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things to investigate hauntings.” Adrian’s face lit up. “That would be cool.”
“All right, let’s go.” Sam nudged Bo’s arm. “Okay with you?”
“Of course.” Bo leaned over to brush a swift kiss across Sam’s mouth. “Thank you, Sam.”
Adrian wrinkled his nose. “Eww, kissing.”
Across the room, David laughed. “Tell me about it.” Shaking his head, Sam gave Bo’s hand a squeeze before moving off toward the door. “We’ll see you downstairs, Bo.”
“Okay. We’ll be down shortly.”
Sam stopped in the doorway, Adrian at his side, and looked back at Bo. Their gazes held for a moment. Sam tried to put as much reassurance as he could into his face. Bo’s wan smile told him he’d been at least partially successful.
Turning away, Sam patted Adrian’s back. “Come on, kiddo. Grab your bag and we’ll get to work.”
Adrian obediently hefted his stuffed duffle bag and trudged after Sam. Sam tried not to let his fear for the boy show on his face. Adrian knew he and everyone else was in danger as long as he stayed here. Learning how slim his chances of surviving a portal really were wouldn’t help matters. ***
Adrian fell asleep in the truck halfway to Sam and Bo’s apartment. Bo carried him inside. Sam trailed behind with Adrian’s duffle bag. He set it beside the bed while Bo pulled off Adrian’s sneakers and tucked him under the covers. Bo pressed a gentle kiss to the boy’s forehead before following Sam out of the room and closing the door.
They brushed their teeth and changed out of their clothes without speaking. Sam had to remind Bo to take his anti-seizure medication. Bo took the capsules without argument, 120
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but it worried Sam that he’d forgotten. He’d been taking them ever since his seizure back in May, and hadn’t forgotten once until now. When they switched off the light and climbed into bed, Bo still hadn’t said a word.
Worried by Bo’s silence, Sam slipped his arm around Bo’s waist and molded his body to Bo’s back. “Are you all right?”
“No. I’m afraid, Sam.” Bo turned to look at Sam. His eyes glittered black in the low light bleeding through the curtains. “He’s safe tonight. But what about tomorrow night?
And the night after that? What’s going to happen to him and Sean, if we can’t protect them?”
Sam’s heart twisted. He tightened his arm around Bo. “We just have to take it one day at a time. Do the best we can.”
Bo nodded, his hair tickling Sam’s face. “I know you’re right. It’s just so tempting to take them and run. Just get them both the hell out of here before…” He didn’t finish the thought, but he didn’t have to. Sam kissed the shell of Bo’s ear.
“You know we can’t do that. It’ll just put the kids in worse danger in the long run.”
“I know.” Bo drew a shaking breath. “God, I don’t know what to do. I’ve never felt more helpless in my life.”
A great fist seemed to close around Sam’s chest. He wished he could take away the despair in Bo’s voice.
“Try to sleep,” Sam whispered in Bo’s ear. “Things’ll look better in the morning.” It sounded false even to himself.
Bo let out a harsh laugh. “I can’t sleep. Right now I feel like I’ll never be able to sleep again.”
With no idea what to say or do, Sam buried his face in Bo’s neck and rubbed his hand in soothing circles on Bo’s chest, as if he could erase Bo’s fear with nothing but his touch.
Maybe you can, he thought when Bo’s heartbeat quickened against his palm . For a little while, at least.
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Sam trailed his fingers lower, over the threadbare cotton of Bo’s T-shirt to the drawstring of the ancient hospital scrub pants he always wore to bed when he felt in need of comfort. A sharp tug loosened the bow. Sam slipped his hand inside and reached between Bo’s legs, cupping his balls in his palm.
Bo moaned. “Sam. I don’t know if—”
“Shhh.” Sam nuzzled behind Bo’s ear. He ran his fingertips over the head of Bo’s cock, which began to swell in his hand. “Just relax. Let me touch you.” A tremor ran through Bo’s body when Sam’s fingers closed around his shaft and began to stroke. Hooking a thumb into the waistband of his scrubs, Bo shoved them down to mid-thigh. The drawstring dragged over Sam’s prick where it pressed against Bo’s ass.
The thin material of Sam’s boxers did not a damn thing to reduce
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