He’d missed Daniel. “We can do this. Gay sex There would be times when the distance threatened to consume them and times when they would be separated by the insurmountable distances of different time zones and lifestyles. They discovered that the unspoken words, the anxieties, the fears they had carried individually, were now easily exchanged and understood. Missed the easy banter, the shared silences, the comfort of his presence. “It’s one thing to acknowledge the distance between us; it’s entirely different to grapple with the possibility that it might change us, that it might change us more than we can handle.” Daniel listened intently, his eyes reflecting the moonlight, filled with a mixture of empathy and understanding. It was a simple hug, but it was potent and loaded with the weight of shared emotions.They walked to Luke’s car in companionable silence, each lost in the moment, the physical closeness, the palpable relief of being reunited. He knew Luke well enough to understand the unspoken words, the hesitant confession hidden beneath the surface.Luke swallowed, the lump in his throat making it difficult to speak.
