“Alexa, lights off.”
The room was cast into darkness, and Jake heard Allen take a deep breath.
“Are yousureyou don’t want sex?”
Chuckling, Jake tucked his phone under the pillow and curled himself around Allen’s body. He tangled their legs together, sliding his bare thigh between Allen’s silk-clad ones. When they were so close that it was impossible to tell where Jake began and Allen ended, he inhaled the intoxicating scent of his two favourite people in the world and groaned.
“Sleepy…” he mumbled, and it wasn’t a lie. “Smell good…”
Jake knew he wasn’t making any sense, but he was too far gone to care. He was aware of Allen’s voice vibrating against his chest, but he couldn’t make out his words as sleep took hold.
Tomorrow, he would do whatever Allen wanted.
Tomorrow.
6 /ALLEN
Allen…didn’tknow what he was doing anymore.
No matter how many mental boundaries he built for himself, all it took was one look into Jake’s dark, soulful eyes, and he was suddenly hauling out a sledgehammer to topple them to pieces.
He said no to dating, and then he went on a date. He said he was having sex with Jake because he didn’t want a relationship, and then he ended upcuddlinghim in bed. He said he wasn’t going to fall in love, but then he woke that morning cradled in Jake’s arms, surrounded by his scent, and…
Fuck.
The difference in their sizes was so ridiculous that Allen felt like a mouse trapped under a lion. Jake’s thigh was stubbornly wedged between Allen’s legs, and his arms were wrapped tightly around him in an effort to keep him as close as possible.
Allen was no better than a damn teddy bear in this situation. He certainly felt smothered like one.
He tried to wiggle and see if there was a chance that he could escape, but any movement roused his companion just enough to have him tighten his grip. Allen was running out of options, and since he urgently had to use the bathroom, waking Jake up was impossible to avoid.
“Hey.” Allen wiggled harder, jamming his elbow against Jake’s chest for leverage. “Can you let go of me for two seconds?”
Jake’s deep moan rattled the very fucking fibres of Allen’s soul, and he stilled in surprise.
“Five…more…minutes…” Jake mumbled, nuzzling his chin to the top of Allen’s head.
“In five more minutes, I’ll have wet the bed,” Allen hissed, knocking his heel into Jake’s shin to startle him into alertness. “Release me, Goliath. Don’t make me have to aim any higher than your leg.”
Jake gave another pitiful groan and uncurled his fists from where they were gripping the waistband of Allen’s silk pants. Not wanting to be sucked back in, Allen ungracefully rolled out of what used to be an okay-sized bed that now felt way too small, and hurried to the bathroom.
He started his morning routine once he was no longer suffering from a nearly exploding bladder, washing his face and brushing his teeth before returning to the bedroom to check on his guest.
Jake was where he left him, sprawled on his back on the bed, sleepily reaching for Allen when he heard him come in.
“Miss you,” Jake said, eyes closed as he made grabby motions at Allen. His shoulder-length black hair was tangled and caught in his eyelashes, but even so, he was the most handsome guy Allen had ever brought to his apartment.
And they hadn’t had sex! What waswrongwith him?
“Are you always this…articulate?” Allen drawled, grinning at the inside joke as he crawled back into the bed and resumed his previous position.
“Hercules, my name is Hercules,” said Jake.
Allen jerked, eyes widening with genuine shock. Never in a million years would he have expected Jake to catch onto his cringyDisney reference.
“Were we not quoting Hercules?” Jake muttered, sounding so adorably grumpy that Allen was tempted to roll over and pinch his cheeks. “I made it weird, sorry.”
Jake was talking a lot this morning, and without Allen having to urge him into doing so. Now that he knew it was autism and not just a ‘strong silent type’ mask he was wearing to impress him, Allen felt extremely protective of the man lying in his bed.