I wake from one of best nights of sleep I've had in years. A small stream of sunlight comes into the hut. It’s early, maybe 5 a.m. The sun is just rising and casts a sliver of orange through the small window.

Immediately I’m aware of every inch of Madeline on top of me. Somehow, during the night she rolled over onto me, her body spread out over mine. Her head is on my chest, but her legs have fallen on either side of my hips. Her small white bathing suit is the only thing keeping her from being completely naked.

The thought has my morning wood aching with need. I don’t move. Instead I just lie there and enjoy the feeling of her pressed against me. Every inch of her is touching me, and it feels like I’m in heaven.

I’ve waited so long to be this close to her. To be able to hold her in my arms and have her feel what I feel. I’ve wanted her from the minute I saw her, and nothing has changed since then. She’s fought me and pushed me away, but it finally feels like she might be mine. That we’ve cleared that air. Made her see how much I want to be with her.

I wasn’t joking when I said I was ready for marriage, and I meant with her. I never thought it would happen before I met Madeline, and I know now that it’s because I hadn’t met the right woman. When I met Madeline, that was it for me. I knew that if she wouldn’t have me, I’d just be alone the rest of my life. But I hope that I can convince her. That somehow I can make her mine, and we can have it all. The house with the white-picket fence, babies, grandbabies: a life.

Her heartbeat is steady, and I feel my own match her rhythm. I fell for her hard and fast on day one, and I haven’t stopped and thought about what to do once I finally had her in my arms. I wanted that sweetness I knew she has but could never get her to direct it towards me. It drove me crazy.

Oh, I’d planned a lot of dirty things I wanted to do, but now that she’s here with me, I just want this moment to last. I savor it and every part of her. I want to spend eternity coming up with ways to keep her and make her fall in love with me. Is that so wrong?

I feel Madeline stirring, and I smile as she lifts her head to look down on me. Her hair is a knotted mess, but she looks so adorable as she blushes.

“Guess I used you as a pillow last night,” she says, biting her lip.

“That you did. But I didn’t mind one bit.”

I place my hand on the back of her neck and pull her lips down to mine. It was meant to be soft, kind of like saying good morning to her. But when our lips connect, all of that goes out the window.

Madeline deepens it, slipping her tongue into my mouth. Her hands go to my bare chest, and I feel her nails dig in slightly, and my hands go to her hips. After just a second with her leading us, I have enough and flip us over.

I pin her arms above her head and move between her legs, the need I have for her overtaking everything. I’ve waited too long to have her, and all of that seems to be bleeding out now.

My mouth goes back to her, and I growl into her mouth as I eat her moans. She’s wiggling under me, but my weight on her is solid, and she’s unable to get free. I don’t think she’s trying to, but if she wanted to, she’d have a tough time.

I break the kiss, needing to look into her eyes. They’re so beautiful, and I want them looking at me. I’m nearly out of breath, and my heart is pounding out of my chest, but I gently brush my thumb across her cheek and take a chance.

“Let me make love to you, Madeline. I’ll take care of you, no matter what.” I lick my lips and give her one more soft kiss before pulling back and looking down at her again. “I’m all yours, sweets. Let me have all of you.”

She looks away and then looks back at me, and I can see indecision on her face. “I’m a virgin, Kenton.”

She acts like it was difficult to admit, but I just grin from ear to ear. I didn’t know how experienced she was, and I didn’t really care. But I’m beyond excited to be her first. And her last. I’ll make it perfect for her.

“I’m clean. I haven’t been with anyone in years, and I’ve been tested several times since then,” I say, rubbing my nose against hers. “Are you on anything?”

“I take the pill, but I’m terrible at remembering. I started taking them in high school because my periods were so bad, and I just kept it up. But I haven’t had much of a need for them, so I’m not super reliable at keeping on schedule. I don’t have it with me now, obviously. Not like I planned on getting stuck out here.” She lets out a little nervous laugh. “But I’ve only missed a day, so it should be okay.” She hesitates and then looks up at me. “We can wait if you want to be sure.”

“No!” I shout, and then realize how loud my answer was. “Sorry.” I give her a quick kiss and then shake my head. “No, we don’t have to wait.”

We’re both smiling like idiots, and I don’t know why, but I love it. If you can’t smile when you’re about to have sex for the first time, when can you?

I take her mouth again, this time giving her a deep kiss like before. My hands slide down the curve of her sides, and slip into the waist of her bikini bottom. Without breaking the kiss, I push it down, and she kicks it off of her. Then my hands move up to the back of her bathing suit top and untie it.

Leaning back a little, I pull the top from her, and she’s completely naked under me. I blink a few times to make sure she’s real, and then I feel her hand come up to my cheek.

“Madeline, you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”

She smiles up at me, and then her hand moves down my chest and over my stomach to the string of my trunks. She unties them and then pushes them down my waist. I kick them off, and my hard cock nestles against her pussy, feeling her heat and wanting entry.

I kiss her until both of us are breathless, and then I move my mouth to her neck. I lick a path to between her breasts and then move over, taking a nipple into my mouth.

“Kenton. Please,” she moans, and I know what she wants. I want the same thing, I’m just trying to go slow.

Pressing the tip of my cock to her entrance, I move it back and forth, slicking it up with her passion. She’s soaked and ready, but I think I might just be as nervous as she is.

I keep my mouth on her nipple as I thrust in, and I bite down slightly as I pop her cherry. She cries out, and I hold still, giving her a moment to adjust. Licking one nipple then the other, slowly bringing her pleasure forward again.

“You okay?” I ask, kissing her neck and nibbling on her ear.

I can feel her start to relax, and after a second she nods.

“Yes. I think you can move.”

I smile and take her lips, sweeping my tongue through her mouth. Slowly, I start to move an inch at a time. Once I’m almost out of her, with just the tip remaining, I push back inside at the same slow pace. I lazily thrust in and out of her until her she’s completely relaxed and raising her hips up to meet me.

“More,” she moans, and I grit my teeth to try to keep from taking her harder. She’s not ready for that yet. Just slow and steady.

“More,” Madeline moans again, and I shake my head.

“Don’t rush this, baby. I want to remember every detail of the first time I make love to you, and I don't want it to be over yet.”

Suddenly, she has little tears in her eyes, and she nods, smiling at me. I use my thumb to wipe away the stray drops and lean down, giving her soft kisses.

She’s so tight and warm, and I want to cum inside her, but I also want to savor this. So we slowly build together to our peaks.

When her legs start to tremble, I reach between us and pet her clit gently. I stroke her a few times, and then I feel her pussy clench around me, giving me what I want most. Her pleasure. She bows her back, and her fingers dig into my shoulders as she shouts my name into the little hut.

I bury my face in her neck and grunt out her name as I hold myself inside her and release. It’s the single greatest orgasm of my life, and I try not to black out from how intense it is. Wave after wave of pleasure hits me, and somewhere in the distance I hear Madeline having another orgasm.

I cling to her, and her body wraps around mine. The two of us recognize that what just took place was powerful. Resting my forehead against hers, I try to catch my breath.

“Is it always that good?” Madeline asks, smiling up at me.

“With you, sweets, everything is always better.” I kiss her lips gently and then look into her eyes. “I’ve never felt anything like that before. But I knew you’d be different. I knew when I saw you that you were the one.”