The Painter’s Apprentice August 9
The Painter’s Apprentice
Kevin looked at the piece of paper then up at the wooden sign next to the door. The names appeared to match. He then looked about him at the street on which he stood. It wasn’t a pleasant sight. He appeared to be in the most rundown quarter of the entire city. The buildings were in a sad state of disrepair. The streets littered with refuse.
It was hard to believe this was the home of a famous painter. However, he was in the right street. After all, he’d been forced to ask for directions three times before he finally found it. At least the building before him was in decent shape. The door looked freshly painted, as did the name next to it.
“Oh well. I might as well knock. If it turns out to be the wrong place after all, at least I can ask directions again.” Thought Kevin as he stepped up to the door and rapped upon it with his knuckles.
While he waited for someone to answer, Kevin went over in his mind what he was going to say. He’d always wanted to be a painter. When his former master released him from his service as an apprentice, he gave him a letter of recommendation after telling him the greatest painter in the entire city, next to himself of course, was looking for an assistant.
So lost in thought was Kevin on how he was going to obtain the position of assistant to the great man, he didn’t hear the door open. A soft voice broke his concentration.
“Can I help you?” The voice said.
Kevin looked up to see a handsome young guy standing in the door. He was slightly shorter than himself with hair of a dark velvety brown. The eyes that stared back at Kevin were softened by a warm expression as though smiling. He wore a shirt of a rich dark green cloth and dark gray pants. The shirt was open part way down his body, which gave Kevin a view of the smooth skin beneath. Swallowing, Kevin gathered his thoughts and spoke.
“I’m looking for Master Painter Jean-Pierre De Montrose. I was directed here to this door.” Kevin paused a moment. When there was no reply, he continued. “I have come to inquire about the position of assistant.”
“Come in, please.” Was the only reply, after another long pause.
The entire time Kevin could feel the young guy’s eyes looking him over from head to foot. He must be Master De Montrose’s servant thought Kevin. Try as he might, he couldn’t help staring back at him in return, despite his best efforts to remind himself why he was there. As he led Kevin up a flight of stairs to what he supposed was Master De Montrose’s studio, the thought occurred to him that this young guy could be one of the great painter’s family. As he watched the slim, graceful body mount the stairs in front of him, Kevin suddenly hoped that he had not given any cause for offence with his behavior at the door. He also suddenly hoped that they could get to know each other better.
It had been a long time since he’d had a close friend. Too long, thought Kevin. There just wasn’t enough time from his duties as apprentice for that. There also wasn’t anyone near his own age among the servants of his previous master. It would be nice to have a friendly soul to talk to and maybe share things with. Kevin put aside the thoughts and reminded himself again why he was there. After all, he could get into a lot of trouble if he wasn’t careful, whether the guy before him was servant or family of the painter he hoped to become assistant to. However, if he were only a servant, Kevin might not have too much to worry about. He needed to see how the situation was between the master and this guy before he decided.
The room at the top of the stairs was indeed a studio where easels, paint, and other materials were located. However, one part of the room seemed to be a bedchamber. A large canopied bed stood in one part while wooden chests and cupboards were arranged along the wall.
It was all Kevin could do to draw his eyes away from the bed as lustful thoughts crowded into his mind again. Somehow he managed to tear his gaze away and follow his guide into the other part of the room. He stood there quietly as two glasses of wine were poured from a bottle in a nearby cupboard. When finished, Kevin was handed one of the glasses, the other was carried over to an easel where the young man sat down before a blank canvas.
Kevin took a sip of the wine to help calm him. He was wondering where Master De Montrose was. After taking a few more sips of the wine, Kevin noticed he was being watched. He looked at the young guy seated at the easel and realized he was smiling back at Kevin. The smile just began to register in his brain when his next words nearly caused Kevin to choke on the wine he’d just swallowed.
“Strip,” he said quietly, his eyes never leaving Kevin’s own.
“What?” Kevin managed to say.
“You heard me. Take off those clothes,” He replied.
“There must be some misunderstanding, aahhh.” He paused realizing he didn’t even know the guy’s name.
“Michael,” He supplied for him.
“Michael. I’m here about the position of assistant to Master De Montrose. Master Villiers, my former teacher, wrote me a letter of recommendation. He’s the one who sent me,” he explained.
“I’ll take the letter, please,” Michael replied.
When Kevin didn’t respond, just stared at him, Michael continued.
“My full name is Michael De Montrose. Master Jean-Pierre De Montrose is my father. He’s not the one looking for an assistant. I am. So please give me the letter.”
Kevin was speechless. He was torn between anger and relief, between flight and curiosity. Finally, after taking a couple of deep breaths he handed Michael the letter. He then watched as he quietly read it.
“Master Villiers speaks highly of you, Kevin. However, I don’t usually take another’s word at face value. I like to check things out for myself. You still haven’t done what I’ve asked of you,” He said.
“But, I thought,” Kevin began.
“You thought that you’d be working with the great Master De Montrose. Sorry to disappoint you. If you’d rather leave, I’ll understand,” He said.
Kevin stared at the master painter’s son. He wasn’t sure what to do. Then he realized that Michael was staring at him intently. Kevin’s eyes met Michael’s in a return stare. At first, nothing happened, then the look in Michael’s eyes softened. Kevin realized Michael was asking him to trust him, not in words, but with his eyes. Michael’s eyes left Kevin’s and glanced down at the wine glass still in Kevin’s hand. Kevin looked at the glass also. Without another thought, he downed the rest of the wine then made a decision. After handing the glass back to Michael, he sat down on a nearby bench to remove his boots.
In the meantime, Michael De Montrose replaced the glasses in the cupboard, and then began mixing some paints.
After removing his boots, Kevin unlaced his shirt and pulled it off over his head, laying it across the bench where he sat. He then stood up, with his back to the part of the room where Michael was working, and removed his pants, which he placed with his shirt. When he was finished, he stood there completely naked until he heard footsteps behind him, then someone settling them self on the stool before the easel.
“Turn around please,” Michael said.
Slowly, Kevin complied, holding both his hands in front of his exposed cock. Michael was seated at the canvas, paint and brushes ready nearby. He looked Kevin over from head to toe and back again. Kevin shifted his weight nervously from one foot to the other.
“Move your hands to your sides, please.” Michael said.
Kevin hesitated a moment, then did as Michael asked. He could feel his cock begin to stir as Michael gazed at him.
“I think you might be just what I’ve been looking for, Kevin. Stand over here in the light so I can see you better,” He said, indicating a spot within arms reach of the easel.
Kevin walked over to the spot. In the meantime, Michael picked up a brush and started to paint. He worked quickly, moving his brush from paint to canvas in fluid movements, pausing in between to look at Kevin as he stood there.
After a few minutes work, he laid aside the brush, then looked back and forth between Kevin and the canvas.
“I think I’m going to need to paint several more poses. Could you turn a bit,” He requested.
Kevin started to turn to stand facing more toward the window.
“No, not like that,” Michael replied, reaching out to place a hand on Kevin’s ass to stop him.
As soon as Michael’s hand made contact with his skin, Kevin felt a ticklish twitch run through his body ending at the tip of his cock. Gently but insistently, that hand moved Kevin back around into the position in which Michael wanted him.
Michael resumed painting. After a few minutes, he reached out again with his hand to move Kevin into a new position. Kevin again felt the tingly twitch, this time a little stronger.
As time passed, Kevin began to look forward to each touch of Michael’s hand as it changed his position. The tingly twitch got stronger and stronger with each touch. It also seemed that Michael’s hand lingered longer and longer each time he touched Kevin.
The next position change had Kevin facing away from Michael. However, the hand didn’t break contact once the change was made. Instead, it lingered for a moment on Kevin’s leg, then moved slowly but gently upwards just barely grazing the skin in a soft caress that was driving Kevin nuts and causing goose bumps to form. The hand stopped at the base of Kevin’s spine, rested there a moment, then moved softly over his ass and down to his inner thigh. Once there it pushed gently outward in a signal for Kevin to move his leg to the side. Contact was broken only to be moved over to the inner thigh of Kevin’s other leg where it pushed gently again. Kevin got the hint and spread his legs apart until he felt Michael’s hand pat gently to indicate that’s the position he wanted. What happened next caused the tingly twitch to strike so hard that Kevin gasped in spite of himself.
Michael’s hand moved slowly, almost hesitantly, as if unsure or nervous, upwards until it made contact with Kevin’s ball sac. It stopped there and seemed to be waiting for something. For what seemed like an eternity, the hand didn’t move. Kevin found himself breathing hard. With every ounce of strength he had in him, Kevin willed his body to calm and his breathing to return to normal.
His heart beating so hard he felt sure Michael could hear it, Kevin slowly calmed and waited to see what would happen next. Michael slowly brushed against Kevin’s ball sac with the back of his hand then turned his hand palm up to let Kevin’s balls rest gently as though being held. Kevin’s cock reacted instinctively by going to full hardness. Michael’s hand slowly retreated to rest on Kevin’s ass. Before breaking contact completely, Kevin felt a soft pat on his ass cheeks.
Kevin heard Michael’s paintbrush make contact with the canvas as he began to paint. Taking a deep breath, Kevin tried to think but his thoughts kept centering on his now throbbing hard cock. Everything else skittered away as soon as he tried to focus on it. Try as he might, Kevin couldn’t will his cock to soften.
After a while, he heard Michael put down the paintbrush. Kevin knew what was coming next. The anticipation had been building for the past few minutes. However, when Michael’s hand made contact, this time directly on Kevin’s ass, it just rested there, not moving. He didn’t direct Kevin to turn in any direction at all. The longer Michael’s hand rested on Kevin’s ass, the harder his cock throbbed. Kevin didn’t know what to do. He was so turned on that he felt as though he were on fire. The heat of Michael’s hand felt like it was making direct connection with his cock even though it was nowhere near it. He tried to ask if something was wrong. Each time he opened his mouth to speak, however, nothing would come out.
Kevin began to sweat from the heat of arousal coursing through his body. He could feel the slow trickle of a bead of sweat as it slowly made it’s way down from his ball sack to his inner thigh. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Kevin felt a gentle, insistent push, then tug, directing him to turn all the way around to face the easel where Michael sat.
Slowly, his temperature rising in time to the throbbing in his cock, Kevin complied. Michael was sitting so close to Kevin once he finished turning all the way around that he felt Michael’s breath caress his throbbing cock as he exhaled.
Michael didn’t move. His eyes gazed directly at Kevin’s fully hard cock. Kevin’s heart began to pound even harder, partly with fear. Had he lost control and doomed himself in the process? He could feel his face growing red hot with both arousal and a touch of embarrassment. Then, Michael lifted his gaze to look deeply into Kevin’s eyes.
Kevin felt his heart spasm in relief and his cock jerk so hard it danced. Michael was like him! The flood of emotion that swept through Kevin’s body caused his knees to buckle.
Reaching out with both hands, Michael steadied him, and then softly said. “Try to hold that pose as long as you can, Kevin.”
Tearing his eyes away from Kevin’s body, Michael painted rapidly with his brush. The speed with which his hand moved from pallet to canvas was truly amazing to Kevin. He could feel his body become even more excited than he ever believed possible. His temperature continued to rise with each passing moment. Soon he could feel himself covered with sweat.
“Finished,” Michael finally said, laying aside his brush. He admired his work for a moment, and then glanced over at Kevin. Slowly his eyes caressed him from head to toes until Kevin began to squirm under his scrutiny. Eventually, Michael’s eyes found his.
“I believe you’ll make an excellent assistant, Kevin,” He said. “The position is yours, if you want it. However, before you make up you mind, I owe you something for all your hard work.”
Slowly Michael stood up, and then moved to where Kevin was standing. Kevin’s eyes followed until Michael stepped behind him. After a short pause in which he could feel Michael’s eyes roaming up and down his body, he felt the gentle touch of Michael’s hands as they caressed his shoulders from behind.
At the first touch, Kevin felt a tingle race through is body. When Michael’s hands slowly roamed down his back, the feeling became so intense he had to close his eyes and take a deep breath. He soon found himself holding his breath as Michael’s hands glided softly over his ass.
With one hand on each arm, Michael glided along, just barely touching the skin, until he reached Kevin’s shoulders again. Kevin took another deep breath as Michael’s hands left his shoulders to explore his chest. The caress of his fingertips on Kevin’s nipples soon had them standing at attention.
Slowly Michael’s hands moved further down trailing lines of fire that made Kevin sweat from the heat. The touch of Michael’s hand on Kevin’s cock ignited a firestorm of heat running the length of his body.
Keeping one hand on Kevin’s throbbing cock, Michael stepped around Kevin and kneeled down in front of him. One hand gently stroked Kevin’s cock while the other caressed his ball sack.
Kevin felt as though he were in another world. His entire being was focused on Michael’s touch.
When he felt Michael’s warm breath on the head of his cock, Kevin’s eyes popped open. He looked down just in time to see Michael’s tongue capture a drop of precum that was leaking from his excited cock.
Michael looked up at Kevin, then stood up facing him, one hand still wrapped around Kevin’s hard cock.
Slowly Michael led Kevin across the room to the canopied bed. Once there he gently pushed Kevin down. Kevin lay on his back as he watched Michael slowly undress.
Michael’s body wasn’t as smooth as Kevin first thought. There was a thin line of hair that trailed down into his pants, and upwards to form a T shape on his chest. Kevin’s eyes were glued to Michael’s pants as he watched him unfasten then slowly push them down from his waist and over his ass.
Kevin’s cock twitched hard when he caught sight of Michael’s cock. It was a lot like Kevin’s own but Michael had more and thicker pubic hair and his ball sack was completely hairless. Kevin’s was not. Kevin lay there and gazed intently at Michael’s body as he stood gazing down at him. Eventually their eyes met and locked. Time stood still as Kevin gazed into those warm brown eyes.
Kevin watched as though in a dream as Michael climbed onto the bed beside him. Reaching out, Michael pulled Kevin into his embrace, and then softly whispered.
“Have you decided to accept the position?”
Kevin nestled into Michael’s arms and felt their bodies become one. With a contented sigh, Kevin replied, “Yes.”
“Good. Then this is only the first of many yet to come,” said Michael.
Softly their lips met and passion took over.
