Chapter 15: Slow

Neil could not sleep, and neither could Jude.

He knew because he could hear Jude not sleeping through the wall.

It was one in the morning when the door across the hall opened, and bare feet crossed the boards.

Neil's door opened without a knock.

Jude stood in the gap in his sleep pants, his hair wrecked, one hand on the frame.

"You're awake," Jude said.

"So are you."

"Gran's rule is I stay in my room."

"Gran's rule is no stairs."

Jude almost laughed.

He came in, shut the door and stood at the side of the bed, looking down.

The lamp was off and the shutters were open a crack, and the moon cut a pale line across the quilt.

"Move over," he said.

Neil moved over.

Jude lay down on his side, facing him, close enough that their knees touched.

For a while neither of them said anything.

Then Jude's hand found the hem of Neil's shirt, and slid under it, and rested flat on the curve of his stomach.

"Hi," he said, to the baby, very low.

Neil's throat went tight.

"It can't hear you yet."

"I know. I'm practicing."

Neil took Jude's face in both hands and kissed him.

It was slow, with none of the fury of the first time.

Jude made a small sound against his mouth.

They kissed for a long time.

Jude's tongue stroked the roof of his mouth, and Neil's fingers curled in his hair.

The heat built under his skin until he was shifting against the sheets.

He was already hard.

He could feel Jude hard against his thigh, thick and hot through the thin cotton.

"Take it off," Neil whispered.

Jude pulled his own pants down and kicked them off.

Then he drew Neil's shirt carefully over his head.

He laid a kiss on his chest, over his heart, and another on the soft swell of his belly.

His mouth went lower.

He eased Neil's shorts down, and Neil's cock sprang free, and Jude took him into his mouth with a low, hungry groan.

Neil's head fell back.

"Fuck. Jude."

Jude sucked him slowly, tongue flat, lips wet and tight around the shaft, taking him a little deeper with every pass.

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