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37 - late presents

Q U I N C E Y

"I can't even imagine how that family must have felt if you're feeling this much toward a kid you didn't even know. It's so hard to lose someone let alone a child who has yet to explore this world and grow to make his parents proud."

He took an intake of a breath, "I visited them. Yesterdsy when I was gone."

"You did?" My eyelids flew open.

"Yeah. There was this lonesome friendly cop in her fifties back in jail, she'd hid their address in my clothes on a scrape of paper. When I went into the changing room the day I was released I found it and I went to ask her why she put it there. She told me I might need it one day, and true to her words I did... I rung her up this morning on my way here to thank her."

"What happened, with the parents I mean? How did they take it when they saw you?"

He laughed humorlessly and rubbed at his jaw, "Not great of course which is understandable. The dad wanted to squish my head against the concrete..." He continued telling me about the events that occurred yesterday and I listened to him intently, my vision focused on the sea of his blue eyes that made me drown in the sea of love I carried for him.

When all was said, I took his warm cheeks in my palm and my eyes lowered to his lips, "I'm so mad at you for worrying me and everyone else though I'll let it pass under these circumstances since I'm so proud of you. What you did Mads? Not everyone could admit to their faults and be brave enough to fac—"

He stopped my word flow by shutting me up with his soft lips that sucked all the air out of my lungs before pulling away to rest his forehead against mine. His lids nearly shut as he looked down and intertwined our fingers, "Your my little jewel Quinn and I'll be damned if anyone stole you from me. I'll keep you safe and love you, always."

I felt the oxygen fail its job. The way my lips parted and my eyes watered, "Mads," My head tilted to the side as my lips trembled, "That's the sweetest thing I've heard you say. Like ever." He laughed at me, the throaty sound making my belly and the area between my legs tingle.

"Stop calling me sweet Q, sexy would be a better more welcome fit."

"How about horny?" I moved against the groin growing between his legs and he let his head drop back, his lips parted with a sigh more wicked than sin. I leaned in to swipe the chance and started licking a trail up the navel of his neck, blasting open-mouth kisses and biting into the warmth of his skin until I marked him with hickeys.

"Fuck me," He hissed his fingers held my hips and guided me to thrust into him.

We started undressing each other, clothes flying and gasps echoing in the room until there was nothing that separated us but air.

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I woke the next morning in bed, with heat growing between my legs.

"You awake?" His low voice made me open my eyes to the most gorgeous view I'll ever see; Maddox naked between my sheets.

"Yeah, morning," Instead of him replying, I felt the length of his groin greeting me. I met Maddox's eyes and nodded for him to continue. He pulled me until I was in the middle of the mattress before he lifted my legs and parted them to welcome in the cold air of the morning.

"I like the idea of waking up next to you every morning, " His confession made my insides flip in happiness and my lips created a smile of their own.

I touched a hand to the stubble on his cheeks and he leaned his head against it, "Why let it stay an idea when we can make it a reality?"