“I’m glad they decided to use this space like this.” I gestured to the dresser and an armchair on one side and the bed pushed against one wall. The slanted ceiling made it a bit inconvenient, but we’d figure it out.
“As long as you don’t hit your head on the ceiling.” Ben smiled.
“We should get more storage for clothing. Maybe one of those open racks where you can hang things. It would fit right there and it wouldn’t look bulky like another dresser would.” I climbed into bed and starfished in the middle.
“Okay, the bed isnotthat big.” Ben raised a brow at me. “Where am I supposed to fit?”
“You’re a smart guy; you’ll figure something out,” I teased.
He was wearing his underwear like me, and when he climbed on the bed and lay down on top of me as if settling there for the night, the warmth of his body felt amazing.
“Ungh,” I managed to push out. “You’re a bit heavy.”
“I can’t hear you.”
“Help, I’m being squished,” I wheezed theatrically.
Suddenly, Ben moved a little, he slid down some, and then I felt his teeth around one of my nipples.
The pinch made me hard in an instant. It was as if all the blood above my waist had rushed south, and I lay there, trying to catch up to what was happening.
“Do you mind?” he asked, lifting his head when I froze.
“Nng…no. Not if you want to do that.”
“The kissing on the couch was nice,” he said as if he was stating research data. “And I’m feeling…needy.” To emphasize his point, he looked at me and nipped my nipple again. “I don’t feel like that often, so…”
I hazarded a guess. “You want to take advantage of feeling like that?”
“Yes. So, wanna be my first?” He batted his lashes at me before grinning cheekily. “Not sure how far I want to go, but…exploring?” Then he got more serious and smiled almost sadly. “I feel like we should’ve done that back then.”
Attempting casual, I shrugged. “We would’ve messed it up. Good things are worth the wait.”
“What do you want to do?” His chin rested on my sternum.
“Whatever you’re comfortable with.” I smiled. “How about you explore and figure out what you want to do and if you want to try something, just ask?”
He thought for a moment, then moved his head to bite my other nipple. He got to his knees and looked at me. “Can I take your underwear off?”
“Sure.” I was harder than I’d ever been.
I lifted my hips so he could pull the boxer briefs off. I didn’t feel exposed at all as he sat on his hip between my legs and settled in.
His large but soft hands felt incredible on my skin. He placed his hands on my shoulders and slowly moved them down my chest and my stomach, then cupped my hipbones and continued down my thighs. Then he repeated the journey back up, and when he got to my shoulders, he made eye contact and smiled widely.
“I love touching you,” he said quietly.
“I love you touching me.”
He beamed, then ran a finger down my cock’s underside as if it was nothing at all. My body tried to leap off the mattress, and Ben laughed with delight.
Chapter 14
Ben
Being like this with River felt like nothing I’d ever experienced before. It almost felt as if my life had stalled at some point, and now I was living it to the fullest because fate or the universe or karma had decided we should be reunited. River had brought color into my life, and while nothing would change who I was on a fundamental level, I wouldn’t become allosexual just because he was, I realized that at least so far I wasn’t sex-repulsed in the least.
Touching him like this was an intimacy I would’ve never known I wanted before him. I’d thought I was fine without this, and I had been. But being in this moment with him, watching as his body jackknifed at the slightest touch, it…it was everything to me.
