Page 14 of Love Potion

Jerryn searches my eyes for a second as a soft smile tugs at his lips. “Okay. Um, he’s very kind and even a little doting.”

“Doting? Like what?”

“He knows how I like my coffee and he brings it to me in bed after waking me up slowly with kisses on my neck and face.”

Oh hell yeah. I can do that. “What else?”

“He likes to take bubble baths with me. We just soak and talk about the future.”

Bubble baths. Check.

“He does little things, always making sure I’m comfortable or fed or happy.”

“As he should.”

“And of course he likes the same movies I do. He’s a gamer too, but he doesn’t always let me win. Just sometimes.”

I laugh softly. “Good guy.”

“He is. He’s also funny and loyal. He’d give you his shirt if you needed it. He’s a hard worker, but he knows the importance of balance and enjoying life, and he helps me enjoy life too.”

Jerryn’s cheeks are bright pink now.

“And he’s patient. So patient. He knows my struggles with the physical stuff and he doesn’t push me or make me feel broken. He encourages me to find my own way. I try really hard because I want to be his perfect man too. I want to want—” His voice cracks and he clears his throat. “I want to feel desire and passion and somehow he found the key that unlocks that part of me.”

Jerryn ducks his head, tucking his hair behind his ears.

“Hey.”

When he meets my gaze, his eyes are watery. “I don’t think there’s a key. I just wish there was.”

“Sex isn’t everything, Jerr. I’ve had amazing sex with people who were really bad for me. It can’t save the world.”

“I know, but it’s important to most people.”

“Maybe not the way you think. I admit, when I was young, it was all I thought about, but that had nothing to do with love and commitment.”

His gaze hardens as he purses his lips. “Come on, Bane. I’m not naive. Could you be in a sexless relationship? Could most people?”

“You’re looking at it wrong. Every relationship is different and has its own flavor. The guy you’re describing wants to be with you and everything you are. He accepts you, and like you said, he’s patient, and he’ll be by your side as you figure it out. Maybe your sex life looks different from what we hear and see in movies and stuff, but that doesn’t make it not good.”

Jerryn nods, his gaze trained on me. “Maybe I could just clone you and fill the world with men like you.” He tries to laugh off the weight of his words.

“You don’t have to clone me, Jerr. The guy you want is out there.”Right in front of you if I have anything to do with it.“You just have to believe.”

He shrugs. “Maybe. Guess I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Challenge accepted, my friend.

“You deserve the best. Any guy worthy of you will want you just the way you are. Don’t you dare settle for less than that.”

“Maybe we’ll just grow old together, playing video games and watching action movies and building our weird life together. That wouldn’t be so bad, would it?”

That’s exactly what we’re going to do, except little does he know, he’s gonna be loved the whole damn time.

“Not bad at all, but we have quite a few years before we check into the retirement home, so let’s not give up on the dream just yet.”

“You’re right. I guess I just can’t imagine meeting someone who’s like—” He snaps his mouth shut.

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