Kyou’s libido was still aroused, so truth be told, this idea wasn’t off-putting. Except… “Sand.”
“I promise we’ll be safe on the towel,” Brannigan murmured before he zeroed in on a particularly sensitive spot on Kyou’s neck and gave it a nice, hard suck.
Arching into it, Kyou’s eyes fluttered shut in pleasure. Still, he couldn’t help but rag on Brannigan a little. “If you get sand somewhere I don’t want sand, you’ll never hear the end of it.”
Brannigan laughed softly against his neck, and it had a rascally edge to it. “I like to live dangerously, you know that.”
That he did. And Kyou wouldn’t change it for anything.
To the fans who wanted Ari and Carter’s wedding scene:
Never fear, you will get it this Christmas! They deserve to have their moment, it just didn’t fit here.
Acknowledgements
This series was much more research intensive than I initially anticipated. Mostly because of the culture and languages of the guys. Many people helped me in this, but I want to do a special shout out to my beta readers, who helped catch all of those little issues *coughtimelinecough* and always got back to me in time to make the final adjustments. Also special acknowledgement to Lidia and Sofia who were my main language experts for this series. I owe them hugs and maybe vodka.
Dictionary
Russian Dictionary:
Bliat’ – fuck
Chert – damn
Da – yes
Der’mo – shit
Durak – fool
Horosho – good
Lyubimyy - beloved
Milij – dear/precious
Njet – no
Ohuenno – awesome (can be used sarcastically as well)
Pozhaluysta – please
Prosti menja – forgive me
Skotína – brute, boor, dolt
Solnishko – sunshine
Svoloch – bastard
Tvar’ – vile, mean, worthless
Vot zapadlo – an exclamation when a situation isn’t going your way
Yob tvou mat’ - motherfuck, fuckshit (used as an interjection like “Oh my god!”)
Zanuda – very boring person, pain in the neck
Zasranets – asshole
Italian Dictionary:
Basta ti prego – Stop, please!
Buonanotte, caro – Goodnight, dear.
Capiche/capisci/capisco – got it/understand
Caro – dear
Cazzo – dick (used like “Shit!”)
Davvero – really
Figliolo – son
Figlio di puttana – son of a bitch
Merda – shit, crap
Porca troia/porca putanna – shit!/son of a bitch!
Quanto sei bello amore mio – You’re so beautiful, my love.
Quello non va bene/ non va bene – That’s not right.
Scusa, parli italiano – Excuse me, do you speak Italian?
Stronzo – asshole
Ti voglio bene gattina di papà – Papa loves you, kitten.
Ti voglio, Papà – Love you, Papa.
Vaffanculo – fuck off
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