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exploratory with small adjustments made to accommodate noses, teeth, and tongue. David’s hand moved up to drag his fingers through Toby’s hair, and Toby moaned softly.
    “ Hey! Do I turn the crockpot to ‘Low’ now? ” Steff shouted through the door and David nearly fell down jumping backward. They caught each other as they stumbled and started laughing, Toby dragging David into a hug. It felt good, even as awkward as they still were, and he wondered how much more awkward things might get, despite wanting what they were headed for.
    “Yes! I’ll be right out! …wait, can I get out?” David shouted back. Steff tentatively opened the door and peeked in.
    “Oh good, fondling. But save the sex for after I leave the house, okay? You’ll scar my delicate sensibilities.”
    Toby laughed as David pushed off him to head toward the kitchen.
     
    T HE party was busy and enjoyable, much to Toby’s surprise. He was expecting more awkwardness, but David orbited around him casually, not making a production about the comfortable touches he bestowed upon him. Unused to any form of PDA, Toby was not certain how to respond so instead just worked on letting himself be receptive, which he figured was his big hang up anyway. No one seemed to notice anything different, or at least they did not comment on it, and the evening finally ended with a two hour marathon of old Twilight Zone episodes. Toby noticed that David had stuck with nursing one beer for hours, and he followed suit, assuming that a sober head for after-party discussion might be called for.
    The last thing he wanted was to let David think everything was just another alcohol-fueled mistake.
    Steff left with her boyfriend James a little after midnight, and after that the place emptied out fairly quickly. David made noises about cleaning up, but Toby decided that for once it could wait until morning.
    “Come on.” He pulled at David, who was giving the pile of dishes a conflicted look. “David….”
    Something must have tipped David off, or Toby just sounded as needy as he felt, because David let himself be pulled down the hall without any arguments or questions. Toby opened the door to his room, but David stopped there.
    “Seriously, Toby. Only if you’re sure.”
    Toby knew that promises were more than useless in these kinds of situations—he had gotten too many empty promises from Alan—so instead he walked the few steps back to David and pulled him into a kiss. It was like picking up where they left off in the garage, gentle and sweet, and David melted into it.
    They swayed over to the bed, Toby providing the energy to keep going when David seemed more interested in getting his hands up the back of his shirt. He tried for a graceful “drop and roll” maneuver, but David startled and they ended up in a slightly painful tangle of elbows on the bed.
    “Ow.” David extracted his arm.
    “Sorry. I was going for ‘manly and forceful’,” Toby admitted sheepishly, and David laughed.
    “Maybe next time….” David grinned and crawled on top, nuzzling at Toby’s neck.
    “Yeah, sure, okayyy … oh….”
    David snickered and began sucking at the delicate skin below Toby’s ear, hard enough to leave a mark but not so hard that it was painful. Toby felt the endorphin high starting as his body surged in reaction, and he gasped in pleasure. After a few seconds, David pulled back to look at Toby.
    “I spent a week setting up that date.”
    Toby cringed a little. “Sorry?”
    “I worked on the playlist for hours .”
    Toby blinked. “You’re such a girl.”
    David smacked his arm. “I’m trying to be sensitive and honest here.”
    “Well, maybe you could just skip to the point?” Toby smiled hopefully, pushing his hips up. David rolled his eyes.
    “The point is: this is important to me.”
    Toby stilled at that. They looked at each other for a few moments, and then Toby wrapped his arms around David’s back and pulled him down into a hug. “I know. I know