Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian
Author:Cat Sebastian [Cat Sebastian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cat Sebastian
Published: 2022-11-02T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Eleven
âShit,â Daniel said when they were getting dressed the next morning. It was their third attempt to put on clothes, the first two having gotten derailed with more sex, not that Daniel was complaining. âI hurt you.â He pointed at Alexâs hips, where purplish bruises stood out against his fair skin.
âThereâs some on my shoulders too,â Alex said, turning around so Daniel could see. âI bruise easily.â
âIâm really sorry. I didnât realize I was being that rough.â
âYou really werenât. And I donât mind.â Alexâs cheeks went a pretty shade of pink, and only then did Daniel understandâAlex really didnât mind. Well, then. Daniel didnât mind a bit of roughness either, didnât mind getting marked up, didnât mind much of anything, at least not anything he had run across yet. He had thought Alex would be fussier, thoughâwhich would have been fine, of course, but the knowledge that he wasnât sent a bolt of want through him.
He must have been looking dopey, because Alex came over and kissed him.
âYou were right,â Alex said.
âAbout what?â
âYou said itâs nicer with friends. No wonder you sleep with all your friends if itâs always like this.â
Daniel felt his stomach drop. He had said that. He had pitched this whole idea to Alex as a normal thing for friends to do. He shouldnât be surprised that Alex thought this was just business as usual for him.
âYou know youâre not just any old friend, right?â Daniel asked. âYouâre not the mulch guy I trade handjobs with.â Why was he talking about the mulch guy? Why, Daniel? âI mean, you know Iâ¦â He trailed off, not knowing how to finish that sentence. âYou know I like you best?â he finally said, inanely, and as the words left his mouth he knew that the most honest thing he could have said was I love you.
It should have come as a surprise, but somehow it didnât.
âI know you like me best, Daniel,â Alex said, but it sounded like he was humoring him.
It was too early, and Daniel wasnât awake enough to have a serious conversation, not that he had any idea what he could possibly say anyway. So he walked with Alex to the clinic even though it was out of his way and then went home.
His building was quiet. Blanca and Miriam would be at work. In the garden were a handful of kids too little for school. Their parents were gathered on a bench Daniel had found in a salvage yard a few weeks earlier. He made a mental note to find another one and maybe a small table. But there wasnât anyone around he could talk to. Lauren and Jacob would be at work too, and this didnât really feel like something he could talk to them about anyway, since the last time he had tried to talk to them about Alex it hadnât gone well.
The person he really ought to talk to was Mary, because she knew Alex better than anyone and would probably have
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