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Luke sat on the sofa as Jules put Eoin to bed. He'd go in and kiss him goodnight when Jules was done. Then he'd leave. He couldn't stand to be here any longer if it meant being near Jules longer. It hurt too much and his hurtful words kept running through his mind, making him wonder if this was it. Sure, it was only one word, but it was a word that Jules knew would hurt him. That made it ten times worse than the bullying from all those years ago. Those had been kids who hadn't wanted to get to know him. But Jules... Jules did know him. Had known him since they were both four. So why-
"He's almost asleep. If you're going to go say goodnight, now's the best time."
Luke nodded and without saying a word, got up and went to Eoin's room. He smiled at the little boy. Leaning over the black and blue race car bed, Luke hugged Eoin and kissed his forehead.
"'Night, little one."
"'Night, Bigfoot," Eoin responded sleepily.
Eoin kissed Luke's cheek, then lost the War of the Evil Sleep Monsters. He watched the little tyke sleep for a few minutes. Then, with a heavy sigh, he left the room, turning off the big light. Jules was in the living room, shaking out a blanket. Luke waited whiled Jules finished.
Jules looked up, smiling. "You can have the bed. I'll take the couch."
"No." A muscle in Luke's jaw twitched.
"No? Wouldn't you rather the bed? It's comfier."
"No."
Jules sighed, shaking his head. "Okay, I knew this would be harder to get past. I was prepared for ignoring the problem not to work."
"I'm going home."
"What? You can't go home. You promised Eoin you'd stay."
"Yeah, and I already told him I might not be here when he wakes up. That means there's no point in me staying here all night, is there?" When Jules failed to respond, Luke nodded. He turned on his heel and walked purposefully to the door.
"Goodbye."
"Wait! You can't just leave like this."
"Oh yeah? I don't see anybody stopping me. Must mean I'm free to do whatever the hell I want to do." He grabbed the door handle and twisted. A firm hand on his wrist prevented him from yanking the door open. "Let go of me, Jules," he said through clenched teeth.
"No. You said nobody was stopping you? Well, you lied. I'm stopping you."
A snort of laughter escaped Luke. "What are you going to do? Tie me up and hold me hostage? You'd have to gag me then, too, because I'll scream, which would wake Eoin u--"
Jules spun Luke around and slammed his back against the door. He grabbed Luke's wrists and shoved them above his head, pinning them to the door with one hand. Jules stared down at him, his face set. Luke's eyes went wide. The hell had gotten into Jules?
"Uh, Ju-?"
Jules cut him off, pressing his lips hard against Luke's own lips. His breath caught. Holy shit, is he-? Jules closed his eyes and ran his tongue along the seam of Luke's lips, and Luke gasped. Jules took advantage of the gasp and stuck his tongue in Luke's mouth. Yeah, he is most definitely kissing me, Luke thought. He closed his eyes and moaned as he kissed Jules back, their tongues dancing together perfectly, both giving and taking. A shiver of pleasure snaked down his spine, and heat swirled low in his stomach and moved south. He felt Jules shove his thigh between Luke's legs and rub against his hardening cock. Luke snapped back to his senses and he struggled, turning his head away from the kiss.
"Jules, stop." His voice came out as no more than a croak. He cleared his breath and tried again. "Jules, stop. Wh-what are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious what I'm doing?" he mumured in Luke's ear, sending another jolt of pleasure down his spine.
"Ob-obviously not, or I wouldn't be asking you."