Chapter 35
At the end of a long day, Gavin tucks Evie into her own bed and leaves the door cracked slightly as he heads back to the living room, where Brody waits. Only Brody isn’t in the living room—he’s on the balcony, and a faint sea breeze wafts in through the open sliding screen door. Gavin leans against the door frame and breathes in the salty night air. Brody sits on a two-cushion patio loveseat facing the ocean, his feet propped up on the wrought-iron railing. When they returned to the condo after dinner, he slipped into a pair of black boxers that leave his legs bare, and his tattoos look like so many dark shapes and shadows twined along his skin.
Stepping out onto the balcony, Gavin comes up behind Brody and places his hands on his lover’s shoulders. With a gentle kneading moti
