Old Valley Road Hotel

---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Old Valley Road Hotel.

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Chapter 7 - 'A Rainy Day' Part 25.

------------------------------------ Part 85: Coming Out ------------------------------------

At the next lunch with Leon, Bryn made sure to attend with Ellis. He and Ellis had agreed beforehand that Ellis would be circumspect in approaching Leon about the nature of Roman's relationship with Barry.

After they had all eaten well, Ellis told Leon that he and Bryn had breakfast with Roman and a few friends when the subject of Barry's death in Tasmania came up. Ellis had heard all the details from Doctor Fred Cunningham who was the anaesthetist at Ellis's bone marrow donation. Fred had been a schoolmate of Barry and was in the same hiking group as Barry when Barry died. Ellis said that nobody had ever told him what had happened when Barry died before Fred had done so. Leon apologised. He said that the whole family was in a state of shock from Barry's death and no-one had thought to explain what had happened to Ellis, the youngest child. When Leon asked how the subject of Barry had come up at Roman's breakfast, Ellis said that he had told the people at breakfast about his operation and what Fred Cunningham had told him about Barry. Roman had said that he had admired Barry greatly and had greatly missed him when he died.

Ellis asked Leon what he thought of Roman's admiration of Barry. Leon laughed and said that it was nothing more than unbridled hero worship on Roman's part. He commented that Roman was such a funny little fellow at that time and that Roman's intense Polish nature was showing through. Leon found it all rather amusing. However, he did say that he wondered if Roman's hero worship of Barry and his grief over Barry's death might have been factors in turning Roman gay later on.

By then Leon had a home of his own. He was married and had a young child. He gave no hint that he thought that there was anything untoward about the relationship between Barry and Roman. Both Ellis and Bryn heaved an inward sigh of relief.

Leon told them that he had a birthday party coming up. He was going to invite his parents and all his sisters with their husbands as well as many of his friends and colleagues. It was going to be a big party. He very much wanted both Ellis and Bryn to come along. Ellis commented that would be difficult for Ellis to hide Bryn and the nature of their relationship. He decided then that he would 'come out', declare to the family that he was gay and that Bryn was his lover. Leon commented with a smirk that it would be a birthday party to remember. It might be a shock to their parents though but Leon was sure that they would recover alright. Their mother might have some strong words to say and their father would be very disappointed. Ellis remarked that he had broad shoulders and a strong back. He could take it. Leon grinned and said he was looking forward to the show complete with fireworks.

Bryn told Leon that Ellis had a reputation in London as a formidable fighter protecting his gay friends. He was known as the Wild Colonial Boy and was famous for beating the living daylights out of platoons of gay-bashers. He was one hell of an aggressive fighter, even more so now that he was competent at martial arts. Bryn said with a smile he had to watch Ellis like a hawk to stop him accidentally killing his sparring partners during the judo and karate lessons. Leon was impressed. He said he was relieved to know that Ellis was able to look after himself come what may.

He told Bryn and Ellis that he had invested in an inner city medical practice and he intended to invite all the doctors, nurses and clerical staff. Richard Prescott, the husband of his and Ellis's eldest sister, Mary, was the practice manager. Some of the doctors knew Bryn from medical school. One had been in the same year. Bryn's search for a cure for AIDS had become well known in Sydney's medical circles. Some of the doctors had told Leon they knew that Bryn was the boyfriend of Leon's youngest brother Ellis. Leon said with a laugh that he hoped that the doctors would not spend the whole evening talking shop with one another and that they would mix with the other partygoers.

Ellis was in demand as a stud because of his genes. His reputation as a hot lover grew. He had got seven other women pregnant, some by using a turkey baster or some similar device and others by sexual intercourse. All the conceptions took place at Roman's house. Bill supplied the turkey baster when it was required from his kitchen. At Bryn's suggestion the baster was pre-warmed to make it more comfortable for the woman and to assist keeping the sperm viable.

Claire was progressing well with her pregnancy. She had Leonie's unstinting support, valuable through the occasional bout of morning sickness.

Alana announced that she was expecting twins. She and Christabelle were both really happy at the prospect. As Christabelle put it, they would have one baby each.

When Leon heard about it at their next lunch, he congratulated Ellis on being the prospective father of ten children. He commented with a laugh that he did not know how his and Ellis's parents would take the news that they had ten more grandchildren on the way.

He issued Ellis and Bryn with written invitations to his birthday party. Dress was anything from street casual to informal, whatever they liked.

Ellis had noticed that Leon nearly always wore cufflinks. He bought as a present for Leon a pair of gold cufflinks, each of which was set with a brilliant blue diamond in the centre. They were very discrete until a diamond caught the light with a brilliant flash.

Ellis and Bryn arrived a little late at Leon's birthday party which was being held at Leon's sprawling residence. Ellis had really taken to driving the Ferrari. He enjoyed its nimbleness, responsiveness and performance. He and Bryn often argued over who would drive it.

Ellis wore a bright red short-sleeved polo shirt with white moleskins and black runners while Bryn wore an emerald green short-sleeved button-up shirt with pale bone slacks and suede leather desert boots.

By the time they arrived at the birthday, all the rest of the family were there. Ellis and Bryn greeted Leon and his wife at the front door. After introducing Bryn to her, Ellis gave Leon the small neatly wrapped present. When Leon opened it, his mouth dropped open.

"Oh, Ellis," he managed to say, "they're beautiful. Goodness me! They must have cost you a fortune."

"You're worth it," replied Ellis.

Overcome, Leon hugged him. Tears came into his eyes.

"Thank you so much," he said softly. "They're beautiful."

When he had recovered, he took Ellis and Bryn over to his and Ellis's parents, Roger and Martha de la Mare. He introduced Bryn to them as Doctor Bryn Powys, Ellis's partner.

Roger asked Bryn, "Are you his business partner?"

"Ah, er..." Bryn was stuck for words.

"No, Dad, he's my life partner," interjected Ellis. "We live together."

"Oh! I see." Roger looked stunned by the news.

"Does that mean you're a homosexual?" asked Martha.

"Yes, Mum, it does," declared Ellis. "My lover is another man."

"Oh dear!" she replied.

"Um, Ellis, this is rather a shock to us both," said Roger.

"I must admit I've been wondering about you," said Martha. "You haven't got married yet even after all this time. Now I know why. Ellis, I am so disappointed in you. You have let us both down badly, especially after all that we've done for you."

"Mum, that's the choice I've made and I'm not going to change now," said Ellis briskly.

Bryn shuffled uncomfortably.

Leon moved in with, "Let's not say anything in haste now that we'll regret later. I've already lost one brother and I most definitely do not want to lose my only remaining brother. I really do not want to see this family disintegrate. I think..."

"So you're on his side, Leonard," interrupted Martha.

"Mum, I want to keep this family together," declared Leon. "It's bloody obvious even to Blind Freddie that the girls have being trying to drive Ellis out of the family ever since he inherited Great-Aunt Agatha's estate because they're consumed with envy and hatred and they have been that way ever since her will was read. Look, Ellis didn't find out the details how Barry died on Barn Bluff until he ran across Fred Cunningham, one of Barry's old schoolmates just recently and he told Ellis, twenty six years later. None of us had ever bothered to tell Ellis. That is awful."

"I remember Fred Cunningham," said Roger. "He's a doctor now, a specialist, I gather."

"Yes, he's an anaesthetist. He was looking after Ellis when Ellis had an operation to donate his bone marrow to medical science. Ellis has some very unusual genes and the doctors are hoping to make discoveries that will save many lives. It turns out that Ellis is immune to AIDS and pretty well every other infectious disease."

"That's nice," said Martha acidly.

One of the doctors came up. He exuded good cheer. His face was flushed. He shook Bryn energetically by the hand.

"Hey, Bryn, great to see you," he cried.

He looked at Ellis and grinned. "So, Bryn, this is your Captain Marvel, the guy with the bullet-proof immune system. Muscly bugger isn't he!"

He shook Ellis enthusiastically by the hand. "Great to meet you, Ellis, the real life Captain Marvel," he crowed. "God! You really do look like a superhero with all those huge muscles. I reckon you'd be bigger than Bryn if you were his height."

"Hi," replied Ellis unsure what to say next.

"Ellis, meet Hugh," laughed Bryn.

"Well, Bryn, how's your cure for AIDS coming along?" asked Hugh. "Now that you've got those amazing white blood cells from Captain Marvel here, it should be a pushover."

"Er, you wouldn't believe the complexity of the systems involved."

"Bryn, your trouble is that you think too much. You're a real genius and all that brainpower slows you down, I'm sure."

"Hello, Ellis, I'm Laura, Hugh's wife. Pleased to meet you at last. We've heard so much about you." A woman appeared and shook Ellis by the hand.

"Sorry, Ellis, Mum and Dad, intros are in order," said Leon. "This is Doctor Laura Stapleton who's a GP in our practice and her husband Doctor Hugh McCain who's an orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital."

Laura laughed. "And Hugh's been taking advantage of your generous hospitality, thank you Leon. Remember, darling, we agreed that I'm driving us home afterwards."

"Yes, dear," replied Hugh grinning from ear to ear.

He took Ellis by the arm and said, "Come on, Captain Marvel, come and meet the rest of your fan club. I love all that muscle you've got on your arms. You must be one strong bugger."

With a crooked smile Ellis flexed his biceps under Hugh's hand. Hugh ran his fingers over the bare skin of Ellis's upper arm.

"My God!" exclaimed Hugh. "Your biceps muscle is like a cannonball!"

"Are we interrupting anything?" Laura asked Ellis's parents.

"It doesn't matter," sighed Martha in resignation.

Leon rolled his eyes and smiled ruefully.

"Go on. Off you go," said Roger.

The group joined the rest of the doctors who were fascinated to meet Ellis, the man with the bullet-proof immune system, the Captain Marvel whose bone marrow donation was expected to give a big push-along to research into AIDS immunity.

One of the doctors, James Truman, had gone through medical school in the same year as Bryn. He was over a decade older than Bryn, having become a Catholic priest, working in a parish then giving it up to study medicine. He started medicine while still a priest but met Debbie, an old friend of Virginia, Ellis's next older sister. Debbie and Virginia had gone to school together. Debbie's and James' relationship deepened and James gave up the priesthood in order to marry Debbie. He had been working in the practice owned by Leon for years.

Bryn had been curious that a Catholic priest was studying medicine. James' and his friendship grew. Unlike James' Catholic friends, Bryn was not the least bit concerned when James gave up the priesthood to marry Debbie.

Many questions were fired at Bryn and Ellis because the group wanted to know the details of the research being done by Bryn and his fellow researchers. The group soon got Bryn waxing enthusiastic about the topics of the research

The non-medical members of the group found the level of biomedical detail bewildering. Debbie went off and Ellis saw her talking quietly with Virginia.

A large man approached the group. He was over six feet (183 cm) tall and very overweight. His enormous belly bulged out and hung down over his belt.

He went up to Ellis and said loudly, "So you're the disgusting homosexual turd-burglar who's brought shame on the family. Ellis, you're an utter disgrace to the family."

Ellis whirled around. He recognised Neville Proudhurst, the husband of Ellis's sister Priscilla. Neville's alcohol-laden breath blew in his face.

"Out of my face, Fatso," he snarled.

He shoved Neville's belly away. Neville staggered backwards. He sat down hard on the floor and farted loudly. Snickers and giggles ran around the watching teenagers and children.

Neville struggled unsuccessfully to get up off the floor. He continued to fart loudly. The teenagers and children were laughing out loud by now. Neville was beside himself in a state of flatulent fury.

"Look at Uncle Farter!" cried out one boy.

Two of the doctors tried to lift him up but his weight was too much for them. Neville continued farting. The youngsters were falling about laughing.

"Uncle Farter's too heavy," declared another boy.

"Yeah, he weighs a bloody ton!" laughed another boy.

Bryn came over and hoisted Neville to his feet by his armpits in one smooth movement.

"Look at those mighty muscles bulge!" called out one of the teenage boys.

"I guess he's the only guy strong enough to lift Uncle Farter," declared another.

"Yeah, size matters," stated a fourth.

The youngsters were helpless with laughter.

One of the doctors, a Doctor Bernard Schweitzer who was a slim lean man in his sixties tapped Neville on the chest.

"I'm going to give you some free medical advice, Mr Proudhurst," he said to Neville. "You need to lose weight, a lot of weight. You'd weigh close on a quarter of a ton and you need to lose most of that."

"Bugger off," growled Neville.

He emitted another loud fart.

The children and teenagers were howling with laughter. Mary, Ellis's eldest sister went over and spoke to them. Ellis could not hear what she said but it looked like she was telling them off. The youngsters quietened down to giggles and smirks.

Priscilla, Ellis's and Leon's second sister appeared.

"What's going on?" she demanded.

"Your husband picked a fight with Ellis and came off second best," laughed Richard Prescott, Mary's husband. "Don't worry though. No harm done. He just ended up looking stupid."

Priscilla whirled on Ellis. "You leave my husband alone, you filthy disgusting homosexual catamite. You think just because you inherited all Great-Aunt Agatha's money that you can do just what you bloody well like. You're absolutely awful and you're a disgrace to our family. I wish you weren't our brother. I wish Mum never had you. She wanted one more for luck and she got you, you disgusting horrible little homosexual queer faggot."

"You know, Cilla," said Richard, "You're doing your best to drive Ellis out of the family. Have you thought about who's going to inherit his money when he dies? You're doing your best to ensure it won't be any of us."

"Well, I don't care if he leaves it all to a home for homeless queers," sneered Priscilla.

"Now that sounds like a good idea, Prissy," chuckled Ellis. "I might just do that."

"I bloody well hope you die of AIDS, Ellis, you disgusting creature," declared Priscilla.

"Guess what, Prissy? I'm immune to HIV. I can't get AIDS," laughed Ellis. "So I'll be around for a long while yet."

"Ellis's right," put in Richard. "He is immune to HIV and he really cannot come down with AIDS. He's got this incredibly bullet-proof immune system. That's why all the doctors are so excited about him. He's really special."

Priscilla gaped at Ellis lost for words.

Leon put his arm around Ellis and said, "Well, Ellis, you're still my brother despite what the girls think. I've only got one brother left now as well as our four sisters."

Angelica, another sister, joined the fray.

"Leon, you only want Ellis's money," she declared.

"Listen, both of you," said Leon sternly, "You know as well as I do that I've done pretty well in business. Things have gone well, the Lord be thanked, and I certainly don't need Ellis's money. So don't you go getting any silly ideas."

That evening well after partaking of a buffet meal, Ellis and Bryn left the party. Ellis piloted the Ferrari south over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and through the City homeward. He drove hard and aggressively. A taxi's horn blared as he cut across its path.

Bryn put his hand on Ellis's shoulder.

"Easy mate," he said softly. "You don't have to prove anything."

"I'm not," retorted Ellis. "I'm just letting off steam."

"Why? I thought things weren't as bad as I was expecting at the party. Your sisters were pretty bloody awful I thought but I was expecting that. All the aggro was directed at you and I thought you handled it all bloody well. Like bloody brilliantly."

"Thanks mate."

"Have you made a will?"

"Nup."

"Yeah. If anything happens to you, your family will inherit the lot."

"Maybe I should make one then."

"Might be a good move."

"Yeah, maybe I'll leave it all to you."

Bryn shrugged. "You don't have to," he said. "It'd be nice but I'd much rather have you alive and kicking, very much alive and kicking. Kicking a bit of arse too when the need arises not to mention fucking my arse when necessary."

He laughed.

Ellis momentarily put his hand on top of Bryn's. Then he did a quick gear change down and floored the accelerator. The car howled as it took off like a rabbit and shot through a gap in the traffic. A couple of cars gave blasts on their horns.

Bryn exhaled gustily.

"Fuck! Just as well you've got those superfast reflexes," he remarked. "I thought for a minute you were going to bend this car."

"Never," returned Ellis.

"I love you."

They arrived at the apartment block and drove into the parking station beneath the building.

As they were getting out of the car, Bryn said, "I get the feeling your mother was going to say a whole lot more about you being gay."

"Yeah, and she got interrupted by your cheerful friend," laughed Ellis. "Bad luck that, not!"

"Yeah. Dear old Hughie, he likes a drink or two. He has a reputation round RPA for being bit of a pisspot."

"I hope he's sober when he's operating on people."

"Probably not. You don't have to be that sober replacing a hip on a pensioner."

"You're kidding me!"

Bryn laughed and put his arm around Ellis.

"You know, mate," he said, "you sure are one super-hot cuddly hunk. You're one thick solid mass of muscle with a thick muscly neck and your body is solid thick muscle. You're so fucking cuddly I've just got to cop a feel of you."

He wrapped his arms around Ellis and they kissed fervently in the car park.

They stopped after a while. Bryn kept his arms around Ellis.

"By God I love you," he declared.

Ellis had his arms around Bryn's waist.

"And I love you heaps, Bryn," he said.

They kissed once more then made their way to the lifts. In the lift they embraced once more and kissed.

"You know, Ellis," said Bryn, "you sure are a fucking cuddly animal like Alana says. I want you up inside my arse a.s.a.p. like right now."

"Yes! Sure thing, Bryn," replied Ellis enthusiastically.

They arrived at the top floor. There was only one door apart from those to the stairwells in the lift lobby. Bryn used his key to open the door into the bedroom level of the penthouse.

They stripped naked and Bryn did his thing on the bidet cleaning out his arsehole. Then he squirted lube up into it. He got out the masturbation appliance that was an artificial vagina. He lubricated that as well.

He returned to the bedroom where Ellis was lying on the bed waiting for him with a fully erect penis.

Ellis laughed, "I see you got out your plastic cunt again."

Bryn grinned. "Yup. With my cock inside this and your cock inside my arse I'm in Heaven. You know, Ellis, I reckon your cock's got bigger since you started fucking me. Hang on a minute. I'm going to measure it."

"Oh God! Must you?" groaned Ellis.

"Yes. I must. I'm a scientist as well as a doctor and I want to find out if your cock really has got bigger."

Ellis rolled his eyes as Bryn got out the measuring tape that they used to take their body measurements.

"Let's get your cock ultra-stiff," said Bryn.

He put his mouth over Ellis's cock and took it all in down his throat. He bobbed his head up and down burying his nose in Ellis's pubic bush while sucking lustily on Ellis's cock.

"Fuck! I'm gonna blow bloody soon," groaned Ellis.

Bryn stopped and ran the measuring tape the length of Ellis's slickened rock-hard cock. Then he ran it around the thickness of the shaft. His eyes widened.

"No wonder your cock feels so bloody good inside me," he commented. "It's eight and three-quarter inches long and seven and a half inches in circumference (2 and 3/8 inches diameter, 222 mm. long and 191 mm circumference or 61 mm diameter). It has got bigger. What a huge cock you've got!"

"All the better to fuck you with," laughed Ellis.

"Yes!" exclaimed Bryn as he jumped onto the bed.

After getting himself ready, he ended up lying face down with his groin propped up by a thick pillow and his cock inserted into the sex toy underneath the pillow.

"I'm ready right now," he announced. "Fuck me now!"

"Took you long enough," remarked Ellis as he lay on Bryn's back.

He positioned his rampant cock at Bryn's well-lubricated anal entrance and rammed it in.

"Ow! Not too hard, mate," cried Bryn. "That hurt!"

"Sorry. Thought you were in a hurry."

"Not that much of a hurry! Just do it nicely like you usually do."

Ellis slowed down pushing his penis into Bryn's anal chute.

Bryn groaned, "That feels so fucking good. Oh fucking fantastic. Oh fuck, this is Heaven."

Lying on Bryn's back, Ellis put his arms around Bryn's thick wide chest and held firmly onto the massive hard mounds of Bryn's mighty pectoral muscles. The two men quickly synchronised their thrusts, Bryn into the plastic cunt under the pillow and Ellis into Bryn's anus.

Bryn was huge and Ellis revelled in the size of the enormous mountain of muscle he was fucking. Ellis never got to fuck BJ but Bryn more than made up for BJ. He savoured the exquisite pleasure of thrusting his big cock up in between the hard muscular hemispheres of Bryn's buttocks deep into the tight hairless arsehole of the big massively built muscleman.

Bryn's arsehole gripped Ellis's cock like a well-oiled fist. Bryn was groaning in utter bliss as Ellis sped up his fucking rate and powered into him. They matched their thrusts with perfect precision.

"Oh Fuck! Oh Fu...ck! This is so fucking good," cried Bryn.

He groaned, "This is fucking ecstasy."

Then he arched his back raising his shoulders up off the bed. He screamed in the heat of his passion. His whole body tensed up in a solid hard mass. All the muscles in his back, chest and shoulders bulged up into rock hard mounds. His chest, upper arms and shoulders felt as if they were chiselled from stone. Ellis kept pounding into him with all his strength. He could feel Bryn's internals pulsating around his thrusting cock. Bryn continued crying out.

As Bryn came down off his orgasmic peak, Ellis roared like a rutting stag. He rammed his cock as hard and as far as he could up into Bryn's anus. He cried out as he implanted his semen into the depths of Bryn's bowels. Bryn moaned and groaned in a state of utter bliss. He felt wiped out.

Ellis groaned wordlessly in the intensity of his orgasm. He lay his head down on Bryn's back. Bryn had by now relaxed completely. The big muscles of Bryn's back were now like jelly and made a nice soft pillow on which Ellis rested his head.

Ellis ran his hand over the mighty muscles of Bryn's arm. That too felt as if it were encased in jelly.

"Thanks, mate. I really needed that," he murmured.

Bryn groaned, "Ooh, me too. Thank you."

He promptly fell asleep.

Ellis ran his hand gently over the thick powerful muscles of Bryn's shoulder and upper arm. He loved the feel of Bryn's satiny smooth skin covering those huge muscles. He listened to Bryn snoring softly and kissed the back of his thick muscular neck. Keeping his semi- stiff cock up inside Bryn's anus, he reached up and switched off the bedhead light. He quickly drifted off to sleep.

At some stage during the night Ellis woke up with a raging erection. He was still lying on Bryn's back and his aching rock hard cock was fully implanted up inside Bryn's anus. It felt incredibly good. He felt incredibly randy. He opened his eyes. He could see Bryn's mighty body beneath him by the dim light filtering past the closed curtains from the glow of Sydney's well-lit CBD. He could hear Bryn breathing regularly.

He partially withdrew his cock from Bryn's arsehole and quietly pushed it back in again. He did it again a couple of times.

Bryn groaned.

"You awake?" he murmured.

"Mmm," murmured Ellis in reply.

"Fuck me. Fuck me now!" ordered Bryn still sleepy.

In reply Ellis rammed his cock hard up into Bryn's anus. There was a sharp intake of breath from Bryn who raised his head up from the mattress. Bryn's body stiffened. All his muscles tensed up hard.

"Oh fuck! Oh God that is so good," he moaned. "Oh wow! Yes! Keep on doing that."

And Ellis did. He kept on thrusting his cock vigorously up in between the thick hard bulging hemispheres of Bryn's muscular buttocks deep into his arsehole.

"Oh wow! Oh fuck! That is so fucking good!" moaned Bryn while Ellis fucked him with unbridled enthusiasm.

"Oh shit! Oh Jesus! I'm coming," cried Bryn.

He gave a long drawn-out cry and arched his back. With his powerful arms he partially raised his head and shoulders up off the bed giving long guttural cries. Ellis continued fucking him through his orgasm with unabated vigour. He could feel the insides of Bryn's groin pulsating around his rampaging cock.

Bryn gave one loud long scream and collapsed back on the bed. With a few more hard strokes Ellis roared into orgasm. He rammed his cock as far as it could go up inside Bryn's rectum and blew his load of semen into the depths of Bryn's bowels. He moaned in the intensity of his climax. This was joy. This was total bliss to empty his balls once more into Bryn's powerfully muscled arse.

Bryn moaned wordlessly as Ellis lay on his back savouring his deep connection with the massive musculature of the mighty body beneath him. His happiness was complete. They soon drifted off to sleep again.

Sometime later in the early morning before dawn, Ellis awoke with another painfully hard erection. His cock was still thrust fully up inside Bryn's anus. Bryn was stirring.

"You awake?" Bryn whispered.

"Ymm," murmured Ellis sleepily.

"Your fucking cock up my arse woke me up. Christ, it feels good though."

Ellis began pushing his cock in and out of Bryn's well-lubricated arsehole. It was still full of lubricant and Ellis's cum. Ellis's cock slid in and out easily.

Bryn laughed, "and yes, I could go another round. Oh fuck yes!"

"Randy bastard!" replied Ellis thrusting his cock further up Bryn's arse.

"Just like you, arse-fucker!" giggled Bryn. "We're so well matched."

"That's for sure," replied Ellis as he thrust his cock vigorously up Bryn's arse.

He started fucking Bryn with unbridled enthusiasm.

"Oh fuck! Oh fu...ck! Fuck! That feels so good. Fuck me hard. It's fucking fantastic," cried Bryn while Ellis delivered him a good hard fucking.

"Oh Christ, you're one hot fucker!" exclaimed Bryn.

He lay on the bed writhing in passion while Ellis powered into him. He moaned wordlessly as his sexual arousal increased. His prostate was being pounded hard by Ellis's cock.

Ellis loved feeling the big hard bulging muscles of Bryn's magnificent back as Bryn writhed beneath him. He loved feeling all that mass of huge muscle moving around underneath him. He had his arms wrapped around that gloriously muscular body of his sex partner revelling in Bryn's might and strength. Bryn truly had a Herculean body.

Bryn screamed. His whole body stiffened. Ellis felt the insides of Bryn's groin pulsating around his cock as Bryn screamed into his climax.

Ellis continued thrusting into him with unabated vigour. Then orgasm hit him like an express train. He howled as he thrust his cock as hard as he could up into Bryn's arse. He felt his groin contract hard as he ejaculated another load of his semen right up into Bryn's rectum.

He lay on Bryn's back as his body shook with the intensity of his orgasm. He could feel Bryn's body shaking beneath him while Bryn was in the throes of his orgasm.

When their combined orgasms passed, they lay quietly together savouring their deep connection with one another. Ellis remained on Bryn's back with his partially stiff cock remaining up inside Bryn's anus. He was in a state of bliss enjoying the afterglow of glorious sex. His mind was free of any thought. He delighted in the massively muscular body of the man he had been fucking. He loved the way they just melted into one another.

After some time Bryn stirred beneath him.

"Mate, I need to have a leak, like now," he declared.

"Mmm," murmured Ellis who was reluctant to move.

He was still blissed out.

"You still awake, Ellis?" enquired Bryn.

"Mm," Ellis murmured in reply.

"I've got to have a leak now or I'll wet the bed. I'm busting. Gotta go now!"

"Come to think of it, I need one too. I'd better not fill your arse with piss", laughed Ellis.

"No thanks."

Ellis gently withdrew his penis from Bryn's arsehole and slid off Bryn's back. Bryn scrambled off the bed and staggered to the bathroom. He sat on the toilet and emptied his bladder and rectum. Ellis could hear loud splurking noises as Bryn expelled the excess cum and air from his anus. He smiled as he stood over the second toilet bowl in the bathroom. The room echoed as Ellis urinated loudly into the water of the toilet bowl.

"Christ! You're a noisy pisser," commented Bryn still sitting on the first toilet.

Ellis laughed.

When he had finished, he returned to the main bedroom. He got in and waited for Bryn. He was starting to doze off when Bryn returned. Bryn got into bed and lay down on his back up next to Ellis. He pushed his arm under Ellis and heaved Ellis's bulk up on top of his body so that Ellis was lying face down on him. He hugged Ellis with both arms. Ellis relaxed and pillowed his head on Bryn's thick bulging pectoral muscle which was soft and relaxed. He put his arms around Bryn's mighty chest as far as they could reach. He listened to Bryn's heart beating steadily deep inside that wonderful chest under all that muscle.

The strong steady beat of Bryn's heart under Ellis's ear reminded Ellis of a big powerful V8 idling with a deep uneven rumble. He thought of the mighty V8 that powered Bryn's Holden Monaro coupe. Bryn was like his car. Ellis snickered at the thought.

"What, mate?" asked Bryn quietly as he stroked Ellis's hair.

Ellis told him. Bryn chortled.

"I love you, Ellis," he laughed.

Then he said, "I love you so fucking much, mate. You really have given my life meaning. It's just so wonderful having you with me. It really is."

"Thanks, mate," replied Ellis sleepily. "I love you. I just love you heaps."

"I know, thank you."

Bryn stroked his hair and put his other arm around Ellis. Delighting in each other's closeness, they drifted off to sleep.

When Ellis awoke next, he was aware of light through his closed eyes. He opened his eyes. Sunlight was filtering past the thick curtains into the bedroom. His cock was hard and erect as it slid against Bryn's equally stiff cock. Both were slippery with lubricant and sweat like their whole front of their bodies. Ellis had Bryn's huge arms wrapped around his torso. His cock lay in the groove down the midline of Bryn's well-muscled abdomen. He tightened his grip on Bryn's wide deep chest. He kissed the thick bulge of Bryn's pectoral muscle. Emotion surged up within him. His eyes filled with tears. He loved Bryn so much.

Bryn stirred. Ellis kissed him on the lips. Bryn's arms tightened around Ellis as he returned the kiss with passion. He ran his hands over Ellis's back enjoying the feel of the powerful back muscles.

"Wanna fuck?" Bryn breathed heavily.

"Ooh, fuck yes!" replied Ellis.

Bryn hooked his knees over Ellis's broad powerful shoulders. Ellis wrapped his arms around Bryn's magnificent thighs, revelling in the hard thick mass of muscle. He placed the head of his raging hard cock against Bryn's anal opening. He pushed and his cock head entered Bryn's well-lubricated anus.

"Oh fuck! Oh fuck yeah! Give it all to me," moaned Bryn.

Ellis pushed some more and soon the full length of his cock was up inside Bryn's anal chute.

Bryn moaned wordlessly. Ellis thrust his cock as far as it could go inside Bryn. He sped up his fucking rate and maintained a fast steady beat. Bryn gasped and groaned as Ellis's cock rammed into his prostate. Ellis powered into him.

Bryn started making high-pitched cries. His thick heavily muscled arms tightened around Ellis. He dug his fingers into Ellis's hardworking back. His pupils rolled up and disappeared under his upper eyelids so that only the whites were showing. To Ellis he looked freakish like a monster in a Hollywood horror movie. He screamed loud and long. His whole body tensed up in a spasm.

Ellis kept on powering into him pounding his prostate. He could feel Bryn's innards writhing and pulsating around his thrusting cock. He loved the feel of Bryn's orgasmic ecstasy while he kept on fucking Bryn with all his might. Bryn seemed to be in the seventh heaven. Bryn continued screaming in the grip of his towering orgasm.

He seemed to come down off his high while Ellis continued fucking him with unbridled enthusiasm. Ellis maintained a fast energetic beat as he ploughed Bryn's anus. He rammed his cock as far as he could deep into Bryn's rectum and continued the rapid thrusting into Bryn's heavily muscled torso. Bryn seemed to be able to take all that Ellis could give.

Bryn screamed into another mighty orgasm. He writhed and squirmed underneath Ellis in the throes of the fiery inferno of his ecstasy. Again Ellis could feel Bryn's insides undulating and pulsating around his rapidly thrusting cock.

Suddenly Ellis could take no more stimulation. His body tensed all over as he thrust his cock into the utmost depths of Bryn's bowels. His groin erupted and he howled like a wolf as he emptied his hardworking balls once more deep inside Bryn's magnificently muscled torso.

Bryn groaned as he came down off his climax. As the storm of their combined climaxes subsided, they lay together with their thick muscular arms around each other. Ellis remained on top with his cock still fully embedded in Bryn's arsehole. He savoured the aroma of their hot sweaty powerful bodies. Bryn ran his fingers through Ellis's sweaty hair. Ellis loved the feel. He and Bryn relished the total closeness of each other. It had indeed been a wonderful fuck.

They lay together quietly for some time delighting in their deep connection with one another. Eventually they decided to get up and have a shower. They kissed for a little while then separated.

"My arse is feeling so fucking well used it's pretty bloody sore but it feels fucking wonderful," moaned Bryn. "That was a fucking fantastic all-nighter. Thank you, mate."

"Mate, it was my absolute pleasure," laughed Ellis. "Thank you!"

"I reckon you might have bruised my prostate. God! You're such a hard muscly fucker but it's fucking wonderful! It feels so fucking good down there. I love that feeling when you fuck me really hard. And with the legs up it was a really deep fuck. Your cock seemed to go right up deep inside me. It was going so far up inside me it hurt but it felt fucking wonderful. It was the best fuck. Shit! It was good, so fucking good. But I reckon I might have to give it a rest for a while."

"How long?"

"Oh, a couple of months."

"Shit!" Ellis's face fell.

"Just kidding, mate," laughed Bryn. "I should be right in a day or two."

He looked at the clock on the bedhead.

"I reckon Geoff's probably down in the cafe by now," he said.

"You reckon he's waiting for us?" asked Ellis.

"Hope not."

"He'd get bloody hungry if he does. We could be a while," laughed Ellis.

Bryn laughed.

"I feel like a shit," announced Ellis.

"Well, you sure don't look like one, lover boy," said Bryn with a laugh.

"Love you."

They got up off the bed and made their way arm-in-arm naked to the bathroom. They could hear the faint sounds of a vacuum cleaner as Marica cleaned downstairs.

Bryn emptied his arse of Ellis's cum with the usual noisy gaseous accompaniment. Then he cleaned himself up on one of the bidets. Ellis sat on the other toilet and delivered himself of a large turd. When he finished, he sat on the other bidet.

Bryn looked at Ellis's turd poking up out of the water in the toilet bowl. His eyes opened wide.

"That is one big shit!" he exclaimed. "Must be nearly a foot long! Bet that's better out than in."

"Yup," returned Ellis.

He flushed the turd away.

They entered the recessed shower alcove and started soaping each other up. The close proximity of each other's soap-slicked muscular bodies soon had them both sporting raging erections.

"Fuck! I could do with a fuck right now!" exclaimed Ellis panting with excitement.

"I don't think my arse could take another round," replied Bryn. "It's feeling pretty bloody sore now."

"OK, then. Why don't you fuck me? It's been bloody ages since you last fucked me."

"Yeah, alright."

"I'll just go and grease myself up. How about a wall fuck?"

"Yeah! Sure! I'll be waiting for you."

Ellis got out and sat on a bidet. He flushed his rectum out once more with warm water. It was clean. On the table next to him he noticed that Bryn had fitted the tube of lubricant with a nozzle presumably purloined from the hospital. He grinned. He inserted the nozzle into his anus and squirted a goodly amount of lubricant up his arsehole.

Some of the excess lubricant leaked from his arsehole when he got up off the bidet.

He returned to Bryn waiting for him in the shower. Bryn immediately wrapped his big arms around Ellis and kissed him fervently. They both snorted with passion as they rubbed their bodies against each other. On impulse, Ellis took Bryn's steely stiff penis into his mouth and sucked on it.

"I'm gunna come," gasped Bryn.

Ellis promptly removed his mouth leaving Bryn's penis covered with a generous coating of saliva. Bryn hoisted Ellis up by the armpits. Ellis leant back against the tiled wall and locked his feet behind Bryn's thick bull neck. Bryn grasped Ellis's slim hard muscular waist and placed his cock head against the pucker of Ellis's anal opening. He pushed and his cock head popped inside Ellis's anus. Slowly he pushed his cock further up inside Ellis's anal chute.

Ellis's eyes widened.

"By God that feels good," he moaned. "It's been a long time."

Bryn grinned and started fucking Ellis in earnest. With each vigorous thrust, his penis gave Ellis's prostate a good hard pounding and penetrated deep into Ellis's bowels. Ellis felt like he was being totally opened up with his legs up high, his feet around Bryn's solid muscular neck and Bryn's cock powering up his arse.

Bryn fucked him good and hard. The sight and feel of the big bulging hard-working muscles of Bryn's massive body was a potent aphrodisiac. The anal pounding Bryn was giving him was driving him wild. It was driving him inexorably on towards orgasm. Ellis could feel the climax building up within his whole body.

Bryn suddenly gave a guttural throaty cry. He rammed his cock as far as it could go up Ellis's arsehole. His whole body stiffened. Every big muscle on his magnificent body bulged. His eyes rolled up into his head so that only the whites were showing. He looked like a monster from a horror movie.

The sight of Bryn in the throes of his orgasm, the feel of Bryn's cock twitching and pulsating deep inside Ellis's groin just behind his own cock, Ellis's fantastical thought that he was being raped by this evil zombie muscle monster from Hell emptying his monstrous seed into the depths of Ellis's bowels, all these were enough to throw Ellis off the edge of the orgasmic cliff. He screamed. His cock and balls erupted. His semen gushed out of his cock and splattered over his chest and belly only to be washed away by the water gushing from the showerhead.

Bryn roared in the intensity of his orgasm. He clasped Ellis to him and leant against the wall using Ellis's body as a hard cushion.

His eyes returned to normal. Blearily he looked at Ellis only inches away from his face. Ellis put his hands on the back of Bryn's head and kissed him on the lips. Bryn's stiff cock remained imbedded deep inside Ellis's arse.

They kissed eagerly for some time enjoying the pleasure of the post- coital kiss and the close connectedness of their powerful bodies.

It had been some months since Ellis had last been fucked by Bryn and he was enjoying the experience of Bryn's big cock in his arse to the full. He kissed the big fellow whose head he held. He loved him. He loved Bryn totally. The big man was not only a wonderful balm for the implosion of Ellis's relationship with BJ but also a great lover and partner in his own right. Sex with Bryn was wonderful and Bryn really got off on Ellis fucking him. Ellis had discovered that he really enjoyed thrusting his cock up between Bryn's powerfully muscled buttocks into Bryn's delicious tight arsehole. The relationship with Bryn certainly outshone the relationship he had with BJ. Bryn treated Ellis fundamentally as an equal and he loved Ellis fucking him. With BJ the relationship seemed to Ellis somehow to be less equal. Ellis was then always the bottom. It was so stupid the way it turned out that BJ had really wanted to be fucked and ended up being fucked by many of the guys in the gym back in Earls Court. Ellis would have willingly fucked BJ if he had the opportunity. But that was not to be. Bryn was however more than ample compensation.

When Ellis started squirming around on Bryn's cock up his arse, Bryn broke the kiss but remained close with their noses touching.

"Look mate, I don't think I have it in me to go another round with you," Bryn murmured. "I'm completely shagged, both fore and aft."

Ellis smiled. "Yeah, you look stuffed, stuffed like a big cuddly teddy bear. God! I love you, Bryn, you big cuddly fella."

"Thanks. I love you too, mate."

They kissed some more.

"That was some mighty orgasm I had fucking you, Ellis," Bryn said after a while. "It was fucking mind-blowing. I really must have a bruised prostate. It hurt like hell when I was cumming but that made it even huger. It was so intense I saw stars. It felt like I was being blown apart. But then when you fuck me, I often see stars because of those huge wonderful orgasms you give me, 'cos you're my star child, my beautiful precious star child. You're so tough and strong like tempered steel but you are so precious to me. I love you so much."

In answer, Ellis held the back of Bryn's head and kissed him hard on the lips under the running warm water from the shower. He revelled in Bryn's closeness. Bryn's arms tightened around Ellis as he held him close. They remained like that with Bryn's stiff cock still up Ellis's arse.

After a while they reluctantly separated. They delighted in washing each other's splendid bodies and each other's hair. Bryn sat down on the tiled floor of the shower alcove while Ellis washed and rinsed his hair. He was tired and blissfully happy.

They both got dressed in jeans and their muscle tank tops.

Ellis slid down the banister of the stairs to the lower level. He vaulted off the lower end. He landed on his feet, did a forward flip, landed on his hands, sprang up using the power of his arms and landed on his feet again like a gymnast.

Marica clapped.

"You should be in the circus," she declared. "You are an acrobat."

"Yeah, it's because of all the martial arts training I've given him," laughed Bryn as he came sedately down the stairs.

He was moving rather stiffly.

"Ellis, have you been rough with Bryn again?" Marica scolded with mock seriousness. "I hope you haven't hurt him in his bottom."

"He sure has," said Bryn. "It's going to take me a few months to recover so for penance Ellis is going to have to be celibate and live like a monk until then."

Marica laughed. She was getting used to Bryn's sense of humour.

Ellis and Bryn took the lift down to Cafe Juliana's on the ground floor. Geoffrey was there at their usual table. He had already had his breakfast some time ago and was drinking his fourth long black coffee. He had allowed himself a couple of small Portuguese custard tarts.

"You two been having fun?" he asked. "You look a bit stiff and sore there, Bryn," he laughed.

"Just a bit," replied Bryn.

"Well, I'm glad Ellis is giving you a good time,"

"Yeah! He sure is! But I'm shagged."

Ellis grinned.

He and Bryn each ordered a big breakfast with a mug of coffee.

Their orders soon arrived and the two big men fell on their breakfasts.

When they were nearly finished, Geoffrey pushed his half-finished custard tart towards them.

"I can't finish this," he said. "Would you fellows like to finish it off?"

Bryn looked at it with derision. "That would hardly touch the sides," he commented.

"You're pretty thin, Geoff," remarked Ellis. "You look like you need feeding up."

"Look, really, I don't want it," Geoffrey protested.

"Are you sure?" asked Ellis.

"Yes, Ellis, I am sure," replied Geoffrey tartly.

"OK. Thanks."

So saying, Ellis picked up the remnant of the custard tart and swallowed it down in one mouthful.

"Would you like some custard, tart?" laughed Bryn. "You're an animal, Ellis, but as the ladies say, you're such a cuddly animal."

"That's me."

"You know, you two seem made for each other," commented Geoffrey. "You two have bodies that are almost in the same proportions. Ellis, you look like you're a somewhat scaled down version of Bryn except for the blond hair."

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" asked Ellis.

"Yes, Ellis. You do possess a magnificent, well-muscled physique, just like Bryn, except you're a bit shorter than your towering partner," said Geoffrey with a grin. "Not only that, I like the way your wit bounces off his. Ellis, you really are Bryn's equal. You really do give as good as you get and it's blindingly obvious that you keep Bryn well entertained. He's such a happy fellow nowadays."

"Not to mention well fucked," interjected Bryn.

"OK Geoff, apology accepted," said Ellis.

Geoffrey rolled his eyes.

"Doctor Powys, I've been meaning to catch up with you with the good news about Mummy. Good morning, Doctor Bland."

A slim young woman with a long blonde ponytail came to their table. She was wearing a close-fitting white T-shirt that showed off her breasts. She had teamed it with blue denim jeans and tooled white leather sandals. Bryn introduced her to Ellis as Alison Beaumont. He had been treating her mother.

Ellis had seen her before. He recognised her as one of the other people living in the same apartment building but he had not known her name.

He stood up, picked up a nearby vacant table and placed it up against their table. Then he picked up a chair and placed it at the extended table. Alison sat down. Ellis ordered another round of coffee for everyone at the table including Alison.

"Mummy is doing so much better now that you've put her on that new medication, Doctor Powys," Alison said. "She's so full of energy now and she's back to her usual busy self. She's asked me to pass on to you, Doctor Powys, her heartfelt thanks and gratitude for making her so much better. And thank you from me, Doctor Powys, for making her so much better."

"It's a pleasure, Alison. It was a bit of a gamble and I'm so glad it paid off," replied Bryn modestly.

"Well, Bryn is our resident genius," said Geoffrey. "He's the one who managed to diagnose your mother's problem and he found the right combination of drugs to treat it because it really was quite tricky. I must confess it had the rest of us rather puzzled but it was rather clever of her treating physician to pick that it might possibly be an immunological problem and refer her to the Immunology Department for assessment."

"Well, thank you so much, both from me and Mummy," said Alison. "Ellis, I kept seeing you around the place and I was wondering who the cute blond muscleman is. I must confess I was a wee bit disappointed when I heard that you're gay but anyway, I already have my man. Actually, I'm rather glad you're Doctor Powys's boyfriend. You two seem to be so well matched."

"Thank you," replied Ellis bashfully.

"Speaking of men, Alison, isn't that your partner Clint wandering around looking lost?" asked Geoffrey.

Alison turned around and waved.

"Clint, over here," she yelled.

Clint came over. Ellis picked up another empty chair, put it at their table. Clint sat down. Alison introduced him to Ellis. He already knew Bryn and Geoffrey.

Clint was wearing a black tank top and blue jeans with black leather work boots. His face was square with high cheek bones and grey eyes. He had a chiselled muscular build and broad well-developed shoulders that sloped down in a distinct V-shape to a narrow waist and hips. He was a little shorter than Ellis. He was unshaven and had very short light brown hair in a buzz cut. Chest hair poked above his tank top. His muscular arms and shoulders were covered with tribal tattoos.

"We're just talking about how well Mummy is," said Alison.

"Yeah, she sure is. She's so busy. She's started asking when Alison and me are going to get married. She's so CWA," said Clint with a wry smile.

"CWA?" asked Geoffrey.

"Country Women's Association," replied Bryn. "Mrs Beaumont and her husband live in Bowral. One of the things that really upset her when she was unwell that she wasn't able to play an active part in the CWA, the Mothers' Union, the Ladies' Guild, the bowls club, all the other organisations she's a member of and all the charity work she's involved in. It sounds like she's right back into it."

"She sure is," said Clint.

"My sympathies," laughed Ellis.

"Rude man!" retorted Alison.

Clint laughed. He winked at Ellis.

One day Roger, Ellis's father telephoned Ellis and invited him home for Christmas. However, the condition was that Ellis did not bring Bryn with him. When Ellis asked Roger if his mother had made that the condition for Ellis's presence, Roger replied that he and Martha had both decided on that condition. They forbad Bryn's presence in their house. Ellis was outraged and refused his father's invitation.

When Ellis told Bryn, his lover put his arms around Ellis and kissed him. Ellis was close to tears of rage but Bryn kissed him more and kissed his rage away.

"I'd much rather be with you, mate, than having to put up with my shit-faced sisters not speaking to me," said Ellis full of emotion. "I love you. That's something Mum and Dad simply don't understand, wrapped up as they are in their Catholic faith. They never will. Dad even had the gall to tell me I'm living in a state of sin."

"Your brother Leon seems to understand and it looks to me that he's the only one in your family willing to keep up with you. At least you've got him. I've got no-one in my family. I've been cut off from them for a few years now. They're all so fucking Methodist."

"Yeah. I reckon Leon's the only true Christian in my family."

Bryn wrapped his big heavily muscled arms around Ellis in an all- enveloping hug and planted a big juicy kiss on Ellis's lips. Their kiss became more passionate.

They ran upstairs into their bedroom and celebrated their love. Bryn fucked Ellis in a face-to-face deep fuck where Ellis had his feet locked together around Bryn's neck. It was a most welcome change for Ellis to be fucked. He loved feeling Bryn's big thick hard cock powering up his anus deep into his bowels. He felt as though he was being penetrated right up into his chest. He loved feeling Bryn's massively powerful body driving Bryn's cock up his arse right up into his torso. He held Bryn's hard muscular body tight in his strong arms delighting in being utterly ravished by the big powerfully muscled he- man. He loved Bryn with all his heart and his whole body.

Their climaxes came together. They screamed like animals in the heat of their combined orgasms.

Afterwards they lay together revelling in the total interconnectedness of their bodies and savouring the wonderful afterglow of glorious sex.

They could not bear to separate. They had a couple more rounds of thoroughly enjoyable sex.

Finally that evening, they separated. They showered together and Ellis fucked Bryn in the shower. Bryn yelled in the intensity of his orgasm.

When they had satisfied their urgent need for each other and the absolute closeness of each other's comforting strong bodies had been satisfied temporarily, they got dressed and had an enjoyable dinner at a nearby restaurant.

Ellis telephoned Roman one evening and told him about his father's unacceptable invitation home for Christmas. Roman promptly invited him and Bryn to his house for Christmas Day for a pool party and Christmas Dinner as well for the New Year's Eve fancy dress party, which had become a tradition for Roman and Bill. Ellis gladly accepted.

When he told Bryn, his lover teased him about taking him for granted and not consulting him about the invitations. Ellis apologised and Bryn told him that he had no plans himself for those occasions and forgave Ellis. He was happy with Ellis's arrangements.

Ellis decided that he would go to the New Year's Eve Party as the superhero Captain Marvel. That was a result of Leon's birthday party. Bryn liked the idea. However, he had no idea what he himself should go as. When Ellis suggested he go as Doctor Feelgood, Bryn rejected the idea out-of-hand. He was not impressed either by Marica's suggestion that he go as a Wookie from the film 'Star Wars'. Or by her suggestion he go as Darth Vader. The three had a lively discussion. Then Marica suggested that Bryn go as Conan the Barbarian, the role played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film she had seen recently. Bryn laughed out loud. He liked the idea. He made his decision to go as Conan.

Now that they decided on their characters, they discussed them with Roman and Bill. As it turned out, Roman was a keen collector of comics, particularly those featuring muscular superheroes. He showed Ellis and Bryn how their characters were portrayed. He persuaded Ellis to dress up as Captain Marvel Version 2.0 because he felt that version was much sexier than the original. Roman suggested a further change to the costume. It should have very short sleeves so that Ellis could show off his magnificent upper arms. It would look even sexier. Ellis accepted his advice. Bryn's character Conan the Barbarian was easy. He already had an idea of what he wanted to look like and Roman agreed with him. Both Ellis and Bryn said they would ask Mr Huynh and his brother to make the costumes. Roman sketched out both costumes for the benefit of the tailor and the cobbler.

Mr Huynh agreed to make both costumes. He and his brother would have them ready before New Year's Eve.

Leon asked Ellis and Bryn to join him for lunch. He expressed his regret at the way things turned out at his birthday party and that Ellis would not be joining the family for Christmas. Ellis and Bryn both assured him that they were not at all disturbed by the events at the party. Ellis had warned Bryn. Neither was surprised by what happened.

Ellis expressed his outrage that his parents had forbidden Bryn from accompanying Ellis to the family Christmas gathering. Leon said ruefully that he would miss Ellis but he did understand. He made an oblique apology for his parents. Ellis gave Leon his Christmas present and asked him to give their parents his Christmas gift, a Georgian Wedgwood china tea service that he had found in a second-hand shop.

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