Chance
Waking up in Noah’s arms is a completely new experience. One I want to experience repeatedly. One I’m quickly becoming addicted to. I stayed here the entire weekend.
Dangerous?
Yeah. Probably.
But for me, it was worth it. That is, unless someone sees my truck parked here all weekend and decides to start shit. If I get fired, fine. But I know this is Noah’s life. I know it’s important to him, even if he doesn’t want to fully admit it.
He cares about this town and this team.
Not just the team as a whole but each individual player too.
And I don’t want him to lose them.
But damn, when his hand slides down my bare stomach and he holds me close to his warm naked body, I can’t think about anything else.
I turn in his arms and kiss his nose. He slowly opens his eyes as a lazy grin slides over his face. He’s so damn beautiful. I can’t get over it that I’m here with him.
“Do you ever regret helping that kid?”
“Starting out with the heavy questions this morning huh?” I tease, a knot of unease in my belly thinking about Dallas. He only gives me a smile as his hand strokes my side and waits for me to answer him. “No. I don’t regret helping him. He needed me.”
He seems deep in thought. “Yeah. I’m glad you helped him.”
I scoff though. “I didn’t though. Not really. I think I just ended up making it worse.”
“But you were trying to help him.” His hand moves to my hair as he brushes it out of my face. “It sounds like he was really alone before you took notice.”
I think about Dallas sitting all alone, his withdrawn attitude palpable.
“I wish I could have done more. No one should have to live like that.” The kid was terrified anyone would find out.
But he wanted to live his true life. He wanted to be himself.
He was so damn sad because he felt like he couldn’t, and of course, I felt that deep inside my soul.
He nods in agreement, and I think about how Noah’s had to hide part of himself. How he loved his wife, but no one knew he was sexually attracted to men. To him, no one could ever know, and I can tell he’s thinking about the same thing. “No, they shouldn’t.”
I look into his eyes, realizing just how heavy the conversation is because we’re in an actual, committed relationship. It’s not just the sex, and we both know it. There’s trust here. Real, true trust. And we still have to hide. “You know they can’t legally fire you for being gay.”
He cocks his head to the side as if to say, Really? But he doesn’t say that out loud. “I know that, but we both know what they can get away with.”
“Yeah. I do.”
He looks sad, and I want to take it away. Want to reassure him it’ll be okay. He pulls me closer to him, burying his face in my neck. “I really liked having you here this weekend.”
I smile like a total goofy idiot because I’m so far gone for this guy, it’s reaching pathetic levels.
“I liked being here. A whole lot.” I pull back enough so I can look into his eyes.
“I’m worried I’ll get too comfortable though, and someone might see.
” He frowns, and my heart clenches. I want the smiling, happy easy morning, but I also really am falling for him.
Okay—I’ve already fallen. Totally and completely.
And we need to talk about things.
“Not worried for me. But for you.”
He nods sadly, his smile gone and his face pinched tight. “I worry for you too though. You’ve been through so much. It’s not fair to put you at risk again.”
“I don’t give a fuck about the risks,” I say firmly. “Not for me, but this is your whole life. I know it. And I can’t have you losing it for me.”
“Billy says people are starting to notice us spending more time together.” It takes me a minute to remember Billy is the friend he went to dinner with the night before his birthday. The night he was nearly totally silent.
“Is that why you were in a mood the other night?”
He nods, not arguing that he was in a mood. “Yeah. I’m pissed that before you got here, he was the closest thing I had to a friend. And he doesn’t have my back. I think he loves the gossip and the perceived power he has here. And his little friends.”
It’s my turn to frown now. “I’m sorry.” I don’t know what else to say because I am. He deserves the whole world and that includes good friends who’ll stand up for him. Who truly care about him.
He kisses me softly, and for a moment I get lost, but he pulls away enough to talk.
“I don’t care what happens.” I don’t argue, but he doesn’t give me time to anyway.
“I mean, I’m not ready to come right out, but if it happens, it happens.
I spent my whole life in this town doing what was expected of me, and I’m tired of it. ” He sighs softly. “So damn tired.”
I nod in understanding. “I love you.” My words are said quietly, but it wasn’t an accident. It wasn’t a lie. It’s just the truth that came out, and when he looks into my eyes, I don’t see any fear there.
“I’m so in love with you, it scares the hell out of me.”
I chuckle and kiss him briefly. “That makes two of us.” I roll and climb off the bed, but I grab his hand before he can pull the covers up and try to go back to sleep. “Come on. Shower and breakfast. I want to go for a walk around here. Show me this place.”
He laughs and smacks my ass after climbing off the bed. “So damn bossy.”
“Yeah well, come on.” I grab his hand and pull him toward the shower. “I also want a quick fuck in the shower before all that.”
He lets out a surprised laugh, but he seems fully on board as we head into the bathroom, and he turns on the water to warm it up. The old farmhouse has had some decent upgrades over the years, including a really nice water heater.
So I know we’ll have time to play before it runs cold on us. I send up a thanks to whoever put that water heater in as I’m soaping up my man and scrubbing him clean before dropping to my knees and worshipping his heavy cock with my mouth.
Before he comes down my throat, I stand up and turn away from him, bracing my hands on the shower wall. He must have lube stashed in here somewhere because before I know it, his slick fingers are pressing into me and are then replaced with his thick cock.
It doesn’t take long before I’m grasping at the shower wall, desperate to come as his hand wraps around my cock, stroking me in time with each thrust. I cry out a moment before his teeth sink into my shoulder, his cum exploding deep inside me and mine hits the shower wall.
It takes us both a moment to catch our breath before he pulls from my body and we rinse off, climb out, and get dressed. We make a quick breakfast before we head out for a walk.
The trees around his property have beautiful orange and red leaves. My guess is this was a farm at one time. There’s an old red barn and some fencing up around, but I don’t see any animals until we get to the barn. Then I see a few barn cats, roaming around.
I bend down to pet a black and white cat who circles my ankles and meows loudly. “That’s Moo.”
“You named a cat Moo?”
He shrugs and almost looks a little shy about it. “He looks like a dairy cow turned kitten.”
I laugh, but it only makes him more endearing to me. “It’s homecoming week,” I say as I stand up straight.
He nods, picking up an orange kitten as he sits down on one of the bales of hay and places the happy cat on his lap. “It is. You ready for spirit week?”
I groan loudly. “What the fuck do pajamas have to do with homecoming?”
He chuckles and looks more content than I’ve ever seen him, just scratching the kitten’s ears. “Well, Monday is pajama day. I’m not going to complain.”
I laugh and lean down to kiss his lips. “What should we do today?”
I’m not ready to leave yet. I probably should. I’ve been here since Friday night, and I should go home and get ready for the week, but I don’t want to leave.
He shrugs. “I need to go get these little guys some food, if you want to come with me.”
I want to ask him what happens if anyone sees us, but I think we’re getting past that. We both know the risks, but he’s tired of hiding.
“Should we take both vehicles?” I hedge carefully as he stands up and takes a deep breath before shaking his head.
“Nah. We should ride together. Then come back here and feed these guys. Watch the game and make dinner.”
I grin widely because damn it, that sounds like everything I could ever want.
“Sounds like a plan.”
And that’s exactly what we do.