up to his feet. He looked down at Alex and swallowed hard like he was trying to gather his courage.
“In fact…” Alex was pretty damn glad that he was sitting because otherwise he would have fallen flat on his ass at Noah’s next move because the guy fumbled for a second, and then he pushed his sweats down. Noah’s erection bobbed when he straightened himself.
“I’m so not straight that ever since you showed up in the center, I’ve been jerking off like crazy thinking about you.”
Alex felt like he’d been slammed in the chest with a sledgehammer. His breath caught as he watched Noah standing there, naked and proud in the faint light of the moon.
Alex scrambled to his feet and whirled around. He needed to not see Noah for a second. He needed to get himself under control. But the need inside him had gotten to a boiling point, and he couldn’t keep his eyes away.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
They’d been there before. Was he really that stupid that he was going to let Noah use him in whatever game he was playing? The hot and cold was going to give Alex whiplash. No wonder Alex had limited himself to hookups—those were infinitely easier.
All this time, while Alex was battling the angel and the devil on his shoulders, Noah just stood there and waited. Alex turned back toward Noah. His eyes zeroed in on Noah’s erection, which wasn’t as prominent as it had been a minute ago. After all, it was probably difficult to maintain the hard-on while the other guy was clearly having some sort of a freak-out, but Noah refused to back down, stubbornly keeping himself on display.
His left eyebrow was slightly raised along with the corner of his mouth, making him look smug and cocky, like he was the one in control of the situation.
Alex took an involuntary step closer. Noah’s eyes never left his.
“You arrogant son of a bitch,” Alex gritted out as he erased the last few inches between them.
Their bodies were a hairsbreadth apart. All the cockiness had disappeared from Noah’s eyes. The only thing left was the heat sizzling between the two of them.
Noah licked his lips.
“What are you going to do about it?” Noah challenged in a husky voice.
“This.” Alex’s palm cupped Noah’s cheek, gentle and at odds with his gruff tone.
Noah’s eyes widened as if the enormity of the situation had finally caught up to him. He looked apprehensive, like he was waiting for Alex to bolt. Running was the last thing on Alex’s mind. Instead, Alex slid his hand along the side of Noah’s head, feeling the soft strands tickle his palm. He pushed his fingers into Noah’s hair and gripped tight.
Noah’s eyes were locked on Alex’s, the silvery gray accentuated by the flickering flames of the bonfire. Noah’s whole body was tense, as if he was waiting for the rubber band to snap and make the reality come back in focus.
And reality would eventually force its way back in. Alex was sure of it.
But before it could happen, Alex lowered his head and kissed Noah. The chaste press of lips against lips was immediately not enough as an inferno moved through Alex’s veins. Noah opened his lips slightly, and Alex felt the softest of breaths escape. That was all he needed. He licked at Noah’s lips, needing to feel more of him. Noah surprised the shit out of him as he opened for more, his tongue sliding boldly against Alex’s, challenging him to give it his all.
He was surrounded by Noah’s smell. The faint scent of his aftershave, sweat, and grass made for a hell of a cocktail. Alex wanted to move his nose over every inch of Noah’s body and inhale that smell. Suck it in like a damn hoover, gather it in a box and keep it for himself so that once this crazy moment had passed, he would still have something to remember it by. Noah’s hand moved to Alex’s neck where his thumb pressed against the pulse point, feeling the galloping rhythm underneath Alex’s skin.
Noah’s tongue battled with Alex’s as the kiss turned wilder and wilder. Their teeth clanked as they devoured each other’s mouths like two desperate beings, hungry for only each other.
Alex let go. Fuck the consequences. They were most likely going to hurt, but a fighter jet couldn’t have pulled him away from Noah right then. After all, giving in to temptation was what Alex did best.
“What do you want to do?” he