Note: This is the beginning of a longer story, as the last line implies. I have about 20K so far, and will be posting more as I decide how to split it up. Oh, and I don't know what the title is yet.
As deep sleep slowly faded to awareness, Gil stretched his legs and turned toward the warmth at his back. As he muzzily burrowed his nose into the back of Nick's neck, he breathed in the scent of his lover and smiled. Their relationship was new enough that he was still surprised when he woke to find it was real. Gil slowly shifted his weight until he was spooned up behind the younger man, reaching his left arm around to lightly rub his lover's stomach. He didn't want to wake Nick yet, but couldn't resist all that smooth, warm skin. He snuggled deeper into the lean body, and let his mind drift back to the way it had begun.
