Firelight by Jace Alex

Author:Jace Alex
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Early next morning Rich woke at

the dip of the mattress beside him.

He stirred sleepily, wrapped in the

warm duvet, his heavy eyes

opening. The mirror opposite shone,

struck by the pale light of oncoming

dawn that slid between the curtains.

One curtain had been drawn aside

as if to look out over the winter

wilderness, with its deep-lying

snow, its ice-edged lakes.

Parker sat beside him with his

knees drawn up and his arms

wrapped around them. By the faint

winter light his profile was

beautiful, pale and remote. The

muscles in his bare arms and

shoulders gleamed. His hair shone a

faint gold. But he was silent, curled

and small.

A spark of foreboding kindled

and Rich rubbed his eyes, fighting

to wake up. When he shifted his

breath caught at the sweet aches

Parker had left him with. He had

lost count of the number of times

Parker had fucked him yesterday—

against the wall, on the table,

everywhere. Parker had been

smiling then. Not now.

“Parker?” Rich’s voice scraped,

rough and scratchy with sleep.

Parker didn’t say anything. He

wouldn’t look at him.

Rich pushed himself up on one

elbow. “Parker?” Still nothing.

Rich reached out, but Parker

flinched slightly. Rich paused, then

took back his hand. A chill raced

through him. He was suddenly

afraid that he had made a mistake

sleeping with Parker. Rich tried a

third time. “Everything okay?”

“The snow is melting.” Parker’s

voice was small.

Rich’s stomach plummeted. They

had been snowbound together for

days in the little farmhouse. And

now the snow was melting. So

Parker didn’t have to stay here any

more. He could leave any time he

wanted.

No wonder Parker was so quiet.

He was figuring out how to tell

Rich that he was done here. That

Rich wasn’t worth staying around

for.

Rich felt like he’d swallowed

ice, cold and burning in his

stomach. But this had never been

about what Rich wanted. Rich was

only providing shelter; he could not

expect Parker to stay. “Do you want

to leave?”

Silence.

“You can. If you want to. I’m not

going to stop you. I know you only

came here for shelter.”

Parker scrunched up tighter.

“Parker…”

“Okay,” Parker said in a whisper.

“I’ll go.”

He sounded so miserable that

Rich’s heart turned over. “You can

stay. I’d be glad. I just want you to

be happy.”

“Would you really? Be glad?”

“Of course,” Rich said,

surprised. “Of course I would.”

Parker looked down at his bare

toes. “Maybe I could stay a bit

longer?” His voice went up into a

question.

Rich melted. How adorable.

Parker had only been worried that

Rich wouldn’t let him stay. “You

can stay as long as you like.

Really.”

“I like it here. It’s nice.”

Rich felt warm inside. “Good.”

Parker’s tension eased. He slid

back down under the warm duvet

and held out his arms. Rich settled

himself comfortably in the curve of

Parker’s body, cheek against his

bare chest, feeling the steady beat of

his heart. Parker kissed the top of

his head.

“I’m your secret,” Parker

whispered to him. “You should

keep me.”

Rich smiled as he drifted off to

sleep.

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