Jay walked down the mall, in hand and by his side his boyfriend Paige, their joined hands swinging back and forth, Jays' noticeably clammy.

Paige and Jay have been together for 10 months to the day, Paige wrapped his arms around Jay's and rest his head on his shoulder and smile up at him, Jay would reach at his back and snap his bra strap! Paige would yelp and carry on by grabbing Jay's "man bag" and proceed to beat him to death with it! They were altogether blissfully, sickeningly sweetly in love! (Like some chick flick gone queer!),

All the other band were cool with it and Ryan liked to stand there with his mouth open like an idiot and watch them make out, it was his new hobby. But the only other person who knew about Paige's little fetish was Amir and accepted it, he said, "We're all entitled to a fetish!" and proceeded to proudly show off his frighteningly large handcuff collection, which they plunged into with much glee!

As they passed by a store, Jay suddenly stopped and said.

"Hey baby, I need to go and pick up something, I'll meet you up at the Café in a few minutes" he lied through his teeth.

"Okay, I'll order you something and you're gonna EAT!" He said leaving with a quick peck on the lips and a frown; he was always worried Jay wasn't eating enough. Jay would roll his eyes back but was always thankful for the concern.

He waited until he was behind the corner; Jay turned to the store he'd stopped at "Marcus' Prayer" a Jeweler that specialized in Gothic styled jewelry. The girl behind the counter looked up from her "Revolver" magazine article on Orgy and saw Jay Gordon standing right in front of her, she looked down and the magazine and then back up at Jay.

"I've wasted my life, haven't I?" she said exasperating.

"Lay-by for Mr. GORDAN*" he said winking at the girl.

*Intentional name change

"The- the custom wedding ring?" she said, inches from fainting and convulsions.

"Yeah…" he said biting his lip, and looking all embarrassed, the girl stumbled backwards as she fought for composure and started to dig around the little labeled boxes of custom orders.

After surviving her heart attack, she turned around and handed the little black satin box to Jay and he in return handed her the final payment, winking his eye and shooting her a totally evil smile. As he left he heard a glass-shattering shriek from that poor girl; he stuck his knuckles into his mouth and ran off fighting his own hysterics.



Embroidery of the Heart
Part 2: Patchwork
By ^0^After Midnight^0^

**3 Days later**

It was one of those gorgeous summer nights where dusk lingered and the world was in a shroud of blue, a light breeze swung in the trees throwing black shadows like lace on matte blue velvet. Jay and Paige sat on the veranda rocking back and forth on the swing seat, sipping beers to the dim light of the neighborhood kids game of spotlight.

Paige rested his head on Jay's shoulder sleepily while Jay's long fingers broke apart the gel stiff spikes out of his hair and rubbed gently at the patches of bald where his Mohawk was shaven, his soft black hair tinted with the natural blue of dusk. The air was warm but I was moved by a gentle breeze, he nuzzled into his ear and whispered.

"Paige, I need to talk to you," Jay said holding his hand and lead him to a pretty spot in the garden where Bougainvillea vines grew on the fence, their pink flowers in full bloom, it was a perfectly clear night and the moon was out in all its' grandeur.

His skin was electric, Jay felt his body turning to a pile of warm blue goo, Paige regarded him with a half-sated grin; Jay held his hands and took a deep breath.

"Paige, we've been together for what seems eternity and for a while, I didn't appreciate you as much as I should have. But I've learnt my lesson; I'm not such an idiot anymore. Before you, I didn't exist because of you alone; it was so dark without you. I live on everyday knowing that I will never lost; you're the light of my world, my lighthouse, the sun, the moon, the stars," Jay stopped to kneel down "without you, I'd smash into the rocks, drown and die."

Paige held his breath and looked down at him, not believing what he was about to do next, his heart went off on a coffee break and his brain turned into mush. He felt dizzy; he wasn't about to do what he thought he was about to do….

"Paige, will you marry me?" he said slipping on the ring on his finger. It was a solid white gold band with a white gold gothic style rose with a huge diamond in the center, it glittered in the moonlight brighter that the stars.

He looked down at Jay's huge hazelnut eyes shine like the summer moon.

"I do Jay…" Paige signed as he fell to his knees and smothered Jay with a kiss, their arms entwined until Jay was pushed onto his back and Paige was straddling him with eyes that shined like midnight. They tore away their clothes ferociously until all that could be seen were shadows and two pale bodies fucking in the moonlight.

Long after they had come down they lay still on the grass, dew gathering and the night air reddening exposed flesh they huddled to share heat, caressing, touching and breathing slowly. Dawn would soon call, a few stray birds begin to rouse and the golden waves of the sun ready to awash the world with light. Paige whispered in Jay's ear,

"I do…"



Embroidery of the Heart
Part 3: Stitches
By ^0^After Midnight^0^

"Paige! I have stabbed myself 6 times already! STOP FIDGETING!" Ryan hollered through a mouthful of pins as he measured the length of his leg with a tape measure. Ryan was designing Jay and Paige's suits for the wedding.

"I'm sorry Ry, I'm just a little nervous" Paige said shooting Amir a worried look. Ryan was dangerously close to seeing the red silk stockings under his jeans; he sill didn't know if to tell Ryan about that just yet because Ryan was world renowned for being a big mouth.

"Ryan, I have to tell you something" Amir jumped up from his chair, Paige shot him a scared look, Amir gestured his hand and nodded. "He should know" Amir added. Ryan was confused (nothing new there!)

"What?" he asked in that obnoxious little way he does.

"Well, its something about Paige. How can I put this in a language you can understand…" Amir thought out loud

"When you start speaking English!" Ryan interrupted.

"I think it would be better if I just showed him 'Mir" Paige sighed.

"Show me what?" Ryan asked looking back and fourth at the other two men.

"If you laugh, I swear to god Ryan Christopher Shuck I will gut you from asshole to mouth!" Paige waved an angry finger at him and Ryan crossed his arms and forced himself to comply. He had seen Paige fully angry, it was really quite frightening, an angry little teddy bear! He bit his lip and waited.

Paige pulled his shirt off and handed it to Amir and looked at Ryan for a reaction.

Ryan smiled and stayed silent; Amir and Paige were starting to get scared. It wasn't like Ryan to not collapse into a coma conceiving laughter fit at even the LAMEST of jokes. Ryan unfolded his arms and very bluntly said,

"Dude, call me when you have a fetish that would REALLY freak me out, dude, I thought everyone's done the ladies undies thing before!" He said wrapping the tape measure around his neck leaving them there for a book of cloth samples.

Amir looked at Paige, Paige looked at Amir, then they both exploded into peals of laughter, after seven minutes straight, they were still struggling to breathe, Ryan walked in holding his good tape measure (the one with BIG numbers).

"Dude, that shit ain't cool!"



Embroidery of the Heart
Part 4: Ribbons
By ^0^After Midnight^0^

A few days latter… Jay and Paige were in full swing of wedding preparations, Paige was fretting over the silverware so Ryan perked up and mentioned that the whole reception should be at Crazy Girls Strip club and they should eat off naked stripers! Everyone gave him a look and ignored him.

Jay saw that the whole ordeal was stressing his "blushing bride" (said in drawn out Southern accent). Paige would flop down into bed and fall fast asleep and stay that way till the crack of dawn, then he got up once again and started to work on choosing the invitation motifs. Amir would hand him endless cups of tea to try to calm him down, but for 3 days straight Paige worked through the arrangements and every single trivial little thing to do with the wedding. Jay was getting worried, so, he left all of Paige's duties in the capable hands of Amir, Bobby and (yes Ryan too!) and took him on a little holiday…

"Jay! Where the fuck are you taking me? I still haven't decided on the centerpieces yet!"

"Don't worry! I left uh… your mum in charge of that"

"Bullshit! You left that asshole Ryan in charge didn't you!"

"No sweetheart, I left Ryan with your mum"

"What? You left me poor mother with Ryan? I don't think I'll stand having a brother with his genes!"

"You have your mind in the gutter you know that sweetheart?"

"And I bet you left Amir in charge of the church décor! I can see it now! PEACHES AND FUCKING CREAM!"

"That's our sadistic little Amir!"

"Great! Just great!"

"Sweetheart please just try to calm down, Bobby is with them. He'll make sure Ryan doesn't impregnate your mum and Amir doesn't make the wedding anymore queer than it already is! I took you away because of this reason! Your stressing so much, we barely have anytime with each other sweetheart"

"I guess"

"So this is why I arranged a little trip together"

"DISNEYLAND?"

"Not quite…"

"Oh…" (awe!)

"But I promise, it's the 2nd most 'Happiest place on earth'"

"I hope this isn't a trip to your Y fronts Jay"

"You wish!"

"Just give me a hint then?"

"I knew I should have gagged you before hand"

"Last time you gagged me, refresh my memory, was is my GOOD SATIN BRA that you so kindly soiled when you crammed it down my throat"

"I'll buy you a new one sweetheart I swear"

"Okay then, but don't think you can 'sweetheart' your way out of everything Jay Paul Gordon-Haley!"

"Yes sweetheart"

Jay turned up to this remote cabin by the mountains next to a huge lake that was as still as glass and mirrored the craggy peaks of the mountains around them, the evergreens were at their greenest swaying gently in the summer sky. It was absolutely calm and picturesque, as if it were straight out of a postcard, it was so beautiful Paige spun around and laughed out loud with surprise. He grabbed Jay by the waist and kissed him deeper than the waters of the lake, Jay wrapped him around his arms tight and led him up to the cabin.

***

The cabin was luxurious to the hilt; Jay had planned this entire behind Paige's back while he was running around worrying about guest souvenirs and bridesmaids. Jay decided that his baby had done quite enough running around for one day.

"Sweetheart, isn't I beautiful?"

"Its magical Jay, you shouldn't have"

"Shut your mouth, are you not making our wedding the social event of the century? Sweetheart, this is your pre-wedding gift, from me to you"

"Awe," Paige said pinching Jay's cheeks for a change.

"Ouch! Hey, but wait! There's more!" Jay said in a cheesy TV salesman voice.

He opened the door to the bedroom and led him in with his hands covering his eyes.

"Okay, sit down… and open your eyes!" he instructed.

As the light filtered through his eyes what he saw was breathtaking…

The view was mesmerizing, the sun had begun to set in the heart of the mountains spraying beams of light everywhere, and this was also mirrored onto the refection of the lake like two suns setting on one earth melting into one.

Jay slowly ravished Paige's neck as his hands roamed over his body, stripping him away leaving him in his intimates. He lay on his stomach facing the window, hands gripping into the soft velvet trimming of the bed sheets as Jay straddled him from behind, laying hot kisses on his neck and moaning. Paige liked to be undressed slowly, Jay unhooked one hook at a time of the black corset that kept him in a restrictive package, the slight rasp of fabric on skin.

The golden light faded between blinks and returned like a brilliant deep yellow fan of rays and then softly fade again as he felt the tightness of his midsection relax and his skin slowly massaged and licked. Paige cried out for more attention,

"Oh god Jay, please fuck me! Oh god, OH GOD!" he screamed as if in agony

No need to wait, so Jay slid a sickened finger inside him and them, he felt Paige's hand on his wrist.

"I want… you… in… me… Now!" Paige panted in husky voice.

Jay pressed into him and penetrated, he felt the heat of the dying sun on his chest and shoulders as they made love in patterns of slow and mind-blowing, fast and deep until the night and orgasm collided.