Chapter 9

The drive back to Portland was the longest drive of my life. I was half-tempted to pull over, to flash my lights at him and get him to stop at a motel, or a gas station, or shit…anything. But the whole point was to get back home. Back to his home. It was torturous as I stared at the back of his car like it was his perky ass. Never had taillights gotten me so worked up before.

When we got back to the city, I was hard as a rock, thinking of having Reed soon. We’d spent a week on foreplay and learning each other’s bodies in every way except one. While I might have been fine only ever using our mouths and hands with him, he’d teased me plenty with his ass pressed against my cock, so close, and yet, never quite there. I’d never needed anyone as badly as I did him.

I let out a prayer of thanks to the universe when he pulled into a parking garage. Minutes later, we were carrying his bags to his apartment. I barely had time to look around and appreciate the swankiness of his place when he dropped his stuff on the ground and tugged me by the waistband of my pants.

His stunning blue eyes carried all the heat and wanting I’d felt during that excruciating drive here. Our mouths smashed together, all teeth and tongue in a graceless kiss that was wrought with need. My hands rounded over his ass.

Reed groaned before pulling back abruptly. “Uh-uh. None of that. Shower first. I’m dying to feel human again.”

“I suppose we’ve waited this long. I can hold out for a few more minutes.”

“Wanna bet?” Reed winked before turning around and undressing on his way to the bathroom.

I smirked and adjusted myself. He was definitely going to make this hard on me. I stripped and followed him. Before long, we both were sighing in relief at the heavenly feel of hot water raining down on us. Steam billowed around us in a cozy cloud.

The way Reed moaned under the water had my cock reacting, longing to wring more noises out of him. I grabbed him and kissed him deeply until he was leaning against the tiled wall. He put a hand on my chest, stopping me from grinding against him.

“First we clean, then we get dirty. That was the agreement,” he said with a wry grin. “The next time you come is going to be inside me. In a bed, all proper-like.”

I couldn’t help the grin that stretched my lips. “Anything for you, Prince.”

With the greatest care, I shampooed his hair and washed his entire body, loving the way the suds felt over his smooth skin. I loved how he let me. How he was putty in my hands, satisfying the strong urge I felt to take care of him. We both stayed hard during the shower. It was difficult to ignore, but it made it more sensual and tender than hungry and desperate. And that was pretty damn perfect.

When we finished at last, I wrapped him in a towel and kissed him softly, rewarded by the sweetest smile. God, having such a gorgeous man look at me the way he did was the most incredible thing. I could live a full, rich life off of that smile alone.

Once he was dry, Reed hung his towel and walked into his bedroom. He threw back the covers and face-planted on his bed. He hugged his pillow beneath him and wiggled with his ass in the air.

“Ah! My bed! I missed you. Clean body, clean sheets. This is the good stuff.”

He was so fucking cute. And that ass was just there, taunting me. I couldn’t hold off any longer. I climbed on top of him, kissing my way up his bare legs. When I got to those perfectly pert globes of his, I couldn’t resist giving his round cheek a little nip, enjoying the squeak that came from him.

Encouraged by his reaction, I gripped both cheeks and spread them wide to reveal his hole, completely hairless, just as I suspected. I imagined him spread just like this, getting waxed in the most private of places, and that image was hot as fuck.

Reed squirmed beneath me, getting his knees under him more, presenting himself to me. It was too gorgeous a sight to pass up, and I leaned down, swiping my tongue over his hole. His moan was enough to make my own cock leak as I continued to swirl around his rim. The way he reacted to each flick of tongue or puff of breath was making it harder to concentrate on what I was doing, my dick aching to feel him. I slid my tongue along his crack and kissed my way up his back, planting my knees between his and letting my steel-hard cock play between his cheeks.

“Fuck, Jesse. That feels so good. I want more, though. I need you inside me.” He pushed his ass up, trying to get me where he wanted me. As much as I was dying to take him just like this, we’d have time for hot and fast later.

I kissed his shoulder, his neck, his cheek. “Turn over for me. I want to see your beautiful face.”

He flipped over and smiled up at me with that sweet, luscious mouth of his. He pointed to the bedside drawer, where I found the lube. In our many conversations at camp, we’d already discussed our history and knew we both were negative. After waiting this long, we were ready not to have anything between us.

Reed lay there looking like a masterpiece. He should have been painted and framed. Though he was in many frames at work, but not like this. Not all naked and exposed. His gaze full of desire. His knees bent and legs wide, revealing himself to me. His cock hard and dripping.

“Damn, you are so fucking beautiful.” I positioned myself between his legs, my lubed finger brushing against his hole. “Are you sure about this?”

“I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life.”

Leaning over him, I kissed Reed as I pressed a digit in, loving the way he arched up and hummed in the back of his throat. I added a second finger, pumping and stretching him. If we had started things up when we first got here, it would have been urgent and quick. But now, seeing him splayed out before me, seeing the admiration on his face, I wanted to savor every second.

Reed was writhing and pushing toward me, trying to get me deeper. And deeper was what I wanted too. He whined when I pulled my fingers out. “Please, Jesse, I need you.”

My heart fluttered around in my chest. “Shit, I could get used to hearing you say my name like that.”

Unable to wait any longer, I lubed my cock, lined the tip with his slick hole, and buried myself in him. The vision of him with the way his head went back and his knees clenched my waist as he adjusted was something I would never forget. A masterpiece indeed. I pulled out and pushed back in balls deep. We rocked together, his hips thrusting each time I did. Reed’s blond hair splayed out on the pillow, his perfectly smooth skin blushed under the effort, eyes hazed with satisfaction.

With him watching me so affectionately, and with the intimate week we’d had team-building, trying to take it slow was pointless.

I wrapped my fingers around Reed’s cock and pumped my hand. He let out a loud moan. “Mmm. I’m so close, Jesse. Fill me, please. I want to come with you.”

His words pushed me over the edge. I squeezed my hand around him as I exploded inside him. Reed let out a yell and came over my hand, shooting across his stomach. He put a hand on my neck, pulling me down to kiss him. It wasn’t a hungry, toothy kiss as when we’d first arrived. It was a soft kiss, full of promise.

Collapsing onto him, his cum sticky between us, I rested my head on his. We stayed there in silence, not wanting the moment to end, simply existing together as we floated above the earth. Drifting so high, nothing of the world below mattered. Reed’s hands caressed my back, a soothing motion that made me sink into him.

When Reed broke the silence, it was the last thing I expected to hear.

“That was different,” he said with a soft sigh.

I rolled off of him, propping my head up on my hand so I could look at him, worried to see regret or uncertainty in him, but I didn’t. He looked…happy. ‘Different’ wasn’t a word I expected to hear after the sweetest and sexiest moment I could remember. “Is that good or bad?”

Reed brushed his knuckles over my cheek. “It’s a good thing, Jesse. Really good. I don’t normally have all these feelings involved when I have sex. It’s always just been physical. But here with you? I’ve never felt so connected to someone.” His beautiful blue eyes roamed over my face, his expression so tender. “I think I’ve fallen in love with you, Jesse.”

My heart soared. How did I get so lucky? With a broad smile, I shook my head in disbelief that this was actually happening, before throwing my arms around him and pulling him on top of me. He let out a squeak at the fast motion but I swallowed it in a searing kiss.

“Reed fucking Dawson.”