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Kelly laughed and disregarded the note in every way, throwing his covers off and using the edge of the ather his strength before he was able to push hiretted his intense ht But he padded into the bathroo to call for help
A quick examination in the mirror showed proood, he supposed, it meant they weren’t too deep He also had several red welts where he re in on his shoulder and neck He found he didn’t care In fact, he was as proud of those battle injuries as he was of the rest
He took care of business, giving hi back into the bedroo a piece of toast and scrolling through so, Irish," Kelly said, his voice hoarse and scratchy
"You think I can’t hear youup fro cru up fro anyway," he said as he chewed He finished what he was doing and raised his head, his eyes raking Kelly up and down as he set the iPad aside
Kelly shrugged He shuffled back to the bed, and Nick moved to help hirabbed his hand and wrapped an arm around him His chest fluttered Nick’s scent now reood in the world He turned at the edge of the bed, looking into Nick’s eyes and putting his arm around Nick’s neck so Nick could help hihtened around hiently Kelly could feel hirin too
Nick finally let hi"
"Pretty spectacular one"
Nick helped hi when they probably didn’t need to Kelly gritted his teeth with the pull in his chest Mornings were alorse because the painkillers in his syste low and his body was stiff and stubborn It was also a little e not to be able to sit down by himself, but he supposed that hat happened when a bullet tore through you and then you decided you were tougher than your painkillers
Nick piled the pillows for hi Nick unabashedly
"You feeling okay?" Nick asked, and the gravel in his voice sent a shiver up Kelly’s spine
"Not as good as I was last night, unfortunately"
Nick’s fingers were gentle as he brushed them over Kelly’s neck "How about you take your pills instead of trying to prove how tough you are?"
Kelly snorted
Nick ht up so it was beside Kelly on the bed,ithin arm’s reach, then rounded the bed and crawled into the other side, sitting against the headboard with his iPad
Kelly crunched down on a piece of bacon After living together for five years while they’d been stationed at Lejeune, Nick knew exactly how crispy he liked his bacon He knew a lot of things Kelly waved his bacon at the iPad "Anything interesting going on?"
Nick nodded, still chewing "Ty sent a er’s convinced he’s being watched by the CIA And Owen ca Easter bonus Asshole"
Kelly chuckled
"I’ve been suspended," Nick added after aat the iPad as he checked his ehten out the warrant for h
"That’s bullshit," Kelly ed it off "It’s the second time I’ve been in custody in the last year, I’d suspendto look at Kelly instead "You okay?"
"Yeah," Kelly said with a nod, taking stock ood"
Nick hesitated briefly, then said, "I’ve got to write up a stea hihing despite the underlying worry that Nick ood I’ to rest for a bit"
Nick narrowed his eyes skeptically
"I’ll call if I need help," Kelly assured hi his iPad downstairs Kelly let his ether and the probability of the a future It was sudden and it was different, but Kelly still couldn’t see a flaw in it So what if Nick was famously afraid to e? So what if Kelly’d never been with a guy before? Or even been attracted to a guy before
He’d always acknowledged beauty in other ain, he’d never felt attraction What if it really was the narcotics he’d been on the past feeeks? What if it was the near-death experience and Nick eht and this was just a situational thing? What if the shine rubbed off?
What if they looked up in a week or a month and found that they’d permanently altered the shape of their friendship, a friendship Kelly valuedin the world, all for the whih on Percocet?
What if Kelly actually convinced Nick this was a good idea, and got past those defenses Nick had worked his whole life building up, only to decide it was the wrong thing after all? It would crush Nick Just the thought made Kelly nauseous They were already on a slippery slope as it was; he needed to be damn sure they could take oneway
When he looked up, he re lonstairs, obviously thinking it would cover the sounds of hi to himself so Kelly would rest But Kelly couldn’t rest He needed to solidify this in hisHe called out for Nick, and soon he heard Nick’s footsteps coay porn," he told Nick as soon as the man reached the top
Nick stopped short, eyes wide A look of pure confusion passed over his face before he nodded and turned to head back down the steps "I’ll get the iPad"
Kelly was eating his cold bacon when Nick returned, iPad in hand
"A to test if you’re actually attracted toa horny stoner?" Nick asked as he crawled into the bed and propped the iPad between the for here?" Nick asked as he tapped at the screen
Kelly gazed at his profile Nick glanced at hi I find watching a guy take it in the ass just as hot as I find the o," Kelly finally decided "Or last night Or the night before Or just the thought of you doing toat hian to appear on his cheeks