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The Mustang Chronicles

Prompt: Curious

Pictures

"Oooooh! They came!" Maes exclaimed in excitement. He clutched the padded envelope to his chest and looked around the recreation room suspiciously for the drill sergeant.

Roy looked up from what he was reading and said, "What's that?"

Maes glanced at him, and said with a grin, "I don't know if I should show you."

"What? Why not?" He knew the man was trying to bait him, but he didn't care.

Maes held the package up and wiggled it with a sly grin, "I dunnoooo, this might be a little much for a young pup like you to handle."

Roy glared at the comment about his age, and said, "Just show me."

Hughes put a finger to his chin. "Weeeell…."

The dark haired recruit made a sound of exasperation. He was curious, but also impatient. His friend obviously wanted to show him, and Roy was obviously curious; he wanted to just skip the games and get on with it.

The taller man seemed to sense it was time to get on with it and looked around again before sitting down next to Roy and opening the package. "I left what little stuff I own with a friend before I left, and I asked him if he'd send these to me. Just hate being without them, you know?"

Something Maes wouldn't want to be without? Roy's curiosity was growing even more. He watched as Hughes slid the contents, a stack of pictures, out into his hand.

Pictures?

What was the big deal about…

Suddenly Maes thrust one of the pictures in front of his face. Roy's eyes went big and he felt blood rush to his face. This was a picture of…

"I like to keep pictures of all my old girlfriends and fuck buddies," Hughes said. "This is Sara, and this," he put another picture up, "is Maria, and Brittanie, and…"

Roy watched in shock as the man rattled off names. Each picture contained a different girl in a very provocative or compromising position. He thought that perhaps he should look away or something, but he couldn't. He'd never even kissed a girl, let alone seen one naked. He'd never even seen pictures of naked girls… He crossed his legs and laid his book down in his lap trying to hide how the pictures were affecting him.

"What are you doing with those?" he was finally able to say.

Maes looked at him and said, "What do you mean?"

"You…they're…" he stuttered. Part of him wanted to grab the photos and study them closely to satisfy his more base curiosity, another part of him was shocked and embarrassed at what he was seeing.

"I love taking pictures. I usually keep some pictures with me at all times, but I heard that the bags were going to be inspected so I didn't bring any. Didn't want to lose any of my precious pictures," he said with a wink to Roy, then kissed one of them.

"Okay…you have issues…" Roy said, then let his eyes fall back on the stack of photos.

"Wanna see the rest?" Hughes asked in a tone that said he already knew the answer.

Roy blushed even deeper, but his curiosity got the better of him and he nodded.