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I’ure since he’s an athlete, his diet is probably pretty carb heavy And Bolognese is a sauce I used to help my mom make all the ti it simmer and steep in flavor She’d be horrified to know that when I make it these days, I’etables first Chopping and dicing arlic It takes a little while, but eventually the motions of ht of Mateo (and his mouth and his hands) out of etables in the pan with olive oil and a little butter, I’ve lost h that I don’t even have to look at the recipe I round beef, pork, and veal, but on round beef

I think of Mateo again, but this tih to do it objectively, to wonder what’s madeover or that I’ for him It’s more about what happens afterward

Dylan texted just before the ain The words caused a stab of regretuntil I realized what they meant An apart home to interrupt us And after what happened in his truck earlier in the week, I was practically suffering withdrawals from his hands and his mouth and all of him

How is it that I could be addicted to him already? That I could crave him this much? I don’t know, but I do know I’ve never had this kind of physical connection with anyone And er catalyst than I bargained for, but I’hs and the companionship and the adventure, too And for hi thing that is just Torres

I’ht hits ain, so I forcethe milk and tomatoes and spices and have left the sauce to simmer while I clean up when the knock comes at the door My hands are covered in the reredients, and my stomach swoops so low I could swear it settles soe the sink faucet withmy hands as I call out, "Come in"

I hear the door open, and I closebreaths as I soap upto co to look ridiculous washinginside of me is in a frenzy And I knowknow that "butterflies in your sto parents say to their kids, but all the sas

My eyes are still closed when I feel the buzz of his presence ataround to stretch across host over the skin at ainstoff a shiver This isit’sso strange And yet, somehow not It shouldn’t feel natural to have his like cook He’s from this other world, and in my head he’s so intertwined with the list that is so notthat the difference bethat should be and what istortellini," I tell hi I should have asked hireat"

I finally open my eyes as he wraps his arms fully around my middle and noses some of my hair to the side to kiss the corner of ?" he asks

Make ht Put me out of the misery I’ve been in the last several days without you

"No, the sauce is pretty much done I’m about to put the pasta on to boil When that’s done we’ll be good to go I ether a salad"

He turns ainst the sink "So what you’re telling me is that we’ll have a little ti?"

He leans down to kiss me, but I put my hand up to block him "I haven’t put the pasta on yet"