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Liam ignores Aiden’s penetrating look. “I just don’t like a fuss.”

“Do you always hide your injuries?”Aiden asks softly, carefully watching Liam’s face for a reaction. “I watched both games on the television and never saw you leave the ice to see the nurse.”

“Maybe I did it after the game.”

Aiden narrows his eyes. “Did you?”

“No,” Liam admits, ducking his head to avoid Aiden’s gaze.

“You do know I’m going to be a doctor right? I don’t let Archer or Miles get away with hiding injuries either.”

“They’re your family.”

Aiden scrunches up his nose in disgust. “Let’s not jump to conclusions about Miles. He’s…just kind of there.”

“Whatever, he’s your family.”

“And you’re my…friend. So, just don’t be a little shit about injuries. When you’re hurt, it means I get to do all the work. That’s not such a bad thing.”

Liam tosses an exasperated look at Aiden, but Aiden just grins broadly back at him. They finish their meal in silence, watching some random nature documentary. Liam shifts closer inch by inch until they’re pressed up against each other on the small couch. Finally, Aiden has had enough. He gently straddles Liam, careful of the ice pack under his shirt, along with any other injuries he might have not disclosed to anyone.

He kisses Liam because he can. Because he’s there, and willing, and sweet, and lovely underneath him. Not because he likes him. Liam lets out little sounds as they kiss. The sounds go straight to Aiden’s already impossibly hard dick. Slowly, Aiden kisses down Liam’s chest. He pulls down Liam’s pants to his mid-thighs, and glances up to Liam to watch him as he removes his boxers.

Liam lets out the most beautiful, deep moan when Aiden swallows him whole. Gentle hands come around to cup the back of his head. Liam’s eyes stay firmly on him the entire time. Sucking dick is maybe one of Aiden’s favorite things. There’s inherent power in having another man’s dick in your mouth. They’re at your mercy as you give them pleasure. Aiden has always found it insanely hot. He licks a stripe up Liam’s cock, loving the way Liam’s eyes go half-lidded.

Keeping his eyes on Liam, he sucks the head gently, before sucking back down all the way to the root.

“Fuck,” Liam whispers hoarsely. His fingers tighten enough in Aiden’s hair for him to feel that familiar sting that he likes so much. The almost pain. He likes that Liam is so gone on pleasure that he’s forgotten to be nice, to be careful, and he hopes that he can goad that out of him even more. Not tonight though. Another time.

Aiden alternates between sucking and giving little kitten licks to the tip of Liam’s angrily flushed cock. Not to toot his own horn but he’s been told by a few guys that he gives great head. It appears that Liam agrees when he tilts his head back and shallowly thrusts into Aiden’s mouth. Wanting to make Liam go crazy, he swallows around Liam, breathing carefully through his nose. Liam lets out another soft curse before coming down Aiden’s throat without much warning. Usually that would make Aiden annoyed but it’s sort of endearing when it’s Liam.

He swallows every ounce of Liam down, then tucks him back into his underwear and sweatpants. Liam grabs him by the shoulders to tug him back into his lap.

“I want to do that too.”

“Next time,” Aiden reassures him with a smile.

Surprising him is something that Liam continues to do. Liamkisses him, humming into the kiss when he tastes himself on Aiden’s tongue. He’s so hard, but he’s already accepted that he’s not getting anything tonight. Oddly, he doesn’t mind it either. Tonight was about Liam, because he’s injured, and Aiden felt like being nice.

Liam’s fingers rub firm circles into the small of his back during the kiss, burning the taste of Liam out of his mouth. Aiden braces himself with his hands on the couch behind Liam’s head. The hands on his back slides down to cup his ass, squeezing tightly, pulling a moan out of Aiden’s mouth.

He hums into Liam’s mouth, pleased at the touch, as they continue to kiss softly.

“Will you let me fuck you one day?” Liam asks quietly, his hands now gently massaging the globes of Aiden’s ass.

Aiden pretends to think about it. “Probably.”

Liam pulls away. “Really?”

“Yeah, why not?”

A strangled noise escapes Liam as he lets his head fall back onto the couch. Biting back a laugh, he leans down to kiss Liam’s plush lips some more. He pulls Liam’s bottom lip between his teeth, bites softly, soothing it with a lick. He expected a lot of things from this, from Liam, but he hadn’t expected someone so cute, even a little restrained in his want.

“You can sleep on the couch if you want.”

Liam shakes his head softly. “Nah, I’m gonna go home.”

It’s not what Aiden expected Liam to say. He expected Liam to ask to sleep in his bed, maybe sleep on the couch, not leave. A small prickle of rejection hits him, but he shoves it away because that feeling has no place here. They kiss for a little while longer before Liam pulls away with a frustrated sigh. Aiden walks him to the door, lets Liam pull him into one last lingering kiss, then watches him disappear down the hall.

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