Lee tilted his head back and laughed. He was so much happier than he ever would have imagined he could be. “She doesn’t hate you, she’s just very protective.”
“Yeah,” Drew said like he didn’t believe him.
Lee chuckled and shook his head, then gazed longingly into Drew’s eyes. “Shall we take this party inside?”
“Yes, we should.”
He said that, but Drew had to kiss Lee for a few long and lingering seconds before pulling back and caressing the side of his face. “I love you,” he said, straight from the heart.
“And I love you,” Lee told him in return.
After one more kiss, they headed into the house. Unlike a romantic montage in a film, they had to bring in most of the food and tea from the table as they did. Then Lee took a small detour to the bathroom to get ready.
“I sent the video to my agent, Avery, and to Abby,” Drew told him when they met up again in Lee’s old bedroom. “They said they’ll take a look at it, edit it as necessary, and post it.”
“This is really it, then,” Lee said, practically floating across the room and into Drew’s waiting arms. “Are you ready for what happens next?”
“I’m ready for this,” Drew said, hunger in his eyes.
Everything else was forgotten as soon as they pressed into each other and their mouths met. Lee felt incredibly free as he devoured Drew’s mouth, sucking on his bottom lip and thrusting his tongue against Drew’s. Drew’s entire body felt loose and uninhibited as they tugged at each other’s clothes and made their way clumsily across the room to the bed.
It was a good thing that Lee had prepared for this exact outcome. He’d brought lube and condoms with him from London, and as they collapsed onto the bed, he grabbed them from the bedside table, where they’d been stashed.
“You knew this would happen?” Drew asked breathlessly as they kicked off the last of their clothes, then tangled up in each other.
“I hoped it would,” Lee said, pressing his fingertips into the impressive muscles of Drew’s back as the man balanced over him.
“I hoped it would, too,” Drew said, smiling like it was the best day of his life.
Nothing had ever felt so good. It wasn’t just the way their bodies fit together so well or the salty taste of Drew’s skin and the delicious scent of his cologne. It wasn’t even the way Drew was so uninhibited, despite still being inexperienced, as they took turns worshiping each other’s bodies with kisses, touches, and sucking. Lee was particularly enamored with Drew’s nipples and the way he caught his breath, writhed, and moaned when he gave them attention, like no one had ever played with his nipples before.
They took their sweet time, letting each other know when they were close so they could pull back and focus on kissing until the urgency passed. It was the best kind of edging imaginable, and with every new touch, kiss, and suck, Lee felt more and more like he’d fallen into one of his own romance stories.
“I can’t wait anymore,” Drew panted once they were both half out of their minds with lust. “I need you.”
“Fuck, yes,” Lee said, letting out a heavy breath. “Take me.”
The fire in Drew’s eyes alone might have been enough to send Lee over the edge. The man was on a mission to learn how to be the best lover he could be, and Lee was more than happy to help him. He guided Drew through everything he needed to doto position himself right while Lee was on his back and to give them both the most pleasure when he finally pushed inside him.
“God, yes,” Lee groaned, gripping Drew’s arms and moving his body so Drew could nail his prostate as he thrust. “Like that. Fuck! I love you!”
He was sure Drew would have said it in return if he wasn’t so far gone with pleasure. They really did work well together, and this was only the beginning. Things would only get better as they learned each other’s bodies and minds.
All thought vanished from Lee’s mind as his orgasm started. It wasn’t subtle either. It blasted into him as jets of cum shot up over his belly and pleasure made him forget his own name. Drew grunted with amazement, and his thrusts turned frantic for a few seconds before he cried out and started to slow.
It was all so perfect, and when Drew collapsed to his side, quickly ditched the condom, then rolled back, Lee couldn’t wipe the smile from his face. He was in love, and if the Universe was on his side, he was about to get his happily ever after.
They fell asleep for a while, wrapped in each other. Lee didn’t care that they were sweaty and messy. They needed that moment of sated peace together. That, even more than the sex, was what would bond them and support them through whatever came next.
And a lot of stuff came next.
“Well, the video has been posted,” Drew said, scrolling through his phone about an hour later, after they’d got up, showered, and Lee had thrown his sheets into the washer.
Lee came over to where Drew sat in the twilight of the garden, the light from his phone making it look like he had stars in his eyes. “Oh yeah? How’s the reaction?”
Drew scrolled in silence for a few more seconds before saying, “About what you’d expect.”
Lee hummed, then took a seat squished by Drew’s side on the same bench they’d filmed the video from. He rested his chin on Drew’s shoulder and looked at some of the comments as he scrolled. They really were exactly what they would have expected—a lot of support and a little bit of vile anger.