”You know I’ll do anything to get in your pants," I say after a long, passionate kiss with Gavin.

He stares deeply into my eyes. He loosens my tie slightly and runs his hands up my neck. “Is that why you asked me to get married, so you could have an all-access pass to my body?”

I shift my body so that I’m straddling his legs and pressing his shoulders up against the leather seat behind him. “All-access pass to your body… I like the ring of that. Should we put that in our vows?”

He bites down on his lip and smiles softly. Gavin unzips the front of my pants and starts to rub my cock. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for me to get totally hard. “That’s not fair, you know we can’t fuck in the back of this limo,” I say.

He starts to jerk me off over my underwear. “Weren’t you the one to teach me about life not being fair? Besides, those windows are tinted blacker than night. I’m pretty sure you had them customized for this exact purpose,” he says.

“No, they came like that believe it or not. And speaking of coming, if we don’t stop this, I’m going to come all over that nice red tie of yours. We don’t want you going to our engagement party looking all sloppy.”

He pulls away, pretending to pout. “Fine, Daddy, I can wait until later on tonight. But you owe me big time.”

I reach my hand between his legs and grab his package softly. I caress the side of his cock and say, “Don’t worry, sweet baby, you’ll get plenty of me later.”

A broad, gorgeous smile sweeps across his face. “I’m not worried, Cole. I just hope I can concentrate until then.”

“That makes two of us.”

I settle back into my seat and take a deep breath. I can’t believe this is happening right now…

The limo pulls up to the docks where everyone is waiting for us on the boat that I rented for our engagement party.

I start to board the ship with my fiancé, hand in hand, and as we climb the ramp to the top of the boat our family and friends are there, cheering us on.

I feel the urge to cry as we walk onto the boat, but manage to hold back my tears.

For the moment.

Then I look at my son, Jayson, holding his new baby in his arms. I walk towards him and wrap my arms around him and my new grandson, Cole Jr. “I love you so much, Jayson. I know it hasn't always been an easy road having me as your father, but you mean the world to me,” I say to him.

I squeeze the side of Cole Jr.’s cheek ever so softly and say to my baby grandson, “And you are the most amazing little guy on the planet.”

“He loves you too, dad. And he's damn lucky to have a grandfather under the age of forty,” Jayson jokes.

“There are advantages to having a generation of men that seem to reproduce at extremely young ages,” I say. The two of us laugh and give each other another warm hug.

I feel a warm hand slide over my lower back. I turn and see Gavin, the love of my life, as he shakes hands with my son and the two of them give each other a hug. “How’s my little man doing?” Gavin says to Jayson’s baby.

“He’s doing great. This is his first cruise, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to have any problems finding a date for the night,” Jayson says back.

I nod towards Jayson’s girlfriend, Rachel, who just so happens to be shooting the shit with Gavin’s dad, Rob, off to the side. “And this is our chance to have some real guy talk, while his mom’s currently being detained,” I say.

“Did I hear something about guy talk?" Gavin's father calls to us.

I wave him over and the two of us embrace. We break off into our own side conversation while everyone else mingles amongst themselves. “Pretty incredible setting for an engagement party,” Rob says to me.

We both grab a glass of wine off a cruise ship staffer’s serving platter, and then turn to look out at the Boston Harbor. “Yeah, well, my fiancé is worth it every penny of it and then some,” I say.

We toast our wineglasses and Gavin’s father says, ”I don’t know how to thank you. You being in his life, I've never seen him look so happy.”

I turn and face Rob directly. “Gavin is an incredible life partner, Rob. I should be the one thanking you for raising him into who he is.”

Gavin’s dad processes my words. “Well, I’m damn proud of him, and I’m damn proud of the two of you together.”

“And let's not forget, he’s the fastest growing, and the most creative, advisor at my company. It was his idea to start up a pro bono program to give back to retired veterans who need help with some of their planning. I never would’ve had the balls or the foresight to come up with that idea. And he made it happen.”

A wide smile spreads across Rob’s face. “Cheers, Cole,” he says, clanking wineglasses with mine.

“Here’s to a family that keeps on growing. To our family!” I say.

The captain of the Boston Harbor cruise ship gets on the intercom to officially kick off tonight’s boat ride. As all of our guests mingle hard, I spy Gavin on the other side of the ship, looking at me with those adorable, sexy blues. I wave him over to me, the corners of his mouth curling at both ends as he starts to walk towards me.

To this day, my stomach still feels jittery every time he walks over to me. Especially every time I know I’m going to get to hold him in my arms. Or kiss him. Or just simply be with him.

Gavin holds out his hand and says, "I need you to do me a favor. I need you to pinch my skin. Like, hard. "

I shoot him a puzzled look. ”I’m supposed to pinch my fiancé at our own engagement party?" I say.

He nods. "I don't know how else to tell whether or not I'm dreaming right now."

I pull his body into mine and wrap my arms around him. I kiss him softly, slowly, and really, really sweetly. “Did that feel real enough for you?” I ask him.

His gaze burns steady as he reaches for my hands. “Do you remember last year when I asked you if you loved me?” he says.

“I’ll never forget it. One of the most important days in my life," I say.

His cheeks flush red. He still wears that shy, innocent look better than anyone I know.

”I remember even at the time, I never actually doubted how you felt about me when I asked you that question. I just knew that you loved me. And not for a second have I ever questioned my own love for you from that point on.”

My eyes start to well up, and the moment my lover smiles at me, I burst into tears. Gavin holds me tightly as the two of us cry in each other’s arms, setting off a warm chorus of ooh’s and ah’s from our guests.

I pull away and gesture to our company. “This is our family now, this is our life. Let’s make it the best life that ever lived,” I say.

Gavin looks around at all the people on our cruise ship. Then he looks more deeply into my eyes then he’s yet to look at me… ”It already is, Cole.”

I lean in close and whisper in his ear, “I know, my love. I know.”