“I really need?—”
“I think you need to walk away.” Kane’s voice has us turning his way. He has his arm tucked securely around Kira, lookinglike he could spit nails. “They have told you no repeatedly. You’ve made your opinions known.”
“Sir…” the doctor trails off from the look on Kane’s face.
“He is their family. We were already aware that he would struggle in the beginning.” Kane gently leads Kira into Keon’s arms and walks to stand beside us. He tucks his hands in his pockets, and even I have to admit, he’s scary as hell. “But if you bring up taking him off life support again, you won’t live to tell another family member that.” The doctor’s face pales. “Your only job is to keep that man alive. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, sir.” The doctor hurries away and Kane turns to us.
“I’m not happy how things…transpired with you all and my sister, but I can see now how much you care for one another.” Kane pauses and tilts his head to the side. “That’s not to say I won’t cut you open if you hurt her, but I’ll leave you alive. For now.”
Kane walks away, and I make the mistake of looking at Tyler. His face is red, and he’s biting his lip to keep from laughing. That’s all it takes. We both lose it laughing, making Keon look at us like we’ve lost our fucking minds. The situation isn’t funny, but sometimes you have to find the fun somewhere. We both gasp for breath and start all over again until we’re laughing so hard that no sound is coming out.
“Are you guys okay?” Jason asks, just as confused as everyone else, and that sets us off on another round. “Uh, I think you guys need sleep.”
Still chuckling, I wipe the tears from my cheeks. “You’re probably right.” We’re going on being up for almost forty-eight hours. We were bound to lose it at some point.
Kira walks over and grabs both of our hands. “Why don’t you go to Chelsea’s for a couple hours? Everyone else has rested but you guys.” Tyler opens his mouth, and she silences him with a kiss. “We’ll call if anything changes. Now go. That’s an order.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Tyler quips.
Tyler bends Kira at the waist and lays a kiss on her that makes Kane growl. I kiss her softly when he pulls back and grab Tyler’s hand. We walk out to the parking lot and climb into one of the SUVs. I get behind the steering wheel, and we just sit there for a few minutes. With a sigh, I finally fire the car up and pull from the parking lot. Neither of us say a word on the drive, each of us lost to our thoughts. When we pull into the garage at Axel’s, I’m so fucking tired that I barely drag myself from the car. Tyler keys in the code for the house like a zombie, and Chelsea is standing on the other side with a small smile.
“I got one of the upstairs bedrooms ready. There’s clothes for you guys to change into when you wake up. I promise I’ll call if I hear anything.”
We kiss her on top of the head and go upstairs. Tyler pauses inside the room with a sigh. “I need a shower.”
“Me too.”
“Come on.” Tyler leads me to the en suite bathroom, and we strip silently.
I turn on the water and we step under the spray. We take turns washing off, rinse quickly and go back to the bedroom. We collapse in the bed, still naked, too tired to do much else.
Tyler moves over to lay on my chest, and I wrap my arm around him. I feel his lips on my shoulder, and it makes me smile. “What are you doing, Tyler?”
“Nothing.” His lips continue down my chest, and I smack his ass when he sucks my nipple into his mouth. “I just need to feel…something.”
I understand what he’s saying. Once you get so much bad news, you just feel numb. I roll over on my side and pull his body flush against mine. Our lips meet in a heated rush, telling each other without words how thankful we are to still be alive. Tyler starts moving his hips, making his cock rub against mine.
“Please, Gav,” he whispers against my lips. He should know by now that I would do anything for him, no matter how tired I am. There’s so much going on around us that we just need this closeness right now.
I roll over to search the bedside table, knowing that they probably keep lube everywhere. When I turn over with a bottle, Tyler plucks it from my hand, flips the cap and starts pouring it directly onto my dick. When his hand closes around me to rub it in, my back bows. “I need to get you ready first.”
Tyler has other ideas, of course. He sits up on his knees and throws his leg over my waist to straddle me. His hand disappears behind him and when he bites his bottom lip, I know exactly what he’s doing. “I’m more than ready.” He’s positioning my cock at his asshole before I can respond, and I grab his hips to stop him.
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
“I need you inside me.” I’ve seen Tyler desperate when I was trying to take things slow, but this is a different type of desperation. It’s like he’ll shatter into a million pieces if he doesn’t get me inside him right this instant. I let my grip on his hips loosen, and he sinks down enough so the head of my cock pops inside him. Tyler shudders from head to toe, and then bears down so I slide the rest of the way. When I’m fully inside him, he sighs. “I needed this so bad.”
Tyler wraps a hand around his cock and braces his other hand on my chest. He starts rising and falling, rocking back and forth, and I can’t take my eyes off him. He’s fucking gorgeous, and he’smine.I sit up so our chests are flush together, and we move slowly together. It’s not like our usual fast, hard fucks. This is two people coming together as one. “I love you, Sweetheart,” I whisper against his lips.
“I love you, too.”
Tyler kisses me slowly, and I slide my hand between us to take over stroking his cock. He shivers and kisses me harder. We rock together until our movements start picking up speed. Tyler moans, and I swallow it up. I can feel my release slowly building, and with the way Tyler’s moving, he isn’t far behind. With a groan, I feel his cum hit my chest and my hand. Tyler lowers fully onto my cock and does something sinful with his hips, pulling me to finish inside him.
I lay back on the bed, bringing him with me. It might be selfish, but I’m glad we took a second to ourselves.
So we could pretend for a little while that our world isn’t falling apart around us.