Page 67 of Two Thousand Shadows

“Apparently he wasn’t in the mood for what Ming Yu made him for dinner, so there was some screaming and thrown food until we convinced him to try a little. He might have also devoured two hot dogs.”

Junjie’s gaze zipped back to Erik’s sleeping form. The child had never thrown a tantrum before, and Junjie’s concern was palpable in his taut muscles.

“I think he missed you,” Leo continued, and he almost kissed Junjie’s throat when the vampire swallowed hard. “But I read him a bedtime story at his request, which made Chen pout. It was amazing. After that, he went right to sleep.”

“I’m glad he didn’t have too bad of a night.”

“What about you? Did—” Leo cut off his words when he placed his hand on Junjie’s arm and found his shirt to be soaked and ice cold. He’d forgotten about the fierce storm that had blown through. At the time, he’d hoped that the team had made it to the car ahead of the storm breaking, but it was clear they hadn’t.

Frowning, Leo grabbed Junjie again and dragged him across the hall to his room. “Get undressed and in the shower this second,” he ordered as he shut the door behind them.

“What?”

“Out of those clothes! They’re soaking wet and cold. You’re…”

A slow smile spread across Junjie’s lips and laughter brightened his dark eyes. “Going to catch my death?”

Leo growled and shoved Junjie farther into the room. “Shut up.”

This reversed-roles thing sucked. It was better when he was the one screwing up and getting into trouble and someone else did the worrying. All he was doing was making a jackass of himself.

He tried to give Junjie another push, but the vampire caught his hand and pulled him in close until their chests bumped. A shiver ran through Leo, but it had nothing to do with the cold that came off Junjie.

“I’ll jump in the shower to warm up, but I don’t want to be alone.”

Was it opposite day and nobody had told him?

The world was fucking upside down. He was being the worrywart, and Junjie was the flirty one. Nothing was making sense.

Fuck it.

“Sounds amazing,” he purred. There was no way in hell he could walk away from a flirty, sexy Jun-Jun.

They rushed and stumbled into the bathroom, where Junjie reached inside the shower to turn on the water to get it heating up as Leo stripped off his clothes and tossed them about. The second he was naked, he began “helping” Junjie get out of his.

Not that he was a great help, since his mouth latched on to the vampire’s bare chest. He licked, nibbled, kissed, and sucked on anything he could reach, loving the way Junjie’s breath caught. Those normally nimble and brisk fingers fumbled with buttons. He grabbed Leo and shoved him against the wall. Hard lips captured Leo’s mouth, and he could only moan into that hot kiss accompanied by the cool press of chilled flesh.

He lost himself in that kiss. Their tongues tangled, and Leo’s knees went weak. The vampire kissed like he wanted to tasteLeo’s soul, and Leo wanted to let him. He wanted to hand himself over on a silver platter and allow Junjie to feast on him.

But Junjie was still cold and while the vampire’s health wasn’t in any danger, that didn’t mean he wasn’t uncomfortable.

With great reluctance, Leo tore his mouth from Junjie’s, shifting to nuzzle his neck. “Shower. You need to get in the shower,” he said between playful nibbles.

He could have sworn he heard an irritated huff from Junjie, but the vampire didn’t argue as he stepped into the glass-enclosed stall that was big enough to fit them comfortably. The only thing missing was a bench for sexy shenanigans, but there were plenty of things they could do without a bench.

Leo entered the shower behind Junjie and closed the door to help seal in the warm air. His breath stopped in his lungs as his eyes locked on Junjie. Water cascaded down his naked body, forming streams and rivers as it flowed between ripples of muscles. His skin was a creamy white that he ached to lick up. And the paleness of his skin made the delectable trail of hair running from his navel to his thickening cock more eye-catching.

“Cat?”

Junjie’s voice jerked his eyes up to his face. Except Junjie wasn’t looking at him. The vampire had his head tipped back in the spray with both hands threading through all those dark, silky locks. Junjie was the epitome of wet dreams. He would never meet anyone as sexy or stunningly gorgeous as Junjie at that moment.

“Stop staring and get over here,” Junjie commanded as he wiped the water from his eyes.

“Gotta say I love how bossy you become when you have no pants on.”

Junjie snorted and reached for the soap, but Leo beat him to it. He snatched up the shampoo and held it behind him.

“Let me do the work. You tell me what happened tonight.”

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