Gift from theladyingrey42

Dear Naelany,

A very happiest of birthdays to you. May it be filled with all the things you love.

-Diane / theladyingrey

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Sometimes, Edward liked to watch. He liked to watch the way his lover cut through
water, smooth muscle twisting under smoother skin. He liked how yellow ringlets turned
dark before drying to a golden glow beneath the sun.

He liked everything.

He liked just watching his lover move.

Shifting back against the deck chair, Edward flipped through the pages of his journal.
They were all dry, much like he was.

Until, suddenly, they weren't anymore.

He looked up to see his lover's eyes, blue circles dancing as he splashed another wave
of water over the side of the pool.

"Come on," Jasper goaded. "It's not summer unless you get wet."

Edward's scowl couldn't overcome his grin. "Now you're asking for it."

"You know I am."

Edward dropped his journal on the chair and shrugged out of his shirt, heard the soft
slap of it as the cotton hit cement. He crossed the distance to the pool in a span of
seconds, a running leap and then a crash.

When he surfaced from his cannonball, it was to find Jasper wiping water from his eyes,
his expression incredulous.

"Wait," Jasper gasped. "You mean all I had to do was ask?"

With sure, strong strokes, Edward brought himself toward the wall. Toward Jasper. His
fingers slid along the curves of shoulders, the firm planes of abdomen. They buried
themselves in water-slick blond hair. So close that each could feel the other's breath,
Edward smiled. "You know that's all you ever have to do."

Then he leaned in closer still and cut off Jasper's question with a kiss.

Sometimes, Edward liked to watch.

And other times, he wanted this.