Harm huffed and did set him down… on the bed.Then he crawled onto it himself, his gaze never wavering.It was strange how silent it was.Part of Derek wondered if he should keep up the conversation and just keep talking, but to hell with that.Being together physically wasn’t about filling the room with sound… or at least a constant barrage of verbal conversation.And Harm’s hands were otherwise occupied as Derek’s shirt slipped over his head, and large, warm hands caressed over his chest.It wasn’t as though Harm could communicate directly with him, and they sure as hell weren’t going to be texting during sex.No way in hell.
Instead, Derek lay back as Harm tugged off his pants, and then he got to watch in almost awe-inspiring wonder as Harm slipped out of his clothes.
He was gorgeous, with tons of muscles and a full-on farmer’s tan that had probably faded over the months since getting out of the Army.His chest was dusted with deep brown hair that trailed down his belly.Derek’s fingers almost itched to run his fingers through it.His own chest was smooth, and he loved a man with hair.Just like he loved Harm’s wide shoulders that tapered to his waist.
“What are you waiting for?”Derek asked when Harm stared at him, not moving.It took a second, but Derek realized Harm was just looking at him the same way he might look at something special.Derek stroked Harm’s cheek, breaking him out of the spell, and he drew closer, kissing him deeply before pressing him into the mattress.
Harm stopped and backed away and lay alongside him, tugging Derek against his chest.Derek rolled his eyes.“You are not going to crush me,” Derrek whispered.He shook his head as Harm’s eyes widened.Then Derek pressed Harm onto his back and climbed on top of the bigger man.“You know, this is one hell of a view.”He ran his hands down Harm’s chest and belly before stretching himself out like a damned cat, kissing Harm hard, the passion building so quickly, the waves seemed high enough to overtake both of them.“You are so sexy.You know that?”
Harm shrugged and then pulled Derek back into another kiss, excitement building by the second.Derek had been trying to figure out what Harm was thinking, but this was too much and he just went with it.
“What do you want?”Derek asked.Harm seemed confused, and he leaned closer.“Okay.I’m going ask you some things, and if the answer is no, you shake your head, and if the answer is yes….”He lightly tweaked a nipple, and Harm shivered and inhaled sharply, his blue eyes almost black.“Do that.”
Harm swallowed hard, and Derek nuzzled the side of his neck, getting another shiver.That was good.
“Do you like being the one in charge?”Derek watched as Harm didn’t shake his head, but he didn’t give any other indication either.Instead, he shrugged.“That’s okay.I’m not a dom or anything.How about for now, I take the lead, and maybe next time you can do it.”That got him a smile.For some reason Derek sensed that Harm was nervous, and he wanted him to be as comfortable as possible.
Harm tugged him back down, running his hands up and down his back, sending a jolt of excitement up his spine, especially when Harm’s big, strong hands slid down over his ass.He suspected that Harm would ask him if he liked it, so he hummed his pleasure, and Harm squeezed his butt cheeks as their kisses intensified.Derek figured he had talked enough for now, winding his arms around Harm’s neck.
His skin was on fire by the time they broke their kiss, and this time Harm seemed to have gotten his legs under him.He rolled them on the bed, nuzzling Derek’s neck and then down his chest, nipping and teasing at each nipple until Derek could barely see straight.He gasped and groaned, and with each sound, Harm intensified his attentions, sending Derek over the damned moon.And it seemed this was just the appetizer.
He held Derek’s gaze for a few seconds before gripping his cock in big hands, stroking him slowly before sliding his lips over the head and down the shaft of his cock, not stopping until Harm had taken all of him in a mind-stopping moment of thrilling ecstasy.It was all he could do not to thrust his hips and the most ecstatic moment he had ever experienced.Harm backed away and took him in again, sucking hard and fast, driving Derek out of his mind.
“Harm!”he cried as passion threatened to completely overwhelm him.He wanted this moment to last, and if Harm kept this up, it was going to be over fast.Thankfully he got the message and backed off for a few seconds.Then he did it again… and again, taking Derek to the edge and backing away.His head throbbed right along with his cock, and yet Harm held him at bay, barely.From Harm’s earlier reticence, he hadn’t expected this type of control, and yet it was like a gift from heaven.Whatever had held Harm back seemed to have resolved itself, because he was amazing and he made Derek feel like he was on top of the world.“Don’t stop.”
He didn’t.Derek had no idea how long Harm kept him on the edge.His cock throbbed, and then Harm backed away with a self-satisfied grin on his face.Okay, so maybe he had read the situation with Harm all wrong, maybe what he thought had been nervousness was just patience and planning his attack.Either way he didn’t care—the result was damn, just mind-blowing, damn.
“Are you trying to kill me?”Derek asked quietly, his legs shaking, mind flying.
Harm pulled away.“Stop?”He signed.
“Fuck no!”Derek snapped, and Harm smiled wickedly, sucking him deeply once more, only this time he didn’t stop, and Derek found himself flying.A warning tap on the shoulder was all he managed before Harm had him soaring into his release.
Derek gasped and lay back on his bed, completely wrung out.Harm looked more than satisfied with himself.“If you could do that, why did you let me go on earlier?”
“I like your voice,” Harm signed in a rudimentary way, and Derek rolled his eyes.
“You….”He wrapped his arms around Harm’s neck and kissed him hard, sloppily, with everything he had left.Then he pushed Harm onto his back, determined to make Harm feel as good as he had made him.“I’ll ask again, what do you want?”
Harm thought a second and then spelled the word “ride”.
“You want me to ride you?”Derek asked, and Harm nodded vigorously.“Oh baby, I’m going to give you the ride of your life.”And Harm shivered… hard.
NEITHER OFthem could move for a long time.Derek was completely sated, and Harm, well, he looked like his eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he was trying to get them in place once again.Derek was the first to move, grabbing a cloth out of the bathroom and returning.He cleaned them both quickly before climbing back into bed, snuggling to Harm’s side.“You are really special.I hope you know that.”He rested his head on Harm’s shoulder, slipping a hand around him.
Harm took a deep breath and held it before releasing it slowly.
Derek slipped out of the bed once more and grabbed his robe, pulling it on.Then he quietly left the room and went downstairs, where he turned out the rest of the lights and grabbed their phones from where they’d left them in their haste.After making sure the doors were locked, he went back upstairs and handed Harm his phone.
“If you need a way to voice your feelings, then….”He smiled, and Harm set the phone on his belly with a sigh.“I know you want to say them yourself, and you think you aren’t this way, but you are.You’re telling me how you feel and what’s bothering you.It doesn’t matter if it comes from here….”He touched Harm’s lips.“Or here.”He touched Harm’s fingers.“Just as long as what you say comes from here.”He put his hand over Harm’s heart.“That’s all that counts.So say what you feel.”
Harm lifted the phone.“I should be able to tell you how wonderful you are and how you take my breath away with my own voice so you could hear it break and know that what I’m saying is the truth.I want to be able to whisper in your ear that you make me feel more alive than anyone I have ever met.”He sent the message, and Derek read it as Harm continued typing.Derek finished and swallowed hard.
“It’s important to tell people how you feel, but that ability was taken away.”Harm paused, and Derek’s phone dinged.“I was afraid earlier.I didn’t want to hurt you or to do something that you didn’t like.”
“Has that happened before?”Derek asked as he lowered his phone.
Harm nodded.“I misread signals and thought that a friend… someone who had been flirting with me, wanted the same things I did.That wasn’t the case.I didn’t hurt him, but I guess he needed something more than what I could give him.It’s hard to know what someone wants when you can talk and ask them, but it’s even harder when you are silent.”
