Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 1

sheets. Raziel smiled, the touch lingering perhaps a little longer than was necessary.
    He nearly fell off his perch when Cole's eyes fluttered open and locked blearily with his, and he jerked his hand back to steady himself on the foot of the bed frame, a little chirp of surprise leaving him. "Cole..."
    "Raziel? I was dreaming... and then you were there," Cole mumbled, his voice still gravely with sleep. The sleepy smile that came to Cole's lips made him blush a little. "I couldn't see you, but I knew it was you. Made everything better."
    "It was just a dream," Raziel insisted with a gentle flap of his wings. "You can go back to sleep now." Cole shook his head, and Raziel frowned when Cole reached out.
    "Come here."
    Raziel carefully unfolded his wings and legs, stepping from his perch down onto the softness of Cole's bed. "Is something wrong?" he murmured as he knelt atop the covers right next to Cole.
    "I just want you closer. You don't have to stay balanced on my footboard all night. I'd rather you be under the covers next to me." Cole lifted his head some, and Raziel's heart threatened to pound right out of his chest as he was drawn down into another kiss. How many times had he wanted Cole to wake up and kiss him just like this? He could count more times than he would feel comfortable admitting to any of his superiors in Heaven.
    One moment he was held in Cole's arms, moaning softly as Cole thoroughly kissed him, and the next he was beneath Cole, he wings pressed to bed and his thighs parted for Cole. Raziel twittered into the next bout of kissing, his body hardening against Cole's already erect sex. The moment Cole let him take a breath, he let loose a chirp and forced Cole's eyes to meet his. "What are we doing?" he whispered.
    Cole caressed his cheek. "Let me make love to you."
    Raziel's wings shivered under his back, and his fingers slid into Cole's hair. "You're sure? I mean, you're awake and know I'm... me , right?"
    A soft laugh puffed against Raziel's damp lips. "Yes, I know it's you," Cole murmured. "My guardian angel. Saved me from myself."
    "I love you," Raziel said, unable to help himself. It was the simple, honest truth. Somewhere along the line in his duty, he'd fallen in love with Cole.
    Cole brushed his hair back and smiled down at him. "I know," he said. "Maybe, in time, I'll be able to say it in return, but... not yet, Raziel."
    "When you're ready." Raziel rubbed himself against Cole. "If you're ready. For now, my love for you is enough."
    Then there was more kissing. Raziel thought he would be happy with just this, just the kissing and intimacy of their naked bodies. But, that wasn't what would make Cole happy. He felt Cole shifting atop him, reaching over, and then Cole broke the kiss with a curse. Raziel chuckled, tracing his finger along Cole's collarbones. "Problem?"
    "Just trying to be casual about reaching for the lube, and it's not where I left it."
    "It's in the second drawer down. You put it there last week after you spent time with yourself," Raziel offered helpfully.
    Cole lifted an eyebrow. "You watched?"
    A flush crept over Raziel's cheeks. "I watch everything, Cole."
    "Everything," Cole echoed, shaking his head and crawling a little to get into the drawer. "Waiting for something to go wrong? What's going to happen while I'm jacking off? Electrocution by prostate massager?"
    Worry rushed through Raziel, and his wings fluttered. "That can actually happen?"
    Cole laughed as he righted himself and pushed Raziel gently, but insistently, down to the sheets again. "No. Calm down. I was just making a joke."
    That brought a smile back to Raziel's lips, and warmth replaced the chill of worry. "Joking is good. You haven't joked since Robert began working for the firm six months ago. You only joke when you're happy and comfortable."
    The insight seemed to throw Cole off, but the color that came to Cole's cheeks made Raziel feel good. Only Daniel had ever been able to make Cole blush like that. Well, only Daniel and Cole's mother, but the latter hadn't happened in a couple decades, so he wasn't about to count it. Cole's voice was soft as he leaned down for another kiss, which Raziel gave eagerly. "You make me happy and comfortable, then. You also make me hard."
    "And that's something you want me to help you with?" Raziel twittered, unable to keep the hope and need from his voice as he shifted up against Cole.
    The way Cole ground their cocks together was answer enough, but the kisses didn't