Flatmates

Those Three Words

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I edited chapter 21 "Surprise", there's no big change but I added a scene, around the middle of the chapter. It's better if you go back and read it, otherwise some stuff in this chapter might not make sense. I'm really really sorry about that...

          It was Wednesday afternoon; Luke had come back from college about thirty minutes before. He had prepared for another mundanity Ashton had invited him too. This time it was for the premiere of a movie forebode to win a palm at Cannes Film festival. No, Luke had never heard of Cannes before, nor its festival. But he learned that it was a French city which hosted one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe. Both Michael and Ashton had been invited to the premiere therefore they were bringing Calum and Luke along. The blonde was happy that the event wasn't too much of a formal thing, and that the whole group of friend would be here, it made it look more like a hangout. Kind of.

A car would be taking him to the venue soon, but for now Luke was just enjoying to have the flat for himself. Even if it had been days now there was a certain thing he couldn't get out of his head. And for once it wasn't related to his past. In fact, he hadn't had a nightmare since he came back to the flat. Even if he wasn't sure he was absolutely grieved from the loss of his family and even if he was still trying to move on from the mistakes he did, he wasn't bothering him like it used to. There were even days where he wouldn't even think about it. It wasn't always in the back of his head like before. So he thought he was doing a good job for that. But now what was always on his mind was Ashton. Maybe that wasn't a recent thing. But now it seemed like he had a lot more to think about. He couldn't help but be brought back to the last time they were intimate.

          Luke was lying on Ashton's chest, in his king-sized bed, letting his heart beat slow down and his breathing find a rhythm back. They were both naked, pleased and getting tired. Luke didn't really want to move from his position. He was comfortable.

"So... You're more of a ... bottom?" Ashton tried carefully.

Luke chuckled. Someone has done their homework, it seemed. He wasn't really expecting the question though. "Does it really surprise you?". Ashton only shrugged. "Yeah. I like bottoming more. But you know... Don't feel pressure by that. If you wanna try bottoming one day, it's okay with me."

"Hm." Ashton groaned. "Actually, I feel more comfortable with the idea of topping. For now, at least."

"Okay."

"Anyway" Ashton said after a moment "it's none of our concern for now."

Luke bit on his lower lip. "I'm sorry" he said, straightening up a bit to look at Ashton's eyes.

"What? No, I-"

"No, I mean, I know... I just... kinda feel stupid now, because I was the one to initiate this thing between us, but I'm the one backtracking now..."

"You're not backtracking. And stop apologizing about it. It's nothing, really. I don't care. I'm fine with what we have. And for the record you stated from the beginning that you didn't know where your boundaries were, I knew that. And I'm okay with that."

"Okay..." Luke sighed, putting his head back on the other's chest.

"Relax... You're safe with me. I promise."