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Jesus.

What the hell had Corbin gotten them into on this one? This wasn’t going to be fun.

Not.

At.

All.

Now, Gene was stressed that they’d get that toxic shit on them. In fact, Gene wanted to avoid that at all costs. Glancing over at Ethan he focused on him.

“After this is taken care of, we’re grounding Corbin. He’s a bigger menace than you.”

It made him laugh.

“I mean, look at this in a positive way. This is going to be really great on our resumes.”

He snorted.

Yeah, if they survived their time here inPhiladelphia. If not, it really wouldn’t matter.

Now would it?

As of that moment, Gene knew what he needed to do. As they said earlier, always have a backup plan.

“If for some reason, I get this shit on me, get me back here, and tie me to that bed. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Ethan knew why he said that. You’d think that endless hours of wild sex would be the least bad option out of everything that could possibly happen, but Gene was still stuck on hurting him.

“My ass again, Gene? Do I need to go get a hooker?” Ethan asked.

He stopped him.

Oh, there was a good reason too.

“EJ, I’m rough on a good day. You heard the guy. People will fuck on a ledge and not care if they die. I’m more worried I’ll do something stupid. Just tie me to the bed until I ride it out.”

Blackhawk could see that he was legitimately concerned. The last thing he wanted to do was dismiss that.

So, if that was what he wanted him to do, he’d make sure he was safe and couldn't hurt anyone.

Meaning him.

“Please?” he asked.

For Gene, what wouldn’t he do?

Yeah, he could do that for the man if he was legitimately worried about it.

“And if I get any on me, same, okay?” he asked, wanting to make sure he didn’t hurt Gene either. They were both strong, and Ethan wouldn’t be able to live with himself if he hurt his partner.

“Oh, no, don’t make me tie up a hot Native,” Gene teased, much calmer now that they had agreed.

Blackhawk laughed.

“I know. Sometimes, I wonder how we fell down this rabbit hole inPhilly.”

He could say that again.

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