Page 76 of All Tied Up

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Neil wasn’t sure how much later it was when Sebastian tangled his fingers in his beard and gave a gentle tug.

“Neil, honey? How are you doing?”

Neil shook his head a little, because when he did he could snuggle up against Sebastian’s package and his hand. “Good, Sir.”

“It’s time to come out, baby boy. Just go slow because your muscles are going to hurt. Keep leaning on me.”

Sebastian rolled the chair back slowly and Neil followed instructions, letting his body move in tandem. And damn, did it hurt. Sebastian hadn’t been kidding. As soon as he started to stretch out, he ached absolutely everywhere. One foot was on pins and needles, his neck felt strained, and his hip popped when he finally made it shakily to his feet with Sebastian’s arms around him.

“Wow,” came Jamie’s awed voice, Neil’s first clue that he was in the room with them.

Neil rolled his shoulders. “I think I’m too old for this.” His neck was going to hurt all night.

“I shouldn’t have kept you down there for so long,” Sebastian apologized, digging skilled fingers into his neck. “I forgot how long that place takes to deliver. And you seemed content.”

Neil looked into Sebastian’s deep brown eyes and he could feel how much he was cherished. Was it weird that he felt closer to Sebastian after this than he’d ever felt with anyone else he’d dated?

“I was content,” he agreed.

“You were really deep under,” Jamie added. “It was beautiful.”

Neil reached out a hand and Jamie stepped into their shared embrace, his slender but muscular waist filling Neil’s arm.

Neil felt close to him, too. Jamie hadn’t even been here, but he was just as much a part of all this. Sebastian was Jamie’s Daddy, first and foremost, and Neil was just lucky enough to get to enjoy a taste of that for a short time.

“I don’t know about beautiful. But thank you for letting me experience this.”

“Oh, but we’ve got so much more to do!” Jamie laughed. “I want to see you covered in wax and screaming.”

Neil and Sebastian both sighed together.

“Two more hours,” Sebastian reminded them. “But dinner first.”

They ate at a cozy cluster of couches in the lobby. Jamie was thrilled to load up his plate with everything on the table, exclaiming over every dish, while Neil and Sebastian enjoyed the food more casually.

Neil had expected to sit by himself, but Jamie plopped down next to him and leaned against his shoulder. It made eating difficult, but Neil didn’t mind in the least. The food was good, but having Jamie rub up against him so freely was better.

He didn’t think he would have had Jamie’s confidence to just cuddle against someone, but when Jamie was so demonstrative, it was easy for him to return the affection. When Neil finally put down his plate, he wrapped his arm around Jamie, who wriggled his head into Neil’s lap and smiled up at him.

He reached out and touched Jamie’s hair, the strands soft under his fingers. Neil was looking forward to the scene tonight, but there was also something about cuddling on the couch that filled a need he’d barely admitted to himself. With all of his exes, Neil had always been the more affectionate one, but each man had shrugged him off, implicitly telling him to keep most touches for the bedroom.

Neil wished he could just preserve this moment, capture it somehow and keep it forever.

As if reading his mind, Sebastian asked right then if he could take a picture.

“Um, sure,” Neil answered, though he couldn’t see why Sebastian would want to preserve this. Jamie was certainly this cute all the time, and the couple had hook-ups with different people frequently.

It was only Neil that this was special for.

But he smiled at the camera, and he kept smiling, looking into Jamie’s eyes, while Sebastian kept snapping photos.

Jamie was just so beautiful. So authentically and confidently himself, with his sun-kissed hair and that touch of makeup that made his lips so luscious and his eyes so big.

Neil was still in awe that he actually got to touch him. That Jamie actually wanted to touch him, too.

Even when Neil had been Jamie’s age, which was horrifyingly younger, he’d never been this attractive. He’d never been the one that the cute, confident guys went for. So to have the attention of not one but two attractive guys now was mind boggling. Even if it was just for a handful of days.