Page 18 of You're Ours

Jackson took that as a nod, so he continued, “Our families don’t live here, so it seems like a much bigger step to bring someone new home to meet them. Remember, we didn’t introduce each other and Connor to our families until almost five months in.”

Sky pressed his head against Jackson’s and then slowly rubbed it again, but didn’t say anything.

“I think just because Clara lives here, it doesn’t mean Tyler should be any more inclined to introduce us to her than we are to fly him out to meet our families,” Jackson concluded.

He’d forgotten how hard this was. If they had been talking about one of their friends, a family member, or some other third party, Jackson and Sky could have commiserated together and maybe even done some healthy venting. In a polyamorous relationship, though, Jackson didn’t feel right letting off steam about another partner, even if his feelings were similar. So, he tamped down his own insecurities and focused on reassuring Sky.

“I know you’re right,” Sky said, but his voice was strained. “That’s why I liked the status update. I want to be there for Tyler and support him in every way I can…even if that’s by being patient.”

Jackson surged forward and captured Sky’s wine flavored lips in a kiss. Sky pressed a hand against his chest, and while Jackson hoped that would get something going and he could show Sky just how much he loved him and his bravery, Sky pushed back only a few seconds later.

“You should show your support, too.”

Jackson blinked at him, his mind already two steps into the love-making session they could be having. “My support?”

“For Tyler!” Sky said. He reached for Jackson’s phone, nearly toppling out of Jackson’s lap.

“Okay, okay! I got it, love, thank you.”

Jackson grabbed his phone, and Sky beamed proudly up at him. Jackson shook his head but planted another kiss on his lips. It took him a few tries to remember his social media password, and Sky took advantage of that time to begin taking Jackson’s clothes off.

“Alright, I liked it. Happy?” Jackson said, as he closed out of the app and reached for Sky’s robe.

Sky grinned Cheshire-like at him and slowly peeled his robe off. He’d managed to get Jackson out of his sweatshirt and t-shirt, and he placed his hands on Jackson’s belly and began running them up his ribs.

Jackson traced the familiar lines of Sky’s chest with first his eyes and then, when he couldn’t wait any longer, with his fingers. He hooked his fingertips into the elastic of his underwear—but then his phone started ringing.

Under any other circumstance, he would have ignored it, but it was the signature vibration Tyler had programmed in for his number. Jackson hadn’t even known that was possible, but apparently Tyler had special vibration patterns for all his apps and contacts.

Sky glanced at the vibrating phone and then back at Jackson. Without saying a word they both reached for the phone. Jackson answered the call as Sky scrambled into his previous position, reclining on Jackson’s chest.

Tyler’s tired face appeared on the screen, and Jackson’s chest filled with heat. The contrast with his bare skin made him shiver, and Sky quickly fisted their sheets and pulled them over both their legs. Jackson squeezed Sky’s waist in thanks and then turned to his phone.

“Hi, darling,” he said, just to watch Tyler bite his lips and look away. He was such a confident, sexual man, and yet, the tiny endearment never failed to elicit a response.

“Hey, Ty!” Sky chirped.

Tyler glanced back at the screen, a grin spreading across his face. “Hi. God, I already miss you both.”

Sky squirmed happily, and Jackson had to take in a sharp breath through his nose as Sky’s ass rubbed intoxicatingly against his crotch.

Tyler’s eyes widened, and he brought the phone closer to his face, presumably squinting at their state of undress. “Am I interrupting?”

“A little,” Jackson said, nuzzling his face into Sky’s hair, taking in his sweet smell. “But that’s okay. What can we do for you?”

Tyler pulled his phone back, so they were no longer staring at the pores on his forehead, and he lifted a hand up to run back through his hair. “I, uh…saw that you both liked my relationship post. I realize that maybe I should have asked you first, but…I’m here with Layla, and I was telling her all about you guys, and I thought maybe it would be good to show myself as taken? Cause I…I am.”

Sky grabbed the phone from Jackson and smooshed his lips against the screen in a loud kiss. “You’re so sweet, baby. You didn’t need to run it by us. We’re very happy being public. I know you can’t actually list us as the ones you’re in a relationship with, but you’re more than welcome to post about it.”

Tyler’s eyes widened, and his lips parted on a soft breath.

Jackson made pointed eye contact with the camera. “Did you think you couldn’t be public about us?”

This time, when Tyler bit his lip and looked away, it felt like ice water running through Jackson’s veins.

Jackson sat up straight, but before he could say anything Sky jumped in. “Is that because you’re not comfortable being out as polyam, or because you were worried we weren’t out?”

Tyler shifted his jaw back and forth. “I think maybe I wasn’t sure if, because you’re both married, I should be a bit more cautious about who I tell and what I say.”

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