Splinter (Significant Brothers Book 1) by E. Davies

Author:E. Davies [Davies, E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

19

Deen

It was amazing how quickly he recovered. With food and more water, half an hour of lying down not being allowed to move or even review his camera footage, Deen started to feel like it was all a bad dream.

“The human body is amazing,” Deen murmured.

“It sure is.” Nico had had that half-edgy tone since getting back. He kept touching Deen every time he passed him and rubbing his arm unnecessarily. He frequently checked his temperature with a hand against his cheeks and forehead, too.

But he also kept glaring at him.

Deen sure as hell couldn’t blame him. He was pretty sure Nico had the right to be totally pissed off at him for weeks.

“Shit,” he breathed out.

“What?” Nico was there, his hand on his shoulder, and Deen instantly felt bad for alarming him.

“No, no. I’m fine. I—are you? You pulled me up, didn’t you?”

“I’m okay,” Nico murmured. When Deen gave him a pointed look, he sighed and revised that to, “I’ve been better. But it’s only minor.”

“God,” Deen breathed out and leaned back into the creaky old couch. For all he was holding back his words, Nico must have been judging the hell out of him. As well he should, from that one outburst earlier of just a sampling of the things he’d done wrong.

I should call people and tell them I’m all right, but they never even knew I was in trouble. God. Tomorrow, then.

Instead, he took Nico by the hand, checking that it was his good arm, then chuckled slightly.

“What?”

“We’ve both got a good arm now. I can think of some uses for that…”

Nico shook his head at him, but he smiled, too. “Hopefully they’re compatible.”

“Oooh.” Deen perked up. If he was willing to let Deen flirt… “Speaking of amazing human bodies? We could test that.”

“You shouldn’t exert yourself.”

“Baby, I’m better. I could go for a run now. I won’t unless a bear busts in here, but I could.”

Nico eyed him but gave in. “What did you have in mind?”

“Well…” Deen purred, eager for the chance to reconnect. For a brief time back there—minutes? hours? he had no way of telling—he’d thought he might never get to do this.

He slid closer to Nico, shifting until he straddled his lap and cupped his cheeks in his palms. They felt good, stubbly and warm and solid. He rubbed Nico’s jaw with his thumb, then smiled as he leaned in to kiss.

Being hydrated enough that their lips slid easily together felt incredible. He was never going to take that for granted again.

Nico moaned softly and tangled his hand in the back of Deen’s hair, his other hand firmly on the small of his back.

Yes. This. This was… good.

Deen never wanted to pull away from Nico, so even taking a breath was more space than he wanted. He kept his lips against Nico’s skin as he did, kissing his neck or ear or cheek before going back to his lips until they were swollen and tender and so goddamn wet.

“You been tested?” Deen finally whispered against Nico’s lips.

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