So instead, he lifted his gaze, looking from Karim to Julien, “Thank you,” he said, “for this. For–for everything, really.”
Julien’s smile was soft when he leaned in and pressed a kiss to Luis’s cheek. He felt Karim take his hand, slotting their fingers together.
“You are very welcome, darling.”
##
Later, Luis was brushing his teeth when Karim knocked on the doorframe. Luis stepped out of the bathroom, toothbrush in mouth.
“Hey,” Karim said with a grin as he leaned against the doorframe looking tall, dark, and dressed down for bed. His hair was slicked back from a recent shower. “Want to undermine Julien’s authority with me?”
Luis gave that a curious head tilt, and held up one finger as he stepped back into the bathroom to finish brushing his teeth.
“What do you mean?” Luis asked as he was putting his toothbrush away.
Karim sauntered into the bathroom, coming up behind him and curling his arms around Luis. He dropped his chin to Luis’s shoulder.
In the mirror Karim met his eyes with a smile. Luis relaxed back into him.
A hand wandered down to the waistband of Luis’s sleep shorts. It plucked at the elastic there inquiringly. Luis’s cock took interest immediately.
“I was thinking that we ditch these tonight,” Karim said.
“We–ah.”
Karim hummed, and he pressed a kiss to Luis’s shoulder. “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.”
He pressed further against Luis, and now Luis could feel his hardness, the stiff shape pressed against his ass. “Fuck,” he hissed.
“I think between the two of us, we could break Julien’s willpower,” Karim whispered conspiratorially. “What do you think? I’ve never had a partner in crime before.”
Blood was rushing southward, and it was hard to think. “A-ah, um, yeah? Okay, we could…”
Karim pulled away, snatching up Luis’s hand and tugging him out of the bathroom.
“Great, let’s go,” he said.
They made it as far as the hallway before Karim turned mid-stride and kissed him, rough and messy. Luis opened in surprise, and then moaned when Karim immediately took advantage.
Hands slid down over the fabric of Luis’s pajamas, groping just enough to be a tease, to send the blood rushing through his body. Luis fisted his own hand in Karim’s shirt, keeping him close.
The kisses were searing, and then Karim was tugging at the fabric, pushing it down. Luis stepped out of them haphazardly, blindly, trying not to break the kiss as they tumbled further down the hallway.
“Mm—a sec,” Karim said against his lips. He pulled back just enough to get his own shirt up and off.
Luis was reminded all over again how good he looked. Big and broad with a trail of dark hair on his dark skin that led down, down, down.
Karim smiled with fangs, noticing Luis’s wandering eyes.
They made it another step down the hallway before Karim shoved Luis up against the wall and kissed him again. His hands roamed up and down Luis’s sides, teasing and stoking his arousal. Luis was just in his underwear now, and Karim took the opportunity to grab at Luis’s ass with possessive hands.
Luis’s own hands found his waist and pulled him in closer. Their bodies came together as Karim ground him against the wall. Luis gasped, groaning into the man’s mouth.
When they pulled apart again, both of them were panting.
“Julien,” Luis whispered, to remind them both. Because there’d been a plan… right?
“Right,” Karim said, but he didn’t look clear on it either.
