The night couldn’t get better. Alec sat in a patio chair, not a place he’d normally choose to have dinner on such a warm summer’s night, but Key preferred the outdoors, wanting to be outside at any given opportunity. So Alec sat outside, loving how the ceiling fan above stirred just enough air to make the evening sultry, but not unbearable, as they listened to the Echo, which turned out to have an endless supply of music.
“It’s good,” Key said, throwing in the towel. Literally. He wiped the napkin over his lips, then down over his scruffy beard. A move he’d watched him do over and over again. His guy hated the idea of any food lingering.
“There’s more,” Alec said, lifting his glass of wine, taking a sip while crossing one bare foot over his thigh.
“Nah, I’m good.” Key started to rise, reaching for Alec’s plate.
“Leave it.” Alec placed his hand over the plate, but Key just shook him off. They’d developed a rhythm. Alec cooked, Key kept the kitchen clean.
“This is my contribution.” Keyes didn’t care that Alec hired a staff of people to clean up after just one man. He wanted to do his part, so he did, no matter how hard Alec might protest.
“You bought the steaks,” Alec pointed out, trying to justify keeping Key there with him.
“You bought the baked potatoes,” Key countered, hands full, heading for the kitchen.
They always had a tit for tat every single time they did anything. So, Alec waited, and it was damn hard to do. When Key returned, he had a new beer and a chilled wine bottle with about a glassful of wine left, which he poured directly into Alec’s empty glass.
“You might have gotten a sunburn today,” Alec said, bringing the glass to his lips.
“I’ll be fine.” Key pulled his chair closer to Alec’s, taking a seat as a yawn slipped free. In the distance, the first loud boom of fireworks exploded, brightening the sky.
“Wanna go upstairs, see if we can actually see the city fireworks from up there?” Alec asked.
“I don’t need to see ’em.” Key didn’t look away even when the next round of fireworks created an even louder boom.
“Me neither.” He picked up Key’s hand, played with his fingers until he lifted Key’s knuckles to his lips.
“I drank too much. The dinner helped, but I’m still a little fuzzy,” Key said. His eyes focused on Alec’s mouth and that sinful tongue swept across his lower lip.
“Havana” by Camila Cabello began to play, and Alec launched himself out of his seat faster than he had intended. This had been his fantasy for months. A go-to in his mind while thinking of and missing Key.
“Dance with me.”
“Yeah. I don’t dance,” Key grumbled, twisting his neck one way then the other to follow Alec’s movements. He wasn’t taking no for an answer and pulled at Key’s arms as his lover resisted his request. Key shook his head. Oh no, this was going to happen. Alec countered with a nod and tugged harder, using all his strength until Key reluctantly—meaning he had no choice—got to his feet.
“I’ve never danced with anyone ever. You’re gonna be disappointed,” Key said, gathering his long hair off his shoulders, expertly tying it in a knot. A sure sign he was either anxious or perhaps thinking this over. Probably both.
“Never. And I love being your first. Come close. Move in.” Alec positioned them hip to hip, placing his hands at Key’s waist, gripping his ass. He stared up into Key’s eyes, getting momentarily lost in the range of emotion reflected at him. Uncertainty lurked there, lust, and definitely humor, but the trust he saw meant the most.
Alec loved these moments even though they were few and far between. He felt small in Key’s arms, and no one had ever accused him of being small before. He also felt whole in Key’s arms—complete. Lost in that thought, he started a gentle sway that Key didn’t participate in.
“Hold me tighter and move your hips.”
Key did, jiggling them back and forth, and they both laughed at the move.
“No. Like this,” Alec said and swayed his hips seductively, using his hands to move Key’s in the same motion.
“I’m not a dancing guy.” Maybe not, but Key was doing great. Alec widened his stance and pushed Key to follow his move for a deeper hip thrust.
“I love to dance, especially like this.” Alec kept his hands on Key’s hips, guiding them in an even rhythm until Key got it, and Alec wrapped one arm around his lover’s waist. “That’s good. You have natural rhythm.”
“That’s bullshit.” Key laughed, but wrapped those brawny arms around Alec to keep them locked together.
“Now bend your legs and go low with me…” Alec moved, dropping his body lower. Key easily followed, staying right with Alec. “Really good. Now, move your feet with me. Small steps back and forth.”
“Let’s not and just stay like this.” Key tightened both arms around Alec’s waist, hands on his ass, which drew him flush against his biker’s broad chest.
Yeah, this was a much better idea.
“I’ve fantasized about you and me out here, dancing to this song. Flips my switch, makes me hard every time,” he whispered and pressed that hardness into Key, letting him take the lead. Alec slid his hands up Key’s broad chest, circling his neck until he reached the knot in Key’s hair. The song came to an end too soon. “Alexa, play ‘Havana’ by Camila Cabello.”
Key’s long hair fell around his shoulders. Alec itched to touch the silky strands. Key’s gaze stayed glued to Alec’s lips and his hips kept time with Alec’s.
“I knew we’d burn up the dance floor.”
“We fit,” Key muttered.
Alec threaded his fingers through the strands and didn’t have to encourage Key’s head down. He nibbled along the seam of Alec’s lips, not necessarily demanding entrance, more like lingering, licking his way across the contour of his mouth, sampling his lips.
Key moved his hand, sliding one to the small of Alec’s back, drawing his rigid cock against Key’s equally hard dick. With the other, he held Alec’s neck and jaw, titling his head. Alec maintained the sensual sway as he opened his mouth and Key delved inside. Oh God, this was hotter than Alec had imagined. He was consumed from the very first slide of Key’s insistent tongue. The sexy beat faded, the sounds of fireworks popping in the distance disappeared. Alec locked his arms around Key’s neck, his fingers clutching that long hair as his body erupted with desire.
Alec broke from the kiss, rubbed their cheeks together, and inhaled. Under the faint chlorine odor of the pool and the coconut scent of the suntan lotion, he caught the heady leather and spice of his man. Pure male. Pure aroused male. Damn, if his dick didn’t get even harder. His cock was leaking, which always seemed to happen around Key.
He couldn’t get enough of this man. Hell, he’d come so hard in the shower earlier when they’d rinsed the chlorine from the pool off each other’s bodies that he thought he might pass out.
And now, every brush of Key’s beard against his face sent jolts of electricity straight to his balls. He ran his hands over every inch of Key’s firm body, up his broad back. In all this time, he’d only ever dreamed of having someone to share moments like this with.
Everything about Key made the blood hum in his veins, but it wasn’t just the sexual attraction. What he felt was so much more.
He tangled Key’s long hair around his fist and sucked at the skin of his neck. Key’s breathing deepened. Such a sexy sound. The more turned on his lover got, the sexier he sounded. Alec loved knowing he could control the sweet composition of Key’s sounds with just a twist or squeeze of his hand. It was a heady feeling to know he made his lover’s body respond in that way. Flipped his motherfucking switch.
Driven with need, he pressed openmouthed kisses along Key’s jawline and down his throat, stopping every now and then to lick the salt from his skin. He tasted so fucking good, so masculine and exotic. Key pressed his hips forward, and Alec groaned at the perfect fit of Key’s body against his.
“Do you want to stay out here?” he asked, then brushed his lips across the corner of Key’s mouth in a reverent kiss. He felt the grin lift the edges of Key’s lips.
“Is that a yes?” he asked, his lips moving over Key’s.
“Hell yeah.” Key growled and pushed his hips forward again, this time with more force.
The temptation to rub off on that hardness was strong, but he took Key’s hand and tugged him across the patio instead.
Key’s hand was warm in his as Alec led him up the steps, past the hibiscus hedge by the waterfall, and into the cabana with an outdoor bed. Twinkle lights glowed softly in the foliage that shrouded the area.
When Key kicked out of his shorts and crawled on the bed, Alec’s knees about buckled. The sight of that perfect ass flexing as he moved across the pillowed top made his dick swell and his balls heavy with desire. The breeze picked up, dancing across his skin just as he stepped out of the athletic shorts he’d thrown on after their swim and shower. The night breeze did nothing to cool the heat building in his body as his gaze remained on his lover.
Key lazily stroked himself, watching Alec’s every move. Those piercing eyes daring him to join in or be left out. Crickets chirped and leaves rustled on the branches as he followed the movement of Key’s hand.
“Always starting without me.” He winked at Key and reached down, opening the storage drawer under the bed to retrieve the lube and a strip of condoms he’d put there hoping for this moment.
“Always prepared,” Key drawled and nodded at the objects he’d just retrieved.
He grinned. Yeah, Key had him figured out, especially now that he’d been coming around more regularly. Alec made sure he always had supplies handy.
“Be prepared. Boy Scout motto.”
“Didn’t figure you for the Boy Scout type,” Key grumbled, watching him like a predator watches its prey. That sexy fist still moved up and down his shaft. Alec tossed the items to the cushion and lowered a knee to the bed.
“I wasn’t, but Boy Scouts are helpful…and I can be helpful.” He placed his hand over Key’s, guiding his strokes.
“I like helpful,” Key rumbled and allowed him to set the pace. Alec nudged Key’s legs open and pressed between them, sitting back on his knees to enjoy the view in front of him as he stroked the other man. It all became too much, too tempting, and Alec wasn’t one to deprive himself. He leaned down and licked Key’s hip bone then mouthed the spot above his belly button.
Key’s hips lifted as Alec took his time and traced with his tongue the beautiful markings decorating his skin. He pinched Key’s nipple between his thumb and forefinger, earning a slight hiss as he twisted the nub. When he finished playing with his lover’s nipples, he smoothed his hand over Key’s tight stomach, watching his reaction as he teased the man’s swollen cock, the tip glistening with his desire.
A smile spread across his lips when Key’s eyes slid shut as he dipped his finger in the slit to gather the wetness beading there. Oh, yeah, he was going to make this man tremble with need, make this moment so special that no other man would ever have a chance of stealing him away.
It was a struggle for sanity anytime Key was near, but touching him, tasting him like this, was quickly becoming a drug he craved. He stretched his legs out behind him, keeping Key gripped tightly in his fist. He licked the swollen head then around the flared tip before sucking him down as far as possible. Key’s moans grew louder, prompting him to suck harder.
Velvet hardness slid along his tongue and teased his senses. There was so much he wanted to do. With a possessive growl, he pushed Key’s leg back so he could play, nibbling and biting the fleshy globe of his butt before moving his kisses to Key’s ass. The softness of his body there made him needy and wild. He circled Key’s hole, teasing the soft skin of his pucker with a finger and his tongue, greedily lapping at his lover like a starving man.
“Your mouth… Aghhh.” Key panted, his body straining against Alec’s mouth. Fingernails bit into his scalp, and Key’s legs trembled. “Need you to fuck me.”
“Motion denied, Mr. Dixon. I’m not finished playing yet,” he mumbled against Key’s flesh then took his time and prepared Key using his fingers, mouth, and tongue. Key’s body responded so beautifully to his touch. From that first clench of muscle tightening around his finger to the desperate pleading as he slowly and methodically worked the man’s body.
Key’s intake of breath and soft moans filled the draped canopy, fueling his own desire. Alec’s cock leaked against the rough canvas material of the cabana bed. He pushed his hips into the mattress, praying he could hold off his release. He wanted to lose himself to the man so badly but refused to rush this evening. Alec was also a selfish man and enjoyed the pleasure-filled pleas of his lover far too much.
Alec intentionally kept Key hanging on the edge until he was certain neither of them could take it any longer. He pushed his fingers in deep and curled them, watching as Key arched off the bed, unintelligible words spewing from his lips. He withdrew his fingers and released his lover.
“Lie on your side.” He patted Key’s thigh as he changed their position and reached for the condoms.
After tearing the packet and rolling on the condom, Alec reached for the lube and stretched out alongside Key’s long body, his chest to Key’s back. Alec scooted in closer, pressing kisses on Key’s shoulders, neck, and back as he drizzled lube on his dick then rubbed the crevice of his lover’s ass. God, Key felt so damn good against him.
“You going to fuck me or tease me?”
Alec groaned and buried his face in Key’s neck. Fuck! The words that came out of Key’s mouth made his dick throb. After he regained his composure, Alec lifted his head and pressed his lips against Key’s ear and whispered, “Gonna fuck you so hard, every time you sit on your bike you’ll think of me.” Alec smiled at the shudder that went through his lover’s body.
“Less talking more action.” Key pressed tighter against him and wiggled his ass.
Alec moaned as he gripped his covered dick, anticipation churning in his balls as he guided himself into his biker. He almost came unglued as Key’s scorching heat gripped him, squeezing him and sending a rush of warmth flaring down his body as he sank deeper into all that searing tightness. Key sucked in a breath and tensed beside him. Alec froze, allowing his lover to adjust to the invasion and taking the time he needed to gain control over his own body.
“You okay?” he asked, kissing the side of Key’s neck.
Key slowly exhaled. “Very.”
When Key relaxed around him, Alec started to move. He ran his fingers up and down Key’s ribs, over his stomach and hip bone, reverently caressing his skin before taking his rigid length in his fist and stroking.
“So fucking tight,” he whispered against Key’s ear as he drew him in closer. “So fucking deep in you.”
“Yes,” Key said on a groan and pressed against him, his muscles flexing and tensing with every thrust.
Slow and sensual, they moved together as one, their bodies perfectly in sync. The pleasure built with every snap of his hips and every glide of his skin against Key’s smooth flesh. Alec released Key’s cock and pushed into his body with strong demanding rolls of his hips. He lifted Key’s leg, sliding it over his, changing the angle as he drove into his lover.
“There…fuck yeah.” Key gasped as Alec mouthed the back of Key’s neck before sinking his teeth into the fleshy part between his neck and shoulder. Key’s body quivered. The thought of marking Keyes as his sent a desperate surge of lust burning through his body.
Alec’s movements became desperate and jerky as he fought for control of his body. He didn’t want this to end. Couldn’t get enough. So surrounded by Key, yet he couldn’t get close enough to the man in his arms.
Alec pulled Key back against his chest, partially on top of himself but half on his side, holding Key tight against his body as he fucked him. Key turned his head, and those full, firm lips grazed his. Alec thrust his hips up into the tightness of Key’s body. He couldn’t stop them from moving even if he’d wanted to.
Key’s ass gripped him, pulling him in, milking him as he thrust into Key’s tight channel. Alec smoothed his palm over Key’s taut stomach and kept going until he wrapped his fingers around his lover’s arousal and stroked Key with his hand.
The outside world fell away. No one could touch them. Their hearts were so connected in that moment, nothing held them back. The feeling of their bodies intertwined, and so in tune, made Alec crave Key’s pleasure, but more than that, he wanted to take care of this man, be there for him, wanted to wake up wrapped in his arms every day of his life.
He was so lost to this man, so completely taken.
“I love you.” The words bubbled up in his throat, and before he could stop them, they moved swiftly over his tongue and tumbled past his lips. He’d said it. He’d meant it. And he refused to take it back even as Key’s body stiffened, and the words hung in the air between them.
Pure and simple he loved Key. He didn’t regret the words, only hoped Key honestly heard them. Key didn’t say a word, but soft lips moved against his. Key’s tongue slid over his lips and dipped inside. The kiss became more passionate, his groans louder and his breaths faster. Key reached back to dig his fingers into Alec’s ass, pulling him deeper. He rocked into Key in deep measured strokes. He had Key moaning out loud and both of them breathing hard. His heart pounded in his chest as his orgasm raced down his spine and Key’s body seized and clamped down around him.
“That’s it. Come with me, baby,” he managed through gritted teeth as he gave in to his own blinding pleasure, filling the condom in Key’s ass.
Key’s weight against his chest held him down as his body came back online and some of the haze cleared from his brain. Heavy breathing and the sounds of a summer night filled the inside of the cabana.
He closed his eyes, pressed his forehead against the back of Key’s neck, and just held him. Had he made a mistake? Was it too soon? Alec hadn’t planned on saying those words, but now that they were out there, he didn’t expect Key to return them. Yes, he wanted them…badly, but he could wait—could wait for Key to catch up.
The way he’d responded was more than enough, at least for now. Key couldn’t deny the connection or the chemistry sizzling between them. Alec sensed the tension and uncertainty his declaration had evoked in his lover, but unlike every time he tried to throw walls between them when emotions were involved, this time Key stayed with him. He didn’t say the words back, but he didn’t attempt to add any barriers.
Alec’s hope soared. He knew the truth now. He just had to work out the details. And he would do everything in his power to prove he already owned Key’s heart and make him his forever.
=♥=
Find out how Alec and Key create order out of havoc in
Order (Tattoos and Ties, book 2)
available early 2019
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