Elliot leaned closer, all choked up as he spoke, and Knight could already taste the kiss on his lips. “I missed you every single minute.”
Knight grinned, but he felt so moved he couldn’t speak at first and just pulled Elliot close, relaxing against his warmth. “I’ve never met anyone like you. There’s loads of pretty people, but only one of you. Can’t let you go, can I?”
Elliot hugged him tightly, and relief flooded Knight’s body, making him warm all over in this fridge of a trailer.
“Never let me go,” Elliot whispered.
It was so strange. Any other time there would be something warning Knight about not making reckless promises, but not today. He knew that Elliot was the one, even though he was a guy, even though Knight had never before felt ready to give up on sex outside his relationships. He just knew that he would never meet anyone so finely tuned with him as Elliot, and he was ready to sacrifice a part of his lifestyle for him.
“I won’t. I love you.”
Elliot kissed Knight under the jaw, and it was so sweet it made Knight’s body tremble. No girlfriend had ever made him feel this way. So cherished, so desperately needed. “I know.”
“Ah, damn you. I didn’t have to say it after all. It feels so cheesy when you say it out loud,” he grumbled and rubbed his cheek against the top of Elliot’s head.
Elliot laughed and hugged him tighter. “I love you too, if that helps with your embarrassment. I’ve never met a man before who not only turned me on with the violence he could enforce on the world, but was also always there to protect me.”
Knight snorted. “I will have to protect you. We’ve already established that you trip over your own feet,” he said and poked Elliot’s nose with a wide smile. There was something so unbearably perfect in this moment that he wanted it to last forever.
“And I’ll be doing more of that now that my depth perception is shit.” Despite his words, Elliot smiled back, without a trace of the guarded look that he usually sported.
Knight laughed and kissed Elliot’s lips, rubbing his hands against his narrow, lovely hips. It felt like tasting sunshine, so Knight pressed closer, enjoying the sensation of just being together. Elliot’s slim arms wrapped around his neck, enclosing him in more warmth and making Knight wish they were back at the apartment at the clubhouse so that they didn’t have so many layers of clothing between them.
He no longer had to worry Fane would force Elliot to bite him out of spite, or be self-conscious over a freaking ghost watching them fuck. Elliot was now his, and giving up on an open relationship was a small price to pay. The more he thought about it, the more relieved he was about his decision. As if suddenly the pressure of being ‘Knight the stud’ was off his shoulders.
It had always been Knight’s thing to romantically focus on one person at a time and fuck around on top of that, but Elliot seemed to require so much more attention than any of Knight’s past girlfriends had that he couldn’t imagine straying to find excitement elsewhere. Elliot always kept Knight entertained, was always up for new adventures, and on top of that, just thinking about Elliot getting involved with someone else was making Knight’s brain boil over with jealousy.
He wanted all of Elliot’s attention and was sure that with his promise of commitment, he’d be getting just that.
“Sorry I made you doubt me.”
Elliot curled his fingers in Knight’s long hair, as if he wanted to entwine himself with Knight as much as he could. “It’s okay. I know you won’t do it again, my dark knight.”
Knight’s breath caught, and he captured Elliot’s lips in a deep, passionate kiss. His body flared with heat as he pushed his weight against Elliot, until they both came to a standstill. “Never. I promise I won’t let you down. I’ll make you proud of me.”
“Oh, yeah? How will you do that?” Elliot pulled on Knight’s lip with his teeth, and even though he only had one eye, the smile in it was obvious.
Knight grinned. “You want evidence? Now?” he asked and rubbed his closed lips against Elliot’s cheek. It too was so cold he wanted to wrap all of Elliot in the thickest of blankets.
“I told you I’ve missed you. I couldn’t even suck your dick when Fane was in me.” Elliot fit so perfectly into Knight’s embrace. He wasn’t small, he wasn’t as skinny as when they first met, but his slim fingers and lithe body made Knight want to curl around him and keep him safe.
But at the same time, Knight’s brain was already glitching with the image of Elliot going down on him. “Shit, babe, you’re absolutely right. And your slutty, delicious mouth bewitched me on day one. Remember? It happened right here,” he whispered, rubbing his thumb along the softness of Elliot’s mouth.