Diamond Ring (Unwritten Rules #3)

by K.D. Casey

But mostly he wants to kiss Jake—a want that feels almost geological in its urgency, like plates shifting along a fault line.

“You still talk in your sleep.” Which, fuck. “I say anything embarrassing?” “My name. A few times.” Alex mostly looks smug at that.

Jake: I appreciate you being respectful of my boundaries or whatever But come disrespect me

he’s saved from saying something like I wanted you to come choke me, romantically, when Alex shoves his fingers in Jake’s mouth.

“I love you,” Alex says, low enough that it’s almost inaudible. “I didn’t want to tell you like this.” Jake tightens his grip. “Tell me again, later. As many times as you want.”

“I think, if you love something, you learn to set all that stuff aside. That’s the thing I didn’t know the last time. How to love something like that. How much work that kind of love takes. What you’ll do to keep it.”

Just how gay is this fucking team? Alex thinks, slightly hysterically.