"Okay."
"I mean it. I need to tell you what to do and control the pace. Can you do that?"
"I will do whatever you need me to do. Just tell me."
I had goosebumps for some reason.
"Bedroom."
My room was the same as always: an unmade bed, clothes on the floor, and a wall of hockey posters in a straight row. Thebruise on my ribs had darkened to purple-black. I turned to face Adrian. "Come here."
He stepped up close. I reached for his henley. "Can I?"
"Yeah."
I pulled it off. He was still lean and solid. I traced a hand down his chest, felt his breath hitch. "Your turn."
He pulled off my hoodie carefully. He took me in with his eyes—my shoulders, my chest, the bruise. His fingers hovered near it. "Does it hurt?"
"Only when I breathe. I'm kidding—it's fine. It's hockey." I caught his hand and pressed it to my chest. "Touch me."
He explored carefully—collarbones, nipples, stomach. His thumbs brushed my hipbones. More goosebumps.
"You're beautiful," he said.
I kissed him to shut him up. Walked him backward until his legs hit the bed. "Sit."
He sat.
I stood between his knees. "I'm going to tell you what I want, and you're going to do it. If you don't like something, tell me immediately. Understand?"
"Yes."
"Say it."
"I understand. If I don't like something, I'll tell you immediately."
I kissed him—longer and deeper. His hands tightened on my hips, pulling me closer. When I pulled back, his pupils were dilated.
"Touch me. Shoulders first."
He spread his fingers wide, moving slowly and deliberately. When he pinched a nipple between index finger and thumb, I grunted.
"Okay?"
"Yeah. More."
His thumbs circled, firmer. I felt it everywhere—in my dick, already half-hard against my sweats.
"Stop acting like you're afraid to break me."
His hands pressed firmly and then dragged down toward my cock. He leaned forward, kissing the center of my chest and my ribs above the bruise.
"Better." I pushed him back on the bed. Climbed over him. Straddled his hips. I felt him hard beneath me.
"You're in charge," he said, looking up at me. "I've never done that before. Not really."
"How does it feel?"
