“Which is why she should care about the things going on around her.”
“Agreed.” He shrugs. “But that’s her life.”
“You don’t sound like you’re close enough to visit her for a few days.”
Vanian’s expression goes blank for a second. His brow creases a moment later, then he looks down at our entwined hands.
“We’re not. She didn’t forget I was coming. She didn’t know.”
I shift in place. “Tell me what’s going on, Vanian. You can tell me anything. Is this… Is it about the bad things you mentioned earlier?”
He nods, biting his bottom lip. “I didn’t lie, not completely. I did just want a few days away from my job and my life. I could’ve gone to a hotel or something, but I wanted…” His words trail off, and hard as I try, I can’t fill in the blank.
“Van?”
“I wanted to be around people I knew. Not alone. That’s all.”
That’s not all. My experience getting information from patients has made me very skilled at detecting when people are holding back, but I don’t push. He doesn’t have to tell me all his dirty secrets.
“I bet a nice hot shower would feel amazing right now.” I tap his arm. “What do you say?”
His shoulders drop and a genuine smile appears on his face. “Sounds amazing.”
We rise to finish our walk back to my place, and I push away all thoughts about whatever secrets he’s keeping and focus on the moment. There was a time in my life when the idea of taking a shower with Vanian, of touching him, was nothing but a horny teenage fantasy. I have the real thing for a limited time, and dammit, I plan to soak it up.
Inside my house, we kick off our shoes, but before I can move too far away, Vanian wraps his arm around my waist, pulling me close. He searches my eyes for a moment, and in his, I see so many unspoken words and thoughts.
“Are you okay?”
He nods. “Better than I’ve been in a long time.”
“Good. Me too.”
He kisses my forehead then releases me. We walk hand in hand down the hall to my bathroom, and as Vanian sits on the edge of my bed and starts undressing, I go into the bathroom to start the shower.
My libido has kicked into high speed, making my cock swell and my body heat from the idea of getting my hands all over Vanian again. He’s right behind me suddenly, sliding his hands from my shoulders to my waist.
I turn in his arms, gazing into his intense amber eyes.
“Do you want to be a good boy for me again?”
My stomach flutters and I nod eagerly. “God, yes.”
“Raise your arms.”
I do, and Vanian removes my shirt, tossing it to the floor. Then he unbuttons my jeans and kneels as he tugs them down. He rubs my growing bulge before removing my briefs too. As my cock bounces free, Vanian licks his lips. Helickshis fucking lips.
“It’s still wild to me,” he says, his hot breath warming my balls, “that I could be this turned on by a naked man and never have known it before.”
I run my fingers through his hair. “Not even an inkling?”
“Nope. Maybe if I’d looked deeper, but I never did. I didn’t see a reason to, but I was missing out. Or…” He flicks his tongue out to catch the pearl of precum forming on my tip, sending a shiver through me. “Maybe being with you finally let me see it. I’ve always been safe with you.”
“You always will be, Van.”
Something I can’t decipher flickers in his eyes as he stands up again. “Get in the shower. I’m right behind you.”
He sure knows how to drop his voice to that perfect authoritative deepness, so, nodding, I do exactly that. I watchhim discard his jeans and briefs, then make room as he steps into the shower with me. It’s a decent size for one person, a little tight for two, but that suits me just fine as he presses up behind me, his hard cock brushing against my ass.
