chapt 2

He dropped them off at the airport, kissed Morgan goodbye, clapped Billy on the back in a manly fashion, and drove on to Stella and Aidan's to potentially load up on chili for his own freezer and, who knew, maybe have dessert and play Guitar Hero and bitch about his job. He didn't really feel a need to bitch about his sister.

"You're early," Aidan said when he opened the door.

"Uh, hi to you too," Val said. "I can leave and come back later. Catherine's probably still in the office, I'm sure she can use my help."

"I was thinking nine, ten, maybe you'd show up around midnight.... You're just in time for ice cream. Come in." He stood aside and ushered Val inside the apartment. "We have Chunky Monkey, peppermint stick, and melon sorbet, which Stella bought, which is weird. And chocolate syrup." He made his eyebrows jump up and down. Val must have looked blank, because Aidan added "Chocolate syrup? Which I could cover myself with? So you could lick it off?"

Val remembered.

( Are you blushing? Aidan asked, amused. )

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chapt 2 - now with three-person smutty smut!

In fact, it was more like ten. If he'd been awake enough to realize how early it still was, he'd probably be embarrassed.

He had no idea how long he was asleep, but he woke up to the feel of lips against his forehead and a soft female voice gently telling him to wake up. He blinked, coming back to consciousness, and realized he'd fallen asleep on Aidan's shoulder, and that was Aidan's mouth pressed almost in his hair.

Weird.

But actually kind of nice.

But still weird.

"We don't want you to sleep on the couch," the voice continued. Stella. He was very slowly waking up.

"I should go home," he mumbled, fighting a yawn and trying to sit up. It was darker in the room than he remembered it being. "Shit. What time is it?"

"Late. I'm not going to drive you home. You're staying over, ok?"

( I have to go to work tomorrow. )

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