Free Burden by Annmarie McKenna Page A

licking Keegan clean as he did.
    “Come here.” Keegan’s words were guttural.
    With Keegan’s help, Brennan stood, working the kinks out of his knees on the way.
    “I didn’t mean to go that far.”
    “How far did you mean to go? You can kinda only go so far with a blowjob.”
    Keegan blew out a breath. “I meant to pull out. But the second you touched me, I was gone.”
    “Oh. It’s fine. I don’t mind. Really.”
    Keegan kissed Brennan’s forehead. “You also get off on being submissive, don’t you?”
    Brennan narrowed his eyes. “Not always. Don’t go thinking you’ll always get your way.” His shoulders slipped a little, and he dropped his gaze to the floor. “If there is an again, I mean.”
    A knuckle under his chin forced his gaze back up. “Oh, there’ll be an again. For sure.” Keegan turned him to the shower and smacked him on the ass. “Turn it on and get in so I can show you again right now.”

Chapter Nine
    Keegan couldn’t take his gaze off Brennan’s backside. In a few short minutes he would be buried balls-deep between those slim cheeks, slipping in and out of Brennan’s hole and— “Shit.”
    Brennan spun, eyes wide in question. “What?”
    “I don’t suppose you have any condoms.”
    Shoulders falling, Brennan sucked in his bottom lip and slapped the faucet off. His dejection almost made Keegan smile. Almost, because he wasn’t too enthused either. At himself for not even thinking of protection when he’d known things were going this direction.
    “I’m clean.” Brennan’s head dropped. “I m-mean, I haven’t b-been with anyone since—”
    Keegan stepped forward, wrapped his hands around Brennan’s neck and lifted his face with thumbs at his cheeks. “Shh…” He kissed the man, keeping it soft at first and then deepening things when Brennan’s tongue came out to lick at Keegan’s. “Jesus. You are temptation. I haven’t been with anyone in awhile either. Regular exams are clean for me, and I’ve never gone bareback, ever, but I won’t risk you. We’ll both get tested first. Until then…”
    Brennan nodded once and then started their kiss again. Keegan moaned into Brennan’s mouth. He couldn’t get close enough. Their cocks bumped, and Keegan pushed Brennan into the wall, caging him in with his hands on either side of his head.
    Fuck the condom. They could do other things. “Water. On.” He panted with the effort of holding back when all he wanted to do was turn Brennan around and enter him.
    “But I thought—”
    “On, Brennan. There’re other things to do.”
    Brennan flushed. “Right.” He shoved Keegan out of the way and jerked on the faucet once more, letting the water hit a temperature they could stand.
    Keegan took that time to run his hands over Brennan’s skin, for a moment saddened by the thinness he not only saw, but felt. What hell he must have gone through to be in this condition, because Keegan had a feeling at one time Brennan had been a fit, muscled man.
    He vowed to get him back to that state.
    Keegan slipped his forefinger down the crease of Brennan’s ass, snorting a laugh when the cheeks clenched.
    “You couldn’t keep me out of there if you tried, Bren.”
    Brennan looked over his shoulder and shrugged. “’S been awhile.”
    “I know.” Keegan kissed the tip of Brennan’s nose. “I’ll take it easy the first time. Open you up nice and slow before I take you.”
    Brennan swallowed and closed his eyes. Keegan took the opportunity to reach around him and take a hold of his prick. He gave the length a slow, squeezing tug and rubbed the pearl of come that leaked out.
    “In.”
    With a slight stumble over the door’s track, Brennan entered and scooted to the far side to let Keegan in behind him. The water wasn’t quite warm enough, so Keegan adjusted it before returning his attention to the sweet backside facing him. The breath hissed out of Brennan’s lips when Keegan pressed him into the chilly marble wall. He