Chapter 14

Austin’s recordstore was closed, the windows dark, when I returned with my arms full of Thai takeout bags.

Austin opened the door for me. “What did you do, order one of everything?”

“Almost.” I smiled sheepishly. “The better to fuel us for the brainstorming, right?”

“Right.” He took one of the bags from me and carried it to the front counter. “Assuming it doesn’t put us into a food coma.”

“Are we not going up to your apartment?”

He shot me a glance over his shoulder. “Might be safer to stay down here.”

I came up behind him, allowing my body to press against his as I set my bags on the counter. “Are you afraid of what you might do with me?”

He shivered. “N-no, of course not.”

I braced one hand on either side of his body and grazed my lips over the nape of his neck. “You want me again, don’t you?”

Austin’s breath stuttered. “You wish.”

He craned his neck, giving me more room to kiss and nibble his skin, gasping quietly when I rolled my hips against his ass.

I stepped away. “So, about this special event for the neighborhood…”

“What?” He sounded indignant as he whirled to face me. “You want to talk strategy now?”

“That’s what you said you wanted.”

“Well, yeah, but that was before…” He waved to the tent in his jeans.

“Before what?”

“Before you teased me!”

“I’d never tease you,” I said softly. “If you want me, just say so.”

With a frustrated growl, he grabbed the front of my coat and yanked me into a hard kiss. As soon as I parted my lips, it turned filthy wet and so, so good. Austin swept his tongue in and claimed me with an urgency I met wholeheartedly. For the past week and a half, I’d done nothing but crave the man.

“I fucking want you, okay?” Austin rasped between kisses. “I want you even when I shouldn’t.”

I slipped my hands under his T-shirt, gently massaging his hipbones with my thumbs. “Why shouldn’t you? You deserve whatever you want.”

He made a noise in his throat then shoved me into one of the armchairs arranged around the shop for customers.

“Tell me if I do this wrong,” he said, lowering himself to his knees and reaching for the button on my pants.

Oh, fuck.The idea of Austin’s mouth on my dick just about blew my mind.

“Are you sure?” I asked. “I mean, it’s one thing to receive…”

“I’ve wanted to ever since last time,” he admitted, cheeks going pink. “You’d done all the giving. I’m not a selfish fucker.”

“Of course you’re not,” I said, surprised.

It had never once entered my mind that he was selfish. I’d gotten off with great pleasure to his commanding voice ordering me to touch myself while his dick filled my throat.

“Besides,” he said, “you looked so turned on while you sucked me.”

I chuckled. “Oh, I was.”

Austin shoved my thighs farther apart and drew my zipper down. “My turn.”

My dick was already hard and ready to party, popping free when Austin tugged my underwear down. He curled his fingers around my shaft, and I threw my head back, eyes slipping closed.

His lips brushed the tip of my dick in a gentle kiss that made my toes curl. Then he licked me, teasing little flicks against my cockhead and then longer strokes down my shaft and back up again.

He got me nice and wet, and by the time he wrapped his pretty lips around me, I was so slippery I slid right into the heavenly heat of his mouth with no resistance. Over his tongue, straight to his throat, where I hit his gag reflex.

Austin jerked back, coughing. “Fuck, sorry.”

“It’s all good.” I stroked my hands through his hair. “Take it at your own pace.”

He glanced up, holding my gaze as he ran his tongue around the crown of my cock before sucking me in once more. I groaned throatily, the sensations more intense with the eye contact between us.

Austin bobbed his head and found a rhythm. He was a little sloppy with it, but fuck if I cared. If anything, I was worried he’d push me over the edge too soon.

I didn’t know if or when Austin would allow me to have this again, and I didn’t want to miss the chance to get my hands on him.

“Okay, stop.” I pushed his shoulder, gently nudging him off my dick. “Let’s take this upstairs.”

His lips glistened. “Why?”

“Because I want to get you naked this time.”

His Adam’s apple bobbed with his hard swallow. “Yeah, okay.”

I stood on trembling legs, and Austin led the way to the stairs, the Thai takeout abandoned on the counter behind us. Well, we could eat after we’d both come.

Austin pulled his T-shirt over his head on the way up the stairs, and I followed suit. By the time we reached his bed, we were half naked and in no mood to make small talk.

I shoved him down onto the mattress then reached for his waistband and pulled his tight jeans over his hips. He helped me strip him, shoving down his underwear too and wriggling out of the clingy fabric until he was completely nude.

I drank in the view. The streetlight seeped through the curtains, illuminating him in the dark room. His skin glowed, contrasting with the deep magenta of his nipples. The hair on his chest glinted like gold then narrowed into a delicious trail to the cock curving up from between two slender but toned thighs.

He was gorgeous.

“Come on, Chase. I showed you mine. Now you gotta show me yours.”

I huffed a laugh. “Sorry, I got distracted by how hot you are.”

Austin smirked. “What, this old body? I just threw it on this morning.”

He deflected from the compliment because he was humble. Modest. I liked that about him.

I shoved off my jeans and joined him on the bed, going in for another kiss. Austin opened his arms and legs, turning his body into a cradle for me.

Our cocks brushed, sending sparks through me as our tongues met.

“Fuck,” Austin whispered, lifting his hips to rub against me.

I indulged him for a few minutes, too obsessed with his mouth to move, but eventually I broke away to slide down his body. I tweaked both his nipples, tugging lightly while I kissed my way toward his navel.

Austin’s small sounds of pleasure drove me on.

“I was— Ohhh.” I trailed the tip of my tongue down the underside of Austin’s cock to his taint, making him groan. “I was supposed to be getting you off.”

“Oh, you are, trust me.”

“But…”

I parted his cheeks and swiped my tongue through the cleft of his ass.

He went rigid. “Oh, god, what the fuck?”

“Is this okay?” I asked, pausing.

“Uh…”

I pulled back. “It’s fine. We can do something else.”

“No, don’t stop,” he said, seeming to have wrapped his head around this new boundary coming down. “It feels good.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah.” He gazed down at me, eyes dark. “Do whatever you want to me. I want to know what it’s like. All of it.”

With a groan of desire, I dove back in, zeroing in on his hole, making Austin gasp. I licked and kissed, sucking at his rim, getting him slick with my saliva before pushing my tongue inside him.

“Fucking fuck,” he groaned.

I folded his body nearly in half while I had my way with his sweet hole. His cock pointed directly toward his mouth in this position, which gave me all kinds of dirty thoughts.

“Stroke it,” I ordered. “I want to see you come all over yourself.”

Austin grabbed his cock, jerking it fast. This wasn’t going to take long.

I used my spit to get his hole even wetter then pressed a finger inside, watching his face for any signs of discomfort. Austin groaned and arched as my finger filled him, then bore down to take it deeper.

I began to fuck him with first one finger then two, not going too hard because saliva could only go so far. This was more of a teasing imitation of fucking, but it was enough for Austin’s first time.

His eyes rolled back and he began to shake. A cry tore from his mouth.

Then his cock spurted, white drops spraying across his open lips and down his chin into the hollow of his neck.

It was the hottest, dirtiest thing I’d ever seen, and when Austin swept his tongue over his lips, tasting his own cum, I reached for my dick.

It only took only a single tug, and I came across his ass with a gut-wrenching shout.

Pleasure swept through me, so intense my brain short-circuited and I lost the plot. When I blinked back to awareness, I was lying on top of Austin, lapping at the cum pooled in the hollow of his throat.

“You’re a lot dirtier than I expected,” Austin said mildly.

I laughed sheepishly. “I guess you bring it out in me. Is it too much?”

“No, I kinda like it,” Austin said. “Makes me feel really wanted.”

I met his gaze. “You are really wanted, Austin. Incredibly wanted.”

He rolled his lips in, as if he were holding back words.

“What?” I asked. “Say it.”

“Why do you want me? I was never friendly to you at all.”

“Austin wasn’t, but ShopGuy24 was the sweetest. Talking to him every day got me through a grueling work schedule. Those little chats we had, even the early ones about nothing too important, made me feel less alone.” I rolled off his body. “That sounds kind of pitiful when I say it out loud.”

“No, I get it.” Austin turned toward me, placing a hand over my heart. “I was half in love with Wash972, and I didn’t even know if they were a man or a woman.”

Half in love? My heart skipped. “Are you sorry I turned out to be a man?”

Austin didn’t hesitate. “Not at all. I’m not sure why, but I had this feeling you would be. I don’t know that you said anything specific, but…” He shrugged. “Maybe it was my imagination, but it helped open me to that possibility.”

I wet my lips, more nervous about my next question and yet unable to hold it in.

“And are you sorry Wash turned out to be me?”

Austin grimaced. “That’s a complicated question.”

“Is it?”

“Part of me was disappointed, yes.”

My heart fell. “Of course,” I whispered.

Austin pressed a lingering kiss to my lips. “Part of me was ecstatic.”

My eyes flew open. “You’re just trying to make me feel better.”

Austin smiled, looking rueful. “No, I’m serious. I didn’t think I should be with you, but I already felt the tug of attraction. Knowing you were Wash972, that you were this amazing person I’d been talking to every day? It made you impossible to resist. Even when I knew I should.”

“Then why have you been brushing me off ever since?” I asked, pushing my lower lip out in a pout.

“Because what future can there be for two business rivals?”

“I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure that there could be one for two business colleagues.”

Austin raised an eyebrow. “You really think we can be equals? You’re the big bad Fox, and I’m the little Black Hole Records.”

“I like your tight little hole.”

Austin slapped my chest. “I’m being serious!”

“Sorry.” I laughed. “You made that too easy. Besides, it’s hard to take you seriously when you say we’re not equals. I admire the hell out of you, Austin. You run a small indie shop. That’s not easy. Your great-uncle kept that shop alive through all sorts of ups and downs. We’ve both thrown around the word legacy, but your shop deserves it far more than the Fox store chain.”

Austin’s eyes warmed. “You make it very hard to dislike you.”

I grinned. “I know. It’s just one of my great qualities.”

“It’s annoying is what it is.” He tried to hide his smile as he rolled out of the bed, but I caught a glimpse. He liked me. “Come on, let’s clean up and then eat that Thai food. I’m starving.”

“Good thing I bought enough to feed an army.”

Austin chuckled. “More leftovers for me.”

“For you? What about me?”

He grinned. “My place, my rules. You want leftovers, then you’ll just have to invite me to your place.”

I got out of the bed and caught him around the waist. “Consider yourself invited then. Anytime, all the time. I’m not even close to done with you.”

“We can finally get this strategy planning done, I suppose.”

“We can fuck in a king-size bed,” I countered.

“It’s all about sex with you, huh?”

“No.” I brushed a kiss to his forehead. “You can finally meet Bennie.”

“Your dog,” he said in a soft voice. “I would love to meet that guy.”

I drew back. “See? Wash972 lives inside me, ShopGuy. No matter our names, we were meant to meet. Don’t you think?”

“Like fate?”

“Maybe. Do you believe?”

His lips twitched. “I don’t know. If it’s fate, I think she has a sense of humor.”

I chuckled. “Maybe she does.”