Author Topic: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll  (Read 4123164 times)

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8890 on: January 12, 2007, 01:29:33 pm »
Good Afternoon - wow - so many great quotes today - thanks!

I always liked this little exchange from Chapter 3, as they are leaving Dr. Sampson's office:

“You want ta go home now?” Ellery said as they left.

“Yeah I’d like ta. But I got ta make a stop. Nate asked me ta bring in some business cards to the bar an I couldn’t say no. You did say you approved, right?”

“You still flirtin with that guy? I’ll punch his lights out if he calls ya ‘Buttercup,’ Ennis, an I ain’t foolin.”

Ennis smiled tightly. “He ain’t the ‘Buttercup’ type. If I were ta guess I would say he would be the type ta call a guy ‘Daddy’ or somethin weird. I had some kid come up ta me Saturday night an say ‘Hey Daddy you want ta get down on the dance floor?’ an I said ‘No but I’d be glad ta stand ya in the corner an make ya miss supper.’”

Ellery laughed. “I take it he didn’t ask twice.”


You know, I don't know why I always think of Ellery as the funny one - he might not do it as often, but when Ennis comes up with a funny line - it's really funny!  Nice to have these little exchanges in the middle of all the angst over the AIDS testing. 

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8891 on: January 13, 2007, 08:32:22 am »
Re-readers...chapters 6 to 10 today.

http://louisev.livejournal.com/51486.html

I have to rush off to Bangor ... right now... so I don't have time for quotes. Ack! I will leave that up to you guys, okay?

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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8892 on: January 13, 2007, 10:05:22 am »
Filling in as Quote Mistress today, one of denizens of the Red Stallion who turns out later to be a villain, is Arthur Lang, who, for those who were fans of the "Oz" series, I patterned quite obviously on Vern Schillinger, the head of the Aryans, who loved to call the other inmates by flower names:

Rudy poured him a shot of whiskey as he slid onto the barstool. “Everythin all right with you an Ellery then?”

Ennis frowned. “What are you talkin about?”

“Well ya know... I thought maybe there were fireworks or somethin, you not comin in, goin out campin ta kiss an make up an all.”

“It wasn’t like that at all. Rudy can’t you fer once mind yer own business? Yer worse’n Wayne.”

“An not half as pretty as him either. Hey there Buttercup, been missin ya.” A familiar low rasp greeted Ennis and he half turned to the swarthy, leering face of Arthur Lang.

“Lang why don’t ya just shut up an get drunk an happy so I don’t have ta kick yer ass tonight okay?” Ennis grumbled.

“Why Buttercup, you know I come in here just ta see you!” Lang made a feint toward patting Ennis on the cheek and he dodged.

“Don’t,” Ennis growled.

“Ooooh, you are such a hardass.” Lang knew how far he could go, though, and slid onto a barstool, giving Ennis a little room. “Bud,” he said to Rudy. “Where the hell is Wayne anyway, he used ta show up here from time ta time after he got canned...”

“Sick,” came a sad voice from the office. It was Lauren, leaning on the doorway, eyes red, and it looked like he had been crying.

“Sick?” Ennis said.

“Sick, real sick. In the hospital sick. With some kinda pneumonia that you only get when you get ... you know.”

“He got AIDS?” Rudy asked, setting Lang’s beer down and turning to the shaken youth.

Lauren nodded, as if not daring to say it aloud.

Lang blinked. “Well shit... poor Wayne. Where they got em, Lauren?”

“Ivinson a course. Since he’s out a job he ain’t got no insurance anymore...”

“I think somebody should tell Ellery don’t you Buttercup?” Lang said, looking pointedly at Ennis.

“I think somebody ought a stop callin me things that make me wanna punch em out, Lang. So you just drink yer beer an shut up.”
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8893 on: January 13, 2007, 10:08:31 am »
Another quote from Chapter 6, which is, for Ennis - and for the entire bar, a Bad Saturday Night:

There was a high squeal as Leon dashed over to the bar, clutching at Ennis’s arm. “They’re goin outside! There’s gonna be bloodshed, I just know it!” Ennis saw that Lang and Leon’s burly boyfriend were indeed making for the back door.

“Well Leon you got what you wanted. Too big dudes fightin over ya. I guess you get ta go home with the one who’s still standin,” he smiled tightly.

“You have ta stop them!” Leon wailed.

“Not if they ain’t in the bar I don’t. If you want ta call a cop go ahead, an he can get an ambulance if there’s any broken bones.”

To Ennis’s surprise, Leon drew his hand back and slapped him hard on the cheek. “You asshole!” he shrieked, and Ennis grabbed his wrist, tightly, holding the thin boy up by the wrist until he rose on tiptoes, sobbing, Ennis’s face turning bright pink with Leon’s hand print outlined starkly against the pale flesh.

“Now listen boy, you keep yer hands offa me and don’t try that shit again unless you want ta have me spank your ass till yer sobbin fer yer momma.”

“Lemme go!” Ennis unclenched his wrist, turning roughly away, and Leon ran out of the bar, sobbing.

“Another satisfied customer,” Rudy commented softly, looking down the bar as Lauren brought Ennis’s beer. Ennis downed it rapidly, and looked at his watch. It was only 10 p.m.



Sort of makes the Saturday nights they've had recently look a mite tame!
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8894 on: January 13, 2007, 10:13:36 am »
In Chapter 7, Ennis's bad day is not without its silver lining, as he makes his way home to "Officer Darlin."  I quoted this in part because it contains Fred's favorite Ennis line:  "That too."  It's also notable for fitting in Ennis's distinct fetish for Ellery's uniform - nothing like ending a twenty year stretch of fearing larger society by getting a blowjob from an officer of the law, wearing his hat!



By the time Ennis got home, he was half drunk, depressed, and exhausted.  He dropped the keys to the front door twice before Ellery opened it for him, wearing nothing but his cutoff denim shorts, a large glass of beer in his hand.

“Ennis you look terrible.  Is everything okay?”

“No.  Wanna go ta bed.”

“Okay.  Bed sleep or bed fuckin?”

“Bed,” He said, dropping his hat on the recliner, popping the snaps on  his shirt.  His face still showed bright pink on one cheek where Leon had slapped him, and he went into the bathroom, dropping his pants and stepping into the shower almost as soon as the water lost its cold edge.  Ellery trailed him in, leaning in the doorway, sipping.

“Somethin happen?”

“Yeah, somethin always happens,” Ennis said.  “Rudy is a nosy ass sumbitch, Lauren is havin a nervous breakdown cause Wayne’s got AIDS, Lang is hittin on some other biker’s little bitch fem boyfriend who slapped me because I wouldn’t break em up when they went outside ta settle it with fists, an I don’t want ta fly ta Denver an why the fuck did Jack have ta go off with Justin Worrell an get his head bashed in?” he ended his diatribe with a sob, shutting the water off and sagging against the wall, naked, dripping, and defeated.

“Aw... sweetheart... you shoulda just come home. C’mere.”

“I’m tired, Ellery, I’m real fuckin tired.”

“I know.”  Ellery grabbed a large bath towel and wrapped it around Ennis’s trembling shoulders.  “Come on an lie down.  Yer drunk.”

“Yeah I’m drunk, you know how I get when I’m drunk.”

“Usually horny as hell,” he said softly, breathing into his ear, rubbing his arms with the towel.

“That too.”

“That part we can take care of, don’t you worry.”

“Okay,” Ennis said, his face carved into a deep frown.  Ellery rubbed up his arms with the towel, drying him, and then walked him slowly out of the bathroom and into the bedroom.

“You want me ta put my uniform on fer this?”

Ennis smiled slightly.  “Maybe the hat.”

“Okay, the hat.  It’s not a hat by the way, it’s technically a beret.”  Ellery reached up into the closet and put his uniform beret on, which he only wore if he was appearing at an official event, or in court.  He posed, the cutoff denims revealing more than they hid, his long legs accentuated by their briefness, just barely hanging from the bones of his hips and revealing the faint dark line of hair widening out to his pubes  beneath his hollow belly.

“Beret then.”

“Okay you climb in there, an tell Officer Darlin what he can do to you.”

Ennis thought, his eyes glazed with that edge of drunkenness that could easily turn to lust if properly triggered, staring at the bizarre sight of Ellery, nearly naked, wearing his uniform hat and nearly nothing else, crawling toward him on the bed, now climbing between his open thighs.

“Suck me, darlin...” he rasped, his head falling back as he relaxed into arousal, trying to wipe the litany of prodding pains from his mind, gasping softly as Ellery’s hot mouth overtook his cock and began to suck on it, stiffening, his hips rising off the bed.  “Ohh... yeahhhh....” he fell into a sort of dazed dream, gazing down at the beret as it slid off the side of Ellery’s head, black mass of hair flying free and tickling his thighs, and he thrust up and into his hot mouth, “suck me... boy,” he moaned, forgetting momentarily his anxieties about the coming week, the arguing men at the bar, Rudy with his grasping, lascivious hands rubbing up Lauren’s back... a host of disturbing images wiped away leaving only the erotic vision of his lover’s mouth swallowing him whole, accompanied by the arousing noise of sucking, and he wouldn’t last, he couldn’t last under this onslaught.... he grabbed onto the pillow with his hands, bucking up, forcing his cock into Ellery’s hot throat, needing it, his throat pulsing hard with his racing heartbeat as he felt himself nearly float up off the bed, the hat spinning and rolling before flipping over, forgotten, in the middle of the bed, as a torrent of pleasure washed through him and he cried out, a sharp, sobbing sound, and spurted a jet of semen into Ellery’s sucking mouth, before falling back on the bed, panting heavily.

Ellery rose to his elbows and looked up at the half-open eyes, reached out and snagged his uniform hat, putting it back on his head and smirking.

“Will that be all sir?”
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8895 on: January 13, 2007, 10:53:59 am »
In Chapter 8, Ellery's motives for striking his deal with Ennis to work one night a week at the bar are hinted at in his conversation with Rudy, as well as an early look at Ellery's style of relationship advice:



Rudy looked a little sheepish. “Are you pissed at me about somethin Ellery?”

Ellery looked up, pulled on his lip a moment. “For the most part no. You show up, yer reliable, you don’t fuck every man who weighs over 200 pounds that comes through the door, an as far as I know you ain’t harborin my ex partner as a fugitive in yer apartment.”

“And the rest of it?”

“Ennis is uncomfortable with the amount of interest you appear ta show in his personal life.”

“Oh. I guess I spoke outta turn.”

“Speakin about Ennis an me in any respect is probably speakin outta turn. He is a private man an prefers his life ta be private. You may possibly get him to forgive you if you can keep that in mind, Rudy. I am sure there are many other fascinatin people here for you to wonder about.”

“I was just showin an interest, Ellery. An frankly, I ain’t sure it is such a great idea for Ennis to be hangin out here. He don’t like men showin affection in public, an it makes people uncomfortable when he glares at em.”

“He’s a bouncer. Part of why I like em to be here is because he’s uncomfortable. Glaring at people is part of his job.”

“Yeah but he really... glares.”

“He stays. If it comes down to between him an you he stays, Rudy. So try ta lump it. I got Ennis here for my own reasons an unless he don’t want ta be here no more... an don’t give him a reason, Rudy, I warn ya... he stays. You understand that? He is here for a mere 4 hours on a Saturday night an that should not break your back.”

“Whatever you say, Ellery.”

He smiled. “I’m glad we understand each other. Now, any sign of any illicit behavior or passin money in the Gents or panties bein sold on the dance floor?”

“Nope. Chuck caught a couple a guys gettin hot an heavy in a stall night before last but he just broke it up.”

“Make sure. Cause this AIDS thing is gettin really bad press an I don’t want no reasons for anyone declarin my bar as a public health nuisance or whatever crap they can dream up.”

Rudy nodded.

“You set ta move in first a next month?”

“Yep. Listen, you mind if I ask you a personal question?”

“If I mind I won’t answer it.”

“Fair enough. What do you think is the best thing ta do if you think yer man is steppin out on ya?”

“Ask em. That is dangerous behavior in these times, an if you don’t get no straight answer then it might be best ta give em his marchin orders.”

“Then you might need a new bouncer soon,” Rudy smiled tightly.
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8896 on: January 13, 2007, 11:01:55 am »
Chapter 9, we find out Ennis is afraid of flying as they prepare to head off to Denver for their AIDS test trial, and we have an early case of Coyote Interruptus.


“So when these folks call back we got ta book a flight, Ennis.  Tell me you are gonna get on the plane with me an ain’t gonna make me drive a whole day ta get there. “

“It’s… it’s a little teeny tiny plane Ellery.”

“Yeah well they ain’t less safe than the big fuckin 747’s Ennis.  I hate flyin too but it is a lot safer than drivin that truck on the 287.”

“I suppose…” he repeated, sipping his scotch.

“You haven’t answered in the affirmative yet, Ennis,” Ellery frowned.

“I’m thinkin.”

“You got ta think fast, boy.  Cause I got ta call the airline.”

“Dammit.  Okay. Yeah I’ll fly with ya.”

“Good.  Now that is done an over are we gonna watch a movie, go ta bed an fuck or stare at each other?”

“Go ta bed an fuck.  C’mere.”  Ellery got up from the sofa and slid out of his t-shirt, his unbelted denims already half off his hips, and walked slowly over to where Ennis was sipping the last of his scotch, then set it down, sliding his hands up his thighs and tugging.  Ellery’s lose-fitting denims slid down over his hips, dragging his drawers with them, and he stood naked, his cock already half hard, and Ennis leaned forward, nuzzling it.  “First maybe do a little a this…” and he sucked the end of Ellery’s cock into his mouth, causing him to gasp.

“What are ya doin, Ennis?” he asked, his voice breathy as he resisted the urge to thrust deeper into Ennis’s mouth, hands gripping his shoulders and digging in with his blunt nails.

Ennis looked up, let his cock go and then gave it a lick.  “Makin sure ya come.  Feels a whole lot better ta fuck ya after.  An I’m gettin ta like doin this.”

Ellery looked down with a sultry smile.  “I ain’t gonna argue.”

Ennis pulled Ellery’s hips toward him, taking more of his cock in his mouth, sucking hard, artless, dominant and insistent as he moved his head, sliding off and then deeper in, bringing his cock as far down his throat as he could manage before choking on him, and Ellery was beginning to thrust back, when the phone rang.

“Uh, sweetheart…” Ellery gasped.  “Might be the medical center…”

Ennis pulled off, mouth dripping.  “Goddammit.”
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8897 on: January 13, 2007, 11:20:00 am »
And in Chapter 10, Ellery learns about two things that drive Ennis to dominant sexual aggression:  getting interrupted by the phone... and jealousy:

Ennis nodded, holding the dildo. “Pull em up, hold on to yer knees…” and Ellery obeyed, eyes glued to Ennis’s face as he knelt between his knees and brushed his fingers up against his hole and slipped them into his ass, twisting them to stretch him as he held the dildo ready, and Ellery gasped, bucking up slightly against the pleasurable sensation, and Ennis suddenly pulled his fingers out, pushing now with the head of the dildo until it slid in, then knelt, sucking the end of Ellery’s cock into his mouth, sliding along it as he buried the dildo in one long, slow thrust, Ellery’s cock twitching hard and rigid against the roof of his mouth.

He did not wait, but pulled back and began fucking him in long, slow strokes, sucking hard… there was nothing subtle about his onslaught, and it occurred to Ellery briefly that he was competing in some small way with the unnamed gun dealer who had not satisfied him, proving to Ellery that he cared about whether he came, he was determined to bring him pleasure before he had any himself… It was a strange reversal, and Ellery stroked his fingers across Ennis’s pale cheek , up through the short, blond curls, feeling the beginning trickle of sweat along his nape as he sucked mercilessly, moving the dildo all the way in and then back out, long, hard, relentless, and Ellery stiffened, his spine arching.

“Oh sweetheart, oh fuck…” he arched up and bucked hard, and came in a sudden spurt, his sphincter grasping hard onto the toy as his hips rode up and his cock strained against the licking tongue. Ennis blinked several times, swallowed, then opened his mouth, gasping, as dribbles of come appeared at the edges of his mouth, and he pulled the dildo out in a single stroke, picked up the Vaseline and began to lube himself with rapid, masturbating strokes, looking down at Ellery’s flagging cock with a heavy-lidded gaze.

“Hold still right there, keep yer knees up…” an he leaned over, a dribble of warm come making its way down his face and neck and then drizzling over Ellery’s chest as he pushed the end of his cock into the still-twitching sphincter… “oh Jesus god….” Ennis closed his eyes, thrust hard with his hips, and began immediately thrusting hard into the hot tightness he craved.

Ellery teetered again at the edge of orgasm almost immediately, holding tight to his knees, and Ennis loomed over him, mouth open and wet, descending on his mouth and cutting off his moans, thrusting his tongue in with the same violence as his cock thrust into his ass, the salty musk taste of his own fluid filling Ellery’s mouth as Ennis’s tongue pushed against his, and he sucked his tongue, thrashing.

It was over in a minute or less, Ennis suddenly pulling back, arching like a bow, and shuddering as he responded to Ellery’s fast-building orgasm, and he groaned out what sounded like a prayer, a second, smaller spurt of come jetting up between their bodies with his final thrusts before he placed his hands over Ellery’s hands and pried them off his knees, letting his feet fall back to the bed, forcing his cock out, and he collapsed on top of Ellery’s body, panting heavily.

“Man what got inta you?” Ellery said softly in his ear.

“Dunno… don’t like ta be interrupted.”
“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8898 on: January 13, 2007, 01:13:13 pm »
Good Morning, all!  Wow - fantastic quotes and commentary!  Thank you, Louise!

Speaking of favorite lines:


In Chapter 7, Ennis's bad day is not without its silver lining, as he makes his way home to "Officer Darlin."  I quoted this in part because it contains Fred's favorite Ennis line:  "That too."  It's also notable for fitting in Ennis's distinct fetish for Ellery's uniform - nothing like ending a twenty year stretch of fearing larger society by getting a blowjob from an officer of the law, wearing his hat!



Will that be all sir?”


That one ranks very high on my list of favorites!  So very Ellery - which is always a good thing! 

Thanks!  Marie
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Re: Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
« Reply #8899 on: January 13, 2007, 08:34:28 pm »
Sorry for the OT, but this is so funny, I just had to share it:


Chinese food song

Put on your speakers and enjoy
 
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