OUTCAST by Jamie Schlosser

Author:Jamie Schlosser [Schlosser, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Good Guys Novel
Publisher: Jamie Schlosser
Published: 2018-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Waking up next to Ezra was… Well, it was everything.

His warm body was draped over me like a weighted blanket. Warm. Comforting. Better than I imagined.

There was something so intimate about starting your day with someone.

In the light of day, sensuality was replaced with familiarity. Heart-racing excitement became soul-quenching trust.

Sometime during the night, I’d rolled over to face him. His left leg hung over my hips, effectively keeping me as close as possible and anchoring me to the bed. He hadn’t been kidding about using me as a body pillow, and I didn’t mind one bit.

I’d spent nights at Gavin’s before. There were times when we’d fallen asleep on his sectional couch, but I always woke up stiff from being in an uncomfortable position all night and with one of Gavin’s giant feet in my face.

I gave Ezra’s neck a sniff, since my face was conveniently tucked under his chin. Definitely didn’t smell like a stinky foot.

My eyes bounced up to his beautiful face. Even after everything we did last night, this was the most vulnerable I’d ever seen him. His cheek was squished up from the pillow, his hair was messy, and his lips were slightly parted.

He looked so much like the boy I’d fallen in love with years ago.

Tightening my hold on him, I pressed my ear to his chest and listened to his strong heartbeat.

The soothing sound was interrupted by a much less pleasant noise.

My alarm clock on my phone went off a second time, and I could hear the insistent ringing coming from somewhere in the living room. Reluctantly, I untangled myself from Ezra, trying my best not to wake him.

Before I could slide out from under his leg, I grabbed the pillow from the floor and slyly replaced the vacant space. Satisfied with the way it was tucked against Ezra’s body, I turned away.

A warm hand caught my wrist. “Where are you going?”

I sat on the edge of the bed. “I have to get to work.”

“So early,” he grumped, rubbing his eyes. “It’s still dark out.”

I grinned at this side of him. He definitely wasn’t a morning person.

“The sun is coming up.” I motioned toward the pink glow coming through his curtains. “And I need to get back to the dorms to take a shower.”

“Take one here.”

“Really?”

“If you don’t mind smelling like my soap, yeah.” He grinned, the grumpiness melting away. That idea certainly had its merits. I wanted to spend the day smelling him on me. Ezra leaned up on an elbow. “I’ll even join you.”

Sold. I was bobbing my head so enthusiastically that it made Ezra chuckle.

He swung his legs over the side of the mattress and rubbed at his left thigh. I remembered what he’d said before the summer about how he had muscle stiffness in the morning, so I waited for him to assess the situation.

After extending his leg out a couple times, he gave me a nod.

As we shuffled to the bathroom, shyness came over me. Showering with a guy was another brand-new first.

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