Bellann Summer

Today, Leo's Pet (Rescue for Hire) is the snippet for today.  Everyone wants to be seen or noticed.
This story features a hip injury. I know all about hips as Mr. B has had an artificial hip for many years.
When they were still together, each morning Leo and his ex-lover would laugh at the pictures of all the beautiful men and women always clustered around him at every social event he had attended. They laughed because if anyone had bothered to look closely, in the corner or in the background of every picture, was his real lover. It was amusing back then, reading all the articles of the pretty peacocks thought to be gracing his bed, when in reality it was the plain little man everyone overlooked that really held his attention. 
That had always been the type of man Leo was attracted to. Others overlooked these special people, but Leo was captivated by them. Unfortunately, he had been too obsessed with his career and too busy to take the time to keep his last lover. Leo had vowed that he was going to change his life completely and find the one for him.
This time he would devote himself to that person instead of his own selfish interests. He had found out the hard way that things didn’t make a person happy, people and feelings did. He just hoped, as his heart continued to beat erratically, that he wasn’t too late in his discovery.
The other reason that made all of the claims and press releases ridiculous was that he would never be with any of those people sexually. He was a Dom. He controlled his lovers in and out of bed. His subs would never put themselves out there for the cameras or tell private details.
Unfortunately these determined four had shown up and were circling him for the kill. It had been a relief when Tony’s teammate had intervened. Now that was one scary dude, but Leo had been delighted with the way the four leeches had run out of there.
Now that they were gone and he was alone again, Leo noticed the brown-haired man standing next to his table. He must have followed the scary dude over, so that meant he was probably one of his cousin’s teammates.
 “Would you like to sit down?” he asked.
The guy looked startled for a minute, then nodded and sat down at the table across from him.
“Hello, I’m Leo DeLuca.” Leo reached his hand across the table to shake the smaller man’s hand. “Alex Taylor.”
Alex briefly shook Leo’s hand. From the look on Alex’s face, he must have felt the same zing of awareness that had zipped up Leo’s arm.
“I haven’t met all of my cousin’s teammates yet. Who was the scary dude?” Leo asked, trying to put Alex at ease. 
Alex frowned. Wouldn’t you know exotic Treb, with his small, lean stature and long black hair, would catch the man’s attention? Even one on one he didn’t stand a chance. It kind of pissed him off. “That’s Treb. But he’s taken. And even if he wasn’t taken he thinks you’re an asshole.”
Leo’s eyebrows rose at his bluntness. Instead of looking angry, a curious expression passed over his face.
“Are you angry with me, Alex?” he asked.
Alex put off answering by taking a few swallows of his beer as Leo continued to patiently wait for an answer from him. It wasn’t in Alex’s nature to be nasty. He didn’t even get angry much. But he had wanted the man to see him. Except now that he had Leo’s undivided attention he didn’t know what to do with it.
“Alex, I am waiting for an answer.”
Leo’s voice had an edge in it that had Alex’s submissive tendencies standing up and surrendering.
“I um, I just didn’t want you to think you had a chance with Treb.”
Alex was completely off balance by now. He found he couldn’t even raise his eyes to meet the other man’s. If he wasn’t careful, he would embarrass them both by kneeling at the man’s feet and calling him Sir.
Leo sat back and enjoyed the picture in front of him. With Alex’s head lowered, Leo could only see the top of his shiny brown hair. But he remembered pretty light brown eyes with green flecks and smooth skin, with a few freckles dancing across his nose. He knew most wouldn’t notice all that but to Leo, this man’s looks were everything he was attracted to. He also saw the wide width of Alex’s shoulders under the baggy flannel shirt and he suspected once he removed it there would be at least a six-pack as his prize to explore. Alex was starting to fidget at the lingering silence. So Leo decided to put him out of his misery.
“Alex, I’m not interested in Treb. I was just trying to put names to the faces of Tony’s teammates.” Leo saw the tension immediately flow out of his shoulders as Alex heard his words. He was just going to ask the man if he was free the next day when Alex’s phone rang.
“Yes, boss?” Alex answered after checking the screen.
“Alex, get your gear. We have two missing children that were last seen near a sinkhole that just opened up. The authorities aren’t even sure if both are in the sinkhole. We should probably take Bud just in case. Be here at the house in fifteen.” 
Alex ended the call and looked up into Leo’s deep brown eyes. He couldn’t stop himself from admiring that thick wavy black hair with a few gray hairs decorating his temples.
Pulling himself away from the growing attraction he was feeling, he said, “It was nice to meet you. Sorry I was rude. The team has been called on a mission and I have to go.”
“When you have finished that mission, I want you to call me and let me know you’re safe,” Leo instructed and held out his hand for Alex’s phone. Alex watched his hand automatically giving Leo the phone. With a few presses of the buttons, Leo handed the phone back.
Then the bigger man stood up and went around the table and waited for Alex to leave his chair. When Alex stood up, their height difference was less than he would have thought. Leo had such a presence about him, Alex had assumed he was as tall as the boss at six five. But the man only stood about three inches taller than his own six feet.
Leo laid his hand on Alex’s lower back and, with a slight pressure, had him walking before him to the front doors. As Alex walked out of the hotel with Leo, he decided the man with his huge commanding presence could be five feet tall and would still be able to order everyone around him.  Once they were outside, Leo asked, “Which truck is yours?”
“How did you know I drove a truck?”  “With your job, a truck makes sense.”
“Just over there.” Alex nodded toward the end of the row of vehicles parked next to the building. Alex headed toward his truck, Leo’s hand never leaving his lower back, making that spot tingle. Once he reached the driver’s door, he hit the open button on his truck key, lights flashed, and the door unlocked. Bravely he turned toward the other man, valiantly trying to come up with some sort of good-bye.
Unfortunately he wasn’t exactly sure what he was going to say.  Suddenly the back of his neck was cupped in a firm hand, and he was pulled into a strong embrace. Warm lips encased his and a tongue invaded his mouth, not asking permission but demanding entrance. Alex melted. This was what he craved. As his tongue was sucked into the other man’s mouth, he felt pre-cum wet the inside of his boxer briefs.  Then the tongue withdrew, and the lips left his. Opening his eyes, he looked into deep brown eyes that held dominance and passion.
“Tell me you will call me once the mission is over to let me know you’re safe,” Leo ordered.
“I’ll call you,” Alex managed to croak out.
“When you get back, we’ll talk,” Leo stated.
Alex noticed that Leo’s words hadn’t formed a question, but made a statement. And again his submissive tendencies, as well as his cock responded.
“Okay,” Alex answered. 
Then Leo opened Alex’s door and he climbed into the truck. Before he could close the door, Leo stepped up to his side and pulled his head down for a quick kiss. Releasing him, Leo stepped away and shut his door. Alex met Leo’s eyes through the glass and knew, for the first time in his life, someone really saw him.