Nate. I was playing around. Are you really jealous?”
“He is,” Kellan said. “He’s always been really possessive. Never learned how to share.”
“This is because I didn’t let you ride the bike I got for my tenth birthday before I did.”
“Oh my God, did you guys grow up together? That is the—”
“Say sweet and you are so fired,” Nate warned.
Eli shut his mouth and grinned again.
“You.” Nate pointed to Kellan. “Come with me.” Nate led the way into the bathroom.
“Told you. Possessive,” Kellan said to Eli. “Coming, baby.”
“Okay.” Nate shut the door behind Kellan and took a deep breath, trying to find his center or his chi or whatever the fuck he’d never been able to find in meditation because spending that much time alone in his head made him want to jump out of his skin.
Kellan leaned against the sink. “Yeah?”
Christ, there wasn’t enough room in this bathroom for them both, wasn’t enough room in the apartment, and sure as hell there wasn’t enough room in Nate’s life. Two months. He could do this. Revenge for the way Geoffrey screwed over his dad and a good deed for the city.
“Are you really pissed because I kissed Eli?” Kellan straightened from his slouch, face suddenly serious. “I didn’t mean to fuck with your love life, man. If you want to get with him or—”
“No. I don’t want Eli. I fucked him once but—”
“Really? Like fucked him fucked him?”
“Do you want a play-by-play?”
“Well, I don’t exactly know what you guys do.”
“You take a dick and you get it wet and then you put it someplace tight—”
“No, like how do you know who fucks who?”
Blood pulsed, heat beating in Nate’s dick. “I don’t think you’re ready to find out.”
“What’s that, some kind of club secret?” Kellan leaned against the sink again, tugging the sweats away from his own half-hard cock.
Nate stared at Kellan’s crotch until it made him shift again. “You want to know because it’s turning you on?”
“I like thinking of my dick in someplace tight.”
“And you couldn’t get any girls to let you go for the back door?”
Kellan grinned. “Maybe Eli will take pity on me instead. Was it good for you?”
“I thought you wanted us to pretend to be in love.”
“Aw, don’t be jealous, baby.” Kellan reached for Nate’s cheek.
Nate slapped his hand away. “Cut it out.”
Kellan folded his arms. “So are you in?”
“As long as you want to stay out.”
Kellan laughed. Not the mocking kind Nate was getting used to, but a soft helpless snort that tickled Nate’s ears. “You turned out to be a funny guy, Nathan Gray.”
And Kellan hadn’t turned out to be quite as much of a dick as Nate had thought he would.
“I’m agreeing to do this, but there are some rules.”
“You are just like my dad.” Kellan rolled his eyes. If Kellan started sucking his teeth, Nate would be ready to live up to acting like Geoffrey and throw the brat out onto the street.
“No kissing in the apartment. No touching in the apartment. No walking around without clothes on. And you don’t call me baby .”
“What about out of the apartment? We’ve got to make it look good.”
“You really think people are going to notice? You were only on that reality show for a month.”
“You watched it?”
“No.” Nate could lie—when it wasn’t really a lie. He hadn’t watched Get a Job when it was on but had seen some online clips.
“Eli noticed.”
“Fine. When other people are around, touching and kissing. But nothing too gropey.”
“Gropey? Don’t you write a sex-advice column?”
“It’s more like a life-advice column. You know what I mean. No matter what you’ve seen, gay people don’t have public sex any more than straight people do.”
“You should. Maybe it would be fun. You’re too tense, man.”
“Well, maybe when there’s someone around I want to have fun with, I will.”
“Don’t wait too long. If you want to
“He is,” Kellan said. “He’s always been really possessive. Never learned how to share.”
“This is because I didn’t let you ride the bike I got for my tenth birthday before I did.”
“Oh my God, did you guys grow up together? That is the—”
“Say sweet and you are so fired,” Nate warned.
Eli shut his mouth and grinned again.
“You.” Nate pointed to Kellan. “Come with me.” Nate led the way into the bathroom.
“Told you. Possessive,” Kellan said to Eli. “Coming, baby.”
“Okay.” Nate shut the door behind Kellan and took a deep breath, trying to find his center or his chi or whatever the fuck he’d never been able to find in meditation because spending that much time alone in his head made him want to jump out of his skin.
Kellan leaned against the sink. “Yeah?”
Christ, there wasn’t enough room in this bathroom for them both, wasn’t enough room in the apartment, and sure as hell there wasn’t enough room in Nate’s life. Two months. He could do this. Revenge for the way Geoffrey screwed over his dad and a good deed for the city.
“Are you really pissed because I kissed Eli?” Kellan straightened from his slouch, face suddenly serious. “I didn’t mean to fuck with your love life, man. If you want to get with him or—”
“No. I don’t want Eli. I fucked him once but—”
“Really? Like fucked him fucked him?”
“Do you want a play-by-play?”
“Well, I don’t exactly know what you guys do.”
“You take a dick and you get it wet and then you put it someplace tight—”
“No, like how do you know who fucks who?”
Blood pulsed, heat beating in Nate’s dick. “I don’t think you’re ready to find out.”
“What’s that, some kind of club secret?” Kellan leaned against the sink again, tugging the sweats away from his own half-hard cock.
Nate stared at Kellan’s crotch until it made him shift again. “You want to know because it’s turning you on?”
“I like thinking of my dick in someplace tight.”
“And you couldn’t get any girls to let you go for the back door?”
Kellan grinned. “Maybe Eli will take pity on me instead. Was it good for you?”
“I thought you wanted us to pretend to be in love.”
“Aw, don’t be jealous, baby.” Kellan reached for Nate’s cheek.
Nate slapped his hand away. “Cut it out.”
Kellan folded his arms. “So are you in?”
“As long as you want to stay out.”
Kellan laughed. Not the mocking kind Nate was getting used to, but a soft helpless snort that tickled Nate’s ears. “You turned out to be a funny guy, Nathan Gray.”
And Kellan hadn’t turned out to be quite as much of a dick as Nate had thought he would.
“I’m agreeing to do this, but there are some rules.”
“You are just like my dad.” Kellan rolled his eyes. If Kellan started sucking his teeth, Nate would be ready to live up to acting like Geoffrey and throw the brat out onto the street.
“No kissing in the apartment. No touching in the apartment. No walking around without clothes on. And you don’t call me baby .”
“What about out of the apartment? We’ve got to make it look good.”
“You really think people are going to notice? You were only on that reality show for a month.”
“You watched it?”
“No.” Nate could lie—when it wasn’t really a lie. He hadn’t watched Get a Job when it was on but had seen some online clips.
“Eli noticed.”
“Fine. When other people are around, touching and kissing. But nothing too gropey.”
“Gropey? Don’t you write a sex-advice column?”
“It’s more like a life-advice column. You know what I mean. No matter what you’ve seen, gay people don’t have public sex any more than straight people do.”
“You should. Maybe it would be fun. You’re too tense, man.”
“Well, maybe when there’s someone around I want to have fun with, I will.”
“Don’t wait too long. If you want to
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