A/N: This chapter has a title instead of a number because it's both a plot point and a little piece of romantic fluff to live on before we return to anything a little more angsty.

Sebastian never realized what a difference sleeping naked beside his boyfriend would make. He didn't register the scars or bruises on Kurt's back, just the luscious feeling of Kurt's muscular body pressed against his, sharing his warmth, his breath ghosting over his skin, running his fingertips wherever he pleased with no barriers between them.

Sebastian had the most glorious dreams with Kurt naked against him - dreams of spending a life together with this man, of weekends spent beside him in bed, Sunday mornings reading the paper over coffee, a million more pictures of Kurt's gorgeous body, maybe even an honest to God vacation. Mostly he looked forward to the idea of cherishing Kurt, body and soul.

Sebastian woke to the sound of his text alert trilling. His mind told him to pick it up, but his heart wanted him to stay asleep, with Kurt wrapped in his arms. The only person he would want to talk to was with him anyway, so there was no point in opening his eyes just to check some nonsense message.

Another trill. Then another. And another.

Apparently someone was sending him their whole life story.

That life was about to end once Sebastian found out who was disturbing his fabulous sleep beside his gorgeous boyfriend. Sebastian reached around the table carefully to find his phone with his eyes still closed. His fingers wrapped around it just as it trilled another time, his hand effectively muffling the sound.

Sebastian wanted to turn off the ringer, shove the phone in the drawer, and drift back off to sleep, forgetting about the hundred unwelcome messages. He felt around the tiny phone for the button that lowered the volume and managed to switch off the sound as it vibrated. Yet another message.

Sebastian's curiosity piqued, he looked at the message alert on the screen.

Fifteen unread messages...all from his brother.

The first message was the only one he really needed to read.

From: Richard
I would never disown you. I love you. I'm sorry about all this.

The second one broke his already wounded heart.

From: Richard
Mom says hi.

Sebastian couldn't find his way back to his bliss, so he lay beside his boyfriend, curled as close as he could conceivably manage, and texted his brother back.

He told Richard the story of the last few months - his awful apartment, his horrible job, and the amazing time that he had been spending with Kurt.

Sebastian had been right to think that their dad would put pressure on Richard to run the family business. Richard had been doing his best to resist, and luckily, so far, their father hadn't threatened to pull Richard's inheritance as well.

That didn't mean he wouldn't though.

Luckily, Richard and his wife really didn't need the money. Richard had started a successful business making apps in high school, and he had managed to make it grow into a lucrative app store. His wife came from old money, and had a trust fund of her own that could put Richard's and Sebastian's to shame.

Sebastian and Richard texted for over an hour, and Sebastian couldn't help the smile that had permanently taken residence on his face the entire time.

He hadn't realized just how much he'd missed his brother. Richard sent Sebastian pictures of the baby, and Sebastian forwarded Richard the few pictures of Kurt that he had on his phone.

As Kurt started to stir, Sebastian told Richard that he had to go, and sent him all his love with a promise to text again soon.

Sebastian felt that a closed door had just opened.

Kurt turned in Sebastian's arms and smiled without opening his eyes.

"Did we do what I think we did this morning?' Kurt asked, his voice husky with sleep, but not veiled in embarrassment or shame.

Sebastian smiled, taking Kurt's hand and kissing it gently.

"What do you think, gorgeous?" Sebastian asked, leading Kurt's hand down his body, over his bare skin, letting it roam over his ass, around his thigh, up over his cock, and then resting it over his heart, which had started to race the moment Kurt's fingers touched his skin.

Kurt bit his lip, but this time he didn't blush. Sebastian's heart swelled at Kurt's confidence, his obvious feeling of comfort lying naked in bed with his boyfriend, but Sebastian missed the rosy glow.

He would have to think of a way to get it back.

Already his mind whirled with private locations on Kurt's body his tongue could visit, all of the places it could lick and the areas it could swirl. He'd have to be able to find one that would guarantee him a blush.

"I think," Kurt said in response, "that you should really refresh my memory."

Sebastian snaked his arms around Kurt's torso, wasting no time running his hands over Kurt's bare back, claiming Kurt's whole body. Kurt smiled, looking completely calm and relaxed for the first time. He didn't flinch when Sebastian touched him, he didn't shrink away from Sebastian's exploring hands. Kurt's expression of overwhelming bliss warmed Sebastian in a way he'd never felt before.

"I have every intention of refreshing your memory, gorgeous." Sebastian pulled Kurt on top of him, loving the slide of Kurt's soft skin against his body. "In fact," Sebastian whispered, his soft voice a wash of velvet seduction over Kurt's skin, "I intend on refreshing your memory over...and over...and over again."

Kurt whimpered when Sebastian found his favorite spot on Kurt's neck and licked over it languidly, moaning against his skin as he started to suck suggestively. Kurt's eyes rolled, his eyelids fluttering shut, his cock twitching against Sebastian's already hard length.

"Sebastian," Kurt breathed. It was a sigh, a sound of utter contentment.

"I want to get an early start on the day," Sebastian said.

"Ooo," Kurt teased, "it sounds like you have a plan."

"I most certainly do, gorgeous." Sebastian moved further down Kurt's neck. "It's called 'keeping my incredible boyfriend safe'."

Kurt hummed as Sebastian sucked along his shoulder.

"You're so sexy when you're protective."

Sebastian smiled. His beautiful Kurt, coming more and more alive, transforming before his eyes, beneath his lips.

"Please..." Kurt squirmed as Sebastian bit down gently, nerves firing at this new, welcome sensation as Sebastian went a step beyond his normal nibbles and let it sting. "Make love to me again."

Sebastian breathed Kurt in, reveling in the scent of vanilla from his shampoo, mixed with the faint scent of Sebastian's cologne from his sheets, and sex. It was a heady combination, sweet and mind-blowingly erotic at the same time.

"Kurt," Sebastian said as he breathed in again, letting the scent fill him completely. "I will never turn you down." Sebastian moved to the other shoulder and bit, feeling Kurt arch against him, begging silently for more. "I'll make love to you whenever you want."

Sebastian felt Kurt melt. His fingertips danced over Kurt's alabaster skin. Sebastian wanted Kurt like this, close to him so he could feel his skin, smell his hair, and kiss wherever he could reach. Sebastian rolled Kurt slowly, gently onto his back while he kissed him, and then broke away with a soft whine as he rolled Kurt again on his side, facing away from Sebastian. Sebastian pressed himself against Kurt's back, his hand splayed across his stomach.

Sebastian whispered against Kurt's ear.

"Would it be okay if I took you like this?" Sebastian asked. Kurt shivered against Sebastian's body as he pressed against him.

Kurt held his breath for a moment, and Sebastian waited patiently. Kurt had come so far with Sebastian, had wandered into new territory on the banks of old nightmares. Sebastian knew that some taboos still lingered out there, haunting him.

Sebastian held Kurt close, and Kurt focused on all of the things that pushed thoughts of the past aside. Sebastian smelled like black pepper and cinnamon. His skin tasted both sweet and salty somehow. Kurt's tongue tingled when it touched him. His long fingers massaged him gently, and the skin on his hands was smoothe, callused only on the ridge right below his fingers. His body almost matched Kurt's in height, and the hard, muscular planes of his chest fit against Kurt like the missing piece of an almost completed puzzle.

The man of his nightmares was nothing like this.

Sebastian was the white knight of Kurt's dreams.

Sebastian didn't ask again, simply brushed his soft lips against the nape of Kurt's neck, enjoying the feeling of his hair standing on end, reacting to his warm breath as it settled along his skin.

"Yes," Kurt answered finally. "Yes, Sebastian. Please."

Sebastian decided to open Kurt up gently with his tongue. He covered Kurt's body with kisses - soft kisses, urgent kisses, kisses followed by tiny nips of his teeth, until he settled beneath Kurt's beautiful, taut ass. Spreading his cheeks carefully, Sebastian teased over Kurt's hole with tiny swipes of his tongue, back and forth over the puckered entrance, and then dipping inside.

Kurt tried not to squirm, didn't want to buck, wanted to stay where he has while Sebastian took him with tender licks and kisses. He threaded his own hands in his hair, pulling lightly. He smiled to himself as he became more bold, more daring. He scratched his nails lightly over his own skin, dipping a finger in his mouth and then rubbing it in slow circles over his own nipple.

"Yes," Kurt breathed.

'Don't you dare touch yourself! I touch you! I decide when you cum!'

Kurt laughed as he touched himself, shivered as he felt Sebastian's tongue fuck him, felt his cock twitch at every soft swipe.

Sebastian chuckled at the sound of Kurt's laughter, the vibration shooting straight through Kurt's body, threatening to make him explode.

"I miss you, Sebastian," Kurt groaned. "I want you with me."

Sebastian broke away with a passing nibble on Kurt's cheek as he traveled back up Kurt's body.

What he saw took Sebastian's breath away. Kurt was smiling like mad, biting his lip as he slowly stroked his cock, a gorgeous ruby flush covering his entire body. Sebastian watched Kurt as he held himself, as he moved, as he rolled his head on his shoulders and moaned. Sebastian reached around Kurt's body, putting his hand over Kurt's where it stroked his cock, and squeezed. Kurt moaned, turning his head to claim Sebastian's mouth, sucking on his lower lip eagerly.

"Give me a moment, and I'll take care of this for you, gorgeous," Sebastian promised. Kurt nodded, but he wouldn't let go, determined to keep stroking until Sebastian took over.

It didn't take take long for Sebastian to find another condom and roll it on, lubing himself liberally, spurred on by the sight of his incredible boyfriend masturbating. Kurt let out a particularly sinful moan.

"Hey now," Sebastian whispered as he climbed behind Kurt, cuddling close, "let me catch up."

Kurt giggled until he felt the head of Sebastian's cock slowly start to enter his body.

"Oh, Sebastian," Kurt breathed, reaching behind him to loop his arms around Sebastian's neck.

Sebastian slipped easily into Kurt, still taking things slowly - shallow thrusts that bled into longer strokes. His fingers circled Kurt's length, sliding around him in time to his movements. His free arm he wrapped around Kurt's waist and held him tight. Sebastian kissed Kurt's neck, murmuring quiet promises against his skin - promises to always cherish, promises to always protect him, promises to fall asleep with him in his arms and to wake up the same way each morning.

A spark ignited between them, but it didn't flood them with an unquenchable fire the way it had earlier. This spark lit a quiet simmer that Sebastian fanned with the unrushed sway of his hips.

"You feel so good, Sebastian." Kurt sighed, letting Sebastian do what he did best - take control. Sebastian didn't ask anything from him. Kurt didn't have to do anything but just be. Sebastian hummed against Kurt's skin - a ballad he once remembered singing in high school. Kurt pulled Sebastian closer, closing his eyes as the deep tenor of Sebastian's voice washed over him.

Kurt's body was so full of peace, he wanted to stay like this, locked in Sebastian's arms, forever.

"I know that song." Kurt panted, his body shuddering slightly as Sebastian's cock brushed lightly where Kurt needed him, over and over, his blood singing as an irresistible sweet pressure started to build inside him. "It's about falling in love with love. About finding the other half of your soul. I can't remember the name of it, but I adore that song."

"Kurt..." Sebastian traced a lazy pattern over Kurt's shoulder with the tip of his tongue. "You are that song."

Sebastian wanted to keep Kurt at that border between barely losing his balance and falling headlong over the edge. As far as Sebastian was concerned, time could stop for them. The world could grind to a halt and cease to exist altogether.

Kurt whispering caught Sebastian's attention, and he leaned his head closer to hear. Kurt's eyes were shut, muttering a litany into the dark.

"I love you, Sebastian," tumbled from his lips. "I love you, I love you, I love you..."

Sebastian felt his body screaming for release, begging him to quicken his pace, but he stayed strong for Kurt - panting breathlessly, lips parted as if waiting to be kissed, fingers knotting themselves in Sebastian's hair.

Sebastian buried his head in the crook of Kurt's neck. He suddenly felt overwhelmed. For every reason and no reason whatsoever, he wanted to cry.

This was his moment of pure happiness. It bled through his body, wrapped around his heart and squeezed tight.

Kurt started to whimper - tiny gasps of restrained pleasure as he held back, not wanting to let go just yet.

"Like the bridge, gorgeous" Sebastian whispered. "You jump, I jump...remember?"

Kurt nodded.

Sebastian brushed Kurt's neck with his lips.

"I feel you, Kurt." Sebastian snapped his hips a little quicker, moved his hand a little faster. "All over me. I smell you on my skin. I don't ever want that to go away."

Kurt moved his hips back to meet Sebastian's.

"We're so good together, Kurt." Sebastian's voice began to break. He snapped a little harder, moved a little faster. As he buried himself into Kurt's body, Kurt trembled. Sebastian wanted to say more, confess more, hum against Kurt's skin, but he could barely breathe. Something wild was trapped within Sebastian, simmering just below the surface, waiting for permission to break free.

"Harder, Sebastian," Kurt growled. "Faster."

Sebastian held Kurt still, bit gently over Kurt's shoulder, and claimed Kurt repeatedly with each snap of his hips. Kurt rolled his head back to meet Sebastian's shoulder.

"Yes," Kurt moaned. "Yes. I'm going to cum, baby."

Sebastian whined. Kurt's voice - his blessed voice, high and clear - was his undoing.

"I need you, Kurt," Sebastian groaned. "I need you so much."

"You have me," Kurt cried, feeling the world tilt as lights like diamonds exploded behind his eyes, and Kurt came, still moving to meet the intoxicating sway of Sebastian's body.

Kurt clenched around Sebastian, and Sebastian, barely holding on by a thread, let Kurt coax him to orgasm, plunging in deep and holding Kurt against him as he came.

"My amazing Kurt," Sebastian mumbled. "My beautiful angel, Kurt."

Kurt untangled his fingers from Sebastian's hair, running the pads of his fingertips down over Sebastian's cheeks, pulling back slightly when he realized his skin was wet.

"Sebastian," Kurt gasped, trying to turn in Sebastian's arms to look into his face. "Are you crying?"

"No," Sebastian said petulantly, holding Kurt tight in his arms so he couldn't move.

"Sebastian," Kurt said, his tone comforting," do you..."

"Can we just stay here..." Sebastian interrupted, "...like this for a little while?"

Kurt sighed.

"Of course."

Then he smirked.

"That's a perfect way to start the morning," he said, changing the subject.

"Yes, it is," Sebastian agreed with a smile.

"You know..." Kurt ran slightly trembling fingertips over the back of Sebastian's hand, "...if you lived with me, we could wake up like that every morning."

Sebastian buried his head into Kurt's hair and groaned, Kurt chuckling quietly.

"I promise I'll think about it," Sebastian said. "Okay?"

"Better than okay." Kurt smiled. "Much better than okay."