Above and Beyond (Twist of Fate 4)

Zach's hands caressed my belly for a second and then his fingers nimbly began working on the button and zipper of my pants. A bout of unease went through me as he began pulling them and my underwear down, but when he told me to lift up, I did so. I also made myself keep my eyes open, even though I was afraid of seeing his reaction.

What if I was too skinny for him? I was well muscled, but I was still a small guy. The things that worked for me in my job weren't necessarily things he might find attractive in a lover. I tried to ignore the insecurity that washed through me as he removed my clothing and I lay before him entirely naked. I watched him as he watched me, but his expression was unreadable.

It felt like hours passed before Zach suddenly leaned down and covered my body again with his. "So beautiful," he breathed in right before he kissed me deeply. The position we were in was somewhat awkward with me lying at the edge of the mattress, but I did my best to wrap myself around him. His mouth trailed down my neck, then down my body. I held my breath as he reached my groin but let it out when he bypassed my erection and kissed my thigh instead. His mouth moved all the way down my leg, even to my toes. I couldn't resist laughing when his mouth pressed kisses against the sole of my foot.

Zach looked up at me. "Ticklish?" he asked with a small smile.

I nodded, sure my cheeks were about to go up in flames, they felt so hot. The most gorgeous man on the planet was making love to me and here I was laughing because my feet were ticklish. I expected him to move on from there, but something lit up in his eyes and all of a sudden his mouth was on my foot again, but he kept looking at me. Then he began torturing me with even lighter kisses in the one spot that I couldn't control my reaction to.

"Zach," I laughed as I tried to twist away from him. It quickly turned into a wrestling match that left me laughing like a crazy man. It was like all the tension and fear that I’d been holding in chose to leave my body in the form of the giggles. I covered my eyes with my hands and murmured, "Sorry."

Zach was suddenly over me again and when he removed my hands from my eyes, I nearly gasped. He was smiling widely, to the point that I could actually see his teeth. I couldn't even recall the last time I'd seen him smile… really smile. Hell, he wasn't even smiling, he was grinning. And his eyes… they were alight with something so soft and beautiful that I was completely overcome.

God, I loved him.

Despite everything, I loved him still and probably even more.

I found myself reaching for his cheek, maybe so I could see if the dimples I thought I was seeing were really there or not. As I caressed him, Zach’s smile faded but the softness in his eyes didn't and when he pressed a kiss to my palm, I knew I hadn't screwed things up by getting lost in that perfect moment.

"I guess you'll just have to find my ticklish spots," Zach said with another one of those sweet, small smiles.

"Promise?" I asked before I could think better of it. I could see it was the wrong thing to say when some of the light went out of his eyes. I kicked myself for my stupidity. Before Zach could say anything or pull away, I dragged him down for a kiss. I put everything into that kiss in the hopes of keeping him there. It was only when he started kissing me back that I felt any measure of relief.

Things moved more quickly after that, for which I was grateful because I needed that haze of pleasure to keep me from saying more stupid shit that would ruin the moment. When Zach kissed his way down my body again, he settled on the floor between my legs. It wasn’t really clear to me what was happening until his pointer finger ran the length of my hard dick. Electricity fired up my spine as I let out a little gasp. Before I could even fully recover, something hot and wet swept over the tip of my cock. I opened my eyes because at some point they’d closed without me even realizing it.

All I saw at first was Zach's hair. But then he deliberately lifted his head so I could see his eyes. He put his hand around my shaft to hold my flesh in the position that he wanted and then he bent his head and flicked his tongue over the tip of my crown again. I rested my body on my elbows so I could watch him, but once again my eyes slid shut as I reveled in the pleasure that raced through my blood. I'd given head enough to know that it brought a man pleasure, but never in a million years would I have guessed that it was like this. Now it made sense why Davis had been satisfied with just oral sex.