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“How are the visits so far?”
“About the usual for a first day post.” He sighed and dropped the phone to the carpeted floor. “I need to stop obsessing about it.”
“That would be the best thing to do.” Dave leaned back and spread his arms open. “You getting into NASCAR now?”
“What?” Oliver’s eyes lifted from where he’d been looking up the leg of Dave’s shorts. “Oh, no.” He chuckled. “The engines make a good background noise.”
“Got it.” Dave picked the remote up from the coffee table and clicked the TV off, then scooted in close to Oliver and put a hand on his knee. “How about I help distract you for a little while?”
Oliver grinned. “Yeah? Think you’re up to it, Captain Calamine?”
“I prefer Colonel Calamine.” Dave leaned in for a soft kiss.
“You got a promotion?”
“I did. For bravery under fire.”
“Well earned, I must say. Does that mean I get a promotion too?”
“Yep, lieutenant.” Dave kissed him again. “Might put you under me, I’m afraid.”
“My favorite place to be.”
Oliver stretched out, opening his legs and drawing Dave down to lie between them. He put his arms around Dave’s neck and pulled him in for a deep, tongue-heavy kiss. Dave shifted to kiss the tip of his chin, then moved down to place one in the hollow of Oliver’s throat. He lifted the bottom of Oliver’s t-shirt and ducked his head to lick and suck his nipples. Oliver moaned and sighed beneath him until Dave pulled back and cupped a palm against the side of Oliver’s face. “I love you.”
Oliver leaned into his hand and smiled. “I love you, too.”
“No, I mean…” Dave gave him a soft, sensuous kiss then looked him in the eye. “I’m in love with you. And I don’t want you to misunderstand me. I’m not just playing around with you, with us. I’m looking at us as more than boyfriends, more than lovers. You mean more to me than anything, Oliver.”
“Dave,” Oliver said in a breathless whisper, putting his arms around him as he looked into his eyes. “What are you saying?”
“I’m saying…” Dave swallowed and took a breath. “I’m saying I want to marry you. Oliver Berridge, would you do me the honor of being my husband?”
“Oh.” The word came out on a single gasp of surprise. Then Oliver smiled and for the first time in a long while, Dave saw happiness reach Oliver’s eyes. No, not just happiness… joy. Oliver looked positively joyous, and Dave wished he could get a photograph of him in that moment to be able to experience it whenever he wanted.
“Yes,” Oliver said, then laughed and said it again, louder. “Yes! I will absolutely, positively marry you. I would be proud to be your husband, and I’m humbled and honored that you love me enough to want to spend the rest of our lives together.”
“Every.” Dave kissed him. “Single.” Another kiss. “Day.” A final kiss.
Oliver smiled, then he looked to the side for a moment, and when he met Dave’s gaze again, a slightly troubled expression clouded his joy. “I know I can get lost in my own thoughts and have been preoccupied a lot trying to come up with stories to save my blog, but I want to make sure you understand what you mean to me. I may not say it every day or pay as much attention as I should sometimes, but I’ll work on getting better at that.”
“Hey, when someone agrees to be lowered into an old well to extract a fifty-year-old skeleton on your behalf, I’d say that’s true love.”
A shudder went through Oliver and he made a face. “Not that I wouldn’t do it all over again for you, but I really hope I never have to.”
Dave laughed and kissed Oliver. “I know you and I love you just the way you are, spooky investigations and all.”
He stood up and, with a grunt of exertion, lifted Oliver from the couch.
“Wow, you must be feeling better,” Oliver said, putting his arms around Dave’s neck and slightly kicking his feet.
“I think being hogtied was good for my back.”
“Your brother is so thoughtful.”
Dave kissed Oliver, then carried him down the hall to their bedroom and placed him carefully on the bed. He removed Oliver’s t-shirt, house pants, and socks, delivering a kiss after each came off. When Oliver was naked, Dave paused to run his gaze up the length of his toned body, taking in the light-colored body hair, his small, pink nipples, and the hard, pale length of his cock stretching up along his belly.
“You’re beautiful,” Dave said.
