exactly what he liked and never got from a woman. Pre-cum soon moistened the grasp of Wayne’s hand. Sebastian wasn’t sure if it came from him or Wayne but didn’t spend too much time pondering the question. Instead he continued to kiss Wayne, softening his mouth and taking the kisses into lazy and sensual. Wayne’s fingers tightened around their cocks, the contrast of hard and soft driving Sebastian to distraction. His balls drew tight, the electric feeling of orgasm zapping him past the point of no return. Gradually he drifted back to Earth. He blinked slowly and fixed his gaze on a spot somewhere over the tattoo on Wayne’s shoulder. Hell, what had he done? What if Wayne ended up hating him? “Seb?” Sebastian had to clear his throat to make way for speech. He coughed a second time while his mind frantically tried to work out what he should say. “Yeah?” Real smooth! Wayne climbed off the bed and nailed him with a glare. “Wait there.” Not quite what he was expecting. Every muscle in his body tensed as he stared after Wayne. Gradually he became aware of the cum painted over his belly and shame crept into the fringes of his mind. His weird yearning for Wayne would start their friendship rotting. How could it not? Wayne’s family loved him, and they’d blame Sebastian if gossip started to spread around Sloan. “Stop!” Wayne had returned and stood by the bed. “I can feel your mind working overtime. It was what it was. Sex between two males. Deal with it and decide what you want to do next.” The harsh tone of Wayne’s voice made Sebastian’s stomach clench. “I’m sorry.” Wayne punched him in the arm. “Ow! What did you hit me for?” “Your brain needs resetting,” Wayne snapped. “I want to explore this with you, dammit. We don’t have to go around holding hands, but I enjoyed the hell out of that jerk-off. I like kissing you, and I want to sleep in this bed with you tonight. Don’t act like a girl and go all weird on me.” He slapped a face cloth on Sebastian’s stomach. “Clean up.” Sebastian caught the cloth before it dropped onto the sheets and rubbed away the stickiness. Suddenly everything was all right. He dropped the cloth on the floor to pick up later. “If your other dates go weird then you must be doing something wrong.” “Asshole.” Wayne slid back under the covers. He wrapped his arms around Sebastian. “What are we going to do about the Maxwell quote? Can we fit the job in before the end of February?” The residual tension in Sebastian faded at Wayne’s cool acceptance of the change in their relationship. He thought over the jobs they had lined up, considered the available crew. “We could put the new wet room in for them, but the kitchen project would need to wait until April. Unless we hire more crew. What do you think?” “My stepbrothers are looking for work during the weekends.” “They’d need to commit. We can’t have them ditching us to go out with their mates.” Wayne smiled and pressed a kiss to the curve of Sebastian’s shoulder. “They’d listen to you. Mum thinks they’re old enough to accept the responsibility.” Sebastian resettled his body, deliberately crowding Wayne. A part of him was surprised at the situation he found himself in, even though it was something he’d thought of for months. Wayne didn’t shy from the contact, and warmth wove through Sebastian. “We could take them on for a trial period. Tell them to come and see me before school starts.” “It’s better if you’re in charge of them. They never listen to a word I say.” “Because you play the doting big brother and they twist you around their little fingers.” His words forced another truth on him. Wayne loved his adopted family, his parents and his siblings. He wasn’t sure how they’d react if they realized the depths of Wayne’s intimacy with him. The burst of realism stayed with him for much of the night. * * * * * Her bed felt like