After Hours

You said my name like you meant it
Like it carried weight in your mouth
Streetlights bleeding through the curtains
City breathing while we're laid out
Your fingers drawing maps on my back
Like you're scared you might forget

I've been lonely in loud rooms
But quiet with you hits different
Every scar feels less heavy
When your lips say it's okay
Two men learning how to stay
In a world that taught us to fade

If this is temporary, let me feel it slow
If this is love, don't let it go

After hours, truth gets naked
No excuses left to fake it
I want your hands, not your past
I want something built to last

Your body talking before your words do
Heartbeat syncing with mine
You taste like smoke and regret
And something holy I can't define
We joke about running away
But your eyes say you're scared too

I've kissed boys who felt like moments
But you feel like something new
I don't need promises whispered
I just need you staying here
If tomorrow brings the questions
Tonight I want you near

If they don't understand our love
Let them never understand us

After hours, no disguise
Love and lust in your eyes
Touch me like you see my soul
Not a secret, not a role

I been hiding parts of me
In late-night thoughts and memories
But you pull them into light
Like I'm allowed to be alive

After hours, stay with me
No labels, just honesty
Boy, your love feels like release
Like I finally found my peace

Sunrise knows our names now
Two hearts, same truth, no doubt