Page 90 of The Edge of Never

“I want tae explore this ‘cause it makes me feel guid, Kit. Am no deaing it just ‘cause ye want it even if that’s a big part of it. I want it tae.”

“That’s all I needed to know.”

His words reassured me. I didn’t want this to be all about me. Although he had instigated the sex, so I guess I was worrying for no reason. I was so used to trying to make other people happy that I often forgot about myself. But with Thane... he made me think of myself and how things affected me. I wasn’t used to being catered to by another person so freely.

I lifted myself up onto my knees and pressed a kiss to his shoulder before slipping off the bed and making a mad dash for the bathroom.

After cleaning myself up from our session, I dug my brush out of my toiletries bag and carefully brushed my hair out. It would be messy when it dried if I didn’t.

As I set my brush down, I noted another one sitting on the sink counter. I scooped up my glasses and slid my glasses on my face as I stared at it.

Surely, he needs to brush his hair too.

Without thinking too hard about what I was doing, I picked it up and took it with me into the bedroom.

Thane was sitting up against the headboard, clearly having cleaned himself up too.

I stood at the end of the bed with the brush dangling from my fingers. His gaze went to it, and he cocked his head to the side.

Before he could ask what was going on, I opened my mouth and asked him the question burning in the back of my throat.

“Would you let me brush your hair?”

Twenty Nine

Thane

None of what occurred since we got to my place had been in my plans. Then again, nothing had really gone to plan since the start of the course. Maybe that was a good thing. It had certainly shaken my life up in a huge fucking way.

As we stood in the shower, all I could think about was how I didn’t want to live in the past any longer. I wanted the here and now with Kit, even if it was only for a week. My need for them made me reckless. Made me ask for something I should have thought more about before jumping headlong into bed with them. But I didn’t really care about that at the time. Kit happened to be an all-consuming force I couldn’t deny.

Now, staring at them after they’d asked to brush my hair, I had no idea what to say or do. I was still wrapped up in the warm afterglow of the intense sex between us.

Kit was always saying the most unexpected things to me. That was part of their charm. I liked the fact they could surprise me. It was refreshing to be around someone who told you exactly what they were thinking.

“I’d just find the repetitive motion soothing,” Kit continued when I didn’t respond. “It would help me calm down after, well, that.” They waved a hand at the bed and blushed. “And I’d like to take care of you if that’s okay.”

Their earnest expression had me hiding a smile.

“Aye, it’s okay with me.”

The way their face lit up at my acquiescence made saying yes more than worth it. Kit wearing a genuine smile and the way their body almost vibrated with excitement was a sight to behold.

“Okay, great, thank you. Um, but first, I don’t want to be naked and well, I’m not that keen on being out in the open in your living room. Those windows are big.”

No one would come up my drive, but I didn’t want Kit to be uncomfortable. We could bring their suitcase in here later, so they no longer had to worry about such things.

“If ye open those doors…” I waved at the ones closest to the doorway. “Ye can grab us some t-shirts.”

Kit set the brush on the bed and went over to them. They took both bronze handles in their hands and pulled them open together. Inside the wardrobe were floor-to-ceiling shelves. The second set of doors had some hanging space, and the third had more shelves. I didn’t use the last set as I didn’t have that many clothes. They’d been built with a couple living here in mind.

Kit looked through the shelves and picked up two t-shirts.

“Do you want, um, underwear too?”

“Aye.”

They selected a pair of boxers before closing the doors and coming over to the bed. Kit handed me my things. They then proceeded to pull a dark green t-shirt over their head. It was big enough to land a third of the way down their thighs.

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