Fairyville by Emma Holly Page B

muttered, "but maybe not completely done."
    Alex rolled onto his side to face him. "You're not worried, are you? I'm this way with everyone. I mean, sex with you was great, but I always need to go more than once."
    Hearing Alex try to be reassuring was kind of funny. "You don't have to flatter me. I could tell you had a good time."
    "It's not flattery. That was out of the ordinary good. I hope… I kind of lost it there at the end. I hope I wasn't too rough."
    Bryan grinned and laid his hand flat on Alex's chest. Alex really was in Olympic shape. His heart was barely pounding hard anymore. "As long as I don't have to scream in the next few hours, my tonsils ought to recover."
    Alex winced and put his hand on Bryan's wrist. "Were you serious about a threesome? Because I have to admit I like them."
    Bryan hesitated, in part because he wasn't certain how cool he could be about sharing the object of his longtime crush with another man. He noticed the question had been tentative, as if Alex feared he'd be judged for this secret wish.
    "I think I'd be game," Bryan answered as honestly as he could. "It would depend on who the third person was."
    "What if it was a woman?"
    Alex was completely still, completely focused on Bryan's response. Bryan's cock got a few ounces heavier. Even if he'd been averse, it would have been hard to pass up an option that so obviously floated Alex's boat. He could hardly imagine what it would be like to see him more turned on than he'd been tonight.
    "It would still depend on who it was," he said slowly.
    "You're attracted to women?"
    "Sometimes. I'm just not ready to give up men to be with one long term, and that's what most of them seem to want."
    Alex's face lay inches from his on the pillow. He was holding Bryan's hand against his chest, and now his heart rate had picked up. Bryan suspected that if he looked down between their bodies, he'd find Alex's former steel-hard stiffness recovering. As it was, Alex's pupils were as big as dimes.
    "You
really
like this idea," Bryan said.
    "Oh, yeah." Alex's voice was soft. "One of each is something I've never managed to arrange."
    "Two of either?" Bryan asked, his interest piqued.
    Alex threw his head back on a quiet laugh. "Two men," he admitted, his eyes dancing. "And four women once. That was fun. They were curious lesbians."
    "Get outta here," Bryan said, his jaw dropping. "You seduced four lesbians?"
    "They seduced me. I think they wanted the crowd for moral support."
    "Don't tell that story to a straight man. He'll want to strangle you on the spot."
    "As long as you don't want to strangle me."
    "No," Bryan assured him, pausing for a jaw-cracking yawn. "I just want a good, long nap."
    He felt himself sinking under almost as soon as he closed his eyes. If he hadn't been so tired, he might have stopped to wonder whether he and Alex were actually forming a more-than-friend bond. He also might have wondered whether anyone but a masochist would waste his time hoping that was true. Fortunately for his peace of mind, he was too relaxed to give either worry his attention.
     
    By the time Alex and Bryan's interesting postcoital conversation had wound down, it was black outside, the kind of black you could only find in a town where the sidewalks rolled up at ten. The sole light in the room came from the cheap clock dial.
    Alex discovered he didn't mind sharing the bed with Bryan. His partner was easy to be with, no matter what they were doing. Considering what he knew about Bryan's feelings, this surprised him. Alex would have thought he'd feel awkward after his lust had been slaked. But maybe Bryan's crush was wearing off, now that he'd finally had what he'd been longing for.
    Alex shifted on the covers, a frown he wasn't sure what to make of pulling at his lips. He debated getting under the sheets. The room was cool, now that they weren't so busy trying to suck all its air into their desperate lungs. The atmosphere felt thick against the sweat drying on his skin.