My heart was thumping with joy as we made our way into the bedroom, because everything was now so much more real. Derek had actually told me that he loved me, and he really meant it. I could see that in his eyes as he spoke to me.

Knowing that he felt that way about me was incredible; it made everything feel right with the world once more. If only I’d taken the time to listen, rather than overreacting, then I would’ve been able to get to this place so much sooner. Happiness would’ve come for me faster.

I fell onto the bed sheets and patted to indicate for Derek to take a seat next to me, which he did without complaint. Once there, I wrapped my hands around his face and brought it back to mine, where the buzzing sensation hummed all over my body again. It was always that way with Derek. He always did that to me, and I never wanted to give him up again.

As Derek’s arms snaked around my waist, I flinched a little because his hands felt too good against my burning hot skin. Everything was sizzling, right down into my core, unleashing the primal, animalistic side of me all over again. I yanked at his tee shirt, needing it off, wanting to see every inch of his skin now that we’d decided to give in to this temptation fully.

“Bit needy, aren’t we?” Derek joked as he lifted the material up over his head, but I didn’t care. I nodded agreeably with him, helping him get it off… and my God. The body he had under there got me every time.

I shed my shirt, and once we were both half naked, we began kissing frantically once more, grabbing on to one another as if there were no tomorrow. His touch made me shudder violently, in the most incredible way possible.

I moved my lips away from Derek’s and down over his neck, his ear lobe, his collarbone, trying to explore every single bit of him with my mouth. As my tongue licked the sweat off of his body, I felt stiffening in my underwear, and a powerful need to ravish this man.

“Oh God,” he gasped loudly as I moved my mouth down over his chest and stomach.

“Oh, Gio...” His hands clung tightly to my shoulders as I slowly moved downward… further down toward his underwear.

My mouth grew hungry for a taste. It was practically drooling to take him in, so as I fiddled with the zipper on his trousers I felt impatient.

“Come on,” I gasped, tugging at it. “Now.”

Finally I managed to free Derek from his material prison, which caused a guttural scream to burst free from his chest. That empowered me, spurred me on further. I took his thick, throbbing erection in my hand and I gently ran my fingers all over him.

“Oh… my… God…” Derek’s head hit the pillow hard as he flopped backward to embrace the sensations. He clutched onto his forehead as perspiration dripped over his face, showing how overwhelmed he was getting.

I ran my hands over him faster and harder with one hand, which slowly tracing my other fingers over his balls in a way that I recalled him loving. I hoped that no one else had ever thought to do this to him, that it was a thought that he only shared with me.

I needed that. It made me feel phenomenal to know that I was the one who could make him feel best of all.

As I leaned in, inhaling his masculine scent, butterflies flapped violently in my stomach. My breath was tickling him now. I could tell from the way his nails were digging into my shoulders, which meant I had him exactly where I wanted him… submissive only to me.

I moved closer, slowly, tantalizingly, wanting to drive him crazy, and from the way Derek’s back was arching against me, I had it right.

Then I placed just one gentle kiss on his length, just to brush my lips against him, and he buckled crazily against me. So I gave him another, and another, before I could take it no more and I wrapped my lips around him.

His cock trembled between my lips. It begged for me to take him hard and fast, which was exactly what I did. I bobbed my head up and down, whilst exploring him with my tongue. I paid particular attention to his tip, which had him crying out loudly.

“Oh fuck, Gio,” he cried out loudly. “Fuck Yes.”

He was shuddering, shaking, and his whole body was tense.

I knew the pressure was building within him. I could sense it, so I grabbed tightly onto his buttocks so he couldn’t move even one inch. I took all of him into my mouth, and soon was rewarded with the sweet, salty desire of his trickling down my chin.

I swallowed it down, before shimmying up his body to place one gentle kiss on his passion bruised, gasping lips.

“You… you…” he panted, but he couldn’t get his words out. He was far too overcome.

I lay next to him, swallowing up the warmth of his post-coital bliss, and eventually, I felt his finger trickling up and down my thigh.

His calloused fingers felt wonderful against the softness of my gentle skin, which had the electricity building all over again. I wanted to scream, to shout, to cry out in bliss, but instead I bit down hard on my lip, trying to keep it all inside.

“Oh, Derek, you’re driving me crazy,” I finally groaned when I was unable to hold it in any longer. “You feel so good.”

My words ignited a flame within him, giving him his energy back, which he used to flip up over me until his body was straddled over mine. He grabbed onto my cock with a cheeky smile playing on his lips. He moved his hand up and down, softly and slowly at first, but soon picking up the pace when he detected that was exactly what I needed.

His eyes were fixed upon mine. I felt like I could see into his soul, like I could really feel the true depth of his love, and it was wonderful.

I never wanted the sensation to end.

As the hot pool of bliss swirled in my stomach, and a pressure crept its way up from my toes, I fisted the sheets beneath me, just to give me something to hold onto. The incredible sight of Derek above me, his body gleaming at me, made the intense sensations feel even more overwhelming.

My chest grew tight, before it released in an explosion. I moaned as the waves bulldozed over my body, as my body lifted from the bed and flew higher than air. The pleasure flew from my body, splattering everywhere, leaving both of us a sticky mess.

I looked at him, as did he, both of us feeling everything and nothing all at once.

* * *

“So seriously,” Derek propped himself up onto his elbows. “What now?”

We had a lot of questions that needed answering, I knew that, but we’d only just managed to make this work. I didn’t want to wreck it by getting into the whole future stuff right now. I wanted to enjoy what we had for one more moment.

I lived here. I had my career here.

Derek was in the army, a job that took him all over the world all the time.

Chances were it was going to be very difficult, so I just wanted a little more time of it being easy.

“Shall we get something to eat?” I sat up and grinned.

“Are you hungry? I can order some takeout if you like…?”

Derek shot me a disappointed look, but I didn’t let that stop me.

“What do you fancy? Some Chinese? Indian? I think I might have a burger menu somewhere…”

“Gio,” he answered me in a warning tone of voice, one that commanded my attention even if I didn’t really want to give it. “Gio, you know that we need to talk.”

I sighed deeply and nodded.

“Okay. I’m just enjoying what this is for the moment. Can’t we just have a few more days in blissful ignorance before we have to have some form of serious discussion?”

“No, we can’t.” Derek propped himself up and he gave me a serious look. “We can’t because I have to go back tomorrow.”

The world fell out from beneath me.

I felt dizzy and sick all at once.

We wasted so much time fighting. Now it was too late. Everything was rushing up on me, like a train hurtling about a million miles an hour, without even giving me a second to think.

Derek was going, tomorrow.

I was about to lose him.