R osalie knew the birth of her baby was going to
be within the next few days. It was a feeling she
had deep inside, like she was going to lose something
she hadn't realized she was going to miss.
Only now did she occasionally caress her belly.
As if suddenly realizing that she had a baby growing
inside of her. "Where is Liam?" she asked Vanessa.
"He hasn't been around lately."
"He was over a couple of days ago." Vanessa said
as she finished making supper. "He said something
about taking Aiden somewhere for a week of rest and
relaxation. You know how hard Aiden's been working
since he started his company."
"Blah, blah, blah. The great god Mac Ruaidhri
has to work hard." Rosalie snorted. "Crap, what is that
taste?" she asked, spitting into a tissue. She didn't
notice Shay sitting nearby. He'd filled her mouth with
the taste of dog poop because she was talking mean
about his daddy. Rosalie leaned over the kitchen tap
and tried to rinse out her mouth, spitting wildly.
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"What in heck is wrong?" Vanessa was
concerned.
"I don't know, but mouth feels like it's full of dog
crap."
Shay giggled and buried his face in Doug's fur to
smother is laughter. He'd wanted to use that spell for a
long time. Even Phoebe thought it was funny.
Rosalie was now swishing Listerine around in her
mouth while Vanessa stood near her wringing her
hands. "Maybe it's a pregnancy thing, some kind of
side effect or hormonal imbalance. We should call
your doctor."
"Leave me alone." Rosalie waved her hand
behind her.
Just outside of their cabin. Aiden sat on a lounge
chair, his chest bare and glistening with sun tanning
lotion as were his face and legs. He was wearing a pair
of cherry red silk boxers in deference to his wound.
The sun felt wonderful on his face and body. Even
though it was barely 48 hours since his surgery, he
had to admit Liam's idea had been a good one. He
could sunbathe on their private patio while watching
Liam lolling in the hot tub. They'd have to come back
when he could use all of the facilities. But for now it
didn't matter. He was able to relax while receiving
admiring glances from the staff. Which certainly
didn't hurt his ego.
It had been hard to accept Liam as his resident
nurse, who checked his wound and changed the
dressings, emailing pictures to the doctor for further
instructions. Apparently the doctor had been smitten
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by the red head. But once he'd gotten over the squick
of it, everything went okay. He'd even managed to
reduce the amount of pain medication. It was
somehow easier to manage things in such a pleasant
environment.
"You look toasted, I think you should roll over."
Liam was standing beside him.
"I didn't notice you getting out." Aiden smiled up
at the red head. "I did the other side already. I guess
I'll go in."
"Okay. I'm going to shower, join me?" Liam
wiggled his bare ass. Bathing suits were an option in
the hot tub.
"I'll wash your back." Aiden smirked. He lifted
himself up off the soft chaise slowly. There was no
point in pretending to feel any different than he did.
Liam was on to him and had been for a long time.
"I'd like that." Liam put his arm around Aiden.
"Who knew that coconut oil could be an aphrodisiac."
He giggled, sniffing at Aiden's chest.
"Brat." Aiden swatted his ass and then pulled him
close. "Recovering from surgery here."
"I can't help it. You're sexy and I'm horny."
Liam wiggled, his hard cock bouncing in front of
them.
"Show off, my cock has been traumatized and
you wave yours around." Aiden leaned over and
kissed Liam's ear. They joked and teased one another
on the way to the shower. It wasn't going to be their
usual kind of shower, like the ones presurgery. Aiden
couldn't really get the surgical site wet with soapy
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water, but they made do and managed to not only
become clean, but to get Liam off as well.
Liam was drying Aiden, enjoying the chance to
do something for his man that Aiden didn't object to,
when Ty popped into the bathroom. "Merrrroooow."
"Hey cat." Aiden laughed and braced himself for
Ty's leap up onto his shoulder. He barely flinched
when the cat landed. "Now that you've seen I'm alive,
pop your cat self back to Killer, you know he hates
being alone."
"Hey Ty." Liam laughed as he headed to the
bedroom. "Will it wait for another few days?"
"Will what wait?" Aiden asked, following Liam.
He put Ty on the bed before laying on it himself. Liam
quickly changed the small dressing to a dry one,
pleased at the way the wound was healing. It was done
without comment as if everything was normal. Aiden
rather liked the efficient way Liam had of dealing with
things.
"Rosalie is about to pop." Liam laughed. "Ty was
just giving us the heads up."
"I'm not even going to ask you how you know
this." Aiden sighed and shut his eyes. Liam pulled a
soft sheet up over him and kissed him on the nose.
"She's going to be having a few more days of
cramping before she goes into serious labor. Or so Ty
seems to think. He wanted us to know."
"I'm supposed to believe this?" Aiden huffed and
rolled over to bury his head in the soft pillow,
luxuriating in the bed that seemed to wrap itself
around him. Not quite as good as Liam's arms, but he
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knew they would soon appear. Liam couldn't let him
sleep alone for any length of time.
Ty jumped up to sit on the pillow by Aiden's
head and began batting him on the ear with his paw.
"Go away." He pulled the sheet over his head. "I'm
recovering."
"You're doing fine. Pat your damn cat. He's
come a long way to see you." Liam crawled between
the covers, snuggling close to Aiden. "He's not
staying. I think his story about Rosalie was just an
excuse to check on you. Ouch." Liam hissed. Ty had
leaned over and bit his ear. Aiden snickered.
It was almost twenty minutes before Ty had been
placated enough to leave. Aiden sighed. "I can't
believe the stupid cat was worried about me."
"Ty is a Wah cat, hardly stupid." Liam wiggled
until he was under Aiden's arm, his head on the man's
chest. "You're doing way better than most people
after surgery."
"It's my nurse." Aiden smiled. "And the
individual attention."
"Thank you, but it has a lot to do with you and
your outlook, not to mention that when you do decide
to relax, you don't hold back."
"I like to think I do everything to the best of my
ability, including relaxing." The smirk was evident in
his voice.
"Good thing you don't have a big ego." Liam
snorted. He let his hand caress Aiden's face before
moving lower over the man's body. "I got an email
from the doctor."
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"So did I." Aiden shut his eyes; he loved the
sensation of Liam's fingers tracing lines on his body.
"They got everything. As soon as I'm healed, they can
do the mapping for the radiation. I'll be tattooed."
"It's just a pin prick. No one will notice."
"I suppose not." Aiden sighed. "I'm not looking
forward to the radiation stage."
"I heard that if you smoke up, you don't get the
full nausea thing. And it's legal."
"No kidding. I'll be first in line." Aiden chuckled.
"I'll share."
"I was hoping you would." Liam was now
fingering Aiden's cock. Playing with it, running his
fingers through the fur at the base. "It'll be nice when
all parts of you work again."
"Maybe they never will."
Liam snorted. "Let me get my pity towel out. Of
course you'll be fucking me sooner than you think.
You're Aiden Mac Ruaidhri for fuck sake and….
drum roll here. You have the hottest red haired
boyfriend in Vancouver."
Aiden was almost asleep. There was something
somehow comforting about Liam's refusal to believe
anything bad. He wished, and not for the first time,
that he'd found the red head years before.
