"Shut up." Booker nipped at Nicky's lower lip. "You're a married man and I'm an idiot."

He had definitely overthought it their first time together without Joe. Booker didn't know why it had mattered at the time when Joe and Nicky had both reassured him it was okay. That they both loved him and wanted him.

He gripped Nicky's hair tightly at the stretch of two fingers. Now he was really aware of what was happening. Damn, that little strain was good. Still different but good. "You always ruin me."

In the best way. Nicky would leave him unable to speak even his first language. Booker loved it. It took him out of his head like few things did.