Leander awoke cocooned in warmth with fingers carding through his hair. He sighed happily and opened his mouth to comment on how good he felt, but what came out was,”Why did you leave?”
The fingers stopped and Leander opened his eyes to see Julien propped on one arm, looking down at him. “I didn’t want to make you choose between me and your brothers.”
He was an i***t to have asked that and probably an even bigger i***t for saying what he was about to say. “That wasn’t your decision to make. You only have to decide whether you want to be with me.”
“I believe we’ve established the answer to that,” Julien replied.
The last few knots inside Leander dissolved and he lifted his head to give Julien a kiss. “I’m glad,” he said and let his head fall back.
Julien began stroking his hair again.
