It was almost half past ten by the time they had got back to their room

It was almost half past ten by the time they had got back to their room. But neither boy felt tired in the slightest.

They sat down on Scout's bed and Will gently ran his fingers down Scout's cheek where he had hit him only minutes earlier. "I'm really sorry about this you know" Will said leaning across and kissing him on the cheek.

Scout's only reply was to turn his head and press his lips against Will's, running his tongue along Will's lips asking for entry which Will granted by parting his lips and he moaned slightly as Scout's tongue slid into his mouth and began to explore, as the kiss became deeper Will's hand's slid up the back of Scout's shirt and he explored his back with a delicate caress causing Scout to shiver and moan in his mouth. Scout's hands were tangled in Will's light hair as he held him close.

Will pulled away and Scout groaned at the loss which made Will laugh a little as he leant down to give Scout a quick kiss on the lips and said "Don't worry I just wanted to see if it was okay if I took your shirt off" Will said shyly

Scout looked a little surprised but mostly happy as he replied "I wouldn't be complaining if you did"

Will grinned and gently placed his hands under his shirt and lifted it off over his head and then Scout ran his hands up the front of Will shirt then pulled it over his head and threw it on the floor along with his already discarded one.

They lay there just admiring each other, looking at the chests they had seen so many times during crew but had never thought they would be able to touch anywhere except in their dreams. Scout reached forward and ran his hands over Will's muscular chest and suddenly stopped, surprised to hear Will gasp when his fingers drifted over one of his nipples, Will blushed and started to mutter an apology but Scout placed a finger on his lips and told him to be quiet.

"Will, you don't need to apologize I was just surprised that just me touching you there would turn you on so much." Seeing that Will was blushing furiously, embarrassed that he was so affected by Scout just touching him, he added "Don't you realise how happy it makes me to know that I turn you on as much as you turn me on."

"You don't have to lie and say that you feel the same way if you don't" Will said quietly

"You think I'm not turned on by you?" and when Will nodded he said "Well I can assure you I am" and took Will's hand and placed it on the already large bulge in his trousers which Will felt grow harder as he touched it and Scout let out a small gasp. Will grinned and removed his hand, kissing Scout gently he said "I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that's getting a bit hard" while pointing at his groin where Scout could seeing an impressive hard on and he started to get a little apprehensive.

"Will…. I don't want to… do anything tonight… it's not that I don't *want* too…. I'm just not ready for that yet" Scout mumbled finding it hard to explain things

"It's okay, I don't want to go any further yet either I just want to be able to hold you and touch you" Will said thankful that he wasn't the only one that was nervous.

They held each other slowly and tenderly exploring each other's backs until Will yawned. "Are you tired?" Scout asked sounding concerned

"A bit, but I don't want to go to bed I'd rather just stay here with you" Will said

After a pause Scout said, "You could sleep here with me…. I mean only if you want to… and wearing Pyjamas…and" Will cut him off by saying

"I'd love too" Will said grinning and Scout smiled then it began to wonder what he should wear.

"Um Will"

"Yeah"

"What do you usually wear to bed?"

"Boxers and a T-shirt" he replied then hastily added "but I could wear more if you want"

"No, that's fine I usually just wear boxers and a T-shirt too"

They stood up and facing away from each other they began to undress until they were wearing just their boxers and Will had just opened one of his drawers to get a T-shirt when he felt Scout's hand on his shoulder and he turned around.

"Will, can you not wear a T-shirt, I'd like to be able to feel your skin against mine" Scout said shyly then seeing Will's surprised look he said "forget it, it doesn't matter, can we just forget I just said that?"

"No"

"No? what do you mean? you can't forget it? do you mean that…" Will cut him off again by saying

"I mean I don't want to forget it because I want to sleep with you with both of us just wearing our boxers, no T-shirts"

"Really?"

"Really"

Scout got into the single bed and held open the covers so Will could climb in and they fell asleep just holding each other, happy that at last they had what they wanted most in the world, the love of the person they loved. Will smiled to himself that night thinking that despite the little argument this had been a pretty brilliant day, hell it had been the best day of his life.