Silver Linings

Chapter Twenty Four - Step One

Author's Notes:

Apparently, this chapter should come with a warning: make sure your drool does not drip onto your laptop.

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[30 June 2020]

⁂ Gong Jun ⁂

He didn't have a long trail of former lovers despite being in his late twenties. But there had been a few, starting from when he had left home to study at DongHua University. Most of them had been a 'friends with benefit' type of arrangement, rather than one night stands. He had never really trusted people he didn't know with his innermost self, and without knowing whom he fucked—or fucked him—he couldn't fully relax and enjoy the experience. And if he didn't enjoy it—why do it?

This also meant that the sex has usually been for a purpose, a means to an end, a number he had called when he had time to spare or needed to take the edge off. Since he was currently so focused on his work and career, it was needless to say that this hadn't happen very often in these past few years. And it had, in fact, been quite some time since he had slept with someone. And not just because of the lockdown.

With his previous arrangements this also meant that once their encounter was over, either he or the other man would simply leave. There was no lingering. No sweet words or soft kisses in the morning. However, it wasn't all business and no play, it wasn't cold or detached. It just wasn't love, or anything resembling affection. He had never had a steady partner or a boyfriend. And even though work had always been his top priority in the past years, it didn't mean that he didn't want one. Even longed for one.

So waking up next to Zhang Zhe Han on that Tuesday morning was like a dream. Like the millions of butterflies that had been stubbornly imprisoned by force inside his heart over the past month, had escaped and where now fluttering under his skin, wanting to burst through and release all of his emotions. All at once.

Gong Jun stealthily shifted to his right side in order to fully appreciate the scene next to him. The morning light was filtering in through windows, the curtains forgotten in their open position the night before. And in the morning sunlight, that soft and sharp body laid on full display with the blanket kicked off, limbs extending in every direction—like a starfish on his stomach. The long hair was tussled and slightly curly from the nights activities.

Zhang Zhe Han was simply beautiful.

And indecent.

Gong Jun wanted to kiss him silly until he woke up, and then lick and bite all over his body, especially around the curve of that full ass. He wanted to properly explore that full and hard cock that he had felt during the night, which definitely deserved a lot more attention that he had given it. He wanted to take it deep into his mouth and suck until he pulled out those soft little moans and whimpers he had heard during the night—one by one. Again and again, until Zhang Zhe Han melted under him.

He couldn't help but smile, just a little bit on the smug side, when his eyes fell on the marks he had left during the night. He also felt a little bit proud that he had managed to keep his indulgence to areas where it wouldn't be on display. Those marks would be for him to think about when he saw Zhang Zhe Han during the day. And for him to remember next year, when the show hopefully aired, as he watched the scenes that they would be filming in the coming days—aware that his claim would be there if you peeled back the layers of robes.

Not that he generally left marks like that. But something about the man sprawled next to him made him possessive. Made him want to fight for what he wanted. Made him brave.