Nick nodded, and cast his lover anassessing look.“There have been a couple of bodies turn up.Thisguy isn’t just using incendiary devices, love.His MO is erratic tosay the least.”
Aiden nodded.Logically he got that,but it didn’t stop his mind from immediately retreating to whathe’d been through as a child.
“How was the writingtoday?”Nick asked in an obvious attempt to change thesubject.
Aiden smiled, letting go of the past.“Really good!My characters are talking to me, and it is all comingtogether.”Aiden had always had a way with words, but it wasn’tuntil he was risking his life in combat on a daily basis that hehad started to write down the stories he had in his head.He wrotegay erotic romance stories, and all of them featured men who hadbeen in the military.Hell, the day he’d met Nick on a bomb sweepthrough a bombed out street in Afghanistan two years ago he’dfeatured as inspiration for more than one of his alpha characters.He’d even managed a few ménage stories in his brief writing career,especially after he and Nick had come face to face with a certainmedic during an attack on their base one afternoon.
“Is this one an MM or oneof those hot ménages you seem to be favoring lately?”Nick askedwith a knowing glint in his eye.
“This is a ménage, and itseems to be writing itself,” Aiden admitted.
“I’m guessing that’sbecause of seeing a certain Marine a couple of weeks ago.”Nick satback in his chair and placed his cutlery down.
Aiden nodded, taking the final swig ofbeer from his bottle.“Yeah, it’s hard not to, especially now thathe knows we’re living here, and you’ve made it pretty clear thatwe’d love nothing more than to get to know him.Add to that, Sam isstill hotter than hell, and it would seem my muse will be runningwith the ménage theme for the foreseeable future.”
He remembered the first time he’d laideyes on Lance Corporal Samuel Wilson.Despite their dire situation,he’d been drawn to Sam’s cool, calm attitude under fire.When he’dcast a quick glance at Nick, he’d seen the fire of appreciation inhis eye.He and Nick had been together for almost a year at thatpoint, and he should have been angered at seeing his lover look atanother man, but Aiden had always been too logical for a reactionlike that.After all, he was doing his fair share of looking,too.
“Then I say run with it.”Nick pushed back from the table, and Aiden read the look in hislover’s eyes and guessed that tonight they would be doing thedinner dishes sometime closer to midnight when the two of them hadloved on each other for a couple of hours.Again.
Despite knowing what was about tohappen, Aiden sat back in his chair and waited for Nick to comearound the table.When Nick reached out and turned his chair toface him, Aiden’s heart rate sped up.
“Why don’t we go into youroffice, and you can read me what you wrote today,” Nick said in avoice heavy with lust.“You know how I love to reenact each sceneto make sure it’s as realistic as it can be.”
“That’s true,” Aiden saidwith a smile.“You are more than willing to place yourself in myhands for the sake of my art.”
Nick returned a smile.“The things Ido for your art.”
Aiden laughed as he stood up andwrapped his arms around Nick’s shoulders, pressing himself againstthe slightly taller man.He could feel the hard evidence of Nick’sarousal pressed against his abdomen, and with a subtle shift of hisown hips, he was able to press his own cock against it, making Nickgrowl, a sound Aiden loved to hear.
“If we are going to dothis right,” Aiden advised as Nick wrapped his arms around hiswaist and palmed Aiden’s ass, “then we should head to the shower inthe master bath instead of my office.”
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After turning on the shower, Nickturned to look at Aiden, who now stood naked behind him.“That isone the things I love about you, babe.”Nick cast a slow lingeringlook over his lover’s body.
“What’s that?”Aiden askedas he stepped closer and started to release the buttons of Nick’swork shirt.
“That you strip fasterthan anyone else on the planet.That way, I get to enjoy the viewwhile you help me with my clothes.”Nick loved the sound of Aiden’slaugh and had to physically stop himself from simply ripping hisown clothes off and throwing himself on top of the man.
“Well, we all have ourtalents,” Aiden murmured as he continued to pull Nick’s clothes offin a methodical way that had Nick’s arousal risingsteadily.
“How are you going to readme your manuscript in the shower?”Nick asked in an attempt toallow his mind time to gain some semblance of control.
The look Aiden shot him had that thinthread of control evaporating.“Oh, I can assure you, sheriff, Ihave the entire scene playing out in my head.I don’t need to readit to bring it to life”
“And will it work withjust the two of us?”Nick winced at the intensity he heard in hisown voice, and from the way Aiden’s hands stopped and his gazelocked with his own, Nick knew that Aiden had heard it,too.
For a long moment the two men staredat each other, and Nick had never felt so completely naked before.Aiden had the ability to see right through him, and into his verysoul.It was something that Nick had been wary of at first, but nowrecognized it as a symptom of the emotional connection he enjoyedwith the handsome man.
“No matter what,” Aidenspoke in a voice that rang with strength, “it will work with justthe two of us.We are the constant, Nick.Sam is someone that Ithink could add to our lives and to our relationship in a way thatwill make it more, but not better than what it already is.Do youunderstand what I am trying to say?He is someone I know the two ofus would love to get to know on a more intimate level, and I feelwould complement us both in many ways.But if he never finds it inhim to be with us, as in the two of us, then that is his loss.Everything we are to each other will remain the same.”
Nick nodded and swallowed the lump ofemotion that had built up as Aiden talked.Nick had never had theability Aiden had when it came to words.He was very much more aman of action than one who specialized in dialogue.
Nick kicked off his pants, and steppedinto the shower, drawing Aiden in with him.“Then show me thisscene of yours, lover.”
Aiden smiled slow anddropped to his knees before him.“That will be my absolutepleasure, and it starts around about here.”With no warning, Aidenswooped in and sucked Nick’s cock to the back of his throat, makingNick growl.Fuck!Aiden knew just how to rock Nick’s foundations and the manemployed every sensual move in his very extensive arsenal to driveNick to the edges of sanity in moments.
“Fuck, Aiden, your mouthis so fucking lethal,” Nick groaned, locking his knees to holdhimself upright.“You destroy me with how totally you love me likethis.Just—Christ!”Aiden swallowed around him, and Nick had toconcentrate on not coming too damn soon.
