27. For My Followers...

Q-Bubba, Bjorn, Tecumseh, Bob &, of course,
KC & EuEarl, wish you all a Happy & Successful 2010 !!
( How they're able to do so when they all exist in the 1970's
is, I suppose, for Carl Sagan to explain ! ;-)

26 Xmas

EuEarl & KC agreed !
Their First Christmas alone together was THE Best Christmas Ever !! ...








... Funny.
How completely different their next X-mas would be.

25. November Morn

Early one November morning...
They'd woken up almost simultaneuosly a few minutes earlier. It was at least an hour before they had to start getting ready for work, so they lay quietly enjoying their quiet time. Finally, EuEarl leaned over & pressed the alarm button on the clock.Then he turned to his bedmate. " Y'know what, KC ?" he said, adjusting himself atop his lover as he spoke. " Right here. This is all I want . All I'll ever want. Wakin' up next to you." KC's face blushed as EuEarl continued. " Promise me something, okay ? Promise me that every single morning this here... " EuEarl stroked KC's cheek slowly & tenderly, "...This here beautiful face is always the first thing I'll see when I wake up, alright ?"
" I ain't beautiful." KC thought, though he nodded his head slowly.
" Nuh, uh. Say it out loud to me."



" I promise." , KC blushed again.
" 'This-here-beautiful-face'..."
" This here beautiful face's always gon' be the first thang ya see in the mornin'. " KC's face was as beet red as his hair, though not with embarassment.
"Ahm keepin' that promise, too ."
EuEarl leaned down to placed a deep kiss on his man. " Don't ever let me be without you, babe." he breathed heavily.
And as the phone began to ring, KC replied huskily, " Yew won't never be, darlin' ."

24. Treatin' KC

It was Halloween morning. EuEarl lay awake in their bed next to a sleeping KC. KC'd been really quiet, more so than usual, since the State Fair last week. Though EuEarl had asked him a coupl'a times if anything was wrong, KC'd only mumbled 'Nuthin' " in response. A response, that, in the short time they'd been together, EuEarl had learned to pretty much anticipate . And though it hadn't yet reached the point of annoyance,it was, all the same, worrying. So, this early morning, the former truck driver was focusing on just how to set his cowboy cruisin' back on Carefree Highway !
He remembered once tellin' KC about his first Halloween when he was a child.
" There was always this huge gatherin' at the V.F.W. every year ! When I was 7,Granny allowed me to go trick-or-treating for the first time ! She sewed me a Superman costume. It looked like the real thing, too ! At 6PM we kids gathered down at the square, then scattered out 'cross the parrish knockin' on doors, screaming for treats & causin' mischief ! An' it wasn't no time before our bags was stuffed full with all kinds of candy & treats ! But there was even more once we got to the Veteran's Hall ! Candy, kernel korn, cupcakes, crackerjacks, caramel apples & stuff ! Plus toys, games & prizes ! Everything a little kid could ask for. Sort'a felt more like Christmastime than Halloween , actually!" And EuEarl had added
" Kind'a miss all that now, even if I am a grown-up . You ?"
" Ain't never did none'a that. ", KC had said. " Muh daddy thought Hollerween wuz foolish. An' dressin' up silly wuz sissy. Daddy didn't see no sense in it."
" You didn't go trick-or-treatin' , then ?"
" Nope. Nearest ranch to ourn's wuz three miles away. Weren't no big deal t'me." KC had cleared his throat , then & walked off .




But EuEarl had felt it was a big deal. Then & Now.
He turned to KC , placed his hand on the snoozin' man's shoulder & shook him gently.
" Babe. If you could be anybody in the world right now, who would you be ?"
KC snorted " Hmmmph...wha...?"
" For Halloween. Who would you be ?"
KC rolled over & looked at him. " Fer Hollerween ?"
" Yeah. "
" Rip Van Winkle ."
"I'm serious."
"Yer crazy..." KC muttered & tried to pull the covers over his head, but EuEarl stopped him.
" It's no good, cowboy. You & me are havin' our own private Halloween Party tonight ! Now, who ya gonna be ?"
KC propped himself up on his elbows. Now he could see EuEarl wasn't foolin', he thought about it for a moment. " Ah kin be anybody I want ?"
EuEarl nodded his head. " In fact, you can choose my costume, too. "
KC smiled. "Then ah got's two words fer ya..."
EuEarl braced himself. " Let's hear 'em ."
" Archie Andrews !"

23. Dwarf Fucked

They'd had a nice chunk of change left over from their last delivery job, so the boys decided to take in the Texas/OU Game the following Saturday, then stay through Sunday for the last day of the State Fair .
KC'd done tons of state fairs across the country in his day, so it wasn't a new experience, but he had to admit afterwards, on their way home, " Ain't never been nowhere's where they put up a show like they do here in Texas ! Gawd-durn ! Big , healthy livestock ! Best corny dawgs I ever did taste ! MmmmMmmm ! An' more midway games than they got in Las Vegas town ! And weren't that rolley coaster pret' near a mile high ?!"
" You tell me." , EuEarl replied . " You rode it like a hundred times !"
KC nodded his head. " I know. Love them thangs. Gon' down, it's kind'a like bein' on a bronc again. "
Every once in a while, KC would let something slip. Something that would remind EuEarl that, while KC had accepted the fact that his bronc riding days were behind him, that loss was still keenly felt. At times like this, EuEarl wanted to take his man in his arms & wrap him in his love. Instead, he learned over & lightly twisted his knuckle into KC's side. " Hope something else gives ya that feeling, too. "
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30 miles short of Mudflap County KC pulled over to get gas.
" I'll pay while you pump.", EuEarl said & headed inside.
" Bring me a Coke, 'kay ?", KC called after him.
EuEarl made the " Okay" sign over his head as he went in.
Over 15 minutes had passed. KC had filled the tank & was now sitting back inside his truck, nervously drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. He was thirsty, but that wasn't what was worrying him. He knew it was foolish. " It's only been a few minutes.", but there was always that underlying worry & fear . He'd noticed a coupl'a rigs parked along the side of the building. And a biker had pulled in & gone inside right after EuEarl went in. This was Texas, after all. And him & EuEarl living together, so out in the open...KC's hand had been steadily gripping the door handle tighter & just as he was about to lift the latch....
" Got ya an RC , babe ! They was out'a Coke !", EuEarl announced suddenly & loudly , as he bounced into the passenger's seat !
Half wanting to jump out of his skin & half wanting to grab EuEarl up in his arms, for the moment all KC could do was nod his head, take the soda from EuEarl's hand & start up the truck. As he pulled onto the two-lane blacktop, he put the open bottle to his lips, but realized his throat muscles were too tight for him to swallow !
Meanwhile, EuEarl, completely oblivious to KC's state of mind, was rustling around in the bag he'd brought with him. " Grabbed some chips 'n' cookies, too. Hey ! You'll never guess 'bout that place ! "
KC , realizing he was expected to respond, mumbled," Whut?"
" They got a dirty bookstore in the back ! Fuckin' dirty bookstore here in the middle of tight butt, church-goin' Texas !" KC didn't immediately grasp what EuEarl was saying. He was still winding his nerves down. But what EuEarl did next nearly made him run off the road !
" So, I went back & looked around. And found this ! " EuEarl , with a big wide grin, held up a magazine !
" 'DWARF FUCKED ' !!", he guffawed . " Do you believe that shit ? "
"Ya bought that ?", KC croaked.
" Are you kiddin', man ?", EuEarl laughed, flipping through the pages, " No way I could pass this up !!"

22. Top Soil

This was gonna be HOT !!!
EuEarl had gotten them a gig delivering lawn sod . They'd been at it since 6:AM , dropping off at various farms & houses between Euwalla & Allenvale . It was past Noon now & they were both hungry, tired & sweaty. But, arriving at their next stop, EuEarl realized that no one was at home . Not that that was a problem. The sod was pre-paid, so all's they had to do was leave it. And anywhere they wanted, too ! That's when the idea of fucking on top of one of the sod rolls popped into EuEarl's head !
"We'll roll it down to the back of their barn where no one'll see. And we'll hear in plenty of time if somebody does drives up !"
KC looked both skeptical & intrigued. " How 'bout the smell ?"
EuEarl laughed ! " This fucker's're raising cows, hogs & fuckin' chickens ! He'll just think it's more shit !!"
" Meant us ! Smell like ol'skunks rubbed in onions !"
" Been on a farm 'round these parts didn't have a hose ?"
KC grinned. " Well,then...guess ah'm game, if yew are. " , then he added." But git that ol' blanket back'a the seat; okay ? Don't wanna scratch up muh knees none. "
This time EuEarl grinned. " Oh, don't worry none 'bout your knees , bud !"




" Fukkin'-Tight-Butt ! DAMN ! Yew got a fukkin' tight, ass-hole, boy ! "
KC's voice sent the chickens scattering. "Ahhh, fukkin' tight SHIT !!"
It wasn't too often , sexually, that KC took the reins. Taking a cock up his ass was more his Thing ! Gettin' poked always giv'im the best , most incredible feelin' up his insides ! And since meeting up with EuEarl, that feelin' had been multiplied by about a billion !! But them times the bit was in another's mouth, he rode with all the Force & Fury of a 100 Stampeding Stallions !!
And EuEarl was lovin' every minute, too ! He missed getting his ass popped regularly. From the start he'd known that KC was a devote bottom & although EuEarl's hole liked cock just as much , his was able to go longer periods between pluggings ! Not that it really mattered, after all . Drilling KC's butt was hardly a consolation prize ! EuEarl could & would happily fuck KC non-stop sunrise to sunset , given the chance ! And though he wonder how much longer it'd be before KC pounded them both through the barn wall , he relished these times when his own dick got the night off !
" Dig yer spurs in, cowboy !", EuEarl rasped. " An' slap some leather !!"
KC was close... " Uh, Uhh, UHHHH.... Gon' shoot muh cock off !...UGHHHH CUMSEH !!!"

21. Blue Wing

" Hey, Babe ! Given any more thought to sellin' that trailer of yours to Don L ? " , EuEarl yelled over his shoulder as he pulled their TV dinners out'a the grocery bag.
" Ran into him today & he's upped the price. Says he'll pay ya $300 for it."...



5 Miles outside Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1967 :
KC knew he needed to ration out his Camels. He had somewheres near $6.58 in his pocket 'til payday & that was six days away . If he was gonna make it to Ogden, Utah by nightfall he'd hav'ta pump the entire amount into his gas tank. "So forget about eatin' 'fore catchin' up with the rodeo, cowboy." , he thought to himself. He stared off into the distance a bit before takin' a few more puffs, then " Least I got muh Blue Wing ."
KC'd bought the Blue Wing Travel Trailer off a drunk Vancouver rancher he'd messed around with at the Vegas rodeo back in '63. ( Not the last time he'd un-knowingly combine beer & sex with a married man ! ) His li'l trailer wasn't the Ritz by a longshot, but it did mean no more stiff-necked mornings after sleeping awkward in his truck or campin' out on the cold ground. Most importantly, though, it meant no motel room fees to be payin' for anymore, which was great since...
" ...I ain't got no fuckin' money !!" ,he said out loud to the air before taking a deep drag on his cigarette !
"Then tell me, cowpoke... " called out an un-familiar voice. " Ya got maybe some blow-job money , then ?!"

20. Monkey

Before leaving Mineola, EuEarl decided to show KC where he'd gone to school his 5th & 6th grade years. It was late Saturday afternoon & at Mineola Elementary there was no sign of Life. " Pretty much the way I remember it ! ", EuEarl said , laughing ! In fact, after a rough start, he'd actually come to enjoy school & the friends he made there. He'd always miss his Granny Ella & his boyhood in Louisiana, but there was no denying that in marrying Harold Warsette , EuEarl's mom had taken a huge step up the Mineola Social Ladder ! From part-time stenographer to wife of the Vice-President of Mineola Texas East Bank in 6 years was no small accomplishment! So what if it took her another 4 years to bring her own son to live with her ? He was just in the next state over, which was more than some mothers could say ! And she always sent him a new picture of herself every Christmas !



They couldn't go inside, so EuEarl showed KC around the grounds, sharin' memories of this & that as they walked. " First time I kissed a girl with tongue was behind the library here. Celia somethin' or other. She was a fast thing, let me tell ya. Couldn't keep up with me, though !", he grinned.
" Bet you was sent to the Princ'ple's office ever day, boy !" KC said smiling.
" Often enough. Too much for my mama's likin' ! " EuEarl let out a loud "WHOO, HOO !!" & grabbed KC's hand ! " Over there ! The ol' monkey bars !!" He dragged KC along, nearly liftin' the retired roper out'a his boots ! " KC ! Man, this was my favorite place to be ! Boy's Country totally ! No girls allowed ! Me & my friends , we'd play, cuss, fight ! Shoot ! Raisin' all kinds'a Hell ! Whatever we wanted ! No adults to boss us around . No girls to tattle on us !! Just little assholes playin' monkey bar games , being free !!" Underneath the high bars, he lept up & grasped the first black steel rung. He'd done a complete crossing from end to end before KC joined him.
" Didn't have no monkey bars at muh school in Greeley," KC said, meeting his guy half way, " But if yew wanna teach me, bet'cha I kin play monkey games, too. "
Suspended above ground, they stared at each other for a bit. " I love you, KC ." , EuEarl said simply, but more confidently than he had ever said anything before.
" I know. " the cowboy said, eyes locked onto his mate's. " An' yew cain't help but know I luv you !"
" Oh, baby, I know. I know. " Then a smirk slowly began to form on EuEarl's lips.
" So, cowboy, ready t'get monkey ?! "

19. One Suh-WEET Welcome Mat !

EuEarl's mama had been right.
Harold's first wife's taste had been all in her mouth.
"Southwest tacky, but right fer us, luv !", KC joked . In a short time they'd cleared out pretty much the entire storeroom,as there wasn't much to begin with.
" She didn't save much, did she ? "
" Just as well. " EuEarl muttered, then more clearly, " Great little cook, Harold says." KC made an expression that communicated " That so ? "
" So, how long yer ma been married to yer step-father ?"
" Twenty-one years, now."
" You two not get along ?", KC asked.
" Actually, yeah. Harold's always been cool to me. Never tried to bossed me around or try'n act like Ward Cleaver or something. Plus, he gets how ridiculous my mama can be. "
KC hadn't meant EuEarl's step-father , but figured it was just as well he'd been mis-understood. There was nothing left, but a foot stool & a gaudy throw rug .
" We takin' this stuff, too ?"
" Might as well clear the place out." , was the reply. EuEarl had been kneeling , one knee on the stool, when he looked up at KC. Just as their eyes met , that thing that neither could quite describe to themselves, happened ! An Un-deniable & Urgent NEED for each other ! Immediately !! A Swelling somewhere at the core of Love & Lust that shut down all common sense & gave their hunger for each other dominion !
EuEarl's voice was deep. " Cain't fuck, baby. The smell'll be on us all the way home." He began to unbutton his shirt.
" There's plenty else I wanna do wit' yew, boy. " KC replied, following suit.



They'd keep the footstool in their bedroom . The rug would become their over-sized welcome mat.

18. Mineola Bound

EuEarl's mother had offered him his choice of any items his step-father Harold had in storage. " Junk from his first marriage. " she'd sniffed ," Nice enough woman, but her taste was all in her mouth ! "
Mineola was at least a 2 hour drive from Mudflap, but no-cost furnishings, he thought, made it worth a trip to his mom's house.
" So, I'll be meetin' yer mama ?", KC asked.
" Naw, lucky for us . She & Harold are in Houston for one of his bank conferences or something ! " And he added quickly, " I want her to meet you, KC. It ain't that. Just, well, my mom & me... I mean, I hardly know her myself, y'know ? I didn't live with her the first 9 years of my life !"
" Yer in yer 30's now, bud. ", KC said.
EuEarl didn't respond right away, then " You wanna come with me, or what ?"
KC realized then that he'd hit on a sore spot. He didn't know much about EuEarl's past, though a few facts he did know. EuEarl's father had been shot down
in a bombing raid over Cherbourg, France back in '43 a few weeks after EuEarl was born. His mother was hardly prepared to be a war bride, let alone a war widow, so she'd sent him shortly after his first birthday to live with his fraternal grandmother, "Granny Ella" in Louisiana . Granny Ella had only had one child of her own, his father ,so having his son EuEarl with her was an un-anticipated, but treasured gift . Those 9 years were a happy time for them both .
" Then out'a the blue, just after my tenth birthday, this woman I didn't even remember shows up, says she's my mother & that I'm gonna be living with her & her new husband in Mineola !" , EuEarl had told KC . " Less than a year later, Granny Ella died. She'd had Cancer. S'why my mama'd come & got me." EuEarl grew quiet for a while, then continued, " I hated my mom for a long time for takin' me away from Granny Ella like that. Hated Granny Ella , too, for awhile, for lettin' her. Even now, knowin' the why of it all, I cain't help feelin'...I dunno..."
KC recalled all that now . " Bud, you & me's going to Mineola, but first we's havin' a picnic on the flat !"

17. All the Harder

It was time to in-augurate the new couch they'd bought. It was the "... Tackiest shade of green on a sofa I've ever seen that wasn't in the front yard of a double-wide !" , EuEarl's mother had said. They could'nt have cared less about the color. They were slowly getting their home furnished...and acquiring new stuff to play on !



Having moved the in-auguration to the coffee table they'd gotten on clearance from Monkey Wards, EuEarl grunted into KC's ear, " Sometimes, baby, I feel like I can't start my day without a long, thick, sweet taste of you !"
KC made one of his rare intentional funnys. " So,", he rasped, " Yer sayin' that knob at the end'a yer dick's one big fuck'n taste bud ,then ?!"
EuEarl's heart swelled ! " Gawd-damn , I love you, cowboy ! ", he thought & considered sayin' so out loud. But instead , just fucked him all the harder !

16. Nashes Neither

Mudflap County wasn't much. Mostly flat, red dirt dotted with a few scattered blades of grass sliced in two by two-lane blacktop. And though the boy's home was just a few yards off from the highway, there was hardly ever any traffic on the road since the new Interstate had opened back in '68.



Which suited them both fine,though, cause it had become their favorite past-time , during weekends , to clock how much sex they could churn out between vehicle sightings ! Luckily, they could always hear or catch sight of any trucks or cars that were headed their way in time to compose themselves.
Unless, of course, the 'churning' was too good ...!
KC : "Y'don't see them funny nosed Studebakers ...( Pant,Pant )...much...
( SCHLZEEEZZZ !! ) ...on the road no more !"
EuEarl : "Schlorp, Schlup, Shlurp !"
KC : " Y'know , yer right. Nashes neither."

15. Wood Shoppers

They were out shopping for wood panelling for their living room at MacGregor's House & Barn Supply. As was oft to happen between these two, whenever they were alone or in a crowd, they started getting Hot & Horny for each other ! There weren't many people around . There usually weren't in the lumber area of the store. So, EuEarl looked at KC & KC looked at EuEarl & off they went !...

14. A Movie & Gun Barrel Ridge

It was two weeks since their trip/long-haul run to Quartzsite for Don L. A few days after their return they'd both found jobs as delivery drivers for the R. Tex Butane Company. Now it was Friday night , the end of their first full work week, so they decided to go see that movie everyone was talkin' about , the one 'bout them two star-crossed lovers, playing down at the Starline Drive-In...



...It was after midnight . They'd both liked the movie, but EuEarl noticed as the ending neared, that KC had grown still & extra quiet, even for him.
" Let's drive over to the Fence for awhile, 'fore we go home.", EuEarl said.
The 'Fence', five feet of rotting board, was all that was left of the original 2 miles of fencing that had run through Gun Barrel Ridge Park 60 years ago. KC loved the view & had taken EuEarl there shortly after they met. EuErl knew being there would help ease whatever was on his man's mind.
KC leaned back into his man's embrace. "Had a good time t'night."
"Me , too.", EuEarl replied.
" Liked the movie...but..."
EuEarl tightened his hold a bit, then said, " Go on."
" How can that happen ? Two people lovin' each other & not makin' it work ? How can that be ? They was in love , EuEarl. Both of 'em & still the thang didn't work !"
" Cause Katie was too good for that Hubbell."
" Yeah, guess so.."
They were quiet for awhile, then EuEarl spoke. " KC, that movie...that ain't gonna be us. Not ever, okay ? Two insecure people can never make a secure couple. "
He turned KC around so he could look him in the eye." You & me got a lot more stacked against us than that shallow WASP Pretty-boy & his Liberal Jew commie girlfriend had . And we ain't got no bittersweet theme song to make things easier, neither." KC smiled, as EuEarl went on. " Yet, there's no doubt in my mind that you & me belong together. Or that we're always gonna be.
KC slipped his arms around EuEarl's waist, making the fence sway slightly.
" Mine , neither, bud ." , he said. " Not really. Ahm sorry. "
" Don't be. It's my own fault." , EuEarl quipped softly into his ear. " Should'a took you to see ENTER THE DRAGON instead !"

13. Buckeye

Don L had a U-Haul trailer loaded with auto parts at his brother's place in Quartzsite, Arizona that he was anxious to get to his salvage yard by the end of the month. But, being basically a one-man operation, he didn't have the time to haul it back to Texas himself. So, he asked the boys if they'd be willing to do the job for him over the weekend.
" Cain't pay ya much beyond gas & food, but you'd be doing me a powerful big favor !"
Well, they'd been just scrapin' by on EuEarl's monthly allowance . KC'd pretty much spent his life livin' paycheck to paycheck , sometimes no paycheck at all & so had no savings to speak of. EuEarl, for his part,though better off financially, knew they'd both have to become gainfully employed again soon. Still, he wasn't any too keen on takin' time away from KC for any job. Not yet, anyway.



But they both liked Don L, who was one of only a handfull of folks in Mudflap County
who'd be-friended them. Of course, they knew he knew, though it was never discussed. Don L always made 'em feel welcome, whether at his business or runnin' into him in town. So, it took them less than no time to agree.
It was a great trip. They left Sunday mornin', takin' their time, checkin' out the sites & fun spots along the way. The Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, ect... By Friday evening they'd arrived & the following morning , hitched up the trailer & started back to Texas on Hwy 10.
" Funny name. ", KC said.
" What's a funny name ?"
" Up yonder. Sign says 'Buckeye, AZ 60 miles '. That's a funny name fer a town. Buckeye."
EuEarl , still half asleep,smiled slightly, leaning back further into the passenger's seat. " Ain't no funnier than Greeley, Nebraska ."
KC laughed while EuEarl dozed off. By the time they drove through Buckeye an hour later, not stopping, they'd both forgetten the conversation. Possibly , they'd have forgotten about Buckeye all together, if things had been different.

12. A Theological Clash

"You're from a tiny farm in Nebraska, KC !"
"Just off from Greeley ."
"So what's this Sooner biz ?"
It was Friday afternoon. The start of Texas/OU Weekend, which, as a loyal Texas Football fan , EuEarl hadn't missed since 1967 ! After every game he'd always manage to snag some 'straight' guy high on booze, football, testosterone . Usually all three !
( Once even scoring a 3-way in the rear of a Ford Econoline during half-time at the the '69 game. ! )
But much more important than those fringe benefits was watchin' his beloved Longhorns whup the tar out'a the Sooners ! Like most Texans & the rest of the USA, for that matter, EuEarl didn't think too highly of Oklahoma ! " It's like Canada with a head cold .", he'd once said. But this year Texas/OU was gonna be special . Not only because the Longhorns were bound to make up for last year's humiliating defeat, but also he, EuEarl, would be supportin' his 'Horns with his man by his side !
Or so he'd presumed !
There before him stood KC dressed as usual , but with a Big Red SOONERS button pinned to the front of his shirt !
" Muh bruthers & twin cousins went'a OU ! ", KC said. " Would'a gon' muhself if I'd'a had high learnin' !"
" 'High learnin' " ? To go to OU ?!" EuEarl stared at him for a long time. This was somethin' he hadn't counted on.
He'd heard that old saying a thousand times " Love has no Limits", but this...C'mon !!
" Look, KC . I love ya. I respect ya. But this is one thing I'm gonna have to insist on havin' MY way, y'hear ? And it ain't open to discussion !"
" Yeah ?," KC muttered through tight lips, holdin' his breath like he always did when he felt on the verge of trouble.
EuEarl walked up 'til their noses nearly touched, looked him straight in the eye & through clenched teeth with forced menace said, " Understand this, boy ! Our kids are being raised Longhorn !" Even as EuEarl fell back on the couch shaking with laughter, it was a second or two before KC realized ! " Yer crazier'n ol' Camp Cookie !" he yelled, leaping on top of his laughin' Longhorn ! He planted a long, wet kiss , which slightly stifled EuEarl's guffaws.
" Alright, son, we'll raise 'em Longhorn, ... but I'm seedin' 'em Sooner !!"

11. Morning Starter

"Coffee?", EuEarl asked, as KC zombied his way into the kitchen.
It was barely 7:30 in the morning. Both men were use to rising early . EuEarl from his years in the service & KC from a lifetime of ranch work & rodeo-ing. The difference now was that they'd spent the previous night fucking, more or less continuously !
Nearly two months after they'd moved in together, they still couldn't keep their hands off each other. And on Friday & Saturday nights,( This was Sunday morning. ) when there was no job to go to next day, their loving was like to become a literal fucking marathon !
KC hadn't answered him, but by now EuEarl knew better than to expect full cogniscense out'a his cowboy until well after 2 or 3 cups of extra strong java !
KC had stopped, eyelids barely parted, across from him . He stood there, weaving slightly, as EuEarl blew into his coffee. Then, " Morn'n..." KC muttered. A few seconds went by, but nothing more was forthcoming. EuEarl couldn't help but smile. Nobody's at their best first thing in the morning, but as he peered over at this old,face lined, wore out cowpoke of his, EuEarl couldn't recall ever seeing anything or anybody as beautiful as this man.

As if reading his thoughts, KC mumbled, a bit more clearly, " Yew make muh heart wanna bust out sometimes.", and he reached his hand out towards him.
" So, you want that coffee ?", EuEarl repeated.
KC's hand made a couple of un-successful swipes at EuEarl's robe sash before finally connecting on the third try. Then, pulling slowly it slowly, replied,
" Nope."

10. That First 4th of July

Their first official holiday together, as a couple, was July 4th . The nearest thing to furnishings they'd purchased , so far, was a cooler currently stuffed with several bags of ice & seemingly countless bottles of Ol' Brazos Beer, their mutual brew of choice. Furnishing their house could wait another day. Today was America's birthday & they were at the beach !

EuEarl had recently recieved, for his birthday, one of those fancy new insta-matic cameras from his mother. " Never thought I'd have any use for this", he told KC, taking it out of hs knap-sack , " Now I got you, what I need is a movie camera. "
" What ya wont a movie cam'ra fer ?", KC asked.
Despite his being older, there was much in gay life , " Life in general, maybe." EuEarl thought, that KC was totally clueless of. Oh, KC was far from dumb, he knew, but he'd spent the better part of his life withdrawn & isolated from the world & from himself, that in many ways, he was still a sort of innocent. That was one of the traits that made EuEarl love him so. All the same, he enjoyed testing the limits of KC's naive-ness. Lookin downward, he answered, " So's I could get some 'action' shots of us..." KC wore a perplexed expression. EuEarl locked eyes with him.
" Of us FUH-KIN !!" , EuEarl finished.
EuEarl waited for his cowboy's face to turn red, but KC turned the tables on him.
" Well,", drawled his new partner ,cuppin' EuEarl's crotch with his right hand & his own with his left, " I hear's in Hollywood, they does a whole lotta practicin' scenes before the cam'ras start rollin'. "
"Should'a known", EuEarl sighed, as he lay back , the rear of his head nestled in his latticed fingers, " Even you ropers have seen 'I LOVE LUCY' !"

9. To HOME !!!

KC loved the house the minute he laid eyes on it. Next day EuEarl went to see the realtor ( KC had left to meet up with the rodeo, still. ) & within a week, no small thanks to EuEarl's sufficient credit rating, they were approved as rentors ! Barely more than a second after he'd called up KC to tell him the news , KC had quit the rodeo "I'm out'a these fuckin' clown rags fer good !" , hitched up his trailer to his pick-up & was off Zero-to-60 for Mudflap County !.....

To HOME !

8. Tuscon & Manitoba

It was early Sunday morning . KC had'ta be in Tuscon by Monday. EuEarl was to haul a load of freight up to Manitoba in three days, too. Them two hated being mad at each other. Hated it ! But neither one could take the first step t'fix it.
So, there didn't seem much point in drawing things out. Whatever was 'tween 'em was clearly over now.
....Right ?.....
KC had put his brown bag of clothes on his passenger-side seat. They'd already said their goodbyes. EuEarl had turned his back to him, waiting for the sound of his engine starting. KC stood frozen in the moment outside his truck door . Eventually, he turned the handle t'get in...
"I don't want ya to go !"
EuEarl would never be sure if he'd said that out loud or not. He would only recall a tremblin' sensation & an overwhelming sense of un-necessary loss that seemed to be ripping his heart apart ! EuEarl spun around so fast, he'd nearly lost his balance ! He spoke, almost yelled out these words. " There's a old house just outsid'a Euwalla on the Mudflat, KC ! Rundown some, but won't take much work. Nobody livin' in it, yet...?"
KC started cryin' , silent like, afraid to look up in case he hadn't heard right.
" KC." EuEarl voice cracked some. " I can't be without you ,man . Not any more. Stay with me, baby. Please?"
KC's eyes were full. He'd heard right. At last ! " Couldn't'a seen muh way to the road, no how." , he said low. then turning to look on his man with a smile. " If ya really sure ya want me t'stay..."
" So sure, that if ya won't stay, I'm comin' with ya !"
KC, to his father's disdain, had always been prone to express his emotions, so those last words from EuEarl's lips had him flat out blubbering ! They were in each other's arms in no time, not caring who drove by or what the possible consequences of this decision they'd made might be.
At that moment & from there on, they would primarily be occupied with holding each other &
their Love !

7. Don L's Auto Sales & Salvage

It was their final meet-up in Euwalla . And before they got there, both of 'em was eager as kids on a Christmas mornin' , they was so lookin' forward to bein' together again.

And upwrappin' their 'presents'.

But almost from the moment they said "Hey !" things was awkward, out'a sync somehow. Little things one did, all of sudden got on the other's nerves . They got to snippin' & snappin' at each other ! Back & forth ! And neither EuEarl nor KC understood why, at the time. They didn't like what was happenin' between 'em, but they couldn't seem t'stop it happenin' either. Until, inevitably, on that hot August day , nearly two years on from when they'd first met, while ..." out lookin' for a distributor cap for KC's truck at Don L's Auto Sales & Salvage !" and over the tiniest thing,too ...came their Big Smash-Up !

6. Comin' Together

It was gradual, like molasses, their gettin' together. Over a span of two years EuEarl & KC would make their individual way to Euwalla. " Fuck buddy meet-ups . That's all !" , one of 'em once said to himself. Hell, they hadn't proclaimed feelings for one another or anything , let alone thought about living together. And that's how they meant to keep it . Yet, two or three days together alone in a motel room ... " Felt more like home than home..." after while.
They would come together. In their own way, in their own time, they were comin' together. And there'd be no partin' 'em, once they were .

5. Nothin' & Nobody

But Falling In Love was what was happening to them. Over the next two years, although they never planned any of their 'chance' meetings in Euwalla, ( The small town in Mudflap County where they'd met.) somehow they'd always manage to arrive within days of each other. And the entire time they spent together, nothin' & nobody seemed to matter or exist ! 'Cept for the two of them.

4. Not Yet

They spent the next 4 days together. Just couldn't seem to get enough of each other, too, emotionally or physically ! Neither had ever fallen in love before, though KC'd come close to it coupl'a times. " Never close enough to make 'em stick... ", he sometimes thought.
EuEarl, for his part, had always sailed alone in life. He'd always say, if & when the subject came up, " I got no use for friendships, companionships or relationships ! I'm fine with a canoe !" And up 'til now, that's how he paddled .
No. Neither was ready, just yet, to call what was happening between 'em Love.

3. Reunion'd

After that first marathon tryst, the boys went their separate ways. EuEarl back to truckin' & boredom. KC back to clown paint & horse manure. Both figured their one-night stand was just that. Ignoring how electric & alive it'd made 'em feel after years of individual numbness. That is, 'til they met up by chance, nearly a year later, in the attic of a mutual friend's home. ..And later, as they were getting re-dressed, they laughed as they realized that neither of 'em recalled the other's name from before !

2. Afterglow

Long before the garter was tossed, the two of 'em had vamoosed that wedding & headed over to the Afterglow, an 8 cabin motel off the Interstate. And for the next 18 hours they just fucked & sucked & fucked & sucked...though there was a 2 hour pause to catch the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart & Carol Burnette !

1. The Weddin' Meet

They first spied each other at a wedding, though later they'd recall that neither of 'em knew either the bride or groom.

INTRO : KC & EuEarl of Mudflap County USA

MUDFLAP USA is the story of two guys, KC Hollins & Euless Earl Bedfords ( EuEarl for short. )who meet & fall in love in the early part of the '70s ! KC's a former cowboy & rodeo clown in his mid 40's with one very brief marriage in his past. EuEarl, a truckdriver & former military enlistee in his late 30's with no one in his past, he liked to think. This is the story of their romance & eventual life together...