Anniversary (Part 1?) by Curious

“Please? Can I just see what he looks like?” David pleaded Chris again. “What do you want to see him so badly for anyways?” David sighed, he was talking via some sort of video messenger once again to his long time pen-pal Chris. Chris stiffened a little; he hated when David was sad. “Alright fine…give me a sec.” Chris picked up his phone to look for a photo of his boyfriend of (soon-to-be) 2 years, Charles. “Here.” He raised his phone so the camera might see.



David smiled “He’s handsome but… I’m cuter right?” “Nope, definitely not!” Chris grinned, teasing David in a way he knew would cause him to make that cute, jealous face. David pouted slightly before breaking his facade, “Not funny!”

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David and Chris had met online nearly 4 years ago, but there was one problem; they lived on opposite ends of the country, Chris in Oregon and David in Rhode Island.

Of course time took its natural order of events, resulting in love.

This pained both of them deeply, although David continued to hope that maybe, someday, the fates would allow them to be together.

“Hey! You spacin’ out again, Fin?” David’s heart skipped a beat; he loved when Chris called him by his nickname. He loved swimming but “Fish” and “Flipper” just sounded awkward, so after much deliberation, his family finally decided on “Fin”.

“N-no!” David became tongue-tied, blushing slightly at Chris’ use of endearment. “Just uh…” “Daydreamin’ again?” Chris finished his sentence for him. “Maybe, but you know darling… I’m still waiting for you to say… you know-” “You know!” “Not funny!” David managed to squeeze in during Chris’ laughter. “You know I have a boyfriend…” “I know… but… there are different kinds of love, so why is it so bad for you just to say it?” “It just… is…” David smiled gently, “Your gaze in mine is enough.” He raised his hand. Chris raised his hand to meet David’s on the screen.

“It’s late dear, you better get some sleep.” David looked at the clock, “Yeah, I suppose you’re right… but I want to talk with you more anyways…” “We’ll have time tomorrow, I promise.” Chris lifted his pinky to the screen. “I’ll hold you to it!” David mimicked his action.

“I love you butt-head.” David said before blowing a kiss and ending the call.

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David crashed to his bed, sobbing. He wanted so badly to enjoy something as simple as feeling his hands lightly laced between Chris’… He began to think of Charles, and how it wasn’t fair that he is able to take those small things for granted. His final thoughts of the evening were of his head resting so lightly on Chris’ feeling, hearing his heartbeat, before his thoughts gave him respite.

In his dream he was flying about the sky, following a trail of light, not quite sure where it was going…
There was eventually a break in the clouds where the beam took a sharp dive and lead into a house. David followed it into a bedroom where it lead to the chest of… Charles? That was strange… Looking around, everything was so detailed… He cautiously approached Charles, wondering what exactly had lead him here, why this was so vivid. His thoughts were interrupted when a hand reached out of Charles’ chest and pulled David in.

Charles’ body let out a few moans and twisted around as it began to accompany for the new spirit to take control. “Ah, ah, ah!” was all it managed to sputter out before finally relaxing.

“Wh-what?” David felt different, slightly taller? He raised a hand to his head, surprised at the texture of his hair. He moved his hands to the front and stared at them; they were bigger and more rugged, the hands of someone who worked hard for these new muscles he was sporting. He ran his hands across his chest and arms, savoring the wonderful feeling of how firm everything was now. He began to feel his now-cobbled abs and gasped as blood began to flow to his new member…