Nico gets in my space, pulling my body flush against his. “You good?’
I sigh and wrap my hands around his waist, glad that I can really touch him and not have that stupid fucking cast bump into everything. “Yeah. Tired. Ready to lie down so you can hold me.”
He pouts and says, “What if I wanted to be the little spoon tonight?”
I snort and push him away and head to the bathroom. “Come on, weirdo. I need to shower before I pass out.”
Nico grabs me by the waist and pulls me back. “No, let me do it. Let me take care of you tonight, okay?”
Smiling, I turn around in his arms and give him a solid kiss. “Okay. You’re already spoiling me. If you start now, it’ll have to be a thing throughout our marriage.”
“I can manage that.”
He starts the shower, then turns to undress me, peeling each article of clothing off with reverence. “You’re so fucking beautiful,” he murmurs, trailing a hand down my belly. I’m not as fit as I was before my abduction, since they didn’t feed me for an entire week and I haven’t been able to work out like I’m used to. It was hard to put the weight back on and Istill haven’t completely regained my appetite. But when Nico tells me I’m beautiful, I believe him.
I duck my head, a blush warming my cheeks. “You’re only saying that because you have to.”
“Not this time. You’re stunning, Declan. Always have been. Even when you have your signature scowl on your face.” I look at him dryly, and he laughs. “Yeah, like that.”
“Fuck you, Nico. I could always end this engagement and take my key back.”
“No, you can’t.” He kisses me hard, leaving me breathless. “No take backs.”
Steam swirls from the shower, so Nico undresses quickly, and we step inside.
He grabs a washcloth and adds body wash to it. Nico presses me against the shower wall and runs the sudsy cloth all over my body.
When he gets to a slice over my left bicep, he runs his fingers over the spot, then leans down to kiss it. “This is a sign that you survived.” He moves to a cut along my pecs and does the same thing. “This is a sign you survived.” He raises my left hand to his mouth, kissing the space where my index finger used to be. “This is a sign you survived.”
Over and over, he kisses me where I have any kind of wound from my time in captivity. I can’t even feel ashamed of all the scars or pissed that I went through it. All I can feel is grateful that I have someone like Nico that makes me see the bright side of my ordeal. I fucking survived. I didn’t come out whole, but I made it. Even when I wanted to give up, I didn’t; I kept fighting, kept trying until I got myself free. I was my own hero.
Nico drops to his knees, washing me all over. When he’s finished soaping my front, all the way down to my toes, he turns me around, pulling at my hips to angle my ass back so I’m exposed to him.
With gentle hands, he takes the cloth and runs it down my crease, up and down, up and down.
It’s been weeks since he’s touched me like this, weeks since I’ve felt his hands on me in such a hungry way. I tried over and over to seduce him, but he told me he wanted me to heal before we were intimate again.
I hated him for that.
I moan as his finger drifts over my hole, the cloth forgotten. “I’ve missed you, Declan.”
“Missed you too,” I gasp, angling my ass back as his index finger seeks entry inside me. “Fuck, Nico. I need you.”
After he rinses suds from my crack, his finger tunnels inside, sending jolts of pleasure racing down my spine.
“Fuck me. Please,” I murmur, rolling my hips back against his fingers.
“Soon,” he says, then clamps his mouth around my hole.
“Christ,”I whimper, my voice reedy as his tongue lashes at me. “Oh god. Nico.” I rest my forehead against the shower wall and reach back, holding his head to the most sensitive part of me. “Fuck yes. Please, oh god, fuck.”
I’ve never been much of a talker, but the way he’s eating me out has my fucking head spinning. I have nothing to compare it to, but I know this is fucking top notch.
Nico lands a hard slap on my left ass cheek and I groan, my cock twitching almost violently. “Again,” I pant, rolling my hips toward his face.
He gives me what I want, a sound slap on my right ass cheek.
Before I can even stop the orgasm, cum shoots from my cock, painting the wall in front of me. I moan on a fucking loop, my fucking knees going weak as Nico licks me through my release.
