Page 79 of Fair Catch

Now, that’s all I notice. Even when I shouldn’t—like right now.

Turning my head, I let proximity work in my favor too, whispering. “Yeah, but where’s the fun in that?”

From the flash of heat in his gaze, it definitely works.

“The fun is that we’re in the comfort of our own home, can pause the TV for bathroom breaks, and get way cheaper snacks.” Cocking his head slightly, he adds, “Not to mention privacy.”

“You and I both know that the popcorn at the theater is twenty times better than any brand you can buy at the store,” I mutter, grabbing another piece from his bucket and popping it in my mouth to drive the point home. “Besides, this is a tradition for me. I come here every year for their horror-thon.”

A quick glance at Kason reveals him smiling at me. “You’re adorable when you’re being a complete nerd.”

“Again, with the nerd comments.” I grab a piece of popcorn, only to toss it at his head this time. “You should really be more careful before I start applying all the dumb jock stereotypes to you.”

“See, the difference between us is that I’d wear that title like a badge of honor. Not fight you on it at every turn.”

“Being excited about a horror-thon is probably the least nerdy thing about me. Or did you forget I memorized almost three hundred digits of pi for fun?”

He smirks before agreeing, “You’re right, that’s definitely nerdier.” Then he takes a shot at me, tossing popcorn in return. But unlike him, I’ve been waiting for it and catch it in my mouth, which has his brows shooting up.

“Nice catch, nerd. I’m impressed.”

“Thanks, jock,” I counter immediately, grinning. “I happen to be pretty good with my mouth.”

Kason rolls his tongue over his bottom lip, eyes getting dangerously heated when he utters, “Believe me, I’m well aware.”

“Shhh,” a disembodied person hisses from somewhere else in the theater.

I lean over toward him again, whispering directly into his ear. “I might be a nerd, but you’re the one who is gonna get us kicked out of here.”

“We wouldn’t have to worry about that if we were doing thisat the apartment.But someone here doesn’t want to admit that.”

He turns, clearly waiting for me to argue some more, but I’m too focused on his mouth. It’sright there,and I force myself to not let my baser instincts kick in and devour his mouth mid conversation. Because with those delicious, pouty lips an inch from mine, I’m faced with the serious temptation to coax him into a movie theater hook-up rather than watchingEvil Deadfor the eight millionth time.

But as soon as the idea is in my head, my mind fixates on it, and the words fall from my mouth before I can think better of it.

“Maybe, but if we were at the apartment, you’d miss out on the chance to hook up in the back of a movie theater.” Leaning forward even more and allowing my lips to brush against his when I speak, I add, “I wouldn’t wanna be the one to deny you that rite of passage.”

Kason’s nostrils flare at the taunt, his eyes taking on a smoldering quality in the glow of the screen when I pull back and look into them. If I’m reading him correctly, he’s not opposed to the idea.

“Are you serious?” he whispers, gaze searching my face.

Bingo.

“Why not?” A hellish smirk crosses my expression as my fingers skate up his forearm. “Who knows, maybe exhibitionism will be your kink.”

There’s a beat of silence before he murmurs, “Well, only one way to find out.”

Twenty

Hayes

I stare at Kason, not sure if I heard him correctly or if I somehow made that sentence up in my head. Because there’s no way in hell the adorable, bumbling fool I’m sitting beside just made a pass at me without blushing redder than Rudolph’s freaking nose.

There’s just no way.

Yet, as his gaze slowly flicks from my eyes to my mouth and back again, it’s obvious he did.

Sending up a thank you for this glitch in theMatrix,I take his lust-filled look as permission to close the remaining space between us, my mouth devouring his in an instant.

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