I hummed in agreement. “You want to wash first?” I asked.
Stryker shrugged “sure. Oh, go and ask John if we can have something to drink.”
“Like…alcohol?” I double checked uncertainly “he won’t allow that, we’re minors and working-“
“Just tell him I asked.” Stryker winked before disappearing into the bathroom.
I stared at the door he’d disappeared behind for a moment before exiting our room to go and search for Johnathan. I jumped when the door opposite ours opened at the same time and Matthew stepped out with only a towel wrapped around his hips.
Water droplets dripped between the lines of his abs and disappeared into the seam of the towel. Wet clumps of dark hair fell over his eyes, and when he reached up to push them out of his face I couldn’t help but track his bicep flexing with the movement.
“What- what are you doing in the middle of the corridor like that?” I stammered, voice tight.
“Jack kicked me out because I was teasing him.” Matthew shrugged “didn’t give me the chance to get dressed. You can stop staring," he added, his voice gruff.
I gaped at him for a moment “I wasn’t staring.” I said eventually.Liar.
Matthew’s eyebrow shot up “you were checking me out.” He deadpanned “for someone who worries so much about me being gay…” he tilted his head to gauge my reaction- I attempted to make sure there was none- “you sure do have some pretty gay tendencies yourself. Like not being able to keep your gaze away from my awesome physique. Hey.” He snapped his fingers in front of my face “eyes are up here.”
“Just…” I cleared my throat, face flushing crimson- I hadn't even noticed that I'd been looking. I had, however, noticed my increasingly evident problembelow the beltand prayed that Matthew didn’t. “You’re taller than me, my gaze naturally-“
“Bullshit, I’m not that much taller.”
My jaw clenched “you took me by surprise, is all.” I snapped.
Matthew was looking increasingly amused.
“Will you just…drop it?”
“What, the towel? You sure you’d be able to control yourself if I were stark naked before your eyes?”
“Fuck off.” I muttered, swallowing hard and adverting my gaze from the figure in front of me, feeling my cheeks heating up further.I tried to bat that image out of my head- Matthew naked in front of me- but I failed miserably, my dick responding to my imagination. I hissed through my teeth.
“It’s okay, Danes.” Matthew drawled “it’s nothing to be embarrassed about, just make sure to disguise it in public or you might getkicked out or worse. Oh, wait, we are in public- careful, Danes, I’m not sure a lot of these lot will be as accepting as me about being checked out by a male-“
“I am not-“
“Am I your exception, then? I’m touched Danes, truly, I am.”
“No-“
Matthew grinned, stepping forward so that we were right in front of each other“no need to get all flustered.” He leaned towards me, and I completely froze up when his lips met my neck, kissing the spot before biting down on the skin and gently sucking, completely ignoring the fact that we were stood in the middle of a corridor lined with rooms which any of our comrades could walk out of at any given moment.
“Fuck.” I choked out after a long moment, my body finally managing to catch up with what was going on and pulling back
“what the hell are you- fuck, are you mad?” I pressed a hand to my neck.
Matthew smiled, eyes shining with amusement at my clearly flustered state.
“Hush, love.” He purred, as if he quite enjoyed winding me up like this “no need to panic. Nobody saw.” He stepped closer, andI stared up at him with wide eyes “the hell, Matthew?” I said, voice coming out strangely high pitched. Matthew chuckled “admit it, Danes. You’d love for me to bend you over a couch and-“
“Shut up. Shut. Up. What the hell is wrong with- god.” I hastily slipped away from Matthew and began jogging down the stairs.
I could hear him laughing from behind me.
I couldn’t believe him.
CHAPTER 6
