Brodie shrugged. "Still." He meant it. Seeing someone he cared about hurt was always worse than himself hurting.
Ah, he'd missed this. He'd missed touching Jamie, and his little smirk was proof of that. He ran his hands over Jamie's shoulder blades and then to his collarbone very slowly.
"I know." Brodie said, still whispering in Jamie's ear. Then, he kissed his neck with no ulterior motives except for actually wanting to kiss him. Not that he wouldn't like to kiss him all over and back, and...But not right now.