A 'romantic' stroll

Jacob suggested a walk along the lake front, the same place where David had proposed to Esther many years ago. They hadn't been there in years, although he had suggested it many times. Just like sex, his wife had little interest in nostalgia.

A few minutes later they pulled into the well lit parking lot. Although it was nighttime, Lakeside Park and its mile long walking trail was generally considered a safe destination for couples in the evening, and they saw that at least one or two other vehicles were also in the lot.

They got out and started for the trail. David was a bit surprised when Jacob reached out and took his hand, but it felt right. He and Esther had once been the type of people who went for walks while holding hands. In the back of his mind he remembered that he had also used to hold his son's hand when they were walking.

They made small talk as they walked, the type of casual conversation that people often made on first dates. David was a little saddened as he began to realize how little he knew about his own son.

While he figured he could excuse himself from not knowing Jacob was gay or bi, it was the other stuff that actually made him feel bad. David had no idea that they shared the same tastes in music and movies. After his son had turned thirteen or fourteen, they'd basically just stopped talking, other than the obligatory vanilla dinner time conversation..."how was your day?"..."how are your classes?"

Absently David thought that he preferred this version of Esther over the one he shared a bed with at night. He was surprised by how easy the conversation came, especially at how distant he and Jacob had been the last four or five years.

"Its starting to get a bit chilly out," Jacob said at one point. "I had no idea how badly the wind blows right up a dress."

He absently slipped his hand out of Jacob/Esther's and put his arm around their waist, firmly gripping a butt cheek as he pulled his wife's body against him. Jacob sighed and snuggled up against him.