Just a Little More Time

The next morning, Edwin woke to a sudden searing and burning pain on his hand. His eyes shot open and his hand reared back out of the light pouring in through an open window.

Looking over, Edwin winced and whispered to himself. “Sh*t- I was so in the moment I forgot to check…”

Before he got up out of the bed though, he looked up to James and he couldn’t help but smile softly as the events from the night before began to replay themselves in his mind. He just wanted to stay in James’s arms forever, but he knew he had to get up and try to conceal the burn on his hand before James awoke.

Silently, he slipped out of the man's strong arms and scooted along the floor to his clothes, staying out of the way of the direct sunlight before carefully getting dressed.

As soon as he was clothed, he scooted his way over to the window and carefully reached out with the already burned hand and undid the curtain and covered the window, letting out a small sigh of relief as he did.