“That’s, uh… Sure, that’s fine. To each his own.” Gage cringed.
He rolled his eyes behind his glasses at his idiocy. He’d been going for nonchalant, but the high pitch in his voice ended up making him sound the opposite.
“You still want me to sleep with you?” Scar’s voice was deep and seductive.
“My bed is big enough for five people. You can sleep in it…with…me if you want.”
Naked.
Gage’s face was warm. The silence that followed only made the heat spread down his throat to his chest.
Scar walked across the room and Gage heard the mattress dip under his weight.
He’s in my bed, he’s in my bed. Naked!
Gage approached cautiously and sat on the edge, feeling awkward as hell.
He reached out and found Scar’s wrist, his forearm then his shoulder.
“How’s your shoulder?” he asked quietly. “You took the Ace wrap off.”
“Fuck this shoulder,” Scar muttered.
Gage brushed his fingertips over the scrapes on Scar’s knuckles. “You don’t have to be tough with me.”
Scar’s breath changed. “I don’t know how to be anything else.”
“Yes, you do,” he said. “You’ve already proved it.”
Scar went still when Gage shifted closer, leaned in and pressed a soft kiss on his jaw.
“I uh…I…” Gage stuttered. “I wanted, um…”
Gosh, I sound stupid.
Scar skimmed his fingers under the hem of his shirt, teasing his skin. “You wanted what?”
Gage swallowed.
“You want more. Don’t you?” Scar whispered.
Yes, please!
Scar wove his hand around the back of his neck and pulled him tighter. “You’re playing a dangerous game with me, Saint.”
Gage removed his glasses and set them on the nightstand.
Scar guided him back onto the pillows, crawled up his body, and settled between his thighs.
Gage almost came just from that small amount of contact.
“I wanted us to talk and get to know each other more…before…this,” Scar said roughly.
“I know…and we will. We have time.” Gage arched and moaned as Scar’s hardness nudged his. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Scar kissed him, slow and sweet, took his lower lip gently and released it, then delved back in again, deeper.
The kiss made Gage’s body go quiet in some places and loud in others. Warmth spread from his mouth down his throat into his chest, then lower, a gradual spill of desire that left his skin too aware.
