Once a Marine by Cat Grant

Author:Cat Grant [Grant, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-10-31T12:56:13+00:00

We arrived at Mom's condo at oh-dark-thirty, so worn out after nine hours on the road that all we could do was stumble blindly through the front door and down the hall to the guest bedroom. Cole would've fallen into bed fully clothed if I hadn't grabbed him by the belt loops, unzipped him, and skinned down his jeans and boxers. He managed to tug off his t-shirt, kiss me, and mumble "G'night" before landing face-first on the nearest pillow. I shucked my own clothes and crawled in beside him. Despite my nap in the car earlier, I was already half-unconscious by the time I heard him start to snore.

I jerked awake a couple hours later to find Cole perched on the edge of the bed, shaking hard enough to make the bed frame squeak. "Hey," I whispered, sliding my hand gently onto his arm, "I'm right here. C'mon back, okay?"

"Jesus." He flopped down next to me and dragged a hand over his face. "Sorry. Forgot where I was for a minute."

"It's all right. You're safe." I slung my arm around his waist and laid my head on his sweat-damp chest. His heart was pounding like a fucking gong, but after a few minutes, it started to slow down. "Better now?"

"A little." Sighing, he tangled his fingers in my hair. "And I was hoping to get through this trip without any freak-outs. No such fucking luck."

I bit my lip. "You could do something about it, you know."

Another sigh, more exasperated than exhausted. "Drop it, okay? I don't want to talk about it right now."

"You never want to talk about it. That's the problem."

"No," he snapped, pulling away, "the problem is you don't know when to let things go. It's bad enough having these fucking nightmares without you nagging me about 'em all the time."

I flopped onto my back. Shit. I knew I should've waited until we got home to bring this up again. Well, no point in clamming up now that he was already pissed at me. "This isn't some kind of endurance test. You're not gonna score points for being all stoic and macho."

He rolled over to face away from me, shrugging me off when I tried to touch his arm. "Leave me the fuck alone."

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