"My job is to make sure you don't want to stay out of reach," Carlos said as they kissed. There was something nearly romantic about it for a moment as they stood at the end of his bed, Gael's hands framing his face and his fingertips slipping into Carlos' hair.

But then Carlos turned Gael swiftly so that his front was pressed against the footboard. "If nothing else," he said as he pressed a light kiss to the nape of his neck, "because we have fun when we catch each other, don't we?" One hand slid down Gael's spine, slowly gliding downwards towards his ass. At least so far they've had fun, he thinks. There's always a point where it stops being fun for one party or the other, but it's early days yet.

He reached under the bed to pull out a box full of the kind of toys that Gael had kept in a drawer, flipping it open with his foot as he pressed another kiss to Gael's neck. "If you don't have any regrets," he said. "Maybe I should let you pick what we do to you tonight."