Secret Stash by Littlewing1957
“I tell you, they was screwin’ each other!” Aguirre was red faced as he spoke to one of the foremen. Darryl Freeman looked at Aguirre and shook his handsome head.
“I don’t believe it, Joe! Not those 2 good lookin’ guys. How do you know all this? You got proof?” Aguirre pulled a pack of cigs from his desk drawer and offered one to Darryl. Darryl refused.
“Because I saw ‘em with my own eyes!” Aguirre muttered as he placed a long cig into his mouth. "And besides, I caught them one day laughing it up, horsing around. Listen, man, you don’t play around like that, pull on each other half naked without anything goin’ on." Aguirre lit his cigarette. “Those 2 boys are queer, I tell ya!” Darryl Freeman wasn’t convinced.
“Hey, wait a minute, Joe,” Darryl began. “We grew up together and engaged in a bit of horseplay with each other. You mean to say we’re queer?” Aguirre was getting angry now. He didn’t know why he even confided in his longtime friend; other than the fact that the truth was eating away at him. 5 years have come and gone since the summer he hired Ennis and Jack, and Joe couldn’t keep the secret to himself any longer.
“Look, Darryl, I got proof, okay?” Aguirre stood and moved toward his small safe. “You want to see for yourself?” Darryl was amused and quite curious now. He nodded. Aguirre pulled from his safe a small stack of photos. He placed them on the desk right in front of his childhood friend. Darryl reluctantly picked up the pics and whistled. His mind couldn’t register what he was seeing: Jack and Ennis out in the broad daylight, engaging in anal sex! Darryl returned the pictures to his friend. The sight of Ennis bent over Jack was lurid enough, but Jack with Ennis’ manhood in his mouth was obscene! Darryl wouldn’t admit it, but he was aroused by what he just saw. He couldn’t imagine, though, why Joe would take these pictures.
“Okay, I see!” Darryl muttered. I thought you was bullshittin,’ man! Well, at least they didn’t do anything to the sheep. They had each other to poke!” Darryl and Joe both laughed ruefully. “Why are you saving those pictures?” Darryl asked his friend. Aguirre was silent. He didn’t know why he held onto those pics for so long, and he didn’t want to know the answer. “I don’t know, Darryl!” Aguirre began. “Annunition, maybe?” Darryl didn’t know what Aguirre meant, and decided to leave it alone.
“Hey Joe!” Darryl began. “Why don’t you make us a pot of coffee, and we’ll forget about those queer ranch stiffs you hired. Don’t beat yourself up about it. You had no way of knowing that they was queer." Darryl pointed to the pot in back of his friend. "Make us a pot of coffee?” Aguirre smiled and nodded. He turned his back to Darryl and started on the coffee. Darryl quickly and expertly grabbed a few of the pics that Aguirre left on the desk. Joe would never miss them. Darryl smiled softly as he placed the pics in his jeans pocket. The erotic snapshots of Ennis and Jack would come in handy during those lonely times up on the mountain...