“Archer,” Mateo murmured, pressing their bodies even tighter together. “Archer,” he breathed again, sliding his hand down Archer’s stomach.

The heights Archer reached with Mateo were like none he had ever known before. His body responded in ways he never thought possible. When he danced with Mateo, it was like he entered another plane that was all electricity and tension and fire. But being with him like this … it was a whole other universe. Stars, planets, comets—they all whizzed by him, through him, compressed space and time down to one singular point of bliss.

“Oh, God,” Archer panted when he sagged onto the mattress again, goose bumps shivering over his skin, pleasure still radiating from his center. “Fuck. You are … you are really good at that.”

Mateo smiled and planted a kiss on Archer’s shoulder. “So are you.”

“Better than I am at dancing?”

Mateo laughed and gave him a half-hearted shove. “Yes. Even better than you are at dancing.”

Archer let out a low whistle. “Damn. I am good at this.”

Mateo’s laugh vibrated through Archer’s chest, perfectly in time with his heart.

This.

This right here.

“So … we go home tomorrow,” Archer said, tiptoeing up to the conversation after some more cuddling.

“Yeah. Hard to believe the summer’s over already.” Mateo’s fingers drifted up and down his arm.

“Am I really going to move in with you?” Archer asked in a rush. “Are you sure you want me invading your world?”

Mateo’s eyes were serious when they met his. “Archer … I haven’t had anyone in my life in a very long time. And I am absolutely sure. I feel like…” He blushed and looked away to fiddle with the sheet. “I feel like I’ve been waiting for you.”

Tears flooded Archer’s eyes. “I’ve been waiting for you too.”

They kissed again, a slow, gentle kiss that was a promise of many more to come.

“If I don’t get any jobs in a few months though…” Archer had to warn him. “I’m almost out of money. I’ll have to move back to Ohio.”

“Fuck Ohio,” Mateo said with a growl. “Breckon Galloway is going to see you and fall in love. I know it.”

“Hah. If anything, he’s going to fall in love with you.”

“Well, I’m taken.”

Even though he was already rubber, Archer managed to soften further. Joy swelled up his throat as he snuggled under Mateo’s jaw, ear pressed to the steady rhythm of Mateo’s heart.

Mateo paused outside the stage door and squeezed Archer’s hand. “You ready?”