And he’d caught Snow hugging Rowe.
He leaned his head back, stared at the stars in the clear, night sky, and wondered what time it was before he realized he didn’t give a shit. When he faced forward again, it was to find a very tipsy Lucas grinning at him from the other side of the hot tub.
Drunk Lucas, which he hardly ever saw, was fucking hilarious. He rarely witnessed the man letting loose and tonight, he’d laughed and groped his boyfriend and told a few funny jokes. Now, he lounged across from Noah and next to Jude and for some reason, he just kept grinning.
“Are you doing something weird under the water or what?” Noah asked him.
“You have a big hickey on your neck.”
“I’m aware. Fucker is sore.”
“I bet that’s not all that’s sore,” Lucas murmured with a low chuckle.
Jude snorted. “Pretty sure we’re all sore in many different ways from this weekend.”
“No doubt,” Noah agreed. “I’ve never been on a love boat before.”
“Right?” Jude sat up, water dripping from the black hair on his chest. “I never caught the show but if it was anything like this one…”
“It wasn’t,” Snow added from the lounge chair he was sprawled in beside the hot tub.
“It had a catchy tune.” Rowe, stretched out on the lounge chair between Snow’s and Andrei’s, began humming.
Andrei huffed and sat up, his long black curls falling forward to shadow his face. “That is one earworm I do not want.”
“The Looooove Booooaaat,” Rowe sang.
Andrei shoved his lounge chair over, spilling Rowe onto the boat deck with a hard thunk. The song abruptly ended.
Lucas’s chuckles turned into laughter and he suddenly stood. “It’s midnight,” he announced.
How the fuck he knew that was only a guess. Noah stared up at the sky and tried to see if he could tell by the sight of the moon. Jude’s gasp brought his gaze back down only to have it land on a suddenly nude Lucas, who was dropping his black swim trunks onto the deck. He crawled out of the tub, flashed them all a grin, ran and jumped off the side of the boat.
“Midnight skinny dipping.” Rowe, still sprawled half under the chair, suddenly whooped. “We haven’t done that in forever!” He shoved the chair off.
Snow and Andrei had walked to the edge of the boat to stare down at where Lucas had disappeared. They looked at each other, and Snow laughed and peeled off his shorts. Andrei scrambled to follow and Noah’s mouth fell open at the very lovely display of both men’s completely nude backsides before they jumped into the water.
He looked at Jude, who had one black eyebrow up high.
“Can’t join them either, huh?” he asked.
“Can’t stand up yet, no.”
Noah threw his head back as laughter spilled from his throat. He would never have expected Lucas to just stand up in the tub like that and bare it all. Bare a very, very nice all. He sputtered and gasped. “I can’t stand either. Not after all of them. That was way too much prime testosterone in one place.”
“Pervin’ on my friends, babe?” Rowe asked from behind Noah.
He hadn’t even seen him move. “You bet your ass. You joining them?”
“Of course. Midnight skinny dipping used to be a tradition. Glad it’s back.” He stood and walked to the edge of the boat. He threw a hot-as-fuck wink over his shoulder right before he bent over to slowly strip off his shorts.
Noah glanced at Jude. “You’re not even going to pretend you’re not looking, are you?”
“Fuck no.” White teeth flashed in his dark skin as his gaze stayed glued to Rowe’s ass. He didn’t look back until Rowe’s yell was followed by a splash and much clapping and laughter.
“Come on, Torres. It’s like ripping off a bandage. Gotta do it quick.”
“Oh, Ranger, I’m not shy in the least.” Jude stood, undressed, and stayed there long enough to flash a wicked grin before he ran and dove over the side.
Noah sat stunned because fucking hell, Snow had a fit and wonderfully furred muscular playground. Knowing he didn’t have anything to be ashamed of—he worked out like a fiend—Noah followed, making sure to give them all a good look before he stepped off the edge.
He was laughing so hard when he hit the water, he nearly swallowed half the lake.