Summer Moon

"In the beginning, when I started dating Craig and I still liked him, we did... some stuff, but we never went all the way. He wanted to, but... I was a virgin and I wasn't ready. And then, when I started seeing him for what he really was, I wasn't even comfortable kissing him. So I kept saying no when he tried to talk me into sleeping with him. Then, one night we'd been to a party at one of his friend's house. Craig was a little pissed, because I'd been talking to a guy at the party, and he was convinced I'd been flirting. We came back to my place, and he started kissing me. I was tired, so I told him to go home, but he didn't listen. He just kept pulling at my clothes and saying how much he wanted me. I said no, but... he just wouldn't take no for an answer."

David's eyes were dark and his hands were clenched into fists.

"He... raped..."

Jamie nodded.

"I tried to fight back, but I couldn't stop him."

"Didn't you tell anyone? Didn't you go to the cops?"

"I told my mom." Jamie looked down at the floor. "She didn't believe me."

"What?!"

"She said that a sweet boy like Craig would never do such a thing. Even when I showed her the bruises she refused to believe me, saying it was probably an accident. After that, how could I go to the police, when even my own mother wouldn't believe me?"

David pulled Jamie to him, holding him tight against his chest, stroking his hair soothingly. Just last night, David had decided to be closed off towards Jamie. But when Craig had showed up, his resolve had gone right out the window. Jamie had needed a friend, and then he had been so cute, making dinner and everything, that David gave up even trying to ignore his feelings. He had fallen for Jamie. Now there was no going back.

"It was because of Craig and my mother that I came here," Jamie said. "I wanted to be free of my mom for the summer, and I wanted to be somewhere Craig wouldn't find me. I should have known she'd tell him, even though she promised." Jamie rubbed his eyes. "I guess I had myself to blame, for staying with him for so long when I knew that he was bad news."

Grabbing Jamie's shoulders, David looked at him hard.

"Don't go there. It's his fault, not yours, and don't ever think that it is. Understand?"

Jamie nodded, smiling weakly.

"I didn't mean to be so pathetic. I'm sorry."

"You're not pathetic. If you're going to apologize for something, apologize for what you've done to me."

"Huh?"

David took Jamie's hand and placed it on his chest; Jamie could feel his heart, beating so hard and so fast. David closed his eyes and sighed.

"You've turned everything upside down. I should have gone away the day you arrived. But I didn't, and now it's too late."

David looked at Jamie with eyes that were almost pleading.

"Falling in love was the one thing I feared. Now you're here and there's just no way for me to resist you, is there? I keep trying, but it's useless. I give up. I'm yours now."

"David..."

Jamie threw his arms around him, holding on tight, never wanting to let go. It felt like he'd found a missing part of himself. David...

"David, I..."

Before Jamie could finish his sentence, David rose, picking him up in his arms, and carried him up the stairs to his bedroom. Jamie was debating on whether or not to should protest against being carried like a maiden when he felt David's breath against his ear, as he whispered:

"Just remember that I warned you. You really should learn to stay away from bad guys, Jamie."

"You're not bad."

He gave a light chuckle.

"If you say so."

They reached David's room. He let Jamie down and pulled him into a hard kiss. For just a split second, Jamie was surprised by the suddenness of the kiss, but then he couldn't think anymore, just feel: David's lips, his tongue, his hands. Pulling off Jamie's t-shirt David moved his fingers over his chest; he teased the nipples, then slowly moved down to Jamie's erection and rubbed it through his jeans. Jamie closed his eyes and sighed with a shiver. David's hands were pure magic.

David relieved Jamie of the rest of his clothes, then after laying him down on the bed began to remove his own. Mesmerized, Jamie stared as more and more of the amazing body was revealed. When David finally was naked, Jamie was absolutely stunned; he'd never seen a more glorious sight in his life. David was naturally fit and muscled, but not overly so, and the raven hair made a beautiful contrast against his pale skin. His member was fully hard, and Jamie blushed when he noted its impressive size. The rain on the window created an effect of thin, slithering shadows on his body. Jamie started feeling self-conscious while comparing himself to David's perfection, and could barely look him in the eye as he laid down next to him on the bed. David reached out and touched Jamie's chest with a feather-light caress.

"You're so beautiful, Jamie," he said with a husky whisper. "You take my breath away... every day."

Jamie looked into his eyes and knew without a doubt that David was telling the truth. He could feel a lump forming in his throat.

"I wish... you had been my first," he said, a tear threatening to trickle from the corner of his eye. David kissed it away, and whispered in his ear:

"I will be your first."

"Huh?"

"That prick didn't make love to you, he forced you." David kissed Jamie's earlobe. "I will be your first lover.

Jamie grabbed David's head and kissed him, hard. As he desperately pressed his mouth against David's, he silently swore to himself that he would do anything to make David his only lover... ever.

David began kissing down Jamie's throat; as he licked the skin between the neck and the collarbone, Jamie gasped and squirmed. David relished Jamie's responses. Moving further down, he reached a small, pink nipple; licking his lips, he extended his tongue and flicked it.

"Unh!"

David looked down at Jamie; his eyes were half-closed, his cheeks were red and his lovely blonde hair was disarrayed.

"So beautiful," David thought.

"Please... do that again," Jamie panted.

David smiled.

"What... this?"

He flicked the nipple again.

"Ye... yes!"

"You like this?"

Flick.

"Mmm...!"

David grinned, enjoying his lover's sensitivity.

"Then let's see how you like... this."

He wrapped his lips around the hardening nipple, caressing it with his tongue as he pinched the other with his fingers.

"Oh...!"

Jamie put his arms around David, as if trying to keep him from ever stopping what he was doing. David, teased, licked, sucked and nibbled on the nipples until they were red and tingling.

"David..."

David moved down Jamie's body, kissing a trail, tasting the skin with his tongue. Jamie whimpered as David came closer and closer to his throbbing cock; as David wrapped his lips around the dripping head he cried out.

"Haaah!"

David moved down the shaft teasingly slowly. Jamie writhed and whimpered again. David removed his lips from Jamie's cock, slick with saliva, and wrapped his hand around it. Stroking, he moved up and gave Jamie a light kiss on the lips.

"Your cries turn me on so bad," he whispered, licking Jamie's earlobe. He sped up his strokes as he kept nibbling and licking the ear. Jamie gripped his shoulders with surprising strength.

"David! I... ah! I'm..."

Kissing the nape of his neck, David whispered:

"Let go. It's okay."

"David!"

Jamie erupted. With his body shaking, his seed burst forward, staining his stomach and David's hand.

Dazed and glowing, Jamie looked up at a tenderly smiling David. Reaching out, he pulled David down and kissed him, their tongues slowly rolling and twisting together. His body jerked a little in surprise as David reached down between his cheeks and caressed his opening with come-covered finger. David looked into Jamie's eyes, silently asking permission. Smiling, Jamie nodded and pulled up his legs towards his chest, giving David better access.

David stroked the closed portal with the tip of his finger. Bending down, he took Jamie's cock into his mouth again; it was already beginning to re-harden. He began working his finger inside Jamie. Carefully, he moved and twisted. As Jamie began to loosen up, he added another, stretching and scissoring as he sucked on his member. When the tip of his finger rubbed against Jamie's hidden button, Jamie let out a whimper that made David's cock twitch. After having worked Jamie with three fingers, David grabbed a bottle of lotion from the drawer in his nightstand.

"This will have to do."

Rubbing some lotion onto his cock and some on Jamie's hole, David positioned himself at Jamie's entrance. Kissing him, David whispered against Jamie's lips:

"If it hurts too much... or if you want me to stop... tell me, all right?"

"Okay..."

David began pressing in. When Jamie winced, he stopped.

"Jamie?"

"I'm okay... go on, slowly..." Jamie panted.

David pushed in further, very slowly, biting his lip; Jamie's body was so hot, and so tight. Biting his lip he kept going until he was all the way in. He held still to let Jamie adjust. Looking down, he smiled softly at the sight of the young man he was now connected to. His cheeks were rosy, his lips were red and swollen from kisses, and his eyes were sparkling and looking up at him with utter adoration.

Jamie wrapped his arms around David's shoulders, and David took it as a sign that Jamie was ready. He began to move; slowly at first, then his pace quickened as he kissed and sucked on Jamie's neck. Jamie began to cry out; he wrapped his legs around David's waist and pushed his hips up to meet David's thrusts into his body. David's control was beginning to shatter; he moved faster and faster, pushing his flesh into that hot tightness as Jamie kept crying: "Haah! Da...vid... Aah!", rushing fast towards the edge.

With one last hard lunge from David, Jamie screamed out his release, his whole body shaking. The spasms and contractions around his cock made David trip; holding on to Jamie like a drowning man holds on to a lifeguard, he came with a deep moan, spurting his semen inside Jamie's channel.

Using the last of his strength, David rolled them both over, taking Jamie in his arms. There they lay, sweaty and trembling. It wouldn't be long until they both fell asleep.

"Jamie?"

"Hmm?" Jamie traced an invisible pattern on David's skin.

"I hope I gave you everything you wanted."

Jamie looked up at David and smiled.

"Everything... and more."

David held him a little tighter. Feeling Jamie's warm breath against his chest, David closed his eyes with a contented sigh and allowed himself to drift off.

******

It was a couple of hours later when David awoke and knew he was in trouble. It had been raining before, but now the sky was clear and the moon shone in through the window. Desperately trying not to wake Jamie, David scrambled out of bed and walked towards the door, but the pain of the pull made him double up and fell onto the floor.

David knew he wouldn't be able to fight it this time; the moon wasn't full, but it was always more difficult to resist in the summer, and after what had just happened between him and Jamie he didn't have the strength to fight back. The change was taking over him. If he could just get out of the house...

"David?" a groggy voice murmured.

"No! Please! Not now!" David thought. He opened his mouth to tell Jamie to go back to sleep, but a deep growl was what came out. His bones began to crack as if they were breaking, fur started covering his skin, and nails and teeth extended and sharpened.

David heard a gasp behind him. Turning his head, he could see Jamie, sitting up in bed, eyes wide like saucers and mouth open in shock. David threw himself out the door, stumbled thought the hallway and almost fell down the stairs. Running on all fours, he burst through the front door and ran into the woods, not stopping until he was a good distance away from the house. When he finally did stop, and the change was complete, he threw back his head and howled his heartbreak into the summer night sky.

******

Jamie stayed frozen like a statue, as unable to think as he was unable to move. It wasn't until he began to shiver violently that he snapped out of it and stumbled out of bed on weak legs. After having thrown on some clothes, he slowly walked down the stairs. He held a frail hope that it had all been a bad dream, but when he saw the front door, wide open, he knew it was real. It had really happened. Closing the door, Jamie leaned on it. He slid down to the floor, tears silently pouring down his cheeks.

"David," he whispered. "David."

******

Jamie spent the entire day in strange haze. He couldn't think straight; nothing made sense anymore. All he could do was stare at nothing. He didn't even realize how much time had passed as it began to darken around him. Rising from his refuge on the couch he staggered out the front door.

Just in front of Alicia's house, across the road, was the woods, stretching out before him. Somewhere in there was David. Jamie looked up at the sky; the full moon was up. The full moon... David. He had to find David. His heart was crying out for David, and he knew he had to find him, tonight, no matter what happened.

He started walking. He didn't know where to go, but he didn't care.

"I'll find him," he said to himself. "I have to."

He lost track of time as he walked and walked. How long had it been? It seemed like forever. He didn't know where he was anymore. He kept looking from some sign of where David might be, but saw nothing. But he still kept walking.

Stumbling over a tree-root, Jamie slipped and fell, bumping his head. As he lay on the ground, trying to fight away the dizziness, he heard a voice. A voice that shouldn't be there.

"I followed you."

Craig. Jamie tried to get up, but fell down again. He heard Craig laugh.

"You really make it too easy, babe. I followed you the whole time, and you didn't even notice. What the hell are you doing out here anyway?"

Jamie cried out as Craig suddenly, kneeling down beside him, grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. Craig then turned him on his side, and leaned down to kiss his cheek.

"You're warm, babe. You have a fever. Where's your loverboy? Did he fuck you and leave you? Or was it the other way around? Yeah, I bet it was," Craig hissed. He let go of Jamie's arm and rolled him onto his back. Straddling him, he took Jamie's wrists in one hand and pinned them over his head. Just like that night.

"That's what you do, isn't it, you little cocktease?!" Craig shouted. "You seduce guys, then you dump them. Well, I've got news for you: you're not dumping me!"

Jamie felt Craig's hardon pressing against him.

"No... please... not again," he thought. He started struggling, but he was weak and dizzy.

"I almost gave up and drove home yesterday," Craig continued. "But I turned around. You're not... dumping... me! I love you."

Jamie looked into Craig's face; the face he had grown to hate.

"You don't know what love is," he said.

For a second, Craig just stared at him. Then he was slapped, hard. As the dizziness threatened to overpower him, he became aware of Craig fumbling with his clothes. Jamie threw out his knee and heard Craig groan in pain. He tried to stand, but was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground, and his arm was twisted back again.

"NO! LET GO OF ME!" he screamed.

"Not a chance, babe!" Craig shouted, yanking at Jamie's pants. Then, suddenly, he stopped. Looking towards some bushes, he called uneasily: "Someone there?"

Jamie could hear it too: a rustling, as of something moving over there... and whatever it was, it was big. Then came a deep, ominous growl. And then Craig let go of Jamie and fell back with a frightened whimper as the source of the sounds came into view, stepping out into the moonlight. It had the shape of a wolf, but it was twice as big. And the eyes... They were human eyes. Silver blue human eyes.

"David," Jamie thought.

The wolf had fixed its stare on Craig, growling. It took a few steps towards him as it bared its fangs. With a loud, furious bark the wolf took another step in Craig's direction.

"NOOOOO!"

Screaming, Craig threw a stick at the wolf then ran away as fast as he could. The wolf didn't follow. It turned to Jamie, its face no longer fierce. It took a few cautious step towards him.

"David," Jamie whispered, smiling. He wasn't afraid. This was David, and David would never hurt him. He held out his hand.

"David."

The wolf came closer, then lay down before him, resting its head on its front paws, looking at Jamie with sad eyes. Jamie reached out and touched the wolf, gently stroking its thick. It was dark, thick and soft. Jamie let his hand drift up over the wolf's head, and scratched behind its ear. The wolf closed its eyes and let out a contented puff of air through its nose. Jamie put his arms around the wolf and hugged it, his tears falling into its fur and gliding over it like small diamonds.

"Let's go home," Jamie said and stood up, but his head swam, his vision darkened and he passed out.

******

"David..."

Jamie tossed and turned; his body was so cold, and yet his head seemed to be on fire.

"David! Don't leave me!" he called out.

"Shh... I'm here. I won't leave you," a soft voice whispered. David's voice. Large hands raised him and gave him pills and water, which Jamie swallowed greedily, then drifted back to sleep as David whispered soothingly to him.

******

With a deep groan, Jamie opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was David, sitting next to him in the bed, looking at him with a sad smile.

"Welcome back," he said, putting his hand on Jamie's forehead. "Good. Your fever's gone down."

Jamie reached for David. David took Jamie in his arms, and Jamie burrowed into his body with a sigh.

"Please forgive me," David said, stroking Jamie's hair. "I didn't mean for this to happen. I didn't mean for you to get hurt. I'm so sorry. I should have gone away the day I met you. If you had known what a freak I was..."

"You're not a freak!" Jamie said decisively, taking David's face in his hands.

"I am," David said. "I'm a monster."

"No, you're not!" Jamie shouted. "Man or wolf you're wonderful! Man or wolf, you're David! And I love David!" Jamie kissed him, hard. "I love you," he whispered against David's lips.

David's eyes filled with tears which spilled over his cheeks. He hugged Jamie and kissed his forehead.

"I love you too, Jamie. So much."

******

A few days later, when Jamie was back on his feet, and they were drinking coffee together he asked David to tell him the whole story.

"I was seventeen," David began, "when in the summer our whole family went to visit my grandfather, who lived in Norway, way up in the north in a wooded area. It was fun, and I really liked it there. Then this one night, I went for a walk in the woods alone." David sighed and took a sip of his coffee. "I don't remember what happened. When they found me I was unconscious and I was injured."

"The scars on your back." Jamie said.

David nodded

"Yes. They decided it was an animal attack. They searched the woods for a while but couldn't find anything. I was patched up at the hospital; they checked me out, said I was fine and then we went home. But then, next month when it was almost full moon..."

David's voice trailed off. He drummed at the table with his fingers and stared down into his coffee cup. Sighing, he continued:

"I can't really describe what we all went through. We kept it quiet. My parents were scared to death of me, even when I was myself. They built a cage in the basement and locked me up in there when it was time."

"What?" Jamie gasped.

"I don't blame them," David said. "I willingly let myself get locked up. I was afraid too, afraid that I might hurt them." He smiled. "Alicia wasn't afraid of me, though. She insisted I wasn't dangerous and would stay with me in the basement when I was changed, no matter how much our parents yelled at her. She even tried to convince them to let me run free in the woods when I was wolf, but they refused. In the end, they couldn't stand to be around me anymore and moved away. We never see them anymore. Alicia bought the house from them, and she's been looking out for me ever since. I have a place of my own now, but I come here for the summer. You see, at first I would always change the two days before and the day of the full moon. But I have since learned to control it. I feel "the pull", as I call it, when the full moon comes, but I don't change. I only change on the full moon during the summer. I don't know why. Maybe because I was... infected... during the summer. I don't know."