Gavin felt like his skin could barely contain the want coursing through him. It was almost how he felt when he was behind the lens of a camera, out in the world, exploring the beauty that was so easy to take for granted when you didn’t stop and look for it. And as he spun on Blake when she closed the door to their apartment and crowded her with his body, he was so fucking glad he’d stopped to look closer. That he hadn’t dismissed her as some goofball he worked with. Because even though he hadn’t known her long, he did know there was so much more to Blake. And despite the fact that she’d probably never want to tell him any of it, he was drawn to it nonetheless.

“You drive me crazy, you know that?” he whispered against the skin of her neck as he nuzzled into her.

She laughed huskily. “It’s a short drive with me.”

His lips curled into a smirk as he kissed along her jaw. When he pulled back, his eyes locked with hers, and he found himself unable to look away for a minute. After a beat, her eyes slid closed, and he put his lips on hers in a kiss full of passion. He cupped her cheek, tilting her head so he could have better access. Then he let his tongue push into her mouth, her moan vibrating through him as if it had a direct line to his cock.

She wrapped her leg around his thigh as if she was trying to climb him, so he took the hint and hoisted her up. “Need…naked…now.” Her words came out in harsh pants.

“Your place or mine?” he asked her. His hands were kneading her ass as he sucked and nipped along her throat.

“I…I want…Christ,” she gasped and speared her hands into his hair and pulled. When he was looking at her, she continued, “I can’t think with you doing that.”

“Sorry,” Gavin said, though he knew his tone told her he was anything but.

She gazed at him for a second, her lips pursed like she was mulling something over.

“Do you want to stop?” he asked, her hesitation making him unsure.

The appalled look on her face was enough indication that that was not something she wanted. But the “What are you, insane?” she yelled at him also helped chase his doubts away.

“Then why are you doing that weird thing with your mouth?”

She smirked. “Oh, baby. I can do tons of weird things with my mouth. If you’re nice, I’ll show you sometime.”

His dick, which had flagged a bit, really liked that answer.

“I don’t want to have sex in either of our rooms,” she said.

“Okay.” Gavin waited for her to continue.

She released a deep breath before speaking again. “If you think it’s too weird, we don’t have to. It’s just something I’ve always wanted to do, and I thought…maybe…you’d be up for…”

“Spit it out, Blake.”

“Remember later that you told me to spit.”

“I’m seriously going to drop you on your ass if you don’t tell me what you want.”

“You’re so salty,” she said as she tightened her grip on his neck. “Let me whisper it to you.” She leaned in, nipping at his earlobe before saying, “I want you to fuck me on my Kama Sutra tiles.”

And his cock was fully back with the program. “Yes. Let’s do that,” he replied quickly as he began carrying her toward the bar top that separated the living room from the kitchen. He dropped her onto it and then urged her to lie back so he could climb on top. He rocked against her as he kissed her deeply.

Clothes began flying every which way as they ripped them off one another. But before Gavin completely shucked his pants, he reached into them and withdrew a condom from his wallet.

“Like a fucking Boy Scout,” Blake said.

“With you around, I’m not taking any chances of being unprepared.” Gavin ducked his head for a second before refocusing on her.

“Just so you know, I’ve been tested since the last guy I messed around with and have an IUD. If the same goes for you, maybe we could…”

She didn’t finish her sentence, but Gavin couldn’t help but tease her. “I don’t have an IUD.”

She rolled her eyes at him. “Forget I said anything.”

He dipped down and kissed her before drawing back and looking her in the eyes. “I’ve been tested since my last partner too.”

“So you wanna?” she asked.

Caressing her skin at her hairline with his thumb, Gavin said, “Say what you want, Blake.”

She huffed. “You’re so annoying. Fine, do you want to fuck me bare? Because I could really—”

Her sentence was cut off by Gavin’s lips on hers because he couldn’t keep them off her.

Gavin grinned against her mouth. “You trust me that much?”

“I trust you maybe a little too much,” she whispered.

“I think you trust me just the right amount,” he said before dipping his head so he could lick and suck on her nipples, which caused her back to arch off the counter.

“Need you in me,” she whimpered.

Gavin guided himself into her with one long, smooth motion. He thrust into her as his fingers toyed with her nipples, and she writhed beneath him like she was trying to simultaneously get away from him and also pull him deeper inside her.

Gavin looked at the tile beneath her, and the dueling erotic sights caused his balls to draw up. He wasn’t going to last, and he needed her to catch up with him. His hand drifted down her body until it reached her clit. As soon as he made contact with it, she bucked harshly.

“Fuck, yes. Right there.”

He continued to play with her clit as he drove into her, his hips pumping wildly as his orgasm rested on a precipice. Two more thrusts and he was hurtling over it, his release slamming through him and emptying into her. Her slick walls felt amazing around his sensitive cock, but he didn’t let himself bask in the afterglow.

Scooting back, he licked a trail down her stomach before he arrived at his destination and began lapping at her clit.

She thrust her hands into his hair, holding him in place even though he had no intention of going anywhere. He pushed into her with two fingers as his tongue continued to flick at her sensitive bud.

He darted his eyes up to see the ecstasy on her face. He watched as her shoulders lifted off the tile and her entire body shook with her orgasm. He felt her wetness envelop his fingers. It had his spent cock twitching, but he ignored it to climb back up her body and press soft kisses everywhere he could reach.

Her chest rose and fell quickly as she tried to catch her breath. He planted his elbows on either side of her head and looked down at her. He knew the smile on his face looked smug, but he didn’t give a shit.

“Proud of yourself?” she asked with a smile of her own.

Gavin shrugged his reply, but his smile grew wider.

“Well, you sure as hell should be. I bet these tiles learned a thing or two tonight.”

Gavin buried his face in her neck and laughed like he couldn’t remember ever doing after sex before. It was cathartic in a way he never would’ve expected. Though he guessed being with Blake in any capacity was likely to have that effect on him. Not that he’d ever tell her that.