Siempre by Tessa Cárdenas

Sean’s cheek and tilt Sean’s head up so Sean had to look at him. “Don’t let me hurt you because you don’t want to tell me I’m doing it. I’ll let Travis corner me on purpose if I think you’re doing that.”
    “You’re a masochist.”
    “I’m not pretending that’s preferred. I’d really like it better if you told me yourself.” He leaned down to press their lips together and Sean couldn’t help pressing closer, but Jaime kept the kiss soft and pulled back as Sean tried to follow his lips. “Let me get the lights and get in bed. Then if you don’t want to sleep, I’m not going to fight you.”
    Sean heard Jaime shucking off his jeans after he’d flicked off the light, and when he joined Sean under the blankets, he’d taken off his shirt as well. Sean couldn’t resist running his hands over the light hair on Jaime’s chest, but he couldn’t pretend his eyes weren’t drooping as he settled into his favorite spot in Jaime’s arms with his head pillowed on Jaime’s shoulder. He felt the light pressure of a kiss on the top of his head as he started to drift off.
     
     
    S EAN WOKE up to the calming sensation of Jaime’s fingers running through his hair and down his back. He resisted waking up and curled closer, pressing his face into Jaime’s neck to block out the light.
    “Come on. Wake up.” Jaime’s voice was soft, but not enough for Sean to ignore him and drift back to sleep. “It’s almost eight thirty, and I don’t think you remembered to set an alarm.”
    Sean turned away from him in an attempt to get more sleep, but he still pulled on Jaime’s arm to make him turn on his side so he was spooned behind Sean like a warm, heavy blanket. He felt the hot puff of a laugh on the back of his neck.
    “Babe, I can’t bribe you with breakfast. I’m not even sure you have food and pans I could work with. If you do, you have to get up with me and show them to me.” Jaime pulled him onto his back and pressed kisses up his neck before nipping at his earlobe. “Next time you ask me why I got up without you, I’m going to point out how much work this is. Now that I’ve tried waking you up, I have an excuse to let you sleep late.”
    Sean decided a shrug was enough of a response. He’d only half complained once, and that was before he’d realized that if Jaime got up without him, breakfast would already be finished when he stumbled out of the bedroom.
    “I’m about to take this as a sign that I should start trying to wake you up earlier than ten minutes before you’re supposed to be up.”
    Sean was pretty sure he could hear the teasing in Jaime’s voice, but he cracked his eyes open anyway.
    “Hey,” Jaime whispered when their eyes met.
    Sean was still trying to wake up to answer when Travis knocked hard enough to shake the door.
    “It’s eight thirty! You’ve got five minutes to show some signs of life, because Alana is on her way over. I’m not pulling you out of bed myself if you’re naked,” Travis called through the door.
    “I’m already awake!” Sean yelled back as he groaned and shuffled closer to Jaime under the covers.
    “You don’t even own an alarm, do you?” Jaime asked after a few seconds.
    “I’ve had to use my phone a couple times when he was out of town.” Sean turned on his side and backed away enough that his morning breath wouldn’t be in Jaime’s face.
    “I’m not sure if that makes him overbearing or you completely spoiled,” Jaime said.
    “Depends on who you ask.”
    “Right. So in the future, I should just yell at you?”
    “I’d rather you stick with your method, or just let me sleep and move to breakfast in bed.” Sean would really rather sleep until two, but if he had to get up, Jaime kissing up his neck as he woke up made it suck a lot less.
    “You’re losing your argument against being completely spoiled.” Jaime smiled and shook his head as he started to pull back the blankets.
    “It’s way too early in this relationship for