> Where Sky Kisses Land > by Nagiman > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Space In Between > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer was coming close to its end for students across Equestria and the new school year would be seeing many going off to their futures. For Gallus the griffon, it would be his first year in college with no more tether to Griffonstone overseeing his schooling. So at the start of the summer, he took up work delivering pizza at a small shop near the center of town that stayed open late to get those going to events and having parties throughout the big break. With his last day of the week being overbooked with the last few days before classes began, he'd been working his body to the bone with as much speed as he could muster.     The blue and light yellowed furred griffon, dressed in his uniform, dripped sweat from his brow, as the heat of the kitchen and the summer temperature bore down on him. An older stallion was busy making the pizzas while he was stacked up with orders to go out. On each trip, he was carrying four to five pizzas for each house making it hard to get around without tipping them over but he pushed through. As he walked back into the shop's door near the end of his shift he was called over by the older stallion.     "Gallus, get your butt over here." The deep brown stallion with fading golden locks waved to the griffon, his hands on his hips as if he was venting some anger. When the griffon stopped in front of him, he picked up a single pizza and handed it to him. "Last order for the night then you can go home. I know school's starting soon for ya, so start getting a sleep schedule in order now before it starts. This one is already paid for fully, so just drop and go." He put on a smile and patted the griffon on the back. "You've been great this summer, so I hope you do well with your schooling as well."     Gallus swallowed the knot that was held in his throat as he was relieved from the fear he was reported for doing something wrong or delivered to the wrong address. "Thanks, it's been great working. It'll certainly cover a good portion of my tuition. I hate to drop down to only a few days a week for work after doing it full-time."     The stallion gave his shoulder a soft jab before his hand turned into a palm and rubbed the top of Gallus's hat. "Don't you worry about that any. Schooling is just as important as working, having you work on the weekends at least is a big enough help especially when we'll be hit with all the students coming in. Now get going before that pizza turns cold."     With a salute, the griffon took off out the door before jumping on the run-down bicycle he was riding. He started to pedal out of the alleyway before looking down at the address attached and the name of the customer. It peaked his eyes with the order, it was going to his friend, Sandbar. The sea-foam green pony with deeper green hair was one of the most welcoming students and friends he met the first day in Ponyville and here he was going to drop off food at his personal home. Putting on a smile, Gallus pushed his legs to the limit to get the food to his friend and maybe would be able to hang out for a bit before calling it a night in full.     It only took a few minutes for Gallus to get to Sandbar's place, a small house for his family with just a faint glow coming through a window from the light inside. The driveway was empty of his parents' car, meaning Sandbar was by himself or just him and his younger sibling. Setting his bike on the ground, Gallus approached the door and rang the bell, the chime could be heard through the open window and faintly through the door. Putting on a big smile, he stood there waiting as the wooden door cracked open to the pony with his mane in a shaggy mess, dressed in shorts and a muscle shirt. "Hey buddy, just waking up?"     The familiar voice cracked Sandbar out of his stupor into wakefulness. "Holy... jeez, Gallus what are you doing here?" His mind was still processing what was going on as he opened the screen door separating the outside from his home.     "Delivering your pizza you numbskull, what else would I be doing here in uniform with a pizza box." He held the box in front of his friend's face. "Last delivery of the night as well, you want to hang out?"     The skinny stallion reached out and took hold of the pizza box, his eyes still hazy with sleep. "Ya, right, pizza." He let out a yawn and stretched his free hand. "That's cool, come on in man, I've got nothing else going on." He held the door open with his shoulder, letting the griffon inside.     Gallus stepped into the quaint-looking home, smelling cedar burning on a fireplace, with older-looking furniture set in the living room. It wasn't his first time in the house from when they hung out before but it was always a strange feeling coming into the house of a full family being pretty much an orphan himself. Slipping his shoes off he followed behind the stallion, his heart thumping rapidly as he looked down at the big ass Sandbar sported in front of him. Secretly he always had a crush on him but never admitted it because what griffon would be gay for a pony let alone gay at all, besides Sandbar didn't seem to show very much interest in him that was more than a friend since he took Yona out a few times.     Through the kitchen and down the hall the pair arrived at Sandbar's slightly messy room. Some clothes were thrown on the floor, a garbage can overflowing with tissue papers, some empty candy wrappers laying around, and the smell of musk wafting in the room, mixed with the old cum scent from the garbage. The bed was queen-sized and covered with a mix of blankets hanging on for dear life at the edge of the mattress. A large TV on the wall opposite the bed with a cable running from it down to a laptop sitting at the side of the bed, the screen currently on saver mode as the two walked in. Sandbar jumped on the bed with a plop as air escaped between the blanket and mattress on his landing with pizza in hand. He set the box down on the bed and turned to the laptop, his voice bouncing off the wall as he spoke. "Make yourself comfortable man."     Cringing a bit at the sight of the room that used to be so well kept during their younger years, Gallus swept his feet past the mess, avoiding touching anything that he wouldn't want another to touch himself, as he made his way to the bed and climbed on it and sunk into the soft feathery furniture. He propped open the pizza and took a slice for himself and started to munch away at the slice. "So... what are we gonna watch? One of those new shows, or maybe some Ponytube, or a classic movie," he chirped away as he tried to eat at the same time.     "Classic, yes, but not anything you'd know. Was in the mood for something a bit before our time that I was suggested a few weeks back online by some others." He clacked away at the keyboard as he browsed online, the TV remaining in a black state as he searched.     "Something that I don't know? I'm sure I know most of the classic hits from before us, especially with the collection that I've built over the years." Gallus raised a brow with a smug grin on his face in his awfully confident pride.     Sandbar did a bit more typing before clicking a few things and responding to his friend. "Nah, you haven't heard of it either, I can guarantee as it was an underground classic with a different crowd. It's called, 'Princess Pizza' or that's what it's been dubbed by fans." He clicked one last time bringing up a lighter black screen before the media bar popped up on the screen with his cursor. Leaning back on the bed he started to move the mouse down and hit the play button, starting the film in the process then picked up a slice of pizza on his own.     Gallus now seemed pretty confused by the title but shrugged it off as some of the older culture films didn't have the best-sounding titles or some not even having one at all. He leaned back as well, the corner of his eye-catching a slight bulge that protruded from Sandbar's shorts at his groin but kept his focus forward. Keeping silent he watched as the opening credits rolled through, names he had never heard of filled the list as shots of a pizza joint like the one he worked at was going through and alternate shots of a house as well, thinking it was some sort of comedy that was going to be taking place. Then the movie paused causing him to look over to Sandbar who was now pulling himself off the bed.     "Forgot some drinks, I'll be back in a second," he said as he proceeded out of the room and down to the kitchen.     Sitting up, Gallus looked around the room at what had become a slight mess. From the side table, he noticed some paper jammed between the drawer and the stand. He opened it up to be faced with a few magazines in his face with various males dressed in sexy lingerie and sultry poses with the title 'Twink Wink Monthly'. Flipping a few pages quickly it was filled to the brim with males being domed by other males, hermaphrodites, and females. His face flushed red at the sight, then he noticed the clear bottle of anal lube sitting just underneath the magazine's edge and something else that was colorful but couldn't make out. He went to reach for it when the sound of footsteps coming back had him close the drawer quickly and quietly, as he sat trying to remove thoughts from his head of why Sandbar would have such a thing.     Sandbar returned with a couple of cans of soda in hand and passed one to Gallus whose face was slightly redder. "You okay man? You seem a bit red in the face."     "I'm fine... just uh... a little hot is all. I'll be fine." He reached out and took the can from the stallion.     Shrugging it off at his word, Sandbar returned to his side of the bed and laid back down, and resumed the film. His body was lax as he molded himself a groove where he lay. The film's credits finally finished rolling through as the so-called pizza boy pulled up the driveway of the house they kept flashing between. A large zebra exited the vehicle and made his way up the porch to the door. Rapping with the back of his knuckles on the door and waiting a few moments before an all too familiar face appeared on screen as Princess Cadance, not dressed up in her usual regal attire but in a much more revealing baby-blue baby doll and panties with a purple house coat just barely covering over most of her body.     Gallus nearly choked on his drink as he saw the princess come on screen, he recognized her from the times she had visited their old school. "What the hell? Princess Cadance is in this film?" He pointed at the screen looking at Sandbar who nonchalantly kept on watching with food in hand.     "Not the first time I've seen one of the princesses appear in these older films. Hell, even Celestia and Luna appeared in one together." He popped open the tab on his can and took a drink as he watched on.     "Oh my - I'm so sorry, I didn't realize I had no money in my purse. Is there any other way I can pay you?" The pink princess twisted herself shyly, showing off her tits as she motioned herself to the pizza boy.     A smile broke across the zebra's face at the mare, his hand reaching out and leaning against the wall as he leaned his face forward. "Don't know ma'am, if you don't have cash or a cheque it might be pretty expensive to get us back the next time but if you can make it worth my while, I'm sure we can waive such problems away."     Cadance gave a sly smirk to the zebra and let him into the house. Cameras did a fade transition and they were in the kitchen at that point, the princess now missing her house coat and showing off her body more than before. "You can set the pizza down on the counter, for now, I'm more interested in if you can offer some extra sausage with this little side deal." She bit down on her finger as she waited.     "Well now, that is something we can offer," the zebra said as he started to unzip his pants and let out a massive black dick onto the screen.     Gallus' face now burned bright red, with the full realization that this was a porno and not some other type of film. He could feel a lump growing in his throat as he watched, his dick starting to feel it as well, and began to slowly erect itself. Here he was laying next to someone he had a crush on, watching a porno as if it was just a normal everyday occurrence. Sweat formed at his brow, and his fingers nervously twitched, trying not to make sudden movements to alert Sandbar of his current state. Then it touched him, the long arm of his friend reaching over and pulling him a bit closer, the pizza moved to the side of the bed. A pair of green lips planted on the side of his cheek gently giving him a small peck and scaring him back from his current position to nearly falling off the bed.     "What the hell is going on?" he screamed in terror as he looked at the stallion giving him sultry looks.     Sandbar slid back a bit, his face putting on an innocent act with a scrunched smirk. "Nothing, in particular, is going on. Just a couple of friends watching a porno and making out to it." His eyes averted the gaze of Gallus' blue orbs in feigning attention.     "Whoa, whoa, whoa - just a couple of friends watching porn and..." he stopped dead in the tracks of his words as his brain processed more of what was going on. "Aren't you dating Yona," he stuttered out in bafflement at the puzzle he was just handed.     "Nope, never did; I only went on dates with her to give her a more welcome feeling in Ponyville." Sandbar raised his eyebrow, his smile growing as he watched the griffon trying to put things fully in perspective.     "So that means you're single," he said slowly as he pieced more things together. "Then you ordered food, alone, I showed up, then..." he quieted himself not wanting to say he went snooping around Sandbar's room a bit.     Sandbar rotated his hand in a circle at the same pace as Gallus spoke with each thing. "And then you looked into the side table... right."     Gallus stopped, his mind putting that piece in place and making his lip tremble as he darted his eyes around trying to avoid being caught in his act of lying. "No... no I didn't look anywhere, I just sat and waited."     The stallion slid across the bed and stood up, his arm reaching out and putting his hand on Gallus' shoulder. "Gallus, you should know better than to try to lie to me, you suck at it, considering you were the one who wrecked Hearth’s Warming the first year here." His face got closer to his friends as Gallus backed himself against the closet door. "Gallus, you are really denying answers to yourself more than anything, even all the way back when we first met I could tell something was different with you. I never had eyes for mares but most stallions didn't pose much intrigue either. Seeing you was a godsend but never did I try to make a move until I had the girls gossiping with me when they had either been around or seen you by yourself."     "I... uh..." Gallus stuttered as he stood there, arms trapped to his sides as if rope held them there, his legs growing numb, and his heart now driving a race car to the finish line on the final lap. It was true, he spent a good number of days looking on at Sandbar and imagining things between the two during the nights, and now here he was stupefied by everything in a position where he could admit everything and express it all and no words would come. He wanted to speak but couldn't think of anything, not even a yes or no.     Sandbar felt the weight of the silence building and decided to break it by pressing his lips against Gallus' to start some sort of dialogue. The soft touch of his lips with that beak melted the two together in a slow burn, as it started with just lips, but after a few minutes of that one embrace, tongues started to explore as well. Sandbar slowly slipped his hand around the griffon's back and pulled him closer, wrapping the two in a loving embrace as he returned the favor with nervous hands.     The tension melted away in Gallus' body as he gave into the motions of Sandbar's kiss, his heart letting go of the gas and slowing down to a reasonable pace, his mind now coming to peace with the knowledge that his feelings were just as valid and reciprocated by another, and all his fears now thrown out the window. When the kiss broke and the two looked each other in the eyes, small drops of tears of joy dripped down his face as he looked into those green eyes.     "So... are you good to finish the movie now?" Sandbar cracked a goofy smile.     "Actually...do you think we could...um...like do that ourselves? Not word for word cheesy like the movie but...you know...our own." Gallus nervously squawked out, his body filled with excited chills.     Sandbar let go of the griffon and reached for the box of pizza across the bed before handing it to him. "If you want to do that, then I'm more than happy to give that a go. Just get outside and wait a couple of minutes to calm yourself down, then give it a go." He gave the griffon a wink, letting him out of the room.     Excitement, joy, bliss, and a whole army of emotions washed over Gallus as he proceeded down the hallway with the pizza in hand once again. This was it, his day was now complete with getting to finally break free of all shackles that held him back from being himself. Reaching the kitchen he didn't even bother with putting his shoes back on and stood outside. The cool night air washed over him, giving his nerves a calming feeling as he took a few breaths to get himself in the frame of mind. Outside was quiet with the sundown and most getting to sleep for another day with the smell of fire pits here and there floating in the air with fresh burning wood. As he waited for that few minutes a thought came across his mind on how to add to the whole role-play that sparked some nervousness again but without hesitation. Unzipping his pants, he fished out his dick and set it on top of the pizza box and the view of it away from the possible public eye, then he knocked on the door, waiting for Sandbar to come to it.     Not wanting to disappoint, Sandbar showed up at the door but not in his previous clothing. He had dressed up in a dusky pink baby doll with a pair of lacy panties with white trim and bow, that barely covered over his balls, leaving his sheath to hang out on display and ruby red lipstick on as well. Propping open the door, he stood with arms crossed and a smile on his face, leaning against the framework. "Hello there, stud. Mmmm... fresh pizza with extra sausage I see? Sadly I lost my wallet, is there another way I can pay?"     Surprised by the change and look of Sandbar, Gallus felt his dick already twitch and start to get hard with it out on display for Sandbar to see. He swallowed another lump in his throat at the sight, turning him on, and responded, "We've got some alternative payment methods. However, it does require us to come on inside to discuss said arrangements."     "Well then, don't just stand there, I'm starving." Sandbar gestured with his hand acting out a blowjob.     Gallus quickly slipped inside, following the stallion back into the kitchen, feeling some relief from being back inside. Getting to see the back side of Sandbar's panties and seeing they barely covered the rear as the front turned him on even more. This was certainly a bit unexpected but not fully after having seen the magazines on that side table. When they stepped into the kitchen area, Gallus set the pizza on the counter as Sandbar turned to face him. "So we've got multiple options for other payments, we can take oral arrangements or if you feel up for it we can make some personal deposit exchanges."     Sandbar rubbed his fingers over his nipples under the cups of the baby doll, while licking his lips at the griffon. "That sounds good. I see you're good with pizza pies but how well are you at cream pies?" He turned around and wagged his ass to the blue bird.     The twitching of his cock became an overwhelming feeling as he watched the teasing stallion taunt him. "I think I'm decent enough at making a thick cream pie. Though it will take a bit of effort on your part as well to have that happen."     "Well then, that certainly is something I can help with." Sandbar walked over to the griffon and crouched down, his hands taking hold of the spine-covered cock, and started to stroke away at it. The soft fleshy nubs bent to the motions and tickled his hands as he worked his magic touch. "This is something different, never thought I'd see something so exotic. The smell is just as good."     Gallus moaned as Sandbar fondled his cock and balls, the strange feeling so new to him of someone else touching instead of just himself. "Oh lord does that ever feel good. Never had a customer who wanted the alternate methods before. Though if we're going to make this cream pie, I'm gonna need some good preparation before putting it in the oven." He held himself up with the counter as his legs trembled with weakness.     Sandbar smirked up at the griffon before opening his mouth and placing the shaft on his tongue, the salty taste of the sweaty flesh filling his senses as he closed the maw around the mass and started to bob his head on the length with one hand fondling the fuzzy nut-sack. With the vision of only the stomach of his friend, Sandbar focused on giving the griffon one of the best blowjobs ever, wanting to make sure that both of them had a good time, as he wanted it just as badly. His own cock started to poke out of his sheath, drooping down in a semi-flaccid state.     "Holy fuck, dude, you sure know how to use your mouth," Gallus exclaimed as he shot his neck back, looking at the ceiling as he felt him whip his tongue around the girth of his penis. Red stains formed from the lipstick along the spines and the base as he stopped here and there to give teasing areas. The fingers rolling his family jewels around made it even more sensational while Sandbar blew him hard.     Spit started to drip from Sandbar's mouth as he went wild with the exotic erection of his friend. Pre-cum dripped onto his tongue to give him a bit more extra flavor to the man's meat. Moans came from both parties as the blowjob continued, giving both pleasures in different ways. The stallion stroked away at his own cock as he sucked, while Gallus placed his hand on top of the stallion's head, not to hinder it but to just feel the motion of the movement. Together they enjoyed themselves for a few minutes of sexual bliss.     Gallus bit down on his lip as he could feel an orgasm getting close from the blowjob, feeling an odd sensation from it as it was much stronger than the times he masturbated. "I'm... so close...gonna...gonna..." he stuttered out as his friend deep-throated his cock. The soft lips sealed against his groin as his knot expanded and released a flood of cum right into the stallion's throat.     Sticky seed sank down into Sandbar's stomach, filling him with a creamy protein goo. The knot wasn't even a problem as it seemed small enough to hold in as he tried to breathe through his nose while swallowing as fast as he could. He could feel the need to cum himself but he let go of his dick, not wanting to have an orgasm right now as it felt wrong to do it that way. He wanted to fulfill his friend's little fantasy first together for their first time as lovers.     With load after load being let out of the tip of his shaft, Gallus moaned out as he started to bend over the stallion, his hands using his head as a balancing stand. The feeling of those lips sucking, swallowing, and teasing all at once didn't help him as it caused him to continue his orgasm just a bit longer than expected. "Shit...don't stop..." he wheezed as things started to slow down for him.     The sound of a sloppy pop filled the room as Sandbar pulled himself off the griffon dick, leaving behind a slew of spit, cum, and lipstick. His face was coated with the same mess running down his chin. "Mmm... that will certainly make a good cream pie flavor," he said as he stood up from between Gallus' legs. He walked over to the dinner table and pulled out a couple of chairs to prop himself on, sticking his big butt into the air, the panties stretching out as he presented his rump. "Though, you'll need to pre-heat my oven before you try to bake a good pie."     Taking his first step, the griffon's leg wobbled as he tried to recover himself from his post-orgasm state. His lungs felt heavy, trying to recover all the air he let out while cumming his brains out and his nerves trying to put the body back in full functionality. His eyes stayed locked on the big ass sitting right in front of him, slowly waving back and forth as he took another step, then another, until he reached the stallion. Taking hold of the panties, he pulled them down to reveal the thick ponut nestled between the plump cheeks that was Sandbar's ass. "Now that is a big oven if I have ever seen. Let's get it warmed up and we'll bake a big cream pie."     The tongue of the griffon kissed the taint of the stallion in a unique union, slathering saliva along the outside in an effort to make a sensual moment. Sandbar shivered as the liquid was rubbed over his anus, the tongue's rough surface giving his tight muscular ring a lapping of a lifetime. The position on the chairs wasn't the most comfortable but was endurable for the little time he would be spending there before banging his friend in his first anal encounter with a real dick. "Yes, that's it, warm my oven right up. Give me the best cream pie I've ever had," he said before the tongue pierced into his anal cavity fully and began to lick away at the inner walls.     Hearing the moans of his friend as he penetrated into the tight pucker with his mouth, Gallus strapped his hands to the side of the cheeks and teased them with small pushes and pulls of them. This was a great moment of the griffon, he was so close to finishing his dream, just moments away from putting his dick deep down the fuck hole he was busy lubing up. Even the cheesy lines weren't enough to deter his way from it all. The display that Sandbar had put on with dressing up made it all the better as well. Pulling his face away from the ass, his beak dripped with his own spit. Giving the ass a small slap, his dick had enough time to grow erect once again. "That oven should be ready now, just need it to get the height of the rack to bake."     Sandbar got the clue and climbed off the chairs and laid down on the table, his dick now on display at full mast with the black and pink mottled coloring. "I hope this is good enough for it, I'm dying to get baking." His legs were lifted up over the shoulders of the griffon, as he was adjusted just a bit more.     "This should be perfect," Gallus responded as he took hold of his messy cock and lined the tip with his friend's asshole. With a gentle push, the tip broke the ring open before gliding the rest of the mass inside at a slow pace to make sure he didn't hurt Sandbar with swift impalement. "Nice and warm, just the perfect temperature for baking. Hope you don't mind it being a bit fast on the cooking timer."     The stallion shook his head from side to side, "No I don't mind it being a bit fast." Those words didn't take too long to come out before Gallus started to pump his pecker into the tight pucker. The nubs on his dick sent joyous feelings right through Sandbar that he was not fully expecting as his toy was smooth. The motions of his body swaying back and forth as he moved on the table while being fucked by his friend gave a relaxing feeling as if a boat on the ocean with gentle waves. Letting out moans of delight as the penetration continued with a steady pace with the odd quick speed up before toning back down.     Gallus had the perfect view of the stallion that lay on the table. Watching as he moaned, feeling the way his balls slide on his dick, and getting a close-up of a wagging stallion shaft as he pumped the tight hole with his own. The clenching of the bowels as he pressed the tip into Sandbar's prostate was giving him such a better feeling as his spines tickled the walls. "Oh fuck... so goddamn... tight..." he muttered out as he picked up his pace a bit more. Reaching around one leg he started to give the stallion a nice stroking of his cock while fucking him at the same time.     Sandbar cooed as he felt that hand wrap around his manhood, the added sensation bringing him ever closer to the edge of his own orgasm. His body was in full pleasure from the amount of stimulation he was receiving all at once. His heart thumped wildly as his mind blanked away from it all, just enjoying himself as he was pounded profusely. Words couldn't describe his joy at this moment of time with Gallus, though his body language was just as good as what would be spoken.     After a few rough minutes of butt-fucking, the two began to break down as sweat formed at their brows, muscles aching, dicks ready to burst, and moans having grown into cries of desperate release, the pair reached the peak of their orgasm. Sandbar's cock flared at the tip and jetted out a stream of cum that tapped Gallus on the underside of his chin and beak before coming back down to land on Sandbar's stomach, followed by more of the geyser that didn't reach as high but traveled along the stallion's stomach. As for Gallus, his seed was sent deep into the depths of Sandbar's anus, filling the warm tunnel with gooey sticky fluid that pooled at the sight and made its way back towards the exit of his asshole, giving Gallus the same sensation of the fluids on his own junk. Together, they spent nearly a minute unleashing the pent-up jizz that they had for each other in a chorus of moans and curses.     When all was said and done, Gallus' cock left the stallion's asshole with a wet plop, as it started to shrink down to its flaccid state. Cum followed behind it to drip out onto the floor below them. Panting away, the griffon kept his eyes up at the face of his lover, a smile crossing his lips as he watched on as the chest of the stallion rose and fell from their little escapade. "I... jeez... that was... that was..." he was cut off by the stallion.     "Something else? I know, I can't believe we... never said anything before." Sandbar could feel the rush of oxygen burning into his lungs as he heaved. Putting a hand on the table he pushed himself to a sitting position, feeling the cum, now pooling from his gaping asshole, under his legs.     Gallus laid his head on the stallion's lap as he caught himself near falling over. His legs near ready to give out from the intense workout he had put on them. His eyes grew a bit heavy from having cum so fast in such little time. "Sandbar, does this mean we're a couple now?"     The stallion stroked away at the feathered head of his lover, a smile growing over his face as he looked down into the blue eyes. "I'd say so, but I think we could do without the cheesy lines for a little bit at least."     "Rising up to the opportunity I see, maybe I'm just a bit doughy about it. Though it does spice up the bedroom, it could mean it was rolled out for us," the griffon managed to crack out before feeling the weight of everything on him.     Sandbar gently removed the griffon's head from his lap and got down from the table, picking up the limp form. Carrying him down the hallway while leaving a trail of white cream behind him, he reached his room, setting the griffon down on the soft bed. "Sleep well, you've had a long day, tomorrow we can talk more about the future - for now, we'll live in the present." He pulled the blanket over his ex-friend and now lover before climbing in next to him on the other side. The moon had reached the zenith of its rise and shone through the window over the two, casting its gentle light on them as they drifted to a paradise dream world.