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It had been a long time since anyone had gotten to him like Aaron was doing, and Aaron was so completely off limits that it wasn’t even funny. He’d only just met the man, though, so surely it wouldn’t be that difficult for Brad just to forget this, to not engage with it.
To just be this man’s boss.
It was just polite to open the door for the other man, to rest his hand on the small of Aaron’s back to usher him into the vehicle. Or so he told himself as he swung in after him so that the relieved cabbie could pull out into the street and join the throngs of cars, all swarming down the street toward the main road.
Silence fell between them, and Brad congratulated himself without words for not saying anything more. Not touching Aaron. Not flirting with him, trying to see where this went. It wasn’t like Brad was even interested in that sort of thing. He had his career to build. But even if he was, well, he already knew that Aaron was not someone that he could even try with.
So he was pretty proud of himself, at least until the cab swerved to avoid a pedestrian who flung themselves into the street, utterly reckless and seemingly uncaring of their own safety. The pedestrian quickly darted between the lanes and lanes of cars and was gone from sight, but the movement of the taxi sent Brad crashing into the side, while Aaron pressed tightly up against his side.
That same jolt filled him, the same hopeless, helpless desire. He had the urge suddenly to put his arms around Aaron, to help him steady himself, but Aaron was already, thankfully, pulling away from him.
No, really. That was a good thing. So then why was Brad so glad when the taxi lurched again? When he found Aaron pressed up close against himself once more? Neither of them had even done up their seat belts, he realized. The cab had started to knock them around before they’d even had a chance.
It was hard for him to be too heartbroken about it when he was still fighting with the urge to pull Aaron to him, to steady him and keep him right up against his own body. This was ridiculous. He had more control than this.
So what was it about this man that he’d only just met that made him question that control?
