Brian was hot. Brian was extremely hot. The kind of hot that made your underarms damp and your cheeks flushed and nasty sweat drip from your brows. It was for this reason why he couldn't fathom why Freddie, in the midst of a heat wave, could even consider having sex.
"I said no, Bulsara," Brian snapped. Freddie's face formed into a disappointed pout and Brian had to turn his head away.
"It's too bloody hot."
"Not nearly hot enough, I don't think," Freddie murmured, and stood from the couch and turned away.
"Where are you going?" Brian asked. He brought his book down to his chest and quirked a brow at Freddie's retreating back.
"Shower," Freddie said, simply.
Brian nodded and lifted his book back up. He'd already taken four showers that day, and while the thought of taking another one was quite appealing, the consequence of wetting and drying his hair so much in a single day was not.
Brian settled further into the comfort of the sofa, removed his finger from the page he'd been holding, and continued to read.
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"Brian?"
"Hmm?" Brian hummed, and set the book back on his chest. His eyes were heavy behind his lids, and his neck had gotten rather stiff. Brian briefly wondered how long Freddie had been gone for.
Brian looked up, ready to ask if Freddie wanted lunch, and dropped his book to the floor.
"Well?" Freddie said slyly. "Is it still too hot?"
Brian stared, dumbstruck, as Freddie walked across the sitting room, naked as the day he'd been born.
He placed himself in the single sofa opposite Brian so casually that Brian wondered if he'd forgotten he hadn't any clothes on.
Freddie stretched, slowly and languidly, and Brian couldn't help but stare as the muscles in his arms tightened as they moved over his head, and how his stomach stretched when he brought them back down.
"Freddie?" he said again, hoarsely.
"Oh, don't mind me," Freddie told him seriously. "It's a bit hot for clothes, don't you think? I figured I'd be cooler this way. You don't have to stop reading on my account, Brian."
Brian nodded, but made no move whatsoever to retrieve the book he had dropped.
He watched as Freddie moved further into the couch, dripping water, no doubt, into the plush cushion. Freddie's skin—a rich almond color that made Brian want to lick it all over—glistened from the bath water. Beads of water moved down his tanned skin, forming shiny lines over every inch. Brian had a sudden urge to suck him dry.
"Mmmm," Freddie sighed contentedly. He moved his hands over his stomach and rubbed, and Brian watched in heated fascination as his legs parted, revealing Freddie's beautiful semi-erect cock.
He realized what Freddie was doing: Freddie was trying to seduce him. Brian should have, on all accounts, picked his book back from the floor and made a point not to watch Freddie's display of... indecency, but for the life of him he couldn't find the strength to look away.
Freddie's hands continued to roam over his body. They moved over his neck, glided across his collar bone, massaged his strong chest. His fingers brushed his dusty nipples, nails scraped over the sensitive skin, and when he pinched both hardened buds simultaneously and moaned, Brian nearly moaned with him.
Brian watched, hungrily, as Freddie's hips began to move along the sofa. His cock— wet from the water or needy pre-cum; Brian didn't know—had risen so high that the very head was brushing Freddie's navel. Freddie arched off the soda and slid his hands down to his bellybutton, going further down still until his fingers were tugging at the dark pubic curls and his hands were rubbing the inside of his upper thighs.
It was almost Brian's undoing when Freddie's hand clamped over his cock and began to stroke.
"Enough!" Brian found himself saying—or croaking, he couldn't quite tell. Freddie paused from his ministrations and lifted a brow at him.
"What's the matter, Brian? It still too hot for you?"