Here For You.

Chapter: 16.

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Standing to look out his window and perhaps open the blinds, his breath caught in his throat. A red airport taxi drove into the building, he looked on until the passenger emerges. He saw the face of the one person he desperately wanted to see and a smile seeped into his soul and filled its very ache and hollow.

Steven, his best-friend, vibrant, joyous, beautiful Steven. Who had been the one happy constant in his life for years? And also the one person who caused him the most confusion. A quick look at the bed, Raya still sleeps beautifully. Quietly David made his way out of the bedroom, with eagerness in each step, he finds himself waiting at the front door.

Silently, he pushed the screen door open, inviting Steven inside. Steven stepped past David into the foyer without saying a word, doing his best to ignore the surge of heat that went through him as his arm brushed David's broad chest. As always, his proximity left Steven a little lightheaded. He thought he would