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“I got the time. Just can’t fuckin’ sleep.” Karl snorted.
“What about men, huh? You got time for them?”
“Yeah, I guess, but I got real shit taste.”
Cephus barked out a quick laugh. “What does that say about me then, huh?”
“Nah, you’re different.” Karl didn’t think he’d ever seen anyone as beautiful as Cephus, and he really wanted to hear him laugh again. “And hey, maybe I’m turning over a new leaf. You were the only one not fucking videotaping that whole crazy thing like those other assholes did, so you’re already way better than most people.”
“Glad to know I’m not an asshole.”
“Far from it.”
“Damn if my job don’t make me feel like one sometimes.”
“Well, what do you do? Steal puppies?”
“No. Heh. It’s complicated.” Cephus frowned. “What I do is hard to explain. It’s kinda like… repossessions. I gotta take real valuable stuff from people ’cause their time is up, and they don’t like it.”
“That sounds like a rough job.” Karl topped off their glasses, letting his knee bump into Cephus’s. “I mean, anything with people sucks.”
“Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes they’re fuckin’ assholes and they totally got it comin’, but most of the time, they’re good people. Decent at least. Just out of time.” Cephus scooted closer. “Lookin’ forward to retirement.”
“Fuck, you got a long ways to go for that.” Karl could hardly hear his own voice over the pounding of his heart when Cephus’s hip pressed into his. He was keenly aware of their thighs touching now too, and he swallowed a big gulp of whiskey to steel his nerves.
“Just another hundred years or so.” Cephus raised his glass. “Hey, here’s to not bein’ assholes.”
“Cheers.” Karl clinked their glasses together. He still wasn’t sure why being around Cephus was affecting him so, but he decided to go for it. Cephus had agreed to come back home with him, so there wasn’t any logical reason to be worried about what his expectations were. Karl took a deep breath, moving his hand to rest on Cephus’s knee. “I’m really glad you stopped.”
“I…” Cephus smiled, and he slowly moved his hand to join Karl’s. He gazed into Karl’s eyes like all the answers he’d ever needed were right there. “I am too.”
“Fuck, you are, like,insanelyhot.” Karl giggled. For fuck’s sake, hegiggled. He tried to drown the giddy sound in the rest of his whiskey.
“Me?” Cephus laughed.
“Yeah, you!” Karl grinned when Cephus’s fingers tangled with his own.
“Why don’t we talk ’bout you, huh? Runnin’ right at that car, not even carin’ if it was gonna blow up or catch fire or fuckin’ nothin’. You charged right in just like a hero. Like John fuckin’ McClane.”
Karl’s face heated up, and he tried to shrug off the praise. “Okay, I love the reference, but no, really. It’s not a big deal.”
“The fuck it ain’t,” Cephus insisted. “Didn’t see nobody else steppin’ up, huh?”
“I’d like to say I just did what anyone else would do, but I guess that really isn’t true. Seeing as how it was just me…” Karl reached up to brush some of Cephus’s hair back from his face. “And you.”
Cephus’s lashes fluttered, and he leaned in closer. “Like I said, you’re a hero. S’pretty sexy, just sayin’.”
“That makes you a hero too,” Karl murmured softly, closing the small distance between them until his breath mixed with Cephus’s. “Sexy hero is supposed to get the guy, right?”
“Yeah, I think so.” Cephus bumped their noses together. “Pretty sure the sexy hero can get whatever the fuck he wants.”
“I think I could get used to being a hero.” Karl slid his fingers over Cephus’s cheek, pressing their lips together in a sweet kiss.
Cephus’s lips were soft, warm, and the little moan he made when their tongues touched was incredible. He kissed back eagerly, tasting of whiskey and cinnamon, and he dragged his hands through Karl’s hair.
Karl was instantly addicted to kissing Cephus, and he curled a hand around the back of Cephus’s neck to hold him in place as he licked deeper into his mouth. The way Cephus kissed him in return, just as passionately and heated, made Karl’s heart throb, and he simply couldn’t get enough.
Cephus was trembling, his hands grabbing at Karl’s chest as he rocked forward.
