Jack felt arousal spiking through him, clouding his mind with the wanting, wanting this man, all of him, black and tarry, rotted with disuse, glorious and fractured and spilling out of the cracks.

“Close enough to fuck was close enough to shank him with a dagger hidden in the …”

“I love you. You don't have to say it back. You already said it, in so many word…”

“Jack laughed, a quick, surprised chuckle. “God, all I wanted these past months …”

“Hey, what's that thing where you hold the gun sideways?" he said, grinning.D sn…”