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It Changes Everything: Charlie	By : IrenaAdler Category: M through R > NUMB3RS Views: 2977 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Part 2 � Working
definition

Charlie woke, feeling wonderful.� He�d almost forgotten what it felt like to be
rested.� He opened his eyes and smiled
over at Colby.� Colby was awake and
watching him.

�Good morning,� Colby said.� �How did you sleep?�

�Great!� he responded, sitting up and indulging in a lovely
full-body stretch.� �Great.�� He looked down at Colby, whose eyes were soft
and welcoming.� Charlie leaned over and
kissed him.� It seemed like the most
natural thing in the world.

Colby stiffened and drew back. �Don�t do that,� he said, his voice taut. �Unless you mean
it.�

Charlie blinked at him.�
He kissed him because that�s what you do when you wake up with
someone.� Besides, he wanted to kiss
him.� Why did there have to meaning to
it?� This is where he always got into
trouble �

�How can I know if I mean it?� Charlie stammered.� �How can I know?� There�s no empirical test, no rational
measure that I can use.� No formula to
determine validity.� How can I know?� How can
I know?�
��
Colby bit his lip and touched
Charlie�s cheek. His hand was shaking slightly.�
Charlie wanted to turn and kiss that hand, but what would that mean?

�What do you know, then?��
Colby asked quietly.�

Charlie contemplated that question.� Here was something he could actually answer. �What did he know? ��I know � I know that you make me feel safe.�� Yes, that was right, that was true.� What else?�
Something akin to safe.� Protected?�
Treasured?� He looked into Colby�s
warm green eyes and found the right word.�
�And you make me feel loved.�

�You are,� Colby said, with a tremble in his voice.

Charlie thought further.�
What else did he know?� He didn�t
just want to be around Colby while he was sleeping.� He wanted to spend time awake with him
too.� �I enjoy being around you, talking
with you.� I want to spend more time with
you, a lot more time.�� He thought of
their long conversation in their concrete hole and the depth he had discovered
in this man.� �I want to share things
with you, learn things about you.�

�All good,� Colby said.

And then the physical
side �� Colby was the most
gorgeous, desirable man he�d ever known.�
Charlie wanted those arms around him, those lips against his, that large muscular body pressed against him.� His own body stirred at the thought.� But this wasn�t David.� This wasn�t just fun.� Even he knew that this would mean something.

Still, Colby was waiting for him to speak, and he could only
give his protector the truth.� He touched
Colby�s bare chest tentatively.� �I know
I want to touch you and I want you to touch me.�
And I know that the idea of kissing you again terrifies me more than
anything in the universe, but that it also electrifies me more than anything
ever has.�

Charlie had never heard a testable definition of love.� The list he had just enumerated at least
seemed to have the necessary components.�
He gave Colby a cautious smile, not really sure if he should say
more.� But this is Colby.� He loves me.�� Charlie said carefully, �Maybe that�s a
reasonable working definition of love.�

Colby�s eyes went wide and Charlie thought maybe he�d made
the wrong choice.� Should he not have
said that?� He didn�t understand
love.� Maybe it was something that came
and went, like anger.� What if Colby
didn�t love him today?

Colby gripped Charlie�s hand where it rested on his chest,
and he seemed to be happy.� �A reasonable
working definition,� Colby agreed, a little breathless.

Charlie�s eyes settled on Colby�s mouth.� His brief taste had only whetted his
appetite.� Should he kiss him again?� Would he �mean it�?� Well, his working definition did need to be
tested �� Would
it be okay if I kissed you again?� he asked.

In answer, Colby reached up and pulled him down to meet
him.� At first Colby�s lips were soft but
they soon turned hungry, intense.� Colby
licked the seam of Charlie�s lips and Charlie eagerly let him inside.� With his own tongue, he explored Colby�s warm
mouth, and ran his hand down Colby�s cheek to his muscular neck.

Colby pulled him closer until Charlie�s whole body was
pressed against the length of Colby�s mostly naked body.� Charlie felt himself heating up, his breath
coming more quickly.� Blood was starting
to rush to his groin.�

Colby�s hands were in Charlie�s hair and on his back and they
felt large and strong and right.� Charlie
leaned closer � and jerked away when Colby hissed in pain.

His ribs!�� How could he have forgotten?� Those ribs had gotten broken while Colby was
trying to protect him.� �Oh, I�m sorry!�
Charlie exclaimed.

Colby groaned and Charlie winced.� He must have really have jarred those
ribs.�

�Not nearly as sorry as I am,� Colby grumbled.

Charlie grimaced and told his body to cool down.� He wasn�t going to make things worse by being
impatient.� Keeping his weight carefully
away from Colby�s torso, Charlie leaned over and kissed him lightly.� �I�m not going anywhere.� I can wait.�

�I don�t know if I can,� Colby said with heavy frustration.

�You�ve waited this long,� Charlie said.� He ran his fingers through Colby�s hair,
realizing that he�d been wanting to do that for a long
time.� �I really hope I�m worth all the
anticipation.�

That brought a smile to Colby�s face at least.� �You are the oddest combination of incredible
arrogance and total insecurity.�

Why do people always say that?� It�s not arrogant to tell the truth and it�s
not insecurity to know where you�re weak.�
Okay, maybe a little insecurity.� �Yeah, well, give me a math problem and I�m
all over it.� It�s this people stuff that
scares me.�

�I know,� Colby said, his strong fingers touching Charlie�s
hair.� Charlie wanted to kiss those
fingers, suck on them, but he resisted the urge.� Colby continued, �I�ll try to just ask you
math questions from now on.�

That made Charlie laugh.� �That would make for very short
conversations.�

Colby pulled on his hair.�
�Arrogant brat,� he said, but his voice was loving.� Looks like today is a day that Colby loves me.� I wonder
how often that will happen?

Arrogant brat, eh?� �Been called that all my life,� Charlie
smiled.� �Even my dad�� His stomach lurched.� Dad!� ��Damn!�
I better call my dad.� He�s gonna
be worried sick.�

With a loud grumble for having to move away from Colby�s
warm body, Charlie climbed out of bed and found his phone.� The conversation with his dad went about as
he expected � worried anger, demands for explanations, false conclusions.� His dad did think to remind him that he had a
doctor�s appointment this morning.� At
least Charlie could go there now after a full night�s sleep.

He heaved a sigh and looked at Colby.� He so badly wanted to climb back in that bed
with him.� Surely if they were really
careful � No, you�re being greedy
again.� You have to be strong and not let
Colby know how much you want him.� He
deserves at least that much consideration from you.�

�I gotta go,� he said finally.� �I�ve got a doctor�s appointment, then I need to go into work and reassure everyone I�m not
dead.�

�Okay,� Colby said quietly.

But sleeping is still
okay, right?� Charlie reached out and
cautiously touched Colby�s shoulder.� �Can
I come back here tonight?�

�Yeah,� Colby said, blinking at him.� �Sure, any time.�

I really hope you mean
that, because I plan on taking full and regular advantage of that offer.� �How about eleven?�� Charlie asked thoughtfully.� It would better to have a plan than just show
up here at 2 AM again.� �I need to spend
the evening with my dad, prove to him I haven�t gone off my rocker.� Then I�ll be here.� I�ll even bring a change of clothes.�� He touched his stubbly cheek.� �And a razor.�

�Don�t worry about the razor,� Colby said unexpectedly.� �I�ll give you a shave.�

Why would he?� Charlie gave a mental shrug, figuring that
this was one mystery that would resolve itself without his working on it.� There were enough mysteries he needed to
figure out.� Such as what I feel about this man in front
of me �

He leaned over and gave Colby a soft, wistful kiss.� Pure physical attraction was so much easier
than this jumble of emotions and desires.

�I�ll see you tonight,� he said, then got dressed and let himself out the door.�
The world outside was warm, sunny, and, with a full night�s sleep in
him, manageable.

Charlie was back in Colby�s bed the next night.� It had been very hard to break away from his
father and brother but he�d succeeded.�
He hadn�t wanted to know how they�d react to his odd sleeping
arrangements, so he hadn�t given them a chance to disapprove.

Then he�d arrived here and Colby had actually seemed
surprised to see him.� Hadn�t Charlie
told him he�d be here?� Yes, he was late,
but Colby had still looked unsure.�
Charlie had kissed him, trying to reassure him, then
had needed to pull back from that tantalizing precipice, from the urge to shove
Colby down onto the couch and crawl into his lap.� He was going to have to stay at the very top
of that slippery slope or else risk letting Colby know how much his body
yearned for him.� Only lip kisses for now.�
Climbing into bed, with them both wearing just shorts, had tested
Charlie�s new resolve.� He�d had to keep
his lower body carefully away from Colby so that Colby wouldn�t feel his definite
erection.

As he lay in Colby�s arms, Charlie felt all his daily
tension slip away.� Safe.�

How long did it take ribs to heal anyway?
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