Teddy pressed his lips together.
“You know I want to make detective. I’ve been trying to prove myself to Max.”
That was true. Max had mentioned it, too.
Adam continued, “That means odd hours and a crazy schedule sometimes.”
That was also true.
But still...
Teddy rolled into him, knocking Adam to his back, and climbing on top to stare directly into those light blue eyes that did all kinds of naughty things to him.
“Do you love me?” He tried to keep the whine out of his voice, but failed.
“Jesus, Teddy. What’s up your ass?”
“Not you. It’s been forever since we’ve made love.”
“It hasn’t been forever,” Adam scoffed.
“Fore... ev... ver.” He emphasized each syllable with a finger poke to that hard, muscular chest.
“It hasn’t...” His not-lately lover went quiet. Adam pursed his beautiful, kissable, suckable lips.
“Gah! You don’t want me anymore!” Teddy cried out. “I knew it!”
“Jesus Christ,” Adam muttered.
Teddy poked a finger into his fiancé’s chest once more, making Adam wince. “Don’t invoke him in this bed. He won’t help you out of this.”
“I don’t need help. You’re just making more out of this than you need to. I’ve been... distracted.”
“With someone else?”
“Teddy...”
He pressed a finger against Adam’s luscious lips. “Uh uh. I need you to be honest with me. Do you still love me?”
Adam frowned.
“Do you still want my tight, delectable ass?”
Teddy squealed as Adam hooked him with one of those muscular legs and rolled him until he was pinned to the bed. His fiancé was now settled between Teddy’s thighs and had both palms planted in the mattress on either side of his head.
Adam dropped his head until his lips were just a hairsbreadth above Teddy’s mouth. He growled, “Do I need to prove it?”
Teddy licked his lips. “That would be swell. And since you’re already awake...”
“I ought to spank that irresistible ass for waking me up over imaginary nonsense.”
“Ooh,” Teddy breathed, his cock waking up at the thought. His man was such a gorilla. A big silverback. Big and strong and... so growly when he was annoyed. “You just got me hard,” he announced needlessly. Just in case Adam didn’t feel his erection pressing into his lower belly.
Teddy wasn’t the only one hard. Adam’s long, thick cock was pressed into Teddy’s thigh.
“Are you going to make love to me?”
“No.”
Disappointment flooded Teddy, making him pout.
“I’m going to fuck you.”
“Oooooh.” He liked the sound of that better.
“I’m going to take you hard and rough so you’ll feel it later today and remember who your ass belongs to when you’re watching that parade.”
“Ooooooooooh.” He really liked the sound of that. “I could use a little reminder, lover.”
“It won’t be a little one.”
No, no it wouldn’t. No complaint there. “I’ve missed you,” he whispered.
“Baby, we haven’t fucked in like three days. Not sure why you’re having a meltdown over that.”
“You’ve been distant.”
“I just have a lot on my mind.”
“Okay, then let’s clear it by breaking our long dry spell.”
“You must’ve missed the part where I said I was fucking you.”
“I didn’t miss it. You’re just going way too slowly.”
“So, my Teddy Bear wants me to rush?”
Oh, he loved when Adam called him his Teddy Bear. “No, not rush, but get the action started.”
“The action has already started, T-bear. We’re both hard.”
“Obvi—” His smart response was smothered by Adam’s mouth.
He groaned as their tongues tangled and fought, Adam trying to take control and Teddy giving him some resistance.
He didn’t want to be considered easy, after all.
His heart thumped with joy as he grabbed Adam’s whisker-covered cheeks and deepened the kiss. Those skillful lips could make a man’s toes curl.
Oh, right. They already had!
Adam allowed Teddy to control the kiss for just a smidgeon and then the tables turned.
Adam forced Teddy’s tongue out of his mouth and reminded his fiancé who normally took control.
Normally.
Because on occasion he’d let Teddy top him, but it was extremely rare and usually a special occasion since Adam had to have quite a few beers in him first. Since he was not a bottom.
He had learned that early on when he was exploring his sexuality. So for him to bottom for Teddy meant a lot.
But he wasn’t bottoming for Teddy this morning. Hell no. Right now he was annoyed that, one, Teddy woke him up for no good reason, and two, Teddy was letting worry about nothing eat at him.
His fiancé tended to get a bit dramatic over the smallest things.
It was one thing he loved about him. And one he also needed a lot of patience about. Because sometimes it could be too much.
Yes, his lover was right. Adam had been very distracted lately and it wasn’t due to trying to make detective. It really had nothing to do with that.
But Adam couldn’t tell Teddy the truth. Not yet. Tomorrow was Christmas and he didn’t want to ruin anything.
Plus, he needed to get through working one more shift before he could start a desperately needed week of vacation. He had a trip planned to Aruba and was keeping that from Teddy. It was part of his surprise Christmas present.
Adam could already hear the high-pitched squeal of excitement. And then picture the worry that would overtake Teddy as he panicked about closing down his shop for a week. But last week he gave Amanda the key to Manes on Main and had her call all of Teddy’s appointments to reschedule them without him knowing.
Everything was going as planned. As long as Teddy didn’t fuck it up.
Which he could do very easily.
All his future husband had to do is get into one of his “snits” and all the planning Adam had done could get flushed down the toilet.
But now was not the time to worry about any possible Teddy disasters. Right now, he needed to show his Teddy Bear just how much he still loved and wanted him.
Since, apparently, that was in question.
He ended the kiss, ignoring Teddy’s noise of complaint, which turned into noises of encouragement as Adam made his way down his lover’s long, lean body, scraping his rough morning scruff over Teddy’s well-exfoliated and deeply moisturized skin. First planting a kiss on each nipple, then flicking the pebbled tips with his tongue.
Teddy made a purring sound and grabbed the top of Adam’s head encouraging him even lower.
He licked the narrow line of hair down the center of his belly and paused, placing a kiss over the scissor tattoo that decorated one hip.
Teddy took his salon business seriously. He was good at it and very successful with plenty of loyal customers who didn’t give a flying fuck that their hairdresser was gay.
Even the “blue hairs”—what Teddy called his elderly regulars—thought he was a “hoot.” And, luckily, seemed to be very supportive of his and Adam’s relationship.