Overboard by Sierra Riley Page B

there.”
    Sebastian held up a finger to tell Duncan to stay put. “Give me one second.”
    He returned a couple of minutes later with a bagel, three doughnuts, an apple, and a banana carried in a little makeshift pouch he had made by folding up the bottom of his shirt.
    Watching his pretty hero, Duncan’s anger faded a little.
    “I wasn’t sure what big mountain men like you eat for breakfast so I just grabbed whatever I could carry.”
    Duncan grabbed the doughnuts. “Thanks. Should we go set this stuff back in the room?”
    “I have a feeling you’ll eat it all.”
    “Probably. I always eat too much when I’m stressed.” Duncan took several deep breaths to calm himself. “Man, I wish I would have brought a book. I haven’t relaxed with a book in a long time.”
    “Follow me.”
    Duncan felt he could get used to having Sebastian taking such good care of him, but he worried that Sebastian would eventually get mad when he couldn’t return the favor.
    What will happen when he learns that I can’t pull my own weight in this relationship?

12
Sebastian
    S ebastian led Duncan down an empty hallway. He was proud of his desire to help his giant lover.
    He still could believe that they had made love. Sebastian had fucked many times in the past, but he couldn’t remember ever making love . It was amazing how much better the sex had been with his heart and mind in the game along with his body.
    While walking, Sebastian thought about Duncan’s parents. His mom was a total sweetie. She would embrace Duncan being gay very quickly. The bigger threat was clearly his dad. Sebastian suspected that George would quickly learn to accept that his son was gay, but Sebastian would never be the one to bring it up. He would wait for Duncan to handle it.
    Until then, Sebastian would just take whatever Duncan could give him. After making such a mess of things with his own father, he had learned that he was not good at broaching the subject of one’s sexuality with parents.
    “Where are we going?” Duncan asked.
    “The library. I was talking to this little old lady before your parents came to breakfast. She told me about it. She said she was going to grab some trashy novels and suntan topless later. Crazy broad. Here we are.”
    They rounded a corner and entered a small room with about a dozen bookcases. Duncan walked from shelf to shelf, dragging his finger along spines of books without picking up anything.
    “What do you like to read?” Sebastian asked.
    “Man, I don’t even know anymore. It’s been years since I’ve touched anything besides carpentry magazines. I used to like books with dragons when I was a kid.”
    Sebastian tried to picture Duncan as a child. He had probably still towered over other kids his own age. Sebastian chuckled when he imagined grade-school-age Duncan: young, but still too big to get in and out of the seats attached to the school desks.
    Sebastian risked grabbing Duncan’s arm to guide him to a shelf on the opposite wall. When he squeezed his arm, Duncan spun to check for others entering the room.
    “Sorry. I’ll stop. But your arms feel good. I’ll be thinking about them.”
    Duncan cupped Sebastian’s neck with his hand. “I’ll be thinking about you touching me, too.”
    Sebastian couldn’t believe that Duncan had risked touching him so intimately in a public area. He started daydreaming about ways they could safely do more.
    Duncan checked out two novels while Sebastian picked up one on from the nonfiction section about how to be a good manager.
    “Okay. Now to the pool,” Sebastian ordered.
    While setting into a couple of chairs in the sun near the pool, Duncan noticed the book Sebastian had chosen. He raised his eyebrows. “Really?”
    “Well, if we’re going to run a company together, I’m going to need to learn some things so I can pull my weight. Don’t worry about what I’m reading though. You need to be checking out the ladies.”
    Sebastian flinched when Duncan hit him