Chapter 16

Derek wasn’t quite sure how they wound up upstairs in Timothy’s bedroom. At this point, however, with a beautiful, naked, horny omega in his arms kissing him, it didn’t really matter.

He scooped Timothy up and kissed him firmly on the lips.

“What are you doing?” Timothy laughed. “Put me down, this isn’t the time for this.”

Despite his protests, Timothy was clearly amused. The smile on his face and the sparkle in his eyes made Derek’s heart leap with joy.

“Don’t worry,” Derek reassured him, “you’ll get what you want.” He carried Timothy towards the bed.

“You better not drop me,” Timothy warned him. “I’ll be very upset with you if you do.”

“Okay, don’t worry. I’m not gonna drop you.” Derek grinned. Before Timothy could protest further, he tossed him gently onto the bed.

“Derek!” Timothy half shouted, half laughed as he bounced across the mattress.

“Don’t get mad at me.” Derek held up his hands innocently. “I was just doing as you told me.”

Timothy stretched out on the bed and trailed his hands seductively across his own body. “You should stop fooling around and get over here. Otherwise, I’m gonna get cold.”

Derek didn’t have to be told twice. His cock was already hard and his body was eager to be close to Timothy once more.

He scrambled across the bed and pulled the omega back into his arms. The feeling of Timothy cradled against his chest soothed something deep within Derek. It was like a piece of him had been missing and he had finally found it.

“You know,” began Timothy, “since we’re up here now, we should probably find that bottle of lube.”

Derek looked down at Timothy and found the omega grinning up at him. A thrill of excitement bubbled in Derek’s chest. Last night, their activities had been hampered by the lack of lubrication. They hadn’t let it stop them but it had slowed things down significantly.

“Where is it?” Derek asked, quickly glancing around the room.

“In my nightstand,” said Timothy.

Derek released him and crawled across the bed towards the nightstand. A moment later he had located the bottle of lube and returned triumphantly.

“Are you ready for this?” Derek asked as he knelt beside Timothy and opened the bottle.

“I might need you to warm me up a little,” admitted Timothy. “But it shouldn’t take long.”

Derek didn’t need any further instruction. He quickly poured some lube out into his palm. He then reached out and gently coaxed Timothy’s legs apart. With skillful hands, he began to massage Timothy’s straining cock.

The omega groaned and tilted his head back in response. Derek smiled with glee. He enjoyed all of the little sounds that Timothy made.

Without further hesitation, Derek began to tease Timothy’s omega hole. Gently at first, just working in a little bit of lube and loosening things up. Then a little more vigorously, trying to maximize the pleasure that Timothy was feeling. Every little stroke of Derek’s fingers seemed to enhance the omega’s response.

“Oh, Derek, you need…to stop…Derek.” Timothy gasped between each word. He reached out and tried to prevent the alpha from continuing.

“Am I hurting you?” Derek asked. He paused mid-stroke and frowned.

“No, you’re not.” Timothy looked up at Derek as he tried to catch his breath. “It’s just a little overwhelming. If you keep going like that things are going to get messy.” Timothy grinned slightly and touched the head of his cock. “I wanna take my time with you. I mean, if you want to that is.”

Derek’s chest tightened with emotion and he felt as if he was going to be swept away by the intensity of his desire. “Of course I want that. I want that so much. I just got carried away.”

He bit his lip as he peered down at Timothy’s gorgeous body. Unfortunately, he was uncertain how to proceed. He’d never really done “slow” before.

“Just…put your cock in me.” Timothy reached up and laid a hand on Derek’s arm.

Derek shook his head. “I won’t be able to control myself. You drive me wild. Last night, I was barely able to hold on long enough to wait for you.”

“Don’t worry, I just want to be with you. I didn’t want to cum without you. Let me feel you inside me.” Timothy seemed to know what he wanted more certainly than Derek did.

Taking a deep breath, Derek poured more lube into his hand and slathered it onto his cock. Stroking himself, he moved between Timothy’s legs and pressed his dick against his omega hole.

“Yes, just like that,” Timothy encouraged him. “Put it inside me, Derek.”

“Oh, Tim, you’re so tight,” Derek cooed as he slid his cock into Timothy’s eager hole. Even though he’d just done this last night the sensation seemed different somehow. It was like now that they were on the same wavelength the depth, the warmth, the tightness was more than it had been. This connection with his omega was stronger than it had before.

He remained still for a moment his hands resting on Timothy’s hips. He waited as the omega’s body relaxed around him and accepted him completely.

Timothy curled his fingers into the sheets and bit his lip as he looked up at Derek. The desire in his eyes was almost enough to make Derek lose control completely.

“Are you gonna fuck me now?” Timothy asked, his tone was full of need and temptation.

“I thought…” Derek was confused and the tightness around his dick was making it difficult to think clearly. “Tim, you are so tight. If I start fucking you I’m not gonna be able to stop.”

“Well, it’s not like we came up here to talk. The whole point was for you to fuck my brains out. Wasn’t it?” Timothy grinned.

“But you said —”

“Forget what I said,” Timothy sounded exasperated. “Just fuck me.”

Derek didn’t need to be told again. He took hold of Timothy’s hips and began to thrust. His entire body trembled in excitement and his breath came in ragged bursts as his heart pounded against his ribs. He wanted this, he needed this, he needed Timothy.

Derek was determined to make his omega scream in pleasure.

Grasping Timothy’s hips he drove his cock home as quickly as he could, every single thrust eliciting a louder and louder moan from the omega’s lips.

Timothy’s entire body tightened around Derek’s cock. The omega’s back arched up off the bed and he bucked his hips in response to every thrust. His movements deepened their connection and increased the speed with which they both approached their orgasm.

Every expression that crossed Timothy’s face caused Derek to spasm with pleasure. He enjoyed seeing such clear evidence that his actions were pleasing his omega.

It was a shame that he couldn’t keep this up. If he could have he would’ve lived in this moment forever. The depth of their connection, the feelings of joy and desire that flooded through him, and the and the knowledge that he was wanted all culminated in an overwhelming torrent that he simply couldn’t resist.

“Derek! Derek! I’m going to cum, I’m gonna cum, I really am. Shit, fuck, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, Derek, fuck me!” Timothy cried out, his voice rising higher and higher with every word. Soon, words failed him and he was left with a wordless shout of pure pleasure as his entire body rocketed towards release. His hand curled around his cock and he stroked it in time with Derek’s thrusts.

Encouraged by his omega’s gleeful vocalizations, Derek pushed towards home. He was close. So very close.

“Tim, Tim I’m gonna cum. I’m gonna cum.” Derek was barely managed to speak through the effort. Every muscle in his body was working towards a single goal now. He would unite fully with his omega. He would claim him completely.

“Yes! Yes! I want it please Derek give it to me. I want you to cum. I want you. Fuck me, Derek.” Timothy somehow found his voice long enough to encourage his alpha. Then he lost it again in another guttural shout of pleasure that seemed to echo off the walls of the bedroom. Cum spurted from the omega’s cock, splattering across him in puddles of hot sticky happiness.

The sound of Timothy’s satisfied grunts of ecstasy drove Derek over the edge. He threw back his head and roared as his cock erupted, pumping cum into his lover. He gasped for breath and froze in place as his pulse continued to race.

“You’ve made a mess of me,” Timothy chuckled.

“I suppose I did.” Derek felt a puff of pride in his chest as he collapsed onto the bed beside his omega.

“We should probably clean up.” Timothy rolled over to face him. Cum dripped across his body and onto the bed.

“I guess we’re going have to change the bed spread too,” Derek laughed. He reached out and gently stroked Timothy’s cheek. He felt happier than he could ever remember feeling. It was…odd.

“What are you thinking?” Timothy asked tilting his head to one side. He had picked up on Derek’s mood.

“I was just thinking about how… Happy I feel.” Derek relaxed back against the mattress and stared up at the ceiling. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite like this after sex before. It was fulfilling.”

Timothy laughed. It wasn’t mocking laughter or even humorous laughter, it was just a happy, pure sound that made Derek’s heart swell.

“I feel the same,” said Timothy. “I feel like I spent so long running away from you when I really should have been running towards you.”

“I think, that you were right to run away at the time.” Derek turned his head towards his omega. “Back then, I wasn’t ready for you. At least, not like this. I would have fucked this up. It would have ended like every other relationship I’ve ever had.”

“Maybe. At least now we’re on the same page.” Timothy’s expression had soured slightly.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s just…my family.”

Derek felt as if a cloud had just passed over the sun. Timothy’s entire mood had shifted. It was unsettling. “What do you mean? Do you think they won’t approve of us?”

Timothy shook his head. “It’s not that. Not exactly anyway.”

The omega propped himself up on one elbow and took a deep breath. “My family has this stupid tradition. It was started by my grandfather. It supposed to test relationships and make sure that they’re strong enough to last through the stress of living and working at Snowed Inn.”

Derek frowned. Luke had mentioned something about it to him in the past, but he hadn’t listened very well.

“So, what do you want to do?” Derek was out of his element here. He wasn’t used to having to deal with family expectations especially since he’d spent most of his life defying his parents.

“I don’t know.” Timothy fell back onto the bed and stared up at the ceiling.

“Do you think we won’t pass their test?” Derek couldn’t remember exactly what the test involved, but his optimistic side felt like they would be able to handle it.

“It’s not that either.” Timothy shook his head as he stretched a hand towards the ceiling. “It’s more like, we’ve only just found each other. We’ve been friends for a long time, but we haven’t been lovers for that long. I want to figure out what we’ve got first.”

Derek nodded slowly. “I think I understand. So, do we just not tell anyone?”

“For now, we keep it to ourselves.” Timothy let his hand fall back onto the bed. He looked over at Derek again. “Just for a little while. Once we know more about how the two of us work together I think we can attempt it.”

“What happens if we fail? Are they going to force us apart?” Derek didn’t like the sound of this test, but he reasoned that if his cousin could make it then so could he.

“No, they don’t force you apart, but you’re given a decision. Basically, if we fail and decide to remain a couple we’ll no longer be able to work here. If we choose to stay we’ll have to pay rent.” Timothy sighed and slowly sat up.

“So they basically kick you out?”

“Kinda, yes. My uncle Reuben went through it. He and his husband live in town now because they failed the test.” Timothy slid to the edge of the bed.

“You keep calling it a test. What is it exactly?” Derek sat up. The more Timothy said, the more he hated the idea of this.

“It’s more of an interrogation. They call it a ‘vetting.’ Either way, we sit in a room and everyone in the family has a go at us. They ask questions, point out faults, and pick apart our relationship looking for weaknesses.” Timothy looked back at him. “Tony’s been through it, Emily’s done it a bunch, Andrew brought a girlfriend once, the only one who’s ever succeeded was Peter.”

“That’s pretty messed up. Why would they do this? Don’t they want their kids to be happy?” The entire practice sounded almost barbaric.

“Yeah, they do but, apparently, when my dad was growing up there was some sort of family meltdown. It was all triggered by one of my great aunts getting divorced. From there the whole family fell apart. Since all the departments are run by family members, well you can kind of imagine the sort of mess they were in.” Timothy stood and took a deep breath before continuing. “My grandpa didn’t want that to happen again, so he started this.”

Derek climbed off the bed and tried to arrange his thoughts. “So we take our time. Like you said. We get to know each other and we build the foundation for our relationship.”

Timothy nodded slowly in agreement but his expression was gray.

“Chin up,” said Derek. “We’re in this together now. I’m not going to give up easily. I feel like I just managed to find my place here. We won’t go down without a fight.”

Timothy smiled slightly and approached Derek. He leaned up and placed a chaste kiss on his lips.

“Now,” continued Derek, “how about that shower?”