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against Kelly’s lips. He took in a deep breath as he writhed

under Kelly. Kelly grunted his name again when he realized

Nick was coming. Nick’s grip hardened. “Kels,” he whispered

almost reverently. The way he gazed up at Kelly, the love and

utter devotion in his eyes, was something Kelly saw every time

they touched, every time they made love. He’d never seen

Nick look at anyone or anything else that way.

Kelly nuzzled against his face, then bit his neck as he gave

in to his own orgasm, gritting his teeth around Nick’s skin

to keep from shouting out for mercy. Nick shouted for him,

though.

“I love you.” The breathy gasp in Kelly’s ear sent shivers

through his body.

Kelly kissed him as they both came down from the post-

orgasm high. “Love you too,” he whispered. “Even if you do

like hunting intergalactic librarians.”

Nick rolled his eyes, valiantly fighting not to smile. He

popped the handle on the door, and Kelly went tumbling out

of the Range Rover to the ground.

“It was intergalactichistorians. Damn, son, get it right.”

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The shower in the master berth wasn’t what one would

call spacious, but Nick had still convinced Kelly to join him in it. They couldn’t move without touching each other, and that

was just fine with Nick.

They had actually shared a lot of showers before they’d

become romantically involved. Sometimes in the places they

were sent with Sidewinder, water was scarce and sharing

was practical. Sometimes it’d been time that was scarce, and

sharing had been practical. Nick had worked hard not to

make that practice even remotely sexual, no matter which

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