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that was tangled up in his shirt as they both struggled to take
in air. Jake reluctantly pulled away and looked at Aaron with
glassy eyes. Aaron smattered kisses all over Jake's face and
then wrapped the arm that was still holding Jake's arm
around his neck instead, tugging him close in a frantic hug
and pleading in an almost desperate whisper, "Take me
home, Moz. Please take me home."
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"I will. I promise," Jake said, turning to the side to wrap
his arms around Aaron's waist and lift him onto his lap.
Once Aaron felt Jake move, he all but scrambled into
Jake's lap. "I love you, too, Jake. Please," he sobbed, "I just
want to go home."
Jake's heart started to pound madly as he cradled Aaron in
his arms. Aaron had always been the one to take care of him.
Always. And now Aaron was clinging to him like a lifeline, and
Jake was determined to never let go.
Never.
He was going to do right by Aaron. Give back to him all the
love and shelter he had shown him for the past years. He was
going to give back to him every late night phone call, every
reassuring smile, every single word of his belief in him, every
time Aaron had held on to him in the night when he needed
someone to keep him from drowning. He was going to do the
same for Aaron, no matter how long it took.
Jake hoped it took forever.
Aaron's breath hitched as Jake tightened his hold and
nearly crushed all the air out of him, but instead of trying to
push him away, Aaron only clung tighter, drawing in air in
long stuttering breaths as he repeated over and over, "I love
you. I want to go home. Please."
Love.
Home.
Please.
Please.
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And over and over as he held Aaron and almost rocked
with him, Jake repeated, "We're going home. I could never
leave without you. I love you."
I love you.
As Aaron's breath slowed down and returned to normal, he
pressed his face one more time against Jake's neck before
pulling away and looking at him with tear-soaked eyes. "I'm
sorry," he whispered as he brought his hands up to Jake's
temples before stroking them slowly down the sides of his
face and touching their foreheads together. "I'm sorry for...
it's... too much, you know. Too much."
"But not enough," Jake said as he captured Aaron's hands
in his and brought them to his lips. "Never enough."
"I know," Aaron said after kissing Jake's temple.
Even though they were curled around each other, it was as
if they couldn't touch each other enough, couldn't possibly be
close enough. Fingers roamed and warm breath left lingering
trails across overly heated skin that were soon followed by
slow careful kisses.
Suddenly Aaron burst into one of his heart-stopping
laughs. Delighting in the sound but wanting to know why he
was laughing, Jake smiled. "What?"
Aaron smiled back brightly and pointed behind Jake's head
to the crowd inside. "We're putting on quite the show if
anyone is interested in looking."
"You mean Aly's not standing in the doorway waving her
pompoms and chanting, 'Go! Go! Go!'? Because I thought she
might be."
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Aaron grinned. "Oh, she was, but now I think she's around
front getting a car ready for us so we can hop in and speed
away to save the world and have sex."
Jake laughed for the first time in a long while. He laughed
and it lit him up from the inside out. "I'm all for the sex part
of your scenario, but I gotta tell ya, saving the world can
fucking wait."
"Fuck yeah, it can wait!"
Jake stood up with Aaron. Once he was upright, Aaron let
his legs slide from Jake's hips until he was standing on his
own.
"I love you, Aaron," Jake said gruffly, pulling him towards
his lips for a quick kiss.
Aaron beamed. "I know. Isn't it great?"
"Pretty much the best thing ever."
Aaron laughed as he grabbed both of Jake's hands in his
and started dragging him back into the party. Jake scowled at
him when he saw where they were heading.
"It's the only way out!" Aaron sighed dramatically. "It's
either the front door or we jump the fence."
Aaron's laughter crackled through the night air again as
Jake broke away from him and made a beeline for the fence.
He watched as Jake took a running leap over the sad excuse
for a barrier.
"I can't," Aaron whined, holding his sides. "I'm laughing
too hard!"
"Get your ass over here right now, Flip," Jake whispered
loudly as he waved his hand. "I'll lift your laughing ass over
the goddamn fence if I have to!"
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"Oh fine!" Aaron said, jumping over the fence easily.
"Hey, I thought you said you couldn't do it," Jake said in
mock indignation once Aaron was with him on the other side.
"For god sake, Jacob, the fence is like four feet high.
Besides, I was being contrary. Have you ever known me not
to be uncooperative?"
"No, not really. But I still hold out hope," Jake said
brightly.
Aaron smirked, then grabbed Jake's hand again, pulling
him along behind him. Jake was surprised a cab even stopped
for them since Aaron was all but running down the street,
dragging him behind him and waving his arm like a bedlamite
to hail it down. Once it came to a complete stop, Aaron
opened the door and shoved Jake inside, practically shouting
the address to the cabbie. Jake was laughing as he sprawled
across the backseat, and Aaron dove in after him, halfway
sitting on him in the process.
"Jesus, Moz, get up! Don't you know how to get in a cab?"
Aaron asked with exasperation as he pulled Jake by his arm
into a sitting position. "Do you need a child seat or
something? I could buckle you in and give you a juice box."
"And animal crackers."
"Yes, those too."
Jake laughed and grabbed Aaron's face in his hands to
plant a big sloppy kiss on his lips. After the kiss, Aaron
dropped his head back to rest it against the seat, smiling at
Jake.
"Pinch me," he said, raising his arm up in front of Jake.
"Is this some kind of kinky sex game?"
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"Yes, Jacob, it's my kinky pinching game. Nothing says sex
like pinching, I always say!" Aaron suddenly yowled when
Jake pinched him... hard. "You fucker!"
"You just told me to pinch you!"
"Not so hard, asshat! I only wanted to make sure I wasn't
dreaming."
"Awww, that's sweet, Flip!" Jake said with a goofy grin.
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