Free City Knight 04 - Knights Out (CMS) (MM) by T.A. Webb Page B

hand held him tightly against Benjamin’s mouth, and when Benjamin’s breath caught, he felt the hot streams of his load hit his chest and stomach. That, and the sudden grip of Benjamin’s ass on his cock sent him over. Marcus’s sight went white, and he felt himself unanchored from the earth. When he came back into his body, he rolled to the side to allow Benjamin to breathe.
    They both lay in the bed, panting. After a moment, Benjamin reached over and twisted his fingers around Marcus’s. “Well” —he grinned—“that earned you onions and mushrooms.”
    Marcus could feel his heart fill, and he smiled. “Guess we better hit the shower soon then, ‘cause I’m in the mood for chili and cheese.”
    *
    It was good to get out of the condo, even if it was to allow Marcus to eat his weight in grease and beef. The man would hang out at Chances Are every day for lunch, and then at that damned barbeque place at night, if Ben didn’t keep him in line with glares. And sex.
    They took a booth near the back, and Ben eyed the one that usually sat empty. It was unofficially reserved for Wick, when he deigned to visit and Ben had to hide a chuckle. The guy still spooked him, and he didn’t like turning his back on him completely, but Marcus loved him like a brother so he left it alone. Plus, the man was just smokin’ hot with that fuck-the-world attitude, and it was fifty shades of wrong, but he was attracted to the man. Even though he knew Marcus and Wick had some kind of history, and that was kind of yucky and sexy both at the same time.
    As soon as they sat, Chance worked his way over from the end of the bar and slid in beside Marcus. After a shoulder bump, he turned to Ben. “He’s looking good. Almost back to normal now. You keeping him in line, Ben? Feeding him all that rabbit food and letting him run around on his hamster wheel? Ow! ”
    Marcus glared at them both after elbowing Chance. Ben laughed and flipped his hand in the air at them. “Don’t even try, Chance. You know damn good and well you’ve been sneaking him those barbeque brats every Sunday for weeks. Now, he earned his burger this morning.” He shifted around in the booth, making it plain what he meant. “How about two of your burgers, medium, and rings? And my guy here, he gets chili and cheese.” He blushed at the huge grin on Marcus’s face and the knowing smile on Chance’s.
    After passing the order off to Gerry, Chance turned to Marcus. “I know Zack called you. So what do you think? Any ideas?”
    “Nothing yet. I haven’t had a chance to really move on it yet. Thought maybe the three of us could put our heads together. Benjamin’s agreed to help me out on cases until school’s out, and since he probably knows our guy better than anyone else, here we are.” Marcus pulled a small notebook out of his jeans pocket and looked over at Ben. “What?”
    Ben stared at the big doofus, shaking his head. He had no idea what was going on and who the client or missing person or whoever they were talking about was. But he knew one thing—if this was the way things were going to work for the next year, he didn’t want any part of it. And Marcus must have seen part of that on his face, because he went a little pale and started backtracking and explaining.
    “Now , Benjamin, what happened was, Zack called me to check to see if we’d heard from Nick—Gabe. I didn’t think you had, and Jeremiah was worried, so Zack asked me…us…to check and see what we could find out. And since you know him best, I thought if we all got together and talked, compared notes, maybe we could figure out what’s up.”
    The silence was heavy, and it was kind of fun to watch Marcus squirm. Ben was almost ready to let him off the hook when Zack and Jeremiah came in the bar. Chance waved them over, throwing Ben a worried look. Geez, for such a group of tough cops, those two sure were easy to fuck with. Ben scooted over to make room for J, Chance jumped up to let Zack