“You’re a virgin?” I can’t wrap my head around that. Andy is beautiful and funny and outgoing and smart. How can he be a virgin?

“Are you making fun of me?” His eyes are wet, and I quickly realize his question is serious.

“Of course not.” I sit beside him on the bed and run my fingertips over his arm.

Andy goes still at first, but after a few seconds, he relaxes and turns into my touch.

“I’m just surprised…and confused.”

Andy looks right at me, almost as confused as I am. “What’s so hard to understand? I was tired of being afraid of sex, so I went to that club hoping to get it over with.” He shakes his head and a single tear rolls down his cheek. “It’s not exactly what I was expecting, but I guess I got what I wished for.”

I brush thumb across his cheek, wiping away his tear. “Why did you wish for that? You’re sexy and fun. I’m sure there are plenty of guys at school who are interested in you. Why were you determined to get it over with?”

Andy purses his lips together, and I know he’s fighting back his emotion. Despite his efforts, more tears fall. “Because I’m a big baby. Every time I was with a guy who was interested, I’d panic and leave. I figured if I did it with a stranger, then it would be less scary when I was with someone I actually liked.”

Well, I guess that’s one way to approach it. I run my fingers through Andy’s hair, and a visible shiver shakes his whole body. I feel it travel from my fingertips all the way to my balls. I shouldn’t be here with him right now. But I definitely can’t leave him when he’s upset like this.

Andy jerks away from me, curling up into a ball and crying out in pain. “God, how do people survive this?”

Putting aside any pretense of propriety, I pull Andy into my lap and just hold him. He burrows his face into my neck and inhales deeply, kind of the same way I’m doing with my nose buried in his hair.

He smells so good.

Not just because of his heat pheromones but because his natural scent is so…perfect.

As if that thought triggers a physical reaction, my hard cock twitches beneath him. Andy moans, digging his ass farther into my lap as if trying to seek out my length even through the cloth barriers separating us.

He turns against my chest, gripping my shirt with both of his hands in a silent plea.

“Will my knot help you?” I whisper, almost afraid of what his answer will be.

“Yes. God yes.” Andy’s nose tickles my throat as he brushes back and forth across it. “I need you so bad.”

A guttural moan escapes my throat, and I wrap my arms around him even tighter. “I want you, Andy. Fuck, I want you so bad.” I close my eyes and try to focus on the right thing to do, versus what both of our bodies are begging for. “But this is your first time. Are you sure you want it to be with me?”

“It’s not my first anymore. That asshole ruined that.” More tears escape Andy’s eyes as he rests his cheek in the crook of my neck. “It should’ve been you. I wish it would’ve been you. If there were any way I could go back in time and give you my virginity, I would do it.” He takes a deep breath and shudders in my arms. “But I’ll understand if you’re not interested in touching me after...that happened.”

I gently lift Andy up so I can look him right in the eyes. “That was not your fault and you definitely didn’t take a knot. He had time for maybe one of two thrusts before I got in there so as far as I’m concerned, you’re still a virgin. And I would be honored to be the man you choose to relieve your heat.”

He hiccups and a small smile replaces the frown he’s been wearing since he woke up. “Really? You want me?”

I pull him back against my chest then tilt my hips so my extremely hard and full dick is pressed into him. “I’ve wanted you since I first saw you in that club. I just wish I would have taken you then. But now that I know you and you know me, it means so much more. So, yes, can I make love to you, Andy?”

His fingers dig into my chest as he moans out. His sounds are less tortured now and more anticipatory.

I stand up and lay him across my bed. With his eyes locked to me, I lift my shirt over my head and toss it to the ground. Andy’s cock is standing straight up in the loose pajamas he’s wearing, and the sight makes me even more desperate to touch him. I can’t believe this is happening but I know without a doubt that he wants this. That makes it a lot easier to unbutton my jeans and slip them down my legs. When my long cock bounces against my belly, Andy cries out and slides his hand into his pants to grip his own length.

Standing fully nude in front of him, I wait for him to offer himself to me. “Take them off, baby. I want to see you.”

Andy immediately tugs the pants off then closes his eyes as if he doesn’t want to see my reaction.

I’m almost glad he can’t see the primal need in my eyes or he might be frightened. “And your shirt.”

He peeks up at me then pulls of the shirt and lays completely still, watching me take him in for the first time.

“You’re beautiful.” I lower to my knees and lean across the bed so my nose is rubbing the short hairs surrounding the base of his hard dick. “And so fucking perfect.”

Andy whimpers and places his hand in my hair, gently pressing my head until my lips are against his heated skin. I don’t make him beg before kissing the sensitive skin at the apex of his thigh and then dragging my tongue all the way up the length of his cock. “I need your knot, Jude. Please.”

With him squirming beneath me, I can’t resist any longer. I pull a condom out of my bedside table and quickly tear it open. Andy’s eyes watch me intensely and a tear slides down his cheek before he can swipe it away.

I stop immediately, not even getting the latex fully in place. “What’s wrong, baby? Do you want me to stop?”

He shakes his head but won’t look at me as a few new tears escape his closed lids.

“Andy, tell me what’s wrong.” I lean over so my mouth is right against his ear. My hot breath against his face makes him shudder again.

“The doctor said I was clean,” he murmurs.

“I know, baby.” I think about when his reaction changed and try to understand what is upsetting him but come up empty. “I’m not worried about that.”

“Are you?” he finally exhales and turns to face me, his mouth almost touching mine.

“Yes, of course. I’ve never had sex without protection.”

“Oh.” Andy turns away again, but I stop his retreat and force him to focus on me so I can see his face.

“Is that okay?”

He shrugs and his eyes flit from my mouth to my eyes. “I just thought you’d want to…”

“Do you want me bare?” I almost choked on the words, unable to believe he was offering himself to me in this way. I was honest when I said I wasn’t worried about him having anything. The guy he was with really did only have a few seconds with him and there wasn’t any evidence of semen on Andy when I found him. But it was a big decision for him to make…with me.

He nods and his eyes move back to my mouth. “I want to feel all of you.”

I press my mouth his, kissing him for the first time and tasting the warm flavors that I’d only experienced through smell so far. As amazing as Andy smells, he tastes even better. I want to devour his lips and tongue but my dick has other priorities.

After sliding one arm under his back, I lift Andy up a few inches on the bed then slide my knees under his thighs so his hole is open and exposed. I gently prod his opening with one finger but he’s so slick and ready that I quickly loosen him up until he’s begging for more.

“Please, Jude. Knot me.”