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It was likely negative thirty degrees for the third time today, Ari thought to himself as he walked along the sidewalk as one amorphous blob of winter jacket and pants among a few other amorphous blobs of jackets and coats that braved the weather in order to go outside. Not only was the borough of Brooklyn in New York suffering from a snap cold that had been lingering in their city for days but it had caused several transformers to have a cascading power failure that had been lingering for most of the day. With no electricity most had to live in freezing cold apartments and hope that the water in their pipes didn't freeze, and as the time before the power is restored grew longer the more problems it caused. All the warm clothes in the world didn't help if you had to take ice cold showers and try to sleep with a mountain of blankets on to just to survive the night.

Despite the power outage people still had to go to work too, and that meant for Ari that he had to trudge back and forth between a place that was hardly functioning due to the lack of electricity to an apartment that didn't have an electricity. Even though he had on as many layers as physically possible he could still feel the chill in his body, and though the wind that came sweeping down the streets stopped as he entered into his apartment building it still had the biting cold that came when no heat was pumped into a space that was adjacent to the intense cold. Part of him wished that he could just keep everything on until the start of the next day, but he still had to keep clean and make sure that he was somewhat presentable. When he finally got his floor he nearly bumped into one of the other people on his floor, a stoner that he knew by the name of Hampton that was wearing a basketball jersey and pair of cargo pants.

"Please don't tell me you're going out in that," Ari said as he squished his own heavily padded body in order to make room for the other guy to leave.

"I'm just heading to my happy place," Hampton replied with a grin. "You're welcome to come along if you want."

"I'm going to pass on fucking freezing to death, but thanks," Ari stated as he shook his head. "Honestly sometimes I wonder about you."

"Won't have to wonder if you come with me man," Hampton replied, chuckling as he moved his arms around before motioning at him in dismissal. Ari sighed and continued on his way back to his apartment, fumbling around with his thick arms to try and get his keys out of his outer pockets while hearing the harsh sounds of the fabric rubbing together while he did. Finally after exposing his hands to the chill of the outer air he finally got what he needed, feeling the cold metal bite into his fingers as he used it to unlock the door and enter into his apartment.

Just like the hallway and building lobby there was no respite of cold that came with entering into it, instead feeling the same monotonous cold that was everywhere. With no electronics and no ability to even plug in a space heater there was nothing that Ari could do but continue to keep himself bundled up and try to wait it out until he got his service back. "At least I don't have to worry about the stuff in my fridge ever going bad with the power out," he said to himself, his teeth chattering slightly after wrapping himself up in nearly every blanket in his apartment he could find. "This is not what I was hoping when I moved here..."

A loud bang outside in the hallway caused Ari's head to bolt up from the cocoon that he had made, and when there was a second one he went over to his door to investigate while still trying to keep his bundling intact. Since his own breath was coming out as fog due to the cold he didn't bother with his peephole and instead opened the door to peek outside. His brows furrowed as he saw that Hampton had come back, and that it looked like he had dropped an electric coffee pot and microwave while attempting to move it down the stairs. Considering he didn't have frostbite over the entirety of his body he couldn't be going out, but what on earth would be inside this building that would allow him to dress like that?

With nothing to do in his apartment except wait to slowly freeze himself he decided to take a chance and see what the stoner was doing, grabbing a few layers of clothing but not everything he usually used to brave the outside. By the time he got everything on the other man was long gone and likely had already started down the stairs. After leaving his blanket cocoon on the couch he went through the hallway and down the stairs towards the main lobby. As before it was still biting cold and as he looked through the window of the first-floor hallway it didn't appear there was anyone out there.

As Ari looked around though he realized that the door to the basement, which was normally supposed to be locked and for maintenance only, was slightly ajar. Was there some sort of secret boiler the building had that people except for him were unaware of? He decided to go for broke and carefully made his way down the stairs, eventually getting to the door itself and slowly pushing it open. The rusty hinges of the hardly used door let out a loud creak that caused him to pause, then when it hadn't alarmed anyone he opened it he found a dark hallway with two light bulbs that were naturally out.

There was still no sign of Hampton and there were only a few doors that were in the hall itself. Two of which were long-term storage for those that had either moved in with too much stuff or moved out and left their stuff. Another one he believed was for the electrical of the building, the sign on the front giving a warning to stay out to avoid electrocution being a big hint, and the last one he opened to find was merely filled with janitorial supplies. Unlike Hampton was hanging out in long term storage, which was unlikely since it didn't have power so it still couldn't run anything anyway.

Just as he was about give up and head back towards his apartment he heard a loud bang that caused him to pause. Though he had been trying to ration his battery life Ari decided to turn on his flashlight and try to see where it had come from, looking everywhere for some other option that wasn't the four doors he saw. "You've got to be kidding me," Ari said to himself as he finally found a large vent cover that could easily fit a person inside of it, hearing more muffled noises coming from it when he put his ear to the cover. "What the hell could he possibly doing in there."

While he sat there investigating the cover though there was something he noticed wasn't happening anymore, he wasn't seeing his breath freeze in front of him while he stood in front of the vent. He quickly took the glove off of his hand and pressed it against the metal grate and though it wasn't warm it also wasn't freezing to the touch either. With the potential promise of heat Ari decided to risk it and pried the vent open in order to see what was inside. As he slid his fingers behind the wall he could see that someone had been moving this grate many times before, no doubt for Hampton to disguise his comings and goings so no one else figured it out, and once he had gotten inside he did the same and secured it in its housing before moving.

Though the vent was a bit small it provided more than enough room for him to maneuver in and after a brief slide downwards he walked a couple feet forward with the light of his flashlight to guide you. It didn't take long though before he no longer needed it as he saw something glowing in the distance. He slowed his pace in order to try and remain stealthy as the light began to get brighter the closer he got towards it, and if that hadn't been an indicator that something was going on than the fact he was starting to sweat as he got to the other side. Finally he managed to get to the exit and poked his head out, and what he saw caused his jaw to drop.

It appeared the vent exited some sort of old video or electronics store, and sitting in a bean bag chair in his cargo shorts and t-shirt was Hampton. As Ari slowly slid out from the vent he had gone through he could see the other man sipping a cup of hot coffee that was coming from a pot that sat on an electric hot plate. "What the hell is all this?" Ari asked, causing Hampton to jump suddenly at a noise other than the television he had hooked up that was playing a movie. "How the fuck did you manage to get power when everyone else in Brooklyn is freezing their asses off?"

"I had actually found this place when I first moved in," Hampton said as he relaxed back in the bean bag chair. "I was looking for a place to hide my stash and thought the vent would be good, and when I pried the cover off I saw that I could actually fit myself in it. This place used to be the basement of the electronics store next door but it's been closed so long I can't even get through the upper door, and since no one seemed to ever come down here I just made it my casa away from casa."

"That's not what I asked you," Ari said as he pointed to the television. "How do you have enough power to run that when I can't even charge my phone?"

Hampton grinned at that and moved over to one of the walls of the basement, pulling back a side panel and exposing a large tank housed within. "It's a diesel back-up generator man," Hampton said with a grin. "When the freeze first hit and then we lost power I decided to give this bad boy a try and filled it with as much fuel as I could reasonably get. Honestly I was half expecting it to explode on me but after I disconnected power to the rest of the building and started it up I found a few dozen cans of diesel can keep this thing running for months."

Ari couldn't believe the level of skill that it took for Hampton to figure all this stuff out, and yet he spent it most days acting like a frat boy in the hallways and partying as far as he could tell. As he stood there he realized he was still sweating and found that the generator also plugged into the heating systems for the building, which meant that as long as there was fuel in the tank there would be heat in this basement. "I'm surprised you just didn't move your bed down here," Ari said as he found a chair and sat down on it. "You could be the only one that gets a warm night's sleep."

"I actually have to be careful of my time," Hampton replied while he took another cup and poured coffee into it as Ari stripped out of his winter gear. "You managed to figure out that I was down here, if I don't watch myself and someone else finds this place it's game over. I mean, you're not going to tell anyone about my set-up, right?"

"Fuck, I wish I had taken you up on your offer beforehand," Ari replied as he grabbed the hot cup and savored the mere heat that radiated from it.

"Yeah, so I've already memorized most of the schedules of people that come down to the maintenance area so I know when we can slip in and out," Hampton stated as he leaned back in the bean bag chair. "If you want I can give you a knock on the door when it's time to go to paradise, and feel free to have a look around."

Ari nodded and still found himself in disbelief that such a place existed. It felt as though the negative degree temperatures outside had disappeared and that they were in their own little bubble where everything felt great. For once in the last few days he finally started to feel warm enough that he could get down to a shirt and pants himself, though he still wore thermals that made his legs sweat. He would have to make sure to dress more appropriately for next time as he began to examine shelf after shelf of discarded electronics.

It appeared most of them were video game consoles, and as he opened one of the particularly dusty ones he saw that there was still a disk inside but the label was worn away and made it hard to read. He closed the case again and decided to see if it was even able to be turned on before trying to plug it into the television. Ari found an electrical socket and plugged it in, then attempted to press the power button in order to get it started. At first there was nothing but after a few seconds he could hear it spinning faster and faster until finally it started to smoke.

There was a loud crack that was noisy enough to cause Hampton to nearly fall off his bean bag chair as the disk drive exploded before Ari could completely unplug it, and even when he did it had already started on fire anyway. "Looks like you might have found yourself a defective console," Hampton joked as he brushed some of the disk dust off of Ari. "I haven't actually tried any of these myself so kudos on that, but we may have to shut everything down for today since we don't know who might have heard that."

Though Ari was just getting used to the heat he sighed and nodded, grabbing the layers of clothing he had shed and put them back on while Hampton went over to a large red lever on the side of the diesel generator and pulled it down. As all the lights and devices flickered off he told Ari that even without power the heat would keep in this room for several hours yet. It made him all the more frustrated that he had done that and followed Hampton back up into their still freezing cold building. The two said their goodbyes and parted ways, Ari heading back into his apartment while Hampton did the same.

After an experimental flick of the lights to make sure that there was still no power Ari decided to just go to bed since he didn't have to go to work tomorrow. A big part of him hoped that his new friend wouldn't forget to invite him along when they could go next and all he could think about was being warm as he stacked the covers on top of him. As he continued to toss and turn from the sheer number of layers to try and banish the cold he found himself itching underneath his clothing and sweating slightly as well. Despite that the fact he wasn't shivering while lying there it made it easier of rhim to fall asleep, snoring as the hair on his chest and arms began to thicken.

The next morning when Ari awoke again he found himself shivering as usual, but it wasn't nearly as bad as before. Part of him thought that they had finally managed to get the heat on, but as soon as he let out a deep breath he could once more see the cloud of crystallized vapor. He could also hear his phone ringing, but when he glanced at the screen it wasn't his alarm that had woken him up. By the time he had reached over and grabbed the device it had already went to voice mail, and when he listened to it he heard the message from his boss telling him not to bother to come in today since it was even colder than yesterday.

When will this cold end, Ari thought to himself bitterly as he got up and took many of the sheets with him. As he passed by his bathroom he looked wearily at the shower and decided since he didn't have to go to work he would just let it go for the day. He was pretty sure that Hampton didn't mind, and that brought his thoughts over to the stoner's secret hideaway. It made him wonder when the next time they could go down there was and hoped that this wasn't something that was every other day or something like that.

It turned out that Ari didn't have to wonder long about when it was going to happen as he heard a knock on his door while milling about in his kitchen. Before he could move over to it he saw something get slid underneath the crack into his living room. He quickly moved over and picked it up to see some very sloppy handwriting tell him to head down to the basement in fifteen minutes. The idea of potentially being warm for the entire day had lifted his spirits and he made himself several meals in preparation for it even if it turned out he could only stay down there for a few hours.

After packing some clothes and the food he made Ari looked at the clock and saw it was time, heading down the stairs and to the basement of his building. Though the note hadn't specified anything in particular on how to get down there he made sure he wasn't followed, glancing around once he reached the lobby before heading down. Most of the tenants were likely holed up in their apartments though so he found himself completely alone as he went into the basement. The door was closed but Ari found it unlocked, heading inside and through the vent he had found the previous day.

Even before he got to the abandoned store Ari noticed two things; he could already feel the heat coming from it and there was an acrid smell in the air. Fearing that something had gone wrong with the generator he rushed to the other side and saw Hampton standing there using his hands in order to try and get the bluish-black smoke that was in the air towards one of the other vents. "What happened?" Ari asked as set down his backpack. "Did something explode?"

"I thought I might try out one of these other game consoles to see if we could expand our entertainment selection after seeing you try it," Hampton replied with a loud cough. "Looks like I got the same results, which sucks because there was a dinosaur game in that one I really wanted to try. Luckily mine was more of a pop than a bang, and if you didn't hear it then I doubted anyone else did."

"Maybe we should just leave the shitty consoles alone for a bit," Ari stated, seeing the burn holes in the t-shirt of the other guy. "You going to have to go back up to your apartment to wash up?"

"Nah man, I actually got something rigged up down here where I can shower," Hampton said as he motioned over towards a corner of the room where a sink in a mop station had a hose attached to it that filled a hanging bucket with a bottom full of holes to it. "Got the idea from an old Western or something, and the fact that it's hot makes it way better then anything we got going in our apartments. You can use it too if you want, let me just get this stuff off of me first."

Ari nodded and went over to the entertainment area first, finding another chair next to the bean bag one that had been there previously. Hampton must have brought it down in order to accommodate him, he thought to himself, and as he settled in the one he hadn't seen the other man using before he noticed something sticking out of the bottom of the other one. He shifted over and pulled out a magazine, which as soon as he opened it could see the pictures of naked women on it. It didn't surprise Ari too much that he had them, especially since with the internet down he would have to resort to such low tech methods of getting off, but for Ari that really wasn't his style.

As he heard the sound of the water running Ari turned back around, and his eyes widened as he saw the naked man standing there in the utility station. While the clothing Hampton wore didn't exactly completely cover him seeing him standing there with his butt exposed was something he was not expecting. With his back turned towards him the showering male couldn't see that he was being leered at, and Ari couldn't help but think that his body was rather well toned. When Hampton turned to the side he did see there was a bit of a pudge on his stomach but not bad everywhere else, and he was also quite hairy as the water cascaded down through it.

When Hampton turned to get more of the soap that was nearby Ari's eyes widened when he saw what was dangling between his legs, which was fairly sizable in both length and thickness. It was definitely something he wouldn't mind riding, though as soon as the thought entered into his head he quickly shook it out and went back to the television that was on. The last thing he needed was for Hampton to kick him out for staring at his junk, especially since he body was warming up to the point where he could take off the winter clothes he was wearing. As he pulled off his snow pants he frowned when he saw he had gotten a little too excited from the tent in his pants.

As Ari continued to hear the makeshift shower going he took the time to breathe and get his arousal down, which despite being a bit tough he was able to do. He couldn't believe how horny he had gotten and wondered if it was just because he could function in the warmth of the room or if it had just been a while. With his room being as cold as it was he hadn't had a chance to relieve himself of any sexual tension, and with Hampton being there it wasn't likely that it would happen anytime soon. Eventually he heard the water stop and breathed a sigh of relief that he would no longer be tempted to look as he tried to see if there was anything else he could put on the television.

"I would give it a few minutes before you use it," Hampton said as he flopped down on the bean bag chair, Ari looking over briefly before quickly averting his eyes when he saw that he was only wearing a towel around his waist and his hairy chest and legs were still exposed. "If you need something between you and me I could always up some sheets or something."

"Nah, it's fine," Ari replied as he shook his head. "It's nothing that I haven't seen before." Hampton chuckled at that and after about half an hour passed, at which point Ari got another eyeful as he went over towards the shower area and dropped his towel to put on a fresh set of clothing. Once again he had to keep his head focused on the screen and once the other man came back fully clothed in a shirt and shorts Ari decided to take advantage of the shower and say he was going next.

Ari took the backpack he had brought and moved it over towards the shower area, continuing to take casual glances over to make sure that Hampton wasn't looking over at him. Considering the porn he had found it was unlikely that he was interested in him and despite the slightly awkward situation took a deep breath and took off all his winter clothing. To his dismay his erection had not ceased as much as he had liked and it sprang out as soon as he took off his own boxers. Cursing under his breath he made sure to keep his back to Hampton as he turned on the water once more and heard the bucket filling before it cascaded down into the mop sink.

As soon as he saw steam starting to come up Ari found himself more focused on finally being able to take a hot shower after nearly two days of not having the ability to do so. This place truly was a paradise, he thought to himself as he got under the water and let the warmth soak into his bones. He had to bite his lip to let out a small groan of satisfaction from it and since he had not brought his own soap he asked Hampton if he could borrow his. After hearing the other man say it was fine Ari lathered up his body, but as he did so he noticed something that caused him to look down at himself in slight confusion.

One thing that his body had never had much of was hair, his deep tan skin did have a bit on his chest and arms but other than that he was fairly smooth. That's why when he began to rub the soap into him and could feel the hair shifting about between his pectorals it caused him to pause. What he had on his chest had not only grown in more heavily but spread as well, growing almost up to his collar bone and trailing all the way down to his pubes that had grown thicker as well. When the water had caused the hair to flatten against his body he noticed that the shape of his chest had shifted too... he had always had a stocky build, but as he continued to examine himself he seemed to be even bulkier than before, unless that was possibly a trick of the new hair as his hand glided down his new treasure trail to his cock.

His erection had not subsided during this time, if anything staring at his own body and the hot water had only made the throbbing intensify as he slowly wrapped his hands around the girthy length. While he wasn't as big as Hampton he wasn't exactly small either, and whether it was because he had just seen the other guy's or it had been a while since he masturbated he felt bigger as well. Without being able to help it he began to stroke along the length while his body shuddered, the soap aiding in his hand sliding along the length. On a whim he glanced back and saw that Hampton was buried deep in his bean bag chair and probably couldn't even see him if he tried, and with finally being truly warm for the first time in the last few days he didn't want to waste the opportunity.

Making sure that everything would be caught in the sink Ari tried to keep any noise he made to a minimum as he stroked himself, trying to be quick so he wouldn't use up all the hot water and to not make Hampton suspicious. As he continued he tried to bring up images in his mind to expedite the process, though the one that seemed to stick in his mind was the naked body of the other man in the room. Despite it being strange to pleasure himself to someone that was only a few feet away from him he could feel it only adding to his arousal as he began to pump faster. Just imagining that handsome physique standing there where he was now with the water cascading over his body, imagining him also completely erect as he looked back at him with a coy grin on his face...

Despite his best efforts Ari did let out a slight gasp when he came, felling his body shudder as he braced himself and let the jets of cum hit his other hand so that he could wash them away. The sudden wave of bliss was more than usual and he found himself having to brace his hand against the wall. As he continued to ride the wave of his climax he quickly looked back to make sure he hadn't made enough noise to alert the other male. When he looked back he saw that Hampton was still in the same position he was, causing Ari to breathe a sigh of relief as he watched his seed wash down the drain and removed any evidence of what he had done.

Once he was finished showering Ari turned off the water, feeling a slight chill in the air as he stood there despite the heat that was in the room. As he looked around he realized that he had made a slight misstep when it came to his shower and looked back over at Hampton. "Hey, uh, Hampton," Ari said. "Do you think I could borrow your towel?"

"Ah yeah, that would be something you'd need," Hampton replied with a slight chuckle. "Mine is still pretty wet though, why don't you go ahead and air dry for a while."

"Air dry?" Ari repeated in surprise. "You just want me sitting bare-assed on your bean bag while waiting to dry off?"

"Relax, I sit in these things naked all the time," Hampton replied. "As you said it's nothing that hasn't been seen before and it's warm enough in here for you to do it. Once you're dry just put on your clothes like I did, we're here for most of the day anyway since the janitor is stuck at his place so no reason not to get comfortable."

Though Ari felt a bit of trepidation at that he had already gotten off, so the pent-up lust he was feeling before wouldn't be there anymore. It was still a surreal experience but as he walked forward he began to feel more confident about it. Hampton said he was fine with it, why shouldn't he be more comfortable? As he sat down in the other bean bag chair the feel of the leather against his bare skin also felt extremely nice, with it being heated by the ambient air it almost seemed to lull him to sleep as he found himself closing his eyes...