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Even though he knew they were all on the sah the dynamics of their relationship He’d needed to stake the claim he had on Josiah, on Mateo as well, and Mateo had needed the sah Josiah’s hair, then down his back, only stopping when he touched Mateo In sleep, the h Tristan’s and held on as they both rested on the ether He concentrated on the feel of Josiah against him and Mateo’s hand in his The way it felt to hold theh him in the elevator today at work The distance he kept between hi to talk to hi But with theain

So he continued to lie there and feel it, to experience it and live it, because it wasn’t so he’d realized Yes, he was happier than he’d ever been and he knew he loved them, but the storms inside him were at their most calm when he ith theht showed hi was close And he wantedwhat had Mateo told hi important happened to Josiah, he went somewhere important to him, where he had an emotional connection And Tristan suddenly needed that, too

He used his free hand and brushed the back of it over Josiah’s cheek The rough hairs rubbed his skin, and Tristan did it again, wanting to feel hireen eyes "Feed the birds with me" It wasn’t a question, but even if it had been, Josiah would never tell hi a s I’m in so hed quietly at that "You say that as though you don’t hold all the control We both would do anything for you"

"And for each other"

"Yes, that, too" With that Tristan leaned over Josiah, waking Mateo with the back of his hand on Mateo’s face, the same way he’d done with Josiah

"Yeah?" Mateo didn’t open his eyes, voice rough with sleep, and for so slammed into Tristan’s chest

Mateo was content as well He was always so careful, always keeping an eye out for as around them Yet wrapped up in Josiah and himself, he felt secure

"Feed the birds with us," Tristan said simply, and with that, Mateo’s eyes fluttered open

"Dios, what aonna do with the two of you, wakin’ my ass up so early every day?"

"Hey, at least you slept I could have woken you both hours ago"

"You didn’t sleep?" Josiah asked

He didn’t answer that "Shoith me and feed the birds with e"

Josiah grinned, sitting up "I think this is the first tih"

"Less talkin’, more movin’" It was Mateo who stood first He held a hand out to Tristan, who stared at it a second before grabbing hold It was so simple, yet he wasn’t sure he’d ever had a lover help him to his feet before

Once he stood, Mateo did the saether Luckily the one in their new aparte as the one in the house had been

Dressed, theythe path he could take in his sleep By the tian to come out

Josiah fed the birds, Mateo took a thousand pictures, s How there could be so er he walked, the more Tristan started to see it too

It was chilly, and Josiah wore a sweatshirt, like he so often did Tristan wrapped his arms around him from behind as Josiah tossed the last bit out for the birds

"No one makes a hooded sweatshirt look sexy like you do I don’t think I’ve worn one since I was ten, but you make me want to live inside it with you" It wasn’t until the words left his mouth that Tristan realized he’d actually said them

One, two He shook his head and buried his face in Josiah’s neck from behind Content He was content with the to tell himselfit was okay to need