Soft Place to Fall by BA Tortuga

Author:BA Tortuga [Tortuga, BA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-767-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

CURTIS SET the alarm on his phone so he wouldn’t sleep in and make Stetson do all the damned work this morning.

He still managed to miss a good many of the chores, judging from the fact that Stetson was gone when he got up and still wasn’t back after he had a shower and tugged on every bit of clothing he owned.

Jesus, was the furnace broke or just….

Fifty. The thermostat was set to fucking fifty.

Curtis stood in the hallway, torn. Stetson had his pride, and obviously he was having trouble making ends meet. That was clear as glass. But damn. Curtis turned it up to sixty-two. Happy medium.

“Shit, it’s bitter out there.” He heard Stetson stomping and clearing his boots of snow, and then he heard Stetson chuckle softly. “You pups hang out and I’ll find everyone a couple more blankets.”

Curtis moved to the kitchen and the coffee maker, which, wow. Ancient. Gross. Okay, he needed to make a trip to Target down in Santa Fe. Was there a Target in Española? He couldn’t remember. “Morning, Roper.”

“Hey, cowboy, you sleep good? Everyone’s fed and snuggled up out there.”

“I did. You need me to help with the dogs?”

“Nah, I’m just going to make sure they’ve got enough to keep warm. Fixin’ to dump snow again this afternoon.”

“It’s amazing up here. Shit, I’d forgotten the winter.” He’d acclimatize again, but right now he needed to carb load and mainline water.

Stetson chuckled for him, then disappeared into Miss Betty’s part of the house and returned with a pile of old blankets. “You want to start coffee, and I’ll bring in some wood.”

“I’m on it. You want pancakes for breakfast?” He knew he’d gotten all the stuff last night.

“Oh, that would be a blessing. Please, thank you.”

“You got it.” Coffee. Pancakes. Chicken sausage. He snagged Stetson for his good morning kiss because he wanted one.

“Oh—” Stetson’s lips were icy, but the kiss wasn’t. Not at all.

No, the contact warmed up real quick, Stetson wrapping those long arms around his neck and holding on. He hummed, a happy noise that kinda surprised him.

He stepped right into the curve of Stetson’s body, holding them tight together. They both tilted their heads the other way, the kiss going deep in another direction.

Jesus. Good morning to him. He worked the buttons of Stetson’s shearling coat open, hunting that tight body that waited for him. Life was short. He was gonna start with dessert first.

“Curtis! It’s morning!”

“Mmm. Broad daylight, even.” He grinned at Stetson, feeling his face stretch with it. “God, I want to lay you out in the sunshine one day, watch you arch for me.”

Stetson moaned, the sound damn near pained.

“You need loving, Roper. You scream for it.” He nipped Stetson’s exposed skin, just above the starched shirt collar.

“For you. I need your loving. No one else’s.”

“Now, that’s the perfect thing to hear.” He smiled up at Stetson, tickled to death.

“Just the truth, huh?”

“God.” He kissed that hot mouth again, mainly to keep himself from saying all manner of sappy shit.

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