Page 66 of Get A Fix

“You want to see me again.”

“Yes, I do. I need to.”

“So you’re planning to do what?” I pressed because it was necessary. “Come visit me in Chicago?”

“Of course.”

His quick reply, plus that of course, stated so matter-of-factly, made me smile like a simpleton, and I couldn’t have cared less.

“And you? Would you come to LA?” He leaned in and kissed the side of my neck. “Is that doable?”

“I would love to fly out there and visit you,” I said, then kissed him. It wasn’t long, but I did taste him.

He pulled back and looked at me.

“What?”

“You mean it.”

“Why wouldn’t I mean it?” I squinted at him.

“Holy shit, you really would fly back and forth.”

“Who wouldn’t? You get that you’re Ashford Lennox, right?”

His scowl was quick. “That doesn’t mean anything. Not after you wake up the next morning. No one expects this—me in my pajama bottoms and a borrowed Nirvana T-shirt, which I appreciate the loan of, by the way.”

“Anytime.”

“People expect me to be the guy I am in the movies, the suave guy, the sleek guy, the guy with all the best dialogue, good hair, and no morning breath.”

“Your hair is great,” I said, smiling. “And you do taste minty.”

“That’s because I brushed.”

“Sorry, I haven’t yet.”

“I don’t care. That’s the least of…” He gestured at both of us. “We have dried cum on us, and sweat, and I don’t even care.”

“No?” I teased him.

“I love that neither one of us cared. I mean, we made a mess of the bed and each other, but after, I rolled over and you held me, and that was perfect.”

Perfect was a big word.

“You think I’m crazy.”

“No, sir, I just… You have to be patient if I’m not perfect all the time.”

His eyes were so soft and warm as he looked at me. “Just be you, and everything will be great.”

“You’re setting yourself up for disappointment.”

“It’s only been a short time, but so far, you’ve let me be me, and you have no idea what that means to me.” He took a quick breath, as though girding himself. “If you agree, I would really like to see if you could, or would, fit into my stupid, crazy life.”

“A life you love.”

“I do love it, and I’m grateful for it every day, but it is hard work, and I’ve been solely devoted to my career for a long time.”