Sarge

First Snow

Troop 1116 was at their winter campground. Winter was a strange term, since even in December the temperature would be 70 degrees [20°C] during the day and rarely dropped below 50 [10°C] at night. Four members of the troop, Noah, Jacob, Kevin, and Ethan, had all just earned their wilderness survival merit badges, and as a reward they were approved to spend the next three days on their own. They wouldn't have to live off the land, the troop owned and maintained a small cabin up on the mountain. 'Mountain' was also not descriptive because the peak was only 5,000 feet [1500 m] above the valley.

It had been warmer than normal all week, and the four boys decided that they wouldn't need to carry a lot of clothing and stuff, which would leave room for snacks and sodas that typically weren't part of scout camping. There was a store not too far out of the way where they could buy as much as they could carry.

They wouldn't even need to bring sleeping bags, because the cabin had six cots and six sleeping bags intended for emergency use but known to have been used by others for the same reason the boys were planning on using them.

Because it would be chilly at night, the boys each brought a light jacket with them. In addition, they had freeze-dried pouches of food, a flashlight, mess kits, and assorted hatches and saws for gathering firewood. Their packs were, for the most part, empty, but that would change.

Wearing shorts and pull-over shirts, they left camp, promising to stay safe and on the trail and to return before lunch on the third day. They started up the hill, but once they were far enough from the rest of the troop they changed course and headed for the store on the road outside of the campground.

"Don't go too high up," the old man behind the counter said to them as they were leaving. "My bones tell me a storm is coming."

"Thanks, but we'll be fine, Noah said to him. Even though he thought the old man was crazy, there was no reason to be rude. They divided what they had bought and took a direct path to the cabin.

An hour into the walk, the sun disappeared behind clouds, and the wind freshened off the mountain. The boys, laughing and talking as they walked, didn't even notice. But after another hour when it started to drizzle, they did finally notice. By then the temperature had dropped from the 80s [25/30°C] into the low 60s [15/18°C]. They stopped and dug out their jackets.

The drizzle turned to a light rain, which became a moderate rain, and the boys were getting soaked. Their jackets were not water proof, so they were soon soaked, and shivering as the wind continued to come up and the temperature continued to fall.

"How much further is it?" Ethan asked. The boys were all thirteen, but Ethan's birthday had just been last week and he was the smallest of the four.

"I think it's just over the next ridge," Kevin said. "I know it's cold, but we don't have far to go."

"Get that map out," Noah asked. He studied it for a minute. "Here's where we are now." His finger showed the path that lead them to the trail they were on. "The cabin is here." He pointed to a spot an inch away.

"How far away is it?" Ethan asked. "Maybe we should go back."

"We can't go back with all the junk food we bought. Calm down, it isn't that far." Noah used the ruler on his compass and compared it to the scale of miles. "We're about two miles [5 km] away. An hour walk, maybe a bit more depending on how steep it is."

"Then let's get going, because Ethan isn't the only one who's freezing," Kevin said. They gathered their stuff and followed the route that Noah choose.

"Maybe Ethan is right and we should turn back," Jacob said. "I'm freezing. I can't even feel my legs."

"Yeah, let's go back," Ethan said.

"No, we're almost there," Noah said. "Another fifteen minutes and we'll be at the cabin. I'm cold too, but we're nearly there."

And they were. Three minutes later they broke out of the vegetation and saw the cabin. They all wanted to rush inside, but Noah said, "Drop your stuff out here. We need firewood first." He dropped his own pack and got out the tools he had brought and headed back into what was now a downpour.

With a great deal of reluctance, the other three boys followed. A miserable hour later, Noah said they had enough. He knew they didn't, they'd need four times as much as what they had, but he was also freezing, soaked to the bone, and miserable.

"Ethan, you and Jacob get the packs inside," Noah said when they got back to the cabin. "Kevin, help me chop some of this up into kindling."

"Hey, guys, I think you should see this," Ethan said a moment after he and Jacob entered.

"Shit, now what," Noah said. He and Kevin went into the cabin. Ethan pointed to a corner, where there was a stack of firewood. And it was dry.

"We didn't need to spend all that time in the rain getting firewood," Ethan said, looking at Noah with a sour face. "We could be warm and dry by now."

"That is correct Ethan. I didn't look. If you want to be in charge of stuff, go ahead and take over. You can get a fire going while the rest of us complain about how poor a job you're doing."

"Hey, back off a little," Kevin said. "He's cold and frustrated. I don't think he meant to say you were doing a bad job. You got us here, and that isn't enough wood to last two nights in this weather. We're going to need what we gathered."

"Yeah, okay, but please stop moaning Ethan, it isn't helping," Noah said. "Jordan, we still need kindling, but we can use the dry stuff." He and Jordan grabbed a few of the logs and took them outside and went to work. It took a while, but when they both agreed they had enough they took it inside where Jacob and Ethan were standing there doing nothing.

"Here," Noah said. "We made kindling. Do you two think you can make a fire?" He turned and looked at Ethan's face.

"Oh shit, now what," he said when he saw that Ethan was crying.

"Leave him alone," Jacob said. "He wants to go home. And I don't blame him. He's almost a year younger than you and Kevin. Stop being an asshole and cut him some slack."

"Hey, we're all cold. We need fire. If you want to leave, go ahead and go," Noah said, but Kevin grabbed him and pulled him back outside.

"Look, calm down. This is a dangerous situation. Life-threatening. I think Ethan is close to hyperthermia. You should have seen that on your own. Yelling at them isn't what they need."

"You're right, let me go," Noah said. They went back inside and saw that Ethan and Jacob were arraigning the kindling to have the best chance of success, but they were both shaking so bad that it was slowing them down.

"Here, this will help," he said as he pulled a box of tissues and a candle out of his pack. He had planned on using the tissues for another purpose, but the fire was more important. "I'm sorry Ethan and Jacob. I didn't mean to upset you. I think we're all too cold and we need to get warm. Let Kevin do that, you two need to get out of those wet clothes. All of us need to." He gave the candle to Kevin and took off his jacket. Then he struggled to pull off his shirt because it was soaking wet. "You guys too. Strip. No time for modesty."

"We've got fire," Kevin said. "I need bigger branches."

"You guys get undressed and then see if you can find something to make a clothesline so we can hang this stuff up." Noah turned and started feeding Kevin the correct size pieces until a durable fire was burning.

Ethan was standing next to Jacob, and they were both still wearing underwear. Jacob wore boxers, and Ethan had whity-tighties. Noah's first reaction was to tease him, but he shoved it down and instead went over and put his arm around him. "Underpants too. Then go stand by the fire."

"I don't want to be naked," Ethan whispered. He got closer and whispered even more quietly, "I'm, uh, kind of small."

Noah looked down and saw that he was also kind of hard, but didn't comment on it. Instead, he said, "I'm so cold I think my dick is only a quarter inch long right now. You need to be dry, and your briefs are soaking wet and dripping down your legs. You need to take them off. Sorry, but I have to make it an order."

Noah also had qualms about being naked. He hadn't been seen naked by anyone but his doctor since he was five. But he had to show Ethan it was okay, so he quickly removed the last of his clothing. "See? We're all the same. Take them off and go stand by the fire. You too Jacob, lose the boxers, okay?"

Ethan removed his briefs, but kept his hands over his privates. His twin globes reflected firelight as he turned sideways, away from Jacob and Noah.

"What you said, the way you talked with Ethan, that was a lot better," Jacob said. "I'm sorry about the asshole remark I made."

"Okay," Noah said as he turned away with his hands also over his junk. He now had a problem. He was gay, and would enjoy seeing any of the other three boys naked. But his dick was starting to respond and that would give away his secret.

"Noah, put a couple of more logs on while I get out of my clothes," Kevin said as he began to strip. Noah had to move his hands in order to carry the logs, and he saw Ethan's eyes looking down at him as he passed and wondered what it meant.

"You happy to see us?" Jacob asked with a laugh. "You've got a chubby."

Noah's ears burned as he saw where Jacob was pointing. Then Jacob moved his hands and said, "Me too." Noah's dick grew even more.

"Hey, look outside," Kevin said. They joined him at the window, where everything was suddenly white. "That's snow," Ethan said. "It's the first time I've ever seen snow except on tv." His shyness was momentarily forgotten as he watched the snow come down, and his dick was fully exposed.

Noah took the opportunity to look at him, noting that he was no more than four inches [10 cm] and didn't appear to have any visible hair. He then looked over to Jacob, who's dick was a little bigger and some hair could be seen around the base. Lastly, he looked at Kevin, who wasn't hard, but even soft he had four inches [10 cm] and plenty of thick, curly hairs. He looked up and saw that Kevin had seen him checking them out. He didn't say a word and Noah turned away.

"We need to go outside and get some sticks to use as poles so we can start drying these clothes," Kevin said.

"Naked in the snow?" Noah said. "I've got another idea." He grabbed four pairs of underpants and cut them into ribbons, but he could see it wasn't going to be enough. Next, he grabbed his sodden shirt and used the knife to slice it up.

While he was doing that, Kevin told Jacob and Ethan to get out the emergency sleeping bags and get inside so they could start warming up. Although the fire was warming the cabin, it was still very cold inside. Then he came over to help Noah.

"Where are they?" Ethan asked. The cabin had no rooms, no dividers, and no closets. It had a fold-down table, six sleeping racks, two windows, a door, and the fireplace. "There's no sleeping bags in here."

"Maybe in the outhouse?" Noah said. "I'll go check." He put the knife and the remains of his shirt down and put his boots back on. Kevin followed him.

"Are you gay?" he asked once they were outside.

Noah took a deep breath before answering. "Yes," he said. "Is that a problem?"

"Not with me. I kind of thought you were gay starting about six months ago." He saw the surprised look on Noah's face and said, "You try to be careful, but sometimes it is kind of obvious. Like openly checking out how well we were hung."

They had reached the outhouse, which had a seat and a roll of toilet paper and nothing else. They turned back towards the cabin with their arms wrapped around their chests.

"Look, I'm gay, and yeah, I was interested and I looked. I'm not going to rape you in your sleep. Or the other two. I'd like it to remain a secret if that's okay."

"Yeah, no problem," Kevin said. "I didn't mean anything by asking. But it sure must have been awkward when you saw that I had caught you." Kevin paused. "It was interesting to see you with a boner checking out my junk."

"Are you ever tempted, no, never mind," Noah said.

"Tempted to get a blowjob from a known gay? Not just tempted, done. You could make up a game then ends with a blowjob as long as I don't lose."

"Not with Ethan and Jacob," Noah said. "Maybe we could hook up back in camp, but there's no privacy here."

"Speaking of hard," Kevin said, pointing at Noah's dick. "Outside, freezing, in the first snow this area has ever had in our lifetime, and you've got a boner." He laughed, and Noah joined in.

"Let me tell you a little secret. Ethan and Jacob are very good friends. We shared a tent once, and when they thought I was asleep Ethan got out of his sleeping bag, totally naked, and got into Jacob's. The next morning, I woke up when I heard Jacob tell Ethan that he had to get out before I woke up, so I sat up and asked them the same question I asked you. Ethan burst into tears, but Jacob begged me not to tell anyone. So, don't let on that I told you. They might pretend to be reluctant to play a game, but they will play."

They entered the cabin to see Ethan and Jacob cutting more ribbons from another shirt and tying them together into a rope. "I take it the sleeping bags weren't there," Jacob said with disappointment.

"No. Nothing there at all except the shitter. We'll have to get the clothes dry in order to get warm." Noah looked at them and saw both had boners. He looked away before they saw him looking and instead looked at the ribbon they had completed. "This should be enough. Let's hang it up and get the clothes over it."

Working together, they found ways to hang close to the fireplace in a few minutes. They wrung as much water out of the clothing as they could and hung them over the ribbon pieces, placing pants closest to the fire and the one remaining shirt on the edge.

"How are we going to stay warm? Ethan asked. "The cabin is freezing, and when you opened the door you let what little heat we had get out."

"We need food, and hot water for the freeze-dried stuff. Then we'll think up a game to play to take our minds off the cold while the clothes dry. Everyone, get your mess kits out and go outside and fill your cups and bowls with clean snow."

Getting the cups and bowls near the fire knocked down the makeshift clothesline, but Kevin said Noah was right, they needed food first. They left the clothes lying on the wood floor and waited for the snow to melt and heat up. Noah broke out the chips and the hotdogs and went back outside again to get hotdog-roasting sticks for all of them.

After some freeze-dried items, several hot dogs, and a whole package of chips, they did feel warmer and re-hung the clothes line.

"I hope the clothes dry quickly," Jacob said. The cabin almost warmed up when it was on the floor, but once we hung it again it blocks the fireplace and its getting cold again."

"What about that game you suggested," Kevin asked. "I've got cards."

"Strip poker," Ethan said without thinking. Then he thought and said, "I guess that would be kind of pointless."

"We could play for something else, as long as it isn't going outside," Jacob suggested. Noah did not notice that Jacob's dick, which had gone soft while he was eating, was growing again.

"What do you have in mind?"

"Promise you'd never tell?" Jacob said.

Noah held up three fingers and said, "I promise." The others did the same.

"Blowjobs. You have the worst hand or fold three times and you have to pick someone and give them a blowjob."

"The winner you mean," Kevin said. "The loser has to give the one who lost the least games a blowjob."

Noah saw that Jacob didn't want to play that way, but before he could speak, Jacob said, "Ethan isn't very good, and he'd never be the winner. Besides, there might be ties. So, the loser choses who he'll give it to." Noah was wondering who else Jacob and Ethan had played this game with, because it was obvious they had played it before.

"Okay, we'll do it that way, but we will have an ante of one blowjob each hand, so that there will always be three to give. The can only give two to any one player," Noah suggested. The others agreed. Noah could feel his own dick getting hard and he glanced at Kevin who was right next to him and saw that even he was about half hard.

"I'll help you find your cards," Noah said and he and Kevin went to Kevin's pack. "We show each other's hands, and if I'm winning I'll fold to protect you," he whispered. Kevin nodded and pulled his cards out and they got started.

Jacob had the best hand in the first game and Ethan the worst. Kevin had a better hand than Noah, so Noah didn't need to fold. In the second game, Ethan again had the worst hand, and Kevin the best. In the third, Kevin had crap and Noah had a pair of kings, so he folded, but so did Ethan.

"That's your third loss," Jacob said to Ethan. "Who are you going to give the blowjobs to?"

Ethan pretended to be upset, but Noah could see it was faked. Ethan's dick was throbbing, and he was trying hard to hide a smile. "Two for you, and uh, I guess Noah for the other."

Ethan didn't hesitate a second to start on Jacob, and it was completely obvious that they were both enjoying what they were doing. While they were occupied, Kevin tuned over the discard pile that had Ethan's hand on top. Ethan had a pair of jacks and had folded. It was obvious he had lost on purpose.

After the three blowjobs were done, Jacob said, "Okay, that wipes out Ethan's three loses, but Noah also folded last hand, so he starts with one loss." Then he said, "You know, folding works when there is betting, but here, it's just worst hand. Folding doesn't make sense; at the end just show our hands."

Noah had nothing on the first deal but tossed his best cards and didn't draw anything good. Two could play to lose he figured. And it worked. He lost to Ethan's lone jack with nothing higher than a nine.

Jacob lost the next hand, although Ethan still had a poor hand. The next hand Ethan managed to lose, but Noah lost the hand after that for his third loss. He said he'd do Ethan, Jacob, and Kevin.

"I gotta pee," Ethan said. "But I don't want to go outside."

"Well, you're not going to pee in here, but I need to pee too, so we can pee off the porch, but not where we walk," Kevin said. They put on their light jackets and went outside.

"You're losing on purpose," Jacob said to Noah as soon as the other two were outside.

"Yeah, and it isn't easy because Ethan is too, and you know he is." Noah saw the look in Jacob's eyes. "I'm trying to lose on purpose for the same reason Ethan is. I'm gay. And I'm betting that either you are or that you don't mind letting Ethan do what he wants. Either way, I want to keep my preference a secret, just as much as you and Ethan do."

Jacob's face turned red. "Uh, look, I'm uh, Ethan and me…" He couldn't finish.

"You're wondering about Kevin," Noah offered. "He figured out that I'm gay. And he isn't going to tell anyone. He and I have been showing each other their hands to make sure he doesn't lose, but he doesn't mind playing. He's straight. My guess is he is also aware that Ethan was playing to lose. If you want, we can drop the pretenses of the game and just have fun. Or we can continue to play. I suggest you talk privately with Ethan and decide."

"Kevin knows we're gay, and we know he isn't," Jacob said. "And he never told anyone about us, so we trust him." Ethan and Kevin came back inside just as Kevin finished speaking.

"Ethan, they know," Jacob said. "About us. And Noah is too. They aren't going to tell anyone else. We don't need the game, we can just have fun if you want."

"I think I suggested telling him privately," Noah said.

"You guys can do what you want, it doesn't bother me," Kevin said. "And if I want another blowjob, I'll ask for one. And you are allowed to say no."

"Ethan and I are, like, boyfriends," Jacob said, looking at Noah. "It isn't that I don't like you, but I was jealous when he gave you a blowjob."

"Then you give him one you selfish ass," Ethan said. "I won't mind. As long as it doesn't become a habit."

The sex play continued for a short while, and when Noah offered another one to Kevin he accepted. But then Noah saw Ethan yawn and looked at his watch. "Hey, it's after ten, and we've had a long day. We need to try and get some sleep."

"It's still freezing in here," Jacob said. He got up to check the clothes. "They're almost dry, dry enough to wear and let the fireplace warm the room." He turned to the others but slipped on a puddle of water and suddenly the clothesline was in the fire. Jacob got up and tried to pull it out, but the clothes were already in flame and it was too hot to get to them. The four boys stood in front of the fire and watched as it ate their clothing.

"Well, that's going to be a problem," Noah said. "At least now the cabin will warm, and we still have our jackets, unless you want to burn those too."

"I'm sorry, it was an accident, I didn't…"

"I'm joking," Noah said, putting his arm around Jacob's shoulder. "It was an accident, it could have happened to any of us. It's done, and going back down the mountain is going to be real embarrassing, but that's the way the cookie crumbled. I'm not mad at you."

"I am," Ethan said. "I don't want the rest of the troop to see me naked."

"They are going to, and they are going to laugh and tease us. But Kevin and I will make sure that is the worst of it. You'll just have to grin and bear it, especially the bare part." He put more logs on the fire and without the clothes in the way the cabin began to warm quickly. He laid down and used his jacket for a pillow, and the others copied him.

"When we go back, you can hold your pack over your privates," Kevin said. "They'll still know you're naked, but they won't be able to see your stiffy." He looked right at Ethan and said, "And I know you'll have one." Ethan laughed, feeling better with the idea that he would be able to at least hide it from the rest of the troop.

***

Noah woke first and saw the sun had risen. He got up and noticed the cabin was hot instead of cold. He needed to pee, so he grabbed his jacket and put his boots on and went outside. The wind had changed direction during the night, and instead of being below freezing he guessed it was in the mid-fifties [12/13°C]. Most of the snow had melted, which was a shame because it was the first snow he'd ever been in. He peed and went back inside where the others were starting to wake up.

"We need water for the freeze packs," Kevin said. "I'll start gathering snow."

"There's almost none left," Noah said. It's warm outside. We'll get water from the pump."

"There's a pump?" Kevin asked as he pulled on his boots and jacket.

"Yeah, a hand pump. I saw it while I was peeing." Noah helped bring bowls and pans and cups and the two of them started filling them. They were nearly done when Kevin got hit in the ass with a snowball. Ethan and Jacob had come out to pee and then went to where the snow still existed and made dozens of snowballs. Then they started their attack.

It broke out into a full-fledged war of giggling and laughing boys. Noah slipped in the mud and fell, getting covered in mud as he took two snowballs, but then he and Kevin were in a patch of snow and able to return fire. Cold but not freezing, they fought on, each of them landing in the mud several times as they moved around to find more places that still had snow.

They were covered in mud, cold, but laughing as the snow was rapidly disappearing in the sun. The temperature had already climbed well into the 60's [17/20°C]. None of them had ever had a snowball fight before, and the chances of having another one were close to zero, so they laughed and played until they were out of energy and snow. They came together around the pump to try and wash off the mud that coated them.

While one pumped, the others helped to rub the mud off. Even though the water was cold, all of them were either erect or, in the case of Kevin, semi-erect. They were about done when a familiar voice shouted, "Tenshun!"

It was Issac, the troop's senior patrol leader, and he wasn't alone. The other fifteen boys from troop 1116 were all in line. Although called to attention, they were laughing so hard that they could hardly stand up. Issac also couldn't keep from laughing.

Ethan was so shocked from the sudden appearance of the troop that he didn't even cover his erection. He, like Jacob and Noah, stood there with their erect dicks twitching back and forth. Only Kevin covered, and his dick went soft.

"I see that most of you have the wrong idea of attention," he said with a laugh that caused even more laughter from the rest of the troop. "Unless you're ready to go back to camp naked, I suggest that you go inside and get dressed."

"Uh, that might be a problem," Kevin said. "We battled hard, but we were not able to save our clothes from a fire-breathing dragon." He saw the confused look on Issac's face. "While drying, all of our clothes fell in the fire. We don't have any to wear."

This brought out even more laughing from the troop, enough that Ethan, Jacob, and Noah broke out of their frozen state and finally covered their erections, but not before every boy in the troop had seen them.

"You hiked up here to rescue us?" Kevin asked Issac.

"Actually, we heard it snowed up here and they wanted to see it. But look at their pants – at least half the boys have boners. They enjoyed watching you guys run around naked more than the snow." He turned and yelled, "Break camp and fall in with your patrols. And I want to see your arms swinging free as we return. No covering up. The troop needs some humor after climbing all the way up here to make sure you were okay."

With help from the troop, camp was broken quickly, even as they endured the laughter and comments about size from all of the dressed scouts. The walk back, knowing that they would pass other troops camped in the valley, caused three of them to get hard again, but Issac warned them that he would tie their hands behind their back if they covered. The hike was completed with their arms and dicks swinging as they passed scores of laughing scouts.

The End