taste of Sommer’s semen. Just a little won’t hurt . “I’m kind of a mess, aren’t I?”
That sexy little half-smile curved Sommer’s mouth. “You look good like this.”
The roughness of Sommer’s voice and the heat in his dark eyes made Dean’s stomach flutter. He hid his reaction as best he could behind a teasing smile. It unnerved him how Sommer could turn him into a puddle with nothing but a look.
“Kinky bastard.” Lifting the bottom of his shirt, Dean wiped his face clean. “So. You were saying you never jerked a guy off before? There’s no way, man. I don’t believe it.”
“No, I have, just…” Sommer glanced around at the bare trees surrounding them. “Not like this. Outside, in the daytime. It feels different. More dangerous, or something.”
“I hear you.” Dean tucked his limp cock back into his jeans and zipped up, watching with an odd sense of loss while Sommer did the same. “It’s the possibility of discovery, you know? It’s exciting.”
“Yeah. I’ve never felt the urge to act like that before, but I just couldn’t seem to help myself.” Framing Dean’s face with his hands, Sommer stared into his eyes with an intensity that made Dean feel stripped bare. “You do very strange things to me, Dean. I think I like it.”
Something deep in Dean’s chest twisted. The way Sommer looked at him made him feel vulnerable, yet protected at the same time. God, he’d never felt like this with anyone, never mind someone he’d only known for a few hours. It scared him to death.
Forcing his expression to remain bland, Dean drew Sommer’s hands away from his face, leaned forward and pecked him on the lips. “Come on. Let’s get back to the house before Kerry and Ron come looking for us.”
Was it his imagination, or did disappointment flash through Sommer’s eyes before his usual sweet smile took its place? “Yeah, okay. I have more work to do anyway before my guests arrive.”
Sommer took Dean’s hand and laced their fingers together. They walked back through the woods and toward the house in a silence which wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as Dean had expected it to be.
He couldn’t help wondering what that meant, or if it meant anything at all. ~ * ~
Dean told Ron and Kerry about his plans as soon as they arrived home. Kerry took it about as well as Dean had thought she would.
“You did what ?”
Dean winced at Kerry’s shrill tone. “I told Sommer I’d investigate his haunting. Just part-time,” he added when he saw the disappointment in her eyes. “Just kind of informal, you know?”
Sighing, she plopped onto the living room sofa. “Well, I can’t say I’m surprised.”
“Me neither,” Ron chimed in, strolling out of the kitchen with two bottles of beer. He handed Dean one and took a swig from the other. “You doing this because it’s a cool haunted house case, or are you just looking to get laid?” He shot Dean an evil grin. “Again.”
“Hey, I’m a professional. I’ll only let him fuck me off the clock.” Dean put the mouth of the beer bottle to his lips and took a long swallow.
Ron snickered. Kerry turned big, sad eyes to him. “Are you still gonna hang with us some?”
“Of course.” Dropping onto the couch beside her, Dean pulled her into a one-armed hug. “Don’t look like that, hon. I promise not to let the investigation take up too much of my time.”
“What about Sommer?” She pulled back, watching his face. “I mean I like Sommer a lot, I really do, and I don’t want to sound selfish, but I hope you don’t spend all the rest of your visit with him.”
Ron sprawled in the big, cushy chair across from the sofa. “Relax, babe. You’ll get your Dean fix.”
Kerry rolled her eyes at her husband’s teasing grin. “Shut up.”
“Y’all could help me investigate,” Dean offered, ignoring for the moment the fact that he had no idea what they would actually do since he had no equipment other than his camera.
Ron’s eyes lit up. “Oh man, that
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