Liam sighed and looked around again, before reaching up and adjusting the lapel collar of Rock's t-shirt. “I'm sure it was a good surprised. It's a great paper and you deserve an A. I'd give you an A, for it,” he continued, fussing over him.
“Fine. Thank you.” Rock gently pulled his hands away and let go. “Now, will you get back to class before you get us both in trouble?” he asked, needing some distance.
Liam smiled, nodded quickly and stood on his tip toes to kiss his cheek. “Remember, you're not as dumb as you think you are,” he said, before sneaking down the corridor and returning to his class.
Rock shook his head and raked both hands into his hair. What was he going to do? Liam was getting all touchy feely again, fixing his collar, kissing his cheek and he hadn't even attempted to stop him.
What the hell was wrong with him?
And the compliments...if Liam kept it up, he'd get an ego so big he'd drown the next time he stepped into the pool. You're not as dumb as you think you are. He really hoped Liam was right. If that was true, maybe he wasn't imagining what was going on between them?

“You're all I've ever wanted. You just didn't want to lose control. You didn't want to trust me. You've always been like that. Your way or the highway. And you always get what you want,”

Rory shook his head and sighed. “And what I want hasn't changed, either. My heart still beats faster when I'm with you. I still want to get on my knees and do anything you ask of me. I'd still, proudly, be your slave, at your beck and call. But there's only one difference between then and now.” Then he turned and met his gaze across the bed. “Now, I can say no to you.”
Bradley blanched in surprise.

“[...] Come back inside, let me talk to Axel and let me hold you again,” he asked, while his mouth drifted across his wet cheek, to nip his jaw line.
He remembered that all too well; that was his attempt to seduce him into bed, his warning that he was desperate and wanted to play rough.
Stanton caught his face and kissed him again, in what he thought of as the most appropriate answer.

He'd been prepared, all those years ago, to do what was best for Roman, even if that meant letting him go. But now he couldn't do that.