wanted to enjoy the man in his arms, falling asleep against him. Though he was getting kind of heavy…
He squeezed their joined hands. “John?”
“Mm?”
“Can’t really breathe…”
John sighed heavily, making Lukas giggle, then slipped over to the side and tugged Lukas around until they were chest to chest again with John’s arms wrapped firmly around Lukas.
“I sleep better on my side anyway,” John muttered, skating one hand up and down Lukas’s back a few times.
Lukas snuggled in a little closer, accepting the fact that he’d be disgusting come morning, and then felt John’s hand trail down and cup his ass. He waited, expecting John to continue his gentle touches, but he just heard John take a deep breath and then relax.
Biting his lip, Lukas pressed a gentle kiss to John’s throat and whispered, “Good night.”
Chapter Ten
John woke early the next morning, like usual, but for several moments he kept his eyes closed, trying to decide if he’d dreamed the night before or not. He knew he could just open his eyes and know, but what if he had dreamed it and Lukas wasn’t in bed next to him?
But what if he hadn’t and he’d actually shot his load all over Dave’s son’s ass and then bit it hard enough to bruise?
Fuck. He wasn’t sure which he wanted to be true.
Then he remembered the look on Lukas’s face as he’d stared back at John and held his cheeks open, the fire in his eyes and tiny smile on his kiss-bruised lips. He remembered how well Lukas had taken care of him, rubbing his sore back and shoulders until John was practically a puddle.
He remembered feeling overwhelmed and vulnerable after the haze of sex had started to leave him and how Lukas had held him carefully and put his mind at ease.
No matter how much it complicated his life, he knew what he wanted to see when he opened his eyes.
Slowly, he peeled them apart and sucked in a relieved breath at the sight of Lukas sprawled on his back in front of him, his face slack with sleep and one hand stretched toward John, mere inches from his chest. He stared at the beautiful young man lying in his bed and couldn’t help but smile. There was no way he deserved someone as young and sweet as Lukas, but he wouldn’t be dumb enough not to take the chance to have him—even if it was only for a short time.
Huh. He remembered Lukas saying something the night before about how John should be afraid of touching another guy’s dick and decided Lukas maybe had a point. Why wasn’t he freaking out at least a little bit? Sure, he’d checked out guys before, but he’d never touched one or really thought about touching another guy before the last few months, when Lukas had begun to consume his thoughts.
That hadn’t stopped him from thoroughly enjoying touching Lukas last night. Hell, his morning wood was starting to throb just thinking about what he and Lukas had done and all the things he wanted to still do with him. He peered over at the suitcase, remembering the blue plug, and grinned.
So many fun things.
But he didn’t want just sex with Lukas. Propping himself up on one elbow, he stared down at Lukas and thought about his overgrown backyard. Ever since he’d seen it, he’d had the urge to go over and help Lukas tame the wildness and maybe do some landscaping for him. While they’d eaten their chicken that night, Lukas had confessed that he just didn’t enjoy working outside on things like his yard or the flower beds, but he tried to maintain the front so his parents wouldn’t give him a hard time. He’d said that he’d rather put his energy into taking care of the inside of his house—keeping it clean, cooking, baking.
Lukas had laughed and said it made him sound like a fifties housewife, but it was true. He didn’t like the heat and sweat and bugs of yard work.
But John did. John loved spending a Saturday morning weeding his flower beds to make them look beautiful again, took pride in keeping his grass thick and green. But if you asked him the last time he’d vacuumed with something other than his Roomba—which was set to run every day while he was at work—or done more than the bare minimum to keep his bathroom from being disgusting, he’d just end up embarrassed.
Did that make him and Lukas kind of perfect for each