Chapter 2 Putting Tom on his knees had been just about the most intense experience of Gabe’s life up to that point. He’d expected to feel a bit silly. He’d expected Tom to smirk and eye him with that teasing appreciation that Tom often had for a flustered and blushing Gabe. He wasn’t entirely certain how to enforce his will on Tom; Tom was the strongest-willed person Gabe had ever met. Headstrong and determined, too. What he wasn’t expecting was to point at the floor and simply say, “Kneel here,” and for Tom to actually do it. Eyes downcast, he folded in on himself, wrists crossed at the small of his back and bending down until he was on his knees, sitting on his heels, chin down on his chest. What Gabe further didn’t expect was the rush of heat and wanting that swept over him. Just fr