Chapter Twenty-One

Alex shut his eyes even tighter, recognizing the voice and familiar touch.

“It’s getting late, Blue. Wake up.”

On realizing his gentle taps weren’t getting Alex to get up, Seb moved his hand from his back to his hair. He leaned forward to confirm Alex still sleeping and on doing that, smiled to himself.

“Blue,” he muttered, running his hand through Alex’s hair. It was the first time he touched his hair and it oddly felt good. So good he couldn’t bring himself to stop so easily.

Alex, already awake, could feel his insides twist and turn with Seb continuously running his hands through his hair, caressing it and having its tips dance around his fingers. He had two options. To either pretend for longer and risk Seb toying with his hair for even longer or to just get up and have Seb stop caressing his hair.

Taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes and immediately met Seb’s gaze.

“You’re finally up,” Seb said, watching Alex slowly raise his head from the desk. “Just for how long