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Bake tilted his head and stroked Dev's cheek. "What aren't you telling me, sweet boy?"
"Hmm?" He couldn't help cuddling into the touch. It was so good.
"What's the blush about?" Bake asked.
"I just. Darereally likes the water. He's in there, touching. I know he is. He even..." His voice lowered to
a whisper. "He even had a nozzle once, like a dildo, that hooked up to the shower."
"Oh, I have to find one of those. I'll also have to make a rule or two about the shower and what can be
done in there."
Another soft moan sounded, and Dev giggled, head ducking. "Must have been a long day at work, huh?"
"I think they all are for Dare. For you, too, if you feel like this at the end of it."
"Well, Dare works long, long days." Dare was the hardest-working person he knew.
"He's a bit of a workaholic." Bake gave him a wink.
"Darius? No way."
A long, low cry sounded, and they both chuckled.
"Finish up your soup," Bake ordered, dipping his spoon back into his bowl.
"Uh-huh. You gonna make Dare eat, too?"
"Does he need encouraging?"
"Sometimes. He's around food all the time."
"Just like you don't like getting flowers so much, I bet."
"I love flowers, but... yeah. Yeah, you're right."
"Chocolates it is." Bake winked at him.
Dare came in, bouncing and bebopping away.
"Mmm, you look delicious, too." Bake held a hand out to Dare. "Have you eaten any of this wonderful
soup?"
Dare came closer, humming happily. "I'm good."
Bake slid his hand down Dare's arm, clasped his hand. "Will you eat apple crisp with us, at least?"
"Mmmhmm." Dare smiled, leaned down for a kiss, then kissed Dev, lips soft and warm. "Feeling better,
Devvy?"
"He just needed to be home with his lovers." Bake grinned easily at him.
"Home is good." Dare licked his bottom lip.
Dev chuckled. "Ass."
"My spicy and sweet boys. Home is home now that you're both here, yeah?"
They both smiled, nodded.
"Should we save apple crisp for after, or as a sweet entree to making love?"
"I need to go check it." Dare hurried off, just like that.
Bake frowned. "What was that?"
"The apple crisp. Dare doesn't want it to burn."
"And that's it?"
"Uh-huh. You mentioned the..."
Dare came in, a steaming dessert in oven-mitted hands, ice cream under one arm. "Ta da!"
Bake chuckled. "Smell that cinnamon."
"You two want it in here or..."
"Bed." Bake grabbed the pillows and settled them against the headboard before shifting to sit. "The
sheets need to be changed anyway."
"It's hot. Be careful."
Hot and cinnamon-y and just luscious. His Dare was so damned talented.
Bake grunted and nodded. "Fuck. This is amazing."
Dare beamed and blushed.
"You are very talented. You shouldn't have to work like a dog for someone else." Bake dished himself
up a healthy second serving.
Dare nibbled and he nibbled, the apples wet and hot and the crispy part sweet and buttery and rich.
"You know, watching the two of you eat is almost as good as this." Bake leaned in and licked a bit of
sugar from the corner of Dare's mouth. "So what else do you make that's this awesome?"
Dev chuckled. "His cinnamon bread. Or no, the strawberry cake. Or the cream cakes. Oh, wait.
Cheesecake."
Dare started laughing.
"A wide variety of desserts, then, eh?" Bake's eyebrows drew together. "Do you do bread? Other
soups?"
"I'm a pastry chef, Bake. I make every kind of bread. And you tell me what soup you like."
"Any kind of soup? Cream of leek?"
"Sure. Tomato, celery, tortilla, gazpacho. Whatever."
"You should open a little breakfast and lunch place, then. Soon as word of mouth got out, you'd do a
great deal of business, I'm sure."
"I can't do that. I'm not smart enough."
Bake snorted. "Bullshit. Besides, it's not like you'd have to do it alone. Just think -- Dev could run the
front of the house, he'd be away from the florist's shop and creepy Mike."
"Maybe one day, huh? Wouldn't that be fun?"
Dev chuckled at Dare, nodded.
"We'll get Bean to run numbers, if we can tear him away from your brother long enough."
Dare looked a little misty, honestly. "It's just cool that you like my stuff that much."
"I do. It's awesome." Bake rubbed Dare's arm.
Devin chuckled, nodded. "It is. So awesome."
"I'll definitely talk to Bean; he'll get some numbers together for us."
"You don't have to hurry or anything. I can't afford anything like that yet. One day."
Dev nodded. In that, Dare was right. They were still working out living arrangements, right?
"We'll see." Bake put the plates on the floor next to the bed and tugged Dare down, so the three of them
were curled up together.
Dare kissed his neck, then kissed Bake. "Hey."
"Mmm. Hey. Now that we're all together and fed, I think we should say hello properly."
"We didn't say hello?" Dev was fairly sure there'd been a hello.
"Notproperly ." Bake winked and leaned in to kiss him.
He cuddled in, kissing Bake back with a happy little moan. The kiss ended softly, and Bake drew Dare
down into a kiss of his own. Dare smiled, wiggling against Bake, happy, playful. Laughing, Bake
deepened the kiss, hands landing on Dare's ass, squeezing.
Dev leaned on the mattress, watching lazily, one hand stroking his own belly. He could hear Bake
beginning to growl, fingers digging into Dare's flesh.
He shook his head. "So mean to him."
Bake broke off the kiss to laugh and wink at him. "Dev, sweet boy, he loves it."
"It just... I don't get it."
Dare groaned.
"You don't have to, boy. Dare gets it. Dare wants it -- Dareneeds it."
He shook his head but refused to get all tense about it. "Good thing we have you, then, huh?"
"It is. I know what you both need, what you both want." Bake looked smug. "I can tell you apart."
"We haven't tried to fool you yet." They were exceptional at it.
"You'll never need the things that Dare wants, though. And he'll never want the same things you do."
He met Bake's eyes, moved closer, a little fascinated. "What do I want?"
Bake's fingers slid along his hairline and down his cheek, gentle, almost not there. "Holding, binding,
sweet and quiet. You want to be loved deep, but easy. You want to be touched in every part of you."
Dev nodded, fascinated. "And Dare?"
"Hmm... Dare likes a firm hand. Spanking and hard fucking, kisses that steal his breath. He needs to
know that he'sseen and he needs to be taken out of himself." Bake gave him a stern look. "He needs to
be able to let go."
He looked at Dare, winked, grinned. "Weirdo."
Dare looked at him, then started laughing.
Bake chuckled and tweaked his nose. "It's all well and good to tease, sweet boy, but every now and
then Dare needs to know that you support him. No matter what."
"I love him. He knows."
"He needs to know he can let go, Devin. He needs to know you're strong enough to let him."
"I..." He sighed. "I worry. It's a little scary, but he doesn't look upset when you do it."
"He loves it, Dev. And he's perfectly capable of safewording. You have to trust me, and most
importantly, you have to trust him."
"He is pretty when he needs."
"Mmm... he so very much is."
Dare snorted. "Heis right here."
Dev flipped Dare off. "He already got to come."
Bake threw his head back and laughed. God, Bake was hot. Really hot. Like whoa hot.
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