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By now, Lee was familiar with the way Alex’s breathing sped up as he got close, hips rising off the pillow to move into every one of Lee’s thrusts. Lee picked up the pace. And oh, it was glorious—watching Alex’s eyes lose focus, his breath coming out in short little gasps, lids sliding shut as he came apart. Lee drank in the sight and didn’t realise how close he was himself until his own orgasm hit just seconds after, washing over him, pulling him under.
He held onto Alex as his pulse steadied, draped half over Alex’s chest, awkwardly twisted yet unwilling to move just yet even though he might be crushing Alex.
“I love you.” He shaped the words against Alex’s throat.
“Thought nothing counts that’s said in the afterglow?” A smile rang bright in Alex’s voice as he slung one arm around Lee’s back, shifting slightly under him into a more comfortable position.
Lee let his lips catch on slightly sweaty skin. “This counts.”
“You can’t just change the rules as you see fit.”
“Who says I can’t?” Lee raised his head to grin down at Alex, taking in the flushed skin and messy hair. God, he was pretty. Resulting awkwardness aside, Lee had been one hundred per cent right all those years ago.
“I do.” Alex grinned back. “But I love you anyway.”
“Oh, good.” Lee aimed for a lofty tone and probably missed by a country mile. He didn’t care—didn’t care about anything except the light in Alex’s eyes and the brightness of the day, how they had another six just like this before reality would scoop them up and spit them out in different locations for their pre-season training. “I mean, given you’re kind of stuck with me and all.”
“You say that like it’s a threat.”
“I guess that depends on your perspective.” Move, right. Lee should, except Alex still had an arm wrapped around him and also, Lee didn’t want to.
Alex made a considering noise. “From where I stand—”
“You’re looking pretty horizontal to me.”
“—it sounds like a promise. Worse blokes to be stuck with, after all.”
“Wow, prettyandfunny. I must have hit the jackpot.”
Laughing softly, Alex reached up to cup Lee’s cheek. “Do lines like that ever work for you?”
“As a matter of fact…” Lee paused to send Alex a meaningful look. “They do indeed.” And then, because he had no doubt that Alex was about to come up with another smartarse comment, he preempted all further words by covering Alex’s mouth with his own.
Reality could wait.
