Page 1 of Hold Me Down

CHAPTER ONE

Travis pushed Dave against the elevator wall.

"Once we get home, I'm gonna fuck you so hard, you'll walk bowlegged for a week."

It was after ten, they were done with the Lanvester assignment as of half an hour ago, and Travis wanted to get home, release some of the adrenaline pumping through his veins, and then sleep for at least nine solid hours.

He'd even settle for seven. It would still be a marked improvement over the last few weeks.

"Or you're gonna crush me by falling asleep on me," Dave told him, even as he tilted his head back in what he surely knew was a pretty damn enticing manner.

Travis wanted to lick him all over. The smell of him, stronger now as Travis nosed right under Dave's jaw, was enough for Travis's dick to take notice.

As usual.

And wasn't it nice to have a best friend who was also a great fuck?

Dave picked that moment to push his hips forward, brushing their hardening cocks together, and,damn, scratch that, having a friend like that was fucking amazing.

Unfortunately, the elevator started moving, and since neither of them had pressed a button to go anywhere, it meant someone was about to get an eyeful if they didn't move.

Travis pulled away slowly and leaned against the opposite wall of the elevator right before the door opened on the parking level to show Kalei there, jacket thrown over his arm and a phone in his hand.

Dave straightened from his slump and raised his eyebrows at their former platoon commander and current boss.

"Weren't you heading home?"

Kalei shook his head. "Still have things to do, but if Vic didn't see me leave, he wouldn't have left, either, so I had to pretend." He pointed with his phone at Dave, then at Travis. "Donottell him that."

Travis exchanged looks with his partner, because what else were they going to do, here? Kalei might be fond of saying Travis and Dave didn't have an off switch these days when it came to taking risks, but it didn't mean they were stupid enough to try and talk to their boss about whatever was going on—orwasn't—between him and his executive assistant.

No way.

"We won't, but honestly," Dave turned to Kalei as they switched places, them walking out of the elevator and him going in, "you should go home."

"I'm capable of keeping my own hours, thank you." Kalei pushed the button to the third floor. "Go home and get some sleep before tomorrow. This new course is supposed to be a real challenge, and I know how you all can get."

Travis flashed him a big grin. "As if you'd like us any less competitive."

Kalei's response might have been something along the lines of "As if I'd like you at all," but the door closing muted half of it and Travis decided to ignore the rest.

Sure, Kalei had been on their asses recently for going way too hard a time or two, but it was nothing. Travis and Dave enjoyed pushing their limits and the limits were moving as they got better and better at things, that was all.

"I kind of want to tell on him to Vic," Travis muttered, suddenly in a rebellious mood, but he deflated quickly at Dave's glare. "I won't! I won't. I'm simply saying I'd like to. Vic's theonly one who can talk some sense into him, now that Noa's in New York."

"From what we just saw, I'd say not even Vic is capable of that." Dave took out the keys and unlocked the car. "For fuck's sake, who goes back to the office at half past ten at night? We'd know if there was an emergency, so there isn't one."

As they settled in the car and Dave started driving them home, Travis remembered what they'd been doing before they were interrupted by the walking ball of angst that was Kalei.

He spread his legs and reached out to put a hand on Dave's thigh, a surge of satisfaction rushing through him as he felt Dave tense and relax under his touch.

Travis squeezed the solid muscle before resting his hand there. "How about we go back to what we were doing earlier?"

"You falling asleep on me standing up?"

"I was not. I think it was pretty obvious we were both into it and very awake."

"Hopefully not so obvious that Kalei will give us yet another talk about keeping hands to ourselves on company premises." Dave grimaced briefly as he paused at the red light. "I'd like to pretend he doesn't know we're fucking."

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