Hartley leaned in. “Okay, don’t exert yourself,” he said, cupping his cheek. “First, I leaned in like this.” He moved even closer, their lips inches apart. “And I stayed here for a couple seconds. Thinking that I was making a horrible mistake. But you didn’t push me away. So I did this.” Hartley closed the gap, kissing the other expertly and without the hesitation that was there the first time.
Cisco felt his body start to tense as the man moved closer, but he relaxed the space between their lips lessened. WIthout thinking, Cisco kissed back naturally. That’s when it hit him. Everything intimate he and Hartley did came rushing back to him. The feelings, the memories, everything. Cisco pulled back and looked at the other man’s face. “I’m scared, Hart.”