Page 55 of Mytho Investigations: Side Stories

Jake gave him a small smile. “So you’re not breaking up with me?”

Adam cupped Jake’s face—his stubble tickling his palms—and kissed him. His lips didn’t move for a moment, as if he didn’t know what to do.

Had Jake never been kissed?

Adam teased Jake’s lip with his tongue until Jake’s lips parted, and with each passing second, he relaxed, deepening the kiss.

Jake reached out and pulled Adam closer until he needed to straddle Jake’s lap. “Did you mean that?”

“Which part?” Adam whispered against Jake’s lips.

“The bit where you said you loved me.”

“Yes.” That had slipped out and now he wondered if he’d said it too soon. “I want to get to know this body. Not the wolf one. You can shift into an actual wolf, right?”

“Something close to the wolves you’re familiar with. And yeah, let’s draw a line through that. No sex with the wolf.”

Adam lifted his hand. “Can I?”

Jake nodded and Adam ran his fingertips over one pointed ear, then along his jaw. Some people on the forum had called the werewolves human-like form ugly, but that wasn’t true. It wasn’t wolf or human, but something with a bit of both. More man than monster.

“You’re still quite wolfy.”

“I’m still quite hairy.”

Adam smiled. “That’s good because you love me matting up your fur. Not that I’m here for sex. I want dinner with my boyfriend… I’m hoping he still wants to be my boyfriend?”

Jake studied him, his nose twitching. Scenting him. Had Jake expected him to walk out? Had he come across as that kind of guy? Or did Jake think so little of what they had? Of him? The doubts rose, and this time he couldn’t squash them down.

“I want that… but is it going to be weird for you?”

Adam shook his head. “No weirder than it will be for you.” He traced Jake’s lip with his thumb. “Was that your first kiss?”

“Yes.”

Adam leaned in and kissed him again, and Jake responded without hesitation, pulling him closer so their hips were pressed together.

“You smell like garlic bread and lust,” Jake murmured.

“You haven’t lost your sense of smell then.”

“I lost most of my tail.”

“I’m surprised you still have one.”

“I kind of wish you’d been here when I woke up, so we could’ve freaked out together.”

“What do you do when you freak out?” Adam said between kisses.

“Stare in confused denial, mostly.”

“I’m sorry if I made you feel like I wouldn’t want you.” He didn’t want to be a forum asshole.

“You didn’t. But I was scared of losing you when I’d just started falling for you.”

“Oh, you’ve just started⁠—”

Jake flipped him onto the sofa and leaned over him. “And I intend to keep falling.”