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Alex is grateful, relaxed and still turning the whole thing over in his brain. But mostly, he is content.
“So what did you think? Awesome?” Liam asks as he takes the lead in getting them cleaned up. Alex can even recognize that Liam isn’t fishing for compliments. He just wants to know he’s done the right thing in showing someone something new.
He closes his eyes and lets himself drift a little. “Awesome.”
“Good,” Liam says softly. He climbs back into bed and drapes an arm, a leg, and half his body on top of Alex.
“I f**k you, and you cuddle me,” Alex murmurs sleepily. “Is that how this works?”
He’s making fun, but Alex is relieved for Liam’s warm weight over him. Putting words together coherently is still taking some effort. He’s not as broken as he was the first time Paul took hi
