Sebastian
Once Declanand Seb got back to the house, Seb didn’t waste any time pulling open all the files on his desktop. He’d only had a few minutes to poke around the office computers once he got into the network, but he’d grabbed a healthy amount of information.
“Making any progress?” Declan asked, stepping in from the back porch with Ellie at his feet.
Seb sighed, then pushed his laptop to the side. A half-eaten sandwich and a cold cup of coffee sat next to him at the counter, and as he blinked his tired eyes, he realized he had totally lost track of time. Darkness had fallen, although the extra security lights his father installed cast a glow across the yard.
“A little,” he said. “I’ve been combing through the emails to see if there’s anything relevant, but most of the interesting files are encrypted.”
“What does that mean?” Declan asked as he hung his jacket.
Seb bent down to pet Ellie. “Just that they’re locked up, and it will take me a while to crack the code and read them.” He paused, then smiled to himself. He liked how tough he sounded when he said that.
“You ever done anything like this before?” Declan asked.
“I know, I know,” Seb replied, holding his hands in the air. “I remember the lecture from the ride back. I shouldn’t go sticking my neck out unless I understand the danger I’m getting myself into.”
Declan grunted. “Good,” he said. “Because that’s true. But right now, I’m just thinking about how long it might be before we get to the bottom of this.”
Seb nodded quickly, pleased with the way Declan was seeing him, more like a teammate than like someone he had to watch over. “I used to play around with hacking stuff like this when I was a teenager, but I grew out of it pretty quickly once I realized I wanted to focus on developing my own research. It will take me a while, maybe a few days.”
Declan pushed his hand through his silver hair. His eyes look tired, his lids heavy, and Seb remembered how little he had slept the night before and how much of the day he had spent out in the yard, staring into the cold.
Seb closed his laptop. “That’s probably all I’ll get done tonight, anyway,” he said softly. In truth, he had been considering staying up until the morning and hammering his head against the keyboard until he made some real progress. But when he started to think about Declan, and about bed, all the coding seemed irrelevant. “I think I might lie down.”
“Good idea,” Declan answered.
They had walked through their routine enough times by that point; they didn’t have to say much. Seb poured another splash of water in Ellie’s bowl, and Declan cast his eyes out the bedroom window while he radioed in with security, intense concentration darkening his face until he had finished his list.
Usually, Declan would leave the room, giving Seb the privacy to change. But that evening, Seb didn’t hesitate. With Declan standing a couple of feet away, he unbuttoned and then removed his shirt.
The house went quiet. Seb felt exposed with the silver evening light on his skin, his nipples hard in the cool air. But then Declan held his gaze, and Seb unfastened his trousers and lowered them to the ground.
Declan removed his thermal, tugging it over his head. He and Seb lowered themselves to the bed, and Seb found himself back in Declan’s arms. Instantly, he got what he had been craving, the warmth and strength of Declan’s embrace pushing everything else away.
“Kid,” Declan said, his lips inches away. “I don’t think this is a good idea… I need to stay sharp.”
Seb pressed himself closer to Declan’s body, need driving him forward. “It’s what I want,” he said. “After everything else that’s happened, can’t we still have this?”
Declan tightened his hand on Seb’s shoulder. His fingers dug into the muscles, forcing a whimper across Seb’s lips. “You want this,” Declan whispered in his ear.
“Yes,” Seb gasped back. He folded his hands behind Declan’s head, then pulled himself up, meeting in a kiss. He bit at Declan’s lip, tugging it. “I need this.”
Declan kept rubbing his hands on the back of Seb’s head, then down his side. Seb’s cock strained the front of a pair of plain blue briefs, and the more Declan touched him, the more he quivered.
“Just quick,” Declan said, still whispering the words against Seb’s mouth. “No distractions.”
“And then you’ll lie down with me,” Seb whispered back. “You’ll sleep?”
Declan grunted. Seb wanted to hear the yes now, knowing that Declan would honor his word. He pressed his hands against Declan’s chest and slid his palm across his hard nipples. “Please?” he whispered.
“Fuck, kid, I can’t say no to that.”
They kissed harder, the permission they had given each other allowing Seb to roam his hands over Declan’s firm muscles. He took in a deep huff of their scents and traced his tongue along Declan’s lips and the stubble of his beard. When he reached his hand down to play with the bulge at Declan’s crotch, Declan finally pulled his lips back again.
“You said that was the first time you’ve given someone a blowjob, the other night?”
Seb swallowed. “Yes, that’s right.”
