Hastily, Theo brushed a hand across his own cheeks to make sure he wasn’t crying again. He felt somewhere close to it still, at everything Cash had told him – but at that next question, he almost could have laughed in relief. In answer, he settled his hand on Cash’s shoulder and brought their mouths together.
The kiss was gentle at first, steady and measured, as if the guilt might creep in. Except the guilt didn’t come. Cash’s wife could be somewhere in the house, his wife and his newborn son; his father still had him trapped under an unbreakable vow, and other people in the world would rather see them dead. Cash had made it clear how badly things could go if they were together. He knew it, and Theo had known it, but Theo was also desperately aware of how much he had missed him. And maybe the past two years of being alone had done neither of them much good. And – the rest of it didn’t seem to matter right now. None of it did. Nothing mattered right now in the world but this: trying to prove to Cash that he ought to be here, that he was loved, that he deserved to live and to be happy.
He pulled back just far enough to take a breath and look at him again. How did he make it clear that Cash could do anything he wanted? “Yeah,” Theo said, a small, helpless smile forming at the corner of his mouth. “You can kiss me.”
The kiss was gentle at first, steady and measured, as if the guilt might creep in. Except the guilt didn’t come. Cash’s wife could be somewhere in the house, his wife and his newborn son; his father still had him trapped under an unbreakable vow, and other people in the world would rather see them dead. Cash had made it clear how badly things could go if they were together. He knew it, and Theo had known it, but Theo was also desperately aware of how much he had missed him. And maybe the past two years of being alone had done neither of them much good. And – the rest of it didn’t seem to matter right now. None of it did. Nothing mattered right now in the world but this: trying to prove to Cash that he ought to be here, that he was loved, that he deserved to live and to be happy.
He pulled back just far enough to take a breath and look at him again. How did he make it clear that Cash could do anything he wanted? “Yeah,” Theo said, a small, helpless smile forming at the corner of his mouth. “You can kiss me.”
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