Deliver Us by Lynn Kelling

Author:Lynn Kelling
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62234-000-2
Publisher: ForbiddenFiction
Published: 2012-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

Darrek watches Gabriel talk on his cell phone, sitting at what had been Darrek’s desk and is now, astonishingly, their desk, with a folder opened in front of him and some papers scattered around. He is in the process of setting up the bank account, and having their bills drawn directly from it. It’s one of the biggest things anyone has ever done for Darrek, and it makes everything about the merging of his and Gabriel’s lives that much more real and practical in the best kind of way. Darrek has never been so happy.

He lounges on the couch with his head resting on a throw pillow, watching Gabriel arrange everything.

That morning, as they cleaned up the breakfast dishes, Darrek had insisted on rinsing them and loading the dishwasher, not letting Gabriel anywhere near them, especially after what had happened the previous day and the revelations about Gabriel’s home life when he was younger. Gabriel at first looked like he wanted to argue the matter, but when Darrek gently asked him, “Please let me do this for you. Let this be my job,” Gabriel relented with unspoken gratitude.

As Darrek did the dishes, Gabriel had gotten the financial documents out, and had placed the call to the doctor’s office to make their appointments.

When Darrek finished the dishes, he had watched Gabriel carefully from the kitchen for a few long minutes. Then he had gotten two Advil tablets out, and filled a glass of water. He had brought them over to his lover and Master, offering them to him.

Gabriel had stared at the things in Darrek’s hands before looking up at his face with a question in his eyes. That’s when realization set in and he looked quickly away, flushing with embarrassment.

“Thanks,” he had said, quickly taking the painkillers.

“No problem. Are you all right?”

“Yeah. I didn’t realize that it showed, though... you know. That I’m... sore.”

“But you are sore?”

“Yeah. A little,” he admitted shyly, head lowered.

Without hesitation, Darrek leaned down and caught his lips in a soft kiss, brushing a thumb over the hollow of his jaw.

“You were amazing,” Darrek whispered to him. “Completely amazing. Do you regret it at all?”

Their lips were so close that Darrek could taste the coffee in Gabriel’s breath. Gabriel frowned with seriousness and kissed Darrek’s lips once more before answering him.

“No. Of course not. I just hope that... next time....it’ll be easier for me. But I’m glad I waited... for you.”

Then it was Darrek’s turn to frown and pressed the issue by asking Gabriel again, “But are you all right?”

He tried to kiss away the wrinkles in Gabriel’s brow.

“I’m trying to be all right. But the fact that you brought me Advil, and are asking about how I’m feeling... let’s just say no one else ever did that for me. Every little bit helps. It all... it all helps.”

“I want to just take it away. I want to take that whole part of your life away and make it so it never happened.”

“But then I wouldn’t be who I am.

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