27. Danny

Chapter 27

Danny

W e might've gone to sleep on different sides of the bed, but we woke up on the same one.

More specifically, I woke up on my back, a comforting weight on my chest. Looking down blearily, I grinned when I spotted my mate. At some point in the night, he must've climbed fully on top of me. His legs were between my spread thighs, his morning wood agonisingly tempting against my own. His arms were hanging over my shoulders, while his face rested against my chest. Deep in sleep, his mouth was slightly open, a small puddle of saliva drying on my skin.

My grin deepened. Riley was fucking adorable, even when he was drooling on me.

He wasn't the only one who'd moved. Both my arms were locked around his back, like he'd found his way there and then I'd refused to let him leave.

Seemed reasonable to me.

I studied my mate's face, free of all the stress and worry that dogged him during his waking hours. I fucking hated that this whole situation was causing him anxiety. If I could have fixed it for him, then I would have. But the reality was that this was our life now. We were mates. I was in love with him.

Those were facts. I couldn't change them and, selfishly, I wouldn't have even if I could. There was no one more worthy of my love than Riley. No one else I'd rather have as my mate.

Soon, he'd see it the same way. I was confident of that. All signs were pointing in the right direction. He loved me. He was attracted to me. He didn't want to be apart from me.

It was cute how he was trying to fight his attraction to me. I got why he was—he didn't want to hurt me. That only made it all the more adorable. His concern for me literally made my wolf roll belly up, delighting in my mate's care.

That little bathroom session had been fucking hot. Not going to lie, it would've been hotter if Riley had come out and ridden me instead, but he'd orgasmed while thinking of me.

That had to count for something.

I'd known not to push it when he came back out, settling instead for reminding him what we had between us.

Our friendship.

All we were really doing was levelling it up by adding sex in. We had the best possible foundation going, and nothing would ever change that.

Not wanting to disturb him, I listened to the sounds outside the house. No one had tripped any wards around the property, so I knew we were safe.

It was strange, waking up and not hearing the sounds of the city. The sirens and car engines had been replaced with birds and the distant trickle of a river. Once upon a time, this soundscape had been as familiar to me as my own voice. Now though, it was jarring. It felt like I was missing something, like there was somewhere else where I could be more useful.

I needed to get used to it though. There'd be no more running into burning buildings for me. No more dancing with Riley until three a.m. at The Closet. No more taking the piss out of Leo at the gym.

Just a return to a quiet clan life. All I'd need to worry about there was people trying to kill me or Riley while I played at being a diplomat.

Fun times.

Riley stirred on my chest, blinking up at me owlishly. "What's wrong?"

I stroked his back. "Nothing's wrong."

He yawned, turning his face to nudge my sternum with his nose. "Is. I can feel it."

My heart skipped a beat. "Aw, Ry. Did you wake up because you were worried about me?"

"Pardon me for being concerned. I'll go back to sleep now."

He tried to roll off me, but I tightened my arms around him. "Noooo, don't leave me. I'm sad, so very sad."

He stilled, propping himself up on my chest using his elbows. It was a good thing I wasn't a human—he had bony fucking elbows. "You look it. Absolutely devastated."

"You can't see what I look like without your glasses on."

"I know what you look like, Danny. And I can feel through the bond that you're bothered about something." He shoved himself up until his face was about an inch away from mine. "And I can too see you, I just need to be this close."

"Well don't stop there," I murmured, ghosting my lips against his. "Get as close as you want, princess."

Predictably, Riley retreated. Thankfully he didn't go far, just returned to his spot on my chest. Seemed he was as reluctant to part from me as I was from him. "Are you going to tell me what's wrong or do I need to start tickling you?"

I froze. "Oh my god, you wouldn't."

He smirked, trailing his fingers along my side until I squirmed. "I think we both know I absolutely would."

"Fine," I squawked before he could attack my ribs. Riley knew all my weak spots. "I was just thinking about going back to Scotland…about all the stuff we're leaving behind."

Riley's teasing expression slipped into one of sympathy. "Yeah, that's going to suck. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I'll cope. It's just going to be an adjustment, that's all."

"But it's all my fault," Riley said miserably. "If it weren't for that stupid accident…"

I cut him off by rolling us both until he was pinned to the bed beneath me. "Don't you dare finish that sentence, Riley. I'm not the only one who's ticklish."

"It's true," he said mutinously. "If it hadn't happened, you wouldn't need to go back there."

"Look at it this way." I rested my forehead against his so he could see how damned serious I was about this. "If that accident hadn't happened, where would we be right now?"

Riley frowned, not understanding. "Well, I assume we'd be at work."

I kissed the end of his nose. "Not physically, muppet. I meant with us. We were barely talking before the accident. You were being all weird because you knew how I felt, and I was avoiding you because I didn't want to pressure you."

Triumph flashed through the bond. "I fucking knew you were avoiding me."

"Not that night though," I said quickly. "I really was at work. And if I hadn't been, I would've taken you to that screening. My wolf was about twelve hours away from shifting and taking the decision out of my hands."

I continued, keeping my face where Riley could see it. I could have given him his glasses, but I didn't want to break this moment between us. "That accident, as awful as it was…maybe it was meant to be."

Riley's eyes widened with shock. "You can't mean that."

"I can. I think this is the path we were always meant to walk, Ry, we were just both too stubborn and idiotic to realise it."

He exhaled shakily. "How is this so easy for you? You were just as terrified of relationships as me."

"No." I shook my head. "I've never been afraid of relationships, I was afraid of what they'd mean for me."

"Exactly. Having to go back. The one thing you didn't want to do."

I could feel Riley starting to spiral. I pressed my lips to the corner of his, not quite a kiss, but a wish for more. "Stop. That's not why. Well, not the only reason why. I lost those I loved before. I didn't want to risk that happening again."

Riley was frozen beneath me. "September?"

"Yes." I didn't give him any more than that, not right then. "But don't you see, Riley? I already faced that with you. I almost lost you in that accident, but I didn't. Now you can't be taken from me. The only way we'll depart this world is together, and I'm okay with that."

Riley bit his lip, a sure sign he was slipping away from me. He was too in his head. Good thing I knew how to bring him back from that. Despite our conversation topic, I was still half hard—a predicament caused by simply having Riley in the same room as me these days. Lowering my hips, I pressed my groin to his. "Want some distraction?"

He groaned, his cock stiffening against mine rapidly. "We shouldn't."

"That's not what I asked, princess." I rubbed my nose along his face and down his neck, marking him with my scent. "Do you want to?"

"Of course I fucking do." One of his hands slid underneath my pyjama bottoms, roughly palming my arse. "That doesn't mean we should."

"Actually, that's exactly what it means." I knelt up fast, grabbing the lube and returning to my former position before Riley could blink. "We should do this because we both want it. So, unless you tell me to stop, I'm going to take this lube and slick us both up. Then I'm going to frot against you until neither of us are worrying about anything else."

Riley was gaping up at me. I grinned down at him wolfishly.

"Any questions?"

He opened his mouth but no sound came out. Giving up, he shook his head in a daze.

"Good." I kicked off my bottoms before tugging down Riley's. "You don't need to worry about saying anything right now unless it's stop."

Riley was naked under me now. I took a moment to study him properly for the first time in five years, my cock positively aching at the sight. When I'd taken him before, it had been from behind. I'd seen him naked that last time when he'd jumped on me to stop me leaving, but it hadn't seemed appropriate to look for too long.

Now though, I took the time to appreciate all of him. His long legs, dusted with dark hair. His balls, the right hanging lower than the left, begging to be taken into my mouth and lavished with attention. His long, slender cock, stretching up towards his abdomen. The soft curve of his stomach that made me want to bury my face in it. The flesh at the sides of his hips just asking for my hands to dig into it. The dusky, flat nipples that I remembered being so responsive.

A faint blush started at his chest, darkening as it reached his face. He didn't fidget or shy away from my gaze though—another thing I loved about him. Riley was fucking gorgeous and he knew it.

I couldn't help but remind him all the same. "You're perfection, Riley. Is it too much to just ask you to be naked all the time? I'd keep the place warm."

"Yes, that's too much," Riley said sardonically. He reached up to tug me down to him. "Now hurry up before I remember that this is an idiotic idea."

I chuckled, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "Nah, this is a good one. You're the only one who has idiotic ones these days."

He gave me a flat stare. "Mm-hmm."

He was right though, we were probably on borrowed time. It wouldn't be long before his fears got back online and made him stop. I was determined to give him at least one orgasm before that happened.

Slicking up my hand with lube, I positioned my hips over his. Holding my weight on one arm, I reached between us. We both shivered as my hand wrapped around us both. "Fuck, princess."

"Feels so good," he moaned, his hips bucking up into my hand. "Oh my god, don't stop."

He didn't need to worry—nothing short of Armageddon could stop me now. I stroked us firmly, obsessed with the way his cock felt against mine. The slick of our precum mixing. How he was trembling with need, his fingers digging into my shoulders.

I gazed down at him as I worked us over. His pretty lips were parted, his eyes wide. He didn't look away from me, not even for a second. "Danny. More. I need more."

"I got you, princess."

I let go of our cocks and let my weight fall on top of him. His hands went into my hair immediately as our hips rutted against each other. He moaned my name loudly as we writhed together.

I lifted my head so I could see his eyes as he came. "Come for me, princess."

"No," he panted, shaking his head stubbornly. "Need more, Danny."

"Tell me." I gritted my teeth forcing my orgasm back. "I'll give you anything. Everything."

He didn't answer with his words. Using his hold on my hair, he tugged my head down and slammed our mouths together.

Oh my god.

Everything went nuclear at the taste of him. My vision whited out as his tongue flicked over mine. I didn't know who fell over the edge first, but it didn't matter. Nothing mattered except the taste of him.

I didn't stop kissing him. I couldn't. Stickiness coated our skin from our combined release, but I ignored it. I drank every drop that Riley gave me.

Riley seemed as much of a mess as me, pulling at my hair as he sucked on my tongue. Our pace didn't slow in the post-orgasm haze, if anything, it was more intense. There was nothing to distract us from exploring each other.

We rolled around the bed, Riley no longer content to be passive. Our lips didn't part as he straddled me. He slid his hands from my hair to my chest, pausing to circle my nipples.

I groaned into his mouth, my cock stiffening despite my recent orgasm. I'd have blamed it on me being a supe if it hadn't been for the fact that Riley's cock was hard against my abs as well. Maybe it was our bond, increasing our desperation for each other.

Or maybe it was just the chemistry between us. Now Riley had stopped fighting it, we couldn't stop.

When he finally broke the kiss, he didn't go far. "I want to suck you."

I gently pulled on his swollen lower lip with my teeth before releasing it. "No fair. I want to suck you ."

Riley smirked. "Good thing we can both multitask."

That was all the warning he gave me before twisting himself around so he had his back to me. I sank my teeth into my lip, caressing his rear with my hands. "Fuck, this is a pretty sight."

He winked over his shoulder. "It's about to get prettier."

Then he pushed up on his knees, walking backwards until his cock was level with my mouth.

"Yes, princess," I moaned, trying to catch the tip in my mouth. "Lemme have it."

He huffed, the air hitting my own cock, making all my nerve endings fire. "Impatient."

"Yup." I didn't wait for him to lower himself, pushing against his back until he had no choice but to collapse against me.

Fucking finally. I sucked him deep into my throat without hesitation. Drops of cum lingered on him from earlier, and I lapped them from him hungrily, wanting to devour as much of him as possible.

I thought my memories of our night years ago were accurate, but they had nothing on this. Riley tasted like…mine.

He tastes like mine.

He was fucking into my throat, small whimpers rippling through him. My wolf howled at Riley's pleasure. He loved that it was us giving it to him.

We both loved it.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, wet heat enveloped my shaft. Riley sucked me into his mouth, not hesitating in getting down to it. I had to fight not to buck into his throat, seeking more of what he was offering.

Pulling off him briefly, I shoved a finger into my mouth, getting it as wet as possible. Sucking on his cock again, I ran a finger up his crease.

Riley's reaction was instantaneous. He shoved back towards my hand, trying to get it exactly where he wanted it.

If I could've grinned with my mouth full of dick, then I would have. Instead I circled his hole playfully, tapping at the furled skin.

There was a slurping noise before cold air hit my shaft. "Stop fucking toying with me, Daniel, or I'll get my dildo out."

I growled, pushing my finger past the first ring of muscle. He didn't need that, not when he had me.

Yep, that was me. Alpha wolf shifter, jealous of a piece of silicone.

Riley returned to sucking my cock with more fervour, thrusting back on my finger as he tried to get me deeper. I went slowly, not wanting to hurt him. If I'd thought either of us could stop long enough to grab the lube, then I would have. But there was no stopping this ride now. All we could do was hold on until its inevitable end.

There was a pulling sensation in the bond as we both tried to last. Riley was pistoning in and out of my mouth, my finger crooked against his prostate. That wasn't slowing down his attentions on my dick though, he sucked like he thought there might be a prize at the end of it.

We came within seconds of each other. Holding Riley's arse, I forced him to stay deep in my throat until I was certain I had every drop. Only then did I release him, both of us trying to catch our breath.

Riley flopped off me, landing on his back on the other side of the bed. "Fuck. I think you've broken me."

"Told you sex was a good idea."

There was a flash of fear in the bond, one Riley tried to smother quickly. "Mm-hm."

Not wanting to dwell on it, I sat up and grasped his arms. Ignoring his squeak of protest, I hauled him up until he was nestled back on my chest.

"You know, I'm almost the same height as you. I shouldn't be lying on you like this," he said. I might've taken him a bit more seriously if he hadn't been nuzzling into my pecs like a contented cat.

"Says who?"

"I dunno. People."

"Stupid people." I kissed his sweat-damp hair. "We don't listen to them."

Riley gave a jaw-cracking yawn. "Do we have time to nap? Or should we get going?"

Really, we'd already stayed here longer than I liked. But we'd been up far too late and awoken too early. Then I'd gone and exhausted Riley further with two orgasms.

"No, Ry." I snagged the duvet from where it had been kicked to the side and draped it over him. "Sleep, princess. I'll keep you safe."

He pressed his lips to my chest. "I know you will."

I listened to his breathing as it slowed into the gentle rhythm of sleep. The whole time, our exchange burned in me.

I'll keep you safe.

I know you will.

I'd had others who'd had the same blind faith in me once before, and I'd failed them.

That wouldn't happen this time.

I wasn't going to fail my Riley.