Taylor Fitzpatrick

Between the Teeth

Mary Carmona

“Okay,” Jake says. “Um. Awesome. That’s —” 

“You might not know this but I am like, jumping up and down right now.” 

“In my head,” Jake says. “I’m jumping up and down in my head. And dancing. Terribly.”

“I can’t make you do anything,” David says. 

“You’d be surprised,” Jake murmurs.

“I am too, you know,” Jake says, and when David frowns at him, “In love with you.”

David unresisting when Jake moves to straddle him, pinning him to the bed with his weight. 

“So you don’t get any ideas,” Jake says. 

“I told him I was in love with you,” David mumbles to his hands. 

“What?” Jake asks. “Sorry, I—” 

“I told him I’m in love with you,” David says, and he’s still looking down, avoiding meeting Jake’s eye, so he’s entirely caught off guard when Jake kisses him. 

Jake has always been — careful, might be the best word. He usually kissed David soft and slow, at least at first. 

“Can you look at me?” David asks, and when Jake turns to look at him, he reaches out to touch Jake’s cheek, heart nearly pounding out of his chest. 

“Hi,” Jake says softly, the word still on his lips when David kisses him.

"He can’t actually turn the plane around,” David says. “That’s a completely empty threat.” 

“The most adorable,” Robbie says, and slings an arm around David’s shoulders when he frowns at him.

Between the Teeth

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