The Murder Of Willowstream

Ch.19. There's A First Time For Everything

A/N: Just a heads up, this chapter contains content of a sexual nature

Marshal stood before the body length mirror, a nervous wreck. He was wearing his finest shirt and tie, worrying at his lip. His hands were clammy beyond belief, his blonde hair combed to one side neatly and yet all he could think about was how much of a bad idea that he had both Lily and Rhys round for a pep talk.

"This is a bad idea. What do I even do? I am so fucked." Marshal whined, readjusting his tie for the fifth time as it sat uncomfortably tight around his throat.

"Well that's the plan" Lily chuckled as she lay on the bed, her hair being lovingly stroked by Rhys, who promptly slapped her forehead in reprimand. "Ow- hey"

"Lily" Marshal groaned. "I need help here. Fuck it. I'm just gonna cancel." He pulled his phone out and began typing away but with a scramble of movement Lily had sprung from the bed and snatched the phone from his grasp.

"Oh no you don't." She ordered, waving the phone beneath his nose before tossing it nonchalantly to Rhys who caught it.

"What do I do?" Marshal grumbled once again, hanging his head low in defeat. He was a mess on the inside. All bundled knots and yet some how he had never felt heavier. It ached along his shoulders like his arms were too heavy for his body and his feet hurt like he had just walked ten miles.

"Well." Lily said straightening her posture, she pushed imaginary glasses up her delicate nose and put on her best teaching voice: "You lightly grip the penis with your thumb and your index finger, and make slow stroking movements."

"Lily!" Marshal groaned again throwing his head back and somehow slumping his shoulders even further. "Can you take this seriously? Please?"

"You asked me for help, I get to help in whatever way I want, pumpkin." She cooed pinching his cheek before having it swatted away. But when she saw that Marshal's eyes had begun to sparkle with the onset of tears she knew teasing time was over. "Look" she began with a sigh "I know it doesn't feel like it: but you're very lucky to be in this situation. This is special. Your first time could've been in some drunken fumble down a grimy alleyway with someone you don't even know. But instead you get to experience this amazing, wonderful, thing with someone who knows just about as much as you do. Presumedly. Mark is probably just as nervous as you are, okay? So as horrible advice as it sounds: just relax. You're their to have fun and experience a whole world of new together. You got this."

Lily turned to Rhys who was watching from the bed, and gave him her best 'help me' look. He gave a small smile, the gentle tan of his skin seemed to glow like precious gold as he shifted from the delicate beams of sunlight that fell through the windows and got off the bed which groaned in protest at the shift of weight.

He approached Marshal, standing in front of him and waited. When Marshal finally found the strength to look up into the studying eyes of Rhys, he found a strength there that almost beat back his worry. Rhys crossed his arms over his chest and rested his chin in his fingers, frowning in focus as if trying to figure out a puzzle. When, with a click of his fingers, he slid his hands beneath the blazer that Marshal was wearing.

Marshal, while a little confused, didn't resist as he shrugged it from his shoulders, where Rhys handed it to Lily who folded it dutifully and placed it on the bed. Next, Rhys licked the palms of his hands lightly before beginning to run them through Marshals hair and undo the neatness, ignoring Marshals protests of disgust. Rhys then undid Marshals tie, tossing it gently on top of the blazer, before undoing the top three buttons of Marshals shirt and untucking it from the waistband of his trousers.

He then stepped back to admire his handy work with a smile.

"Oh wait!" Lily jumped rushing the short space where she undid the buttons on the cuffs of Marshals sleeves and rolled them up until just below the elbow. "Perfecto! Wait... He needs a coat."