Finn reached out, curling his fingers over Nolan’s shoulder and squeezing firmly. There were a thousand things he wanted to say, but he couldn’t seem to settle on any of them.
Instead, he watched Nolan take each toy out of the box and lay it on the bed, handling every one of them with all the care in the world. He didn’t pause until they were all organized neatly, spread out according to type and size.
A curl of arousal heated the pit of Finn’s stomach at the thought of Nolan using all of these on himself, learning just how to touch and what felt best. Teasing himself endlessly and getting off in this bed, alone, happily satisfied without the need for anyone else to participate.
That made it kind of an honor that he was bothering with Finn at all. He didn’tneedhim.
Which obviously meant that hewantedhim.
It’d been a while since he’d felt like that. Not being into hookups had its downsides.
“You weren’t kidding about having a huge dick among these, huh?” Finn said, nodding to a bright purple dildo at the center of the collection.
Nolan laughed. “Between you and me? He’s a little much. Too much prep, not really worth the trouble compared to something more reasonable. But Ihavebeen imagining the moment where I get to show him to a boy so they understand the standard I’m accustomed to,” he said.
“Got it,” Finn said. “I’ll try to keep up.”
“You’ve got… hands and stuff. And you can talk to me. And you’rewarm,” Nolan said, turning to look at Finn. “And I like you,” he added a little more softly.
Finn smiled at that, happiness curling around his heart. “I like you, too,” he said. “A lot.”
Nolan smiled back, small and shy, but so earnest it made Finn’s heart clench. The more he got to know Nolan, the less he understood how Gavin could treat him so badly.
Not that it hadeverbeen acceptable, but Finn knew now that Nolan didn’t have a cruel bone in his body. He couldn’t have done anything to deserve it.
Finn’s phone buzzed suddenly, making him look over at his discarded pants. He had it set up so only notifications from a few people made a sound, so this had to be important.
Or at least,fromsomeone important.
He climbed out of the bed, aware of Nolan’s gaze on him as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and opened a text from Oscar, grinning at the screen.
“Ollie’s awake,” Finn reported, turning the phone around so Nolan could see the photo Oscar had attached.
Another message came through, and Nolan went bright pink across his cheeks.
“I’m not sure I’m meant to see that,” he said.
Finn turned the phone around to seeplease tell me you got laid last nightfrom Oscar, and blushed as well.
He didn’t mind Oscar asking, but it was alittleawkward that Nolan had seen.
Ezra had probably mentioned walking in on them making out in the living room like a couple of horny teenagers. Finn didn’t blame him for that, either.
The sanctuary was a family. They cared about Finn, and they’d started adopting Nolan, too.
All the same, the timing couldn’t have been more awkward. Finn wasn’t sure Nolan wanted this to be common knowledge, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to lie to Oscar.
“What do you want me to tell him?” Finn asked. He’deventuallyhave to tell Oscar the truth, but that didn’t mean he had to do it right now.
Nolan’s comfort was important, too.
“I… well, you don’thaveto tell him if you don’t want to…” Nolan said, looking down at the collection on the bed instead of meeting Finn’s eyes.
Finn considered that response for a moment before coming to a decision.
“I want to,” he said firmly. “I’m just asking ifyouwant me to. If you’re okay with him knowing.”
“I’d be okay with everyone knowing,” Nolan mumbled, finally looking over at Finn with unsureness written all over his face.
