Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 71303 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 285(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71303 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 285(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
I’m tired too, but too wound up to go to bed early. I just want to decompress for a while.
Marissa’s watching a reality dating show, with Goldfish curled up next to her, but I can’t get into it. So much unnecessary drama. One of the guys looks kind of like Cam, and it’s very distracting.
Sitting at the opposite end of the sofa from Marissa, I make sure my phone’s on silent, then search for the men’s channel. It’s not hard to find them, and wow, they have an incredibly impressive number of followers.
I scroll through several of their videos, trying to keep my face neutral so Marissa doesn’t ask what I’m looking at.
Their posts are fun, and very thirst-trappy.
I find a few about the marshmallow battles, and see that the number of marshmallows in my yard were nothing compared to how many were in theirs. I wonder if any raccoons came in to help them clean up.
The guys may be having good clean fun battling with water blasters and building interesting contraptions, but a quick scroll through the comments makes it clear why they have a large following.
There are countless comments along the lines of: “Take your shirt off!” “Nerfs aren’t the guns we’re here to see,” and in a video where Cam is wearing green lounge pants patterned with a golf ball motif, someone asks, “Can I touch your balls?”
Oh my god, they are definitely not right for me to date, but I have to admit that the videos are pretty tasty.
Among all the smutty stuff, I’m pleased to see they do charitable projects throughout the year. They’ve raised money for breast cancer, children’s health organizations, and several other causes, and a lot of the videos are good, innocent fun, but the ones that are most popular are the spicy ones.
The ones where neither of them are wearing shirts, where they’re flexing muscles, or wearing sweatpants are especially distracting, but they’re not overtly sexual. They’re not porn by any stretch of the imagination, and there’s nothing on their channel, outside of the comments, that’s NSFW.
For the most part, they’re just being their own handsome, fun selves and viewers are focusing more on their looks than whatever else the men are doing.
I can’t blame the viewers. There’s one video of the men shirtless, playing catch with a baseball, but the way their muscles work, and the strength of their upper bodies, is simply mesmerizing.
I let it replay more times than I’d care to admit.
After a while, I make a show of yawning, announce that I’m tired, and say goodnight to Marissa. Then I go to my room and enjoy more of the videos in private.
I’m sure I’m smiling while I’m watching, even though I try not to.
After I get ready for bed, I return to their videos. It’s fascinating how their personalities come through in the short clips, even when they’re not saying much.
Cam makes eye contact with the camera, so it looks like he’s talking directly to a viewer. He’s so charming and personable, even on the small screen of my phone, that it feels like he’s talking to me and me only. It’s easy to see why they’ve grown such a big following.
There are plenty of shirtless dudes on the internet, but the Battle Duel Boys have a special charisma.
While Cam lays on the charm, even winking at the camera in many of the reels, Wyatt is usually more focused on whatever silly thing they’re doing. He appears reluctant to flaunt his body, while Cam purposely holds items right in front of his chest, drawing attention to his pecs in such a blatant way.
There’s a video of them building two Adirondack chairs, which they later auction for charity, that really showcases this difference, with Wyatt focusing on the craftsmanship, and Cam focusing on looking as hot as he can while building his chair.
The funny thing is, he doesn’t need to try. His body is gorgeous, and draws attention all on its own.
I’m startled when I notice the time. I’m up way past my bedtime, thanks to these videos. I scrolled much farther than I planned to.
Typically, I fall asleep while I’m looking at something on my phone in bed, but the men kept me awake and engaged.
I check that my alarm is set and put my phone on the nightstand. I still feel too, umm, stimulated to fall asleep, but I do a bit of relaxing breathing, then replay some of their videos in my head, and I start to feel drowsy.
The next thing I know, I’m lying atop a huge pile of pillows, almost like a cloud, and Cam and Wyatt are with me. Cam has his shirt off, of course, and Wyatt’s wearing a backwards baseball cap.
Each of them is holding a bag of marshmallows, and they take turns dangling them one by one near my mouth, teasing my lips with the puffy white treats.