"Pretty good," he said uncertainly.

Seeing he was interested, I showed him a few more, then asked if he wanted to look at it for a while.

"No, that's OK," he said simply.

"You're missing something; there's good reading in here," I said.

When I went to bed, I left it lying within easy reach of his bunk. Then I crawled into mine, taking another issue of Penthouse with me. I pulling the curtain partially closed, but purposely left a good gap so he'd be able to see what I was doing. For a while, I read the magazine, getting turned on both by the letters in the Forum section, and with the anticipation of what I was about to do.

When I had partially pulled the curtain, I had left a little crack near my head so I could see out. I knew he could see my lower body, but not my face, so I'd be able to watch his reaction.

Now I launched the second part of my plan. While still reading, I put my right hand down onto my crotch, on top of my boxers, and began gently caressing my crotch. I could tell Paul was watching, pretending he was asleep. After a bit, I pulled my penis out of the fly, and played with it out in the open. I was very turned on, so it was at full erection. Paul was watching closely.

Then I stopped for a second to gently pull my shorts down. I was being quiet, as though I didn't want to wake Paul. Then I resumed playing with my penis, and transitioned to the masturbation mode, slowly rubbing up and down my penis with my thumb and forefinger, all the time pretending to read the magazine, but really watching Paul's reaction. He lay quietly, watching carefully, and I could tell his hand was in his crotch under his covers......(cont)