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It Changes Everything	By : IrenaAdler Category: M through R > NUMB3RS Views: 4228 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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It was late in the morning when their bodies were finally
spent and they had to stop, for now.� The
floor in the bathroom was covered in water from their laughing attempts at
co-showering.� Pillows and bunched-up
blankets were scattered everywhere.�
Colby�s body ached with a deep but pleasant exhaustion.� They ended up on the bare mattress, the
sheets long ago ripped off.� Colby stared
muzzily at the ceiling and Charlie lay against his chest, idly drawing symbols only
he could see on Colby�s skin.

After a long agreeable silence, Charlie murmured, �Did David
tell you how I found out about him and Don and you?�

�Yeah,� Colby said, looking down at Charlie. �You came to
Don�s apartment and found David there.�
They told you about Watson.�

�Um-hmm,� Charlie continued, his
eyes on his invisible writing.� �I didn�t
understand it at all, and I felt I really needed to understand it.� I knew at the time that, in theory, I could
approach you.� That I
could ask you to show me what was so great about � sex with guys.�

Colby�s eyebrows shot up.�
�But?�

Charlie shrugged one shoulder and looked up at Colby. �But
the idea terrified me.� I focused
entirely on David.� I think now that I
discarded the idea of approaching you because I knew that � being with you
would mean something entirely different than with David.�

�How so?�

�Sex with David is fun � God, it�s
fun � but it�s on a purely physical level.��
Charlie smiled at the memory.� �He
wants me and I want him and we give each other a ton of pleasure.�

Colby looked away, gritting his teeth in jealousy.

Charlie gently turned Colby�s face back towards his and made
Colby meet his eyes.� �With you, it�s
different.� You make me feel incredible,
better than incredible.�� He fumbled with
his words but pressed on, �When we � it�s not just sex.� It�s like having sex with our bodies and our
souls.� Does that make any sense?�

�Yes,� Colby managed hoarsely.�

�Okay, maybe not the first round,� Charlie grinned. �That
was all sex.�

Colby�s lips quirked.� �Sex and way too long
waiting.�

Charlie�s face went quiet and took on his �trying to figure
people out� expression again.� Colby
smiled, knowing that it could be a while, and crawled out from underneath him.

�We need food,� Colby declared.� He walked into the bathroom and splashed his
face with water.� He looked at himself in
the mirror and saw a happy, relaxed Colby looking back at him.� It had been years since he�d seen that Colby.

Trying not to think too much about anything, Colby wandered
into his kitchen.� He examined the
contents of his fridge and decided that he could make omelets.�� He put his head back in the bedroom to find
Charlie in the same position he�d left him.�

�Do you like omelets?� Colby asked.

�You can cook?� Charlie said, as if the idea never occurred
to him.

�A little,� Colby said.�
�Can�t do take-out all the time.�

�I make a decent spaghetti sauce,� Charlie said, climbing
out of bed.

�Well, nothing to make that with,� Colby said, �so it�s
gotta be omelets or � something else that�s mostly eggs.�

�Omelets are fine,� Charlie said, smiling.� �Got any cheese?�

�Hmm?� Colby asked, distracted by
the naked Charlie walking towards him.

�Cheese, G-Man,� Charlie laughed.

�Yeah, yeah,� Colby said.�
�And ham and some tomatoes that look okay.�

�Sounds good.� Charlie brushed by
Colby and went to sit down at Colby�s small dining room table.� He leaned his elbows on the table and looked
at Colby.��

�Come on,� Charlie said.�
�I wanna see you cook naked.�

Colby raised his eyebrows.�
�Finding a new fetish?�

�Dunno,� Charlie said.�
�Can you have a person-fetish?�

Yeah, Charlie,
Colby wanted to say.� It�s called love.�

Instead Colby said, �Want to see a trick a buddy taught me?�

�Just as long as it can be done naked.�

Colby laughed at Charlie�s single-mindedness and opened the
egg carton to see how many he had.� Enough for a few misses.� He got out a mixing bowl and a butcher
knife.� He held the knife edge-up above
the bowl and took an egg from the carton.

�Watch!� Colby said and tossed the
egg into the air.

When Charlie came over the next night at 8 PM, Colby took
the early arrival as a sign and steeled himself.� He needed to do this.� Needed to take that next
frightening step.� Colby took a
deep breath and blew it out his nose.�
Charlie looked at him curiously.
�
Colby cleared his throat and said, �How about we go out to a
movie tonight and dinner?� Somewhere public?�

Charlie raised his eyebrows.�
�Colby, are you asking me out on a date?�

�Yes � if you want to.�

Charlie smiled.�
�You�ve done it all backwards.�
First you tell me you love me, then I move in,
then we have sex, then you ask me out on a date?�

An answering smile formed on Colby�s lips.� �Well, when you�re chasing the great Charles
Eppes, you have to be a little unconventional.�

�Who�s chasing?�

�I�m chasing,� Colby said, stepping closer to Charlie.

�Well,� Charlie said, closing the remaining space between
them and slipping his arms around Colby�s neck.�
�You caught me.�

�Yeah,� Colby said softly, still astonished by the miracle
of it.

�Now that you�ve caught me,� Charlie said impishly. ��What are you going to do?�

�Hmm.� Colby wanted to appear with
Charlie outside the apartment, do the normal �couple� things, prove to Charlie that it wasn�t all about sex.� Still, that didn�t mean it couldn�t be any about sex �� Colby slid his hands down Charlie�s
back to his ass.� �Many ideas come to
mind, very few which can be done in public.�

Charlie grinned and ruffled Colby�s hair.� �There's always later movie
showings.�

Colby pulled Charlie against his already warming body. �And all night diners.�

�Probably even early morning movie showings somewhere,�
Charlie fired back.

�Or late morning showings.�

�And lunch,� Charlie said. �Or an afternoon snack.�

Colby laughed with a joy that threatened to burst his chest and
leaned down to kiss Charlie.

Charlie returned his kiss then leaned back.� Charlie�s face was serious.

�What�s wrong?�� Colby
asked, his joy dimming.

�I need to warn you,� Charlie said softly.� �I�m very greedy.�� His eyes fixed on his fingers stroking
Colby�s neck.� �I�m not going to be
willing to share you.� I want all of you,
all the time, the good and the bad and the messy.�

Colby�s throat tightened with emotion.� �You�ve got me.� I�m all yours.�

�I mean, I mean � an exclusive relationship,� Charlie said,
even softer.� �No
David, no Don, no � anybody else.��
His eyes met Colby�s and Colby caught his breath at the fear in those
big brown eyes.� ��Is that too much to ask?�

�Oh, angel,� Colby groaned, hugging Charlie tightly.� �It�s not too much to ask.� You�re more than enough for me.� I just hope that I�m enough for you.�

Charlie gave a shaky laugh.�
�There�s a lot of you.�

Colby pulled back from the hug.� �But I�m not smart.� I don�t know what you�re talking about most
of the time.� I have a scary job with
crazy hours and a lousy salary.� I have a
past that�s pretty ugly and a future that�s uncertain and not much to offer
someone who�d no doubt win the Nobel prize for Math if there was one and��

Charlie put a finger on Colby�s lips.� �You know that working definition I was
talking about that first morning I stayed over?�� Charlie paused, gathering himself.� �Well, it has stood up to empirical study and
the scrutiny of my peers - at least Larry - and I can confidently declare it
validated.�

Colby stared at him for a moment than his eyes grew wide.
�You mean ��

�I mean,� Charlie said shyly. �I love you.�

�No shit?�� Colby
gasped.

Charlie grinned.� �No
shit.�

Colby�s joy burst out of his chest and lit up his world with
warm yellow light.� He whooped and spun
Charlie around.�

�I love you too, my wonderful Charlie,� Colby cried then
scooped Charlie up into his arms.�
Charlie wrapped his arms around Colby�s neck, smiling wide enough to
split his face in half.

�And when I get through with you tonight,� Colby said,
carrying Charlie towards the bedroom, �there isn�t going to be a single cell in
your body that doubts it.� Colby growled playfully as Charlie started to speak,
�Don�t tell me how many cells that is.�

Colby pushed open the bedroom door, dropped the laughing
Charlie right in the middle of their bed and shut the door behind them.
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