Reclaimed in Mussoorie Ch. 01

⚠️ Author's Note:

It's been nearly seven years since Goa.

They thought they'd moved on.

But a wedding in the hills, a room with two beds, and one thin sheet of silence between them?

Note 1: This story is connected to and a sequel to my previous series Goa Nights and One Last Sleepover. While those stories provide deeper context, this series stands on its own and can be read independently.

Note 2: Goa Nights was previously posted on Literotica under different character names. The story has since been edited, and moving forward, the protagonists will appear as Ishaan and Vikram. But the tension, the heat, the fall? Still exactly the same.

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Mussoorie, February 2028

By the time the cab began its climb up the misted bends of Mussoorie, Ishaan was already hard.

It wasn't the altitude. Or the cold. Or even the thrill of the upcoming wedding week. It was something older. Something he had buried too deep. And too carelessly.

He pressed his thighs together in the backseat, eyes flicking to the window, the drizzle-soft valley below. The slopes. The forests. The fog. None of it helped.

It had been nearly seven years. Since Goa, yes. But also since that other night, the last one. The final night in their hostel. 19th July 2021. A goodbye fuck so intense, it hadn't left his body since.

Goa was their awakening. December 2020. A vacation with friends. A few delayed flights. Five days alone in a villa too big for two. It began with a teasing, casual touches, a drunken dare, a half-hard bulge under thin boxers. Turned into whispered moans in the dark. Into Ishaan on his knees, gagging on Vikram's cock. Into Vikram spanking him in the shower, bending him over the balcony, fucking him raw in the pool under the stars. By day six, they weren't friends anymore. By day twelve, they didn't know what they were.

And then, they stopped. For months.

Until that one night.

It was the end of college. Everyone else had booked flights home the day after farewell. But somehow, both of them had changed their bookings. Stayed an extra night.

They didn't plan it. Not aloud. But when Ishaan had seen Vikram still in the corridor, holding the same overnight bag, they both knew.

They would fuck again. One last time. And never again.

Ishaan waited until sunset. The corridor outside Vikram's room was empty, humming with silence. He didn't knock. Just opened the door and stepped inside.

Vikram was exactly as he remembered him in his filthiest dreams.

Shirtless. Boxer-briefs clinging low. That same silver chain from Goa glinting against his thick, fur-dusted chest. He was leaning against the desk, scrolling his phone like nothing mattered. Calm. Unbothered. Not even pretending to be surprised.

His body had grown thicker since Goa -- biceps pumped, chest broader, thighs like stone columns. His briefs barely contained the outline of his cock, already half-hard, the head pushing upward like it had been waiting.

He looked up once. Then back at his phone.

Didn't say a word.

Neither did Ishaan.

He kicked the door shut. Peeled his T-shirt off. Undid his jeans. Let them fall with his briefs and socks, leaving a trail behind him. His bare feet hit the cold floor. His body flushed hot.

His cock wasn't hard. Not yet. But it was leaking. Viscous pre-cum smeared the inside of his thigh. His nipples were tight. His hole throbbed, twitching open, clenching, needy.

He walked forward. Climbed onto the bed without a sound, never breaking eye contact. He dropped to all fours. Mouth open. Lips glossy with spit. Hungry.

Vikram pushed off the desk, approached slowly, and stood at the edge of the bed. Ishaan reached out and tugged the waistband of those briefs down with his teeth.

The cock sprang free -- thick, dark, spit-slick from the precum already seeping out. It slapped against Vikram's abs, fat and veined, swollen with promise.

Ishaan opened wide. Took it in one slow, choking slide.

His lips stretched, throat strained. The taste hit instantly -- salt, skin, musk. He gagged, eyes brimming. But he didn't stop. He wanted the pain. Wanted to feel it hit the back of his throat. To suffer for it.

Vikram grunted, a low, primal sound from somewhere deep.

Ishaan bobbed harder. Faster. Spit dripped freely down his chin, pooling in the sheets. He cupped Vikram's balls like worship. Tongue flattened. Jaw wide. His own cock started to rise, untouched, twitching as pre-cum smeared his belly.

Still, Vikram said nothing.

Until he grabbed Ishaan by the hair. Yanked him off with a wet pop.

Ishaan gasped. Fell onto the bed, coughing, strands of spit still linking his lips to the soaked cock.

The slap came fast. A brutal crack across his face.

He didn't flinch. Just moaned. His legs fell open. Rim flexing.

"My whore," Vikram muttered.

He knelt between Ishaan's thighs, shoved them up and wide, and spat, thick and wet, straight onto the quivering hole.

Ishaan shivered. His rim fluttered.

Then Vikram dove in.

No teasing. No grace. Just filth. Tongue punching deep. Lips sealing around the rim. Stubble scraping raw. He licked and sucked like he needed it, like he was trying to memorize the taste. Growling into it, chewing on the rim like it was the last time he'd ever get it.

Ishaan arched. Cried out. His cock throbbed untouched. Pre-cum splattered his chest.

He came. Shaking. Then again -- dry, then wet. His whole body locked, but his ass stayed open, desperate.

Vikram flipped him over without a word. Ishaan obeyed instantly.

Face down. Arms stretched out. Hole exposed.

The first thrust was a punch.

No lube. Just spit. Just rage. Just stretch.

Ishaan screamed into the mattress. Kicked. But Vikram pinned him, hips gripped like handles, and slammed again. Brutal. Merciless.

"Fucking missed this, didn't you?" he growled, breath burning against Ishaan's ear.

Ishaan moaned, high and broken.

"Say it."

"I missed it," he gasped. "Missed your cock--fuck--please--"

Vikram grinned against his back. Slapped his ass so hard Ishaan saw white. Then again. Until handprints bloomed red and raw.

"You stayed behind to be used. To be filled. Say it."

"Yes. Fuck--yes. Use me. Break me."

He did.

Thrust after thrust. Slam after slam. Every inch brutal. Every motion meant to ruin. The sound of skin on skin was thunderous, wet, savage, obscene.

They fucked like they knew each other's weaknesses. Like they'd never stop. Like they needed to erase every goodbye they never said.

Bent over the desk. Splayed against the wall. Legs hoisted onto shoulders. On the floor. Against the sink. Vikram flipped him like a rag, drove in from every angle. Never gentle. Never slow.

He came once. Deep. Hot. Didn't pull out.

Just kept going. Kept fucking him through it.

Ishaan came again. Again. Again. Five times. Without touching himself. His cock was red. Raw. His hole was wrecked -- gaping, twitching, drooling seed down his thigh.

His nipples were swollen from being bitten. His back a roadmap of bruises. There were teeth marks on his shoulders. Bitemarks on his thighs. Hickeys on his neck.

Vikram finished inside him twice. Stayed plugged in, grinding deeper, refusing to let a drop spill.

By dawn, they lay side by side. Still. Spent. Covered in sweat, bruises, cum.

Ishaan's ass was leaking. Vikram's cock lay soft against his thigh, still twitching.

They didn't talk.

They didn't kiss.

They just looked at the ceiling.

And accepted, without a word, that it would never happen again.

It was college. Just exploration. Just a phase.

Just a goodbye.

Until now.

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Ishaan adjusted his bulge as the car pulled into the wedding resort's gates. He looked down at his phone, at the list of events for the week. It started tonight. A Sufi Night. The engagement tomorrow. Haldi, mehendi, sangeet, baraat, wedding, reception. Five days. Of parties. Dancing. Drinking.

Of Vikram.

His stomach clenched.

He hadn't seen him in months. Not like this. Not alone, not without distractions, not since everything had cooled into birthdays and the occasional DM.

They'd both moved on. More or less. Ishaan had gone back to his ways -- multiple women, some hotter than others, none of them memorable. Vikram had dated, worked abroad, bulked up. They'd messaged sometimes. Birthday wishes. A forwarded meme. That's it.

And now, a week together. In the mountains. In the same resort. Maybe even the same room.

Ishaan licked his lips.

He wasn't sure if he was ready.

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The air was crisp as Ishaan stepped out of the cab and adjusted the collar of his cream wool blazer. The Mussoorie hills behind him were beginning to blur into night, and the resort was already buzzing. Fairy lights twinkled through pine trees, a mehfil-style stage glowed with floor cushions and brass lanterns, and somewhere deeper in the courtyard, a harmonium was being tuned. The opening event of the five-day wedding, Sufi Night, was already in motion.

He smirked to himself. Kunal always did things full throttle.

A steward in a padded black coat offered to carry his bag. Ishaan declined with a polite nod, pulling his weekender over his shoulder. He'd barely crossed the entrance when the music floated in stronger--tabla, a low tanpura drone, and warm voices reciting Amir Khusrau.

Then he saw them, his friends.

They were gathered near the firepits, drinks in hand, already in full reunion mode. Sherwanis, long shawls, heavy smiles. Familiar faces from a different life, clustered on thick rugs with whiskey tumblers, calling out to him the second they spotted him.

"There he is!" someone shouted. "Look who finally decided to grace us."

Ishaan let his bag slide to the ground and raised a hand in mock humility. "Took me six hours and two crying toddlers, but I'm here."

He was instantly pulled into a whirlwind of hugs and slaps on the back. Santosh grabbed his glass and filled it for him without asking. Anshul and Mukul were in matching kurtas and already a bit drunk. Himanshu was sprawled on a pillow, boots off. Harsh gave him a one-armed hug while still texting. Vanya waved from across a cushion, perched next to Sona.

Laughter. Smoke. Shared memories like hand-me-downs.

It was loud, chaotic, familiar--and it didn't take long for Ishaan's eyes to drift.

There, across the carpeted lounge, standing with one foot propped on a low stool, was Vikram.

Long black kurta, tailored tight across his chest and arms. Shawl looped once over his shoulder. Hair slightly longer than before, swept back. Still clean-shaven, but his jaw had thickened. Bulkier now. Bigger.

Their eyes met.

And the world tilted, quietly, but unmistakably.

Ishaan didn't move. Neither did Vikram. But the awareness pressed into them like a thumb on soft fruit. Seven years dissolved. The static rushed back in.

Vikram nodded once--cool, casual.

Ishaan gave him a small smirk and turned back to the group.

Tanmay leaned in. "He's been here since yesterday. Helping with setup."

Ishaan shrugged. "Of course. Perfect student, perfect groomsman."

Tanmay chuckled and handed him a refill. "Play nice, okay?"

"I always do."

A few minutes later, Vikram drifted over with his own drink. The greetings were rowdy--he got dragged into a side tackle from Santosh, an unsolicited shoulder massage from Mukul, and a bear hug from Himanshu that nearly spilled his whiskey.

And then he was next to Ishaan.

They didn't greet each other directly. Not with words. Just a firm, half-second shoulder bump. No one noticed it but them.

"How's Bangalore?" Vikram asked, nodding toward Ishaan's shoes.

"Fast. Loud. Full of opportunity," Ishaan said. "And you? Bombay still being Bombay?"

"Wetter. Calmer. Traffic's worse."

Their drinks clinked.

Vikram glanced sideways. "Still going through your... 'phase'?"

Ishaan grinned. "Let's just say my sheets haven't stayed dry."

Vikram exhaled softly. "Figures."

"And you?" Ishaan tilted his glass. "Still playing the good boyfriend?"

"Not anymore." His voice was even. "Ended last year."

Ishaan raised an eyebrow but didn't comment. He didn't need to.

Vikram took a sip. "She moved to London. Wanted something... less tangled."

Ishaan's mouth twitched. "You tangled, huh? That's new."

"Yeah," Vikram said, eyes on the fire. "Maybe I got soft."

Ishaan studied him for a beat too long. "You don't look soft."

The conversation was straight as it could be. On the surface. But everything between them was crooked.

The qawwali began in full. The singer launched into a powerful rendition of Chaap Tilak, voice textured with longing. A woman in emerald danced barefoot between the rugs, her arms floating, eyes closed.

The fire crackled. More friends arrived. Kunal finally made his grand entrance with his fiancée on his arm. Tanmay, the best man, followed in a velvet shawl, half-drunk already.

They made a toast, and the group whooped. Another drink. Another story. More teasing. Someone brought kebabs from the buffet, and suddenly everyone was focused on food.

Then, from across the firepit, Kunal raised his voice. "Alright, folks! Check your phones! Roomies announced!"

A flurry of vibrations.

Ishaan glanced at his screen.

ROOMIES:

Vikram + Ishaan

Santosh + Rishabh

Anshul + Mukul

Himanshu + Harsh

Vanya + Sona

Kunal in bridal suite with Tanmay (duh)

Someone let out a dramatic whistle. "Oh ho. You two again?"

"Deja vu," Tanmay chuckled.

Ishaan raised both hands, grinning. "No complaints."

Vikram just rolled his eyes and took another sip.

They didn't say anything to each other about it. Not then.

But Ishaan noticed the way Vikram's hand tightened slightly around the glass. Not tense. Just aware.

As the music swelled again, the singer diving into Aaj Rang Hai, Ishaan leaned back on his elbows and stared up at the sky.

The stars here were clearer than in any city.

He let the song wash over him--echoes of longing, union, surrender.

And he felt it again. That thrum. Not Goa. Not college. Not even the last time.

Something different now. Something coming.

Vikram sat quietly beside him, fingers tapping the rim of his tumbler, eyes focused ahead--but not seeing anything at all.

They stayed like that for a long time.

Just two men in shawls, surrounded by laughter and music, pretending they were still just friends.

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Room 206.

The door clicked shut behind them.

A few beats of silence. Then a rustle of cloth. The room, dimly lit by bedside sconces and the spill of corridor light, breathed quietly around them. A soft breeze carried the smell of pine and perfume in through the balcony door left ajar.

Ishaan stepped in first.

The suite was generous with warm wood flooring, a low ceiling with exposed beams, two double beds dressed in cream linens, a polished pine wardrobe, a wide mirror above the minibar. A carved wooden table in the corner held the room keys, a hotel envelope, and a bowl of sugared almonds. Beyond the glass doors, a balcony opened into the mountain air.

He heard the thud of Vikram's bag dropping to the ground and the short, unbothered breath he let out as he rolled his shoulders.

Ishaan didn't speak.

He walked to the bed by the window, tossed his duffel down, and stood for a moment looking at the two beds. Not close enough to be intimate, not far enough to be impersonal. Perfectly neutral, like the kind of safe distance you could only maintain with someone you've already known too much of.

Behind him, Vikram had already unzipped his coat and shrugged it off. The thunk of whisky still inside his body moved lazily in Ishaan's veins. The hum of qawwali still sat beneath his skin. Everything had slowed just slightly -- the night's buzz giving way to a different, deeper tension.

"You taking the window?" Vikram asked eventually.

"Yeah."

"Cool."

More silence. They both bent to unpack.

Ishaan unzipped slowly, pulling out a change of clothes -- grey shorts, a black vest -- and paused. His fingers brushed something soft in the corner of his bag.

Lace panties. Black. Semi-transparent. Still carrying the faint scent of her.

The girl he'd been casually fucking for the past month had handed them to him that morning, worn and warm, with a smirk and a kiss on his jaw.

"Something to remember me by. Don't forget whose pussy you've been in every night," she'd whispered, slipping them into his hand as he buttoned his shirt.

He hadn't known what to do with them, so he'd just stuffed them in.

Now, standing in this quiet mountain suite, her voice and that lace felt far away. Misplaced. Like something from another script.

He blinked, pulled out his clothes, and headed to the wardrobe.

He hung his sherwani with more care than needed, then stood a moment longer than necessary, facing away. Just breathing. Just waiting for something. He wasn't sure what.

The zip of a toiletry kit. A belt clinking loose. Fabric rustling.

He turned.

Vikram had already pulled off his kurta. His undershirt clung to him, damp with sweat along the lower back. His arms looked stronger than Ishaan remembered -- not like they had bulked unnaturally, just that time had added weight where boyhood had melted away. The cut of his torso wasn't gym-carved, but real. Earned.

Ishaan looked for a second too long.

Then turned to his own bed and peeled his clothes off piece by piece, carefully. Deliberately slow, but pretending not to be. Vest first, then his watch, then the long undoing of his churidar. He could feel Vikram not looking at him -- but not not noticing.

He stepped out of his clothes, bare now except for tight charcoal boxer briefs that hugged his hips too well. Ishaan knew what he looked like. That hadn't changed.

Except it had.

He was broader now. Still lean, still sculpted, but with the steadiness of someone who ate well and trained harder. His waist was still sharp. His ass -- well, that had always been the part that never made sense. Still high, still firm, still too full for someone with his frame. Still noticed, he was certain.

He didn't glance to check. But he stood still long enough to know it was being registered.

Vikram brushed past behind him, towel slung low around his hips. The faintest touch of his bare arm against Ishaan's back -- heat, skin, tension. No apology. No reaction. Just walked past him into the bathroom.

Ishaan blinked. Inhaled.

He stared at the mirror.

It reflected too much. Two beds. One man behind him, half-naked. His own body. His own eyes.

The tap ran. The door didn't quite close all the way.

Ishaan didn't let himself look in.

When Vikram emerged minutes later, his hair was damp, and steam followed him. He crossed the room again with that same unbothered grace, towel hanging at his waist like it belonged there, chest wide, abs softened slightly by age, by drink, by whatever life had been.

Ishaan turned away and slipped into the bathroom in silence.

When he returned, fresh and barely dry, Vikram was lounging on his bed, scrolling his phone. Shorts now, a tank top. Still barefoot. One knee bent. That same pose he used to take on hostel beds, as if the world should orbit him.

Ishaan toweled his hair in silence, then crossed to his bed, pulled on his vest, and sat down.

Neither said anything for a while.

The silence wasn't awkward. Just stretched. Taut. Like something had filled the air and neither wanted to name it.

Then Vikram said, low, "Want one?"

Ishaan looked up.

He was holding out a cigarette.

A pause. Then Ishaan nodded. "Sure."

They stepped onto the balcony together. The air had turned crisp. A few fairy lights from another villa twinkled in the distance. Pines rustled quietly. The stars, dimmer here than in Goa, but still endless.

Vikram lit his own cigarette, then held the flame for Ishaan's.

They smoked in silence.

Two long exhales.

One leaned on the railing. The other against the doorframe.

Ishaan's eyes tracked the faint veins on Vikram's forearms. The cut of his side profile. The way his chest moved when he dragged long and deep.

"You still smoke?" Ishaan asked eventually.

Vikram shrugged. "Sometimes."

"Same."

A pause.

Ishaan looked away. Then back again.

"You ever think about--" he started, then stopped himself.

Vikram turned, not fully, just enough for their eyes to meet.

"About what?"

Ishaan held his gaze. Then smiled faintly. "Nothing."

The corner of Vikram's mouth twitched. "Right."

They smoked a while longer. Not looking at each other. Not looking away.

When they flicked the stubs over the railing and stepped back in, the room felt smaller. Warmer. Their beds hadn't moved, but something between them had.

Ishaan pulled the covers down on his side. Vikram was already lying on his back, arms behind his head, staring at the ceiling.

One lamp glowed. The other stayed off.

They said nothing more.

Just the soft sounds of cotton shifting, the faint inhale and exhale of two men who knew each other too well and not at all anymore. The weight of everything not said pressed into the sheets between them.

And in the mirror across the room, the shapes of their bodies glimmered quietly, half in shadow, half in memory.

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The room had gone still.

One lamp glowed faint amber against the wall, casting long shadows across the wood floor. Outside, muffled sounds of laughter and soft music drifted in from the last of the wedding party. Then even that faded, pulled gently downhill into silence.

No voices now. No scrolling. No TV.

Just the occasional creak of wood as someone shifted weight on their mattress.

They lay in separate beds.

On opposite sides of the room. Not far enough to forget. Not close enough to touch.

Ishaan lay on his back, covers pulled low on his hips, chest rising and falling slowly. His arm draped across his eyes. Every now and then, he shifted, not out of discomfort, but something else. A restlessness that refused to name itself.

Vikram lay still.

On his side, facing Ishaan's direction. Eyes open. Breathing steady.

The dark held them both, like hands they once knew.

Inside Vikram's head: It's fine. He's here. Just for the wedding. That's the story, anyway.

Except it wasn't, and hadn't been for years.

He could still taste him.

In sleep, sometimes, Ishaan returned -- laughing, biting, begging. A younger body, mouth slick with need. Vikram's own fingers gripping too hard. The heat of skin remembered in places you weren't supposed to keep heat.

He swallowed, barely.

That was then.

This is a room in Mussoorie.

Two beds. That's all.

But the silence made space for the past. It crept in around the edges, soft and hungry.

Ishaan shifted again.

Still on his back now, but his breath had changed. Shallower. Quieter.

In the quiet of his own mind, Ishaan was remembering too.

The word slut, said like a compliment. Growled against his neck. Fingers bruising his hips, holding him down. The feral way Vikram used to fuck him when no one else was home. That last time -- Goa behind them, Delhi between them -- they hadn't spoken for months about it and then that July night had arrived like lightning.

He could still feel it.

The weight. The shame. The wanting.

And now, here. A room they didn't choose, a night neither asked for. Their friends drunk or asleep in other villas. The air between them so quiet it almost trembled.

What would I do if it happened again?

That thought surfaced without his permission.

Would he stop it?

Would he want to?

He rolled to his side, facing away. Palms flat under the pillow. Eyes open.

Behind him, Vikram's breath caught.

Neither of them moved again for a minute. Then, something. A soundless shift.

A stretch of legs. A subtle lift of hips. Fabric brushing fabric under the sheet.

It wasn't loud. Wasn't even intentional. Just movement. But charged.

A half-inch shift and the entire room tilted.

Neither of them spoke. Neither acknowledged it.

In the dark, both fully awake, something old and hungry stirred under the sheets. Not physical, not yet. But unmistakable.

They had buried it. Sworn they were done.

But it had never been done with them.

One thin line of moonlight cut through the gap in the curtains, pale against the wall. Outside, the hills of Mussoorie were alive with distant music, glass laughter, the last echoes of a Sufi night dissolving into mist.

Ishaan now lay on his side, facing the wall. Chest bare. Blanket low on his hips, one leg hooked over the sheet. His eyes were wide open. Breathing shallow. The air in the room was still, but his body wasn't. He could feel the pulse between his legs--throbbing, stubborn.

His cock was hard. Had been for a while.

It had started after the balcony. After the cigarettes. After the way Vikram had stood beside him, quiet and watchful in the cold air, the smoke curling out of his mouth like breath from a sleeping beast.

It had gotten worse when they came in. When Vikram peeled his kurta off in the dark, that body thrown in moonlight for just a second too long--those broad shoulders, that cut waist, that single line of hair from chest to navel. Ishaan had pretended to scroll through his phone. He hadn't seen anything. But of course he had. Every shadow of it.

Now, in the silence, his cock ached under the covers.

He blinked slowly, trying to focus on the cold wall. Tried to think of anything else. But it was no use.

Goa came back.

Not the beaches. Not the villa terrace.

That night.

His knees on the floor. Vikram's cock thick and slick in his mouth, hand gripping the back of his neck. That voice low in his ear, telling him to take it deeper. His own cock leaking untouched as he gagged, fingers curled against the tile.

Ishaan shifted slightly in bed. The soft friction of his briefs against his tip made his whole body twitch. A thin, desperate noise escaped his throat.

He stilled. Waited. Listened.

Vikram didn't move.

Just one stroke, Ishaan thought. Just one. For relief.

His fingers slipped under the sheet, then into his waistband. Warmth met warmth. His cock was heavy, already wet at the tip. He wrapped his hand around it and exhaled slowly through his nose. Quiet. Slow. Careful.

But his brain betrayed him again.

The face that filled his mind wasn't some girl. It wasn't even blurry.

It was him.

That same face six feet away now. That same mouth that had called him "good boy." That same grip that had shoved his thighs open in the dark and whispered: "Present your hole."

Ishaan bit his lip.

One stroke. Then another.

His hips shifted, subtly.

He had tried. For years. After college, he'd sworn it off, every impulse, every image, every memory. Spent years forcing his focus on women, reclaiming his straightness, resisting every urge to touch himself there. He hadn't slipped in two years.

And then--without planning it, without even fully realizing--his other hand drifted lower. Down his stomach. Past the waistband. Past his balls.

Down to where he hadn't touched himself in over two years.

Now, with Vikram in the room, it was like nothing had changed. Like he was twenty one again.

His fingers hovered over his rim. His breath caught.

For a moment, he froze. Then--gently, instinctively--he began to stroke around it. Just slow circles. Just the edge. The skin there was warm, tight, sensitive in a way he'd forgotten. His whole body clenched.

It wasn't even for pleasure. It was memory. Muscle. Ghost.

And across the room, Vikram was watching.

He wasn't asleep.

Hadn't been for hours.

From the second Ishaan had dropped his jeans and stood there in just those black briefs, Vikram had been painfully awake. The outline of that ass--the same one he'd bent over bathroom sinks and hostel balconies--burned behind his eyelids. The dip of that waist. The soft line of his spine.

He hadn't looked. But he had.

And now?

He heard it.

The faint rustle. The hitch in breath. The whisper of skin.

Ishaan was jerking off.

Vikram's cock throbbed instantly under the covers. He didn't move. Not yet.

Instead, he turned slightly, just enough to see. In the dim room, his eyes adjusted.

Ishaan's body arched slightly under the blanket. His hand moved slow, purposeful. His lip was caught between his teeth. And then--Vikram's gaze dropped.

He saw it.

Ishaan's other hand. Down lower. Hidden but not enough.

The way his wrist twisted. The way his hips curled forward, exposing just enough.

He was touching himself there. His hole.

Vikram's jaw clenched. The grip in his own briefs tightened.

He hadn't seen that in years. Not since their last one-night stand in hostel. Not since Ishaan had begged for it, hole open, lube cold on his back, whispering "More, please. More."

And now?

Here?

Vikram's voice was barely a breath. Just one word:

"Slut."

It cut through the dark like a blade.

Ishaan froze.

His fingers stopped. His eyes snapped open. He didn't turn--but he knew. He'd been heard. Seen.

Across the room, Vikram's silhouette shifted.

Sheets rustled.

Then: the sound of fabric being pushed down. A slow exhale.

Ishaan turned his head, just slightly.

They locked eyes.

Neither of them spoke.

But neither of them stopped.

Ishaan moved first. He let the blanket fall. His cock stood hard, glistening at the tip, briefs pushed halfway down his thighs. His chest rose and fell in short, quick breaths.

Vikram stared.

His own cock was already in his hand now--thick, flushed, twitching.

He started stroking.

Slow. Deliberate.

Ishaan couldn't look away.

And Vikram watched him too--watched that soft, narrow waist, that flat stomach, the trail of hair leading down. He noticed how Ishaan's thighs spread, just slightly. How his fingertips grazed his own rim again, and how his body jolted when he did.

Vikram's voice was low, rough, meant only for this night:

"You missed it, didn't you?"

Ishaan didn't reply.

But his lip trembled. His cock twitched in his grip. And he didn't stop touching himself there. He just kept circling, gasping, moaning just loud enough for Vikram to hear.

Vikram's stroking grew faster. His breath hitched.

Ishaan's hips began to jerk upward.

Neither of them blinked.

Ishaan came first. Hands-free. Just a gasp, a curl of his toes, a soft moan through his teeth. Cum spilled across his belly, thick and hot.

Vikram came seconds later. A long grunt, hips lifting off the mattress as thick jets painted his abs, his chest, his fist.

Silence.

Just panting.

Just the wet sound of cooling skin.

Neither of them said anything.

But something had broken.

The line between then and now had blurred.

And what they'd sworn was over?

It was just getting started.

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The room was still. Silent except for the sound of their breath.

Both lay frozen in their respective beds, staring up at the ceiling fan, its slow rotations slicing the dark into even quieter fragments.

The air between them was thick -- not just with heat, not just with the faint trace of sweat and cum and sleep, but something sharper. Heavier. Unnamed.

Ishaan's chest rose with shallow breaths. His pulse hadn't settled.

What the fuck had just happened?

He didn't know if it was guilt, or shame, or something far more dangerous -- the dizzying sense of having crossed a line they both thought they'd buried years ago. He couldn't think. His thoughts were a jumble, flitting between the memory of Vikram's cock pulsing in his fist and the deeper, older memory of how that cock had once made him scream.

Slowly, carefully, Ishaan sat up.

His stomach was sticky. Cooling. His inner thighs felt damp. The sheets clung to his skin.

He moved without a word, quietly stepping out of bed. He was still completely naked. The fan's breeze kissed his skin as he padded barefoot to the bathroom, his body sore in places he hadn't thought he'd feel again.

Behind him, Vikram didn't move. Just listened.

The click of the bathroom door.

The hush of running water.

Inside, Ishaan wet a towel and wiped himself down in silence. His reflection in the mirror was flushed -- cheeks pink, hair a mess, skin glowing in a way he couldn't quite look at. His neck was blotchy, lips raw from biting back sound. His hole still tingled from his own touch.

He'd sworn he wouldn't. Not again.

But tonight--tonight he'd touched it. Just once. And it had felt like breathing underwater.

He let out a small, shaky laugh. It didn't reach his eyes.

Too tired to put anything on, Ishaan returned to the room naked and climbed back into bed. His limbs melted into the mattress. He turned toward the wall and closed his eyes.

Vikram didn't look at him. Didn't turn. Just listened to the soft rustle of sheets, the faint hitch of Ishaan's breath, and lay still.

They didn't speak.

Eventually, the rhythm of Ishaan's breath deepened. Sleep claimed him like a wave.

Vikram remained awake a while longer, staring up at the dark ceiling, his own cum drying on his chest under the fresh tee he'd tugged on. The silence between them had its own sound now.

It wasn't just the jerking off.

It was everything else.

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???? Let me know what you felt.

Did you hold your breath too?

Goa was their awakening.

Mussoorie is something else--older, rawer, quieter, more dangerous.

The room stayed quiet. But their bodies screamed.

Tell me your favorite lines, or the moment you knew it was too late for them.

There's no turning back now. More is coming.

And this time, there are no rules.