Alec entered his room after spending some forced quality time with his family. His mother made all of them hang out at least once every two weeks, with no exception... well, besides for Filipe when he was at school.

He headed towards his bed and threw himself on it. Today was a good day. Even if he couldn't go back to see Nick tonight, he's been able to spend every day with him from now on. He turned on his side and noticed a figure in his window, smiling at him. It took him a minute to register that it was Nick.

"Hey."

"Hey." Nick smiled. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah." Alec opened the window and let Nick slip inside. Alec subconsciously reached for his hand, intertwining their fingers together. "Are you done studying?"

Nick lowered his head as he nodded. He was acting so shy, which only made him look cute. Alec smiled and pulled Nick to his bed. He wanted to kiss him so badly, but after the talk they had, he thought it might be best if he held back a little. They both lay down facing each other. Alec loved looking at Nick's face.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure." Alec touched his face. "Anything."

"What happened with Felicity?"

"I thought you already knew."

"I heard rumors. I don't know what actually happened."

The only person Alec had talked to about it was Kyle. He didn't want to talk about it. But he was going to have to.

"Well, the rumors are true. She was cheating for two years."

"How did you find out?"

"I caught her sleeping with one of the guys at a party." Alec could still remember everything so clearly. He wouldn't forget it. "So I told her we were done."

"I'm sorry." Nick got closer to him and grabbed onto his hand as if to comfort him.

"You don't have to be sorry." Alec smiled at him.

"Didn't she show up at your place a while ago?"

"Oh." Alec suddenly remembered when he walked home with Nick for the first time in a long time. Felicity was waiting for him in front of his house. "Right." Alec sighed and rolled onto his back. "She wanted us to get back together."

"What did you say?"

"I said no. There's no way I'll even go back to her."

"Did she say why she wanted to get back together?"

"Apparently, she missed me."

"I know that feeling."

Alec turned his head towards Nick, who was avoiding his gaze. Alec knew that Nick had felt lonely all these years because he felt the same way.

"Well, you won't have to feel that way again." Alec lifted Nick's face by the chin so they could gaze into each other's eyes. "I'm not going anywhere."

Nick smiled and gently touched his cheek. Alec loved the feeling of Nick's skin on his. He couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like if they were completely naked. Alec groaned as the image of them in bed without clothes popped into his head.

"What's wrong?" Nick looked at him, puzzled.

"I really want to kiss you right now."

"You..." Nick's face flushed again. "You can."

Alec looked at Nick. It was written all over his face. He was having a hard time holding back too.

"You know." Alec pulled him closer. "You're making this 'taking it slow' thing very hard."

Before Nick could respond, Alec kissed him. Neither one of them could resist when their mouths touched. Nick pulled Alec on top of him and wrapped his arms around his back. Alec could feel his crotch tighten with each movement. He wanted to go further. He wanted to rip all of Nick's clothes off and devour him.

"We should sleep." Alec hesitantly pulled back.

It was the last thing he wanted to do, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to hold back if it continued. 

"Okay." Nick nodded disappointingly.

"Don't do that." Alec sighed as he let himself drop on Nick. Hiding his face in the pillow. "You're making it very hard for me to hold back."

"Sorry." Nick smiled apologetically. "I should go home."

"No." Alec shook his head. "I want you to stay."

Nick nodded in agreement. Alec rolled off Nick and pulled him in until his back touched his chest. He wrapped his arms around him to secure him in place. He leaned his head against his and gently kissed the back of his neck. Alec loved this. He didn't know whether he'd be able to sleep or not, but he was just happy to have Nick there.

"You know. I can feel it," Nick whispered. "Poking my butt."

"I'm sorry." Alec groaned as he closed his eyes. "Ignore it. It'll go away."

"And what if it doesn't?"

"I'll take care of it in the bathroom."

"This is going to be a hard night. No pun intended."

Alec laughed. He rubbed his nose in Nick's neck and closed his eyes. The only way he was going to forget about his boner.

Just as he was going to fall asleep, he felt Nick push his butt up into his groin. He didn't know if he was doing it on purpose or not, but the movement was causing his boner to grow.

"Okay, give me a minute. I'll be back."

He unwillingly let go of Nick and left the room to go to the bathroom. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought.