Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 9

side of Jase's abs, and nipped at a spot just next to his hip bone. Tag's mouth was warm, and every brush of lips and whisper of breath sent shockwaves straight to Jase's groin. Oh holy god, his mouth feels unbelievable. His hands instinctively drew up and grasped Tag's hair, holding and stroking as Tag sucked and nuzzled. Tag's beard kept scraping against his skin making him shiver. When Jase couldn't take any more of that, he slid off the bench onto the floor, his legs braced on either side of Sean. Sean bent his head as Jase moved, and continued his assault on Jase's stomach, but Jase put a hand under Tag's chin and urged him up. He pulled the other man close and brushed his lips over Tag's mouth.
    Taking the lead, Jase kissed Tag hard and deep, their mouths open. A whimper escaped from Sean, and he pressed himself forward cupping Jase's face with his hands. So sweet. Their noses bumped. He could feel Tag's body shaking as he kissed the man. As he pulled Sean closer, he could tell Sean was hard in his pants. As he pressed closer, their erections brushed, and they both groaned. Their kisses grew more frantic, their lips parting and their tongues tangling together.
    Jase's cock was leaking in his jeans, and he was fast approaching the point of losing all control as they ground against each other. Sean felt so good against him, so right, he realized, but he didn't want to rush this. If Tag really meant what he said, then they needed to stop. He needed to process what had just happened, and figure out how he was feeling. There were other people involved in this equation, like Cody , he reminded himself. Sean was trailing kisses across his cheek to his ear. When Sean took Jase's earlobe into his mouth, Jase moaned and shuddered. He had to stop this now while he still had the willpower. "Tag." Jase reached out and put his right hand on Sean's chest, and pressed gently against him. "Tag. We have to stop." Sean bit down on his lobe and sucked on it again, running his tongue around to the spot on Jase's neck just below his ear. Oh God. He pushed again, "Tag," he groaned, "stop, we gotta talk."
    Sean stopped his earlobe attack and pulled back enough to look at Jase. Both men stared at each other as they gasped for breath.
    "Tag, that was..."
    "I know. Holy hell."
    "...wholly unbelievable. I never knew..." Jase's fingers traced the edge of Tag's beard. He was looking at his friend in a whole new way, and it was exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.
    "You let me kiss you." Tag sounded astonished.
    "Yeah, I did." And I kissed you back. And it was un-fucking-believable.
    "Are you OK? You're not mad at me are you?" Sean eased himself off his knees, untucked his legs, and sat down on the ground. He leaned back on his hands to steady himself.
    Jase grinned. So not mad. "No Tag, I'm not mad." He thought about everything that had just happened, "But I might be in shock. You surprised the hell out of me man. I'm... I think I'm going to need a little time to think, to process all this before anything else happens, before we... go any further." Tag had said that he loved him. No matter how turned on he was at this very moment, he didn't want to hurt Tag, which meant figuring out where the hell he wanted this to go before anything else happened between them.
    Sean nodded and looked relieved. "I got carried away. I didn't realize it would be so... intense." He blushed.
    He's blushing, and it's the cutest thing I have ever seen. "Me neither." Understatement of the year. He felt like he was in a daze, moving through water. He was still breathing heavily, his eyes never leaving Tag's face. When Tag's tongue darted out to wet his top lip it was all he could do to keep himself from moving forward to claim those lips again. Fuck. Jase stood, and offered Sean a hand to pull him to his feet.
    Jase led them back to the couch. They ended up cuddled together, Sean leaning back against Jase, with Jase's arms wrapped around him. They talked for hours, each catching the other up on the last two years of their lives. Cody growing up. Sean's first two years as a teacher, the staff, his students, the parents, the politics. Jase's adventures in the DC/ Baltimore theater world, which, in addition to some crazy stories about his run-ins as a stage manager, included a lot of not yet glamorous roles on stage as live set pieces and servants: guard, footman, butler, urchin, townsperson, and also as an extra in several movie crowd scenes, and even a