Gently, so gently, I traced my fingertips along the swell of his bottom and up the planes of his back to soothe those tight muscles, trying to find the words to describe that squeezed feeling in my chest. “I don’t want to take you like it’s some quick back-alley hookup.”
Close. But not quite.
He blinked. “What’s wrong with that?”
“With you? Nothing. But that’s not what I want right now.”
He shrank away from me. “You don’t want me?”
I leaned forward and laced my fingers through his on the back of the sofa, cradling his entire body with mine. “I love you, Charlie,” I whispered into his cheek. He pressed his face into my words, his body melting into mine. “I want you so much. But I don’t want to hurt you, and I don’t want to be inside you when you’re looking at me like it could be the last time.”
Bullseye.
He looked away. “That’s not—I wasn’t?—”
“Because it’s not,” I said, bucking against him.
He moaned and arched his back, pushing his ass into me. “Reece, please. Come back. I need you.”
Desire consumed me again. I swiped even more lube over my dick and pulled his cheeks apart, lining back up. “Say it’s not the last time.”
Charlie dropped his head forward.“Reece…”
I banded an arm around his middle to hold him up. “Say it.”
“I’ll always find you,” Charlie breathed.
Close enough.
I drove back inside him in a powerful thrust. He gasped at the intrusion, his whole body adjusting to how big I’d feel like this, but there was no pain in his voice this time.
Setting a steady pace, I leaned over and wrapped my other arm across his middle to keep him close. I fit one hand around his throat, holding his face to the side so I could kiss away his tears between the vows I breathed into his skin.
“Don’t be afraid,” I rasped. “I love you. There’s only you. We’ll figure something out, I promise.”
A promise for him, and a promise for me.
He arched into me. “More.Please.More.”
I obliged.
We were both too emotional, too overwhelmed for it to last long after that. I sucked and nipped along his neck, and his fingers dug into my thigh and ass, clawing at me to go harder, to give him more.
I’d pour all of myself into him if I could.
Once I found the angle that made him cry out, I didn’t let up, hurtling us both toward the edge.
“Reece. Reece, I’m close,” he croaked, arms braced to push back into each of my thrusts. His cock bobbed in front of him,but he didn’t seem to care, only tilting his hips so I tagged his prostate over and over.
“Me too. Come for me, baby,” I begged.
I couldn’t hold back anymore, and let each one of his breathy“Oh’s”shove me right off the cliff into oblivion. I gasped, coming deep inside him.
Claiming him.
All it took was one pump of my fist before he came too, spilling into my hand. I leaned on him heavily while we breathed through the come-down, until I gathered my wits enough to realize I was probably crushing him.
“C’mon,” I whispered, dropping kisses along his shoulders. “Let me take care of you, this time.” I gingerly pulled out and offered a steady hand to help him off the couch.
