Saturday, 2nd July 2022

"I should go home," Roy said, rubbing at his knee under the table.

"You can't leave until Jamie gets back," Colin told him, sipping at his vanilla vodka.

Michael made a face and then sighed.

"What?" Colin asked.

Michael laughed. "I love you enough to kiss you after you've drunk that." Michael leaned forward and kissed Colin.

They had a private room off the dance floor with a curtain between them and everyone else, giving Colin the space to dance and kiss Michael, and Roy the distance from the masses that made him happy to come and join them. He did not like crowds like he had when he'd been younger.

"He won't care," Roy said. "He's dancing with Dani and probably picking up some busty football fan."

Michael laughed.

Roy frowned. "What?"

Michael opened his mouth to say something, but Colin elbowed him.

"Talk!" Roy said, glaring at Colin.

"Who needs another drink?" Jamie asked, sliding between the curtains, holding a tray of drinks for everyone.

"I was going to go home," Roy said.

"Not yet," Jamie said, squeezing himself into the space next to Roy. "One more drink."

Roy sighed.

Jamie beamed at him and handed the whisky over.

Three hours later, Jamie pushed Roy from the uber and onto the verge in front of Jamie's house. He thanked the driver and walked Roy into his house.

"Why don't you have a home?" Roy asked.

Jamie laughed, leaning against Roy as he locked the door behind them.

"You should be making your money work for you," Roy told him, glaring at Jamie who was still laughing.

"It earns heaps of interest."

"Rebecca's going to set up a workshop for all of the team with a reputable firm to teach you lot of fucking muppets how to manage your money."

"I manage it just fine."

Roy huffed, his breath warm against Jamie's neck. Jamie shivered against him.

Jamie's lips were soft and active. Roy's tongue rubbed at the seam of Jamie's mouth. Jamie felt warm wood at his back. Roy's fingers were cool against the overheated skin on Jamie's back. Roy's tongue felt sluggish as he learned how to kiss Jamie. Jamie curled his arms around Roy to hold him close. They stumbled upstairs – clothes dropped on wood. Jamie laughed as Roy knocked his teeth before Jamie nipped at Roy's lower lip. Cold sheets beneath them as warm fingers opened Jamie up. Roy's cock a hard press into him. Sloppy strokes and wet kisses until they came, dropping into sleep swiftly.

Jamie heard the alarm but just slapped at the noise.

The next time he woke up, he was alone.

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