I wanted to go slow, to make love to her in the water. To cleanse the past and start this anew, but I need her as much as she needs me.
I adjust her hips, lining my cock up, and she gasps as I surge up into her.
Tessa’s head falls back, dipping her long brown hair into the water. I shift my hips, my right hand going to her throat, holding her there. Her eyes meet mine, and I pump into her again.
“Stay like that, Tessa, just like that,” I grunt.
Her hands wrap around my wrist, holding on as I fuck her. The water splashes, rippling around us as we create a new rhythm.
I rock my hips, and she uses the motion to push down, taking me deeper.
“I’m close,” she pants.
I am too. This is too much, she feels too good.
“Fuck, you’re perfect.”
“I love you,” she says. “I love you, please, I can’t hold on.”
“Let go,” I tell her.
Her fingers clench around my arm and she screams, her voice echoing against the rocks, I release her throat, pulling her to me. Her head is buried in my neck, and I keep pumping, so close to my own release.
I feel her lips against my ear. “I love you,” she whispers.
And I fall apart.
Or maybe I finally come together.
“You know the last time we did this our entire world fell apart?” Tessa says as she’s lying in my arms after I made love to her again.
This time, I did it right.
I brought her to the field after we dried off, laid out a bunch of blankets, set up the lantern, and we’ve been lying here since.
“All over a stupid question about our ages.”
She laughs softly and tucks her head into the crook of my neck.
As exhausted as I am, and I really am freaking spent, I don’t want to go to sleep. If this is a dream, I never want it to end, so I’m holding on to this version of reality, hoping it stays this time.
She pulls the blanket that’s wrapped around us a little tighter. “Who knew your age would be such a hot topic?”
“I believe it was your age that really threw us the curveball,” I mock, rubbing my fingers up and down her spine.
“How about we try to have a cute cuddle-after-sex talk, but without the drama after?”
I think we’ve had enough drama to last us a lifetime, so I’m fine with that. “All right, let’s see if we can make it through this one unscathed.”
She lifts up onto her elbows. “If you could live anywhere, where would you choose?”
That’s an easy one. Anywhere she is. However, I don’t want to spook her so I say the first place that comes to mind. “Right here.”
“Ember Falls?”
I nod once. “I really feel like this place is home.”
“What about Boston?”
