slowly returns, I’m pulled straight down to hell. What have I done?
I jerk back, shrinking as far away from Leon as the sofa will allow. “I’m sorry.” I press a hand to my lips. “I thought it would be funny. I just meant it as a joke. I didn’t—”
“Your dick doesn’t seem to think it was a joke.” Leon sits motionless beside me. His hands are folded in his lap as his gaze drifts across my erection.
“You know how things are...” I force a laugh as I clap my hands over the bulge in my pants. “Random boners are a thing that plagues even the most self-controlled alpha.”
“Is that all it is?” His voice is quiet, barely above a whisper. When I meet his gaze, I feel something I wasn’t expecting.
Understanding.
My throat is so tight, my heartbeat so erratic, that I’m not sure I can talk without my voice cracking. I shake my head in response to his question.
“Then what is it, Lucius?” Leon reaches out and his hand gently caresses mine as I try, ineffectively, to hide my erection. “Did kissing me make you hard? Are you aroused by the thought of me?”
I clear my throat and look away. His long lashes and sultry tone are almost enough to make me come right there. “Lee, please…don’t tease me,” I beg him. “Our relationship means so much to me. I don’t want to ruin that.”
Leon slowly withdraws his hand. “What do you want from me?”
“I want us to stay together. No matter what.” My vision blurs as I lift my eyes again. “We’re a team.”
“We’re more than that,” Leon says as he places his hands on my shoulders. Before I can react, he’s thrown one leg over my lap and is straddling me. “We’re twins. Nothing is going to change that.”
He nudges my hands aside and lowers himself against my cock. Even through our clothing, I can feel the heat radiating off his body.
I release a shuddering breath as I look up into his face.
He’s looking at me with the same love that’s always been there. It’s just...enhanced somehow. Unbridled, might be a better way to explain it.
“Leon...” His name escapes my lips in a moan as he grinds against my cock.
“To think, you got this hard from a little peck on the lips. What are you going to do now?” he teases, rocking his hips forward and pressing his bulge into me. “Feel that? You got me hard too.”
My pulse is racing. This is crazy, isn’t it? This can’t actually be happening. Yet, as he presses his lips against mine again, it feels more real than anything I’ve ever experienced. The heat of his mouth warms me to the bone. My arms coil around him, my hands caress his perfect ass, and my cock aches to reach him.
“Fuck, Leon.” I gasp for breath between long kisses. “If you keep this up, I won’t be able to hold back.”
“Why would you want to do that?” He chuckles. “Go on and come.”
I almost do it. I want to.
“We’ve talked an awful lot about what I want,” I muse, forcing my thoughts through the haze of desire that’s permeated the room. “What do you want?”
Leon hesitates, and for just a moment, doubt flickers through his eyes. “You. You’re all I want.” Just as quickly as it appeared, the doubt is gone. Replaced once more by the happy, loving gaze he gave me just moments before.
But my confidence is shaken. “You don’t have to pretend.” I frown, holding his hips in place as he begins to grind against me. “There’s...there’s someone else, isn’t there? Someone you want more.”
“No. Well, I don’t know how to explain it,” he says, sitting back slightly. He’s quiet for a moment before shaking his head and smiling. “This, us, it makes me happy. I don’t need anything else.”
My heart tightens, and I take a deep breath before lifting Leon’s hands to my lips. Two quick kisses, one on each hand, then I slowly shift him from my lap.
“What are you doing?” he asks with rejection in his voice. “You don’t want me?”
I’m silent as I rise from the sofa. My inner thoughts are a tangled mess, and I’m still trying to piece together a single thread.
“I’m serious, Lucius. I don’t need anything but us. We’re a team. Partners. Twins.” He clutches his hands to his chest as he stares up at me, almost begging me to believe him.
I exhale slowly, painfully aware of the erection that just won’t