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Soon they were all beyond speech, taken by the rush to get off. Again and again, Bryce worked his hips back against Matt, then forward to rub his cock along Toby’s until within seconds of each other, they all lost it, covering each other in cum.

Bryce lay there for a while afterward, listening to Toby and Matt’s ragged breathing and basking in these last moments before the day began, pretending the rest of the world didn’t exist until his stomach growled loudly.

Toby snickered and Matt groaned. “Why can’t breakfast just appear right here? I don’t want to leave this bed, ever.”

Bryce understood that sentiment. “If I get first shower, I’ll cook breakfast.”

“Deal,” Matt answered.

Bryce summoned the energy to get out of bed. He glanced back at Toby and Matt before stepping into the adjoining bathroom. They had snuggled against each other. He wondered if they’d be asleep again before he got out of the shower. They were so adorable lying there together. And so young. Don’t think about that. Don’t plan any further than breakfast.

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As soon as he was dressed, Bryce headed to the kitchen, surveyed what he had in the fridge, and settled on bacon and blueberry pancakes. He remembered Matt complaining about how unhealthy everything was at the station. But adding the blueberries made the pancakes healthy, right? He started coffee and turned the stovetop griddle on to heat while he stirred up the pancake batter. By the time he had bacon in the oven—once he’d learned about baking a pan of bacon instead of frying it with grease popping up at him, he’d been sold—he heard the shower start. Apparently, Matt and Toby hadn’t gone back to sleep after all.

Toby stumbled into the kitchen as Bryce poured the first pancakes onto the griddle. He wore a pair of Bryce’s sweats, which he’d had to roll up at the ankles and down at the waist. His hair was dripping wet, and he didn’t look like his shower had done anything to wake him up.

“Coffee?” Bryce held up the pot.

“God, yes,” Toby answered.

Bryce poured him a mug and set it in front of him. “You can sit down if you want. I’ll have everything ready in a minute.”

Toby took a few sips of coffee and seemed to perk up a bit. “Those smell so good,” he said, staying where he was, propped against the counter.

Matt joined them just as Bryce took the last pancakes off the griddle and pulled a second pan of bacon out of the oven.

They’d joked about his appetite when they’d gone to Elmer’s, but after the workout they’d had the night before and the fact that it was nearly lunchtime, he figured they might eat just as much as he would this morning.

He gestured toward the table. “Go ahead and sit down. I’ve got everything ready.”

“Please tell me there’s coffee,” Matt said.

Toby patted Matt’s shoulder. “I’ll get you some.”

Bryce handed Toby a mug so he could fill it for Matt, then set a plate of pancakes on the table followed by a plate of bacon and a carafe of maple syrup he’d heated up.

“This looks amazing,” Toby said, now sounding fully awake.

Matt simply nodded. “Yeah.”

Rollo, back in from a morning foray in the yard, took his usual spot on the floor by Bryce’s chair. “You know you’re going to get some bacon, don’t you? You spoiled rotten menace.”

Toby laughed. “If he keeps looking at us like that, he’s going to get some out of all of us. That face is truly pathetic.”

“Don’t let him fool you.” Bryce scratched Rollo’s ears even as he scolded.

The men all filled their plates, and for a while, other than requests to pass things or comments on the food’s deliciousness, they focused on eating.

When their hunger was sated enough for them to slow down, the silence took on an awkward feel. “So… um… I guess we need to get my car,” Matt said. “If you don’t mind driving us over… or we could take the bus if you’ve got plans.”

Bryce shook his head. “No plans.”

“Okay, well…”

“We’ll help you clean up first,” Toby said.

Rollo jumped up and danced around like he knew exactly what cleanup meant and he was eager to help. Bryce ignored his antics. “Do you have plans today?”

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