Growing up on a farm in West Texas in the seventies was a time in my life that I will never forget. The summer of seventy-eight was when I came to realize who I truly was. I say was because I’ve spent the majority of my life since then fighting that discovery. Now that I’m older I’ve reached a point in my life that I can finally share that experience. More importantly, I’ve reached the point that I can live my life free from any restrictions.
It was during that fateful summer that I would come to realize my true self. At least as far as what I wanted in a partner. Girls were always the talk among friends my age. But at my age, it was mostly all talk. For me things were different.
At an early age, I had always been intrigued by a man's body. But you are quickly taught that men don't look at men. I learned to hide my intrigue and would steal glances at my friend's bodies. Sometimes strangers in certain situations. But those are moments that sometimes led to situations that I would rather forget.
Instead, I want to remember a special person that I had met in January of 78...
The owner of the farm that my grandfather and I lived on always hired migrant workers at the first of the year. Usually, older men who would come work the year on the farm and send their money back to their families then leave around December. This particular year he would hire three.
After dinner from time to time, my grandfather and I would walk down to the workers living quarters. There the men would get into card games, domino games, or just sit and talk about life. Two of the men were older, in their late thirties except for one. Martin was younger at the time only twenty-two but could easily pass for my age.
When the older men would sit around after work and talk, we would wander off by ourselves and that's how we started to get to know each other. I had just turned eighteen. Being a senior in high school, Martin had more in common with me than the other men.
We would talk about school and the day-to-day events in my life. Martin, being a high school dropout, was always interested in my day-to-day school life. This would become the main topic of our conversations. After a while, he became someone that I could talk to for advice. Being eighteen, very naive, and not very popular in school, Martin's advice was gold. He helped me maneuver the pitfalls of being an unpopular, mostly unnoticed senior in high school.
After a couple of months, the other two men became unhappy with their jobs and wound up quitting and moving back to their families. Martin on the other hand stayed and kept working. He had no family to support so he was working for himself and the experience.
Summer finally arrived and school ended. Martin and I were closer than ever and I started noticing things that were getting harder and harder to hide. I would notice his shoulders how they were always back and very broad and the muscle tone when he would take off his work shirt. His biceps and forearms were defined. It took every ounce of energy I had to keep from gasping the first time I saw him pull off his shirt completely.
Then one day the unthinkable happened. He was standing against his front doorway, I was sitting just outside on the grass. I have no clue what the conversation was about but I can remember like it was yesterday staring at the crotch of his faded jeans.
I could see the outline of his cock. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Then the conversation just stopped. I don't know when it stopped or how long it had stopped. I just remember looking up and those big brown eyes just staring at me.
I could feel my cheeks start to flush and I knew I was blushing, bad. I quickly looked away and my heart was racing. How I could be so stupid, I kept thinking to myself. I was just so sure that I had offended Martin and I had no clue what to say. Panic-stricken I jumped to my feet.
I stuttered something out loud and managed to excuse myself and quickly went home. Was Martin going to change? Was he going to start thinking that I was some gay? It's all I could think of that night as I tossed and turned. Did I ruin it? So many things came to mind but most of all, I thought of the outline of his cock.
It was a couple of weeks since I had gone to visit with Martin. I had started working with a friend on his farm helping his family out. I would be up early in the morning and so tired that by the time I got home all I wanted to do was eat, shower, and go to bed. Inevitably, late at night as I lay there in bed, my thoughts would find their way back to Martin. I would always wonder about him and what was going on with him.
Finally, work on my friend's farm was all caught up so I wasn't working as late plus in a couple of days, I would have to start looking for another job. I only had until September before I had to check into my college life. Everything was all set up for the next phase of my life. All I had to do was get through the summer.
Late one night I was walking towards where the farm equipment was kept just kicking at the ground and mumbling to myself when a voice out of nowhere called out and scared the hell out of me.
"So did you get lost?" I almost jumped out of my skin. It was Martin sitting on one of the pieces of equipment calling out to me. My head was flooded with so many thoughts and emotions that it seemed like forever before I was able to answer him.
"Not lost just putting in a lot of hours at work." Smiling as I answered.
"I know how that goes," Martin responded.
Just like that, the conversation started up again and it was as if nothing had happened. I suddenly felt at ease and comfortable again. Not a word was mentioned about the awkward situation from days before and to my wonderful surprise, he hadn't changed. We were just a couple of buds hanging out and talking about our day. All was well and I couldn’t have been happier for it.
The weekend had arrived, for me, the weekend's routine was set in stone…
Saturday's I would go into the city with my grandfather. My grandfather was always quite the lady's man and at the time he had a nice lady friend that he would stay with over the weekend. I would go because my grandfather's girlfriend had a couple of really nice daughters and they were always really cool with me.
I would hang out with them and go to movies, parties, or other social events with them. It was never sexual, just friends, sisterly if you will. However this time, this weekend, I decided to stay home and just hang out on the farm.
After my grandfather left around noon, I headed down to see what Martin was doing. I knocked and I heard a voice call out telling me to come in. I walked in just as Martin was getting out of the shower. He was standing there still slightly wet with a towel wrapped around his waist and another towel over his head. The towel around his waist came down to his knees but as he walked, I could catch a glimpse of those muscular thighs when the towel parted ever so slightly with each step he took.
"You're home?" He would ask, I could tell that he was surprised to see me.
"Yeah, I decided to take a break from hanging out with the old man," I responded. Then he cracked that wonderful smile of his as he ducked back under the towel, continuing to dry himself off.
I didn't wait for him to invite me in and we immediately started talking. Without thinking, I had followed him into his room and plopped myself down on the edge of his bed. I was hypnotized, watching him. He dropped the towel that he was using to dry his hair on the chair next to him. Next, without skipping a beat, he removed the towel wrapped around his waist.
He was standing there, his back to me, gorgeous. To this day I can’t remember for the life of me what he was saying. But what I do remember, clearly, as if it were today, that body. Being a farmer means hard physical work. Lots of lifting, walking and handling heavy machinery. His body was perfect. His back was just as chiseled as his chest. His upper back wide then making a perfect V down to his waist. His bottom firm and round then down to those huge thighs.
As he turned, I lost all thought because, for the first time since we had met, I would see his cock. Remember it was the seventies and at that time there was no shaving or trimming. There he stood with this thick hanging cock. The shaft resting over two large beautiful balls. All of this nestled in a very nice thick dark bush. I was breathless.