“Does that feel good?”
“Yeah. You feel good.” Mike arched his head back against the couch, his neck going taut. He began caressing Aiden’s naked back, his palm rough and warm against his skin.
Even as he rocked in Mike’s lap, he was aware that Mike only touched him with one hand. His ungloved hand. The other remained unmoving on the couch. He didn’t want to risk spoiling the mood, so he didn’t mention it. But he was curious.
Aiden leaned down to scrape his teeth along the strength of Mike’s collarbone then over to lick at the dip beneath his Adam’s apple. He dragged his tongue up to beneath his ear. A little love bite to his earlobe had Mike’s thighs flexing beneath his own. “You’re gonna be good and submissive for me. I can already tell. Won’t you?”
Mike looked up at him, eyes still bright behind lust-heavy eyelids, lips swollen and red.
“Yeah. I’ll be good.”
“Can’t wait to have you on your knees. Bet you’ll look so pretty, ready and waiting to please me.”
“I don’t even...I don’t understand it, but I know I want it.”
“You’ll love it. I promise,” Aiden whispered before he kissed him again. It quickly became messy and desperate, their lips barely connecting as their bodies thrust and rolled.
They were getting too worked up, dancing on the edge of where Aiden planned to stop them. He was tempted to toss that idea out the window and keep going when a loud beep sounded from both his wrist and Mike’s.
The kisses stopped.
Aiden regretfully pulled back, resting his forehead against Mike’s. His heart was still racing, body flushed with arousal when he spoke. “That’s HQ. We’d better check in.”
Mike groaned, his fingers tightening on Aiden’s waist. “Want to keep kissing you.”
Aiden laughed. “It’s okay. We have plenty of time for more kisses. And next time, it’ll be naked kisses.”
Mike let his hand drop from Aiden’s waist and Aiden slid off his lap. He wasn’t wearing his ear piece, but the watch had two-way radio call capability. After drawing in a deep breath and slowly releasing it, he pressed a button on the watch and a blue light flashed.
“What’s up?” he asked when Caleb beeped in.
“There’s a video you should see regarding the Playground. I sent you a link. Mike should see it too since he’s involved on this but he hasn’t checked in yet.”
“I’ll tell him. He’s with me.”
“Mike is there with you?”
Aiden didn’t think it was the right time to mention that he’d been getting hot and heavy with his partner on the couch, so he skirted telling the whole truth about why Mike was with him. “Yeah, we were working on our report for you—same as Frost and I always do.”
“Okay. Well, watch the video and we’ll discuss it at the firehouse tomorrow.”
“Got it,” Aiden said before clicking off.
There was no need to repeat what Caleb said since Mike was sitting right there and heard every word. Aiden dragged the laptop back to the couch and clicked on the link Caleb sent him. A video started playing, with a neatly dressed blonde woman on screen. Aiden slowly straightened, his eyes locked on that face, fury already starting to build in his chest.
“That’s her. That’s the woman who led the protest in the Playground today.”
Mike sat up and gave his attention to the screen too.
The woman started to talk, her voice pleasant and well-modulated.
“Hello. I’m Alice Iverson and I’m a concerned citizen of St. Louis. The Red-Light District in East St. Louis is a blight on the Metropolitan area. I have formed an alliance of other concerned citizens who want to reform that dangerous and immoral area. Our goal is to bring the clean, wholesome values of the Midwest to the Playground. And we hope that you will join us in our effort. Thank you.”
The video ended. Aiden angrily smashed the laptop’s mouse to close the window on the screen. “Nobodyasked them to clean up the Playground. And it wasn’t dangerous until they showed up and started assaulting us. Everything would be fine if they minded their own damn business.”
“Fanatics of any kind never see it that way. In their view, they’re doing the right thing by showing you the best way to live your life.”
“Well, the next time she and her self-righteous little protestors show up in our district, I’ll happily teach them the consequences for butting their nose in where it doesn’t belong.” He balled up his fists, ready to go back out and find Alice and the rest of the Purity Alliance to kick their asses right now.
Mike put a hand on his clenched fist. “I’ll help you. I’m your partner in this and I’ll help you put an end to whatever they have planned.”
Aiden calmed at Mike’s touch and sincere promise. The flash-fire of fury in his chest cooled, and he relaxed his hand, entwining their fingers together. “Thank you. It means a lot to hear you say that.”
