Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton

Author:Marie Sexton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: gay, glbt, Contemporary, romance, "m/m romance, m/m romance, dreamspinner press, marie sexton
Published: 2013-06-05T23:02:18+00:00

SOMETHING changed between us after that, but I couldn’t put my

finger on what it was. When we were in bed together, everything felt

different. There was a level of trust and longing between us that I

hadn’t experienced in a very long time. Maybe not since Zach. I tried

not to think about what it meant, mostly because I was pretty sure I was the only one who was feeling it. Out of bed, he still pushed me away

more often than not when I tried to touch him or kiss him. He still kept his walls between us. The difference was that where he used to be

mocking and carefree, now he seemed sad. And the fact that he kept

himself behind those walls, where I could not reach him, made me ache

for him. I yearned for more. But I had no idea what to do to change it.

A few weeks later, the restructuring was finally put into effect. I

returned from my last week-long trip to LA on a Friday night feeling

absolutely giddy. It was like being a kid again and having that last day of school before summer vacation. Starting the next Monday, I would

be a Junior Liaison Account Director (and it was Cole’s mocking voice that I heard in my head when I thought about it). Any trepidation I had held over accepting a demotion was gone. I was so relieved to be home

for good.

I called Cole before I even left the airport.

“Hello, love. Are you home?”

“Finally. Did you miss me?”

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“Not at all.”

“I didn’t miss you either. Can I come over?”

He was quiet for a moment, and then he said, “It would be a

wasted trip, love. I’m already at your house.”

“Good,” I said smiling. “I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”

For once, I didn’t find him in the kitchen. He was actually sitting

on the couch reading when I got home. I had a ridiculous urge to lie

down on the couch and put my head in his lap, but he stood up before I

could decide whether or not to follow through.

“I didn’t have time to cook,” he told me, “but I ordered take-out.

It should be here soon.”

“That sounds great. How did you know I would be home

tonight?”

“I tried to call you, and it went to voice mail, so I knew you had

to be on the plane.”

“I’m impressed,” I said, and he winked at me.

“You should be, love.”

I reached out and took his hand, trying to pull him over to me, but

he resisted. I pulled harder, but he still didn’t cooperate.

“Come here,” I said in exasperation.

“Why?”

“Because I want to show you how much I didn’t miss you.”

He smiled at that and relented. He let me pull him close and put

my arms around him. He was a little bit stiff in my arms, but I didn’t

mind. I put my nose into his hair, just so I could smell that ridiculous strawberry shampoo. It was a smell that had somehow become

simultaneously erotic and comforting to me. I felt silly for it, but it was such a part of him and of home now that I found myself missing it whenever I was away.

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