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"We were just having a quiet moment together. I could
eat, though. If Jase left anything for us to eat," he teased,
hand reaching up to stroke Samuel's.
"Of course there's some left!" Jason stuck his tongue out.
"Just a little. I think he snuck cookies..." Samuel leaned in,
kissed his temple.
"Mmm ... I think you both did." He slid his hand around
behind Samuel's neck and pulled his lover down, taking a kiss
and tasting the sweet on Samuel's mouth.
"Ew. Nasty. Do I have to watch them kissing, Jase?" Harry
was loud and raucous, making them all laugh.
He kept Samuel there, too, made a show of kissing him
again. With tongue. Then he winked over at Jase and stood.
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"Let's go eat, Harry. If we leave these two to go back to the
deck on their own, who knows what diabolic plans they'll
come up with."
"No shit. Jason'll have me painting your house and you'll
be teaching a bunch of acne-ridden teenagers about antique
vases."
Peter wrapped his arm around Samuel's shoulders,
laughing as he led his lover slowly back to the deck.
"We should play a game," he suggested.
"Scrabble?" Samuel's eyes were dancing.
"God, no." Harry groaned, making Jason laugh.
"You've obviously never played the kinky version," he
teased. "I was thinking more along the lines of something like
truth or dare, something fun."
"I am not lighting farts for your edification, Laffy."
"Spoilsport."
"Bitch."
Jase laughed softly. "Truth or Dare makes me think of high
school. That and Spin the Bottle, Seven Minutes of Heaven."
"Seven?" Peter shuddered. "We only ever did two. Susie
Wilson, eighth grade, the closet in her parents' bedroom. My
God, I thought I'd never recover."
"Ew. Cooties." Harry stretched out, grabbed a cookie. "I
never did that, really. I was always looking for an excuse to
work out with my buds."
"How old were you when you realized why?" He himself
had always known, just as he'd known not to tell anyone.
Harry shrugged. "Young. Maybe thirteen or so? I mean, I
didn't do anything until college, you know?"
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"Somehow things like that were safe in college in a way
they never were at home, hmm?"
Jase chuckled, giving Harry a warm smile. "The best thing
about college came right at the very end."
Harry's eyes warmed, danced. "You think?"
Samuel pouted dramatically. "Jason! You mean I wasn't
the best thing about college for you?"
Harry laughed. "Maybe moving away from you..."
Jase smacked Harry's arm. "You made me love college,
Sammy. I loved rooming with you and talking until dawn. But
my very last night. That was when I met Harry." They'd all
heard the story, many times, but Jase loved telling it.
"Yep. Stoned out of his pretty little mind. I took him home
and let him sleep in my bed." The look in Harry's eyes was
almost gentle.
"My hero right from the start. And the next morning, when
I was puking my guts up all over his bathroom, he just
cleaned me up with a cool cloth and packed me back into his
bed." Jase smiled a goofy, silly, love-sick smile that was only
ever aimed at Harry. "It took me considerably longer to get
him to share the bed with me."
"Well, I didn't want to take advantage."
Samuel snorted, the sound almost inelegant.
But Jason just beamed. "You see? My hero!"
So many years and Jason still felt Harry was his hero.
Peter could only hope that what he and Samuel had was as
enduring.
"Careful," he teased. "You'll give him a swelled head."
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Samuel shook his head. "Our Harry? No. No, that's not
possible. He's always been solid."
"Oh, yes, very solid." Jase slid back into Harry's lap, flirting
madly with his lover.
"Babe." Harry's cheeks heated, but those square hands
wrapped around Jason's waist, settled them together.
Jason looked happy, pleased to be right where he was, and
Peter could see why Harry was loath to tell Jason about the
parole hearing.
"Of course, we just had to wait a little while for Laffy to
come across Sammy." Harry opened his mouth for another
cookie.
Samuel laughed. "Yes, and a little longer for you to decide
not to arrest him. You beast."
"He still might," piped up Jason.
Peter laughed, and tugged Samuel over, wanting his own
lover in his lap.
Samuel cuddled in, a happy sound warming him all
through. "No. I think Peter was very good for Harry."
"You think? I needed someone to nag."
He just grinned. The truth was they both needed a friend
to needle, someone they could joke around with and know
where their friendship stood. It had been easy becoming
friends with Harry. And for a man like himself, who made very
few friends, that was saying something.
He sipped at his wine, feeling mellow in the sunshine and
company of good friends. Samuel's hand drew lazy circles on
his stomach, his lover close, cuddly. Happy. He thought
perhaps, too, that Harry looked more relaxed than he had
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when they'd arrived and hoped that their company had had
something to do with that.
Raising his glass he offered a toast. "To friends."
Two wine glasses and a water bottle clicked against his
glass. "To friends."
They all drank to that, Peter sliding his fingers over
Samuel's hip, just making little circles.
"Would you two like to spend the afternoon? Watch a few
movies?" Harry was petting Jason, long, slow strokes.
He watched as Jason all but purred under the touches, as
if he were a big cat. "I do believe we would, Harry, thank
you."
"Just no documentaries, Peter, please."
"There's nothing wrong with documentaries, Jason."
Samuel chuckled. "Am I allowed to nap, lovelies?"
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