Touch of Love: A hurt comfort MM romance (Trials of Fear Book 3) by Nicky James

Author:Nicky James [James, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

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“Fuck it’s hot.” Raven dropped against the side of his van, huffing and puffing while he worked to remove his sweat-soaked T-shirt. Mine had long since been removed as we ran, and it hung off the side of my shorts where I’d tucked it.

“It’s the end of June, it’s just going to get worse.”

He wiped his face with the assaulting piece of clothing before tossing it into the back of his vehicle and retrieving two bottles of water. Accepting one when he held it out, I guzzled it down. Dawn had broken as we ran. Raven had convinced me on non-work days to push our run an hour later into the day. When I finished my drink, I nodded to a second path that led down to the water’s edge and a small strip of beach beyond.

“Come on. Let’s go put our feet in. It will be nice.”

Our mutual weekends off had become highly anticipated. We spent hours together after our morning run and often hung out long into the night as well. There had never been precise confirmation that we were dating, but it seemed to be something we equally understood. Progress was slow. Whenever we were together, I forced myself to initiate touch one way or another. Raven patiently never pushed or asked for more than he knew I could handle.

Raven downed his water and followed me along the sandy path toward the water. We removed our shoes and waded up to our knees. The air might have been hot, but the lake retained an iciness long after the winter thaw. The crisp, cold water against our scorching hot flesh made us both gasp and laugh.

“You’d better not complain about it being cold, Mr. It’s-too-fucking-hot-to-run.”

To accentuate my point, I bent and cupped some water in my hands before sending it flying against his bare chest. He shrieked and danced out of the way, clutching his chest as he howled.

“You shit. Holy fuck, that’s freezing.” He shuddered and blew out a breath before slapping his hand against the surface of the water, sending a wave to cover me.

We laughed and splashed one another until we were almost soaked but refreshingly cooled off. “Okay, okay, I surrender. Timeout.” I made a T sign with my hands and shielded my body from him as he continued to drench me with the cold lake water. “Seriously, my phone’s in my pocket. It will be ruined at this rate.”

Raven’s eyes went wide, and the assault stopped. “Oh shit. You have your phone on you?”

I nodded, wiping the last blast of water from my face, shaking it from my hands before unzipping the pocket on my shorts and retrieving it. I gave it a once over and turned it on to ensure it still worked. It was damp but not dripping.

“I think it survived.”

I re-pocketed it as Raven headed back onto the beach and plunked himself in the sand by the water’s edge. He finger-combed his hair back as I joined him, leaving a few inches between us.

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