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My first sunrise without Jack. My first sunrise away from her.
I could never give her up. She’s the piece of my soul that I’ve always been missing. The only thing that brings me comfort and rest.
Love really does fuck up your priorities.
We. Because it’s always been us against the world. His success is mine and vice versa. We’re brothers. Family.
The title of mom or dad doesn’t make someone perfect or worthy of our love, their actions do.
“A lily?” Danny asks. “Yeah.” I bite my lip in hesitation. “For Jack.” He squeezes his eyes shut, and for a moment I think he’s going to refuse or tell me it’s a silly idea, but when his eyelashes flutter back open, moisture is pooling in the corners and a small smile graces his lips. “Let’s start with that one.”
He grabs my hand and places it over his racing heart. “Do you feel that? Before I met you, I forgot what it felt like to have my heart race. I don’t know what this thing is between us, but you reminded me that there’s more to life than violence and greed. You reminded me there’s still good in the world. Give me the chance to do the same for you.”
I get her for the summer and that’s it. It’s not like she was mine to keep in the first place, so I don’t let the fact that she’s gone taint the times she made me smile. What kind of life would that be, if I only dwelled on the things I lost?” My chest hitches as images of Colton’s sun-drenched face tear through my memory. He was mine for the season, but never mine to keep. My summer sparrow.
“Come for me, Tiger.” It’s the nickname that does it. My world erupts in an explosion of stars and fire, my orgasm hitting me so hard my knees give out. Colton is there to catch me, holding me flush against him, our bodies perfectly aligned.
Colton lays his head in my lap. “I’m so sorry I hurt you. You are the best thing that ever happened to me,” he confesses. “I’m still so in love with you that sometimes I think my bones will break beneath the weight of it.”
“I’ll love you until the day I die, Rylee Adder. But I’ll let you go, if that’s what you need.” He leans down to steal one final kiss before closing the door between us once and for all.
“First off, this isn’t fighting, Tiger. If anything, it’s foreplay. Trust me, you’ll know when we’re fighting. Second, the only thing I have to get off my chest is how much I’ve fucking missed you.”
“Keep the car. What I’m pissed about is the missing ass-shaped dent in the middle of that hood. Let me know when you’re ready to put it back.”
“I’m going to make you remember,” Colton whispers from the other side. My chest shudders because that’s the problem… I never forgot.
“You guys are like magnets. Half of the time, you’re repelling one another so violently I feel like I should run for cover. The other half, I’m terrified I’ll be crushed between the force of your attraction.”
“You’re right. I am an asshole, but do you want to know what I’m not? I’m not your goddamn fuck buddy. No strings, no emotion, no commitment? Are you fucking kidding me? You are mine. I get all of you, whatever that looks like. Messy. Whole. Perfect. Broken. I don’t give a fuck. I want it all, and I’ll settle for nothing less.”
He kisses me, and I am gone. There is only this. Only him. Only us.
“I would burn the world down to keep you safe,” he grunts, plowing into me with such passion I’m sure I’ll split in two.
“I have never, will never, love anything as much as I love you,” he says, and I shatter, exploding into a thousand fragments one second and burning up in a flash of white-hot heat the next. I cannot see anything but Colton. I cannot feel anything but the wildfire burning through my veins. This is ecstasy.
Fuck making noise. Let’s start a riot.
“The moment we met,” he says, “my entire reason for existing flipped on its axis.” He kisses one shoulder, and then the other. “You are so brave and fierce, Tiger. I could live a thousand lives and never deserve you.”
“My girl really is something else, isn’t she?” The pride and love in Colton’s voice sinks straight into my bones. “She is, and if you fuck it up with her again, I’ll shoot you myself.”
“What if I want plantains for dinner every night?” His dimple is back. “Whatever you want, it’s yours. All you need to do is tell me and I’ll make it happen.”
“You.” Kiss. “Perfect.” Kiss. “Crazy.” Kiss. “Little shit.”
