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Birthday Wishes, Birthday Kisses | Chrissy Munder

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T

HE

circle of summer sun shone hot and bright. It beat

down on the brittle clumps of grass and dry, parched earth
of the footpath in an effort to soak up any remaining hint of
moisture. Ty pulled the hem out of his waistband and
stripped off his sweat-soaked T-shirt as he walked. The
cotton fabric clung to his damp skin and did everything but
fight back as he struggled to pull the material overhead.

“God, it’s a hot one,” Ty called out as he eagerly drew

closer to the edge of the spring-fed pond waiting at the end of
the dusty path. Set behind the main house, the promise of
cool, wet relief almost made up for a day spent unloading
hay, feed, and bags of stinking fertilizer on his route. Add in
the bonus of Lucas Wilder’s company, and this right here
was Ty’s idea of heaven.

Ty balanced on one long leg, gracefully raising the other

up to his waist and pulling his leather boot off with ease. He
had sweat clean through the thin cotton of his socks but
stifled his laugh at the gross sensation. He didn’t want to
give Lucas any reason to think him a kid despite the years
between them. His second boot slid off just as easily, with a
wet squelch and slide. He dropped it on top of its mate and
took a deep breath to calm his nerves, wiggling his toes to
enjoy their freedom.

Lucas was still more than a few feet behind him, lazily

following along as Ty hurried down to the pond. Perfect. Ty

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could follow through on his plan without having to stare
directly at Lucas and risk losing his nerve. He had turned
eighteen last week, and as he blew out the candles on his
cake, he had looked straight into Lucas’s eyes as he made
his wish. One way or another, today was going to be the day
they stopped dancing around this thing.

It seemed like Ty had always been aware of the

connection between them. Growing up, it had been Lucas’s
approval he sought, and Lucas he strove to emulate. He just
hadn’t figured out what else he wanted until a few months
before his sixteenth birthday. That was when Lucas seemed
to back away. The awareness in his glance still smoldered,
but he tried to hide the intensity from Ty, burying himself in
the demands of running the family business after his father’s
death, and pushing Ty to spend time with others his own
age. As if anyone would ever satisfy Ty but Lucas.

Lucas’s steps came closer, his boots scuffing along the

path and raising low clouds of red dust. Ty’s fingers
trembled, and for a second, he fumbled with his zipper. “Go
big or go home,” Ty muttered as he hooked his thumbs into
the waistband of his underwear and shoved both them and
his jeans down to his ankles. He stepped out of the folds of
material covering his feet and stood tall and proud. He
cocked one knee to the side, making sure Lucas got an
eyeful before he let out a whoop and flung himself into the
depths of the pond like the boy he no longer wanted to be.

The water welcomed him, closing over his head and

cooling the flush he hadn’t been able to keep from covering
every inch of his exposed skin. He stayed under as long as
possible before he rose, sputtering to the surface to view

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Lucas’s reaction. Ty shook his hair off his face, water
droplets spraying in all directions. They caught the sun, a
thousand individual glints of reflected light, before gravity
pulled them down to earth.

Lucas stood on the side of the pond, hat pushed back

and thumbs hooked into his belt loops. For once, his
shuttered expression was shattered by Ty’s boldness. In its
place instead was sheer want, an edgy hunger filling his eyes
as Ty waded to the water’s edge and offered him a closer
glimpse of his tanned body. On the brink of maturity, Ty
retained the slimness of youth, but his frame showed hints
of the man yet to come. His limbs were shaped with long,
lean muscles earned from years of outdoor work. Ty’s
confidence increased as Lucas stared at the dark curls at his
groin, and his cock thickened, the length heavy between his
strong thighs.

“I’ve waited my whole life for you, Lucas Wilder,” Ty said

boldly in the face of Lucas’s silence. He thought he’d feel
foolish, standing naked in the shallow water, but he
couldn’t. Not when Lucas looked at him with such evident
desire. “The question is, what do you plan on doing about
it?”

No words came in response, just the sudden touch of

Lucas’s callused hand on his freckled shoulder, burning
hotter than the sun overhead. Ty closed his eyes at the
intensity, but instead of leeching the moisture from Ty’s
body, the heat only poured new life into him. His pulse
pounded, a rhythmic chanting in his head drowning out
everything save the knowledge this was what he’d waited for,
what he wanted.

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Then came the soft, slightly chapped press of Lucas’s

lips on his own.

Ty gasped, and he leaned forward. His arms stole

around Lucas’s back, holding on in case he was the only
thing keeping Ty from falling off this cliff, crushing him close
enough for the snaps on Lucas’s shirt to leave small circular
imprints on the skin of his chest. The kiss was raw passion
and gentle promise all wrapped into one. Ty shivered. His
cock, hard and hot enough to brand Lucas’s thigh, pressed
against an answering hardness that left him weak in the
knees. But Ty wasn’t letting go; no matter what, he was
going to see this through.

Ty could feel the wet imprint of his body as he tried to

get even closer to Lucas. He wanted nothing more than to
crawl right up inside him and never leave. The water on his
skin soaked into the dry, hot cotton covering Lucas. Hotter
still was the rough caress of Lucas’s hands splayed across
his back. Forget Tiffany Greensboro and her smirking,
scented lip gloss pecks on each of his birthdays. Here was
everything Ty had dreamed of, all wrapped up in one
livestock- and sweat-scented masculine package.

Every sensation seemed overly sharp and crystal clear

in the brilliant heat of the afternoon sun. Ty reached up and
pulled the hat from Lucas’s head. He dropped it on the
ground beside them, relishing the freedom to run his fingers
through the thick waves. He ignored Lucas’s grunt of
displeasure, savoring instead the strength in the hands that
slid over his neck and tangled in his own hair, pulling his
head to the side so Lucas could rub his stubbled cheeks
across the tanned skin.

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“You sure this is what you want?” Lucas’s deep voice,

softer than a whisper, slid past Ty’s ear, a promise of sinful
pleasures.

Damn straight. Ty’s fingers scrambled to Lucas’s belt,

pulling and tugging at the brass buckle until Lucas’s hand
covered his and stilled their movement.

“I got to hear you say it,” Lucas rasped.

Ty looked up, frustrated to be stopped so close to his

goal. “God damn, Lucas. I’ve been saying it my whole life.
When are you going to start listening?”

They stared at each other, Ty’s gaze fierce and

demanding and Lucas’s quieter, questioning; searching to
make sure Ty understood where this would take them.

“I want this.” Ty cupped Lucas’s face with his hands,

rubbing his thumbs along the sharp hollows of his cheek
and pressing their foreheads together in his effort to make
Lucas understand. “I want you.” He watched as Lucas closed
his eyes in defeat and pressed a delicate kiss over each of the
lids, gentle as he savored his victory and the kisses still to
come.

“Besides,” Ty whispered with a sweet and satisfied

smile. “I blew out all the candles. You always told me that
means I get my wish.”

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