As if sensing his growing aggravation, Minos leaned down to kiss him when they reached the door to the chamber.
“Do not fret, my soul. You may not see it yet, but change has begun. You cannot expect eons of stagnation to be fixed in one retreat. It shall take time, but I have no doubt you are up to the task,” Minos murmured. “In the meantime, I’m sure coming up with some suitable punishments for wayward souls will make you feel better.”
“I know, big guy. And we will fix the leadership team—together. I know we can accomplish anything,” Adam replied, and then their kiss turned heated, Minos’s tongue invading his mouth and those massively large hands making their way downto squeeze Adam’s ass. He might have been rubbing himself off a bit on Minos (really, how could he not?), when they were interrupted by a throat clearing.
Minos growled low in his throat, which was oh so freaking sexy, and he finished plundering Adam’s mouth before he looked up at whoever had intruded on what could have turned into some very fun naked sexy time. Adam leaned his head against Minos’s chest, and Minos scooped him up into his arms, as if his sexy demon was ready to walk off and ravage Adam rather than deal with whoever hadn’t gotten the memo that make-out time was sacred time.
Only when Adam looked over, it wasn’t just a demon. It was leadership team angel cutie and leadership team scowly demon, and they were both standing there, staring at Adam and Minos.
“Aw, Cutie! So nice you came to say hello! Are you ready for another trust exercise?” Adam cooed, and he didn’t think he imagined the blush on the angel’s face when Adam mentioned that. Cutie and scowly demon had been paired up together for the trustfall since Adam had placed them in the same room, and theyhadactually caught one another.
Adam looked at them a little more closely. They both looked vaguely nervous, but they also looked… different. Adam wasn’t sure exactly what was different about them, though.
“Cutie angel and scowly demon, did you guys do something different?” Adam asked.
They both looked at each other, and then they stuck out their feet.
Cutie was dressed in the normal white sandals, only they had little black flowers painted on them. Scowly also had on his normal black sandals, only there were white skulls with blue eyes painted on those.
Minos grunted in approval, and Adam gushed out, “Adorable! Don’t let the other drones steal your idea and makesimilar sandals! They’re perfect for you guys! You could even add matching designs to your clothes!”
“Do you think so?” Cutie asked, and there was a note of hesitation in his voice.
Adam managed to reach out and pat him on the shoulder. Minos was still carrying him, but his big guy moved a bit closer as if he knew exactly what Adam intended, which was probable considering they were soulmates and all that.
Adam would never get tired of thinking about that. So awesome.
“So what’s up, you two? Did you pick names, too? Is that why you’re here?” Adam asked.
Only the angel looked rather confused at that. “I thought… I thought we had names?” he asked unsurely.
“Oh, wonderful!” Adam gushed, and then he waited.
And waited some more.
Finally, Minos rumbled, “What are they?”
Cutie paused before answering, still hesitantly, “Cutie?”
Then the demon chimed in, “And Scowly.” And he scowled when he said it (which was kind of adorable).
Adam just about melted. “Awwww! Minos! I named them! Isn’t that the sweetest thing ever! They’re like puppies I found and named and now I get to keep them forever and ever, right?”
Minos grunted. “They’re not puppies.”
“But I still get to keep them, right? They’re totally my favorites. Plus, I named them! Like they’re my children! I’ll raise them to be just like me!”
Cutie looked slightly horrified at the thought, while Scowly looked somewhat intrigued.
Minos just chuckled. “My soul, I don’t think the afterlife could take two of you, never mind three of you. Now”—Minos coughed a bit before grating out—“Cutie and Scowly.” He cleared his throat before asking, “What brings you here?”
His big guy was so good. He’d barely even stumbled over calling the angel and demon by their new names. (Adam could admit they were slightly absurd, but he still loved the fact that he’d named them and he totally wasn’t changing their names. Nope.)
The angel and demon looked at one another, and it’s like they had some kind of silent communication,
“Well..” Scowly began, but Adam had a thought and cut him off.
“Oh my god—does this mean I can name them all? Like will they just eventually adopt whatever I keep calling them? Because if so I really gotta think before addressing everyone.” Adam paused thoughtfully before he mumbled, “I hope that one leadership team demon I called shit-for-brains didn’t hear me, because that would be a really unfortunate name.”
