A churning pit had grown in Ellory’s stomach the closer he got to campus, knowing that Sean wasn’t the only thing that awaited him. That letter--that damn letter. He should have burned it.
It was hard to stay anxious though, when Sean met him outside the cottage and carried his suitcase back in, making Ellory stay outside and tap his foot in irritation that was only semi-imaginary. He’d been cooped up in a car with other art history faculty since eight in the morning, after all, and he just wanted to leave his shoes by the door and wrap himself in Sean’s arms and pretend nothing else had to be done.
Still, Ellory couldn’t help a silly giddiness when Sean returned, giving him a smacking kiss and covering his eyes. “No peeking!” he insisted. Ellory called him an unoriginal sap, but w
