“Are you okay? Do you want me to stop?” he whispers.
I shake my head quickly. “Just... give me a minute. It feels strange.”
He freezes, kissing the tip of my nose. “Tell me what you need, baby. Anything.”
“I don’t know... I can’t tell if I like it yet. It’s just... different.”
“Alright... wait.”
He gently lifts my hips and slides a pillow beneath me, adjusting our position. “Try now. Move your hips against me.”
I loop my arms around his neck, clinging to him.
“It’s not that... it’s just... it doesn’t feel like when you touch me,” I murmur.
He nods softly. “That’s normal. Your body’s adjusting. Just tell me the second you feel pleasure, okay? So I’ll know what to do.”
“Can you... maybe... touch me?” My voice drops to a whisper.
Understanding immediately, he slips a hand between us, his fingers working gently.
The difference is instant. His movements go deeper, and the pressure builds in my stomach. My hips instinctively meet his, chasing the rhythm, and suddenly a real moan escapes me.
“Better?” he whispers, his eyes blazing.
“Yes,” I gasp, biting my lip. “Much better.”
His mouth crashes into mine again, kissing me with an urgency that makes my whole body shiver, like this might be the last kiss we’ll ever share. His tongue teases mine, slow at first, then desperate, hungry, every movement a battle neither of us wants to win. I gasp into his mouth as he deepens the kiss, claiming me completely.
His hands move down my arms until he finds my wrists, then he laces his fingers through mine and pins them firmly above my head against the pillow. The strength of his grip sends a shock of heat through me—I can’t move, can’t do anything but surrender to him. And God, I don’t want to do anything else.
The rhythm of his body against mine grows faster, more insistent, each thrust stealing the breath from my lungs. The heat between us rises until the air itself feels heavy, thick with the scent of candles, sweat, and something that’s onlyus.
“Faster...” I whisper, my lips brushing his skin as I nip at his shoulder, leaving a faint mark.
He freezes for half a second, just enough to look at me with fire in his eyes. His grin is wicked. “I love it when you do that,” he growls, his voice rough and low. “Bite me again.”
The command sends a thrill through me. I tilt my head and sink my teeth into him harder this time, not enough to hurt but enough to make him groan. He thrusts into me faster, deeper, the movement so intense my whole body arches off the bed.
My legs tighten around his waist, trembling as I struggle to hold on, my nails digging into his hands where they’re stilllocked with mine. Every sound that escapes me is swallowed by his mouth—breathless moans, broken gasps, small cries that I can’t hold back.
My skin burns everywhere he touches—my wrists trapped in his grip, the press of his chest against mine, his mouth dragging down my neck as his hips slam into me.
“Vincent...” I breathe his name like a prayer, my voice shaking.
“Say it again,” he begs against my skin, his breath hot on my ear.
“Vincent...” This time it’s a moan, loud and helpless, as he shifts just slightly and finds a spot that makes me cry out.
“That’s it,” he whispers, thrusting harder, deeper, as though he wants to carve himself into me, to make sure I’ll never forget what it feels like to have him this close.
It feels like he’s trying to carve this moment into our memories forever.
I feel myself unraveling under him, every nerve alive, every inch of me burning for him. His lips brush mine between ragged breaths, his forehead pressed to mine as though he needs to feel me even in the smallest ways. His hand laces tightly with mine, the other sliding across my hip like he’s afraid to let go.
When midnight strikes, the world feels suspended—just us, tangled in shadows and pale moonlight. He kisses the tip of my nose, clumsy but achingly sweet, still moving inside me even though exhaustion is written across his face. His chest rises and falls against mine, and I can feel the tremor of nerves running through him.
I cup his cheek, slowing him. His eyes snap open, panic flashing.
