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Mar 21

Fair trade - chapter 2

Chapter 1 here

Pairing: Jake x Moon Baek (Blue Brown)

Rating: Explicit

Summary: 17 year-old Blue Brown offers himself in return for everything Jake gave him. Jake can't refuse the gift.

Word count: 16927

Chapters: 2/2

Blue Brown remembered the months before Jake, when home had been whatever doorway or fire escape he could claim before someone else did. He’d run from the institution that was supposed to transition him into adulthood, though all it had ever transitioned him into was a deeper understanding of how unwanted he was. He’d ended up on the streets eventually, falling in with a loose group of boys, not friends so much as temporary alliances. They moved as one when it helped them, split apart when it didn’t. Sharing scraps, stealing when necessary, huddling together against the cold—but never trusting, never staying.

One of those boys—older, wiry, with the kind of smile that showed too many teeth—had told Blue how he made money. “Real money”, he’d said, grinning with the kind of confidence Blue didn’t have but envied. Selling himself to whoever was willing to pay. It got him enough to eat, enough to stay high, enough to keep from thinking too long about what it took.

“You’d do well at it,” he'd told Blue one night, smirking around a cigarette butt someone else had dropped. "You got that look. The exotic shit they pay extra for. And don't worry about the eye. Some guys get off on that kind of damage." His grin was a yellowed, jagged thing, cracked here and there like cheap pottery. "Hell, I know someone who'd pay triple for a pretty boy with scars."

Blue hadn't replied then. Just stared into the burn barrel between them, watching embers dance like dying fireflies. But he'd known instantly—and absolutely—that he’d never do what the other boy did. Not because he thought it was wrong—morality was a luxury he couldn't afford—but because the idea of letting strangers put their hands on him made his skin crawl with something between disgust and dread.

He still remembered the ones that had held him down. The buzz of fluorescent lights overhead. The numb weight of anesthesia that wasn’t strong enough to erase everything. Letting someone else touch him, use him—even for survival—felt like stepping back onto that table. Like giving permission to the same violence under a different name.

But the conversation had confirmed something he already knew, but hadn't acknowledged as clearly before: bodies had value. Whether sold whole or piece by piece, whether rented by the hour or carved apart for organs, flesh was currency. That much had been true his entire life. And his body, flawed as it was, still had worth, even if he'd never intended to spend it.

Until now.

He inspected himself in the full-length mirror in the corner, the lamplight painting his reflection in streaks of gold and shadow. He wasn’t the same person who had arrived here months ago. Jake’s world had been good to him in ways his body made obvious. The hollows in his cheeks had filled out; his shoulders had found shape. He was still lean—probably always would be—but there was muscle now where there had been only angles before. Even his height seemed to have caught up, as though his bones had finally realized he was allowed to grow.

And the pinnacle of his transformation—the prosthetic eye Jake had given him, gleaming back at him in the mirror like a blue gem embedded in his skull. A shackle, a visible accounting of what he owed, proof that his body now carried Jake’s signature. He should have hated it for that. Instead, he found himself admiring it, the cool intelligence of its color, the way it sharpened his face. Of all the changes, it was the one he liked most.

But improvement wasn’t the same as beauty, and beauty was something Jake appreciated. Something Blue didn't possess, not in the conventional sense. Not like the polished men and women who floated through Jake’s orbit at parties, all gleaming teeth and effortless grace.

He sighed, his gaze dropping to the longest scar the organ thieves had left him with: a pale, ropey seam that ran from chest to navel, slightly raised beneath his fingertips. Ugly. He was ugly. There was no way around that fact, no matter how many tailored shirts Jake bought him, no matter how much his body would continue to fill out with regular workouts and proper nutrition. Some wounds didn’t heal pretty, and his were the kind that marked him forever as damaged goods.

A pretty boy with scars.

The words echoed in his head, mocking. He wondered if Jake would think that, if the ruined skin would bother him, repulse him. The thought made his stomach twist. But it didn’t matter. He wasn’t doing this for vanity, wasn’t trying to seduce Jake into thinking he was something he wasn’t. He was doing it because Jake deserved something in return for his kindness and this was the only thing Blue had left to offer. That was all.

He turned from the mirror and opened the closet. He’d never had many preferences before coming here, but his new life had allowed him to develop an unexpected fondness for clothing. He liked dressing his age: loose cuts, bold colors, playful patterns. But he also appreciated the classy, clean lines that made him feel like someone worth noticing, the fine materials—silks, cashmeres, shirts that draped just right. He even had three suits—his own, tailored to him—but those belonged to another kind of moment entirely. Tonight, he needed something softer.

His hand paused over the black silk robe near the back of the closet, the one he’d never worn but always wanted to. The fabric slid over his fingers, glossy and compliant. He pulled it free and held it to his chest to feel its coolness seep through his skin, then he put it on slowly, cinching it at his waist. It hid nearly everything—arms, torso, the parts of him that embarrassed him most—and he wore nothing beneath it. He wanted the intention to be readable, even if he still couldn’t imagine how Jake might react.

His hair was still damp from the shower he had taken earlier, and he combed it back with his fingers, watching the dark strands fall into place—not perfect, but good enough. Lastly, he reached for the bottle of cologne on the dresser—a clean, citrusy scent with a touch of spice that Jake had once said suited him—and applied just enough to leave a thin veil of fragrance on his skin. Not too much. Just enough to be noticed.

He hesitated at his own bedroom door, hand hovering over the knob. It wasn’t too late to turn back. He could still take off the robe, put on pajamas, and pretend he had never considered this. But the thought dissolved as soon as it formed. The certainty that had settled in his gut hours ago hadn’t wavered—only grown heavier, more insistent.

The hallway stretched before him like a tunnel. He moved soundlessly, silk whispering against bare skin with every step. He'd timed this carefully—waited until he'd heard Jake return from his study where he'd spent another couple of hours working after their late-night training session—and now the muffled sound of running water from the master bathroom told him he'd guessed right. He wouldn’t have to knock, wouldn’t have to announce himself awkwardly. He could slip inside and wait, let Jake find him there.

He pushed the door open just enough to slide through, the hinges silent as a secret. The room was spacious but not ostentatious—dark wood, smooth leather, a king-sized bed neatly made with off-white linens. Soft light filled the space—not the harsh fluorescence of overhead fixtures, but the amber warmth of table lamps. He could hear Jake moving behind the bathroom door—the shift of his weight, the muted splash of water against tile. The intimacy of it made him swallow a sudden tightness in his throat.

He inhaled slowly, fingers flexing at his sides.

Where to wait?

The bed was too obvious—too bold, too much like an invitation. The chair by the window—too impersonal, too distant. In the end, he settled on the edge of the leather armchair near the massive oak wardrobe, perched like a bird unsure if it should land or take flight. The robe slid open slightly as he sat, exposing a sliver of thigh. He tugged it closed, then reconsidered. Hesitated. Left it as it was.

Suddenly, the water shut off. Blue's lungs seized mid-breath, anticipation crystallizing into something sharper, a visceral blend of terror and exhilaration. In the bathroom, a towel rustled. A drawer slid open then shut with decisive precision, and finally, the bathroom door groaned open before steam could dissipate, spilling warmth into the bedroom.

Jake emerged with a towel slung low around his hips, water still gleaming across the planes of his chest and shoulders. His gaze flicked past the empty bed, past the chair by the window, and locked onto Blue before his brain registered the intrusion.

The boy watched the exact moment recognition hit—the fractional stiffening of Jake’s spine, the way his fingers tightened imperceptibly on the towel. Silence clung between them for a suspended heartbeat before Jake spoke. "Blue." Just his name, nothing more. No question, no demand. Flat as a stone skipping over deep water.

Blue didn't say anything. He hadn't rehearsed this part—hadn't known what to expect beyond the first shock of being seen. His fingers curled into the soft leather upholstery, gripping tight enough to leave marks if it had been flesh instead of cured hide. The scent of his cologne—too much, he realized now—filled the air around him, cloying and obvious. Stupid, stupid mistake.

Jake’s nostrils flared slightly. He didn’t comment on the scent, or the robe, or the way Blue sat too straight on the edge of the armchair like a petitioner awaiting judgment. Instead, he turned toward the dresser, rummaging for something—purposefully casual, as if finding a stray teenager in his bedroom at midnight was nothing unusual.

Blue found himself unable to look away from Jake's body—the slope of his back, the flex of muscle beneath damp skin, the puckered scar just below his right shoulder blade from a bullet that hadn't killed him. Every detail registered with unnatural clarity, as though his brain had decided this was vital information. Blood thudded in his ears, drowning out the rustle of fabric as Jake pulled on a pair of black boxer briefs before hanging the towel on the dresser chair.

"You gonna tell me why you’re here," the man spoke at last, "or do I have to guess?" His voice was calm, but not soft. There was an edge beneath it—something that hadn’t been there earlier in the car. He didn't look at the boy, busy applying deodorant with quick, efficient strokes. His reflection in the mirror was impassive—eyes sharp as ever, mouth set in a line neither angry nor pleased. A man used to waiting while others scrambled for answers.

Blue swallowed again, harder this time. His throat felt dry, as though he’d swallowed dust. "I thought—" His voice caught, brittle, and he cleared it, tried speaking again. "Thought you might... want company." The words came out bare and clumsy, stripped of any grace he might have hoped for.

Jake went still for a fraction of a second, the deodorant hovering just above the dresser before he set it down with a soft click. He turned, arms loose at his sides, surveying Blue as if examining a trap before stepping into it. "It's late," he said, voice scraped clean of inflection.

Blue pressed his teeth into the tip of his tongue, trying to coax saliva into his parched mouth. "I know."

"You should be sleeping."

The boy lifted one shoulder, let it drop—a semblance of nonchalance. "Couldn't."

Jake exhaled through his nose, slow and deliberate, like a man counting backward from ten. His expression was unreadable—not quite angry, not pleased either, just assessing. Like he was tallying up the cost of what stood before him "And you figured sneaking into my room at midnight was the solution?"

The robe slipped another inch where Blue’s knee bent, and he felt too exposed all of a sudden. He rose abruptly—too fast—then froze, unsure what to do with his limbs. "I can leave," he muttered, flinching internally at the tremor in his voice. "If you don't want me here." It was the kind of line that usually worked—the plausible deniability, the easy exit for both parties—but Jake wasn’t some gullible idiot Blue could manipulate with false retreats.

The man didn’t react to the offer. Didn’t move toward him or away. Just watched him with that same detached scrutiny, like Blue was a malfunctioning gun he was trying to diagnose. "Blue," he repeated the name—the one he had given him. "Do you need anything?"

The boy shook his head. "No."

Jake breathed in and out again, softer this time. "Are you sure?"

Blue clenched his jaw. He wasn’t doing this right. He’d imagined—what? That Jake would take one look at him and understand? That the robe, the perfume, the way he’d positioned himself would be enough? Stupid. Naive. He had to step up to the edge of the cliff and jump, or this whole night would be wasted.

"Yes. But maybe you do."

The words hung in the air like an accusation. Blue watched Jake's face—the slight tightening around his eyes, the way his jaw worked once before stilling. The room felt suddenly smaller, the amber lamplight casting shadows that seemed to press in from all sides.

"And what exactly do you think I might need, kid?"

Blue's fingers twitched nervously. He could still retreat. Could still laugh it off as a joke, a misunderstanding. But the weight in his gut pulled him forward like an anchor dragging him deeper. "After last night," he said carefully, taking two steps in Jake's direction, "I thought you might want... comfort?"

Jake tilted his head. A frown of confusion twisted his features briefly, just before realization settled like a shadow across his face. His shoulders tensed—not with anger, but with something heavier. Something like disappointment.

Blue saw it immediately—the way Jake’s posture shifted, the way his gaze darkened—and the first flicker of doubt ignited in his stomach. He hadn’t expected this reaction. The quiet, almost resigned stillness that took over Jake was unfamiliar, a territory he didn’t know how to navigate. It felt like he'd done something bad and irreversible, and he hated it.

For a horrifying second, he thought he might vomit right there on Jake's Persian rug—ruin that too, add it to the mounting list of things he'd destroyed through sheer stupidity. He had no idea how he still managed to hold the man's gaze, how his own legs didn't buckle beneath him. Maybe because pride was all he had left.

"What the hell do you think you’re doing?" Jake’s voice wasn’t loud. It wasn’t harsh. It was something worse—quiet, measured, the way a man speaks just before he draws a blade. "And why?"

Blue’s pulse hammered in his temples. He knew the truth wouldn’t be enough—not when phrased plainly. Jake would dismiss it, reframe it, answer it with something benign and paternal. He had to show him instead, but how would he even begin to do that when rejection already seemed to seep in the space between them, unspoken? The robe suddenly felt like a ridiculous costume, its silk turned to sandpaper against his skin.

Jake studied him in silence for three long breaths, and in that span, Blue watched his expression shift, the dismaying comprehension hardening into cold clarity. Somehow, the boy forced himself to move closer. He took a step forward, then another, until the space between them was narrow enough that the heat from Jake’s shower-damp skin radiated against him. The scent of his deodorant became noticeable now—fresh bergamot, layered over a darker, muskier note.

"Stop." Jake didn’t raise his voice, but the word landed like a gunshot. "Just—stop. Right there."

Blue froze mid-step, his bare foot hovering a second above the hardwood floor before settling back down without sound.

Jake's gaze flicked down—just once—to the exposed part of the boy’s thigh, the pale skin between the folds of black silk. Then he looked away sharply, toward the window, as if the night sky held answers. Air hissed between his teeth.

"Who put this idea in your head, huh?" he finally asked, his eyes returning to Blue with an intensity that demanded nothing but honesty. Blue knew that tone—had heard it before, in those moments when Jake's patience wore thin.

"No one," he lied, even as the voice of that toothy grinned kid echoed in his ears. You'd do well at it.

"No one," Jake repeated, a huff of disbelief escaping him. "So you thought this up all by yourself? Came in here dressed like—" His hand gestured sharply at Blue’s robe, then dropped as though the rest of the sentence was too heavy to voice. "Jesus fucking Christ. You're seventeen!"

The blatant hypocrisy of that line made Blue resent him briefly. Because he wasn't a kid when Jake handed him guns like other fathers handed their sons baseball mitts, or when he gave him advice like Sometimes, a bullet makes a better argument than words. But now, all of a sudden, he was too young to decide what to do with his own body? "I know how old I am," he said flatly, chin lifting just a fraction. "That's old enough."

"Is it?" Jake's voice cracked through the air like a whip, slicing through the boy's bravado with surgical precision. "Old enough for what, exactly? Do you even know what you're offering?"

A hot, shameful flush crept up Blue's neck. Of course he knew. He'd lived in alleys where such favors were traded for scraps, in foster homes where hands slipped under covers in the dark. Somehow though, surprisingly, despite being harmed in ways no child should endure, he was lucky enough to never have been used like that. So yes, he was aware of what he was offering—only ignorant of the details, the mechanics, the way two bodies might fit together.

It didn't mean he wasn't ready to learn.

"If you don’t want it,” he replied, and to his own astonishment the words came out even, steady, almost cool. No quiver, no tremor, nothing at all to betray the riot in his chest. "That's fine. Just say so.”

Jake didn't say anything—not right away. Instead, he sighed, running a hand through his damp hair. For the first time since Blue had known him, he looked unsteady, like the ground had shifted beneath him. He turned away, his sculpted muscles tightening beneath the skin, and crossed to the dresser where he absently opened a drawer, as though searching for something he had no intention of taking out.

Blue watched Jake's reflection in the dresser mirror—the tightness around his mouth, the slow blink as if trying to recalibrate his thoughts. He searched for something to say, to fill the uncomfortable silence, but his brain wouldn't cooperate. Eventually, Jake spoke first, still facing the furniture.

"Go to your room," he said, each syllable weighted with a finality that brooked no argument. "Get some sleep. You have a busy day tomorrow."

The dismissal was clear, but Blue hesitated. This wasn't how he'd imagined the night ending—not with Jake sending him away like a misbehaving child. He'd come here to offer himself, to prove his worth, and instead he'd somehow made everything worse.

"Jake," he started, the name barely more than a whisper. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to—"

"No, you didn't," the man interrupted firmly, still not looking at him. "This is not why you live in this house. And I'm not the kind of man who fucks confused kids."

Blue felt his blood pound in his ears with an alarming pressure. He couldn't breathe. Couldn't think. The room tilted nauseatingly. Kids. That was all he was to Jake—a kid. A stray. Something to be trained and tolerated but never wanted like that. And being called confused, like he didn’t even know his own mind, was somehow even worse. His face burned with a mix of anger and humiliation so acute it bordered on agony, and he knew he had to leave before Jake saw it—before he lost whatever shred of dignity remained.

But his feet didn't move. They stayed planted on the floor, toes curling into the plush rug, as if some stubborn, reckless part of him refused to withdraw.

Then, Jake looked at him blankly over his shoulder, and the brief command leaving his lips, rough and final, seemed to unblock the boy's limbs.

"Get out."

Blue took two stumbling steps backward before his legs remembered how to move properly. His bare feet hit the hardwood floor with a muted slap, then another, retreating toward the door as if pulled by an invisible leash. By the time he reached it, he shook so badly he couldn't even turn the brass knob. He stood there for seconds, trying to compose himself—or perhaps still hesitating, still unconsciously searching for a way to fix this—and then he tried again, using both of his hands this time, like a child.

"Goddamn it," Jake's voice came from behind him. The floorboards creaked as he moved, and the boy's hand froze on the doorknob, but he didn't turn. Couldn't bear to see whatever expression Jake wore—condescension, disgust, that infuriating paternal patience that made him feel smaller and younger than he was.

"Wait."

Jake closed the distance between them, crowding Blue against the door with the quiet menace of a predator circling wounded prey. One hand braced against the wood beside Blue's head, trapping him without touching. "Can't let you leave like this. Look at me."

Blue turned his head reluctantly, and glared up through his lashes. Jake's pupils were blown wide, swallowing the steel of his irises until only a thin ring of color remained. His breath was steady, controlled, though Blue could hear the faintest hitch as his eyes traced the boy's features—the defiant set of his jaw, the way his lower lip quivered despite himself.

A firm hand on Blue's shoulder spun him around decisively, then it lingered there, hot through the silk. Blue’s pulse hammered against his ribs, loud enough he wondered if Jake could hear it. The man’s gaze dropped to Blue’s chest where the robe gaped slightly, revealing the upper curve of his worst scar, and for one terrible moment, Blue thought he’d reach out and touch it—confirm its texture, its reality.

Instead, Jake’s hand lifted, unhurried, and settled against Blue’s cheek. His palm was slightly calloused from years handling guns, but the touch itself was careful, almost hesitant. The contrast sent an unexpected jolt through Blue’s nerves. He hadn’t been prepared for tenderness, not after the way Jake had looked at him moments ago, like something broken to be fixed rather than claimed.

Jake's thumb brushed the high ridge of Blue’s cheekbone, tracing the edge of the prosthetic eye with a gentleness that made the boy’s heart flutter. It was the first time he touched him like this—not as a mentor or a guardian, but as something else entirely that Blue didn't have a name for.

The moment stretched, fragile as blown glass between them. Neither seemed to want to shatter it.

"Blue," Jake spoke eventually, "do you really think this is what I want?" His voice dropped to a murmur that raised the fine hairs on Blue's neck. "Is this what you want? To crawl into my bed like some cheap whore?"

Blue blinked slowly, still relishing the warmth of Jake's touch, the unfamiliar sensation of being handled with something close to reverence. The crude words had no power over the casual magic of the moment—didn't lessen the tranquility this unexpected contact brought him after the disastrous start of the night. His fingers twitched against the doorframe, itching to grasp Jake’s wrist—to hold him there, keep that hand against his face. He didn't let them.

"I'm not exactly cheap," he answered, his inherent boldness encouraged by the unprecedented proximity. The words carried a brittle bravado that he felt safe to deploy—a quip and a challenge both.

Jake's hand stilled for a second before he withdrew it with one last swipe of his thumb. It didn't feel like a punishment, so Blue didn't feel guilty—just bereft, like something precious had been taken away before he could properly grasp what it was.

"Smartass." The single word carried no real heat—just a weary sort of amusement, as if Jake found the defiance familiar, comforting even. The boy almost grinned before he caught himself. "You didn't answer my question."

Blue noticed the droplets still clinging to Jake's collarbones, the slow drip of water down his sternum where the towel had failed to absorb it. He could smell the soap, the deodorant, the sweet scent of Jake's shampoo. He realized suddenly, absurdly, that he'd never been this close to Jake when the man was freshly showered. Never seen the way his hair curled slightly when wet, darker than usual. Never felt the heat of his bare skin radiating through the scant space between them. It suddenly made him lightheaded—the intimacy of it, the novelty.

"I... don't know," he said, embarrassed, realizing how selfish he'd been, how utterly he'd ignored Jake's desires—his boundaries—in pursuit of his own twisted gratitude. "But I need to do this. So if you just..."

Jake's sarcastic chuckle cut him off. "Need to?" He shook his head. More disappointment. "I'm not gonna ask why. Something tells me I won't like the answer. But this is not one of those things you do out of need. Or shouldn't be. Whatever it is you’re trying to do here—it shouldn't come from obligation. It should come from want."

Blue bit the inside of his cheek, aware of his own faulty judgement—how could he convince Jake of something when he barely understood it himself? In a way, what Jake was saying felt right, but what had fueled Blue’s decision tonight was stronger than that logic. He couldn’t explain it, not in terms Jake would accept, so he didn’t try.

"Want," he repeated quietly, tasting the word like unfamiliar liquor. It burned differently than need. Less desperate. More dangerous. "I've considered this. And I'm here. Doesn't it mean I want it?"

"It just means that you're willing," Jake explained. "That you can accept it. And that's not the same thing."

The boy felt like a sealed window was opening somewhere inside him, letting air into a room that hadn't breathed before. It hit him how narrow his understanding had been. He’d come here on the strength of acceptance alone. He’d accepted the idea of Jake touching him, kissing him, fucking him—accepted the surrender it would take, because that was the only framework he saw. Debt, repayment, utility.

But Jake was drawing a line between accepting and wanting, and the distinction made a slow, unsettling kind of sense.

People who sold their bodies didn’t deal in want. They dealt in survival, in transactions. Blue had always assumed sex lived in that category: a service, a commodity, part of a trade that left one party satisfied and the other compensated. He hadn’t looked beyond that—he hadn’t seen a reason to. Even now, standing here in a silk robe with his pulse throbbing under his skin, he hadn’t framed it as anything more intimate than that.

But a man with self-respect wouldn’t take sex offered like an apology, or charity, or settlement. He could see that now. Jake could have whoever he wanted. He had, on more than one occasion. He didn’t need the pleasure Blue was ready to offer. Instead, he seemed to want something else for him—something Blue hadn’t even labeled yet. Maybe because, for all his brutality and contradictions, Jake had always held Blue to a standard he didn’t hold anyone else to.

The realization settled in the boy’s chest with an uncomfortable weight, like swallowing something too large, too sharp. He had miscalculated. Misjudged. He had walked into this room expecting Jake to be one kind of man—the kind who took what was offered, who didn’t ask questions, who didn’t care where the offering came from as long as it was warm and willing—and instead found another entirely.

Why did Jake have to make things so complicated?

"That's not what this is," Blue muttered. "I want it. I really do." It wasn't a lie if he'd never thought about it before, was it? He inhaled slowly, still trapped by Jake's overwhelming presence—his scent, his warmth, his eyes that refused to give him even an inch of space to hide in.

"And what is it you want?" the man pressed, unhurried, as though he had all the time in the world to unravel the boy's reasoning. "If you know what this is all about, like you claim, then spell it out for me."

The question wasn't rhetorical—Jake was testing him, probing for cracks in his resolve. Blue could lie, could offer some cold line about physical desire, but Jake would sniff out the deception instantly.

Then it hit him.

He knew sensations—pleasant things, things he did want—like the warmth of Jake's hand on his cheek, or the fascination with the smoothness of the man's skin, with the ripple of his muscles when he moved. He wasn't familiar enough with the concepts—lust, affection, attraction—so he couldn't properly articulate them. But he was curious. About Jake. About himself. About the possibility of closeness, the possibility of touch that wasn't clinical, wasn't violent, wasn't utilitarian.

And he wanted Jake's approval—desperately. He needed to belong here, in this house, in this world, and to prove that he was worthy of Jake's generosity. So if Jake wanted him to want, then he would learn to want.

"I..." he started, voice small, unsure, devoid of pretense. Jake waited, patient as a spider at the edge of its web, watching him as he fumbled for words and tried to assemble them into something resembling an answer. "I want to be close to you," he admitted—quiet, hesitant. "I want to see how it can feel. With you."

The confession hovered, not poetic, not seductive—just painfully honest in a way that made him feel almost ridiculous. He hadn't known how else to phrase it. He didn't understand the mechanics of desire well enough, but he knew the ache of distance, the way Jake's presence pulled at him like gravity, even when they were in the same room.

Jake's nostrils flared once, his pupils dilating further—two black voids that seemed to swallow the last traces of color. His lips parted slightly before he schooled his expression back into something neutral. But Blue had seen it—the crack in his armor, the fleeting lapse in control. It thrilled him in ways he didn't understand.

Yet, Jake didn't move, didn't reach for him, simply stood there breathing the same air, waiting with that unnerving patience, his stillness somehow more oppressive than any force. "Prove it," he demanded, voice gravelly with restraint. "Show me you want this, Blue. Make me believe you."

A twinge of frustration sparked in Blue's chest, sudden and raw, at the way Jake had managed to turn the tables so effortlessly. He'd come here offering his body like a transaction, and now the man was making him ask for it. It didn't seem fair. But Blue knew better than to argue—knew Jake well enough to recognize a challenge when he heard one.

He realized, though, that he had no idea how to begin—no script for seduction, no practiced motions to fall back on. What was he supposed to do? Throw himself in Jake's arms? Drop to his knees? Jake didn’t help him. He just waited, eyes hooded, watching Blue flounder like a fish hooked through the gills.

The boy's fingers found the robe's belt before his brain registered the motion, fumbling with the knot before he forced himself to let go. This was pathetic. He wasn’t some trembling innocent—he was someone who’d killed men, who’d survived streets that chewed up and spat out softer boys than him.

He reached for Jake instead.

His hands settled on his shoulders—broad, solid, real beneath his palms—and he leaned in, tilting his head just slightly. The first brush of their lips was light, experimental, like testing the temperature of bathwater before sinking in. Jake didn’t move, didn’t reciprocate, just let Blue press their mouths together in something that wasn’t quite a kiss.

After a few interminable seconds, Blue pulled back, breath catching. Doubt settled like sediment in his stomach. Had he done it wrong? It had felt wrong. Was Jake—

Then the man's hand came up, fingers curling around the back of Blue’s neck, dragging him forward again.

This kiss wasn’t tentative.

Jake’s mouth was hot, insistent, demanding in a way that sent sparks skittering down Blue’s spine instantly. The boy gasped into it, fingers tightening on Jake's shoulders as the man’s tongue slid against his own, tasting of toothpaste and something darker, smokier. A whimper caught in his throat when Jake's teeth scraped lightly over his bottom lip, the sting brief before being soothed by the sweep of a tongue. His body arched instinctively toward the heat radiating off Jake's bare chest. The silk robe gaped open where their skin met.

Jake’s other hand slid down Blue’s back, fingers splaying possessively over the curve of his ass through the thin fabric. He gripped hard enough to bruise, pulling him closer until the boy stumbled forward, hips colliding with Jake’s. The sudden friction drew a sharp inhale from Blue—half shock, half something else entirely, wild and unknown—and Jake swallowed the sound like it belonged to him.

For a moment, Blue hovered on the precipice of panic. His pulse hammered wildly beneath his skin, rabbit-fast and erratic, betraying the facade of control he’d tried to maintain. Every instinct screamed at him to retreat, to bolt—not from fear of Jake, but from the sheer enormity of what was happening. The weight of Jake’s hands on him, the heat of his mouth, his own trembling limbs—it was too much, too fast, too real. But it was what he wanted—what he'd asked for—and the realization kept him rooted in place, pressing closer instead of pulling away.

Two minutes or two lifetimes later—Blue couldn't tell—Jake finally broke the kiss, pulling back just far enough for their breaths to mingle in the charged space between them. Blue's lips tingled, swollen with the unfamiliar assault, and his chest rose and fell like he'd sprinted up ten flights of stairs. His fingers still clutched Jake's shoulders, half to steady himself, half to keep the man from retreating completely.

"Is this what you expected?" Jake asked, his grip on Blue's body loosening just enough to let the boy breathe, but not enough to let him go. "What you think you want?" He wasn't unaffected by the sudden intimacy—it was noticeable in the way his skin burned hotter under Blue's hands, in the way his breath came rougher than normal—but his voice was measured, deliberate, like he was balancing on the edge of self-control and refusing to fall.

Blue couldn't answer immediately. The noise in his head, the strength of Jake's arms, the imprint of fingers still burning against his skin—the back of his neck, the flesh just below the hip—it was all he could focus on. He opened his mouth—to say what, he didn't know—but his body reacted before any word formed. Instinctively, his hips rolled forward again, seeking friction against Jake's thigh, and the sudden sharpness of desire startled him almost as much as Jake's grip tightening instantly in response.

The man's exhale came out slightly ragged. "You're eager, I'll give you that," he smirked, "but you don’t have the first idea what you’re doing."

Blue bit his lower lip, allowing the sting to ground him. The words weren’t mocking, just factual—he didn’t. Every movement felt clumsy, unpracticed, like handling a weapon he’d only ever seen in diagrams. His fingers flexed against Jake’s shoulders, unsure where else to settle. He hated not knowing. Hated that Jake could tell.

"So teach me." The challenge slipped out before he could swallow it back. "Like you teach me everything else."

A low, rough sound vibrated in Jake’s throat—something between a chuckle and a growl, the kind of noise that was both warning and dark satisfaction rolled into one. His mouth crashed into Blue's again, harder this time, teeth catching skin—not gentle, not hesitant, a relentless kiss, bruising in its intensity. His fingers tangled in Blue's hair, tipping his head back at a sharper angle, which forced the boy's spine into an elegant curve, his throat exposed like an offering.

Blue's legs trembled beneath him as Jake's lips moved from his mouth to the line of his jaw, the rough scrape of stubble burning trails down his throat. He whimpered—a sound he barely recognized as his own—when teeth pressed against his pulse point, grazing the fragile skin there.

Jake wasn’t asking now—he was taking, guiding, molding Blue into whatever shape he wanted. His hands moved lower, slipping beneath the robe's silk to grip the bare skin of Blue's thighs, lifting him with effortless strength. Blue wrapped his legs around Jake's waist for balance, his arms tightening around Jake's shoulders as he was pushed against the wall beside the door. The impact jarred him, the cold plaster biting into his back through the thin fabric of his flimsy garment, but Jake's body was a furnace against his front, his mouth a brand on Blue's throat.

"Jake—" the boy gasped, his fingers twisting in Jake's hair, tugging at the damp strands. Every coherent thought had been burned away by the feel of Jake's hands on him, Jake's mouth on his skin, Jake's body pressing him into the wall. All he could do was arch into the touch, his breath coming in ragged pants, his hips rolling against Jake's in a silent plea for more.

Jake groaned, low and filthy, as he gripped Blue tighter. "Fuck," he muttered, his teeth scraping over Blue's collarbone. "The way you feel—" He exhaled deeply, like a sigh, still reluctant to relinquish all self-control, but it was slipping away from him, whether he wanted it or not.

The boy had never been touched like this, wanted like this—with this kind of hunger, with a possessiveness that left him trembling. He abandoned himself to the heat of Jake's mouth and the roughness of his hands, his body seeking, pressing, moving on its own, needy in a way that made him flush with embarrassment. Beneath the robe, he was already painfully hard, his cock desperate for friction, and Jake, fully aware of it, pulled him closer against his own body, letting him grind shamelessly into the hard plane of his stomach.

Then Jake's mouth was gone, leaving Blue panting against the solid surface behind him, his skin burning where Jake had marked him. The man carried him away from the wall, moving like someone who'd waited too long and now refused to waste another second.

He set the boy on his feet in front of the mirrored door of his wardrobe, close enough to see every detail of their reflections—Blue flushed and trembling in Jake’s grasp, Jake looming behind him like a dark promise. The contrast had never been more apparent—how broad Jake’s shoulders were compared to Blue’s narrow frame, how easily his hands spanned the boy’s waist. Their eyes met in the glass, Blue’s mismatched ones wide and filled with want, Jake’s wolfish and satisfied.

"Look at yourself," Jake murmured, his breath hot against the shell of Blue's ear. The reflection stared back—Blue's robe hanging open, revealing the pale expanse of his chest, the jagged scars twisting across his abdomen like cracks in porcelain. The boy flinched inwardly at the sight, unable to suppress a tense, involuntary gesture to cover himself.

Jake caught his wrist mid-motion, halting him with a firm grip. "No," he said against Blue's temple, "don't hide from me." He began to unknot the bow of the robe's belt with deliberate care, like a patient kid unwrapping a gift—slow, savoring. The silk slithered open, pooling at Blue's elbows before Jake pushed it off entirely, letting it crumple on the floor.

The room was cool without it. Goosebumps covered Blue's arms, his nipples tightening under the sudden rush of air—but worse was the way Jake studied him in the mirror, forcing Blue to follow his gaze and see himself through the man's eyes. The boy's chest rose and fell too fast, his ribs still slightly visible beneath delicate skin, the thick, uneven scars a grotesque roadmap of trauma he couldn't erase.

"You're so fucking pretty," Jake complimented him anyway, hands resting lightly on his shoulders. "Prettiest thing I've ever seen, kid," he murmured into the hollow behind Blue's ear before pressing his lips to the lobe, then lower, down the sensitive side of his neck. His voice was hoarse, reverent—as though he'd found something sacred hidden in plain sight. Blue's eyelids fluttered shut at the mix of words and sensation, heavy with the overwhelming urge to surrender.

"What do you want now?" Jake coaxed, his body so close they nearly touched, yet he maintained that agonizing distance—a lesson in restraint Blue couldn't comprehend. His right hand cupped the boy's face from behind, angling his chin toward the mirror with gentle pressure.

Blue swallowed hard, opening his eyes again. His lips parted, but no sound came out. What could he possibly answer when Jake seemed to know so well what to give him?

Jake's thumb swiped across Blue's lower lip, an unspoken demand for sound. "Use your words, baby boy. Tell me." The endearment landed with a strange weight—half a tease, half something almost too gentle—and Blue couldn't decide which unnerved him more.

"Touch me," the boy finally whispered. Not a command—a plea. He waited, tense, expectant, frozen in that state of utter bewilderment where everything was new and he could only let himself be guided.

Without hesitation or ceremony, Jake's both palms slid down the front of Blue's chest, gentle fingers catching slightly on raised scar tissue before finding his nipples, tightening them between thumbs and forefingers in one swift motion. Blue's entire body arched into his touch, his head falling back against Jake's shoulder as breath punched from his lungs in a ragged gasp. The shockwave of sensation traveled straight to his groin, his cock stiffening to near-painful hardness against his belly.

"Like this?" Jake asked as his fingers kept rolling the tender buds with firm pressure, not enough to truly hurt, but sufficient to draw another helpless whimper from Blue's throat.

Blue nodded frantically, panting as Jake’s touch sent electric jolts through his body, his nerves alight with a pleasure he hadn't known existed. His hips jerked forward, seeking friction that wasn't there, and the man chuckled low in his throat—dark, indulgent, as if savoring the way his prized possession trembled beneath his hands.

Then, Jake's fingers abandoned Blue's nipples, trailing slow paths down the ridges of his ribs, skimming the raised scars without hesitation. He didn't avoid them. He traced them instead, fingertips mapping the jagged terrain of Blue's torso with something like awe.

"Like this?" he asked again. His hands, warm and slow, moved lower still, past the flat plane of Blue's stomach, the sharp jut of his hipbones.

Blue shivered. His skin prickled, heat pooling low in his belly, and his breath came quicker, shallower, with every inch of skin Jake claimed. "Yes," he breathed just when one of Jake's hands found the soft flesh of his inner thigh, squeezing lightly—a tease, a promise—while the other drifted dangerously close to the hard, twitching length between his legs.

"And this?" Jake's voice dripped hot against Blue's neck. "Do you want this?"

The softest moan escaped Blue's throat when the man's fingers finally wrapped around his cock, the touch almost casual despite the careful way his thumb swiped over the leaking slit. Jake hummed appreciatively, their eyes meeting in the mirror as he stroked once, twice—just enough to make Blue's knees weaken. "Look at you," he murmured, tightening his grip. "Christ, look at how perfect you are."

Blue stared at their tangled reflection, unable to look away. His own face—flushed, lips swollen from Jake's teeth, eyes glassy with lust—looked foreign to him. A stranger draped in pleasure, framed by the spread of Jake's arms. Perfection wasn't a word he associated with himself, not even now, yet Jake traced every flaw like it fascinated him, his gaze ravenous as it roamed Blue's body in the glass.

"You don't see it yet," Jake said, and pressed a kiss to the hinge of Blue's jaw. His hand never stilled, pumping slowly as his other slid up to cradle Blue's face. "But you will. I'll make sure of it."

The friction was maddening. Jake's grip was exquisite, his rhythm agonizingly slow, wringing strangled noises from Blue with every stroke. The boy's hips twitched forward, urging him to pick up the pace, but Jake held him still with an arm around his chest. He chuckled again, this time almost fondly, and twisted his wrist on the upstroke, dragging another broken sound from Blue's chest. "Easy," he crooned against Blue's temple. "I got you."

His thumb swiped over the slick head of Blue's cock again, spreading the wetness down the shaft, making the slide of his palm smoother, hotter. He quickened his strokes, just enough to twist Blue tighter into that coiled, unbearable tension, but never enough to push him over. His palm was rough in all the right places, his grip alternating between punishing and tender until Blue was heaving, shuddering against him, his nails digging into the man's forearm.

"You like that?" Jake murmured against Blue's ear, his voice rough with arousal and something unmistakably possessive. "Like my hand on you?"

Blue couldn't answer. His throat had tightened around the desperate little sounds clawing their way out of him, his body tense and trembling under Jake's touch. Words had dissolved into sensation—the drag of deft fingers, the scrape of stubble against his shoulder, the maddening ache where Jake’s erection pressed hot and heavy into the small of his back.

He pushed back against Jake instinctively, his body moving before thought could catch up. A low, hungry groan rumbled through Jake's chest at the sudden friction, and his grip tightened, not just on Blue's cock, but around his throat as he pulled him flush against his own body. The sheer strength behind that motion sent an unfamiliar, exhilarating thrill down Blue's spine—because Jake wasn't just touching him now; he was holding him like he meant to keep him there.

"Fuck," the man swore, voice heavy with lust. "You feel so good." Satisfaction bloomed deep in Blue's chest—he had done this, made Jake sound like that, unraveled him just by pressing back. He pushed again, testing—arched his spine to grind flush against the hard line of Jake's cock straining inside his underwear, deliberate now, even as he sought his own pleasure in Jake's relentless grip.

Jake let him. For a moment, he loosened his hold, allowing Blue to rut into his hand with frantic little thrusts as he seemed to focus on the sensation of the boy's backside rocking against him. Blue could feel Jake's thighs tense behind him, could hear the sharp inhale through his teeth—could sense the man's control fraying at the edges—and it hit him: this was it. This was what he'd come here for, the repayment he'd been turning over in his mind for months. Something that Jake could use and be satisfied with. Something Blue could give.

A small grunt of protest left Blue's throat when Jake's hand suddenly left his cock, his hips stuttering forward into empty air before the man's fingers curled around his wrist instead, pulling it back—back until Blue's palm pressed against the swollen shape beneath Jake's underwear.

"See what you do to me?" Jake rasped, breath warm over Blue's neck, guiding the boy's trembling fingers along the thick outline of his erection. The cotton covering it was damp with precome, and his cock twitched under Blue's touch, full and heavy, straining against fabric that seemed suddenly inadequate. "Feel that?"

He released Blue's wrist but didn't let go entirely. Instead, he dragged his hand up the boy's arm, fingers skating over goosebumped skin before moving possessively to his hip. "Turn around," he commanded, giving Blue just enough pressure to guide his movements without force.

Blue obeyed on unsteady legs, twisting in Jake's grasp until they faced each other, and the next thing he witnessed was the man's hand hooking into the waistband of his own underwear, pushing them down just enough to free his cock—thick, flushed, dark at the tip where precome beaded, his length curving slightly upward. The sight made Blue's face burn—he'd never seen another man like this before, hard and wanting, and certainly not Jake, who until tonight had been someone untouchable, a figure to revere, not—not—

Jake didn't give him time to finish the thought. His grip on the boy's hip tightened briefly before his hand slid around to the small of Blue's back, urging him closer until their bodies aligned. "Still sure?" he asked, voice roughened by restraint, and, as usual, what he offered wasn't truly a choice. It felt more like a test now—one Blue had spent months preparing for.

The boy nodded, his throat dry. Jake exhaled sharply through his nose, a sound caught between amusement and something far darker. His fingers traced the dip of Blue's spine, the slight protrusion of his tailbone, then, finally, the curve of his ass before squeezing lightly, pulling him flush against his own arousal. The rigid length pressed against Blue's lower belly leaving a damp smear on his skin.

Without thinking—because if he thought, he’d freeze—Blue reached down between them, curling tentative fingers around the hot, pulsing weight of Jake’s cock. The skin was softer than he expected, stretched taut over iron-hard flesh, slick at the tip where his thumb brushed. He squeezed experimentally, unsure how much pressure to use, how tight was right.

Jake hissed through his teeth, his hips jerking forward into Blue’s grip. His free hand shot up to cradle the back of Blue’s skull, to tilt his head until their eyes locked—and Blue understood, for the first time, that the hunger in Jake’s gaze wasn’t entirely carnal. There was something else beneath it, something possessive and covetous, like a man staring at the one thing he never thought he’d own. His fingers flexed against Blue’s scalp, keeping him right where he stood—close enough that Blue could feel the uneven punch of Jake’s breath against his lips.

The boy explored him with shy, curious strokes—the swollen head slick beneath his thumb, the thick vein running along the underside, the way Jake’s abdomen tensed when Blue swirled his palm over the tip. He didn't know what he was doing, only that he wanted Jake to feel good, wanted to be the reason Jake's breath stuttered and his fingers dug bruises into his skin.

"Fuck, kid. Just like that," the man groaned, and Blue's stomach tightened at the words—not just the approval, but the raw edge in Jake's voice, the way it cracked over syllables like fault lines under pressure. "You're a fast learner. But I knew that already."

A fresh, hot bead of precome trickled down Blue's neglected cock, and it took him all his strength to refrain from touching himself—a sharp, instinctive impulse he had to quash as Jake's fingers tightened around the nape of his neck, keeping him still. "Should I—" he began, uncertain, despite the newfound confidence that had flared in him at Jake’s praise. He licked his parched lips and tried again. "Do you want me to use my mouth?"

For a moment, Jake looked at him with a sort of confused wonder—as though Blue had spoken in a foreign language he hadn’t expected the boy to know. Then he grinned, briefly, the amusement replaced by a lingering flicker of something akin to yearning. He didn't answer—not with words. Instead, he leaned forward, closing the gap between them until his lips brushed against Blue's with the sort of tenderness that took the boy's breath away.

The kiss deepened fast, shifting from gentle to insistent in the span of a heartbeat. A shudder ran down Blue's spine when Jake’s tongue coaxed his lips apart before pushing inside like he wanted to taste every corner of him, to map the shape of his mouth like territory to be conquered.

Blue whimpered into the kiss, startled by the suddenness of it. His hand ceased movement, trapped between their bodies, fingers still curled loosely around Jake’s cock, but Jake didn’t seem to mind, his grip on the boy’s nape tightening almost to the point of pain as he pushed deeper into his mouth.

The kiss burned. It seared through Blue’s nerves like wildfire, devouring thought, leaving nothing but the wet heat of Jake’s tongue sliding against him, tasting him, owning him. There was nothing else to do but surrender—let Jake’s lips and teeth and hands dictate every ragged breath, every tremble of his body—because resistance hadn’t even occurred to Blue.

A muffled yelp escaped him when Jake's arms wrapped tighter around him, lifting him clean off the ground to haul him toward the bed, his mouth still claiming his in long, fervent kisses. He clutched at Jake’s shoulders on reflex, fingers digging into hard muscle as the man carried him easily—like Blue weighed nothing at all, like he was nothing more than a doll to be arranged at Jake’s whim. His bare feet dangled midair for one dizzying moment before Jake dumped him onto the mattress, the sheets cool against his flushed skin.

Jake loomed over him, all coiled strength and predatory ease, his shadow swallowing Blue whole. The boy shivered. He didn’t resist when Jake nudged his thighs apart with a knee, didn’t flinch when steady fingers traced the scar along his stomach. He just watched, breath shallow, as Jake let his gaze travel down his body like a man inspecting a weapon he intended to use.

The mattress dipped under Jake’s weight as he settled between Blue’s legs. His hands slid up the boy’s thighs, slow and sensual, pausing to thumb the delicate skin at the junction of hip and groin until Blue squirmed. “Tell me,” he demanded, “tell me you want this.”

Blue’s mouth opened, then closed. He did want this—wanted it so badly his bones ached. So badly he knew words could never carry the weight of that wanting. But it didn't matter—Jake didn't need convincing any longer. He just needed permission.

"I want it," Blue whispered. "I..." He wet his lips with a quick flick of his tongue, pulse pounding in his throat, in his wrists, between his legs. "I want you." It was the simplest, most honest way he could articulate the tangled mess of longing and gratitude and desperation twisting inside him.

"Yeah?" Jake rasped, his breathing uneven, heavier by the second. He reached for his own underwear hanging low on his hips and pushed them down, freeing himself completely. Blue couldn't look away. Seen from this new angle, Jake’s cock was massive, not just in length, but in girth. The thick crown alone looked like it could split Blue open without effort, and the boy wondered, with a vague, distant kind of worry, how that would fit inside him. He didn't dwell on the thought though. It had to—that had been the plan all along, hadn't it? He wasn't backing out now.

"Come here," the man growled, grabbing him by the hips and dragging him closer, until Blue's thighs bracketed Jake's waist, his back pressed into the mattress. The sudden motion made Blue's breath hitch—the rough hands on him, the way Jake positioned him without hesitation, like he already knew exactly how to arrange Blue's body for his own pleasure. It was oddly thrilling, being handled like that, shaped into something that fit Jake's needs. Somehow it managed to be exactly what he'd planned and nothing like he'd imagined all at once.

His thighs trembled as Jake caressed them slowly, palms gliding over their softness with a gentle yet inexorable pressure, until his thumbs found the tender hollows behind Blue's knees, hooking there. He pushed his legs up and apart, folding him almost in half as he guided his knees toward his chest, and he exhaled sharply, taking in the sight—Blue spread wide beneath him, vulnerable, legs held open, the untouched tightness between them twitching slightly with each uneven breath. The boy shuddered. Not in fear or shame or the anticipation of anything unpleasant, but at the fascination in Jake’s eyes. He didn't think he'd ever get used to being looked at like this—like his body wasn’t just a collection of wounds and imperfections, like it could be something desirable.

"You really are something," Jake murmured, half to himself. His palms skimmed over the back of Blue’s thighs, closer now to where the boy’s body clenched tight with anticipation. "Almost too good to be true." Blue held his breath, waiting—not knowing what to expect, only that Jake’s touch burned wherever it landed, branding him.

Jake lowered his head, his breath hot against the sensitive skin of Blue's inner thigh. Blue flinched when teeth grazed him there—not biting, just teasing, almost playfully. Then lips followed, warm and wet, pressing open-mouthed kisses along the trembling muscle while fingers kneaded the backs of his thighs.

“You ever touch yourself here?" Jake murmured between kisses, and Blue shivered almost violently when the man's thumb brushed—just once, feather-light—against his exposed hole, never touched by anything but Blue's own fingers in the shower, with the sole purpose of getting clean. The boy shook his head, mute, his throat working around a swallow. He didn't trust his voice—not when Jake's touch burned like this, not when his own skin felt too tight around his bones.

"It's okay," Jake promised, "I'll take care of you." His thumbs parted him further, the pads rough against such delicate flesh, and Blue had to bite his lip to stifle the sound that threatened to escape when Jake's tongue traced a slow, wet stripe over his entrance.

The sensation was foreign, hot and slick and utterly overwhelming, and Blue's hips jerked involuntarily, his body reacting before his mind could process what was happening. Jake's hands tightened on his thighs, holding him still as he lapped at him with deliberate, lingering strokes, each one slower and more thorough than the last. Blue's breath came in short, sharp gasps, his fingers twisting in the sheets as warmth coiled low in his belly, unfamiliar and terrifying in its intensity.

Jake didn't rush. The wet drag of his tongue against him was relentless, alternating between broad, flat strokes and sharp, pointed flicks that made Blue's toes curl in the air. When he finally pushed inside, just barely breaching the tight ring of muscle, Blue whimpered—the sound small and startled—torn between pushing back into the sensation and fleeing from the sheer intimacy of it.

Jake groaned against him, the vibration sending another jolt of pleasure through Blue's already overstimulated nerves, and his fingers almost dug bruises into the boy's skin as he held him open, refusing to let him pull away. "So sensitive," he observed, voice rough with arousal. He pulled back just enough to look up at Blue, his lips glistening, his breathing uneven. "Like the way my tongue feels inside you?”

"Y-yes," the answer came fractured, barely a whisper, torn from Blue's throat like something he hadn't meant to surrender. Jake's mouth rewarded him with another searing kiss pressed against his fluttering rim, tongue pushing inside a little deeper now, curling in a way that made Blue's thighs tremble uncontrollably.

Jake didn't let up. He kept Blue's legs spread wide as he worked him open with his mouth alone, with the kind of dedication that bordered on worship—slow, thorough licks interspersed with surprising little sucks that sent tiny jolts rippling through the boy's body. Every time Blue clenched, every time his muscles fluttered tight around the intrusion, Jake just groaned like it was the best thing he'd ever felt and doubled down. Every now and then, he'd pull back just enough to watch Blue's reactions—the way his stomach tensed, the flutter of his lashes, the desperate grip on the sheets—before diving back in like a man starving.

Then Jake's fingers joined his mouth. The slick heat of his tongue was nothing compared to the sudden press of his thumb—just circling at first, testing the give of muscle that had never yielded to anything before. Blue gasped when the pressure increased—just slightly, just enough to make him aware of how impossibly tight he still was.

"Relax for me, Blue," Jake said, a soft demand spoken in the most soothing voice the boy had ever heard. His lips pressed a lingering kiss on Blue's thigh before he guided his hips back onto the mattress, the new position more comfortable yet just as vulnerable. "Breathe. You're holding your breath.”

He spoke in the same voice he used at the gun range—calm, measured, as if guiding Blue through recoil control or trigger discipline. That voice had always worked before, smoothing out the jittery adrenaline in Blue's veins until his hands steadied. It worked now too, somehow. Blue exhaled shakily, his lungs emptying in one long, surrendering sigh.

Jake rewarded him with another slow, filthy lick, his tongue, broad and wet, coaxing him open before the thicker pressure returned—not just circling now, but pressing in, blunt and relentless. The stretch burned, hotter than anticipated, and Blue tensed again, clutching at the sheets like they could help him bear it.

His reaction made Jake pause and lift his head to watch the way Blue’s throat worked around swallowed whimpers. “You okay?" The man’s voice was rough, barely recognizable, yet still threaded through with something that sounded like concern. His digit stilled where it pressed just inside, not retreating but not advancing either—letting Blue adjust.

Blue nodded too quickly, breathless. He wasn’t okay—his body felt too full already, oversensitive and tight around just the first knuckle of Jake’s thumb—but he didn’t want him to stop. Didn’t want to disappoint, neither Jake nor himself.

Jake watched him for another moment, with the expression of someone trying to make the best decision—weighing Blue’s eagerness against his body’s instinctive resistance. His thumb withdrew slightly, just enough to relieve the worst of the pressure, then pushed forward again, steadily, as if he could ease Blue into accepting the intrusion through sheer persistence.

But it wasn't going to be that easy, and after a few more attempts to get deeper inside—each one met with Blue’s body instinctively clamping down—Jake finally pulled back with a frustrated exhale. Blue felt the apology rising in himself, reflexive and automatic, his mouth already parting around it, but Jake caught the look on his face and, with a small shift of expression, erased it.

A faint smile warmed his features—reassuring, steady. “It’s okay,” he said, withdrawing his hand entirely. “You're just... tight. We'll take it slow." He leaned down and kissed him—barely there, a soft press to his lips, almost chaste. “You’re doing great, Blue,” he praised, and the boy’s eyes fluttered shut.

Jake kissed him again, slower this time, warmer, less like reassurance and more like intention. Like he was reminding him of the point of all this: not to force his body into submission, but to teach him pleasure. “Doing great, baby,” he repeated, just as soft, the endearment slipping out as easily as if he’d used it a hundred times before. Blue wanted Jake to stop calling him that. Wanted Jake to never call him anything but that. He didn't know anymore.

Jake didn’t give him time to overthink it. He kissed him in earnest then—deep, sensual, unhurried. The kind of kiss that made Blue’s mind go quiet. Jake’s mouth moved with patient certainty, letting Blue feel every shift of pressure, every slow pull and return, until Blue stopped trying to brace for what came next and started responding without thinking.

Jake's hand slid up the boy's side, holding him close, and Blue allowed himself the indulgence of nestling into the warmth. He wanted the man’s hands on him, needed to feel owned in some tangible way. Needed Jake to carve his claim into his skin the same way he’d carved his way into Blue’s life—inexorably, without asking permission.

His own hands unclenched from the sheets and found Jake instead, hesitant at first, then bolder, sliding over Jake’s shoulders, down his arms, feeling the flex of muscle beneath his fingertips. Everywhere his fingers brushed, Jake’s skin burned beneath his touch, hot and alive, and for one wild moment, something unfamiliar moved through him, quiet yet undeniable: he didn't want to let go. It had nothing to do with affection, with comfort or desire—it was just an instinct that told him to hold on tight to this man, to keep him all to himself. The thought was short-lived, but it left him breathless. He couldn't explain it—that feeling of possessiveness, of wanting Jake so wholly and selfishly it had unnerved him.

Jake let him explore for another moment before easing back, putting just enough space between them to reach for the nightstand. Blue heard the quiet click of a drawer opening, the rustle of something being retrieved, and then Jake’s hand returned, slick with something clear and gleaming. "Do you trust me?" he asked, the question casual, as if he already knew the answer.

Blue nodded, quick and wordless, before he could second-guess himself.

Jake’s expression softened, just for a second, before his fingers returned between Blue’s thighs, pressing slick and warm against him. The lube was cold at first, but Jake took his time rubbing it in, circling slowly, coaxing Blue’s body to relax under his touch. He kissed the boy gently again, just before his middle finger breached him—deep enough this time that Blue couldn’t stop the soft noise that escaped his throat. It was different now, less resistance, less discomfort—just a slow, insistent stretch as the digit advanced with deliberate patience, almost embarrassingly easy, like Blue had done this before, like his body had always known how to yield for Jake.

"That's it," Jake murmured, his breath warm against Blue’s lips when there was no resistance left, when his finger slid in smooth and deep—all the way to the base knuckle. "God, Blue. You're perfect. I'm gonna make you feel so fucking good."

The boy shuddered, his legs falling open wider, hips tilting unconsciously toward Jake's touch. Even if he didn’t know whether he was capable of trust—whether he would ever be—right now he believed Jake. Believed the steadiness in his voice, and the promise in it. Still, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go. He had come here ready to offer something up, to settle a debt by handing himself over. To give, not to receive. Instead, Jake was the one giving. It made Blue feel further bound to him somehow—tied by something he couldn’t quantify or repay.

But it almost didn’t matter right now. Not when Jake was looking at him like that. Not when his finger began to move inside him, slow at first, withdrawing just enough before pushing back in with more pressure than before. Blue didn’t understand what was happening to him—he only knew he didn’t want it to stop.

His mouth searched for Jake's again—clumsy, desperate, like he was drowning and the man was the only air left in the world. Jake indulged the kiss with a low hum of approval before gently easing Blue back onto the pillows. Soon, his tongue slid into Blue's mouth in time with the deliberate thrusts of his finger, and the dual sensation made the boy arch against him, hold on to him tighter, gasp uncontrollably. With every stroke, Jake's thumb brushed against the underside of Blue’s cock, making him aware of how hard he was, of the slickness pooling on his own stomach.

Then Jake curled his finger inside him—just slightly—and Blue's eyes flew wide open, a shocked whimper tearing from his throat. The sensation was electric, unexpected, a bright spark of pleasure that shot up his spine and made his legs shake. His hips jerked instinctively, chasing the feeling before he even understood what he was chasing.

"I knew you'd like this," Jake grinned, positively triumphant, and Blue swallowed, trying to steady his breathing, unsure whether to feel embarrassed or thrilled by the revelation. He wanted to know what had happened, what Jake had touched inside him to make him react like that, but he wasn't going to ask—didn't want to show exactly how inexperienced he was.

"Do it again," he said instead, almost too boldly, too much like an order. "Please," he added quickly, softer, remembering his place.

Jake chuckled, the sound a mix of amusement and approval, and his fingertip gave that spot—whatever it was—another teasing graze. The pleasure was sharper this time, more concentrated, like lightning branching through the boy's nerves. It didn't just startle him—it confused him. He'd never known his body could react this way, could be rewired so completely by someone else's hands.

Jake didn't let him retreat from it. He kept his finger there, applying steady pressure while his thumb circled the base of Blue's cock, and the dual stimulation made Blue's vision blur at the edges, overwhelmed by pure pleasure. He was distantly aware of the way his thighs trembled and his toes curled—all of him reacting without permission, without thought.

"You're beautiful like this, you know that?" Jake praised—the kind of tone that settled deep in Blue’s bones, low and warm, like whiskey hitting the bloodstream. He didn’t wait for a response, didn’t need one. He shifted in Blue's grip, turning his head to press an open-mouthed kiss against the boy’s wrist where it clung to his shoulder, then another to the back of his elbow, lingering there before trailing higher. He moved to the collarbone next, brushing his lips over the delicate ridge of bone, then downward, tongue tasting, teeth teasing. His kisses traced a hurried path down Blue’s torso, finding his nipples, his ribs, the scar that split him in two, not lingering anywhere long enough, as if he had a single destination in mind.

And when he reached it—when his mouth closed around Blue’s cock with the same certainty he did everything—Blue’s breath left him in a rush, punched out by pleasure so new and immediate it momentarily blanked his thoughts. Jake didn’t take him deep, didn’t push him toward the edge right away. He teased instead—soft little sucks at the head, tongue flicking over the slit, lips dragging slow down the shaft only to start again—letting Blue feel every inch of attention given to him.

Blue’s hips jerked, chasing the sensation, his fingers knotting briefly in the sheets before his hand lifted, hovered, then tangled in Jake’s hair. He didn’t mean to. Didn’t think. The urge was instinctive, primal: more, closer, don’t stop. He guided Jake’s head down just enough to feel the man’s lips stretch around him a fraction wider, but then, all of a sudden, the realization hit like cold water. His fingers slackened instantly, his hand falling back to the mattress like a shot bird. His breath caught somewhere between apology and shame. It wasn't his place to demand. That wasn’t how this worked, and it wasn't what he'd come here to do.

Jake stilled, the warmth of his mouth vanishing as he pulled away. His breath lingered, hot and damp over the boy’s wet skin for a suspended second before he lifted his head, gaze locking onto him, dark and indecipherable—the kind of look that made Blue’s stomach lurch because he couldn’t parse it, couldn’t tell if it was disapproval or something else entirely.

Jake’s arm—the one he'd wrapped around Blue’s thigh to keep him spread—loosened its grip, and without breaking eye contact, he reached up and took the hand Blue had retreated moments earlier, now limp against the sheets. He pressed his face into the boy's palm, nuzzling against it with a slow drag of his cheek, lips brushing the thumb, warm and fleeting, before he guided Blue’s hand back into his hair, curling the boy’s fingers into the thick strands himself. Keep me where you want me, he seemed to convey without words, and Blue felt breathless, pinned beneath the weight of that permission.

"Don't hold back," Jake said—not a suggestion, but an advice Blue was meant to follow. "You want something? Go for it. If it feels right."

Blue blinked, fingers tangling in Jake's hair still damp at the roots. "And if it doesn't?" he asked in a voice so soft he wondered if Jake could hear him at all.

The man just stared at him for a moment, his finger still buried inside Blue flexing slightly as if reminding him of where they were. "Doesn't it?" he asked back—almost a quip if not for the lack of humor in his tone. He dipped his head again, his mouth finding Blue’s cock with renewed purpose. This time, there was no teasing—just heat, wet and relentless, as Jake took him deep, swallowed him down in one smooth motion that reignited the fire low in Blue’s belly.

A half-moan escaped the boy’s throat before he could stifle it—shaky, foreign to his own ears. He didn’t know how to quiet the noises clawing their way out of him—didn’t think he was supposed to. His grip tightened in Jake’s hair, not shy anymore, but firm, increasingly controlling. He was torn between thrusting up into Jake’s mouth and pushing back onto his finger, hips twitching helplessly between the twin points of pleasure, both of them relentless, both of them consuming. His head spun, overwhelmed by sensation, by the sheer novelty of being touched, savored like this.

The electrifying pleasure subsided a little when a second finger joined the first, testing the give of muscle before pushing inward carefully. Blue’s body clenched around the thicker intrusion, and for a moment, the discomfort threatened to overtake everything. But Jake didn't give him time to retreat into it. His mouth never ceased moving, giving Blue something to focus on—the wet heat, the soft pressure of lips sealing around him—distracting him, coaxing him back into surrender.

As for Blue, if he'd wanted to, he could have ended it right then. His hand in Jake's hair could have wrenched him away, could have stopped the slow, insistent press of those fingers inside him. Instead, his grip tightened, pulling Jake closer, arching into the fire of his mouth like he was starving for it. And wasn't he? Starved for touch, for warmth, for something real after all the cold years. His body yielded again, opened around the intrusion like it knew this was inevitable, like his flesh had been waiting for Jake's hands all along.

He wanted more—and Jake gave it to him, his fingers moving in earnest now, pumping slow and deep, scissoring gently, stretching him wider with each careful thrust. The boy's thoughts fractured under the onslaught, his usual sharp awareness reduced to a singular focus: Jake’s hands, Jake’s mouth, Jake’s control. He'd never felt anything like this—so much sensation, so much pleasure, it bordered on unbearable. He was drowning in it, gasping for air like someone who'd never learned how to swim.

When Jake's fingertips grazed that place inside him again—the one that made sparks flash behind his eyelids—the sensation, sharp and electric, rippled through Blue like a shockwave. His hand twisted tighter in Jake's hair, pulling just enough to make the man groan around him once more, and in response, Jake pressed against his prostate harder, unrelenting now, rubbing firm circles into the spot until the boy couldn't take it anymore.

With the last shred of coherence, Blue dragged Jake's head back by the fistful of hair still tangled in his fingers. The idea of finishing in the man's mouth—of spending himself down his throat while Jake swallowed every drop—was inconceivable, too obscene even for his fractured sense of self-preservation. Jake released him with a wet sound, lips reddened and slick, but his digits remained buried inside Blue's body—curled, still moving, fully intent on finishing what they'd started.

"Jake—" the boy choked out, his voice breaking on the name just before he forgot how to breathe, how to make another sound. The pleasure crashed over him in waves—hot, liquid, utterly beyond his control, and all he could do as the orgasm ripped through him was silently gaze at Jake with bewildered eyes, lips parted, an ecstatic cry stuck in his throat. The world dissolved into static for a handful of seconds, his body strung tight and then abruptly slack, his limbs heavy as lead. His grip on Jake's hair loosened, hand slipping free as he sank back into the mattress, boneless and dazed. Jake watched him unravel with rapt attention, still pressing deep into him, his movements gentle, rhythmic strokes, keeping Blue suspended in the aftershocks, prolonging the unbearable sweetness of it.

It all felt like a dream where Blue barely registered the details: the powerful spasms of his insides around Jake's fingers, the warmth of his own release on his abdomen, the long exhale that finally left his chest—a sigh wrapped around the softest whimper. Jake's eyes, dark like night, pinning him under their hungry watch. Then, as Blue slowly came down from the high—Jake leaving him empty, lips kissing along his inner thigh, his groin, his belly. Jake's tongue licking him clean. The sensitive spot somewhere along his scar where Jake sucked the ruined skin between his teeth. He let everything happen, detached yet aware, suspended somewhere between exhaustion and disbelief.

"You're flawless, Blue," Jake murmured against his shoulder now, breath hot. "Every inch of you." There was something indescribable in Jake's eyes, an impossible longing, like he missed something he'd never had, something he wasn't supposed to have, ever.

Blue didn't reply—couldn't—still floating in the aftermath, his body limp and overheated, his pulse erratic where it drummed against his ribs. Jake didn't seem to mind his silence. He pressed a slow kiss to the front of the boy's shoulder, just where the curve met the line of his collarbone, lingering long enough for the warmth to seep in. Then another, slightly higher, the scrape of his stubble a quiet contrast to the softness of his lips. Blue's head tipped to the side to give him more room without thinking, and Jake followed the movement, shifting closer, his hand sliding up along Blue’s side—too gently for a man who'd spent years commanding fear. His fingers curled lightly at his waist, guiding rather than forcing, a silent request.

Blue understood. He let himself be turned, the motion slow, unguarded, until he was on his stomach, face pressed into the pillow that carried Jake’s scent. He could feel the man's lips mapping his shoulder blade now with the same care, as if the change in angle hadn’t altered his intent at all—only given him new ground to cover.

"Can't get enough of you," Jake confessed, the words vibrating through the boy's skin. "Gotta have you, Blue, I..." His mouth reached the nape of Blue's neck, breath damp and ragged, his kisses needier now, hotter, yet not less worshipful. "Can't help it." He sounded surprised, almost awed by his own hunger—as if he'd underestimated its depth until now—but underneath that there was something quiet, heavier—an apology already forming in the pauses between kisses. Blue couldn't explain it, not after what Jake had just done to him, not when the pleasure still pulsed warmly in his veins, but he recognized it nonetheless. Regret, maybe. Or hesitation. As if Jake was thinking of stopping.

Blue didn't want him to stop. Not because he craved more—he was still dizzy from the sheer intensity of his climax—but because the time had come for him to do what he was here for. All he had done so far was take, his debt growing with every gasp, every shiver, every drop of pleasure wrung from his body by Jake's hands and mouth. It was his turn to give.

So when Jake's hand smoothed down his back, tracing the knobs of his spine and the dip of his waist before coming to rest just above the swell of his ass, Blue didn't hesitate. He arched into the touch—subtle, but decisive—letting the man feel the curve of him, the invitation in the shift of his hips. Jake kneaded the soft flesh there like he'd been waiting to do that all along. One of his fingers brushed against the rim of Blue's hole, accidentally maybe, but it lingered long enough to make the boy shudder.

Jake didn't waste more time after that. The mattress dipped under him as he got on his knees beside Blue, a pause then, followed by the lewd sound of him slicking himself—a quick, rough stroke—before he straddled the boy’s thighs. Blue sighed into the pillow as Jake's hands pulled his hips a fraction higher, angling him just right, then spread him open, fingers pressing the cheeks of his ass apart, exposing him fully. There was no reluctance in the way the thick, blunt head of his cock pressed against Blue's entrance, hot and insistent, and the boy braced himself—hands fisting the sheets—for the inevitable stretch, the pain he imagined was coming.

Nothing could have prepared him for the sensation of Jake pushing inside him. It was the complete opposite of the pleasure he'd felt just minutes ago, and for one blinding moment, an uncontrollable part of his mind did not hesitate to add Jake to the list of people he would make pay for causing him such pain. His muscles locked tight, breath trapped somewhere between his lungs and throat as the man's cock stretched him wider than fingers ever could, not forcing, but not stopping either—just relentless, agonizing pressure, the slowest invasion Blue had ever endured.

"God, you're tight—too tight—" Jake's voice fractured, like he was fighting himself, but his body betrayed him, pushing forward another fraction, gaining another inch. Blue tried to breathe, to relax even a little, to accept what he was given—no, what he'd asked for. The realization that this was nothing but a consequence of his own actions didn't make it more bearable, but at least he consciously stopped blaming Jake for it. He was, after all, the only man in Blue's life who'd ever hesitated before hurting him—who'd asked permission before taking. The idea of taking revenge on him was ridiculous.

"Almost there," Jake crooned, his hands settling on Blue's hips, thumbs pressing soothingly into the dimples at the base of his spine. He withdrew slightly before driving forward again, burying himself more than halfway inside Blue's body with a rough exhale. "Let me in, baby, come on. Take me deeper.” The soft words made Blue yield for a second, his body loosening as his muscles seemingly responded to the man’s voice rather than his own will.

And Jake seized the opportunity, surging forward with a low, throaty sound, as if he were the one being split open. The pain crested, sharp, searing, as he filled Blue completely, forcing his way past muscle that clenched uselessly in protest. The boy whimpered, a broken, breathless noise, muffled by the pillow, and his entire body shook with the effort of holding still—not pulling away, not pushing back, just taking it, absorbing the intrusion like a wound.

"I know," Jake murmured, rubbing soft circles into Blue's hips, "I know. It'll be over soon." He started moving almost immediately, tentative and shallow at first, just enough for Blue to feel the drag of him inside, the unbearable friction, then deeper—each thrust measured, careful, yet undeniably relentless. "You feel amazing, Blue," he groaned, his restraint fraying, "so perfect around me. Knew you would."

The pain ebbed, not disappearing but mutating into something else—less sharp, more pervasive—a dull ache that seeped into Blue's bones, a slow burn spreading outward from where Jake was joined with him. He adjusted in increments, muscles relaxing reluctantly, accommodating Jake's cock with resigned surrender. But pain, at least, made sense. Pain was clean, familiar, followed rules Blue understood. Pleasure had unraveled him earlier, had turned his thoughts to noise, his body reactive and exposed. It had taken control away from him, stripped him down to something unguarded, something he didn’t recognize.

Pain, to him, wasn't as hard to handle, to work with. And now, as Jake seemed to chase his own gratification rather than Blue's—as he was supposed to—it was easier to breathe, to focus, to be. He was grateful for it—for the chance to give Jake something that Jake could take and wouldn't feel the need to share.

He lifted his ass higher, meeting Jake's increasingly erratic thrusts, accepting—welcoming—every inch Jake gave him, every punishing stroke. The man's hands were still anchored on Blue's sides, the touch incongruent with the way he was fucking him—too tender for the force of his hips, too soft for the rushed rhythm he'd settled into. It was as if Jake couldn't decide whether to worship or ruin him, and Blue didn't know which one he preferred.

Almost on instinct, the boy reached behind, his right hand curling around Jake's wrist where it gripped his hip—not to slow him down, much less to stop him. He wouldn't fight this, wouldn't ruin it. On the contrary, he sought to reassure, to encourage. He couldn't do that otherwise—couldn't pretend to enjoy it, couldn't fake what he didn't feel—but he could at least offer this silent confirmation, let Jake know that it was okay to lose himself in the pleasure, that he didn't have to hurry just because Blue wasn't moaning beneath him. He needed Jake to enjoy this. Wanted him to.

Jake's response was as unexpected as it was devastating, from the lack of hesitation to the smooth, seemingly practiced motion with which he twisted his wrist to meet Blue's touch. Their fingers tangled easily, intimately, like they were lovers instead of whatever this was, and he pressed their joined hands into the mattress as he bent forward, his chest flush against Blue's back, his mouth grazing the ridge of the boy's shoulder.

The shift in angle changed everything. The rushed, haphazard thrusts became something else entirely—patient now, deeper, more insistent—as Jake used his weight and leverage to sink into the body beneath him with renewed force. The pain flared again, radiating outward from Blue's core, but beneath it—or maybe tangled within it—was something else. A heat, a fullness, a sensation that didn’t belong there, that didn’t make sense.

His body reacted before he could decide how to feel about it, tensing and then gradually easing, not because he had chosen to relax but because Jake’s weight—solid, encompassing, inescapable—held him there, pressed firmly into the mattress, leaving no space for retreat. Jake was everywhere: the heat of him on top of Blue, the strength of his arms bracketing him in, the uneven warmth of his breath brushing the back of his head, followed by intent kisses that anchored him to the moment. It made Blue feel pinned, trapped, owned—but not in the way he’d expected. Not like prey caught beneath a predator’s teeth, waiting for the bite. More like something precious, something kept.

"Fuck, Blue," the man panted against the side of the boy's neck, pressing a kiss there, open-mouthed, lingering, the scrape of teeth following. "I could stay inside you forever." The words came out hushed, reverent, like Jake himself couldn't believe what he was experiencing—what Blue was letting him do. He sucked lightly at the spot just beneath his hairline, but it was the praise that made Blue gasp and shudder more than the touch.

He couldn't deny it though: Jake's each gesture, each move and targeted thrust was slowly reshaping the sensations into something that Blue, unwillingly, started to chase again. He could feel every inch of Jake's cock dragging against his tender inner walls, filling him to the point of discomfort, but not beyond it—not quite, not anymore, not when that hidden, sensitive spot inside him was nudged at with rhythmic precision, sending pulses of pleasure up his spine. The duality was confusing, maddening, fascinating. It drew thin, trembling whimpers from him—and Jake noticed and rewarded every single one.

But the man wasn't immune to what he was doing either, and he'd been holding back for too long already. His thrusts grew urgent, less controlled, his rhythm fracturing into desperate bursts that pushed Blue deeper into the mattress with every snap of his hips. The boy could feel him unraveling—the uneven cadence of his breath, the tremor in the fingers still tangled with his—and then, abruptly, Jake stilled, his control shattering into fragments too small to gather back up.

He buried himself fully one final time, hips pressed flush against Blue's ass, his entire body shuddering with the force of the climax overtaking him. His grip on Blue’s hand tightened almost painfully, but what struck the boy more was the choked noise Jake made—a half-sighed groan, as if he’d been holding his breath for years and only now remembered how to exhale. The sound was raw, unguarded in a way Jake never was, and Blue felt it vibrate through the man’s chest where it pressed against his back.

Blue didn’t move. He lay there, pinned beneath Jake’s weight, feeling him pulse inside him, the warmth spreading in slow, thick waves as he spilled himself deep—a sensation the boy couldn’t name, couldn’t process. All he knew was how it made him feel: full, marked, utterly claimed, like Jake had him now, in every way that mattered. "Mine," Jake growled into his hair, more breath than voice, confirming Blue’s thoughts, as if they needed confirmation. "All mine now, Blue." His lips pressed against the damp nape of Blue’s neck, lingering, sealing the words into his skin.

It was too much for the boy's frayed nerves, for his overstimulated senses that had never known anything remotely close to this before. His used, throbbing hole tightened around Jake's cock still buried inside him, and a sudden, involuntary shudder seized him, a sensation that broke through his body without warning, like something in him had finally given way. Pleasure—raw, consuming, and far more intense than before—spread from his core, drowning out everything else, unfamiliar in its depth, in the way it seemed to reach places inside him he hadn’t known existed.

He hid his face into the pillow, a broken sob escaping him, unstoppable, uncontrollable, followed by another—small, muffled noises that shook his shoulders, trembled through his chest. Above him, Jake shifted slightly, and the mere movement sent another wave of sensation through Blue's oversensitive body. His insides fluttered around Jake instinctively, and Jake groaned, his hips pressing forward once more, shallowly, riding the last pulses of his own release inside the boy.

It wasn't really over for a long time—minutes maybe. Minutes that stretched and blurred, losing their shape entirely, until they felt suspended somewhere outside of time. Eventually, Blue’s quivering breaths evened out, the tremors in his limbs subsiding into something less frantic, more exhausted. Faint aftershocks still ran through his muscles like tremors after an earthquake. Jake didn't rush him, didn't try to move. His weight, heavy but not crushing, remained over him, grounding in a way that was almost necessary now, something solid to hold him in place while reality reassembled itself around them.

That, more than anything, kept Blue where he was, kept him from pulling himself back together too quickly. He needed this—the closeness, the warmth—to last just a little longer.

But it couldn't last forever, and he knew it. With one last kiss pressed to the curve of the boy's shoulder, Jake finally withdrew, rolling away carefully, reluctantly, their fingers untangling. The loss of pressure inside Blue felt stranger than the intrusion had, a sudden emptiness that made him shiver again—not with pleasure now, but with the abrupt awareness of absence. Something foreign leaked out of him, trickling down between his thighs, thick and warm, and he didn’t need to look to know what it was.

Jake shifted beside him—just a rustle of sheets, the dip of the mattress—but Blue didn't turn. He didn't dare. Not yet. His nerves still hummed with the unfamiliar buzz of satisfaction. A dull ache was blooming deep inside him, and his throat felt raw, as if he'd been screaming, though he knew he hadn't made a sound beyond those broken little noises the man had coaxed out of him.

Then, slowly, it dawned on him: regardless of anything else, he had achieved his goal. He had given Jake what he'd wanted—his body, his compliance—and Jake had taken it all, taken him, like Blue had planned. The boy knew his debt was hard to quantify, but what had just happened tonight, he decided, would happen again, and again, and again, until Blue felt he had given enough.

Eventually, he risked a glance sideways. Jake's profile was silhouetted against the dim glow of the bedside lamp—the strong line of his jaw, the slope of his nose, the curve of his lower lip, slightly swollen from kissing. His chest rose and fell steadily, his skin sheened with a fine layer of sweat that caught the light. He looked spent, sated, and his eyes, usually sharp and assessing, were unfocused, staring at the opposite wall with a thoughtfulness reinforced by the slow, ceaseless movement of his hand running through his hair.

Blue wanted to say something—anything—to break the silence between them, but his mind was blank. He wasn't even sure he was supposed to speak right now, when what they had done still lingered in the air and clung to their skin, undeniable, irreversible. So he stayed silent for now—but not distant. His hand lifted from the sheets, hesitated midway, then settled, lightly, almost uncertain, against Jake’s arm. He wasn’t sure what would follow, whether Jake would pull away, or simply not acknowledge it at all, letting the contact fade into nothing.

But Jake turned his head just enough to glance down at Blue’s hand before guiding it down to rest on his own stomach. His palm covered it there, warm and steady, pressing it into place, and something in Blue’s chest loosened, just slightly. He didn’t move, didn’t try to shift closer or make it into more than it was. He simply let the warmth steep into his skin, content with this—with the man's hand holding his against the rise and fall of his breath.

Then, after a few moments—too few—Jake exhaled and sat up, swung his legs over the side of the bed and pushed to his feet, his touch slipping away from Blue like smoke. "Come on," he said, not unkindly, just matter-of-fact, like this was routine, like they'd done this before. "Let's get you cleaned up."

******

Back in his room, Blue closed the door quietly behind him and leaned against the wood for a moment longer than necessary. The house had settled into its late-night stillness, the kind that made everything feel suspended, as if the world itself was holding its breath. It was the only thing he found familiar anymore. Everything else seemed different now, shifted slightly askew—like the axis of his existence had tilted in ways he couldn't name.

He crossed the room mechanically and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at his own hands. Every shift of muscle reminded him of the soreness settling deep, of the faint, lingering burn left behind by Jake’s hands, his mouth, the weight of him. It wasn’t sharp any longer, not overwhelming, but it was everywhere, threaded through him in a way that made it impossible to separate memory from sensation.

He knew, without needing to check, that there would be marks—bruises blooming along his skin, impressions left behind where Jake had held him too tightly, kissed him too hard. Blue let his eyes fall shut for a moment, imagining them, mapping them out the way Jake had mapped him. He didn't dread them. He would wear them proudly, like trophies, like proof that he had done this right, that he had given Jake what he needed.

A mistake, Jake had called it.

Blue rolled the word over in his mind, not angrily, not even bitterly, just with the same attention he gave anything that seemed important. A mistake meant regret. It meant guilt. It meant that Jake would carry what had happened like a weight he hadn’t intended to pick up. Blue could see it clearly now, the way Jake’s movements had grown precise and clipped afterward, the way his voice had steadied into something deliberately controlled. Jake always did that when he decided to retreat, to fortify himself against whatever he perceived as inconvenient—or as dangerous.

Blue's fingers curled loosely in the black silk of his robe, the one he'd picked up from the floor where Jake had let it fall after peeling it off him earlier. He replayed their conversation in fragments—the sharpness in Jake’s voice, the insistence that Blue didn’t know what he was doing, the certainty that he wasn’t there because he wanted to be. The boy frowned faintly at that, the expression barely there.

He had wanted it.

Maybe not in the way Jake meant or required in order to justify it to himself. But the wanting had been there all the same, tangled up with everything else—fear, obligation, curiosity, whatever unnamed thing pulsed beneath his ribs whenever Jake looked at him too long. It still counted.

Didn’t it?

Not that it mattered in the end. Wanting something didn’t necessarily make it clean. It didn’t even make it acceptable. Jake should've known that—after all, he'd acted like he'd never wanted anything more than Blue in that moment, and yet he'd still called it a mistake afterward. Something almost like amusement flickered through the boy at the thought, unexpected and fleeting. Jake, insisting on rules, on boundaries, on the order of things. Jake, who had broken them anyway.

Was Jake still thinking of himself as a parent now?

That didn't matter either, Blue realized. Some facts were unshakeable, undeniable, no matter how you twisted them. Maybe Jake wasn't cut out to be a father, but he had lasted longer than anyone else in that role—longer than institutions, longer than people who had been paid to care or who had claimed they wanted to help. He had stayed. He had intervened. He had kept the boy alive when it had mattered. If this was the closest thing to a father Blue would ever have, then he would take it, whatever it came with. No regrets. No guilt.

Jake had promised that what they'd done earlier wouldn’t happen again. Blue believed that Jake believed it. He had seen the resolve in the man's eyes, the quiet finality with which he’d closed that door. Jake’s sense of right and wrong was rigid in its own way, governed by principles Blue didn’t fully agree with—lines Jake wouldn’t cross unless something pushed him over.

And yet, a small, insistent voice that didn’t bother with morality or consequence—only with result—whispered in Blue’s mind, like a thought he wasn't supposed to think, that pushing Jake over tonight hadn't been entirely wrong. It had worked—that was the simplest way to put it. Blue had managed to give something back, even though not in the clean, transactional way he had planned, and he had learned something new in the process.

He lay on his back, stretching his legs, the movement pulling a faint ache through him that only reinforced the memory Jake had left him with. Sex had never existed in his mind as something good. At best, it had been neutral. At worst, something to endure, to suffer through when necessary. He hadn’t imagined it could feel like that—that Jake could feel like that, close and solid and unavoidable, until there had been no space left for anything else. Even now, lying alone, he could still feel the echo of it.

Blue’s gaze fixed on the ceiling, unfocused. He had always understood limits as something external, something enforced, but Jake's were different. They weren't imposed from the outside. They were chosen.

And if they were chosen, then they could be changed—like tonight. A wicked part of Blue couldn't help but look forward to the challenge. Who knew what else he could achieve if he learned how to make Jake break his own rules again?

But this was just a thought for now—one he would revisit when the time came, when he would be in the right position to do so. He had something more urgent to focus on, anyway: the loophole in Jake's words, the door left deliberately ajar.

"We will get back here when you know your worth."

Blue Brown understood what that really meant. Time, growth, distance—enough to make the wanting feel justified.

He could wait. He would learn. He would get better. He would become someone Jake didn’t feel the need to protect from himself. And next time Blue made the same offer, Jake's every condition fulfilled, there would be no ambiguity left, no room for doubt or retreat, and no word Jake could hide behind. Not anymore.

#it took me 3.5 months to write this👉😐#it's ~17k but still🤦🏼‍♀️#well at least i finished it #still can't get enough of this ship❤️‍🔥#happy reading #oh and click on the '******' too😊#jake x moon baek #my fics

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