It might be an unconventional first date, but Asher’s showing me a side of himself he never lets out. Trusting me to get him through revisiting a place that he finds special enough to share with me. It’s that, more than anything, that helps me to stop worrying about how I feel.
Sure, I might have fallen for him.
But Asher doesn’t open himself up like this to just anyone.
Even though he’s the one constantly saying he doesn’t feel worthy, I have the strongest need to prove that I deserve him. So I pay attention and try to read how being back here is making him feel. He shifts between joking and introspective, and whenever I notice his eyes start to darken as some memory takes hold, I yank him back to this moment with me. Even with those little slips, he’s more relaxed than I’ve ever seen him outside the bedroom.
Once we’ve walked past all the houses and made it back to the top of the street, I turn to him. “Thank you for bringing me here.”
He shrugs, playing it off like usual. “Well, I figured if I wanted a second date, I had to emotionally manipulate you into it, so—”
“Nope.” I pinch his cold nose. “No joking it off. This meant a lot.”
“Shut up.”
“You’re doing that vulnerable thing with me again.”
“You’re gross.”
“Admit it. You sort of like it.”
“I like you.” He looks me straight in the eyes as he says it, and my heart gives this weird jitter. “And I’ll never say you make this shit easier because eww, emotion, but sometimes it’s maybe sort of cool the way I don’t have to think about who I should be when I’m around you.”
I lean in and brush a quick kiss over his lips.
“So, did I earn a second date?” he asks.
“Who says this one is over?”
I drag Asher back to the car, check that no one is around, and then shove him into the back seat. If he agrees with my suggestion of staying at his place tonight, I’m going to need to get off before sleeping next to … well, all that.
Fuck me, he’s sexy.
And maybe he’s onto something about an emotional kink, because I swear every time he shows that extra layer of himself, it makes me want him even more.
I pull the door closed and straddle his lap, then kiss him the way I’ve wanted to for weeks. There’s no hesitation on his side, and as our tongues press against each other, I hurry to undo his pants and pull out his cock. It’s already starting to harden, and by the time I free myself as well, he’s full and needy.
I break the kiss to spit into my hand and wrap it around us both. “We better hurry.”
His answer is to grip my ass and pull me tight against him. The feel of his cock against mine as I thrust, his sloppy kisses, the sound of me jerking us off all work to push me close to the edge.
His mouth breaks from mine, and he works down my neck, making me tremble.
“You’re so fucking gorgeous,” he murmurs against my skin. “And you’re mine. All mine.”
My balls tighten, and my orgasm shudders through me. I barely have enough time to yank Asher’s shirt up out of the way as I start to come on his delicious abs.
“Mm, that’s hot,” he grits out, bucking his hips up into mine. “Kole … Fuck, Kole …” His eyes squeeze closed as his cock throbs in my hand and his cum joins mine.
I’ve taken the edge off, but my heart feels so full it’s not enough. I want more. Always more.
Before he’s even recovered, I sink to the floor between his knees and start to clean off the mess with my tongue.
“Kole …” He cards his fingers through my hair and tugs me up to look at him. A weighted silence passes between us before he whispers one word. “Mine …”
I nod. “I’m yours.”
25
Asher
“You’re coming back to my house,” I say on the way home.
“Kidnapping is a crime.”
I cock my eyebrow at Kole.
“But I totally had the same idea,” he finishes. “Why else do you think I mauled you in your back seat? I needed to take the edge off if we’re going to sleep next to each other without being able to actually do anything.”
“Oh, I didn’t tell you the loophole rule? My siblings sleep like the dead. Once they’re asleep, we have a six-to-eight-hour window where clothing is optional. So long as we either set an alarm to get dressed the next morning or clean up and dress before we pass out.”
Kole sucks in a sharp breath. “When’s bedtime?”
Yesss. “The twins and Hazel should be in bed already. It’s the older two we’ll have to wait for.”
“Maybe we can work in some study time for you while we wait.”