Carter's Savior

Twenty-Nine

Carter's POV

"What? Go home? No way in hell are you stepping foot on that territory." Sloan's rage was evident. I had to basically drag him to the room after Crispin and Dieter left. I could see it in his eyes, he wanted to run out there and kill them. Part of me almost let him.

'I don't mean my home.' I sighed, running my hands down my face. I was trying my best to explain to him but he was too focused on his anger to hear me. 'I mean your home.' 

That stopped him in his tracks and looked at me surprised. His eyes are wide, mouth slightly open. During that conversation downstairs I had time to think. 

I didn't want to run anymore. 

I just want some fucking peace.

And I can't have that until I fix my past. I don't want it haunting me in the future like how it is now. It's time to put a stop to all this fucking mess and move forward. 

'I just want to be done. I'm tired of playing the blame game, and the yelling. It's evident that my family is too broken to be fixed. At least not anytime soon. But I do know that UK and Uncle Tino love me. Your family loves me and welcomes me. And I need to be surrounded by that. By the good in life.'

"Okay...okay. If you truly think that's what you need to do then I'm okay with that." Sloan took a deep breath, finally calming down, and walked to me. He rested his hands on my hips and pulled me closer to him. "I just want you happy and safe. That's all I fucking want." He leaned forward. Resting his forehead on mine. 

"I am happy. I am safe. With you." I whispered to him. Words seemed to find me easier these days. I hoped he heard what I was trying to say. I hope he feels the love that I have for him. How strong and intense it is. I hope he knows. 

Sloan pressed his lips against mine. A feeling I don't think I'd get used to. His were smaller than mine, but goddess he knew how to work them. He pulled away too soon, leaving me buzzed. Every day I wanted more and more of him. Needing more and more of him. Soon I'm just going to take it. 

"When do you want to leave?" He asked, pulling away to look me in the eyes.

'Not for a few days. I want to spend some more time with Turner and go back to the house.'

"I'm going to miss that place. It was like our own world. It brought us together." A smile covered my face as an idea popped into my head. I don't know how I didn't think of the most perfect idea sooner. 

'We don't have to leave it. What if after the trip, we come back and live together?' Was I actually asking him to live with me before I told him I loved him and before we had sex? Yes, I am. And fuck am I not surprised with myself.

"You want to live together?" Disappointment hit me like a truck. I expected Sloan to jump up and down in excitement and say yes. Not ask a clarifying question...

'Well yeah. If you want to of course. I mean if you want to stay home then that's fine. We can work something out about visiting each other. But I don't want to live so close to Dieter and Crispin. But I know it's far from your family and--' 

Sloan leaned forward and took my mouth in a bruising kiss. Which I could barely return because I was smiling so fucking hard. We're going to live together. Sloan pulled away and joy was evident on my man's face. 

"I was going to move in regardless of you asking." Sloan teased and I rolled my eyes. But inside my heart was so huge and so full. I could barely contain myself.