“I do,” Reid confirmed. “But only because you’re the first.”
Oh.
Reid didn’t make a habit of this.
That was…
Unexpected. Reid could have had anyone he wanted, surely.
“You look surprised,” Reid said, ducking his head to look Gabriel in the eyes at his own level. “You have no idea how special you are, huh?”
Gabriel’s stomach flipped over.
Special.
He liked the sound of that, coming from Reid.
“Show me?” he asked, hope welling up in his chest at the thought. He wanted Reid’s hands all over him again, this time with nothing between them, no reason to hold back.
Reid held both of his hands out, waiting for Gabriel to take them. Gabriel’s stomach swooped as he stepped forward, his fingers tingling as they made contact with Reid’s.
He let himself be led toward the couch, tugged down to sit next to Reid on it, the soft leather squeaking under them, catching on their skin.
“How do you feel about being kissed?” Reid asked.
“It doesn’t happen much,” Gabriel said. He wasn’t sure that was the right thing to say, but it was the truth. People didn’t kiss him.
Reid snorted, but it wasn’t a cruel sound. “You’re leaving a trail of sexually frustrated people in your wake,” he said. “Trust me. If people aren’t kissing you, that’s ‘cause you’re not letting them know you want it.”
Gabriel blushed, looking down at his knees. “I am not a confident man.”
“You went tospace,” Reid said. “In a shuttle you designed. That’s pretty confident.”
He reached out, putting a hand on Gabriel’s arm. Gabriel looked up, unsure how to respond to that.
“I was just head of the team. I worked with lots of people.”
Reid rolled his eyes. “You don’t need to downplay your accomplishments. They’re sexy.”
“Yeah?” Gabriel asked.
“Yeah,” Reid purred, leaning toward him.
Gabriel hummed happily as their lips connected again, letting himself be pushed back onto the couch, laughing as Reid shoved a cushion under his head.
He was a good man. Through and through. Gabriel wasn’t sure he knew that, but it was true nonetheless.
The couch creaked under them as it took their combined weight, Reid covering Gabriel’s body with his own. Gabriel’s skin tingled everywhere it made contact with Reid’s, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, his stomach bottoming out as Reid rocked his hips against Gabriel’s, their cocks brushing together again.
He’d been waiting for the fun part to start again, but now that it was, it felt overwhelming. Gabriel’s pulse pounded in his ears, his breath coming in desperate gasps between kisses, his head spinning.
“Reid,” he murmured, wriggling under him, his brain telling him to get away and get closer at the same time.
Reid slowed down, his hips stilling. He pressed a kiss to Gabriel’s jaw instead, running his nose along Gabriel’s cheekbone, all the way to his ear.
“It’s okay,” Reid murmured, his voice low and soothing. “We’re just kissing.”
“Your cock is poking me in the hip,” Gabriel said wryly, the break just long enough for him to gather his thoughts and calm down.
