Page 8 of Sinister
“Whether this works out with Josh or not,” Burne whispered, “you will always be mine, Leo.” He tipped my chin up, forcing our eyes to meet. “Do not ever lose sight of that, pretty boy.”
I nodded and snuggled closer to him, my eyes sliding shut as his warmth and security enveloped me, settling my fears.
No matter what happened, I would always have Burne. And I could trust that because if there was one thing to know about Burne, it was that he never lied, even if his words might hurt the person he was speaking to.
Chapter 6
Burne
I couldn’t get Josh out of my head. But knowing that Leo was as hung up on him as I was definitely helped. I didn’t feel like I was betraying him. Because no matter what, I would never let Leo go. I would’ve swallowed my feelings for the cute, nerdy boy in our psychology class if it meant Leo continued to be happy.
But Leo thankfully shared the same deep feelings I did.
Halloween night had been…spectacular, to say the least. It had been everything we’d ever imagined and then some. Josh had fulfilled fantasies I hadn’t even known I really had. Seeing him with Leo, the way his eyes rolled back in his head, the way Leo lost himself in the feel of Josh’s body…
Fuck.
God, just thinking about Josh now as I waited for him to walk through those double doors into the lecture hall just made me fucking hard. I closed my eyes and dipped my head back, exposing my tattooed throat to the cool air of the room. Sticking my dick under some freezing water would be pretty useful, but I had none of that on hand.
I was so gone over this guy.
“Christ,” Leo suddenly swore.
I blinked before fully opening my eyes. I hadn’t realized I’d been so lost in my thoughts. How long had I sat there with my eyes closed?
I looked at Leo in concern, but he shook his head, flickering his eyes to the front of the room. I followed his gaze and swallowed thickly. Josh was dropping his bag beside his chair, an easy-going grin on his face as he looked at his best friend.
I wanted that grin aimed at me.
Dark-wash skinny jeans clung to his muscular thighs, leaving nothing to the imagination about what he hid beneath them…including that beautiful ass. He was wearing a black and white hoodie with a fucked-up smiley face on it, and his glasses were perched on his nose, his hair a slight mess.
Fucking hell. I fisted my hands on my thighs. Why did we have to want him so badly? Why did being with him on Halloween night have to complicate things?
“Am I a shitty boyfriend for wanting him?” I blurted, my chest suddenly feeling tight. What if Josh fucked up the dynamic between me and Leo? I couldn’t lose him. Leo was my home.
Leo reached over and forced my hand to uncurl before he grabbed it in his, linking our fingers together. “If you are, then I am, too,” he confessed, his words soft. My boyfriend looked over at me. “How the fuck did this even get out of hand like this, baby?”
I shrugged and gently squeezed his hand in mine. “Had to know he’d be something special,” I said quietly. The way we had been obsessed over him… Fuck, we should’ve known he’d be nothing like our previous hook-ups. “Now, it’s all about what we plan to do about that.”
Leo swallowed thickly and looked back at Josh for a moment before turning back to look at me. “You think he’d be okay fitting in here with us?” He cleared his throat. “Would you be okay with sharing me?” I knew we’d had this conversation already, but Leo needed reassurance. And I would always give it to him. He’d had his heart broken too many times in the past, always chasing the wrong guys. I never wanted to hurt him. Just the mere thought of being the cause of his pain sent agony slicing through my chest.
I nodded. “So long as you don’t leave me, Leo, I’m okay,” I promised him. And my words were true. As long as I had him, I would be just fine. But if he made me go through life without him, I wouldn’t cope.
Leo gripped the side of my neck with his free hand and pulled my lips to his. “Not abandoning you, babe. Fucking never. You and me—we’re it.”
I breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in my chair, resting our joined hands on my jean-clad thigh. “So, how do you propose we go about bringing this up to Josh?” I asked him, going back to watching our guy as he shoved his hand against Derrick’s shoulder, laughing. It didn’t even look like he missed us, and I had to admit, that kind of hurt.
Leo winked at me. “Leave that to me.”
I laughed softly and shook my head. But I trusted him. If there was one thing I knew for certain about Leo, it was that he went after what he wanted, and he got it each time.
If he wanted Josh, he’d make sure he had Josh right where we both wanted him.
Leo
Josh was out of the lecture hall faster than I thought he would be. With a disgruntled groan, I pressed a quick kiss to Burne’s lips and rushed out after him without a single word uttered to my boyfriend, not wanting him to slip through our fingers again. We’d been regretting letting him go since Halloween, and like hell were we letting him go again.
We needed him. This obsession we had with him was one-hundred percent unhealthy, but Josh had hooked his claws into us deep. Josh being with us was inevitable.
