God, was this really happening? Cedric took in a staggered breath and tried to regain control of the situation, but Gabriel was a siren, and he was a sailor lost at sea. His arms found their way around Gabriel’s waist, and he held him in placeloosely.
Perfectly submissive. Perfectlybehaved.
What was he doing not making Gabriel his? The invitation was there. They bothwantedit.
They both wanted eachother.
Cedric shuddered. His arms tightened, and he pulled Gabrielcloser.
“So let’s make something permanent together,” Gabriel whispered. He tilted his head, and the tip of his nose traced the length of Cedric’s as he brought their lips closer. “All you need to do is take me. All you need to do is use my body like you deserve to use it. I want to give you permanence, Sir. I want to take awayyourpain.”
After all these years, there was still hurt in him, locked away in such a dark place that Cedric never visited it. Gabriel was his flashlight, illuminating the cracks and spaces he’d tried so hard to patch up over the last five years, and whose presence he preferred to deny. In this little, unassuming omega, Cedric had found someone who made him want to unlock the prison in his soul and set his hurt free. If Gabriel was his—truly his—then what did it matter if he gave in to what he wanted? If Cedric never left Gabriel, if he vowed to stay in order to make sure Gabriel recovered, then what did it matter if they had sex? Who was Cedric to stand in the wayoflove?
Wasitlove?
Gabriel’s lips brushed his shyly, and Cedric found himself returning his affection. It may not have been love, but it was the beginning of something great—something Cedric wanted to encourage. His hands slid down from where they rested behind Gabriel’s back to find the rounds of his ass, and he lifted Gabriel until he straddled his lapcompletely.
His submissive. His omega. Hislover.
His.
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Gabriel
They werekissing.Gabriel’s lips brushed against Sir’s, and Sir’s lips brushed against his, and that meant they werekissing.
Gabriel’ssoulsang.
Stripped down to their boxers, arms tangled around each other, lips brushing, it was the sweetest encounter Gabriel had ever known. He shifted his hips to rub himself against Sir’s prominent erection, and the tiny gasp Sir rewarded him with was worth the risk, so Gabriel did it again. He wasn’t in heat, so he wouldn’t conceive, but if Sir would have sex with him tonight, it meant that he would have sex with him again. When Gabriel did go into heat, Sir would take care of it for him. He’d knot his ass over and over until the heat was gone and his body was his ownagain.
And then, Gabriel would give Sirpermanence.
A relationship. A baby. Afamily.
They would haveitall.
It was all Gabriel had ever wanted, and he hoped it was what Sirwanted,too.
Sir’s lips parted, and they met Gabriel’s with more intensity than before. The kiss became real, and Gabriel had to hold back from laughing with delight. Excitement exploded like fireworks in his chest, sporadic, but intense. Each burst made him want more, and he sweetened the kiss like he’d never been allowed to do in The White Lotus. No john he’d been with had ever wanted to kiss, and Garrison had told him his lips were too pretty not to see wrapped around his cock, but Sir? Sir wanted to taste him. He wanted to know how soft Gabriel’s lips could be, and he wanted Gabriel to know what he feltlike,too.
The way the smooth balls of Cedric’s piercing rubbed against him, moving every time Cedric opened his mouth to revisit the kiss again, made it the sweetest kiss he’d ever had. Firm, but affectionate. Exploratory, but confident. Giving, and yet demonstrative of how they wanted to betreated.
Gabriel would neverforget.
Sir’s hands squeezed his ass, but they treated him with tenderness instead of greed. Gabriel knew the difference. To Sir, he wasn’t a toy to be taken advantage of. He was an omega, and he always would be, but he was of value to Sir. For as long as Gabriel lived, he hoped that would neverchange.
Sir’s hands guided him up, then pushed him back onto his lap. Gabriel followed his lead, grinding himself against Sir’s cock through the boxers that separated them. His own cock was rock hard, pushing against the buttoned flap of the boxers he’d been given. How long would it be until Sir repositioned them and stripped Gabriel of his clothes? From there, all they needed was some lube, and they could truly be together. They could practice making a family until Gabriel’s heatarrived.
Over, and over,andover.
The kiss continued, sweet and soft. Sir’s lips were as delicious as his scent, and the certainty with which they moved awarded Gabriel with a new kind of stability. Sir wasn’t only confident in himself as a person, but he was confident in sex, too. There was no shame in what he did. Gabriel knew what shame felt like, and how a man’s stilted movements could affect intimacy, but Sir’s kiss and the way he guided Gabriel even in silence wasproud.
What they shared wasn’t a transaction, and it wasn’t being done out of desperation. Sir legitimately wanted Gabriel, and even though what Gabriel wanted was stability, deep down he wantedSir,too.
Pretty babies, with their black hair and green eyes. A life beside a man who was strong, handsome, and merciful enough that he would not treat Gabriel like he belonged to the lowest echelon of society. A house by the woods, where they could raise their family quietly and embrace forever without the chaos of the city… Gabriel wanted it all. And tonight, when Sir took him for the first time and claimed him as his own, they would take their first step toward thatfuture.
Together.
