Rook raked his fingers through my hair. He pushed his thigh between my legs. The henley was soft under my hands. I pulled it up and over his head.
“Bed?” he asked.
“In a minute.”
I kissed his throat where the stubble met the soft skin under his jaw. He exhaled through his nose and said something I didn’t catch.
“What?”
“I missed you.”
“I’m here, Rook.”
“You were two rows up on the plane.”
“That was twelve hours ago.”
“It was a long flight.”
“You missed me that entire time?”
“I miss you when you go to the bathroom.”
“That is not a normal thing to admit to a person.”
“Then I won’t admit it again.”
“No, keep it up.”
He kissed me again and then moved us toward the bed. I lost my T-shirt somewhere between the door and the foot of the bed. His hand was on the small of my back when the backs of my knees hit the mattress.
I fell flat on my back, and Rook’s lips landed on my chest. He went slowly on purpose. He stopped at the spot in the center of my abs that had undone me so reliably our second year that he’d started calling itthe off switch.It still worked.
I breathed in through my teeth, causing an audible hiss.
Rook’s hand slid between my legs. He raised his head to look at my face.
“Luki.”
“Yeah.”
“I’ve got you.”
I’d heard him say it a hundred times, but it still made everything stop. I’d been narrating in my head since the puck dropped: the overall game, Rafe’s first road goal, and Rook’s twenty-third-minute shift. Then I continued with the walk to the bus and the elevator up.
Rook saidI’ve got you,and it all stopped.
I closed my eyes and let him have all of me.
His mouth was warm as he wrapped his lips around my cock. One hand was on my chest. The other wrapped thumb and fingers around the base of my cock.
When I was close, I raised one hand and held it over my mouth. I knew myself, and I knew how loud I could be. Rook replaced my hand with the hand he’d held flat against my chest.
My nostrils flared, and I came, grunting into his palm with my eyes closed. My breath shattered in my throat. Rook didn’t move until the orgasm faded.
Then he pushed his body forward against my side, kissing my neck.
Rook’s phone buzzed on the nightstand. He didn’t reach for it.
