period,” she whispered. “And I wasn’t prepared,” she added in her normal voice. “I had to search this whole damn building for a restroom, and then I couldn’t find a stupid tampon in my purse.” She wrinkled her nose. “I’m not grossing you out, am I?”
I pulled her into my arms as relief overcame me. She hadn’t been jealous. She’d just gotten her period.
I started laughing.
Sydney pulled away. “What’s so funny?”
“I thought you were jealous and ran off.”
She frowned. “Uh…no. Watching you pose for pictures was hot. I just had to hightail it out of there before I ruined my clothes.” She stuck out her tongue as if she’d tasted something bad. “Trust me; that wouldn’t have been pretty.”
I was still focused on her calling my pictures hot. I leaned down and kissed her neck. I loved her neck. She was so soft there and always smelled good. Plus, I knew she liked it, and I also loved getting a response out of her.
“You think I’m hot.”
She hummed and laughed as she pushed a couple of fingers through my belt loops. “I think you already know that. At this point, it would be easier to list the women who didn’t think you were sexy.”
“Hmm…that’s nice, but I only care about one woman’s opinion,” I said behind her ear.
“Stop getting me all worked up. We can’t have sex tonight.”
Kiss. “Why”—kiss, suck—“not?”
“Hello? Stupid Mother Nature.”
I bit her earlobe. “There’s always the shower.” It didn’t really bother me, but I knew that it sometimes bothered the woman, so a shower was always a great solution.
She looped her hands around my neck. “I like the way you think.”
I put my forehead against hers. “It’s a date then.”
She grinned. “Is this before or after you have dessert?”
I smiled. “I really love having sex with you, but I’m eating dessert first.”
She laughed, and I heard a noise off to the side. I figured it was everyone coming back, but when we looked over, it was Robert with his camera up.
The camera was lowered, and Robert looked sheepish. “Sorry. I should have asked permission first, but I didn’t want to ruin the moment.” He wiggled the camera back and forth. “I can delete them if you want.”
I looked to Sydney with a raised brow, putting the decision in her hands.
“Do they look good?” she asked.
Robert scoffed. “Of course.”
“Then, keep them. But I want to see them.”
Robert grinned. “Deal. I’ll send them to you once I go through them.” His eyes moved to me. “Everything okay?”
“Everything’s great.”
“I think everyone is coming back. You ready to get started?”
“Yep.”
“How would you feel about taking some photos with Leon?”
“You mean, some male-on-male pictures?” Sydney asked, her eyes wide.
“As long as they’re both okay with it.”
“Sure.” I’d done them before, and the hardest part was me and the guy I was posing with not laughing too much. For me, it was always easier to fake intimacy with women, but I was constantly impressed with how my pictures with other men had turned out. It probably had more to do with the person behind the camera though.
“Yes,” Sydney said. “I can’t wait. Note to self: write MM novel ASAP.”
SYDNEY
Travis collapsed against me as he pinned me to the cold shower wall. It felt good against the heat of his body and the warm water pelting down on us.
“That was amazing,” I told him.
Travis grinned at me while he slowly withdrew from my body and set me on my feet. “It kind of was, wasn’t it?”
I playfully socked him in the stomach. “Kind of? In that case, I want you to know I was fantasizing about Leon while we were doing it.”
Travis gasped mockingly and put his hand on his chest.
I rolled my eyes as I grabbed the body wash, but he took it out of my hand.
He poured a big glob in his hand and began washing my front. He turned me toward the water and began scrubbing my back. “You weren’t really thinking about Leon, were you?”
I grinned and had to bite my lip from laughing out loud. “No.”
I heard his breath release.
“But, to be honest, when I watched the two of you taking pictures together, I did get worked up. It is so hot, seeing two guys together. Until you both ruined it by laughing.”
Travis chuckled. “Sorry, sexy. Sometimes, it’s hard to fake it for long periods of time. Laughing and joking take some of the pressure off.”
I thought about what it would be like to intimately pose with a woman.