Cut and Run 5 - Armed and Dangerous

would have to wait until they were out of the building. He walked alongside Ty down the hall as they headed into the parking deck. “No more fortune cookies for you,” he said as he caught Ty’s eye. “You’re way too Zen.”
    “I’ll quit my fortune cookie moments of Zen when you stop making awful puns.”
    “But I’m such a punny guy,” Zane mock complained, one hand over his heart.
    “Quit it, Cheeseball.” Ty swatted at Zane’s head for emphasis.
    Zane grinned and ducked, turning to walk backward in front of Ty. Ty looked him up and down with a rakish smile. It warmed Zane almost to the point of distraction. “So Chinese is out for dinner. Anything else sound good?”
    “Let’s go out.”
    “You just don’t want to be left alone in the house with those cats.”
    “They’re not so bad. Once you get used to their heads spinning. But seriously, let’s go sit down somewhere where you get real silverware and I can grope you under a classy tablecloth.”
    Zane laughed. He didn’t care where they went, as long as they were together. “It’s a little early yet, just now four.”
    Ty sneered and looked across the parking deck in the direction of his rental. “Let’s go drive that thing into the harbor and see how long it takes the insurance adjustor to get there,” he said, his eyes shining just enough to make Zane fear he might actually do it.
    “Let’s not and just fantasize about it at an early dinner.” Zane would rather Ty not go postal over another vehicle just yet. He reached out and snagged Ty’s arm as he turned to walk beside him. “How about a trip to the batting cages, then we can clean up and get a decent dinner?”
    Ty looked sideways at him, grinning widely. He nudged him with his shoulder as they walked, the smile turning warmer and somehow more intimate without really changing. “Are you asking me out on a date?”
    Zane smirked. “I guess I am. If by ‘date’ you mean we end up naked and sweating.”
    Ty laughed. “You do know how to charm me,” he said, looking away and shaking his head.
    “Hey, I can be charming,” Zane said, bumping Ty’s shoulder as they came to a stop at Ty’s rental.
    Ty turned to him, leaning against the sedan and crossing his arms loosely against his chest. He was still smiling. Not his usual smirk or crooked grin that always warned Zane when he was up to something, but an honest, serene smile. “Yes, you can be,” he said after a few moments of comfortable silence.
    The concession made Zane’s pulse speed, and he knew he was smiling like a fool. He inhaled deeply and willed away an impulse that could only bring trouble. They had to be more careful than they had been. They could do it.
    “Pick you up in an hour?”
    “I’ll be waiting,” Ty promised in a low voice that was smooth as honey. Somehow he seemed to know the effect his words had on Zane, and he was antagonizing him with the gentle flirtation.
    Zane narrowed his eyes and glared at Ty for a moment before turning toward his own truck, trying to ignore how flushed he was. He’d get back at Ty tonight, in the privacy of their home. The home they would be sharing from now on.
    Ty would be there; that was all that mattered.

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