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left you? Nando, I drove you halfway across town, and I know money is tight for you with starting this business up and probably sinking all your savings into it. I didn’t mean anything by it. Please, you have to believe me.”
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    tantrums. The man was a saint. Nando swallowed hard, biting back the emotions.
    “I’m sorry I misjudged the situation. I didn’t think,” Cooper said by way of apology. “I was going to wake you up and drive you back into town, but you looked so sweet. Not to mention delicious,” he added almost as an afterthought. “I didn’t have the strength to rouse you. I took a picture of you, lying there with these small strips of light filtering through the shutters. You had your arm over your head, and you looked so beautiful. If I’d had more time, I would have taken a closer look at your tattoos, but I didn’t or I’d have been late for work, and I had an early appointment with a repeat offender.”
    “There’ll be other occasions to study them up close,” Nando replied softly, moving closer to Cooper. He felt himself inexplicably drawn to the taller man’s tenderness; at the same time he felt his anger die down. How could he be angry with him for giving him money when he’d done it out of empathy, not out of the disdain Nando had read in it? “I’m sorry I jumped to conclusions without knowing all the facts.” Cooper nodded slightly and took a step closer as well.
    They were definitely in each other’s personal space, and Nando leaned forward to place his lips gently on Cooper’s.
    They kissed tenderly, chastely almost, and Nando wished they were at his apartment or at Cooper’s place, where they could just end up in bed together without having to break the spell. He wanted to make up for being such an asshole by showing Cooper he could be accommodating too.
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    stayed on Nando’s hips, as if he wanted to keep Nando in place, and Nando realized it wasn’t a bad move, since it curbed his need to run from the intimacy. This wasn’t what he usually did with a lover. He only ever kissed like this as a tease, breaking away sooner rather than later to entice his lover to move the action along, but now he didn’t seem to be able to get enough. The heat was rising between them, as was the hardness Nando could feel through the two layers of denim every time he pulled Cooper closer to him.
    “You’re wearing the tight jeans,” Nando remarked coyly as they broke their kiss.
    “I like the way you look at me when I’m wearing them,” Cooper answered, not as shy as Nando expected him to be.
    “It’s Friday night. I thought maybe we could go by the club and watch a few sessions in the Pit? Only if you want to, of course. Or I could take you right back home with me.” Nando pretended to think about it for a moment. It wasn’t an easy choice, but he’d prepared for this in a way.
    “Or we could get a private room at the club, and I could show you what Hikari taught me about rope bondage.” Cooper’s eyes grew big, and he kissed Nando again, moaning against his lips and grinding his still-clothed erection against Nando’s. “You took lessons?”
    “She demonstrated a few things and let me try out a few knots and configurations,” Nando answered teasingly.
    “Did you fuck her afterwards?”
    Nando chuckled. “Hell no! Even if she would let me, I’d never lay a finger on her. She’s a woman!” he added, as if it was an insult.

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    Cooper laughed, their foreheads still touching. “Would you fuck me after you tied me up?”
    “Just try and stop