dick in any context and the thought of food made Xavier’s stomach heave. He was glad he’d left the door open, otherwise he’d have smacked into it as he darted back into the bathroom. Coming to a skidding stop on his knees, Xavier grabbed the porcelain bowl just in time to empty out his stomach.
“Ew.”
Xavier lifted his head and, sticking with the morning’s pattern, glared over his shoulder at Billy, who merely raised his nearly colourless eyebrows at him. Xavier turned back to the toilet and crossed his arms over the bowl before dropping his head on top of them.
“Hey.”
Xavier was too beat to even twitch as Billy petted his back. “I’m sorry. I should have just come and got you last night.”
Billy was always sorry. That he meant it sincerely didn’t nullify the fact that he’d do something equally as thoughtless again. It also didn’t eradicate Xavier’s own responsibility in www.total-e-bound.com
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this whole mess. And it certainly didn’t excuse Randy. Xavier wanted to hit Randy all over again, this time while he was sober.
“I shouldn’t have been a dick,” Xavier muttered. “I know better than to let things get to me like that.”
“If you’d get laid more often, you wouldn’t be so tense,” Billy informed him. As much as Xavier would have liked to argue that point, he couldn’t. He’d had a…dry spell, that’s all it was. “You’re too picky,” Billy went on, still stroking Xavier’s back. “You used to fuck at least one different guy a night, remember? And they were all willing to let you do whatever you wanted to them, weren’t they?”
“Yeah.” They had been, and Xavier had gorged himself on all the available ass for a
while before he’d grown tired of it. Kind of like when he’d been a kid and had eaten four funnel cakes at the county fair. Xavier had puked for hours, it’d seemed like, and even though that had been twenty-six years ago, he s till couldn’t even stand to smell funnel cakes.
Well, he wasn’t that sick of easy fucks, he was just…too mature to keep acting like that.
Mature, not old. Hell, he was only thirty-seven!
Billy, vibrant drama queen that he was, slapped a hand to his chest and widened his
eyes as he fluttered his lashes. “Oh no! Tell me you haven’t”—he gasped, tipping his head back and pressing his hand to his forehead—“grown up! Say it ain’t so!”
Xavier snickered despite his best effort not to. He slapped Billy’s ass hard enough to make the man yelp and turn those baby blues on him. “Enough already. First I’m old, then I’m a loser for not getting laid, then it’s—horrors!—I’ve finally grown up! I’m pretty sure you’ve gotten in your potshots for the day.”
Billy harrumphed and folded his arms over his chest. “That’s what you get for not
being decent enough to let me be a hero and save you from choking on your own puke.”
Billy’s teasing smile faded and he looked so serious it was kind of creepy. “Teasing aside, I wish you’d find someone, Xav. You don’t even give guys a chance anymore.”
Xavier knew where this discussion was headed and he wasn’t interested. Every time
Billy started down this path it turned into an argument, with Billy huffing off and pouting until Xavier caved and took him shopping. It was expensive, too, so it’d be best to distract Billy now before he went on a rant. “Would you warm up the coffee for me?”
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Billy narrowed his eyes at him when Xavier turned around. “Don’t think I don’t know
what you’re up to. If you didn’t look like death warmed over, I wouldn’t fall for it. But since you do, I’ll be nice—this time.” He started to walk away, then stopped at the bathroom door, half facing Xavier. “But you still need someone to come home to, someone to take care of you.”
Then Billy left him there, leaning against the cabinet,
“Ew.”
Xavier lifted his head and, sticking with the morning’s pattern, glared over his shoulder at Billy, who merely raised his nearly colourless eyebrows at him. Xavier turned back to the toilet and crossed his arms over the bowl before dropping his head on top of them.
“Hey.”
Xavier was too beat to even twitch as Billy petted his back. “I’m sorry. I should have just come and got you last night.”
Billy was always sorry. That he meant it sincerely didn’t nullify the fact that he’d do something equally as thoughtless again. It also didn’t eradicate Xavier’s own responsibility in www.total-e-bound.com
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Bailey Bradford
12
this whole mess. And it certainly didn’t excuse Randy. Xavier wanted to hit Randy all over again, this time while he was sober.
“I shouldn’t have been a dick,” Xavier muttered. “I know better than to let things get to me like that.”
“If you’d get laid more often, you wouldn’t be so tense,” Billy informed him. As much as Xavier would have liked to argue that point, he couldn’t. He’d had a…dry spell, that’s all it was. “You’re too picky,” Billy went on, still stroking Xavier’s back. “You used to fuck at least one different guy a night, remember? And they were all willing to let you do whatever you wanted to them, weren’t they?”
“Yeah.” They had been, and Xavier had gorged himself on all the available ass for a
while before he’d grown tired of it. Kind of like when he’d been a kid and had eaten four funnel cakes at the county fair. Xavier had puked for hours, it’d seemed like, and even though that had been twenty-six years ago, he s till couldn’t even stand to smell funnel cakes.
Well, he wasn’t that sick of easy fucks, he was just…too mature to keep acting like that.
Mature, not old. Hell, he was only thirty-seven!
Billy, vibrant drama queen that he was, slapped a hand to his chest and widened his
eyes as he fluttered his lashes. “Oh no! Tell me you haven’t”—he gasped, tipping his head back and pressing his hand to his forehead—“grown up! Say it ain’t so!”
Xavier snickered despite his best effort not to. He slapped Billy’s ass hard enough to make the man yelp and turn those baby blues on him. “Enough already. First I’m old, then I’m a loser for not getting laid, then it’s—horrors!—I’ve finally grown up! I’m pretty sure you’ve gotten in your potshots for the day.”
Billy harrumphed and folded his arms over his chest. “That’s what you get for not
being decent enough to let me be a hero and save you from choking on your own puke.”
Billy’s teasing smile faded and he looked so serious it was kind of creepy. “Teasing aside, I wish you’d find someone, Xav. You don’t even give guys a chance anymore.”
Xavier knew where this discussion was headed and he wasn’t interested. Every time
Billy started down this path it turned into an argument, with Billy huffing off and pouting until Xavier caved and took him shopping. It was expensive, too, so it’d be best to distract Billy now before he went on a rant. “Would you warm up the coffee for me?”
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Billy narrowed his eyes at him when Xavier turned around. “Don’t think I don’t know
what you’re up to. If you didn’t look like death warmed over, I wouldn’t fall for it. But since you do, I’ll be nice—this time.” He started to walk away, then stopped at the bathroom door, half facing Xavier. “But you still need someone to come home to, someone to take care of you.”
Then Billy left him there, leaning against the cabinet,
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