Matter.
What.
The whole time, Ethan held on.
His whole world had been scattered lately, and he was barely holding on. He was accustomed to bumps in the road, but going back toPhiladelphiahad nearly killed him.
All over again.
Now, he was still recovering from what had gone down there.
The kiss was searing hot, and as Gene forced him to forget anything but him, he was undoing his belt. They had time to do this a few times, but for now, he needed to fill his empty mate with the reassurance that they would survive anything.
They.
Were.
One.
When he was finally free of his belt, Gene held it in his hands as he kept the kiss going.
Ethan came alive against him, and that fear ebbed away. Instead of being broken, he was whole whenever his loves touched him. If it were up to him, they’d touch him every second of the day.
The old him would have been damaged more by that neediness, but now, it was just natural. Ethan had learned he was allowed to need affection, love, and his family.
His world was at a pivotal point as he fought to get overPhiladelphia.
It had been the city that made and broke him.
Repeatedly.
Because he was ready to do anything Ethan needed from him, Gene broke the kiss, and stared into his eyes.
“Tell me what you need from me. Tell me how to make you feel safe.”
There was only one thing.
“Make me forget. Fill me. I’m empty.”
Then, that was exactly what he would do. Roughly, he shoved Ethan backward, and he tumbled onto the bed.
Gene was there, tugging his man’s clothes from his body. When he had him out of his pants, he grabbed the front of his boxer briefs, and ripped them from his body.
Ethan moaned, needing this kind of attention to help him find his balance.
Then, Gene dropped his fly, and pulled his own dick out of his pants but stayed dressed.
Later, he would get naked. For now, Gene was going to take the edge off for Ethan, and fill him, like he wanted.
Fill him with love.
Fill him with his dick.
Fill him with all he had.
The man on the bed watched him, lust overwhelming Ethan as goosebumps crisscrossed his body.
Gene yanked open the bedside drawer, and found the lube that they kept in there when they traveled. He dumped it on his rock-hard erection.
