Laurent couldn’t keep track of the time while being doted upon by Seth this way. For all he knew, days had passed, and he’d be none the wiser. However long it’d been, it was enough time that his head thrashed from side to side and his hips bucked and his hands—still over his head—clenched at the pillows. Tears gathered in the corners of his eyes, his muscles taut and breaths backing up on him.
“Oh, God,” he sobbed when he could no longer smother it down. “Seth, I…I need…want…Seth…”
Chuckling, Seth appeared at his side, propped up by one elbow and circling a finger around Laurent’s belly button. It almost tickled. Enough that Laurent’s belly clenched, and he needed to hold in a giggle.
“Listen to ya,” Seth drawled. Laurent peered up at him with wet, weepy eyes. “So needy.” He swirled a f
