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We were in his bedroom with the door open and it made me wonder how much she could hear when it was closed. Then I realized I actually didn’t want to know.

Not that we’d done anything when she was home. Hell, we hadn’t done anything since the fight, because I didn’t want to hurt him any more than he was already hurting. Between the stitches, the concussion and the bruising I wasn’t taking any risks with him.

“Yeah, I do,” she said with a sigh, sticking her head in the door. “You want me to pick up a pizza on my way home tonight?”

“Yes,” we both answered in unison.

“Fuck, you really live here now, don’t you?” She blew out a sigh as she turned and headed out.

“Is this okay?” I asked Andy after the front door closed.

“Yes,” he said firmly. “She adores you. Really.”

“And you?”

“I’m her brother,” he said. “Of course she adores me.”

“I’m going to split your lip,” I warned him.

“Promises, promises,” he said, his gaze darkening as he stared at me.

“You can’t be serious?” I hissed. “No way.”

“I didn’t mean I wanted you to hit me,” he said. “But…we have the place to ourselves. I feel so much better. And I’ve had to sleep next to you for days. I know you’ve been worried about me, but I’m fine.”

“And horny, apparently.” I blew out a sigh. “Andy, I don’t know…”

“I do.” He climbed up in my lap, his fingers digging into my hair as he tilted my head back. “You don’t have to hurt me.”

“How about,” I said, grabbing him around the waist and turning us so I was lying over him. “You hurt me.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I want you inside me,” I said.

If all of this was still temporary, then I wanted to experience everything I could with him while I had the chance. And that included this.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.” I leaned down and kissed him softly. “I’m definitely sure.”

“I’ve never…” He rolled his lower lip between his teeth, a gesture I now realized he did when he was nervous. “I’ve only ever bottomed.”

“Well, I’ve never bottomed, so…I guess this will be new for both of us.”

Honestly, I was kind of relieved to hear that there was something he hadn’t done with anyone else before. Not that I really cared about his past. I mean, it scared me a little how far he’d been willing to go, but I wasn’t exactly innocent, so it wasn’t my place to judge him.

“Okay,” he whispered. “But same rules apply. If you don’t like something, if I hurt you, you have to tell me.”

“Doesn’t it bother you that we have rules for sex?” I asked.

“No.” He glared at me. “That’s how we keep each other safe. Now, take off your fucking clothes, right now.”

I climbed off of him, happy to let him boss me around for a change. We both stripped down quickly, then kind of stood in the middle of the room awkwardly, neither of us apparently knowing where to go from here.

“Maybe you should top,” he said, his lip disappearing between his teeth again.

“Oh for fuck’s sake,” I said, rolling my eyes as I climbed back on the bed, stretching out on my stomach. “We can’t keep making this more difficult than it needs to be.”