shook his head to clear it as Reg sucked on his chin. “There’s another way for us to be together. I want to be inside you. Do you think you’d like that?”
He contemplated Querry’s words. Querry would never grow tired of his cute, confused expression. Frolic likely tried to picture how it would work. Finally, grinning, he said, “I think I’d like to try it.”
“Frolic, you’ve never—?” Reg asked.
“I wanted to make sure he was ready,” Querry said. “That the time was right.”
“I think the time is perfect,” Frolic said, absently twisting Reg’s nipple.
“Let me up then,” Querry said. They rolled off his chest, quickly coming back together to kiss and touch as Querry, his hands fluttering with excitement, searched his pockets. Finally he located the chemist’s tin.
Reg disengaged from Frolic’s limbs when Querry returned. Querry rolled Frolic on his back and grabbed a pillow for his head. Frolic looked up at him, the wonder returned to his magnificent eyes, as Querry gently parted his legs and sat between them. His eyes never left Frolic’s as he guided his heels up next to his bottom and opened the lotion. He smeared some over Frolic’s clenching opening, drawing a sharp gasp from the clockwork boy.
“Just relax, my beauty,” Querry crooned as he circled Frolic’s tiny hole. Frolic’s pale lashes batted, and his breath hitched. With the utmost relish and care, Querry slipped his finger inside Frolic. Frolic’s muscle tightened around it. “How is that?” Querry asked, pressing his cheek to Frolic’s round knee.
“Odd,” Frolic panted. “A good odd, though.”
Laughing, Querry explored the geography of Frolic’s erect cock as he plunged another finger into him. Frolic’s body began to soften, became pliable and accommodating. Querry added a third finger and pushed deep. Frolic choked back a small squeal. Querry shushed him, petting his chest. He waited many moments for Frolic to adjust to the novel feeling, and then his hand moved back down Frolic’s body to grasp his erection. Querry began to stroke him, moving his fingers in and out to match the slow pace. Frolic spread his legs wider, his waist twisting and his eyes falling closed.
“Are you ready?” Querry asked, his dick jumping with the anticipation of Frolic’s tight, virgin body.
“I, ugh—”
Propping his hand next to Frolic’s head, Querry leaned down and kissed each of his eyelids. “Do you want me, Frolic?”
“Want you. Want you, Querry.”
Smashing his lips against Frolic’s, Querry slowly drew his fingers out of Frolic’s body. He touched the rim of Frolic’s anus, and found it open and ready. Gripping himself, Querry guided his darkened, dripping cock into Frolic, burying it just past the head.
“Oh, Querry!” Frolic cried, his hands seizing Querry’s shoulders. Querry pushed himself up so he could see Frolic’s face. At first his beautiful features contorted with pain, but as Querry moved slowly, stroking Frolic as he pushed into him with the utmost gentleness, a look of pleasure spread across his face. Querry felt Frolic’s muscles spasming, hugging his cock, and Frolic’s penis skipping in his hand.
“Reg,” Querry grunted, patting around beside them for the small tin. He found it and held it out to his side.
“Querry, what—”
“Reggie, please!” He thrust the balm toward the blond man. “Please. I need you.”
“Oh, my dear love,” Reg whispered, moving around behind Querry.
Querry circled his hips, continuing to stimulate Frolic, as Reg greased up his opening. He started to play with it with his fingers, but Querry stopped him, saying, “Please just do it. I don’t want to wait. I want you in me now, Reg.”
Reg spread Querry’s cheeks and positioned himself. Querry winced at the tearing sensation, but he knew how to open himself up for his lover, and soon the discomfort ebbed and disappeared. Reg began to move against him. Querry let his momentum drive his body into Frolic, and soon they’d established the rhythm of a well-tuned engine.
Reg pried one of Frolic’s hands from Querry’s shoulder and brought it to his face. Querry could hear Reg kissing Frolic’s hands, sucking on his fingers. Reg stopped now and then to nibble Querry’s neck and ear. His hand reached around to pinch Querry’s nipple, sending another jolt of sensation through his over-stimulated body. Sweat glistened over Querry’s skin, and he felt Reg grow sticky behind him as they picked up speed. He couldn’t take much more of this: being completely connected to both of the men he loved, feeling them pleasure every inch of his body with their eager hands and lips. Querry drew a shuddering breath and gripped Frolic’s hipbones. Frolic’s small foot came to rest on Querry’s shoulder, and Reg grasped his ankle and kissed his toes.
“Querry, love,” Reg breathed, “going to—”
“Give it to me,” Querry begged.
“Ugh, yes! Frolic! Querry!” Reg cried, pumping Querry hard, driving Querry into Frolic.
Frolic’s lower back bowed off the ground just as Querry felt the wet explosion inside him. “Querry, Querry, Querry,” Frolic repeated in quick whispers. “Love you! Ah!”
Dropping his forehead to Frolic’s chest, Querry felt the orgasm ready to explode like a barrel of powder. His anus squeezed tight to Reg’s softening cock. He whimpered and thrashed, falling apart, coming harder than he ever had. He salvaged the presence of mind to pull out of Frolic just in time, and his seed splashed against Frolic’s stomach.
They collapsed in a heap, one on top of the other, and lay panting, overwhelmed with bliss. Reg finally managed to stagger to his feet and wet h
is handkerchief at the pool. They cleaned themselves and retreated under the blanket, falling quickly into a deep sleep, their limbs wound together like tangled wires. Soon the clockwork creatures ventured out of the forest to cuddle next to Frolic. Opening his eyes once during the night, Querry smiled at them sleeping there, and then he surrendered to the deepest and most complete sense of peace he’d ever known.
Chapter Fourteen
MORNING, and the time for Querry, Reg, and Frolic to leave the warm shelter of their beds for the cold world outside, came too soon. They packed up their gear and checked their weapons in sad silence before going up to the kitchen. There they found Dink and Lizard sharing a cheerless breakfast of toast, preserves, sausage, and eggs. Querry sat down and poured himself some tea. Lizard solemnly presented Frolic with a simple sword and dagger, as well as an armored leather duster, skullcap, gloves, and a pair of goggles. Frolic thanked him and put the new gear over his ragged clothes.
“This is it,” Querry said. “This is goodbye.” The idea that he would never see the workshop again hurt much more than he’d expected. He reached across the table and squeezed Dink’s hand. “Old friend, thank you for everything you’ve done for us. I’ll never forget it, or you.”
“It has been my pleasure to know you,” Dink answered. “All of you. I won’t forget you, either.”
“Will the two of you be all right?” Reg asked.
Dink nodded. “We will fly north, above the clouds. What will the three of you do?”
“Make our way to the docks,” Querry answered. “Board a ship and leave this island.” He’d never been patriotic, but the idea of abandoning his home stabbed at Querry’s heart. “We’ll make a new life.”
Standing, Dink said, “Be safe, my boy, and be happy.” He hugged Querry long and hard before embracing Frolic, and even Reg.
Taking a last look at the magnificent shop, Querry, Reg, and Frolic ascended the lift for the final time.
