{"id":75,"date":"2017-12-12T04:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T04:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2017\/calendar\/?p=75"},"modified":"2020-11-11T19:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:27:44","slug":"december-12th-sequel-to-prelude-by-dppatricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2017\/calendar\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"December 12th- Sequel to Prelude by DPPatricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

My story, Prelude to Enchantment<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong> appeared in the 2017 Solstice Calendar<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. With Suzan Lovett\u2019s kind permission, this is a brief second chapter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhatcha got there, Starsk?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, just something I picked up at the art supply store for the party this weekend.\u201d Starsky handed over the bag.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know we were having a party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hutch opened the sack and peered inside. \u201cHenna?\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cYep. Five different shades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t know there were that many.\u201d He looked more closely. \u201cAnd sable-hair brushes?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSoft, Hutch. Soooooo soft.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly what kind of party are we having?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA very private one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd henna\u2019s required?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be our costumes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHenna<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSure! You remember that time we posed for Suzan?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVividly!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u2026 I saw these and got to thinking I want to paint your body, like you painted mine. The feel of your hands, and brush, on every part of me –\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every<\/em> part. I left a few strategic areas unenhanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starsky put a hand to Hutch\u2019s cheek. \u201cI know. But what I\u2019m trying to say is those sensations were something I\u2019d never felt before.\u201d He grinned quickly. \u201cWhen I saw this stuff in the store I realized I want to feel them again. And I want you to feel them!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be matching zebras, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNuh uh, definitely not! Tiger stripes on me this time!\u201d He held up two of the bottles. \u201cI got russet for the base color and black for stripes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hutch appraised the deep tones and imagined applying them to his lover\u2019s entire body. \u201cPerfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starsky put the containers back in the bag and the bag on the dining room table. \u201cThere are three more colors in there. With them, I\u2019m going to decorate you into a leopard.\u201d Slowly, he unbuttoned Hutch\u2019s shirt and pulled the tails out. Hutch wanted to help but one look into the cobalt blue eyes said it was Starsky\u2019s show and he would brook no interference. Anticipation turned to slow fire in Hutch\u2019s veins.<\/p>\n

Starsky slipped the cotton off his shoulders and let the garment fall, never taking his intense gaze from Hutch\u2019s. \u201cI\u2019m gonna paint your arms\u2026 legs\u2026 back\u2026\u201d Starsky broke their eye-lock on the final word and began to circle. Hutch shivered as his partner cat-footed around him, his hands caressing each surface he had named. \u201cDesert tan for the overall and dark brown with bronze for the framed splotches. Gonna cover you everywhere with two-toned spots, babe. Everywhere\u2026\u201d he repeated, his voice a hushed promise of Good Things To Come, stopping in front of Hutch again. \u201cExcept your chest and belly.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his fingers barely touching, Starsky ran his hands over those areas of Hutch\u2019s anatomy before he delicately circled each nipple. When he leaned forward to lick and lightly suck the left bud, Hutch had to stiffen his knees to keep them from buckling.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeopards have solid black spots on these parts.\u201d When Starsky looked up through eyelashes any woman would kill for, Hutch was utterly lost. \u201cI stopped at the library and copied some photographs. You\u2019re so lean and tawny and golden\u2026 you\u2019ll be gorgeous as a leopard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUh\u2026\u201d Hutch swallowed and tried again. \u201cDid you get some photos of tigers, too?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Course I did. In living color!\u201d<\/p>\n

Starsky was still caressing and Hutch was having trouble breathing. \u201cAre you sure about this, Starsk? I think tigers and leopards are natural enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we\u2019ll make Nature Channel history. Besides, not all natural enemies kill each other. I\u2019ve seen pictures of a mother cat nursing puppies. Kittens sleeping in a pile with bunny rabbits and wolf cubs. And a fawn nestled between a lion\u2019s front paws. Animals and people just need to love each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, Hutch, like we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u2026 is there any reason why we have to wait for the weekend to start this party?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHell, no!\u201d Starsky dumped the bag out on the table and spread the bottles of color plus the various-width sable-hair brushes.<\/p>\n

While Starsky laid out the materials, Hutch carelessly consigned his jeans, shorts, shoes and socks to the floor on top of his shirt, never taking his hungry eyes off his best friend. Watching Starsky get undressed had never yet failed to turn him on.<\/p>\n

Starsky lifted his t-shirt over his head at the same time he toed off his sneakers. Then he shimmied out of his too-tight jeans and briefs, yanking the socks off with them.<\/p>\n

When he turned around, Hutch was already so aroused his shaft was weeping and his balls were painful.<\/p>\n

Starsky, fully erect himself, returned Hutch\u2019s stare with equal parts love and lust. He purred\/growled deep in his throat.<\/p>\n

To Hutch, it was exactly what he imagined a tiger on the hunt would sound like. He threw his head back and laughed.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you still have Suzan\u2019s number?\u201d Starsky moved toward him with slow, fluid grace.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe might want to do another painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Henna, a sex toy?
\nWho could have imagined it?
\nOur Starsky, of course<\/p>\n

END<\/p>\n

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