You'll Be The Death of Me

M/M ||R18+ ||SENSUAL ||OBSESSION “So, did it excite you?” I murmur, letting my voice drop. “Are you picturing it?” I sweep my gaze across the classroom, letting the silence of the empty desks stretch. “I bet the acoustics here would do wonders for your moans.” His hand shoots out, pressing to my chest. “Michael.... that's enough,” he warns. I grin, leaning just slightly into his hand, letting the warmth of his push press against me. “Fine, my moans then.” And then he does something that surprises me, pushes me back against the wall. His hand is firm against my chest, and I can feel the tension coiling through both of us. His eyes are challenging, hesitant....but there’s no fear, not really. Desire is blazing there. “Don’t push it,” he breathes. “I don’t push,” I counter. “I accelerate interest until it becomes impossible to ignore.” I can see the heat in his eyes, the flush creeping up his neck, the way his fingers tremble just slightly against me. My own pulse is hammering with the thrill of watching him wrestle with it, watching him fight and fail to keep that control he thinks he has. __________________________ Ryan Ashbrook teaches literature like a man who knows he’s running out of time. Terminally ill and painfully poetic, he’s made peace with dying.....just not with doing it alone. Michael Foster, a burned-out editor drifting through life, hasn’t felt moved by anything in years.... until he meets the captivating teacher who feels every moment too deeply. Their lives collide in a brief, breathtaking love that was never meant to last, one that might save them both, even as it breaks them.