Smiling under her finger, Travis grabbed onto her hips and pulled her down with him as he lay on the bed.Parker giggled lightly at the move, covering her mouth with her hand.“Sorry.I don’t want to wake your parents.”
Travis rolled so that she was underneath him and leaned down to place a peck on her cheek.“Be as loud as you like.”He started kissing his way over her jaw and down the side of her neck.“Aren’t home.Took a trip to Seattle for the night.”
Parker shivered as he continued to pepper kisses over every inch of exposed skin, stopping at the hollow of her neck to admire a single, star shaped freckle before kissing it and moving to the spot where her neck met her shoulder.As Travis nipped and sucked at the skin there, Parker gasped and placed her hands in his hair, gripping him tightly.
“Oh,” she moaned.Her legs writhed beneath him and Travis tried his damnedest not to shove himself between them and grind away.The moment she showed up into his room looking like every teenage fantasy he’d ever had come to life, his cock shot to attention and had only gotten harder.“That feels so good.”
Smiling against her skin, Travis placed a single kiss there before hovering above her.Licking his lips, he gazed at her lust-addled expression and wondered if they could take things a little further.“How good do you want to feel tonight, darlin’?”
Parker looked at him thoughtfully as her nails ran along the sensitive skin at the base of his neck.“I can’t be gone long, but I wouldn’t mind feeling a little better than I do now.”
Travis nodded and leaned forward.“Can work with that.”Licking the seam of her lips, Travis drove his tongue into her mouth, tasting her for the first time in two long days.While his experiences were few, being with her felt better than anything he’d ever had, and they were still just making out.Sliding himself between her legs, Travis reached down to hitch one of hers over his hip as he lined himself up with her center.They wouldn’t go all the way, not tonight and possibly not ever if she didn’t want that, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t both feel good.
Breaking the kiss, Travis panted as he looked at Parker for her approval.“This okay?”
Parker nodded vigorously.“Yes, please.”She rocked her hips, gasping her breath and her body shuddering when she made contact with his hard cock.“Oh my.”
Travis smiled at her polite declaration and ground himself down against her again.“Take what you need.”He kissed the spot just under her ear as he continued to dry hump her like it was his job.“Anytime you need it.It’s yours.”
Parker’s hands wrapped around his bare torso, her hands hot as she explored the skin of his back.Travis licked and sucked at her neck again as they continued to rock against one another, hoping that she was close because he was attempting to do math, always his worst subject, in his head to stave off his own orgasm.When he felt her body go taut beneath his, Travis lifted her leg higher so that he could hit her exactly where she needed it, and when she cried out her pleasure, he finally let go of the hold he’d had on himself and tipped over the edge with her.
“Fuck,” he ground out.
The pressure and sweet relief he felt as he came was indescribable.He’d come plenty of times over the course of his life, but it had always been on his own and never quite as satisfying as it was in that moment.Even though he hadn’t been inside her, just being near her was enough to make it spectacular.Leaning down, Travis kissed Parker again, both of them slightly breathless, before he rolled to the side.He chuckled at the stain on the front of his sweats.Even as a teen, he hadn’t shot off in his pants.As sticky and uncomfortable as it was starting to get, it had been well worth it to provide something good for Parker.The crazy amount of pleasure that had just shot through his body was a pretty nice bonus too.
When he looked at Parker, her gaze was still slightly hooded, but more than that she looked happy.The amount of pride that filled his chest at being able to contribute to her feeling that emotion, even in the slightest, was insane.As far as he was concerned, Travis had done a lot to be proud of in his life, but they all paled in comparison to making Parker smile at him the way she was now.
Her eyes blinked heavily.“Thank you for that.”She rolled to sitting, shaking her head as if to clear the daze she’d been in.“I hate to leave so soon because you look like the type of guy who would be really fun to cuddle with, but I should get back to Kit.”
Travis nodded, sad that she had to go but understanding all the same.“I am an expert cuddler, but that can wait.”He sat up and kissed her shoulder before adjusting himself in his messy sweats.“Let me change real quick.I’ll walk you.”
Parker nodded and waited as he slipped into the bathroom.As he was swapping his soiled sweats for a clean pair and a t-shirt, Travis caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror.If he felt proud at making Parker look happy, she should feel the exact same way because the person staring back at him was the happiest looking motherfucker he’d seen in his life.Travis couldn’t help but smile at this version of himself, knowing that as long as Parker was around, this guy likely would be here to stay as well.
****
All day Sunday wasspent with Parker and Kit, running through the orchard and playing hide-and-seek like he used to with his brothers, playing tag like they still occasionally did, and taking them to a couple of the other farms for a little adventure.It was also a way for Travis to subtly inquire to the farm owners about jobs they might have, of which there were none.That news had been a little disheartening, but Travis knew that if it meant keeping Parker around, he would invent a job at the orchard.She could be Vice President of Sitting on Your Ass All Day as far as he was concerned.All he wanted was for her and Kit to be safe and happy.Feeling protective of actual people he wasn’t related to was new to Travis, but he found himself liking it more and more as time went on.
Unfortunately, time passing also meant that it was Monday morning with more tourists coming to pick their own apples.Travis had tried hiding out in the equipment shed, but his dad had found him and pushed him back outside.“The four-wheelers don’t need your help, now go out there and get to it,” he’d said.Travis knew his dad meant well, but he dreaded having to go back outside and deal with people.
Grumbling his discontent, Travis stopped short when he saw Parker crouched down with a group of kids.One in particular looked familiar to him, and as he watched Kit beaming with pride at her mother who was explaining exactly how to pick an apple, he felt his ire evaporate entirely.Stalking over slowly, Travis listened to Parker talk about being careful not to pull too hard and basically let the apple come to you before she went on to describe the type of apple they would be picking, going into detail about the ambrosias.
When she was finished, Parker walked the kids over to the group of more easily accessible dwarf trees and had them take turns picking the fruit.As soon as the apples were in their hands, the kids rushed over to a spigot near the front of the orchard and washed off their apples.The look of wonder and joy on their little faces when they took their first bite into the sweet fruit that tasted like a mix of pear, honey, and melon thawed Travis’s already warming heart as it kicked in his chest.This is what he should have been focusing on the whole time, the happiness people took from the orchard, not the disruption they brought to it.
Somewhere along the way, Travis had lost sight of the joy the process of simply picking your own fruit brought to others, instead focusing on how those who didn’t know any better were taking it away from him.They would know better if someone bothered to show them, and suddenly that fictional job he’d been kicking around for Parker became much more real.She was so good with people and would make a great educational tour guide for the orchard.It was still something he needed to talk to his parents about, but he was certain they would see things as just as he did.He had other ideas for the future as well, but those wouldn’t be as readily available just yet.
Walking over to Parker as she stood at the edge of the group of school children who were now gorging themselves on as many apples as they could, Travis pulled her into a side hug.He wanted to kiss her but was mindful of the ever watchful eye of her daughter who was chatting happily with her classmates not ten feet away.
“Proud of you,” he told her, giving her shoulder a squeeze.
Parker looked up at him and smiled.“What for?Their teacher is the one keeping them in line, I’m just helping facilitate snack time.”
Travis shook his head as he grabbed onto her free hand.“More than that, you know it.”He looked over at the group of kids again.Travis didn’t suddenly not hate people, but maybe if he focused on how they started out and the inherent goodness that could be found if he looked hard enough, he might not be so quick to shy away from them either.“You’re good with people, explaining all this stuff.Better than me, for sure.”
Parker nudged him with her shoulder.“You’re not so bad with people either.Especially the kids.Tell me you don’t have something fun planned for this group?”
Travis ducked his head shyly.While he did stay away from most tourists, when he did notice a class come in, he’d always pull out one of his go-to organized activities for them to do if their teacher was cool with it.“Might have,” he said, bumping her back.“Going to join us for capture the flag.”
Parker leaned back.“You’re really going to let these kids loose in that orchard of yours?That doesn’t sound like you at all.”
