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He squeezed Trevor’s hand and looked him in the eyes, ignoring that the other three guys were there. “You have their attention now. So don’t sell yourself short. Don’t go into a meeting like you’re unsure of yourself, asking if they’ll listen to your ideas.Makethem listen.”

Trevor smiled, emitting a ray of sunshine into the dim room. “Okay.” He turned to the rest of the guys. “But we can all contribute. We can tell them we want to sit in on the songwriting sessions and give our input. We’re the ones singing the songs, we should be able to say if we like them or not.”

“It sounds like a great idea,” Noah told him. “I bet if we all talk to them together, they’ll listen to us.”

“And we can write our own songs together too,” Trevor added. “If you guys have any ideas for something, I can work out a melody on guitar and we can all help write.”

“Hell yeah!” Oli cheered, smacking his hands against the water and accidentally splashing Jermaine in the face. Jermainejust laughed.

Skyler loved these guys, he really did. He loved Jermaine, who teased him and Trevor about their relationship but quietly rooted for them. He loved Oli, who never failed to make him laugh even when he was being moody. He even loved Noah, who got cranky with them all sometimes, but only because he took it as his responsibility to keep them reined in before their antics descended into chaos.

And he loved Trevor, obviously.

As much as he loved the other guys, right now he was starting to wish they’d disappear so he could be alone in this hot tub with his boyfriend. Because the warm water and the jets were making him feel blissed out, and Trevor’s thigh was still pressed against his, and he really wanted more of Trevor’s skin against more of his.

Trevor’s hand found its way into his hair, and he reveled in the attention. Trevor continued to play with it even after a tiny moan escaped Skyler's lips and Noah pulled a face.

Skyler’s hand wandered to Trevor’s thigh under the water. He let his fingers gently tickle over the skin, peeking out of the corner of his eye to see if Trevor would react. Getting nothing, he slid his hand farther up. He was trying to be subtle, but the knowing, amused look Jermaine gave him from the other side of the hot tub told him he was failing.

That didn’t stop him though. He slowly moved his hand up a bit more until it was indecently high and started to knead Trevor’s inner thigh, knuckles grazing Trevor’s dick over the thin fabric of his swim trunks. At Trevor’s sharp inhale, he fought the urge to smirk triumphantly. But then Trevor grabbed his hand, effectively halting his exploration.

Jermaine’s eyebrows were climbing up his forehead now. “You know what, I think that’s the cue for us to go.”

“Huh?” Noah said. “I don’t want to go.”

“Do you want to watch them start fucking right in front of us?”

Noah glanced at Skyler and Trevor, taking in their faces and how close together they’d gotten. He grimaced. “Well that’s unsanitary.”

Skyler let out a bark of a laugh. “Doesn’t hot water kill germs?”

“We’re not going to fuck in here,” Trevor said.

“At least not with you guys watching,” Skyler added. Trevor shot him a look a mix between exasperated and endeared.

“Like I said.” Jermaine carefully raised himself out of the water and stepped out of the tub. “Our cue to go.”

Oli started to climb out too. “Yeah, let’s give the lovebirds their alone time.”

“Ugh, fine,” Noah relented.

“Love you guys!” Skyler called after them as they all wrapped towels around their waists and headed out of the pool room.

Once they were alone, Trevor laughed softly. “Well. That was nice and awkward.”

“Whatever. Last week we all had to witness Oli clog the toilet and completely flood the bathroom in our dressing room. I think we’ve all passed feeling awkward around each other a long time ago.”

“Thanks for the reminder of that lovely incident.”

Skyler made a face. “Sorry, didn’t mean to kill the mood.”

Trevor laughed again. “There was no mood. You were just trying to create a mood with our friends sitting three feet away from us.”

He returned his hand to Trevor’s thigh and adopted his best low, seductive voice. “Are you sure there wasn’t a mood? I think I felt one. Or at least I feltsomething.”

Trevor grabbed his hand and used it to tug him closer until Skyler was straddling Trevor’s lap, knees resting not entirely comfortably on the underwater bench. “You’re ridiculous.”

“You love me,” he countered.