They glance at each other, confused. Then Salem kneels on the bathroom rug at my feet to make me look at him. “Lou. What makes you think we will ever stop lovingthat?”
I shrink inside myself. My voice does too. “Because everyone always does. My parents did.”
“Fuck,” he mutters, before he surges up and kisses me. His hands weave into my hair, and he doesn’t let up until we need to breathe. He doesn’t move back much, just enough to speak. “You are it for us, angel. There is no one else. There is nothing we want to do more than take care of you for the rest of our lives. After this tour?—”
“Salem,” Knox warns. “It was going to be a surprise.”
I blink at him. “What?”
“She needs to know,” he says without looking away from me.
“Yeah. Okay. She does. Houston?”
“I told you we should have already said it, man.”
I’m so lost. “What is going on?”
Salem takes a breath. “After this tour, we want to buy a house for you. For us. To build a life there together. Dogs, cats, a zebra?—”
“A zebra?” A little laugh pops out, and I wipe a tear away.
“If you want one. Kids too, if you want them. The whole nine. If you’ll have us. We’re kind of a mess, so I understand if you say no.” He pauses for a second. “Say yes instead.”
“We can’t get married—obviously,” Knox says as he comes closer. “But we want to enmesh you into our legals as much as we can, so you’re secure.”
Houston steps in behind him, making the bathroom feel even more crowded. “This is our version of a proposal.” He smiles and shrugs. “Didn’t plan on doing it naked. But here we are.”
I snort a laugh and close my eyes. “What the hell have I gotten myself into?”
“That sounds like a yes to me,” Salem teases.
I throw the towel off and wrap my legs around him. “Take me back to the bed.”
He stands and carries me there again, this time laying me down gentler. We lie next to each other, and the other two join us. Knox behind me, Houston lying at our feet. Salem rubs my arm while staring into my eyes.
I’m trapped and free at the same time. “You three really mean it, don’t you?”
“I will always mean what I tell you,” Salem vows. “I know life has been shitty to you. I get why you have low expectations. And we will do everything in our power to raise them every fucking day.”
There’s nothing to lose, and everything to gain. All I have to do is say yes.
So, I kiss him and pin him to the bed, straddling him. The tension flows out of his body as his hands circle over my ass. He’s hard again, so I take him inside of me. His piercing hits my clit every time I move. He fits perfectly. They all do, in their own ways.
I motion for Houston to join us. “I want you in my mouth.”
“Yes, ma’am.” He crawls to the head of the bed to take position.
I turn to Knox. “And you in my ass.”
“Fuck yes,” he says before disappearing behind me.
When Houston pumps into my lips, Salem growls, “Fuck, I love watching that.”
When Knox enters my ass, I’m sure he says something else, but I’m too lit and loud to hear it.
We move together, the heat building inside. It’s like music, flowing at its own rhythm. Let it lead, and you find the meaning.
I’m coming before I know it, shocked by the quickness and ease. It’s not like before. Not like when it took time to get into a comfortable headspace and then let go. I’m already there.
