Love Is Always Write Volume 4

and the kissing. It was a shame Liam didn't live in L.A. …
    "I found a way we can both work, but if I tell you, you have to make me a new promise," said Liam, laying a tray on the bedside table and sitting down on the bed.
    Kevin shook himself back to the present, his memory of the night not doing anything to ease his very stiff morning wood. He groaned as he turned around, so not ready to get up, especially when he caught a glimpse of the alarm clock. He didn't remember it going off. His freak of a lover had got up, showered, prepared breakfast in bed and it wasn't even six AM.
    "What sort of promise," Kevin asked, sitting up and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Severely disgruntled, Tabby shot Kevin the stink eye for waking him up and jumped to the floor. It's your daddy's fault, buddy , thought Kevin as he grabbed a glass of orange juice from the tray, but looked up at Liam when he detected hesitation. "What is it?"
    Liam glanced up with a shy smile. "Spend your vacation here … at my house. You might even discover that Castor Springs ain't that bad."
    The request, along with the hopeful look in Liam's eyes, left Kevin short of words. He'd thought of nothing but leaving this sorry-ass town ever since he got here, but to what? An empty apartment and lonely days at the beach? He didn't even have good enough friends in L.A. to join him at the beach. But mostly, it was the twinge in his chest at the thought of leaving Liam that settled it. What did he have to lose anyway?
    "Yeah," Kevin said, kissing the inside of Liam's palm. "Yeah, I'll spend it here."
    Those few words brought out that gorgeous smile to Liam's lips. It was so infectious that Kevin started grinning like an idiot as well.
    "Great," said Liam, and gave Kevin a long kiss. "We're not so busy now, so I'll be able to take some days off after I finish those pavement repairs. Won't take more than a couple of days."
    Kevin drank some orange juice and was about to grab a piece of toast when he thought of his own work. "What was that solution you had? Or do I have to wait two days to finish the report?"
    Liam gave Kevin another kiss before reaching for something on the floor. "First you put in these," he said, placing a small package of earplugs into Kevin's lap. "And then you use these." He dropped yellow earmuffs on the bed. "We have ones with radio in them as well, if you want to listen to music."
    Kevin laughed. "Why didn't I think of this two days ago?"
    "Because you're a hothead?" said Liam with a playful look in his eyes – one that Kevin remembered very clearly from twelve years ago. "Of course, if you want to work here, you can."
    "No," said Kevin a little too abruptly. "I mean, I want to watch you while I work." God, could he sound any more high-school?
    Liam leaned in and kissed Kevin very deeply. Kevin's body melted to jelly, all but one part that stood at full mast and was ready to go.
    "Okay," Kevin whispered when Liam ended the kiss, but kept his face close. "Okay, you can drill me now. We have time for that?"
    Liam smiled, stroking his hand along Kevin's side. "We'll make time."
    THE END … for now
    Author bio: Erica hasn't been writing since she was in diapers, nor has she been an avid reader since she learned her ABC's. She has, however, always been a daydreamer spinning tales after tales. After having exhausted every possible scenario of man-woman love, she started weaving stories of men who love men and wrote it all down.
    She lives in Iceland with her adorable little twin boys and is happy with what she has. She often says that her real name sounds like Klingon to foreigners. Seriously, if "Eyjafjallajokull" looks like someone fell asleep at the keyboard, Erica's real name could leave a non-Icelander in a zombie-like stupor for days.
    She's been writing for several years, or ever since reading became an obsession. Aside from a business degree, Erica has taken English courses at the University of Iceland and gulped down anything that might help her in her career as an author. She takes great interest in English, but will break every single grammar rule for the sake of the voice.
    Erica loves hearing from her readers. She's a friendly, easy-going (if a bit silly) person who doesn't mind talking about herself in third person.
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A HARD DAZED KNIGHT
    by JJ Cassidy

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