Chapter 29 | Adam
The car ride lasted forever, and Adam’s impatience built to frustrating levels. He couldn’t reach across the console which stood as a barrier between them. The only barrier. Every time Wade looked over, Adam could see the naked honesty still there. He felt the love in intense waves of emotion.
Adam couldn’t wait for the apartment door to shut before he dragged Wade in for a kiss. Wade obliged willingly, his hands smoothing along Adam’s waist to drag his shirt up and over his head. Wade’s jacket and tie followed, flung away from their bodies to land haphazardly on the chair.
Working the buttons on Wade’s shirt became one of the hardest tasks Adam had ever had to do. He fought the temptation to keep from just ripping the aggravating shirt open. A t-shirt still thwarted him beneath the dress shirt. Adam pulled from their kiss to look down at his chest. “How do you not drown in a puddle of sweat in the summer when you go out dressed like this? I’ve never seen anyone with this much clothing on.”
“I could impress you with fashion talk of a well-dressed man, but I’d rather just get the damn things off and take you to bed.” Wade hooked his fingers in Adam’s waistband to walk back to his bedroom.
Adam gulped. “I’m okay with that.” With enthusiasm, he continued to work Wade’s shirt open, adding it to the trail of clothes left behind them as they headed down the hall.
They paused at the foot of Wade’s bed. Wade’s large hands cupped Adam’s face and drew him in for a kiss that was less desperate and more loving. “Thank you, Adam.”
Adam’s eyes fluttered shut and soaked in the sweetness as their mouths touched. “I’m not sure what I did to deserve thanks.”
“So many things. I'd tell you now, but I don't have the time.” Wade kissed him again and stepped back so he could strip off his slacks. “I’ll just have to show you. Probably a few times, just to make sure you get it.”
As Wade’s slacks tipped off his legs, a small white object dropped out. Adam bent to pick it up. He turned the little seashell over in his hands. “Wade, is this the—”
“Yes.” Wade slid his fingers around the front of Adam’s cargo shorts. He thumbed at the button and slid the zipper down. “It's been with me all day, every day, ever since you gave it to me.”
Adam marveled at it, turning it over and over. “You kept it? All this time?” The significance of it hit Adam immediately. Wade cared and had never stopped thinking of him. Those weren’t empty words but the truth.
“I wasn’t smart enough to go back to the cave and get anything else.” Wade dropped to his knees and pushed his face against Adam’s stomach. “It was all I had left of you.”
The world swam and the air thickened. A heaviness settled on Adam’s chest. Wade had kept the shell. Of all the things… he kept a thing that was so inconsequential. He thought Wade had lost it or something.
And he’d kept it all this time.
Wade’s mouth on the bare skin of his stomach finally pulled his attention away from the shell. He palmed it and closed a tight fist around it so he wouldn’t lose it. He smoothed his free hand through Wade’s hair. “It’s so much softer now,” he said quietly.
“Being able to shampoo it helps,” Wade said against his abdomen. With a gentle tug, he had Adam’s shorts and underwear down and off, flung to the depths of the room. Standing naked in front of Wade wasn’t a new experience.
This time it felt special.
He groaned when Wade’s mouth slipped over his cock, coaxing it to full firmness. Their experimentation on the island had been Wade’s first experiences with a man. As Wade had grown comfortable with Adam, he’d become more adventurous, too. He learned the skill of oral sex and just what it would take to send Adam over the edge.
It looked like he hadn’t forgotten it in the weeks since they’d been home.
Curling forward, Adam cradled Wade’s head, his hips thrusting lightly into Wade’s hungry mouth. “Wade, please. I’m not going to last. It’s been too long.”
Wade pulled back with a slurp. His questing fingers slid up the crack of Adam’s ass. “I know. And now I want everything, Adam. I want to take all of you. Are you okay with that?”
Adam knew exactly what Wade was asking for and it stole his breath. They hadn’t had anal sex before. Wade wasn’t ready, and it had all seemed too taboo for him. Not to mention, the lack of shops on the island selling safer sex essentials, lube, condoms and STI testing kits.
Now he was ready.
“Lube. We need… um… lube and condoms.”
Wade kissed Adam’s stomach one more time before getting to his feet. “I have them. Bedside table.”
Once Wade was on his feet, Adam pulled him down for a kiss. “Then get them and lose the pants.”
“Yes, sir,” Wade said with a grin. “You’re the boss.”
Wade circled around to dig in the drawer, tossing the box of condoms and the tube of lube on the bed next to where Adam stretched out. He stripped his slacks and boxer-briefs off, leaving them in a pile on the floor, and crawled over.
Now that Wade was in range again, Adam guided Wade to rest between his spread knees. “Do you trust me?” Adam asked, taking small kisses.
Wade nodded and looked down between them. “I’m not sure… I mean I know what… it’s just…”
The muscles in Wade’s back tensed as indecision started to lock him up. Adam cupped his face. “Wade, look at me. I’m okay. It’s okay. You know what to do. And you’ll be okay, too. Tell you what, roll onto your back. Let me take care of you.”
After another lingering kiss, Wade tipped to the side and got comfortable on his back. Adam followed to straddle Wade’s thighs. He stroked down Wade’s cock. That won Adam the most delicious moan. He wanted another and squeezed Wade along the shaft as he pulled up.
Wade arched beneath him. He braced Adam’s thighs to hold on. Eyes glassy and dark, Wade watched with an eager expression. To keep that look, Adam worked him up and down, slow and steady.
Once he had Wade hard, wringing soft moans from him, Adam tore open a condom packet with his teeth. With a small dollop of lube at the head, he rolled the condom down over Wade. He smoothed along the rigid shaft with a firm hand. “Have to make sure all the air bubbles are out.”
“You’re so full of shit,” Wade choked out on a laugh. That laugh turned into a moan when Adam pinched at the tip.
Taking the lube up again, Adam worked a liberal amount on his fingers. Rising to his knees, he reached around and pushed his slick fingers into his own ass. “Oh God,” he said on a slow exhale. “Wade, I want you so much.”
Wade’s grip on his thighs tightened. “You look so good. So good.”
“I bet you’ll feel better.” Adam walked on his knees up Wade’s body to straddle his waist.
Wade wrapped a hand around Adam’s cock and stroked slowly.
Catching his lower lip in his teeth, Adam let his head fall back with a heavy groan. A little more lube and Adam was practically screaming in his head to have Wade inside his body now. Reaching between them, he pulled Wade’s cock up and positioned it. After a quick inhale and a slow exhale, Adam allowed the blunt head to find its mark, slowly breaching his body. Wade hung on, watching down between Adam’s legs as his cock disappeared into Adam’s body.
Panting lightly, Wade abandoned his grip on Adam’s dick, instead, opting to hold onto his hips instead. “Adam—” he croaked out. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Wade. Let me control this. Just enjoy the ride.” Adam smiled down at Wade, who watched in fascination as Adam took him all in until he was seated flush against Wade’s thighs.
“Aren’t you doing the riding?” Wade asked with a cheeky smile.
Adam’s eyebrow lifted. With a roll of his hips, he raised, undulated, and settled again in answer. It set off a moan deep in Wade’s chest.
“Fine.” Wade’s voice was considerably hoarser now. “You win.”
“Glad you finally see reason.” Adam leaned forward to brace on Wade’s chest to help balance and control his motion. Beneath him, Wade adjusted his legs to gain some leverage. It allowed them to move together as one unit, joined together by more than their bodies, by their desire for each other.
A light sheen of sweat coated their bodies as they moved in the quiet of the afternoon. Wade groaned as their bodies connected and he shifted in increasing impatience. “Adam, I need more.”
Also eager, that was all Adam needed to know. With a smile, he slowed to a stop, then pulled off from Wade’s cock. He shifted to the side and got comfortable on his knees. No complaints, Adam loved this position.
Wade sat up, and his hand smoothed over Adam’s hips and back. “This looks so perfect, Adam but… can you turn over? I want to see your face.” His voice was low, deep and husky.
Gracefully, Adam turned and spread his legs so Wade could get comfortable between them.
“Fuck,” Wade whispered. He’d never looked more turned on.
With a contraction of his abs, he lifted his legs to lock his ankles behind Wade’s back. Wade’s face was a mask of concentration as he moved his dick into position and Adam’s body swallowed him again.
Hooking his arms at the crux of Adam’s knees, Wade picked up the tempo as he thrust.
Adam’s eyes fluttered as he lost himself to Wade’s movements. Soft moans, the slap of skin, the soft squeak of the mattress and Wade calling Adam’s name over and over until it sounded like a chant.
Adam palmed his cock and started to jack it, each stroke keeping pace with Wade’s hips. He watched with rapt attention as Wade lost himself in motion and sensation. The look of concentration on Wade’s face was sexy. Earnest, sincere, and open. The real Wade shone through. A loving, kind, compassionate, and passionate man.
Sexy.
That was all Adam needed, to see the real man behind the wall he was trying so desperately to tear down.
With an arch and a shout, Adam came, his cock throbbing in his hand as burning white streaks landed across his chest.
Wade gave a strangled moan as Adam contracted around him. “Shit, Adam, shit… I’m going to…”
His thrusts grew frantic as he pounded into Adam until Wade shook when his climax hit him. Adam watched as he froze, gripped by his climax, shortly before the relieved expression spread across Wade’s face. Their eyes met, and Wade smiled the most brilliant, beautiful smile Adam had ever witnessed.
Adam smoothed a hand down the closely shaven chin and lifted to kiss it. “You’re perfect.”
Wade nodded in exhaustion. Before he collapsed on Adam, Wade caught himself on his elbows to place awkward kisses over Adam’s face. “I didn’t hurt you, did I?”
“No. You didn’t. It was the most amazing thing to happen, and I’m glad it did. You were passionate and considerate, and I haven’t felt this good in a long while.” Adam butted his forehead against Wade’s. “And you’re getting heavy.”
Wade laughed. He pulled from Adam with a grimace and tipped over to the side to stretch out with him. “I love you, Adam. Can you stay with me?”
“Sure, I can spare a few hours—”
“No.” Wade shifted to rest on one elbow. “Stay for good. Live with me. Here. It's not a tropical island, and I'll be happy to move anywhere you want to live, but for now, could you be happy here?”
Adam was never good at hiding tears. They spilled out of his eyes and ran into his hairline at his temple. “I can be happy wherever you are, Wade. Here or in a cave on a deserted island. If you’re there, then that’s where I want to be.”
“Move in with me today and let's plan the rest of our lives together.”
Whatever had happened to give Wade this breakthrough, Adam could only offer up thanks to the universe that it happened. Maybe one day, Adam would ask. For today, Adam wasn’t going to press his luck. He would take whatever circumstances had brought them together at face value and be thankful for this second chance.