Andy’s innards into lusty knots, he knew he was forgiven. Collapsing onto the bed, Michael grunted and twisted his long frame onto the narrow bed. He reached over Andy with one arm, scooping his hand under Andy to drag him closer. Laughter bubbled up out of Andy’s chest as he relaxed into the furnace-like heat Michael put off. Pressing his face into the crook of Michael’s neck, Andy drenched himself in Michael’s unique scent.
“I was so scared, Michael.”
Grunting again, Michael squeezed Andy so hard he could hear his ribs creaking. He relented when Andy gasped.
“Yeah. I heard. I’m not leaving though. There’s nothing you, or anyone else can do to make me. Not one damn thing. Get that through your pretty head, and things will be a lot simpler.”
Burying his face farther into the sweetly scented crook of Michael’s neck, Andy whispered the question he couldn’t keep back despite how much he hated appearing weak enough to concern himself with such things.
“Did you mean it?”
Michael didn’t miss a beat.
“Yes. But I’ll give you a year or two to get used to the idea. I’m giving up my apartment as soon as they let me out of here though. I don’t give a shit what you tell anyone else, but you’re through pretending with me. I’m sleeping in your bed every night, fixing anything that’s broken on your car or your house, and you can just deal with it.”
Smiling, Andy snuggled in a hair closer. “I broke my wings.”
A chuckle rumbled through Michael.
“You mean the ones from your costume for the party?”
Andy nodded. Michael made a low humming noise, sliding his fingers along the curve of Andy’s hip bone.
“I can fix that.”
Turning his head, Andy pressed a feather light kiss to the hollow place where Michael’s collar bones met.
“Okay. It’s nobody’s business what we do but ours. If they ask you, I don’t care what you tell them… I just don’t want to make any big announcements. Just-can we just be for a while? IDavid lives with you though. Um, I have an extra room. Or there’s the little apartment over my garage. It needs some work.”
Michael’s fingers stilled for a second, and Andy’s heart stood still.
“That’s perfect, Andy. He can stay in the house while we fix up the apartment for him, and then he can move… but he’ll still be close enough for me to keep an eye on him.”
Andy’s eyelids drooped as a wave of exhaustion washed over him. A yawn wracked his frame and spread his jaw wide open. There was just one more question he needed answered before he could give in to the dark call and let himself drift on the midnight tides of sleep.
“And your mom?”
Michael grunted, squeezing him again. Andy was no fool. He could feel the bunched muscle difference this time.
“Please, Michael.”
A gust of air blew through the hair at the top of Andy’s head.
“Fine, babe, you win. I’ll listen; hear what she has to say. I’m not doing it today though. When she comes back I’ll ask her to set something up through Lynn.”
Andy lifted his face in a shameless bid for a kiss. Michael proved he wasn’t a complete Dumkopf by rolling Andy onto his back as he pressed his lips down over Andy’s. A hint of tongue promised more when they were somewhere private, and Andy took that for what it was worth.
Michael always kept his promises.
Fin
“I was so scared, Michael.”
Grunting again, Michael squeezed Andy so hard he could hear his ribs creaking. He relented when Andy gasped.
“Yeah. I heard. I’m not leaving though. There’s nothing you, or anyone else can do to make me. Not one damn thing. Get that through your pretty head, and things will be a lot simpler.”
Burying his face farther into the sweetly scented crook of Michael’s neck, Andy whispered the question he couldn’t keep back despite how much he hated appearing weak enough to concern himself with such things.
“Did you mean it?”
Michael didn’t miss a beat.
“Yes. But I’ll give you a year or two to get used to the idea. I’m giving up my apartment as soon as they let me out of here though. I don’t give a shit what you tell anyone else, but you’re through pretending with me. I’m sleeping in your bed every night, fixing anything that’s broken on your car or your house, and you can just deal with it.”
Smiling, Andy snuggled in a hair closer. “I broke my wings.”
A chuckle rumbled through Michael.
“You mean the ones from your costume for the party?”
Andy nodded. Michael made a low humming noise, sliding his fingers along the curve of Andy’s hip bone.
“I can fix that.”
Turning his head, Andy pressed a feather light kiss to the hollow place where Michael’s collar bones met.
“Okay. It’s nobody’s business what we do but ours. If they ask you, I don’t care what you tell them… I just don’t want to make any big announcements. Just-can we just be for a while? IDavid lives with you though. Um, I have an extra room. Or there’s the little apartment over my garage. It needs some work.”
Michael’s fingers stilled for a second, and Andy’s heart stood still.
“That’s perfect, Andy. He can stay in the house while we fix up the apartment for him, and then he can move… but he’ll still be close enough for me to keep an eye on him.”
Andy’s eyelids drooped as a wave of exhaustion washed over him. A yawn wracked his frame and spread his jaw wide open. There was just one more question he needed answered before he could give in to the dark call and let himself drift on the midnight tides of sleep.
“And your mom?”
Michael grunted, squeezing him again. Andy was no fool. He could feel the bunched muscle difference this time.
“Please, Michael.”
A gust of air blew through the hair at the top of Andy’s head.
“Fine, babe, you win. I’ll listen; hear what she has to say. I’m not doing it today though. When she comes back I’ll ask her to set something up through Lynn.”
Andy lifted his face in a shameless bid for a kiss. Michael proved he wasn’t a complete Dumkopf by rolling Andy onto his back as he pressed his lips down over Andy’s. A hint of tongue promised more when they were somewhere private, and Andy took that for what it was worth.
Michael always kept his promises.
Fin
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