Extorted and Expecting

Caring Comebacks

The statement, just three simple words, eight letters meant more to Ethan than he could ever express because they were true. Anyone could say they loved someone else, but if they didn't really mean it, then it was just a waste of a breath. Even in his sleepy state, Ethan knew Tyler meant them, and he couldn't help the smile that grew and his blush that only deepened, reddening his cheeks with a slightly stronger and more noticeable tint. Even if he didn't want to speak, he just couldn't not respond to that.
"I love you too," He told him, voice barely above a whisper. Because it was slightly rasped, Tyler just believed it was because he had woken up not long ago, as his own voice was deeper than it normally was, with a slightly husked edge.
That brought a smile to Tyler's face and he only drew his blueberry closer, wanting a smaller distance between the two.
“Hm, I love you more," The elder cooed, his eyelids opening up to reveal his light blues as he gazed at his lover, the calm, relaxed features of the younger softening Tyler's own face as he leaned in, pressing a gentle kiss to his cute button nose. This made Ethan's heart flutter as he smiled yet again, his eyelids flickering open and hiding the greenish-colored irises no longer. Tyler's smile only widened as he could now gaze into them all he wanted, getting lost in their depths. But before that, Tyler couldn't resist leaning in and pressing his thinner lips to Ethan's pillowy ones in a soft kiss, which relaxed Ethan's muscles completely. Both males allowed their eyes to close as their lips moved together in sync at a slow, loving pace.
Tyler tended to have that effect on Ethan, being able to calm him from nearly anything, just as he had from so many nightmares that he freaked out over, and even earlier that day at Mark's house.
The kiss was nice and sweet, projecting the cutesy part of their love wordlessly.
Things were going fine until Tyler moved his hand a little lower, wrapping his arm around Ethan's hip and bringing him closer, but the pressure made Ethan flinch and freeze slightly, and just like that, Tyler remembered what he'd seen while dressing him.

When the younger felt the pressure on his lips begin to lessen as Tyler slowly leaned away he quickly reached up and grabbed onto his bare shoulders, pulling him closer as he wasn't ready to stop kissing him, he knew exactly why the older man was trying to move away, he knew that when their lips were apart they would have to talk about what was wrong, while Ethan didn't know that the other had seen all of the fresh wounds across his thighs he could guess that he had figured out something was wrong; he always seemed to. But Tyler saw through what he was doing and slid his hand up along his back so he would no longer be grabbing onto his hip, he pulled away for less then a second before he was leaning back in to quickly leave a few pecks on his lips, letting them linger for a few seconds with little gaps between them, so when he finally pulled away and his eyes fluttered back open to look down at his lover his eyes were still shut and his lips were pursed waiting for another kiss, but after a few too many seconds had passed he too opened his eyes and his hazel orbs were locked with sapphire. There was a moment or two of silence between them with tension thick enough to be cut with a knife, while the pale features of Ethan consisted of worry and a tad bit of fear, the more static ones of Tyler were filled to the brim with his own worry, though they were hidden deep within his eyes and all the younger could really see at the moment was how surprisingly calm he was. Tanned hands slowly slid up along his side until he was cupping his face, fingers gently caressing his cheeks while his thumb moved out to wipe away a tear that had dripped from his eyes he didn't even realize was there, he leaned into the touch and before he even knew it more tears were welling in his eyes and his bottom lip began to tremble; just the way Tyler looked at him, his blues staring so intensely into his greens, he didn't know why but he felt guilty, and though he had done no wrong he couldn't help but whisper an apology, he may have known that he did nothing wrong but the elder didn't know that.
“Baby don't apologize, please don't apologize Ethan.” He whispered against his lips after pressing them together yet again to try and silence his rambling, Ethan relaxed in his hands and he kissed him back, keeping their foreheads together when Tyler finally stopped with his kisses, gently petting his cheek to continue to keep him somewhat calm. His hand moved back down his body, sliding down to his hips where he lightened his touch, pushing his sweatshirt up just enough for him to reach the hem of his pajama pants; he made sure to look Ethan in his eyes, searching for any sort of discomfort while his hands slipped under the cloth, fingertips ghosting down his thighs until they touched the bandages, his face relaxing with the knowledge the younger had taken care of himself, but it also told him that he was lying when he got up.