I Want You

Reid

It was the first time that they’d walked through the foyer together, rather than one at a time, and Reid shifted his overnight bag too his other shoulder and took Jasper’s hand as they entered the door. Jasper glanced at him, startled, and then down to their joined hands, before smiling sweetly.

“I guess there’s no point in hiding it, is there?” Jasper agreed, his hand squeezing Reid’s.

They crossed the foyer and stood waiting for the elevator, their eyes meeting in the mirrors beside the door. Behind them, the activity in the foyer continued indifferent to the significance that short stroll had meant for them. Reid laughed under his breath and released Jasper’s hand, instead sliding his hand around Jasper’s waist, pulling his mate closer to him.

Jasper put his arm around Reid’s shoulders and leaned his face into Reid’s hair. “Can it be like this?” He wondered aloud. “Can it really be this simple and this easy?”

Reid blew out his breath. “Here, in a hotel where no one knows who w