Kelsey sucked in a sharp breath, her nails sinking into my shoulders. “God, Teddy, you’re so—I forgot how big—” Her bottom lip quivered and her eyes locked on mine, tears racing down her temples toward her ears.
“Kels—baby, am I—am I hurting you?” I asked, already pulling back.
She shook her head and wrapped her legs tight around my back, heels digging into my ass to prevent my escape. Once she was satisfied I wasn’t going anywhere, she brought her hand up to my cheek, her fingertips moving over an old scar beneath my left eye.
“There you are—” She paused, gulping back a broken sob before whispering, “I thought I’d lost you.”
It was the same thing I’d said to her after the wreck, but instead of pain, there was wonder in her voice. Like she was seeing me for the first time. Not the physical me, but the version I’d spent the final years of our marriage pretending no longer existed—the man who’d loved her without reservation, without walls, without the burden of grief and guilt pressing down on my shoulders every waking moment. A man who made promises to her and kept them.
Something cracked wide open in my chest. A fissure that had beensealed shut for years, protecting the most vulnerable parts of me from the world. From her. But I didn’t need it anymore. Not with Kelsey looking at me the way she did when we were kids.
“Right here, Kels,” I agreed roughly, pressing my forehead to hers as I sank deeper. “Not going anywhere.”
Her walls stretched around me, hot and slick and tight—so goddamn tight—I had to grit my teeth to keep it together. It was almost too much. Like, after years of wandering from place to place, I’d finally come home.
Kelsey slid her fingers down my jaw and neck, pressing them to the name scarred over my heart before exhaling another soft sob.
“I know, baby.” I brushed the tears from the sides of her face with my thumbs, my hips beginning to move in slow, deliberate strokes. “I know.”
My hair fell around us, creating a curtain that blocked out the rest of the world. Just Kelsey and me, the way it had always been—the way it was always supposed to be.
“Look at me,” I ordered softly, and her eyes fluttered open, green and glassy and so fucking full of love it made my chest ache. “Stay with me, Kels. Right here.”
She gave me a shaky nod and held on tight as I picked up the pace. The wet sound of our bodies meeting filled the room, mixing with her soft moans and my ragged breathing.
“Never letting you go again,” I vowed, grabbing her hip and rocking deeper. “Never, you hear me?”
“I’ve always been yours… only yours.” She groaned as I shifted angles, her walls beginning to contract around me. “Oh God, right there. Don’t stop?—”
“Not stopping,” I promised, reaching between us to find her clit with my thumb. “Not until you come for me.”
I shifted my weight, freeing one hand to slip between us. My thumb found her clit, already swollen and sensitive from before, and I circled it in time with my thrusts.
The reaction was instantaneous—a full-body shudder that rippled through her from head to toe. I clenched my jaw as her pussy gripped me like a goddamn vise, my pulse thundering in my ears.
I couldn’t tear my gaze away from her face—the way her mouth fell open, eyes rolling back in her head, cheeks flushed pink with pleasure.
Christ, she was gorgeous when she came.
But I wasn’t done with her yet.
Before she could come down, I pulled out and flipped her onto her stomach, hauling her hips up until she was on her knees. She made a surprised sound that turned into a guttural moan when I slammed back into her from behind.
Kelsey clawed wildly at the sheets, adding an extra eight or nine syllables to the word ‘Yes’ as she thrust her hips back to meet me.
“This what you need, baby?” I growled, roughly squeezing her ass cheeks before spreading them wide to savor the sight of my cock splitting her open.
“Yes, yes, yes,” she chanted mindlessly, arching her back and forcing me even deeper.
“Wait, baby, baby—” I ground out, trying to hold her still—trying to stop the pressure rapidly building at the base of my spine.
But it was too late.
Kelsey tipped her head back, and the sounds she made—Christ, they were obscene.
My balls drew up tight, her raw, needy moans destroying what was left of my control. I emptied myself inside her with a roar, my hips jerking from the force of my release.
For a brief second, my entire body locked up, the world going white-hot behind my eyelids. I didn’t care if my heart gave out from the strain—if this was how I died, so be it. There was no better way to go than while buried deep inside my Ol’ Lady, her name tattooed across my chest and seared into every fucking strand of my DNA.
