“Nothin’. Just happy.”
“I like that.” Adam gave him a wide, easy grin, looking amazing in his skin. Home was good for him.
“Damn, cher, you the prettiest man.” He traced the laugh lines beside Adam’s eyes.
“Nah. Chris is the pretty one. Bri is rugged and I’m damned dignified.” Adam leaned back to nip at his fingers.
“Good to know.” He groaned, lips on the stubbled skin of Adam’s throat.
“Mmmhmm. It’s important.” Adam squeezed his ass cheeks.
“Uh-huh. Important.” He traced Adam’s Adam’s apple.
“Silly.” They loved on each other, standing there in the scent of hay and horses. Adam kissed him over and over, a long, slow burn.
“Are you two done working in here?” One of Adam’s brothers banged on the barn door.
They jumped, laughing, and Adam let him slide down until his boots touched the floor. “We can be if you need to come in.”
“Granny and Momma want to meet Landon.”
“Lord.” Adam rested his forehead against Landon’s. “You ready for this?”
“Sure, cher. I love family and folks like me.” Mostly. In fact, more than mostly. From what he’d heard, Adam’s momma was a saint and Granny was a hoot.
“Well, Granny will love you.” Adam patted his butt.
“Course she will. My Maw-Maw loved me.” He kissed the corner of Adam’s mouth.
“Blows my mind how little family you have left.” Adam looped an arm around him, steering him toward the door.
“I know, huh? Jus’ me and Sister these days.”
“Well, I got enough for us both.”
“I cain’t wait to meet ’em.” He meant it, too. He wanted to see all the people that made his cowboy.
The two brothers were waiting for them, grinning like a pair of swamp ’gators.
“They’s toothy, cher.”
“I know. Scary, huh?” Adam just hugged him close. “I’ll protect you.”
“It’s a deal.” He was as high as a chicken hawk riding a swell. He could live on that smile, on the way Adam seemed to be showing him off. He hadn’t expected that, really.
They walked out of the barns, heading for the vehicles.
“You want to meet at the main house, Adam?” That was Chris, he thought.
“Sure. Give us two shakes to clean up.”
“Good deal. I’ll tell them y’all are on your way.”
The main house. Damn. There was more than one house, not just more than one barn… He might be in over his head.
“You want me to follow you in my truck?”
“Sure, honey. I’ll take you up to my little place, first.”
