



Somewhere deep inside, a warmth was spreading out from his core, something unfurling inside him that made him feel, for maybe the first time in his life, happy to be alive. “Just do what I gotta do,” Tommy murmured, feeling his eyelids droop. Considering all that you have to deal with, you do an amazing job of it.”īobby didn’t say it like Tommy was lucky to have his approval or like he needed it from anyone, more like he thought it was about damn time someone said it. Quiet and easy, a relaxed kind of fun with a small simmer of heat under the surface. Not that he’d had any of those, but he guessed if he wasn’t just out to get laid, but out to get to know someone, it would feel a lot like this encounter on the couch. If Tommy didn’t know any better, he’d have thought it felt like the end of a nice date. I think we must have developed some kind of resistance in utero.” Both men laughed at that, Bobby shifting down a little farther on the couch. “It’s a miracle none of you had Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or something.”
