Now they were both going home practically sober, but it didn’t matter. Noah’s business was doing well. They could afford to travel by cab now and then, when they were having a night out.
Noah wanted to give Jace a better life. Not necessarily a grand white picket fence better life—not yet, anyway—but in little ways, he wanted to be a force for good. He thought he was. Jace seemed to think so, too.
The ride home saw both of them on their best behavior, nothing more than hand-holding in the back of the taxi while they waited to get home. It had been a few days since either of them had been awake, alert, and remotely interested in sex at the same time, so Noah knew that Jace would be as excited as he was.
Noah managed to contain himself until they got through the apartment door, slamming it behind them and then pinning Jace against the wall. The short front hallway had seen a lot of this kind of thing from them, the frantic, excited need of two people who’d just discovered each other and were still exploring all the possibilities.
He pressed his body against Jace’s shoulder-to-hips, reaching up to tangle his fingers in Jace’s hair as he kissed him breathless, only breaking off to gasp for air before darting in again. They’d been apart too long. It had probably been less than seventy-two hours, but that had seemed like a lifetime.
“Fuck me,” Jace said between kisses. Noah paused, swallowing. He could see Jace blushing, feel the heat of his cheeks where his hands were resting against them.
They hadn’t done that before, and Noah hadn’t pushed, but he desperately wanted to. He wanted Jace under him panting and moaning and getting off on Noah’s cock, his own cock leaking onto his belly as Noah hit every sensitive spot inside him. He wanted to show Jace all the wonders of his own body.
“I would love to.” Noah grinned, pulling away from Jace’s body and grabbing his hand to tug him toward the bedroom. He missed Jace’s warmth the whole time, wanting to be close to him again and only getting as far as the foot of the bed before stopping to kiss him.
Noah paused to push Jace’s jacket off his shoulders and yank his shirt off, tossing it aside, but then went straight back to kissing him, moving one hand to brush his thumb over Jace’s nipple. Jace gasped into his mouth, his breath hot and his nipple hardening under Noah’s fingers at the contact.
“I’m gonna take care of you,” he promised. “You’ll love this.”
“I know,” Jace reached out, toying with the hem of Noah’s t-shirt. Noah shrugged off his coat and held his arms out to let Jace pull it off over his head, raising his arms to help. His cock was already hardening in anticipation, the sight of Jace panting, flushed and half-naked making heat pool between Noah’s legs.
“I trust you,” Jace added, and Noah lunged for him again. Jace’s trust in him was hot, the fact that Noah was about to be his first even hotter. He stripped them both down eagerly, jeans catching on shoes in his haste, until they were both naked and falling onto the bed. Noah hooked his legs under Jace’s and rolled them so he was on top, beaming down at him.
“I love you, and I promise to be gentle.” Noah leaned over to grab the lube and condoms they now kept on top of the bedside table, having needed them so often after the last few weeks that it seemed like wasted effort to put them away.
Wanting to be able to focus on Jace from this point on, Noah tore open a condom packet and rolled it down onto his cock. Now he only had to worry about when Jace was ready, which was the most important thing for his first time.
Noah wanted him to have a good first time. That way, there’d be plenty more times.
“I’m going to give you the option of doing this on your hands and knees,” Noah said. “It might be a little more comfortable.”
Jace shook his head. “I’m a big boy. And I wanna watch.”
Noah smirked. “Youarea big boy. Don’t think for a second that I’m never going to want your dick again. But I want to do this for you, too.”
Jace had listened to all of Noah’s lessons as far as prep work went, but he was more enlightened about the human body than the average person. All the same, he was about to learn a lot about his own.
Noah poured a bead of lube onto his fingers, warming it up between them thoroughly. He didn’t personally mind so much—it was only cold for a moment—but he knew it would be less jarring if it was warm. Plus, Jace was particularly vulnerable to finding the medical exam feel unappealing.
This was all about Jace, so Noah meant to get it right for him. “You ready for this?” he asked, holding up his fingers.
Jace let his legs fall further apart, raising one knee to give Noah easier access. He was already hard, his cock dripping precome on his stomach. Noah had no doubt he was ready.
Jace gasped, tensing up as Noah pressed a finger against him, but taking a deep breath and relaxing a moment later. Noah bent down to kiss his knee. “You’re doing great,” he said, pushing past the resistance and moving his finger in and out slowly, waiting until he felt Jace’s body give.
He could see the moment Jace got used to it on his face, almost before he felt it. The line between his brows smoothed out, his body sinking into the mattress where he’d been holding it tight before. Noah gave him another few moments before lining up a second finger and pushing it in alongside the first.
Jace’s breath hitched, but Noah could tell it wasn’t out of distress. His cock had spurted precome as Noah stretched him wider, so it was obvious he was enjoying this. Pleasure was written all over his face, his expression telling Noah that Jace was really on a journey of discovery.
Noah took a moment to appreciate having Jace at his mercy, using his free hand to tickle the sensitive skin on the inside of his thigh and earning himself another gasp, followed by a soft moan as he pushed his fingers in as far as they’d go.
If Jace liked the stretching this much, the main event was going to blow his mind.
“Talk to me,” Noah said. “Let me know how you’re feeling.”
“Good.” Jace blushed. “Better than when I tried it.”
Noah chuckled. “I have magic fingers. How far did you get?”
