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1. California
Among the long list of things that Brendan loves about California, his house pretty much always cracks the top 3. The draft lottery is coming soon which means the draft is just around the corner and then free agency will be there sooner rather than later so his dad is pretty busy, splitting his time between his home office and some city on the other side of the country. His mom is doing his mom’s things. She’s always happy to have him here but Brendan knows she adores her alone time and her days out with her girlfriends. All in all, it’s easy for Brendan to know when he can have the whole house for himself.
That’s how he finds himself on a sunny afternoon, walking down into his pool and up into Turcs’ space, bracketing his arms around him, hands behind on the edge of the pool. The water’s only coming up to their torso but Turcs still wraps his legs around Brendan’s middle, hands coming up around his neck.
Summer looks great on Turcs. He ditched his terrible mustache and his dimples can be the front piece of his face, popping under the West Coast sun.
Turcs kisses him, all slow and wet, an open-mouthed kiss that tastes like the beers they’ve been having all afternoon but still makes Brendan feel hot and want more.
Brendan presses forward, dicks rubbing together through the fabric of their swimsuits when Turcs’ back hit the wall of the pool. The gasp it elicits from Turcs is a beauty. The groan Brendan gets when he snakes a hand down Turcs’ body and right under the elastic of his waistband is music to his ears.
Bless California.
2. Minnesota
The whole family travels to Minnesota for Jordan’s high school graduation. The ceremony gets boring at some point but Brendan is still proud to see his brother come up on the stands.
There is a party organized by the school and even though Brendan has to hang out with his under-21 bracelet, he doesn’t mind when he has a flask of whiskey in his breast pocket and a ton of people to talk to. The great thing about Shattuck -besides their hockey program- is how big of a family institution they tend to be. What it means is Brendan gets to see several of his past classmates also here for their little brothers.
Ending up giving head in a bathroom stall to the one guy that taught him everything all those years ago is a moment Brendan saw coming the moment he locked eyes with Preston. Preston aims well and doesn’t stain Brendan’s shirt when he gets Brendan up after the BJ and pins him to the door to jerk him off while his mouth tries to swallow Brendan’s moans.
Really great night overall.
3. Ohio
What Brendan learns, he passes down. And he for sure is a good teacher considering the noises Mackie is pulling out of him, down on his knees in their cabin in Ohio.
Brendan’s known Mackie for years now and that’s pretty much the only reason the guys needed to accept a freshman in their house in Michigan. Brendan never made any move when his brain still considered Mackie a kid (you’re only one year older than me you fucker) but college had been full of experiences™️ for the two of them. Something practical about fucking your roomie or whatever (not like Bordy or Big Dog could disagree with him on that one).
Brendan didn’t accept Duker’s invitation just to get laid. He truly enjoyed himself hitting the lake, crushing beers, mocking the guys not managing to fish and pretending to everyone else that he wasn’t whispering filthy things in Mackie’s ear while thoroughly massaging sunscreen into his shoulders and back.
Brendan is having a good summer.
4. Nantucket
Having sex with Trevor is kind of like picking a skittle with your eyes closed: you don’t know what you’re going to get until you take your first bite.
In bed, Brendan has known Trevor as both a pushy guy who will take charge and the laziest person ever who will just wait for his partner to do all the work. The extremes. The duality of man.
(Brendan could also be fucking Matty tonight but he hasn’t seen Trevor in way longer and maybe he can interest them in a little three-way action tomorrow, he still has some time ahead of him)
Tonight, Trevor’s in a playful mood. He’s got Brendan lying naked on the bed, Trevor’s body pinning him to the mattress as he takes his time to map out all of Brendan’s body with his mouth, not hesitating to sink his teeth in here and there. Brendan doesn’t mind when Trevor’s immediately soothing the bite with his tongue but he knows he’s gonna have hickeys by tomorrow and he can already hear Matty whistle at him when he finds out about them.
“You’re getting to Montreal next week, right?” Trevor asks against the skin of Brendan’s abs. The way he’s positioned, he’s got Brendan’s hard dick resting against his cheek. It’s ridiculously hot.
“Yeah, why?”
Trevor smirks at him. It’s ridiculous, period. “Nice, gotta leave a little message then.”
Brendan groans at both the implication and the way Trevor starts sucking at the skin at the crease of his hips.
Matty does holler at him when he gets down for breakfast shirtless the next morning. He still makes out with Brendan against the counter while the toasts grill so, win-win situation here.
5. Montreal
Thom has him on a flat surface (namely, the couch in the living room) the second they make it through the door of his apartment. Brendan’s almost surprised they didn’t start making out in the car when Thom picked him up from the airport but Thom did curse him a lot when Brendan spent the ride home massaging Thom’s thigh and getting his hand closer and closer to the V of Thom’s legs.
Thom whistles when he takes off Brendan’s shirt and takes on the state of his chest. “Someone’s been busy.”
Brendan almost wants to roll his eyes but instead he smirks, some air of challenge in his eyes. “And you haven’t even taken off my shorts yet.”
In the end, Thom’s the one who rolls his eyes at Brendan before drawing back just enough to be able to take both Brendan’s shorts and his underwear off, throwing them away blindly behind the couch.
Brendan sinks his hands in Thom’s hair as Thom starts mapping out Brendan’s body and replacing the old mark on Brendan’s body with some of his own, starting with the very very faint outline of a hickey Turcs had left under Brendan’s collarbone.
His exchange with Preston had been too quick to do any real damage but Brendan knows Mackie’s nails left some damage on his thighs and obviously Trevor took pleasure in leaving a collection of small bruises all over, from Brendan’s left nipple to his hip. When Trevor had come down from his room to interrupt their make-out session he’d told Matty that Thom was on Brendan’s calendar next and Matty had laughed before leaving a small gift of his own right behind Brendan’s ear.
It’s not like Thom is in a much better state. Brendan has the prime position to observe the scratches on his back. He knows Thom has his boys in Montreal, doesn’t doubt that he had his fun at Worlds and can’t wait for Thom to tell him all about it.
“God, everyone truly wants a piece of you, baby,” Thom says with his breath way too close to Brendan’s dick for Brendan not to react. Looks like he just found the spot Trevor spent the most time on. “At some point I’m gonna need to put a ring on you to keep them off.”
Thom immediately puts his mouth back on Brendan’s skin and Brendan can’t help but hotly flush at Thom’s words. He knows Thom’s joking but it doesn’t keep the flames away from his cheeks.
This has been working for them for years and at the end of the day, it’s them. It’s Thom being the first person Brendan always calls when he has good news to share. It’s Thom always asking for Brendan by his side for the big things.
Exclusivity is overrated. A ring tho? With Thom’s taste in jewelry? Brendan could like the sound of that.