She knew what he was saying. All the reasons she tried to keep him at bay were lame excuses. He’d long outgrown feeling like a little brother. And he had proven he was fully capable of handling all the things life threw his way, including all the baggage that came with Julia and her family. This amazing man, successful at life, passionately living to help others, so much taller than she remembered. He checked all the silly boxes. But Tae was also the one that made Julia laugh and still let her cry.He was the one who didn’t see her as too much but actually wanted more of her, never asking her to be less in order to feel better about himself. He was who she had fun with and wanted to be with all the time.
She’d wasted all this time dating these other guys when it had been Tae all along.
Julia leaned in, closing the distance between them, and Tae met her there. The softest of connections, the warmest breath, the gentlest of touches. Her eyes closed slowly as she let herself lean in. When the rest of their bodies met, a spark ignited. Julia lifted her arms and wrapped them around Tae’s neck. He pulled her closer, and the energy between them became a sudden, desperate flame. Tae parted his lips, and Julia’s tongue found its way in, Tae’s meeting hers.
She let out a small moan. The vibration of Tae’s deeper growl made her hungry for more.
If she held him close enough, if she could let her desire speak the words she hadn’t allowed herself to explore, the two of them could be safe right here. They could make sense together, here in this bubble.
“God, Julia,” Tae said, pulling back a fraction to take a breath, resting his forehead on hers.
“Tae,” Julia whispered, “I want you.”
“You’ve got me, Jules. You always have,” he said.
She lifted herself on her toes and met his mouth again. She sighed into the kiss and let herself get swept up into it all.
Because this was Tae. And Tae felt like coming home.
Tae took hold of Julia’s hand and pulled it to rest on his stomach. He breathed in and out, and Julia’s hand moved along with his skin and muscles. She dragged her finger along one of the ridges, and they both heard and felt Tae’s sudden intake of breath.
Julia slowly raised her eyes to Tae’s. She held his gaze and his impossibly dark eyes, always so tender and kind, didn’t look away. She wanted this, wanted Tae.
Julia placed both hands on his hips and lowered to her knees, eyes still locked. She laid a kiss on his stomach and then another. She tucked her fingers into the waistband of Tae’s sweats and slowly lowered them to his knees.
He had nothing on underneath, and the sight of Tae in front of her, hard, heated, made her sway on her knees. Wetness flooded between her legs.
One hand came to her shoulder as Tae moved the other one behind Julia’s head. She didn’t need the encouragement. She just needed him to sayyes. She looked back up till her eyes once again met his.
He moved his head in an almost imperceptible nod and with the slightest bit of pressure from the hand at her head, she leaned forward, wrapping her lips around the tip and her hand around the rest of his length. Julia loved this. She wasn’t a pro by any means, but here, with Tae, she felt like she was born for it.
She pressed her lips down and took more of him into her mouth. His hand tightened its grip of her hair, and knowing that, for once, he was holding on to her made her feel so powerful. In this moment, all she wanted was to give him this pleasure.
“Fuck, Julia.”
She pulled him back out, applying pressure with her lips along his entire length. She saw the vein on the underside of his dick throb. Fucking veins, her weakness. She dragged her tongue along the vein and then licked the tip before taking him all the way back in, opening up her throat for more. She brought her hands around to his back and slid them down to his ass. This man could not be real. How could his body be this perfect?
Julia was soaking between her legs, and she pulsated with need even as she pumped Tae’s cock faster and harder in her mouth.
“Oh God, Julia, wait... wait...”
Julia was suddenly on her feet, pulled up by Tae’s hands. His mouth crashed into hers, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding on as his tongue pushed in, teeth clashing, the need to get closer inside each other taking over.
Tae wrapped an arm around Julia’s waist and turned their bodies, pushing her back until her legs hit the fender of the race car bed. He pulled the hoodie over her head and growled in frustration as he found the dress still on underneath. Julia tucked her lips under, trying to hold back her laugh, but kept her hands raised while Tae pulled her dress up and off.
“Jesus,” he whispered as he took a look at Julia in just her black lace lingerie.
He leaned in to kiss her again. But just as she puckered to meet his lips, he pulled back teasingly. The corner of his mouth lifted in a wicked smile, and arousal caused another rush between her legs. Tae reached his hand around her back and expertly unclasped her bra.
“I won’t ask how you got so good at that,” she said.
“YouTube,” he said back.
Julia threw her head back and laughed. She felt Tae’s body moving against hers as he laughed with her.
He pulled down the straps of her bra, and she reached for the bottom of his shirt to pull it up over his head. In a brief moment of clumsiness, Tae got caught trying to kick off his sweatpants that had pooled at his ankles. Losing his balance, the two of them came crashing down onto the race car, Tae on top of Julia. “Is this gonna become a habit?” Julia asked, remembering their practice-date dancing in his backyard.
“All of it. Me, you, this. Get used to it,” he said.
