sed to come ho

nd a need to escape finals. I didn't tell my brother until I was alrea

But when I walked into the apartment, suitcas

I saw

ay sweatpants and a black tank, towel draped over his shoulder

said, an

That slow, easy confidence. The heat that

th his usual half-smile. "Didn't think you

d in passing during calls and group texts. The one

d, setting

m was warm, grip firm. His gaze

etched ahead li

etending not to notice the quiet hum of laughter from the living room, the occa

en I did come out. When I

ust a flicker. A glance. Li

oes and his fingers brushed mine. Bar

I thought he'd disappear into Luke's room, but in

rillers, rig

. "Luke tol

smiling. "I p

should've gone back to my room and

I di

But close enough that his leg b

went out. The room plunged into shadow, screen blac

"Guess we'll have to

ce him, alread

looking at me.

he spoke again. "You'

ed. "And what

ittle. "Innocent. Unt

ung between us

her's boyfriend

, voice thick. "T

t off, made some awkward excuse, locked myse

I di

ut, fingers trailing alon

e-slow, searching, b

ntative at first. Like he

idn

like fire through dry grass. His hand slip

ter. Right now, a

," he breathed a

't say

e we were being hunted. The door clicked

arving. Like he'd been hold

g, worshipping, teasing. My shirt

he realized how

asked, voice ba

" I swallowed.

ent, he looked almost torn. But then he

t sex. Not with the way he touched me-gentle, reve

, leaving kisses that felt like promises. When his

urmured. "I

he

s, slow and patient, coaxing me to the edge and h

hed my legs apart and settled bet

okay?"

. "Yes.

, and I felt everything. The stretch. The pressu

ut not enough t

ined, it felt right-in the kind of

my throat. But beneath it was this slow-burning pleasure,

pressed to mine, chest rising and falling in sha

I

s. It wasn't just sex-it was possession, worship, desperation. He held my g

agging down skin slick with sweat, as h

apology for every boundary we'd just shattered. But the way he groaned

waist, pulling him deeper, an

whispered, vo

ust a little, his pace faltering before it quick

exposed, overwhelmed. The bed creaked beneath us. The air

upposed to f

, it wa

ess. Our moans tangled. My body arched up to meet his, chasing every

arable. I was clenching around him,

I cried out

rowled, gripping my

n I sha

my breath. He followed a heartbeat later, his name breaking from m

rld st

eckless moment, it f

n it wa

mbs, and the weight of everythi

up in h

warm skin against mine, the soft rise and fall of his che

remem

stomach

rmured, already reac

lent. Not trustin

sed. "I didn't mean

kno

e last time. "But

n he wa

still smelled like him... and a he