Alex awoke the next morning and drew a deep breath of the air—fresh valley warmth from the window, which had been left open a crack, mixed with the musk of lovers’ bodies. He raised himself on an elbow to look for Damian, but the other side of the bed was empty. Reaching an arm out, he found it still warm, and soon heard a clink of a plate from the kitchen. The clock said it was just after 9:00—a bit later than Alex usually rose, but then, they’d been up till after midnight, what with one exploration and another… With a tingle of arousal washing through his groin, he pushed back the covers and got out of bed, naked. His ass burned a little, but in a pleasurable way—Damian had been more than happy to try that new activity one more time that night. As Alex picked up his shorts from the flo

