Page 122 of Out of the Storm

“Don’t worry about it. I catch up on sleep whenever I’m by myself.”

“I know, but, sweetheart—” Gary stopped as soon as Jeff cringed. “What was that?”

Jeff closed his eyes for a moment and seemed to take a deep breath. His voice was a little shaky as he said, “Don’t... the, uh, the sweetheart name... Don called me that.”

“Geez, IknowI’ve called you that before too,” Gary said, cheeks flushing. “I’m sorry.”

“Yeah, I felt too bad to tell you before, but last night, I promised you honesty so... honesty.”

“Thank you. Really.” Gary breathed a sigh. “Sometimes I hate that you have a whole bunch of cute nicknames for me and all I have for you is Jeffrey. Which still feels mildly insulting. I mean, I messed up your name.”

“Nah, I love it. And you’ll eventually find some other nickname that you can pepper in sometimes. Or not. Doesn’t matter. Jeffrey is perfect.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.” Jeff reached up to cup Gary’s cheek. “Okay, so, to fix the other problem, what if I buy one of those body pillows? If I ever can’t stand the sleep cuddling, you can have the pillow instead.”

“Separate beds seems simpler.”

“No,” Jeff said firmly. “I told you, I want everything with you.”

“But—”

“Gare, Don took so much from me. I can’t let him ruin this too. Fuck that. I want to sleep next to my boyfriend.”

Geez, he really hated to know Jeff was sometimes uncomfortable in the middle of the night, but, truthfully, he liked sleeping together too.

“Yeah, okay,” he agreed.

“Now...” Jeff rolled his hips a couple of times, which, wow, was so fucking hot. “Fuuuck, Gare. I want you.”

Gary let out a shuddering breath, his cock starting to throb with need.

“Okay, but, remember, we need to check with each other, okay?”

Jeff was starting to climb on top of him, still massaging his cock against Gary’s thigh.

“Uh-huh,” Jeff muttered, starting to kiss Gary’s neck. “Whatever.”

Gary had half a mind to shove him.

“Jeffrey,” Gary said with all the sternness he could muster.

Jeff snorted and said, “Fuck, Gare, come on, I’m being facetious.” He let out a little irritated-sounding huff. “God, you’re so considerate. Drives me crazy sometimes.”

“NowthatI won’t apologize for.”

“I know you won’t.” Jeff started fucking Gary’s thigh again, which was so incredibly arousing. “Can I kiss you now? I need you.”

“Yeah,” Gary breathed. “Yeah, kiss me.”

Jeff captured his mouth in a hungry kiss. He continued to rock his hips, and Gary started to move his too, rocking up into him. Jeff climbed up a little higher and inched his leg over to fall on theother side so that he was completely on top of Gary. And, God, Gary could have come right then and there. In this position, it was so easy to imagine what it would feel like to have Jeff inside of him. After a moment, Gary’s hands found Jeff’s ass, and he pulled Jeff more tightly against him.

“Is this okay?” he asked between kisses. “I forgot to ask first.”

“Yeah,” Jeff said, a twinge of irritation in his voice.

Frustrating. But, well, at least he was cooperating.

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