I could almost feel him smiling against me, and he tightened his grip on my legs, before he returned to that rhythm that had me almost reeling under his power. This time, he kept it going, and the teasing had passed. He was taking me to the end now, all the way, and I could feel it building at my core.
Then, like a cascading waterfall, something burst; the walls of a dam, the drop off the edge of a cliff. For a moment, it felt as if my vision had disappeared into a world of pure color, and my entire body shuddered, my legs closing tightly around Ash’s face.
When he came up for air, facing me with that same mysterious glint in his eye, I could barely catch my breath. But I wasn’t done. There was more that I wanted. That Ineeded, right there and then.
“I want to be inside you,” Ash said, and I was already undoing his belt.
“Yes, please,” I answered eagerly as his pants fell to the floor. My hand brushed over his hard cock, and I was surprised at the size of it.
The corner of Ash’s mouth lifted slightly as he stood closer to me, and I could feel him between my thighs.
“Are you sure?” he asked, leaning closer until I could feel the heat of his breath on my face.
As an answer, I wrapped my legs around his hips, and pulled him against me, throwing my hands over his shoulders.
I felt him sliding into me with some force, and it was as if my life’s fate had brought me to this moment. I could feel every inch with the friction created between us, and we moved in a rhythm that seemed as old as time itself.
Ash balanced me on the bike with expert care, and his gaze captured me in a prison that I never wanted to escape from. Every movement was a new spell cast over me, and I knew that, if it were possible, I would want all of this to last forever. Ecstasy like this was rare to find, and I wasn’t sure that I ever would again.
But then, Ash pulled away from me with a groan, and finished in the grass, leaving me both satisfied and wanting so much more.
“Wow,” I breathed, slowly letting my legs lower so that I could get off the bike. “That was… wow.”
Ash glanced over his shoulder at me. “Yeah. Wow.”
We got dressed slowly before Ash let me get back on the bike, and he drove me home with the same perfect confidence.
By the time we were standing on the porch, on that same floorboard that they had fixed for me, I was still somewhat dazed. It felt as if the whole thing had been a dream.
“I don’t usually do that on a first date,” I admitted shyly.
“Well, I’m no usual guy.” Ash’s tone was nonchalant. He wasn’t joking.
“Definitely not. Uhm… Would you like to come in for a coffee?” I asked, though I was hoping for more than that. I was not going to say no to a second round.
Ash shook his head, and I was instantly disappointed.
“Sorry, not tonight,” he said, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek before taking a step back. “We’ll see what happens after your date with Beck.”
Without hesitation, he put his helmet over his head, turned, and left the porch. I stayed outside long enough to watch him drive off into the night.
7
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Beck
It was the next morning after I was supposed to be on that date with Rhea. I was still sour about it, but it couldn’t be helped. Short-staffed fire stations are not the kind of place to work if you want a good work-life balance, after all. Too bad for me, I had about three hours’ of sleep between the last call and my new shift.
And, apparently, someone had made the mistake of talking about how today seemed like a quiet one.
Now, Calder, Ash, and I were responding to a major fire at a two-story apartment complex. Kitchen fire that got out of hand. The kind of thing that was definitely going to be on the news later.
We pulled the rig into the road, and Ash and I immediately started setting up while Calder assessed the scene. From where we were, I could see that this was serious trouble. We’d be here a while, and it was highly possible that lives would be lost.
The report had been that the fire had spread from the source into the hallway, and it was now threatening multiple units. That was obvious from the smoke billowing out of the windows on the second floor. Several people were standing out on their balconies, screaming for help, too.
“Ash, take the hose line,” Calder was now yelling from the ground. “I’ll take point on entry. Beck, clear the first floor.”
