Chapter 25

He embraced his boyfriend as hard as he could and he waited patiently for the other man to say something. Tim had always been so calm and collected. This was the first time he got to witness the other man being so emotional.

“Sorry,” Tim breathed out softly, hiccupping a little as he tried to get his emotions under control. “Damn it, I’m so stupid. This is so stupid.”

“It’s all right, love. This is our little secret,” he said lightly, trying to tease a smile out of his lover.

He succeeded as his lover’s shoulders shook a little while he laughed.

“I can’t…I can’t lose you, Mike. I mean, what if you decide sometime in the future Ian is the one you want?”

Mike pulled back and gripped Tim’s face in the palms of his hands while he wiped some of the tears away. “Babe, there’s no guarantee. What if you two hit it off so well you decided to leave me behind?”

“I won’t…” Tim started saying, but he stopped just as fast. “I guess you’re right.”