3 Years Later

     Thane adjusted the dead deer over his shoulders as he walked through the gate to the cottage. He smiled as he watched Leighton digging up vegetables in the garden.

     "Your man has brought a feast fit for a king!" Thane shouted with pride.

     Leighton turned and chuckled at his joking. He stood straight and carried the basket of fresh vegetables he had filled that morning.

     Thane tossed the deer onto a table against the outside wall and drew his blade. As he began slicing into it to remove the hide, Leighton joined him.

     "Let me help," he offered.

     He drew another knife from the shelf beside them and began removing the head.

     "I saw the old herder on the way back," Thane told him as he deftly removed the skin from the meat. "He said the Duke of Allister has died. His wife was then found to have been embezzling from the crown behind her husband's back."

     "A wife having access to her husband's official court documents?" wondered Leighton. He snorted. "Who believes that?"

     "No one, I'm certain," Thane replied. "It's easier to put all the blame on her, though, than admitting one of their own had hidden his treachery for so long right beneath their noses. It's better for them if the public believes he was the only fool."

     Leighton helped Thane finish with the hooves and then remove all but the skinned carcass from the table. As Thane began slicing the meat into sections, Leighton nervously cleared his throat.

     "What has happened to her?" he finally asked.

     "Hanged," Thane replied.

     He stopped carving the animal and looked back at Leighton. "You don't need to worry, little fox. The entire capital forgot all about you long ago. There were never even any posters looking for you."

     Leighton's shoulders fell as he breathed a sigh of relief. He started to smile but then remembered he wasn't the only one in hiding.

     "And you?" he asked. "What news of a warden who disappeared with his ward? Surely, they would miss you."

     Thane shrugged as he continued cutting the meat. He would toss each slab into large wooden basins to be packed away or turned to jerky later.

     "Bad luck befalls men in my profession quite often," he nonchalantly replied. "Do you think anyone would send out a rescue party for one of us? Let alone waste valuable time and money."

     Leighton wrapped his arms around Thane's waist from behind and Thane patted his hand.

     "Help me bring this inside," Thane instructed, handing him one of two filled basins.

     He grabbed the basket of vegetables as well as the basin he carried and followed Leighton.

     He made light of their situation, but even if no one was after Leighton, there would still be those who sought answers to why he had disappeared. The last time he was seen was in Leighton's company. If anyone suspected he had met his end at the hands of a prisoner, it was Leighton they would blame.

     "Don't drip blood all over the clean floor!" bellowed Leighton as they entered. "I scrubbed it this morning after you left."

     Thane snapped out of his worries to softly chuckle at Leighton's nagging. "You're worse than a wife."

     "I am your wife," Leighton announced brightly, spinning with the meat on his way to the kitchen.

     As soon as they both placed the food onto the table, Thane pulled Leighton into his arms for a kiss. He delved his tongue deeply into his mouth and pressed himself against Leighton's groin.

     "Mmm... it's been hours," Thane groaned against Leighton's lips.

     "You need to wash," Leighton told him, blocking another kiss with his hand. "You're covered in blood."

     "So are you, princess," Thane smirked and laughed when Leighton gasped at the blood on his tunic. "Come on," he said as he took Leighton's hand. "We'll wash each other."

     After undressing and washing each other off from the basin beside the bed, they fell onto the mattress together. Thane kissed and sucked on Leighton's lips, neck, and nipples. His hand slid down to gently stroke Leighton's cock. As his lips reached it, he turned and moved over Leighton, with his cock hovering over Leighton's mouth.

     Leighton squeezed Thane's ass as he devoured the thick hard mass dangling like a sweet treat. He moaned as Thane sucked the reddened top if his cock. Thane cradled Leighton's testicles in his large hand to carefully massage them as he licked and sucked. He had discovered he enjoyed doing this as much as Leighton enjoyed doing it to him.

     They sucked and licked, their teeth scraping and teasing until they climaxed in each other's mouth.

     Thane lifted himself to turn and face Leighton. He rested over him on one elbow to kiss him deeply, their cum mixing with their saliva as their tongues explored every corner.

     "Mmm..." Thane moaned as Leighton reached down and began stroking him. "You're ready to go again already?" he asked with a peck on the cheek.

     "It doesn't take me long to get hard again with you," Leighton reminded him. "I need you inside of me. It's throbbing in need of you."

     "I want to feel it," Thane replied.

     He reached down and slid his finger inside of Leighton. The walls were, in fact, pulsing out of habit and expectation. It was, also, already wet.

     "Are you still wet from last night, or did you pleasure yourself while I was away?" Thane questioned as he slid in a second finger to ready him.

     "Nothing I would do to myself could compare to what you give me, precious bird," Leighton cooed as he rolled his hips to participate in Thane's efforts. "I would rather torture myself with longing so I can enjoy everything you do all the more."

     Thane smiled down at him.

     "That's my little fox," he said and softly kissed him.

     He moved himself over Leighton and slid his cock inside. "We were a bit rough last night. Do you mind if we take our time this morning?"

     Leighton shook his head. He was still a sore from their passionate lovemaking, but his body still craved more. "I don't mind."

     Thane went slow. Everything he did was with careful consideration to the achiness he knew Leighton was left with from the last time. He didn't mind taking his time. It had been a while since they'd gone slow, and he missed it.

     He held Leighton as he entered and pulled out, entered and pulled out. He kissed his neck and ear, passed his tongue over Leighton's lips, and bent down to kiss and suck his nipples. Leighton slid his hands across Thane's back and lifted his hips to meet each gentle thrust.

     Without touching his cock, Leighton came between their bellies. Thane continued as though he could go on for hours more, but Leighton didn't mind. He accepted another deep kiss and he was hard again within moments.

     "Do you want to cum again, my little fox?" Thane asked against his ear, steadily rocking his hips as he shoved himself deeper.

     Leighton nodded as he could feel the pressure mount.

     "Then cum," Thane softly commanded.

     He reached his hand down and began to stroke Leighton as he moved his hips faster. "Cum for me, little fox. Cum hard."

     He began stroking Leighton at the same speed and firmness he was using to thrust into him. He had become faster and as deep as he could to fill him.

     Leighton moaned and grabbed onto Thane's back as he heard the words again. "Cum for me. I've got you. Cum!"

     Leighton groaned and moaned loudly as his body convulsed almost violently beneath Thane. His cock throbbed within Thane's merciless grip and spewed white thick semen between them.

     Thane groaned loudly as his own orgasm came hard and fast. He lowered himself to rest on top of Leighton as he tried to catch his breath. He didn't want his weight crushing Leighton, but he was too weak to move.

     After a final ragged breath, Leighton caressed Thane's back. He leaned over to give Thane a kiss on his head.

     With a grunt, Thane moved aside and lay on his back, pulling Leighton to lay against him. Leighton rested his arm over Thane's body and squeezed him in a hug. Thane smiled and kissed his head before holding him close.

     "Let's rest a while," Thane suggested in a quiet, exhausted voice. "We'll finish with the deer and take a bath before bed."

     Leighton nodded and smiled. They always made love in the bath, even when they swore it would only be a bath.