I poured salve from my vial onto his cock, which I slathered evenly, then got on top, positioning my ass right over it.There was a moment of pressure, so I took a deep breath and relaxed.The rest came easily.As I sat on him, I stroked myself.The feeling was so intense, and the pleasure on Darion’s face meant so much more than anything I’d ever done with anyone else.
Darion grabbed my hips and thrust upward, shoving himself in deeper.I was right on the edge of control, and the pulsing inside me told me Darion was right there as well.
“I’m going to try something unusual,” Darion said.“Is that okay?”
“Sure,” I said.At that point, I was willing to try anything with him.
We got back into our rhythm, and just as we both reached climax, a shimmer surrounded us, along with that familiar scent of ozone and citrus.
Time stopped.
It sped up the slightest bit, just as the first shot of cum left my cock, moving ever so slowly.It was utter bliss like I’d never felt, and it continued for longer than I could ever imagine.Darion pulsed inside me in a slow undulation—a sensation I didn’t have words to describe.For what felt like an eon and an instant combined, we drowned in an unending pool of ecstasy.
Just when I couldn’t take any more, time sped up.Shot after shot covered Darion’s chest and neck, and the pulsing of him inside me was an explosion of pleasure.
As our breathing slowed and we came down from our high, my head spun.That had been the strangest and most wonderful thing I had ever felt.And Darion had chosen to share it with me.The sheer weight of the moment filled me with awe.
“Oh my gods,” were the only words I could utter as I looked at him, stunned at what we had just experienced together.
Darion smiled coyly.“Did time slow for you, too?”
“Gods, yes,” I said, still a bit out of it.
“I thought it might.Since you said you could feel it when I slowed time, I wanted to try.”
“Well, that was quite an experiment.It fucking worked,” I said, as I slid off and lay on top of him with my head on his chest, letting our lovemaking mingle between us.“And you’ve just ruined regular sex for me.”
“Yeah, I can relate,” Darion said with a laugh.“After I figured out I could do that when I pleasured myself, the regular thing just never felt as good.You’re the first person I’ve been able to share that with.”
The first?I glanced up at him with a questioning look.
He nodded yes.That filled me with overwhelming emotion, and I had to fight back tears.
“Did you enjoy it?”Darion asked.
“It’s the best thing I’ve ever felt.”
“Me too,” he said, and that was both wonderful and terrifying.
We lingered for a long while in each other’s arms.With Darion by my side, I felt safe in a way I hadn’t in a very long time.
He ran his hand through my hair, caressed my cheek, then stroked down to my shoulder.He leaned in and kissed me.The look in his eyes was almost one of wonder.I imagined my expression was similar.How had I been lucky enough to find a man this beautiful and caring?Did I deserve it?Could I risk it?
Up until now, I’d always shut myself off and driven people away.It was a defense mechanism that had kept me safe.And I had just blown it open.
I had closed myself off for as long as I could remember, maybe since I was a child, even before my parents died.Dust, why did it hurt so much every time my mind drifted to them?I reached for my locket, then remembered I had taken it off.Its absence amplified the loss.A tear leaked out of my eye.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”Darion said, wiping the tear away as it streaked down my cheek.
“Just thinking about my parents.They died when I was young, and they never told me or my sister we were Emberborn.They never mentioned our Embers—not directly, anyway.I just don’t understand why they kept that from me.”
Darion had a look of deep empathy that I imagined came from true understanding.“A lot of parents did.They waited until their kids were older to tell them, since kids rarely start showing signs of their Embers until their teenage years.Keeping that secret was literally a matter of life and death.”
“Is that what your parents did?”I asked.
“No,” Darion said with a distant look of muted pain.“My mother died right after I was born.She was Emberborn, and my father didn’t even know.Ididn’t know until my Ember started manifesting when I was fourteen.I lost my father shortly after that, so I dealt with it on my own.”
“That must have been very hard for you.”
