Page 178 of Allegiance

He gave him a kiss.

“Be patient with me,” Gene said.

Tommy reassured him.

“I will because when I was struggling with the Ethan thing, you were calm. We can get through anything, Gene, as long as we rely on each other. Look at the Major and her Captain. They are seamless. I want to be like that with you. I just need you to see me as an equal.”

He was honest.

“I don’t want you to be tarnished by this city,” Gene admitted. “I don’t want this for you.”

He rested on his elbow and stared at him.

“I’m not going to be tarnished. What I’m going to be is capable and a part of a team. I just need you to have faith in me.”

He was right.

Before he could say anything, Tommy had a compromise.

“How about this? We go, and if you think I’m not handling it well, you say our safe word and I’ll go wait in the car?”

Gene lifted a brow.

“You want me to say ‘homicide’ in a police precinct? Is that wise?” he asked, laughing.

Tommy winked.

“Where’s a better place? I’m not going to ask why that’s your safe word, you nut.”

He found him amusing.

“Do we have a deal?”

Gene nodded.

“We have a deal.”

When he kissed him, Gene forgot about the fear and nerves. He was thinking more about the man who had cupped his balls and was copping a feel.

When he broke the kiss, Tommy was grinning.

“Someone got handsy.”

Tommy shrugged smugly.

“Sue me. I was thinking about being spanked. I didn’t know that was hot.”

Oh, well, now, Gene was thinking about it too.

Instead of saying anything, Gene pushed off of the bed and picked up the belt that was beside them. When he made the leather crack, Tommy’s dick stood back up.

And so did his.

“Oh, we have time,” Gene said, kneeling on the bed to run the leather down the man’s chest.

It sent goosebumps across his flesh.

“What do you say?” he asked. “Want to really get rough and let me have my way with that incredibly sexy runner’s body of yours?”