“You're a complete mess with me but I take your meaning," said to help air grievances and bring Crest Whitening smiles back to both sets of lips. Lips that sealed pledges with an enthusiastic, “Yes, please! Let’s make this work, it’s all I want as well,” of tongues and teeth bound closely as the fingers pressed against Robb’s beating heart.
It wasn't a solution, per se, but a definite improvement to relationship trajectory. No longer would lads be cursed to continue driving down one way road the wrong direction, left to dodge oncoming lorries as each new obstacle came veering towards tiny roadster. With vehicle rerouted to follow all traffic patterns and GPS coordinates confirmed, buckled up (and cuffed!) passengers were free to relax, roll down the windows and sing along to latest fancy; one rock ‘n’ roll legend or another, soundtracks to match flighty moods with a simple flick of thumb to iPod touch screen.
Further detours and missed directions were inevitable in their future but with one driving and the other navigating, lovers stood a better chance of enjoying scenic jaunt through sunniest countryside.
"We’ll work on it together, then," Jon promised between breaking kisses and looping forefingers and thumbs into the base of Robb’s shirt collar. Slip went uppermost button through snug hole, followed slowly in turn by numbers two, three and four.
"I’ll talk... and follow. If you’ll listen and lead?” return proposal made as last attack to shirt buttons revealed another of boyfriend’s threadbare band tees; a ladder of red prop planes against a field of grey, Remain in Light... Early eighties, then. Must be one of his father’s, Jon noted. Warmth consumed his body, belly to cheeks like downing a fine whiskey. Robb might rarely express his affections verbally - Admittedly, how I often desire them. - but a bloke who kept and still wore a thirty-four year old shirt because it belonged to a loved one was the sort of man whose actions could be trusted above the words he spoke.
Jon knew that was something he could work on; learn to put his faith in better half’s tender care because a Scotsman would always be foul of mouth, yet pure of heart.