Page 199 of Game Misconduct

And while it might be bittersweet for Tanner to leave Boston, to leave the team he loved so much, it meant everything that Tanner had been willing to do that for him.

That Tanner wanted to be with him.

Leif buried his head against Tanner’s throat and breathed.

“You okay?” Tanner asked, sliding his hand through Leif’s hair.

“Better than okay,” Leif whispered.

When Leif lifted his head, Tanner stepped back and took his hand. “You want to shower?”

“After,” Leif said.

Tanner raised an eyebrow, but Leif shrugged. He was already sweaty from being outside in August in Manhattan and he knew Tanner didn’t mind it. It wouldn’t kill Leif to wait to shower until after. Besides, he’d been thinking about this moment for a long time.

The bedroom was bright but cool, the air conditioner making Leif’s skin prickle as he stripped off his clothes and dropped them into the hamper and dry-cleaning bins.

Tanner was already naked by the time he walked over to the bed, and Leif’s mouth went dry at the sight of him. He was so long and lean. Not yet bulked up a little from his summer training, but starting to put weight on again, his skin lightly tanned from the shirtless rollerblading he’d been doing with Rafe and Mickey.

Leif nosed his way up the soft trail of hair below Tanner’s navel and kissed his way up to his chest. He had a little patch of hair that was starting to grow between his pecs, and Leif raised an eyebrow at Tanner in question.

He propped his head on one hand and grinned. “I usually shave it. Got lazy this week.”

“I kinda like it,” Leif admitted and brushed his cheek across it. It was soft. Ticklish.

“I kinda likeyou,” Tanner said. “Now get up here and give me your cock.”

Leif chuckled and shifted upward until he settled over Tanner. “Demanding.”

“It’s been a week,” Tanner whined. “I need it.”

“Five days.” Leif kissed his cheek. “You’ve gone longer.”

“Yeah, but now I don’t have to. C’mon.” Leif wiggled until his legs were spread. “Fuck me.”

“Can we do something else?” Leif asked.

“Sure. What do you want to do?”

“Something I’ve been thinking about for a while,” Leif admitted.

Tanner was getting that grumpy, impatient look on his face like he needed to know right the fuck now, so Leif grabbed the lube. No condom. They’d been tested and started to go without them recently. Tanner didn’t mind the mess.

But they wouldn’t need them today anyway.

“What are you—ohhh,” Tanner sighed as Leif got a slippery hand on his cock.

Leif worked Tanner over for a few moments, loving his breathy moans, his sighs. The way he closed his eyes and scrunched up his face as he bucked into Leif’s fist.

He let out a frustrated whine when Leif let go of him. “Don’t stop.”

“Learn to be patient,” Leif said with a laugh.

“Hi, have you met me?”

“Yeah, about ten years ago,” Leif said drily. “You drove me crazy then.”

“I still drive you crazy.”