“Mace,” Parker growls against my mouth. He deepens the kiss, licking into my mouth, making my toes curl against the slippery shower tile.
The force of my desire for Parker could bring me to my knees, but it’s more likely to make me weep. Crying right now would be beyond embarrassing. Instead of focusing on the emotions, I let my brain quiet under his lips moving firmly against mine. Careful of his ribs, I wrap my arms around his neck, going up on my tiptoes so that we’re even as we kiss, making him not need to bend at all. He grips my hips roughly but doesn’t tug me close, just holds me like if he lets go, I’ll disappear.
I pull away from his mouth to trace my fingers down his neck, his arms, then trace back up to dance them along his collarbone.
“Touching you like this… It feels like a prayer.” That’s the only way I can explain it. I’m not a religious man, and I didn’t grow up religious, but here in the lowlight of the shower, touching Parker’s shower-warmed skin, this feels as close to godliness as I’ll ever get. I tap his belly with my fingers. “Can I kiss you here?”
“Oh Jesus Christ,” Parker says with a moan, slamming his eyes shut as if in pain. “You’re going to fucking kill me.”
“I hope not.” I dip down to press a soft kiss to his belly. Water gathers on my lips, and I lick it away as I stand back up. “I don’t know where to start.”
“Let me,” Parker says darkly, his desire-laden voice sending a deep shiver down my spine. “Can I touch your dick? I’m all squeaky clean…”
I nod because I don’t trust myself to speak. Parker reaches down to take my dick in his hand, and I gasp, looking between us to watch his broad palm stroke me from the base to the tip. My breath hitches painfully in my chest when he swipes his thumb over the head, gathering the pre-cum that’s gathered there. I lift my gaze to his to find his eyes caught on me, like I’m the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.
“Mason, keep your eyes on me. I want to watch the pleasure crash over you.”
All I can do is nod again. I keep my eyes on his deep green eyes, lost in the magnetism that’s solely Parker. He squeezes me at the base, then strokes again, this time his pressure a little firmer, making me gasp and snap my hips into his hold. His teeth flash white when he grins at my pleasure.
“You feel so good in my hand, Mace. Warm and solid andreal. One day when you’re ready, I’ll suck you off, and I know I’ll love it. Wanna know why?” Parker asks breathlessly, like he’s just as turned on as I am. But I don’t dare look down, not when I’m caught like a deer in headlights. “Because everything about you is sexy to me. Everything. The way you let me boss you around but have no qualms with bossing me right back. Your shock of auburn hair that never lies flat. The way you hold a gun like you were fucking born to kill, just like I was. God. I never thought someone could turn me on so much.”
“Parker,” I whimper as my toes curl with pleasure.
“Can you touch me too?” Parker begs, voice hitching on the words.
I hold his gaze as I reach down to take him in my hand, gasping at the hot, steel weight of him in my grip. Words don’t seem to come so easy to Parker once I’m trailing my hand up and down his cock. I take my time with him, trying to parse out what makes his lips part, what makes his eyes go just a little bit narrower.
My orgasm doesn’t sneak up on me like usual, instead it slams into me. I snap my hips into Parker’s firm grip and gasp, eyes widening when Parker’s grin grows at the sight of me falling apart. He leans down quick and sure to take my mouth in a searing kiss. He tastes like sin and joy when he gasps into my mouth, his warm semen coating my hand. Parker steps back quickly so the water rushes over us before my brain can fully process the feeling.
I blink up at him as water splashes over me, catching his gaze with my own. Caught in the pleasure still rolling over us, I see everything I need to know in Parker’s gaze. I’ll never question him again—his want for me, his devotion. It’s there plain as day on his beautiful face.
“Oh, Parker.” Tipping up onto my toes, I wrap my arms around his neck to kiss him soft and slow, a kiss at odds with the sparks of pleasure still rattling through me. “Thank you.”
“I want you so much, Mason. You’ve no idea.”
“I do,” I whisper into his ear. “I want you just as much.”
“I’m so tired,” Parker admits warily.
“Let’s go lie down.”
I tenderly dry Parker off with a new towel, doing my best to avoid his painfully bruised ribs. Parker can’t stop watching me, can’t keep his eyes off me, and I try not to preen under his heady gaze.
CHAPTER 10
PARKER
Ican’t keep my eyes off Mason. His cheeks warm under my watchful gaze, but he doesn’t falter in his caretaking. Once he’s finished drying me off, he carefully dresses me in the new clothes I brought with us. But he stays naked as he helps me into the bed, which gives me a delightful view of his firmcould bounce quarters off this assbutt when he digs through his drawers to find pajamas for himself.
I’m a little disappointed once his miles of gorgeous skin are gone, but any lingering disappointment disappears when Mason joins me under the covers. The warmth of him and his proximity lull me toward an afternoon nap. He pets my hair like he did earlier, forcing relaxation upon me. We smell like each other, like bodywash, and I can still taste a hint of him on my tongue. I want to keep him on my tongue forever.
“I really like you,” I whisper, losing my filter as sleep comes for me.
“I really like you too, Parker, more than you’ll ever know,” Mason says with a smile in his voice.
I hum in contentment and snuggle down farther into thebed. My ribs don’t hurt anymore because of the medicine. I’m warm from Mason’s dizzying closeness. Wakefulness never stood a chance with that combination.
When I return to the living, Mason is still there, slipping his fingers through my now slightly damp hair. I groan and lean into his touch, earning me a chuckle from Mason. Blinking my eyes open, I smile a dopey smile up at him, and his lips quirk into a smirk in return. Everything just feelseasierwhen I’m with Mason. Touch or no touch, he calms something inside me that I never even knew needed calming.
