FAMILY BOND

Chapter 8

"Well, that was refreshing." Avi chuckles as they all climb the railing after their swim.

They all look like drowned rats. Their street clothes soaked, clinging to their bodies.

"I think I needed to buy me some more clothes before we came." Tim laughs as he pulls his shorts up. "I'm having trouble keeping these up."

"Oh, I don't mind at all." Adam smiles seductively as he wraps his arms around his husband.

"You have lost a lot of weight, Timbo." Avi replies.

"Probably the week of starvation." Tim smiles.

"And you're not drinking as much. Beer puts weight on you." Nate comments.

"I haven't had a beer in a while and honestly I don't miss it." Tim says.

"Well, I think you look good." Esther says.

"You look healthier." Eddy adds with a nod.

"Speaking of food, is anyone else getting hungry besides me?" Avi asks.

They all laugh as they raise their hands.

"Well, Adam and I are going to go take a shower while you guys decide on which hut you are going to take." Tim says as he takes his husband by the hand and walks toward their claimed bungalow.

The others look around at their luggage still sitting where they left them.

"Anyone have anything to snack on?" Avi sighs.

"Why? We're fixing to go eat." Chance says as he picks up some of his and Austin's luggage.

"Did you not just hear what he said? THEY are taking a shower?" Avi says, shaking his head. "It's going to be a while."

~~

Tim steps into the shower then holds his hand out for his husband. Adam smiles as he takes his hand and steps in.

"Well, at least this bathroom is bigger than the plane's." Adam giggles.

Tim shakes his head as he lathers the washcloth.

"I'm not making love to you in no bathroom." Tim chuckles.

"So when? It's been a couple of weeks." Adam pouts.

"Soon, Angel Face, very soon." Tim says quietly as he softly kissing his husband's lips. "You always go out of your way to please me. I've allowed myself to become hardcore, uncaring, unable to show my feelings. Mainly because of the path I chose. And I'm afraid that I might not show you enough just how much you mean to me. Tonight, I'm going to show you."

Tim begins to wash Adam's body. Familiarizing himself with the body that he idolizes. The body of his best friend, lover and husband. The body that has stood beside him for many years. The body that has saved him in more ways than one.

Tim gets down on his knees and reaches down for Adam's foot.

"Baby, you don't have to wash... Oh, my God." Adam groans at the feeling of Tim washing and massaging his feet. "Your hands are magic."

"That's what I've been told." Tim says as he caresses his husband's foot.

"Oh, yeah? By who?" Adam asks with a bit of jealousy.

"You." Tim smiles up at the blond.

"Oh." Adam smiles as he runs a hand through Tim's wet hair.

After he was through washing his lover, Tim begins to wash the blond's hair. Massaging his scalp as he did.