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Noah pulled his hand away from Cooper’s dick and stepped back

"Sorry Not in thehis hands He twisted to face Noah, his square jaw dusted with stubble Damn, he was sexy This would be a whole hell of a lot easier if he wasn’t

"Not in the mood, huh?"

Cooper tossed the hand towel to the counter "Yeah That okay with you? We said we’d see how things went This is different for me, Noah You can’t just come up and put your hand on my cock any time you want to"

Noah crossed his arms "I don’t know the rules if you don’t tell me I’ve had my hands and mouth all over you You’ve had yours on me too, if you don’t reht for weeks, and now you’re suddenly pissed when I touch you? You seeer shook his insides, threatening to take over He shouldn’t be this fucking ht now, because that’s not all this was about

He knehat this h he didn’t think it hat Coop wanted He sure as hell kneasn’t what he wanted

"Fuck you, Noah" The words shot from Cooper’s mouth, fast, deadly like a bullet But then, Cooper dropped his head forward and sighed "I don’t want to fight with you This is…this is new forto give Cooper the space he needed "It was new to you before as well If you don’t want to be touched, you have that right You know I fucking believe that, and if you want to stop, we stop I’ve said that fro coincidence that you ca and after one visit to your uncle’s, you don’t want me to touch you"

It was Coop who then walked over to Noah, who stood next to the kitchen table It was Cooper who put his hands flat on that very same table, so his arms were around Noah It was Cooper who dropped his forehead to Noah’s shoulder, and Cooper who inhaled a deep breath as though wanting to take in the scent of Noah

And that made Noah hard as a rock He loved the scent of a man Loved Cooper’s especially He ached to believe that Cooper wanted to take in Noah’s scent as well

Finally, Coop spoke "They’re the only family I have, Noah They took care of me when my parents died"

There it was, the truth Noah always kneay Still he had to ask, "So you believe e’re doing is wrong, because they don’t approve?"

Cooper paused before replying "I’on withyou back in ain Who the hell knows? But I’ay I’ve never wanted a rabbed Cooper’s hips and held him Didn’t pull him closer, but needed to touch hi Maybe, he should have just walked away, but he needed to hear the words Yes, Coop did want him And Christ, he wanted to feel hihed, his breath warain "Wanted"

That one word pierced a hole through Noah’s chest It was all he needed to hear "Then there’s our answer" Noah dropped his hands, backed away "It was fun while it lasted Would have been nice to get a fuck out of it" He winked, giving Coop a half-smile he didn’t really feel

"You’re never happy hat you get" Cooper didn’t even try to so back? Be friends like ere?"

The vulnerability in Cooper’s voice tied Noah in knots Cooper was usually the sure one He always knehat he wanted, and always figured, things would just work out Noah needed him to be that way about this, too "Come on, man You know us better than that Plus, even if I didn’t want to be your friend anymore, you’d bulldoze your way in like always You’re too da your way"

Finally, Cooper smiled "Asshole," he muttered

"Takes one to know one" The air between them ard, stiff, no matter how hard they tried not to et over by teasing each other

"Okay, I’ to finish up these dishes" Cooper stepped back toward the sink