Opossum Three

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"I-I fell asleep with the call still on," Ian whispered sleepily as he pushed the end call button on his phone and heard the little beep sound confirm that it had disconnected a moment later. 

Surprised he didn't turn it off, himself. 

They both might have just fallen asleep at the same time and forgotten. 

The thought of pretending to sleep next to him while hearing his breathing over the phone made Ian's face turn bright red. He'd missed a golden opportunity! 

Darn it, snap out of it. You're not in high school anymore. 

He couldn't get his humming heart to understand that, though. 

Thankfully, his phone alarm began to go off right at that moment, startling him and making him hurry to his feet! Ten minutes later he was dressed and out the door, a baseball cap covering his messy hair and two pieces of plain white bread between his teeth. 

Work was about a mile away, but thankfully it wasn't too hot out so the run was reasonable. He ended up clocking in ten minutes early, panting quietly as he finished off his meager breakfast. 

He got to work as soon as he was done, immersing himself in lifting and stacking box after box. Everyone else had earbuds in, so thankfully they didn't bother him... except for the one that normally did. 

His stomach immediately twisted at the sound of the man's familiar footsteps as he approached, then got way too close, forcing him to turn around or likely get groped again. 

Well, turning hadn't saved him from unwanted physical contact this time. Peter had his hand on his waist before his mouth even opened to make things worse. 

"You know I'll give you a ride to work so you don't have to walk everyday, babe." 

He knew he would, but that ride would cost him a ride

Doing his best not to glare down at the slightly shorter, younger man, Ian forced a polite smile, since Peter was his boss's son, and politely declined for the fiftieth time since they'd met. 

"Thank you for the offer, but I enjoy the walk." 

He'd been a fool before and accepted some attention from the man in return for getting on his knees, but things never progressed after that one bit of messing around, no matter how many times the guy tried to get him naked. 

He'd been in a very dark mental state at the time and had needed some sort of proof that at least someone would want him, so he'd used his mouth to pleasure the man in return for a few pats to the head and a couple good boys

The day after that had happened, however, he'd come across the commercial for Infinity with Grim in it, and the rest, he wished, was history. Yet Peter refused to forget their little ten minute session in the janitor's closet six months ago. 

Stepping back just enough for the man's hand to fall from his waist, Ian looked toward the pallet of stuff he was trying to load, then back to Peter. 

"I apologize but I'm really busy right now. I need to get back to work." 

He was just turning back to start stacking again when he felt one of Peter's fingers slip into one of his belt loops and tug lightly. 

"I'm afraid dad's had to let go of a few people who aren't keeping up with the numbers we need, but I managed to argue that you're doing as much as you can and really need to keep this job, but he did say that he'd have to decrease your wage a bit..." 

Ian felt his face drain of color as he slowly set down the package he'd been about to load. He couldn't make himself turn around again, but it was clear that Peter didn't expect him to. 

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