bsumone | ❝ You fairies love where love is wise and just ❞

He loved that he got a kiss for sharing his dreams. His passions. Eli fed James another pretzel as he leaned in to nuzzle his nose. For no other reason than he could at the moment. It was nice to be affectionate like this.

"My new goal is to make sure that you're around to see it happen."

"I hope to be able to support you for a long time." Perhaps not financially, but in every other way could. Also, he said that so Eli would understand whatever they started wasn't just some kind of fling for him. It wasn't based solely on carnal desire.

Those words made him smile so brightly and he definitely crushed some of pretzels in the bag as he pressed himself close to hug him as he gave him another kiss. Just so that way James would understand how much that meant to him. They were more than just kind words. They were a promise that he treasured.

"Thank you. I'm going to support you too, okay? Because that should go both ways."

He heard the bag crunch between them and almost laughed. Eli really was sweet. James didn't have any great dreams to pursue at this point. He'd accomplished most of what he'd set out to do with his career... Well, maybe he could go back to working at university now that Malroy was almost grown up and he wouldn't need to put aside as much time for an adult child. Time would tell. But it was still very moving. Eli had clear goals and clear ideas to pursue them, and yet he wanted to support James' pursuits as well.

And that made him melt a little. Enough to squish the bag of pretzels against when he pulled Eil closer. No kiss followed, he really just wanted to hold him closer. He was such a thoughtful person. James had seen it in passing observing him at school, but to really be the recipient of that was moving.

"I appreciate that."

It was the second crunching that told him they were smashing the pretzels. But that was fine. They were just pretzels. They'd still be edible even if they weren't whole. What really mattered was that he could tell what he'd said had touched James. It made him smile that much more as he pushed a strand of hair away from his boyfriend's face.

"You're a really special man who still has a lot to give okay? I read a couple of your published works and you've got such a rich mind. It's so full of ideas that I think you could write a lot of amazing things if that's what you wanted to do."

Eli sighed a little. "Did you always want to teach?"

James blinked in surprise at the admission that Eli's read his work. A lot of it was academic, but there were also a few volumes of his poetry, as well. That was... Well, what can be said when someone goes out of their way to seek out your writing? He definitely felt himself flush.

"No, not always," he admitted. "I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to take in life until I was in college."

"Would you want to write again? You're really good at it." He reached for his bag again and pulled out his wallet. From it he pulled out a piece of paper where he'd written out one of James' poems that he'd loved.

Turning it around, he showed it to him. "I keep this one with me everywhere I go. I think a lot of people would seriously enjoy your work if you published again."

Oh. Eli actually kept one of his poems on him? He reached for his glasses to scan the poem, a warm smile curling his lips. It was something he wrote when he first learned he was going to be a father. It's something joyfully looking to the future. No wonder Eli liked it.

"I haven't stopped writing. I just haven't tried to publish anything. I wanted to devote as much time as I could to raising Malory."

Eli looked at him with fondness and amusement. He wasn't friends with her but he knew her enough to know that she was turning eighteen soon. Whether that was a few weeks or a few months didn't matter. She was turning eighteen her senior year.

"You raised her. You should publish again." He gently booped his nose. "Then I can tell everyone to go buy your book."

"I have to make sure she gets through this last year of school and gets settled once she's accepted to college." He knew she was pursuing that route because they'd talked about it at length. He may only be a part-time dad, but he's devoted to it.

"It's not as easy as you think," he retorted with a little smile. "Someone else has to think your work is worthwhile to publish it."

He actually stuck his tongue out of him. Did it show his age? Absolutely. But James was being such a boring realist that he deserved it. That was a flawless logic that Eli was going to be sticking with. Especially as he reached between them to grab a pretzel to shove into that realistic mouth.

"Dream a little. I'm here to be supportive and you're squashing me!"

James chuckled while he chewed the pretzel. Or what was left of it after the bag god smashed between them.

"Patience. It'll only be a year or so." Though, he remembers how long a year felt when he was a much younger man. "By the time she's all settled, I should have everything put together to submit for publication again."

"I dreamed about you for over two years. I think I can do patience."

Eli gave him a look of amusement and gently brushed a crumb off of the man's lip with his thumb before popping that in his mouth so he could suck it off. This was a good brand of pretzels. He was going to have to remember this for the future.

"I need to find the rest of your works so I can own them all though."

God, did Eli have any idea how sexy he was when he did things like that? First the ketchup at the diner, now this. The boy sucking food from his fingers is clearly something James was going to have to get used to.

"I can help with that."

He paused and then suddenly his face lit up. It made sense that the author himself could help him get the books but that didn't shake the excitement.

"Seriously? That would be amazing! I want to read all of them!"

Of course, he had a few spare copies provided by the publisher. So, he could provide Eli with copies of things that had limited publications. He grinned and nodded. "Let me know what you have and I can see to the rest."

Immediately he rattled off the two he had before moving the pretzels to the table this time before throwing his arms around the man to kiss him. This was the greatest. Soon he could be someone who could tell the world that he'd read all the published works of James Cooper.

"Thank you!"

He held Eli close, drawing out that kiss. Perhaps it was a good thing they were in a public place to keep James from letting his body rule his mind. But there was still a little following around they could manage in the privacy of this room.

James pressed another kiss to Eli's lips, prying his tongue between them for something deeper, more lingering. It rubbed against the resident muscle, mapping out the wet, hot terrain of the boy's mouth. And only when he needed breath did he pull away, but not very far. He trailed his lips against Eli's jaw, letting his hands slip a little lower to cup that firm ass.

He trusted Eli to tell him if it was too much too quickly.

That kiss went places he wasn't expecting. Places he didn't mind at all. It left him whimpering softly into it as he gave himself to the man to learn these new lessons.

So out of breath now, he squirmed from the continued attention. However he didn't ask the man to stop. He fully trusted James to keep to what they agreed. They weren't going all the way in the library.

That didn't take everything off the table though and his little virgin mind was full of curiosity now.

And perhaps one of the nicest things about having a more experienced partner was that Eli didn't have worry about things like hickeys. James didn't have to battle specifically teen hormones, so he could back off when he needed to (even if he didn't particularly want to).

"I had a fantasy about you in my lap." Though it involved a lot less clothing.

Something he'd never gotten to explore with anyone was this. Exploring each other. More than that he'd never gotten to learn how much he loved having his neck attacked like this. It felt so amazing.

"Tell me about it?" He really wanted to know.

He breathed out a long sigh, trying to figure out how to frame it. He'd never really had sexual fantasies about Eli before... Well, he's sure Eli could figure out when. Which made James just the tiniest bit self-conscious that Eli might think his attraction was more physical.

But wasn't he here trying to learn more about Eli, too? Didn't that show that his interest wasn't just in the young man's body? He already felt like he knew a part of him through his schoolwork, too.

"It happened after I saw you at your job. I found myself daydreaming about the two of us in a private room where you were dancing for me. You ended up in my lap, somewhat like this." Somewhat. In his fantasies, Eli was grinding on him relentlessly. And James is getting harder just thinking of it. Thank goodness he's muttering all this into Eli's ear so he can't see the boy's face. And can hide his own.

"You ran your hands down my abdomen, undid my fly, and pulled my cock out. Then you got rid of what little you were wearing and rode me." Of course, it was a fantasy so they didn't worry about things like lube and condoms.

He shuddered as he listened to the words. There was no way that wasn't a turn on and he knew he was going to touch himself thinking about that fantasy the next time that he was alone. Biting his lip, he shifted on his lap, aware that this position meant there was no way for him to hide how turned on this made him.

Licking his lips, he let his fingers glide over James' chest as he took a deep breath. "And your clothes stayed on? I rode you with nothing on?"

Because that sounded...so hot.

Shit. Sharing all these fantasies while they're still in a semi-public place may have been a bad idea. James sucked in a shuddering breath when Eli trailed his fingers over his chest. No doubt he could feel James' heart pounding, too.

"That's right."

The teen swallowed and let out a shaky breath. A soft laugh followed as his fingers plucked at the buttons of that shirt. Not to open them but just because his hands needed something to do in that moment. Eyes closing, Eli smiled a little.

"That sounds really sexy..."

Not creepy. Not too much. Very sexy.

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