Page 54 of Rising Storm

He glanced at the clock next to the bed. One-fifteen. It was too damn late to be lying here and thinking such deep thoughts. He closed his eyes and tried to fall back to sleep, but his mind wanted to play.

“You’re awake,” Gareth murmured into his neck before kissing it.

“Yeah, having trouble sleeping.”

“Nervous flier?”

They were due to the airport way too freaking early, but that wasn’t what was keeping him awake. “No. Not used to sleeping with anyone.”

“It’s nice, isn’t it?” Gareth whispered, tugging him even closer.

Helix smiled, but didn’t say anything.

“Aw, come on. Admit it’s nice.”

“Yes, Gareth, it’s nice.”

“It’s better than nice. You feel so good against me.” He ran his hand down Helix’s chest and snuggled his groin into Helix’s ass. “We need to sleep if we’re going to wake in time for our flight.”

Helix turned over and tried to make out Gareth’s face, but it was too dark. Instead, he wrapped his arms around him and held him. Gareth melted into him.

“You’re not sleepy at all, huh?”

“What if I am a shit boyfriend, Gareth?”

“You won’t be.”

“How can you sound so positive?”

Gareth snorted into his neck. “Do you plan to make my life a living nightmare?”

“No.”

“Do you plan to have sex with me?” He squeezed Helix.

“Hell yeah.”

Gareth pulled back. “Do you plan to be honest with me?”

“It’s one of my biggest failings.”

“How can being honest be a failing?”

“I say what I’m thinking and what I’m thinking isn’t always nice.”

Gareth chuckled. “I like that kind of honesty.” He slid one leg between Helix’s. “Look, neither of us is perfect. I expect we’ll have bumps and probably a few roadblocks, but as long as we decide to be honest with each other and do our best, I feel like it’s going to be fine. No,good. You and I have something between us that feels important, you know?”

“It does.”

“Thanks for admitting that.”

“Told you I’m honest.”

“I can get behind this kind of honesty.” Gareth smoothed his hands over Helix’s hair and softly kissed his lips. “We’ll figure things out. As long as we do it together.”

“Okay,” Helix whispered as desire curled low in his gut. He reached down and palmed Gareth’s dick.

“We’re not getting any sleep anytime soon, are we?”

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