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I laughed, but refrained fro out that Caleb had been free to dress as soer for a couple of years

“Favorite hobby?” I said as I searched out the butter

Caleb was silent for a long tiaze drifted to the smallon the opposite side of the small kitchen “That’s a hard one,” he murmured

“Why?” I asked

He shrugged “Because I’m not sure if you want the before answer or the after one”

“I know it’s hard to see it right now, Caleb But you’re still one person What happened to you is only a piece of you, but there are so many other pieces I think you just need tiether”

“Can I get back to you on the hobby thing?” he asked

I didn’t like how quiet he’d gone Soed between us after that first day on the boat We’d found this co in conversations much like the one we’d just had It’d been Caleb who’d decided to keep ourthings about himself that were easy As badly as I’d wanted to push his encounter, I’dhiet hi I needed to make use of every minute I had with his, but I wanted him to start to feel like himself even more

I’d so with hih, becausehier and that seely I was almost always half-hard around hi at full attention What orse, though, was there was absolutely nothing I could do about it With the close quarters ere sharing, I couldn’t even jack off in the s in the saht and Caleb usually ended up sprawled half on top of ether He was still very et past his age, I couldn’t overlook the fact that what he needed in a lover was so I couldn’t offer him

“Sure,” I said

“What about you?” Caleb asked “What’s your favorite hobby?”

“Youcover to cover the moment it arrives in my mailbox?”