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“This was a great day, Orion,” Corbin murmured as he pulled in around the back of the house. “Thanks.”

“Hey, I live to please.” He winked over.

“I just bet.”

“Nope.” Cullen was his violet self in a second. “No flirting with my unicorn.”

“I only do it to piss you off, bro. Come on. Let’s eat. We can unload the coolers after.”

“Someone call your family?” They would eat in the weird junction of the houses, Orion thought.

“You got it,” Corbin said, grinning as he grabbed the bag with the burgers.

Orion’s food came in his own bag.

Cullen took his free hand, smiling at him. “It was a good morning. Corbin is right. I like Yarrow, too.”

“I bet he shows up this winter.”

“That would be cool.”

They walked inside hand in hand, and Orion had to admit, while he wanted food and all, he wanted Cullen more.

And tonight, he wasn’t sleeping on the couch.

ChapterSix

Cullen wiped his hands on his pajama pants.

They were sweaty, and he wasn’t sure what to do with them. He’d had a shower, and he thought maybe Orion had done some yoga or something while he did. Not that he blamed the guy. Spending all day with his family when someone was used to being a loner had to be nuts…

He’d seen the way Orion had been looking at him since breakfast, though, and he didn’t think Orion planned to spend another night on the couch…

So he wandered while Orion was in the shower, trying to decide if he should go get the pillows off the couch and bring them back up to the bedroom.

Which was when he looked at the bed and saw that Orion already had. Oh, goddess.

His breath caught when Orion walked out of the bathroom, steam following him. He wore a towel draped around his waist, but he was otherwise bare. His silver hair was combed back off his face, and his skin had that otherworldly iridescent sheen to it that screamed magic.

Cullen thought he was the most amazing thing he’d ever seen.

“I clean up okay, huh?” Orion spread his arms, letting Cullen look his fill. Or mostly his fill, anyway. He wanted to see what was under the towel.

“Uh-huh.” He was probably flushed, which made him look like an eggplant. So attractive.

Orion tilted his head, eyes flashing quicksilver for a moment. Then he held out a hand. “Come here, baby.”

Cullen let himself move forward to take that hand, his nervousness popping like a bubble as soon as they touched.

“This is going to be the most fun ever.” He stepped in close so that their bodies touched. “I feel like I’ve been waiting for this my whole life. And here you are.”

Orion nodded. “And we are long-lived folks, aren’t we?”

Yes, and they were going to drive each other nuts for an eon. “Yeah. Kiss me like you mean it.”

“I’m always going to mean it.” Orion pushed his hands under Cullen’s hair, cradling his head and drawing him near.

Cullen wanted to close his eyes, but he also didn’t want to because he wanted to see every second of this—of Orion loving on him.