Slow Dating the Detective
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Keenan rolled his eyes. “Everyone knows about us in my life already. What about your work?”
Nate shrugged. “The squad knows. My captain knows. Anyone else is unimportant.”
“Are you sure?” Keenan wasn’t convinced by Nate’s carefree tone.
“I’m sure. I want to share my life with you, wear your clothes, play with Tommy and Janey, hide from your sisters.”
“Always hide from my sisters,” Keenan agreed. He took a deep breath and looked into Nate’s eyes. “Nathan Gordon, will you move into my house and become an ampersand on my mailbox?”
“Gordon & Day or Day & Gordon? Or….” Nate snapped his fingers. “How about Gordon-Day?”
Keenan’s eyes opened wide. “You mean—?”
Nate placed a finger over Keenan’s lips. “That’s a promise for the future, when I can ask you properly.”
Keenan looked around. The park was empty, the rain still too heavy for any except the stalwart and crazy, like them. He threaded his fingers through Nate’s wet hair and pulled him forward to kiss him goodbye. The gentle, chaste kiss Keenan had intended turned into something hot and deep when Nate rumbled in the back of his throat. Under the rain-drenched leaves in the deserted park, Keenan and Nate sealed their promise.
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