But Cade didn’t sound embarrassed at all. “Anything,” he said. “I mean, in terms of the physical? Yeah, anything. I just don’t like… I don’t know. Performing, I guess. I don’t want to strip for you. I don’t want to play a part. I want it to be me and you, for real. Is that okay?”
“That’s perfect,” Aiden said honestly. He banged his hip on the desk chair but barely even noticed it because his eyes had adjusted to the darkness now and he could see Cade, still shadowy but clear enough to be the most beautiful sight ever. He reached for Cade’s hand and tugged him toward the bed, and Cade came with him.
“What doyouwant to do?” Cade asked. When Aiden pressed gently on his shoulders, he sank and sat almost primly on the edge of the futon. As prim as someone could be when their mouth was only a couple inches away from someone else’s hard, leaking cock. “Oh,” Cade said, realizing their relative positions.
It wasn’t actually what Aiden had intended. He’d planned to sink onto the bed next to Cade, maybe make out for a while as they got comfortable with each other’s nakedness. But when Cade wrapped his fingers around Aiden’s cock, Aiden lost all ability to formulate or follow plans, and when Cade’s mouth descended on him, warm and soft and wet, he was pretty sure he lost the ability tobreathe.
“Oh, God,” he moaned. “Fuck, Cade….”
But Cade didn’t seem to be paying much attention to him. He was intent on his work. Later, Aiden would marvel at Cade’s blowjob skills, but while it was happening, he could only let go and enjoy. Depth and suction and magical tricks with his tongue, but most of all the miracle ofCade. This wasCademaking Aiden feel so good, and Aiden’s only regret was that the scene wasn’t better lit, because he absolutely wanted to see every detail of this while it was happening. In only a couple minutes, far too quickly, Aiden realized that he was about to lose control.
“Wait, Cade,” he mumbled, but he didn’t exert himself the way he should. If he’d really wanted Cade to stop, Cade would have, but Aiden didn’t really want it. He wanted to come. It had been too long for him, and this was too perfect, and he needed release that came from something other than his own fist. So he let Cade take him to the edgeand push him over, and as he fell he felt Cade working him through it, not letting up until Aiden was back in his own body.
“God, Cade,” Aiden sighed. Instead of sitting on the futon next to Cade as he’d originally planned, he leaned over behind him and sort of sprawled over the mattress, every muscle in his body drained of energy or tension.
“Was that okay?” Cade asked. “You didn’t want, you know, more? I mean, we can, later. I just thought maybe you’d like to get rid of a little tension first.”
“If this is working up to you apologizing for giving me the best blowjob of my life, you should probably stop talking now.”
“Okay,” Cade said, and he sat quietly until Aiden reached up, grabbed the hair on the back of his head, and gently pulled him down so he was lying flat on the bed beside Aiden.
“Swing your feet around,” Aiden ordered, and Cade did as he was told. Aiden waited until Cade seemed to be lying fairly comfortably on the bed and then stretched his own body along Cade’s side, their bare skin touching for the first time. “You’re cold,” Aiden scolded. Cade should tell Aiden these things so he could do something about it.
“I’m fine,” Cade protested, but Aiden squirmed around until he could get a blanket free and throw it over both of them.
“Okay?” Aiden asked.
“I was okaybefore. I’m still okay.”
“Better than okay,” Aiden whispered, and he kissed Cade. That was all they did for a while. They’d gotten pretty good at kissing lately, and it was nice to go back to something comfortable and familiar. But there was a lot of unexplored Cade to discover, and it wasn’t long before Aiden sent his hand on a little adventure. Down over Cade’s lean chest, his hard abs, and then out the side, back up along his ribs to his chest. “We should shower together,” Aiden whispered as he tweaked and soothed Cade’s nipple. “I’d like to see the way the water runs off you.”
“Have you seen my shower?” Cade replied. “It barely fitsoneperson.”
“We could go to a hotel. One with a spa-style bathroom.” Aiden grinned and kissed down along Cade’s jaw. “I’d have to make sure my dad paid the credit card bill that month.”
“We’re not going to a hotel,” Cade protested. “Your parents aren’t going to pay for your experiments in hydrodynamics.” But he was a little breathless now, his body warm and pliant under Aiden’s hand, and Aiden was pretty sure it wouldn’t be long before he could get Cade to agree to any damn thing as long as Aiden promised to keep touching him. Which was a commitment Aiden was more than willing to make.
Another deep kiss as he slid his hand lower, past Cade’s belly button, savoring the way Cade’s stomach fluttered under his fingers. Then the rough bristles of hair, twisting and tangling, and finally the ultimate target. Soft skin over hard flesh, more warmth than Aiden could ever understand, and best of all the noise Cade made, a gasping, whimpering moan that Aiden wanted to draw into his own mouth and swallow and keep forever. Cade arched his back, pressed up into Aiden’s hand, and brought his own hand around to cradle the back of Aiden’s head and keep their mouths close together. As if Aiden would ever want to pull away.
“You’re beautiful,” Aiden whispered. He tugged the blanket down so he could see Cade’s chest, and when he leaned down to suck on his nipple Cade relaxed his arm enough to let it happen, then arched upward as if Aiden’s gentle suction was lifting his entire body. Aiden continued with his mouth and tightened the grip of his fingers, setting a firm rhythm on Cade’s hard, hot cock. Cade threw his head back and his mouth opened like he was going to shout, but Aiden only heard another of those intoxicating gasps. Cade’s hips drove up as if of their own volition. When he gripped the back of Aiden’s head almost painfully, Aiden felt like a god.
Cade was so responsive. So lost in the sensations. AndAidenwas making that happen. It was Aiden’s hand around Cade’s cock, Aiden’s lips around his nipple, and Aiden’s cock growing back to hardness as it brushed against Cade’s vibrating hip.
“Aiden,” Cade gasped, and he tightened his fingers in Aiden’s hair, dragging Aiden’s mouth back up to Cade’s. Their kiss was sloppy and desperate, Cade’s shaky breathing making it hard to get too deep. But Aiden was glad he was close, near enough to see Cade’s expression evenin the dim light. He used his toes to drag the sheet down off Cade’s hips and spent a brief moment enjoying what he could see of Cade’s straining body, but then his gaze was drawn back to the beautiful sight closer to him. Cade’s eyes were closed, his cheekbones casting sharp shadows in the dim light, and his mouth… oh, God, his mouth. Gasping for breath, but soft and receptive when Aiden lowered his lips to it. Their tongues tangled. Cade’s body spasmed more fiercely than ever, and Aiden felt thick ropes of come spilling over his hand.
When Cade’s body finally gave its last shudder and then relaxed, Aiden kissed him, then slid down and shifted over, straddling Cade’s hips and staring at the milky splashes on Cade’s stomach and chest. “You’re perfect,” he whispered, and he lowered his head and kissed Cade’s sweaty stomach, then slid himself upward, nestling his own chest on top of Cade’s, smearing them together, wishing the come could act like glue that would keep them from ever separating.
Cade grimaced at him. “Are you forgetting about my tiny shower?” he asked. “You get gross and covered in come here, and you’re going to be cleaning it off by yourself.” He was trying to scold, so Aiden tried to look abashed. They were both failures, and their kiss made it clear that neither of them minded too much.
“Are you okay?” Aiden asked between kisses. “That wasn’t, like, a harbinger of the relationship apocalypse or anything, was it?”
“Too soon to be sure.” Cade stretched in a way that was beautiful to look atandthat pressed his body into Aiden’s in several interesting places. “Seems okay so far, though.”
Aiden smiled down at the man below him. They were warm and safe, and they were together. He knew it was too early to say it, but he also knew they were in love.Hewas in love. He lowered his head for a kiss and felt Cade wrap his arms around him. Yeah. He was in love. He could only hope Cade felt the same way.
Chapter Eighteen
Cade wantedto stay in bed with Aiden forever. He kind of wished Aiden had grabbed a washcloth before lying down on top of him, but other than that slight, increasingly crusty aggravation, everything was perfect. They kissed for a long time, slow and easy, both of them growing more aroused but neither of them willing to risk the moment by trying for something more.
