Chain Lightning II: Sheet Lightning

Mapping the Human Heart



By


Boo Hewerdine

And the same road that brought us together
Is the one where someday we will part
And if you get lost
That's part of the cost
Mapping the human heart

There are rivers beyond the horizon
There's a place between science and art
You could spend your whole life
Never trace twice
Mapping the human heart

Oh when you think that you've seen everything you can see
Look again
Oh when you think that you've seen everything
Look again








Mapping the Human Heart – part 1







Dom watched as Jean, curled up and cozy next to Billy and Sean, regarded her two men thoughtfully. This pair of men obviously fascinated her. They were both complex, multifaceted. Dom thought about the analytical side of Sean, how he had apparently spent a bit of time mapping out the personalities of Jean and Billy. It said more than words could say about the handsome man from Sheffield, just like Sean’s hands said more than words, about how his own heart worked. Never brutal and too rough, but firm, yes, gentle but firm. They guided more than forced. They excited and calmed at once. His touch seemed carefully thought out and controlled.

Clearly Viggo was different in how he handled his lovers. He wasn’t brutal either, but he was more dominant, more forceful, and his rowdy nature expressed itself in bed as well as out of bed. Viggo tended to be more about control in an overt way, while Sean’s nature was subtler. Viggo was more spontaneous where Sean seemed to map things out before-hand. As was obvious in the way Viggo had joined in while Liv was giving Dom head. Viggo had grasped Dom around the waist from behind, just as he had with Billy, and was now probing inside Dom in a manner not to be refused. Not that Dom had any intentions of refusing.

Sean, on the other hand, expressed his playful side. He had rolled Billy over on his belly and given him a rough tickle, then positioned him on his side, gesturing to Jean to join in. Jean lay with her little bottom pressed against Billy’s crotch, wriggling delightfully as Billy’s hands gently stroked her body and teased her nipples. Sean was stoking Billy’s side again, and Dom could see a small, warm smile play on the bigger man’s lips as Billy once more exhaled from deep inside. Sean spooned himself behind Billy who was spooned against Jean. His hand glided smoothly over Billy’s side and grasped the Scot’s shaft, guiding Billy inside of Jean. Jean made a soft, low, happy little sound similar to Sean’s rumbling purr, her own purr lighter, softer and higher than Sean’s, but otherwise very like.

Dom watched Sean’s hands glide up Billy’s arm to his shoulder, then his hand slid back down in one fluid, soothing stroke around Billy’s waist. Aside from seeing Sean position himself and carefully ease into Billy, Dom could tell when Sean was where he wanted to be from the dreamer’s expression on Billy’s face.

Viggo, meantime, was doing the same thing to Dom. It actually hurt at first due to Viggo’s size, but Viggo was careful, so the cramping was really much more short-lived than Dom had thought it might be. Caught between Liv’s plump lips and Viggo’s sizable shaft, Dom floated in the sensuality of it all, both from the sensations of what Liv and Vig was doing to him and from watching the other three in the next bed.

Billy’s hands played across Jean’s body, fast and light, making her squirm back against him. Sean’s arm was all the way around the both of them, as if he was fucking Jean and Billy at the same time. Billy nibbled his lower lip; his eyes slid shut with pleasure. With each thrust from behind, Sean drove Billy’s cock into Jean’s snatch.

In the same way, Viggo thrusting into Dom drove his cock deeply into Liv’s mouth. Dom couldn’t believe how sexy she looked sucking his cock. Viggo couldn’t believe how well Dom responded to his masterful handling.

“Bean, I have to confess, I’ve envied you for months,” Viggo said, “but this is working out so well, those days are over with. I have a feeling Liv and I have our third. What do you say, Dom? Do we?”

“Just try and keep me away,” Dom sighed, “I’ll track you both down and handcuff you and have my way with you.”

“Looks like a good match from here,” Sean replied. “That’s what counts, a good match. Compatibility, wouldn’t you say, birthday boy?”

“Mmm,” Billy replied.

“You could elaborate on that a bit, Bill.”

“Are we fishing for compliments, Mr. Bean?” Billy said cheekily, “Because if we are fishing for compliments…”

“Well, I won’t turn a compliment down, but what I’m really fishing for is an answer,” Sean let his hand drift up. He stroked Jean’s scarred cheek affectionately with his thumb, then trailed the back of his fingers down Billy’s cheek. Billy caught them gently in his teeth and nibbled them. “What I want to hear you say is that compatibility counts, Billy.” Sean finished.

Billy laughed soft and low, his smile suddenly making him look like a kid. “Well, yeah, but let’s not go picking out rings or anything just yet, Sean, it’s not like – oh… do that again!”

“Me, or Sean?” Jean giggled.

“Both!” Billy replied. “Oh, God, you two, oh fuck but this is good.”

“Sean?”

“Yeah, Jean?”

“I think you just got your answer you were fishing for.” Jean grinned mischievously, “Right nice pole to go fishin’ with, too.” She squirmed back against Billy as Sean thrusted forward, making both of his lovers moan.

“Mine or Billy’s?”

“To quote Billy…both!”

Dom watched the three in the other bed, noting how well they went together. Dom wanted that, wanted what his friends had for himself, wanted to be Viggo’s and Liv’s third. Liv’s flawless skin glowed as her lovely mouth, so hot and wet, slipped around and down, sucking hungrily while Viggo filled him completely. Dom’s fingers curled around Liv’s dark locks as he moved forward into her mouth, then back onto Viggo’s huge member.

“Fuck!” grunted Dom, “Oh God, yes…”

“Come for us, Dommie, yeah, that’s it, that’s good.” Viggo panted, savoring the tight flesh around his prick. “Make him come, Liv, make him come for us.”

Dom’s cock swelled, throbbed, then spurted in Liv’s mouth. Viggo fucked Dom deeply and hard. The spasming flesh around his cock was too much, and Viggo came hard, filling Dom up with wet, slippery heat. Liv lay on her back as Dom sank to the mattress; she captured his face with her slender, soft hands, pulling him to her pussy. She went off like a rocket the second Dom’s tongue met her clit, arching her back with a soft cry.

Billy ‘o-o-o-o-h-ed’ appreciatively. Watching goings on in the other bed was apparently getting to Jean, too. She pushed back against Billy hard. Sean, recognizing the signs in Jean and Billy, began pumping faster and more forcefully. Close, so close…

Sean was almost there himself. He tightened his arms around his matched pair and felt himself slipping away into a deep pool of pleasure. All the while this was happening, he kept hearing Billy’s words in his head… ‘Just because we aren’t in love with each other doesn’t mean we aren’t in love. We’re in love alright… we’re in love with what we three are together.’ Yes, Sean thought, yes, I am in love with it, my God, how in love with it I am. He let his hands drift over both of them as though memorizing the texture and contours of the heated bodies he held. In his head he could still hear Billy’s words… ‘… we knew something had passed between us three… sooner or later, we won’t be together anymore, and we’ll miss it. Maybe even feel a little heartache over it. So let’s just know that, and be ready when the time comes to say ‘goodbye for now.’’

Suddenly and achingly Sean realized he didn’t want it to end. It had to, that was obvious, but he didn’t want it to. There had already been so many good-byes in his life… he would survive this one, too… but he still didn’t want it to end. He grasped the two bodies possessively, feeling something almost visceral tear a little hole inside him, and he began moving to give as much pleasure as he could to the two of them. Jean went first, gripping Sean’s and Billy’s arms around her with a high yowl, making Sean think of the little cats he had compared her to. Her cunt must have been wonderful as she came, from the low, soft growl Billy was growling. Just after Jean finished, he felt Billy stiffen, every muscle in his body taut. Sean ground into him, knowing what this did to Billy, feeling Billy give himself up, give himself over to pleasure, his flesh pulsing and pulling at Sean’s cock as he came, and finally Sean let himself go.

It wasn’t until it was over with that Sean realized his underlying feelings had bled into the sex. He knew this because Billy and Jean turned to face him, their limbs all a-tangle. Jean kissed Sean’s mouth tenderly, then she took Billy’s mouth the same way as Sean pulled them to him and joined their kiss. Sean was trembling. His pair sensed his need for comfort, holding him in their arms and murmuring to him softly.

“Whoa,” Dom commented, adding “What was that? That ever happen before?”

“Don’t think so, Dom,” Viggo replied. “It’s okay, though. Seems our Sean has been so busy mapping out Jean and Billy he forgot to check his own charts.”

“Jesus,” Sean said. How embarrassing, to reveal his inner workings so clearly.

“Well, Sean,” Liv said, “You just discovered what Vig and I already knew. You try to play it cool, but you’re just a big old softy at heart. Don’t be embarrassed about it. Don’t worry about it. Just… love it while you have it. Your map is a good one. You’ll find your way through, in the end.”

Sean gave a self-deprecating laugh. “Take care, Viggo!” he warned, “They get under your skin, you know. And all of you are right. It does have to end sometime… and I will miss it. I’ll miss them, my fantasy pair… my original sin.” He smiled, brushing their faces with his fingers.

“Sean,” Jean placed her small hand, so callused from her work, on his cheek. “It doesn’t have to be good-bye forever, you know! We… we could get together sometimes, couldn’t we? I don’t want it to end, either, you know. I can never thank you enough for everything you two have done for me. But I can say this; as long as you want me, I’ll be waiting for you both.”

Billy kissed the scar on her cheek, a thing which both of her men often did. It was her wounds, after all, that had brought them together. “Sweet little Jean,” he said, his accent a soft burr, “I’m sure I speak for Sean as well as myself when I say you have a deal.” Billy looked rather pointedly at Sean. “Isn’t that right, Sean?”

“Absolutely,” Sean replied warmly, smiling that endearingly sexy smile of his. “But understand this; time, life and geography will be against us. Still, I feel better about it that we’ve come to an agreement. You two have spoiled me, and if you both are honest, you’ll understand we three have spoiled each other. Look at us! We’ve become our own secret little tribe. We just can’t blow that off.”

“I hope,” Billy added, speaking now to the three in the other bed, “That you three have been paying attention. Dom, I know you said you’ve done this before… but unless it’s been a regular thing, you should know. Being with the same ones over a period of time… well, you get rather attached.”

“That’s what Viggo and I are hoping for, Bill,” Liv murmured. “We talked about it that first night, after you three went to sleep. We love watching you. We want what you have, because, well… do you have any idea how beautiful you are together?”

“Yeah, I think we do, Liv.” Sean said. “I’m sure we do.” He regarded Jean and Billy. They nodded their approval. “Beautiful. Good word, very accurate, actually. Yes, we are beautiful together. No wonder we can’t keep our hands off each other. I could spend days on end in bed with them… of course they’d probably wind up giving me a heart attack some day…”

“Not funny, Sean, not funny at all.” Jean crept out of bed and padded to the bathroom.

“Oops,” Liv made a face. “Sean… you should know her Dad died of a heart attack.”

“Fuck!” Sean winced, then scowled, “I had no idea.”

“She was a Daddy’s girl, too,” Liv added. “Her Dad adored her, and she really misses him. And, well, I kind of hate to say this, Sean… but you’re sort of a father figure to her. She told me about how you were so caring with her, she even said you remind her of her father.”

“Should I go…?” Sean indicated the bathroom. They could hear water running in the huge garden tub in there.

“No, no, I’ll do it. Remember that she’s kind of mine, too. I’m the one who found her, you know.” Liv went to the bathroom. As she opened the door, steam curled out. “Mind if I join you?” they heard Liv say.
The men sat quietly, straining to hear what was being said, but none could make any words out.

After a while, Viggo’s mind began to wander along with his eyes, and he couldn’t help noting the concern that showed so apparently on Sean and Billy’s faces. He laughed softly and the other three men looked at him quizzically. "Women," Viggo said by way of explaining. “They’re the glue, you know. Wouldn’t be quite the same without them.”

Billy shrugged, looking at Sean. “We wouldn’t know,” he commented. “Sean and me, we never did another man until Jean came along.”

“Trust me, it’s not quite the same,” Viggo responded. “Oh, it’s fun. Enjoyable. But they bring something into the mix that just isn’t there otherwise. They gentle us down a notch or two. They make us, well, for lack of a better word, they make us care a little more.”

“Well, not all of us, unfortunately.” Billy added. “Look at what those bastards did to Jean. How could they do that to such a sweet lass?”

“I don’t know, Bill.” Sean replied, “I’ll never figure that out. None of us will, because none of us think like that. That’s what made us able to help her, you know. We aren’t like that, and she knows it. I’m very happy we’ve been able to help her get back on her feet. She deserves a chance.”

“I’d say I agree with that,” Viggo added. “She is a sweet girl. But make no mistake, you two… when you said she’s like a cat, Sean, you were more right than you know. She’s a tough little thing with nine lives and her own agenda. She loves pleasing you two, but like a cat, she’ll not hesitate to do what she wants to please herself. Which is why you need to find out more about what she’s going to do with those photos. I’ve felt uneasy about them for a few days. She’s up to something, and we’ve got to get it out of her somehow. She won’t tell you, Sean, because she knows you’ll try to stop her. You have an annoying habit of trying to protect anyone you think is less capable than yourself. Billy could maybe get it out of her, but I’m not sure. She might think he’d go straight to you with what he gets.”

“Which, I’m sure, I would.” Billy added. “Sean would have my hide otherwise.”

“I certainly would,” Sean grinned.

“I love it when you’re butch,” Billy grinned back.

“Cheeky little monkey!” laughed Sean, slapping Billy’s ass. “Who, then, do we get to get it out of her?”

“The obvious choice is Liv.” Viggo answered. “She’ll tell Liv. Girl talk, y’know. I’ll talk to Liv about it. Jean trusts her, like a sister. Liv is attached to Jean, because she saw something in Jean worth saving. It was Liv who rescued her and started healing her. She’s protective of Jean, and they have a good relationship.”

“Liv it is, then,” Sean agreed. Billy nodded the affirmative. “You think I might get into the bathroom, now?” Sean said, “I need a piss and I want to get washed up.”

Billy was out of the bed like a shot. “I’ll go see!”

“How very altruistic of you, Bill!” Sean called out wryly as Billy vanished through the bathroom door. They heard the women laughing, then a tremendous splash. The remaining three men looked at each other with amused expressions.

“Come on, then,” Billy called out. “The water is fine!” Sean went to the bathroom, relieved himself, then leaned over the edge of the tub and splashed the three now in the garden tub. “Move over, Billy, I want a wash, too.”

Sean eased into the tub. The water was quite hot and felt wonderful. He pulled Jean into a hug and placed a light kiss on her temple. It was all he needed to say.

Jean grabbed the soap and a cloth and lathered it up, indicating to Sean that she would wash his back. After she was done, she turned her attention to Billy, then handed him the cloth to have her own back washed. Sean continued the cleaning job on himself, then stepped back out of the tub. He dried himself, then called to Jean and Billy, handing them a towel. The pair dried each other, and Sean led them back to their bed so Dom and Viggo could wash up with Liv.