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“Rupert, you’ve freaked out our friend.” I pushed him harder, and he lifted his foot.

“Eion! Where are they?”

“Hold on. I’m coming.” I yelled as loud as I could. As soon as I was in the walkway, I knew I’d need to soothe him. He was physically a big man with such a soft heart, and I knew he wasn’t going to react well. Which was why I wanted to get there when he found out. I gave Rupert a stern look.

I started to close the distance between us. “It’s okay, Angus. They are fine. I moved them to the nursery.” Suddenly, I had my arms filled with Angus. He wrapped himself tight around me, and I instinctively pulled him tighter against my chest. Long-silenced things in my body lit up. As I held him, I ignored all the alarm bells and realized that this was really nice. I was in big trouble. He was hard in all the right places, and my body happily responded. There was an electric tingle under my skin that ran up my spine, my cock thickened, and it was difficult to take a deep breath.

“Oh, thank god. I thought something happened.” He said with his face muffled against my chest.

We stood there. If Angus wanted it, I would stand there all day with him in my arms. I was pretty sure I had no control over the decision, so I did what my body demanded. “I’m sorry I scared you.” Without my permission, I got harder as I rubbed his back. I hoped to soothe his fear, but was arousing myself at the same time. I heard the alarm bells in my head again, but ignored them because I liked this too much. “They are safe, and you can take them out now.”

He leaned back and looked up at me. “Really?”

I looked down and smiled. “Yeah, really.”

Angus was probably two inches shorter than me, but I liked that slight difference. Even though he had more bulk, I was no slouch, and those protective feelings flexed. He hugged me hard again, and I was happy to have him back where he belonged.

That was a weird thought.

I was glad to have him hugging me again.

I liked the first thought better.

He let me go and stepped back. It took a lot for me not to drag him back against me. Unable to help myself, I looked him over as he turned toward the nursery. “Let me show you.” I liked the grin he gave me.

“I can’t wait to pet them. Oh. I brought you brownies.”

“You don’t have to bring me treats. But I do like brownies.”

“I like doing it.” He looked up and then blushed, which made me feel swoopy.

I was afraid to say anything about that, because it would betray my feelings. “Let’s go see your boys.” I knew he would lose his shit when he saw that there were three more raccoons in the nursery. I would like a better location for animals that were too young or not rehabilitated enough to join the adults, but this building was temperature-controlled and cozy. I had added some comfy chairs and a loveseat where people could sit while spending time with any of the animals housed here.

Once Angus was inside, he looked at me with his wide eyes. “They have a lot more room.” He smiled at me, then turned back. “Ooohhhhh, are there more raccoons?” The look he gave me made me warm all over. Immediately, I wanted to see it again.

Angus was becoming a problem for me.

“Yeah. They came from another sanctuary, so they didn’t have to quarantine. They arrived yesterday.”

“Do they have names? You know how I feel about names.”

I chuckled. “No names yet. You can name them if you would like.”

He rocked back and forth on his feet. “Oh, I want. I very much want. Can I take out North and South now?”

“Of course.”

I watched as he opened the cage and took a kit in each hand, then walked over to the love seat. Carefully holding them against him as he sat. “Come sit with me if you have time. I am sure they would enjoy getting love from you.” He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. There was no way he didn’t realize I was the one who took care of them when he wasn’t here, which meant the invitation might be something else. Surprisingly, I hoped that was the case because I genuinely enjoyed this man's company, and I couldn’t recall the last time that happened.

Our thighs and hips touched when I sat next to him. His heat soaked through my jeans and warmed everything inside me. I couldn’t decide if this was a good thing or not, but I wasn’t going to examine it too closely. Angus was sitting on my right side, which was good, because I could easily pet the raccoons on his lap. There was no reason for him to know about my injury unless it came up.

“Aren’t they adorable?”

“They’re handsome boys.”

Our hands would bump while we scratched the animals, and each time it felt like I had been shocked. It wasn’t unpleasant, and I found myself ‘accidentally’ touching his skin to feel it again. In one of those moments, he turned and smiled at me. Instinctively, I looked at his lips, and when he licked them, it felt like the world stopped spinning for a brief moment. “Shit.” I stood up. “Nothing. I. Animals. Next time, the bears, if you want.”

He looked at me, narrowing his eyes. I saw the corner of his lip turn up, then a full grin. “You have bears to show me?”