Arachnid Peter who cums so much, but he canât help it :(( Itâs so messy, every time you fuck, just uncontrollably squirting everywhere.
Itâs too much! You say, but heâll fuck it back into you, whispering that itâs just his instinct, that youâre such a good mate for him.
His eyes dilate like crazy, until the whites of his scleraâs disappear, looking down at you like he wants to eat you alive.
And you canât blame him when he bites the column of your neck, your lips when youâre kissing him, your belly as he inches downwards. Itâs just in his nature right?
Arachnid Peter who has to keep reassuring you that yes, itâs normal for him to keep spurting out webs, conveniently binding you to the bed, all pliant and exposed to him.
He gets so possessive, asking you to tell him that youâre his, only his, while he kisses and bruises your lips.
Ugh, and when you leave marks on him? Scratches down his back? Hickies on his neck? Heâs groaning into your skin, asking you to give him more, teasing you with anâ âis that all youâve got?â
plot: you accidentally send Peter a pic and he sends one back
pairing: peter parker x reader
tags: cheating, smut, i havenât written in a minute so this probably suckkksssss
inspired by @llalaundercover on tiktok
Organic Chemistry 101 was difficult. And that was saying something considering you were an A* student in high school. College was hard. It was filled with a bunch of pretentious know-it-alls, all insufferable and snotty with the exception of Peter Parker.
He was quiet, stuck to himself, and also crazy smart. He'd been part of the Robotics club in high school, and you remember admiring him work, always in a world of his own. It felt like that was eons ago.
You had become more familiar with each other in college, considering you were both taking the same major. Youâd help each other out with notes and answers here and there, even studying together during peak exam season.
Now here you were, trying not to let all the electives and classes and events drown you, but finding it difficult to find a balance. From an outsider's perspective, it looked like you had everything; the grades, the looks, the guy.
Brad. Your boyfriend from high school who had followed you to college. Classic high school sweethearts. You'd won prom king and queen, applied to colleges together, planned all your senior pranks together.
But truthfully, it was an empty relationship. Brad was here on a sports scholarship, and the two of you couldn't be more distant. Sure he brought you flowers and chocolates on Valentine's day and kissed you when you met him on the field, but he didn't know much about you.
Or about how much you'd changed. And you never felt comfortable enough to tell him. Truth was, it was boring. He was boring.
Sex with him was even more boring. The same position, the same words, the same time, every time. It had become a boring mundane routine, like another chore to check off your list.
So when he texts you, asking you to 'send something?' Your eyes light up. Finally some excitement. You strip your top off, turn on your lamp, and snap a few pics at different angles, scrolling between them until you land on the perfect one.
Getting another notification, you click to open it, assuming it was Brad again. You attach the photo of you holding your boobs, with your necklace resting in your cleavage and your hair framing the sides.
Resting your phone down, you wait for his response. When a few minutes pass without him responding, you decide to send a sly message asking what he was doing with the photo, only to see that his message had remained unopened.
Confused, you open your chat, then swipe back out to see that Peter Parker was at the top of your message list.
You were going to die. Of mortification. Brad was going to break up with you, and Peter freaking Parker would know how your tits looked.
Youâre close to a full blown panic attack when you hear a ding! from your phone.
This was it. The consequences of your actions. A lengthy disgusted message from Peter about sending unsolicited nudes and the end of any future distinguished careers.
Squealing, you contort in your bed like a madman before huffing and opening your phone.
[picture attached]
Oh.
Pausing, you wonder what he could have sent you. It couldn't be...
Adjusting yourself in the bed, you lie on your stomach and click on the photo.
Peter Parker knew how your tits looked, and you knew how his dick looked now too.
Nice isn't the first word you'd think of to describe a penis, but his was... pretty? It was blushing at the tip, and even in the low lighting you could see the pre glistening.
You think you're about to combust when he sends something else.
A video.
You open it without hesitation.
He's holding his base, whining aâ
"Fuckkkkkk. Wanted this so long."
He tugs upwards once, hissing at the sensation. "Please, please, let me come over. Fuck please, I'll make you feel so good..."
And just like that the screen goes blank. Itâs embarrassing how quick you become wet.
You don't even blink before texting him your dorm room number.
10 long minutes later, there's a knock. By then, you'd watched the video over and over, and if you closed your eyes you could see it playing behind your eyelids.
You open on the first knock, smiling at the sheepish look on his face with his fist raised to knock again.
There's a thud behind you and you feel your spine tingle when you realise he's dropped to his knees before you.
You think for a second that you should reject his advances. That you should feel some type of shame, think of your relationship, muster any kind of logic.
But it was hard to think when he was looking at you so prettily.
Eyes all watery, like youâre the only thing in the world, like heâd do anything for you.
So when he says, âplease,â softly, you feel like you donât have a choice but to lean down and press your lips to his.
Rhett has seen you around town a few times and thinks youâre beautiful, he bumps into you at the local diner and stutters his way through an introduction. Rhett feels so out of his element all the sudden ,he doesnât know why heâs done things a lot scarier and stupider than asking a stranger out on a date but with sweaty palms and shaky hands he manages to ask you out (if mentioned later heâll deny how he anxious he was). Since he doesnât have much money itâs a picnic but since he burns anything he cooks he just prepares fruit, chips and sandwiches lol. You watch the sunset together and once night falls you ask him to name the stars and constellations for you, (at this point heâs pretty sure heâd do anything you ask). The two of you are laying in the bed of his truck with several blankets to lay on and to cover with, you fall asleep with your head on his chest as he quietly points out the stars whilst rubbing his hand against your back. (In the morning youâre both woken up by the sun and royal chews into rhett for being an hour late to work but rhett canât seem to find it in himself to care)
Rhett being absolutely smitten and losing all of his usual confidence is so precious to me đ Why is hopping onto the back of a bull a million times easier than asking to get a coffee with you? Big dummy is so stressed about the question itself that he entirely forgets one crucial detail. The only place in town that serves coffee is closed due to a recent fire. Worse, you two are standing directly across the street from it, and the fire damage is âšpainfully obviousâš
"I! Uhm, sorry I forgot about...lunch? Noâ!" Because the coffee shop is also the only restaurant in town. Twenty something years in this town and he's blubbering like a damn tourist, ears red as can be, and heavily considering if he should just flee the country at this point. But then you suggest a late lunch in the park, and just like that, you've got him hook, line, and sinker. He's nodding his head without a second thought, like an obedient little puppy, entirely forgetting how far his wallet is stretched right now.
Rhett can make a decent sandwich, but he's fortunate enough that his amused mom hangs around in the kitchen to supervise and give him pointers, lest he drown that poor turkey sandwich in mayonnaise again. Perry makes like a vulture and lingers around for the inevitable mess-ups and extra fruits that are left over, and he's the only reason why Rhett doesn't walk out and forget the damn sandwiches on the counter đ
Sitting on a blanket in the grass is cute for a little while, but the bugs arrive before the sandwich bags open. And somehow, you two find yourselves sitting on opposite sides of his truck bed, legs tangled and laughing about how Rhett nearly spilled the blueberries when a crane fly tried to land on him. Rhett's trying to save face, but it's hard to feel embarrassed when your laughter sounds like a melody sent straight from the heavens.
There's a selfish part of him that is absolutely thrilled when he realizes it's a chillier night than what he initially expected. You're scooting closer to him, muttering about the cold, and he's wrapping an arm around you, and you're cuddling into him like a cute little bug and, and
he's going to die.
The only thing that slows his racing heart is you asking about the constellations, and well, he can't help but tell you everything he knows. His deep voice is so soothing that at some point, he puts you to sleep, and :( he just melts. There's no way that he's comfortable in this truck bed, but somehow he falls asleep with his cheek resting against your forehead. You haven't the slightest clue about it, but come morning, you've got a cowboy wrapped around your finger đ
Pretend To Be My Boyfriend? | Rhett Abbott x Reader
all of my works are 18+ only, minors DNI!
Synopsis: When a guy won't leave you alone, you ask the pretty cowboy at the bar to pretend to be your boyfriend.
WC: 2900
Warnings: not much? this is mostly just fluff :) fake dating, mentions of harassment/guys being creepy, mentions of alcohol and drinking, flirting? like one mention of sex, i feel like that gif of rhett should be a warning
a/n: I've had this idea in my head for a while and finally decided to write it (: kinda feel like it's a bit shit but please enjoy, comments, reblogs and feedback are greatly appreciated! â„
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âHey, honey!â Rhett hears a sweet voice call out through the dimly lit, noisy bar. He senses a figure approaching to the left of the barstool heâs sat on, hand freezing halfway to his mouth as he goes to take a sip from his bottle of beer.
It takes him a moment to realize that youâre speaking to him, his confused expression meeting your hopeful, smiling one. He checks behind him for somebody else, but nope, thereâs no one there â youâre definitely talking to him.
âUhâŠhi? Do I- do we⊠know each other?â Rhett places his beer down on the bar, wincing as he asks the question; it wouldnât be the first time heâd forgotten a woman that heâd met in this very bar and drunkenly hooked up with. And that situation never usually ends well for him.
Youâre very pretty â beautiful, actually â and Rhett decides right then that he definitely doesnât know you. Thereâs no way heâd ever be able to forget a face like that.
Heâs pulled from his thoughts as you step a little closer to him, and though youâre still smiling, within the newfound proximity Rhett can now see a frazzled, almost pleading look in your bright eyes as you go to speak again.
âCan you pretend to be my boyfriend?â You ask, your voice lowered to a level that only he can hear.
âUhâŠâ Rhettâs confusion is written all over his face, from his brows that furrow adorably to his gaping mouth.
Your own expression turns sheepish as you realize how silly the question sounds, and youâre quick to intercept and elaborate for him.
âThereâs a guy over there,â you turn away from Rhett slightly and nod your head subtly to your left and catch a glimpse of the drunken stranger who wouldnât leave you alone. âHeâs been trying to hit on me for the last thirty minutes. Canât seem to get the hint that Iâm not interested.â
Rhett follows your gaze and sees a man sipping a beer and staring at the two of you from the other side of the bar.
âSo⊠I told him that I was waiting for my boyfriend.â
When he meets your eyes again, he can tell that youâre trying to play it cool, but Rhett can sense that little hint of fear in your eyes and the worry in voice. And, though he doesnât know you, he feels his protective instincts kick in.
You can see the change in his demeanor almost immediately, shoulders squared as he sends the other man across the room an intimidating glare that you donât think youâd ever want to be on the receiving end of.
But, when Rhettâs gaze returns to you, his blue eyes soften and his lips turn up just a bit. He gestures to the empty stool next to his and you take the seat with a sigh of relief and a grateful smile.
âIf Iâm gonna be your boyfriend, then I guess you should know my name. Iâm Rhett.â
Your own shoulders deflate in relief that this kind stranger â Rhett â has agreed to help you, a genuine smile now forming on your lips as you introduce yourself as well.
Youâre not entirely sure what made you choose him, but for some reason you found yourself drawn to the pretty cowboy sitting alone at the bar and drinking a beer. And, youâre glad you did.
Heâs even prettier up close â little curls peeking out beneath his Stetson hat, adorable button nose, and his eyes captivating pools of blue, intense in their gaze thatâs now focused on you. His voice deep and rich, and oh-so soothing.
âYou new to town? I donât think Iâve seen you around here.â Heâd definitely remember if he had.
You nod your head in confirmation. âVery new, I just moved here two days ago for work.â
âWell, welcome to Wabang. I promise not all us guys here are creeps like that asshole.â Rhett promises, once again glancing toward the man who had been harassing you earlier.
That draws a light chuckle out of you, but before you can respond, Rhett narrows his eyes and goes to speak again.
âSpeaking of which, heâs still staring over here. Iâm gonna put my arm around you⊠if youâre okay with that.â
Your head nods in agreement without really thinking much about it. Admittedly, you find yourself a little bit lost in the quiet, gravely tone of Rhettâs voice, that deep southern accent, and youâre fairly certain he could get you to agree to anything if he keeps talking to you like that.
Before you can register whatâs happening, youâre enveloped by warmth and a pleasant musk thatâs a spicy mix of vanilla and tobacco as Rhett leans in and drapes a protective arm over your shoulders.
âCan I get you a drink, sweetheart?â Rhett emphasizes the last word sarcastically; if heâs going to pretend to be your boyfriend, heâs going to have fun with it.
You take a second too long to answer, too busy trying to inhale Rhettâs scent again as discreetly as possible, hoping he doesnât notice â he definitely notices.
When you look back up into his eyes, thereâs a playful mirth to them, and a smirk overtaking his lips at how flustered you are by the close proximity and the use of the pet name.
âY-yeahâŠyes.â You shake your head as though to clear it. âIâll have a beer.â
As you inwardly cringe at yourself for stumbling through your answer, Rhett simply smirks and raises his hand to flag down the bartender and order your drink, all the while keeping you close to his side underneath his arm.
Only when the bartender places the bottle down in front of you does Rhett remove his arm from around your shoulders, and you find yourself already missing the warmth of the denim of his jacket on your bare skin.
âSo, you moved here for work. What do you do?â
You tell him all about your new job and how excited you are for this fresh start in a new place, and Rhett listens intently, chiming in when necessary, loving how passionate you are about your work and content to just listen to the melodic sound of your voice.
âAlright, enough about me. What do you do, Rhett?â Itâs the first time youâve said his name tonight and Rhett feels his cheeks heat, deciding right then that he loves the way it sounds on your lips and that he needs to hear it more.
âI help out on my familyâs ranch,â Rhett tells you. ââŠBut Iâm also a bull rider.â A small grin grows on his lips that tells you just how much he loves it.
âA bull rider?!â Youâre beaming at him, eyes widened in surprise. âNo way, thatâs so cool! Way cooler than my job.â
Rhett lets out a deep chuckle and shakes his head in an attempt to protest. Bashful and blushing even harder now, he tries to brush it off â unable to take a compliment, but youâre having none of it.
âCome on, itâs very impressive! Maybe Iâll come cheer you on in the stands sometime.â
âYeah?â The two of you share light-hearted grins and you give Rhett an affirmative nod. Yeah, he would definitely like that.
The two of you sit at the bar and talk for a while longer, Rhett buying you a couple more beers. You discuss anything and everything that comes to mind and share a good few laughs, the alcohol leaving you on just the right side of tipsy, feeling open and content â light.
Rhett only nurses the one beer that heâs been drinking since you approached him earlier in the evening. He finds himself already feeling a bit protective of you, liking the responsibility of keeping an eye on you and making sure youâre having a good time. Besides, he just really enjoys talking to you and doesnât feel the need to get drunk tonight.
Rhett continues to also keep an eye on the guy who was bothering you earlier â though heâs fairly certain he wouldnât try to approach you again since youâve been at Rhettâs side for a while now, his arm once again finding itself wrapped securely around your side.
However, Rhettâs noticed throughout the night that heâs not the only man in the bar heâs caught looking at you â yes, youâre new in town, but he knows theyâre also looking â staring really â because of how beautiful you are. And he maybe finds himself feeling a bit jealous.
âSeems youâve caught the attention of just about every guy in here tonight.â Rhett informs you with a teasing lilt to his voice to make light of the situation, smirking into his beer bottle as he takes the final sip.
âNot that I want it.â You roll your eyes dramatically. A playful smirk then takes over your lips â youâve got an idea. The corner of Rhettâs lips quirk up a bit too as his brow raises in question.
âJust trust me.â Your face is leaning in closer towards him and before Rhett can process whatâs happening, you lean in and press a gentle kiss to his cheek.
The fact that youâre tipsy has definitely provided you some liquid courage, that much is for sure when you pull back and shift to whisper into Rhettâs ear.
âGotta let them know that Iâm all yours.â Your tone is playful, sarcastically seductive, the warmth of your breath against the skin of Rhettâs earlobe sending a shiver down his spine and he has to fight to hold back a groan. God, does he wish that statement were true.
You canât stop the little fit of giggles that escapes you as you pull back, and Rhett canât help but chuckle along with you. Admiring the way your eyes crinkle up when you laugh, the adorable way that your nose wrinkles too. The skin of his cheek is still burning where your plush lips had kissed him.
Now itâs Rhett who has an idea, you can almost see the light bulb flicker behind his crystal blue eyes when they peer into yours again.
âDo you have a ride home?â He asks and your brows furrow adorably, curious as to where heâs going with this. You let him know that you were just going to call an Uber.
âI can drive you home⊠if youâd like.â Rhettâs nowhere near drunk from the one beer heâs had all evening.
âAnd there is a way you could show everyone youâre mine.â He proposes, that playful smirk returning to his lips and a mischievous look in his eyes.
âOh?â You narrow your eyes at Rhett, but you canât help but grin along with him, still wondering what he could possibly be suggesting.
Rhett goes to remove the cowboy hat from his head, repeating your own words from only a few moments ago. âJust trust me.â
He moves to place the hat atop your head, a silly grin still on his face as he adjusts it over your hair. You meet his look with a puzzled smile of your own, unsure of what he meant, but something within you tells you that you can â trust him, that is. Â
Rhett flags down the bartender and closes his tab before lightly knocking his fists on the wooden bar top.
âCome on, letâs get you home.â Rhett chuckles like he knows something you donât, and you can only roll your eyes in jest as you wait to be let in on the joke.
Rhett watches as you shrug on your jacket, stealing a long glance at you wearing his Stetson â feeling a sense of pride swell in his chest and enjoying the way it looks on your head â before he gently ushers you toward the exit of the bar.
Near the door, he sends a self-assured smirk to the asshole who had been bothering you earlier in the evening, who just watches along from a nearby booth with his buddies, a sour look on his face as you walk out into the night with Rhettâs arm draped over your shoulder.
Only when youâre secured into the passenger side of his truck does Rhett divulge the nature of his plan.
âSo, uh â the hat,â Rhett nods towards his hat that youâre wearing and your fingers reach up to touch the worn fabric. âIf you wear someoneâs cowboy hat, youâre supposed to uhâŠride the cowboyâŠâ
He trails off, admittedly a bit nervous now â he doesnât want to come off as a creep â as he explains the âcowboy hat ruleâ as he called it, to you. His way of making the whole âfake boyfriendâ thing seem a bit more real to any prying eyes, showing everyone in the bar that youâre âhisâ.
You stare at him in bewilderment for a long moment, mouth agape. Your expression sends Rhett into a boisterous fit of laughter, unable to refrain, and earns him a playful smack on the arm.
You close your eyes and cover your face with your palms. âOh my godâŠâ
âOh, come on. Itâs kinda funny.â Rhett contends through his laughter and you send him what you hope to be a scornful pout. But thereâs no real malice behind it, a smile fighting to break through as you find it hard to be annoyed with him.
âAnd itâs not like Iâm gonna hold you to it.â He promises with a wink that might make you swoon if you werenât already sitting down.
Before you know it, youâre joining in on the laughs, unable to hold back any longer and relishing in the humor or the situation.
Once youâve rattled off your address to Rhett, the ride to your home is filled with quiet music pouring from the truckâs radio â though it merely serves as background noise as you and Rhett spend the entire 20-minute drive talking. Sharing little details about yourselves and making plenty more jokes. His Stetson still sitting pretty atop your head.
Despite having spent hours talking with him in the bar, you still find yourself wanting to know more about him, not wanting the conversation â or this night â to end.
The truck reaches your little house all too soon, and Rhett finds himself not wanting the night to end either. Pretending to be your boyfriend was the highlight of his evening and he wants nothing more than to see you again.
When he stops the truck at the end of the little path leading to your front door, Rhett clears his throat before moving to speak.
âSo, I â uh, I was wondering, c-could I⊠maybe get your phone number?â Rhett asks quietly, a pink flush taking over his pale cheeks as he internally curses himself for sounding so nervous.
You donât mind it, though â this seemingly tough cowboy growing all flustered and stumbling over his words for you? You couldnât find it more endearing. Â
Rhett holds his breath as your pretty eyes â slightly glassy still from the alcohol youâd consumed earlier in the evening, look straight into his blue ones, and you grace him with a coy smile.
âOf course. Who else am I going to call when guys are harassing me and I need a fake boyfriend?â
Rhett releases the breath he was holding and bites back a smile, his shoulders dropping in relief. âGreat.â
Once youâve exchanged numbers, you gingerly remove Rhettâs hat from your head, smoothing down your hair.
Unbuckling your seatbelt, you scoot closer toward him in the bench seat, reaching up to carefully place it back on top of his head â your eyes gazing into Rhettâs blue ones as they peer back into yours, the two of you sharing bashful smiles.
With the cowboy hat secured on the head of its rightful owner, you move to pull away. However, you pause before you get too far, deciding to lean in and place one last kiss to Rhettâs cheek before climbing out of his truck.
Rhettâs in such a daze â cheeks flushing that bright pink once again as warmth radiates from where your lips had kissed him, and a dopey grin on his lips â that he almost doesnât notice as you walk around to the driverâs side of his truck, leaning a bit into the open window. Your face close to his, lit up all pretty in the moonlight.
âThank you for turning my shitty night around, Rhett.â You bite back a grin. âI had a lot of fun.â
Before Rhett can respond â still flustered from the kiss to his cheek and now from hearing you say his name again, you back away from his window, making your way towards the path. Walking backwards, still facing the truck and grinning at him all the while.
âOh, and youâre a really great fake boyfriend!â You call out.
Breaking off into a giggle that carries in the nightâs slight breeze and Rhett can only chuckle back, shaking his head as he watches you with a fond smile. Â
With that, you turn around and walk off to your house with a spring in your step. Rhett stays sat there in his truck until he sees you make it through your front door safely, and heâs absolutely beaming.
Rhett's going to call you first thing tomorrow. He hopes that he can turn this âfakeâ boyfriend situation into something real.
also tagging a few people that I think may enjoy/liked my last rhett fic â„ : @roleycoleyreccenter @sunlightmurdock @rhettabbotts @mothdruid @lewmagoo @foreverrandomwritings @pillow-titties @sobshoney
~ Burnt Out | Comfort Drabble wc: 558 â @writing-until-i-drop
~ not being able to focus on carving their own pumpkin because they're too worried about the other getting hurt while carving theirs â @withahappyrefrain
~ that one night| b.f â @bradshawswife
~ Friend Bob is really wicked Bob when he gets you alone. Teases. Taunts, finds his voice. â @bradshawswife
~ What about lewis's characters as cam boys? đ â @delopsia
~ imagine watching scary and spooky movies with bob or rhett. either theyâd be the type to predict whatâs going to happen or... â @delopsia
~ for the lil prompt list: thinking of our beloved Bob and fixing the others clothing when something is a little bit off... â @withahappyrefrain
~ The Female Species â @bippot
~ Oblivious - @littleenglishfangirl
~ Tomorrow's Tomorrow - @bippot
~ sweet as honeyâ @bradshawsbitch
~ Room for Dessert â @purelyfiction
~ Confetti â @purplevortexx
~ It's Inevitable â @drabbles-mc
~ Miss, Ma'am, M 'Lady, a thot to add to your other ask about The Boys calling you Ma'am. You and Bob BOTH in the Navy, but you... â @delopsia
~ 12:29 AM â @dearsnow
~ Bob Floyd x female reader â @mynameismckenziemae
~ Cake Batter ~B Floyd x Fem! Reader â @0mg-bird
~ "ac is out and we're not wearing much" â @withahappyrefrain
~ Bragging Rights - @rockstxr-x
~ Imagine Date Night With Robert âBobâ Floyd â @spinningwebsandtales
~ Silver Screen, Make Me Scream â @attapullman
~ Love Like This â @wildbornsiren
~ The Perfect Ratio â @writercole
~ You Didn't Ask â @writercole
~ Forever and Ever, Amen â @bradshawssugarbaby
~ What Christmas Means to Me, My Love â @bradshawsbaby
~ Senses â @bradshawsbaby
~ Like Peas in a Pod â @bradshawsbaby
~ bobby tanqueray â @miley1442111
~ Dancing with You â @applebutter-and-cinnamon
~ Wanna Buy You A Drink â @anonymooseforever007
~ Laser Tag â @foreverrandomwritings
~ Flower Crowns â @foreverrandomwritings
~ Happy Birthday â @foreverrandomwritings
~ Pattern Breaker â @deakyjoe
~ I Got Chills, Theyâre Multiplying â @deakyjoe
summary:Â the squad are all pretty sure that bob has a thing for you, but you're not convinced, so you hatch a plan to tease him within an inch of his life until he snaps
notes:Â i fear i may never again experience as much joy as i did while writing this... guys, it was so much fun! i know it's long, but it's full of tension and pining and heat, please give it a read! i actually love this so much, and i hope you do too, so please let me know what you think!!! i literally fell in love with bob while writing this, the lewis pullman spiral is spiralling
warnings:Â swearing, big dick energy, movie references (the princess bride, the ugly truth, star wars), bob's big dick, tension, lots of horniness (18+ ONLY MDNI), italics, huge dick energy, jealousy, bob is secretly cut, emotional warfare but it's fun, and did i mention bob's massive dick? (let me know if i missed anything)
word count: 21143
your callsign is sunny
It wasnât long after the uranium mission that Dagger Squad was asked to stay on North Island and train as an elite, mission-focused unit under Maverickâs command. Not that anyone had to be askedâmost of the squad was more than happy to be reassigned and stick together.Â
Once everything was finalised and the official special operations squadron was born, the first thing most of you did was move out of the barracks. You needed more spaceâboth physically, and from each otherâand, frankly, something that didnât reek of stale socks and floor polish.Â
You and Natasha thought youâd hit the jackpot when you found a two-bedroom apartment right by the beach, with a spacious open-plan living area and not one, but two balconies. It was perfect. You could hardly believe it. Full of natural light, and just far enough from the boys you already spent too much time withâtraining, flying, doing push-ups every time someone pissed off Maverick.Â
It was meant to be.Â
Until the apartment across the hall went up for lease.Â
And thatâs how you failed to escape the boys entirely. Reuben and Mickey spotted the sign while helping you move in, and before you knew it, they were neighboursâcloser than ever and almost impossible to get off your couch.Â
A knock at the door draws your attention from the TV, and Natasha pauses mid-step on her way from the kitchenâbowl of popcorn in hand.Â
âTen bucks says itâs Fanboy,â she says, a smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth.Â
You know that Mickey is stuck on overtime tonightâpunishment from Maverick for mouthing off during a fly drill this morning. Natasha, however, hadnât been in the air with you and clearly wasnât listening on comms.Â
Your eyes flick to the door and back to her. âDeal.âÂ
She drops the bowl on the coffee table and doubles back, swinging the door open.Â
âUgh,â she sighs. âItâs you.âÂ
Reuben blinks, his smile faltering as his brow creases. âNice to see you too, Phoenix.âÂ
She heads back to the couch, Reuben trailing behind.Â
âWhyâd you knock?â she asks. âItâs always open.âÂ
âWasnât the other day.âÂ
You sit up straighter, rolling your eyes. âThatâs because it was two a.m. and I was home aloneâsleeping.âÂ
Natasha drops onto the couch, a little closer to you than before to make room for Reuben. âDo we seriously not have boundaries anymore?â she asks him. âWhat could you possibly need at two in the morning?âÂ
He plucks the popcorn bowl off the table and settles it in his lap. âFanboy really wanted to watch The Princess Bride, but Netflix logged us out and we couldnât remember the password.âÂ
You lean across Natasha for a handful of popcorn. âThen get your own Netflix account, you fucking freeloaders.âÂ
Reuben gives you a wounded look. âOkay, rude.âÂ
You roll your eyes again and flop back against the couch, shoving a handful of popcorn into your mouth.Â
âWhatâs got your panties in a twist?â he asks, peering at you from Natashaâs other side.Â
Natasha snorts but keeps her eyes on the TV.Â
âNothing,â you mutter. âMy panties are perfectly untwisted.âÂ
Reuben chuckles and shifts his gaze to the screen. âThen maybe someone should twist them upâget some of that tension out.âÂ
You flip him off without even glancing his way, your scowl still locked on the TV. He just laughs again, and Natasha shoots you a sidelong, knowing smirk.Â
Twenty minutes laterâand after Reuben has all but annihilated the popcornâthe front door swings open and Mickey breezes in, making a beeline for the fridge.Â
âHave you guys eaten?â he calls out. âBecause Iâm starving. I skipped lunch and Mav still kept me back.â He grabs a beer and spins to face the living room. âIsnât that, like, illegal? Something about duty of care? Iâm about to pass out, and it wasnât even my fault I got held back. Hangman was the one mouthing offâI just told him where to stick it. But no, now Mavâs all professional, like heâs a real CO with a stick up his ass. Honestly? I liked him better before.âÂ
He yanks open a drawer, fishes out the bottle opener, and cracks the beer. âAnyway,â he says, glancing up at the three of you, âpizza?âÂ
A long beat of silence stretches through the apartment as you all stare at him.Â
âJesus Christ, Mick,â Reuben mutters. âTake a fucking breath.âÂ
Mickey just shrugs, heading into the living room. âWhat?âÂ
He drops onto the floorâfiguring the couch is already squishy enoughâand sets his beer on the coffee table before reaching for the remote.Â
âNo oneâs watching this, right?â he asksânot that it matters.Â
He doesnât wait for a responseâjust clicks a few buttons and starts scrolling through Netflix. Frustration simmers under your skin, because yes, you were watching that, but you bite your tongue. You know youâre in a bad mood, and itâs not worth taking it out on your friends. No matter how irritating they can be.Â
He finally lands on The Princess Bride and makes a satisfied little hum as he hits play. Then he tosses the remote back onto the table, picks up his beer, and leans back against the couchâhis elbow jabbing your knee in the process. Your glass, balanced loosely on your leg, sloshes and spills cold liquid onto your lap.Â
âWhoops,â Mickey says, glancing back at you. âMy bad.âÂ
âUh oh,â Natasha mutters, scooting slightly away from you.Â
âSeriously, Mickey?â you snap, eyes narrowing. âCould you not act like a clumsy lapdog for five fucking seconds?âÂ
His eyes go wide at your tone.Â
âHow the hell did you even get into the navy?â you bite, rising from the couch. âYouâve got the spatial awareness of a drunk oaf and the grace of a newborn deer on ice.âÂ
You storm into the kitchen, slam your half-empty glass on the counter, and tear off a wad of paper towels.Â
âVery descriptive insults,â Reuben mutters.Â
Natasha lets out a dry laugh. âYeah, thatâs how you know sheâs in a mood.âÂ
You shoot him a glare over the kitchen island, dabbing paper towel at the top of your thigh.Â
âBob didnât talk to her today,â Natasha says. âLike, at all.âÂ
âOhhh,â Reuben and Mickey sigh in unison, the sound laced with realisation.Â
You toss the damp towel into the sink before turning toward the fridge and yanking it open, bottles rattling.Â
âTo be fair,â Reuben offers, âyou two were on different drills today. He probably just didnât get the chance.âÂ
You whirl around, beer in hand, glare sharp. âHe asked Phoenix if she wanted to go for a run tomorrow morningâwhile I was standing right there.âÂ
You shut the fridge with more force than necessary, then yank open the cutlery drawer and grab the bottle opener.Â
âOh yeah,â Mickey adds. âHe asked me too. Wants to do the Coronado Island Loop.âÂ
You pop the cap off your beer and let it clatter to the floor. âGreat. Thatâs great. Thanks, Mick. Love knowing I was the only one not invited.âÂ
Natasha sighs, her eyes following you as you trudge back toward the lounge. âI told youâhe probably just didnât think you were interested. When have you ever wanted to go running?âÂ
Reuben nods. âYeah, you hate when Mav makes us run laps. Youâre always the first to complain.âÂ
You flop down into your spot and take a long pull from your beer, eyes on the screen. âYeah, well,â you mutter, âhe couldâve asked.âÂ
You roll your eyes. âYeah, and invite myself to something I deliberately wasnât invited to? No thanks.âÂ
Mickey shakes his head. âBob wouldnât leave you out on purpose. Heâs too nice.âÂ
âExactly,â Reuben says. âItâs Bob. He probably just got awkward about it.âÂ
You scowl and gesture to Natasha. âHe asked Phoenix.âÂ
âYeah, but thatâs Phoenix,â Mickey says. âTheyâre crammed together in the cockpit almost all day, every day. She doesnât make him nervous.âÂ
You scoff and sink further into the couch. âI do not make him nervous.âÂ
Natasha sighs again. âYes. You do. Iâve told you before.âÂ
âAnd I donât believe you,â you say, despite the warmth creeping into your cheeks. âYouâre always saying Bob has a thing for me, but I donât see it. Wouldnât he actually talk to me if he liked me?âÂ
âItâs Bob,â Reuben repeats. âHeâs not like the rest of us.âÂ
âExactly,â Natasha says. âHeâs polite and respectful. Way better than the rest.âÂ
Mickey turns from the TV, shooting her a wounded look. âOuch.âÂ
Reuben shrugs. âSheâs right. Thatâs why we canât tease him about it. We canât even ask him if he likes youâthough weâre pretty sure.âÂ
You roll your eyes. âHow can you be sure when heâs never admitted it?âÂ
âOh, itâs so obvious,â Mickey says with a giggle. âHe gets all googly-eyed whenever youâre around.âÂ
You shoot him a sceptical look, brows furrowed. âI donât see it.âÂ
âWell, of course heâs not going to let you catch him staring,â Reuben says, a smirk tugging at his lips. âHeâs a gentleman.âÂ
âYeah, and heâs not stupid,â Natasha adds.Â
âBut whenever youâre not paying attention,â Mickey continues, âhis eyes are glued to you, like a magnet.âÂ
You roll your eyes, determined to seem unconvinced, even though you can feel the warmth rising in your cheeks.Â
âOh, and every time youâre brought up in conversation,â Reuben says, âheâs locked in.âÂ
âUnless weâre talking about you and another guy,â Natasha adds with a knowing look âThen he gets all huffy and weird.âÂ
You snort a laugh before taking another sip of your beer.Â
âWhy donât you just ask him out?â Mickey suggests. âPut us all out of our misery. Bob will stop being so awkward, and youâll stop being soââ He stops when you shoot him a glare.Â
âSo what, Mick?âÂ
He turns his gaze back to the TV, muttering, âMoody.âÂ
You scoff. âYeah, okay. So, Iâm just supposed to believe you guys when I havenât actually seen any of these so-called signs myself?âÂ
Reuben and Mickey nod, but Natasha just watches.Â
âIâm not doing that,â you say flatly. âIâm not asking him out just to be humiliated.âÂ
The conversation dies as you turn your attention back to the movie, taking another generous sip of beer. Mickey pulls out his phone to order pizza, and Reuben heads to the fridge for another round of beers.Â
You keep your eyes locked on the TV, even though youâre barely watching. Instead, your mind is replaying the day, wondering if you missed the part where it was âso obviousâ that Bob has a crush on you.Â
Itâs hard not to agree with Reuben when he says, âItâs Bob,â because it just is. Heâs nice, considerate, raised to respect women and the navy. Heâs the perfect officer and the perfect gentleman, and thatâs half the reason youâre so damn attracted to him. A gorgeous guy with manners and respect to spare? Yes, please.Â
But, God, sometimes you wish he was just a little more basic. A little more in touch with his primal side, instead of always using the higher-functioning part of his brain that most guys donât even know exists. Youâve never even heard Bob say a woman is attractive, let alone spew some of the caveman shit that comes out of Jakeâs mouth.Â
And yeah, sure, you could ask him out. He might even say yes, just to be polite. But you donât want to put that kind of pressure on him or the squad. Him dating you out of pity would be worse than flat-out rejection.Â
An hour later, full of pizza and halfway through your fourth beer, youâre curled up with your head on Natasha's shoulder while The Ugly Truth plays on the TVâMickeyâs latest pick.Â
âMan, whatâs with you and romantic comedies?â Reuben asks, nose wrinkling as he watches Katherine Heigl flail on-screen.Â
Mickey shrugs. âDonât judge. Maybe Iâm feeling a little lonely lately.âÂ
âAww, Mick,â you coo, voice dripping mock-sympathy. âBetter get used to it. Youâre going to be alone forever.âÂ
His head snaps toward you, a scowl forming. âOkay, Miss-I-Refuse-To-Ask-Out-A-Guy-Whoâs-Clearly-Into-Me-Because-Iâm-Terrified-of-Rejection.âÂ
A smirk tugs at your mouth. âThat was way too long to sting.âÂ
âWhatever.â He rolls his eyes. âYouâre mean when youâre not getting laid.âÂ
âHey!â you gasp. âHow do you know Iâm not?âÂ
Thereâs a beatâa static moment where you realise youâve just fucked upâbefore they all burst out laughing. And even you canât help joining in, despite the embarrassed flush crawling across your chest.Â
Then suddenly, Natasha jerks upright, knocking your head off her shoulder. Her laughter halts as she stares wide-eyed at the screen, lips parted in a gasp. âHoly shit. I have an idea.âÂ
âAn idea?â Reuben echoes, brows lifting.Â
âYes!â She turns to you, eyes sparkling with mischief. âI know how weâre going to get Bob to admit it.âÂ
Mickey swivels on the floor to face her. âAdmit what?âÂ
Reuben rolls his eyes. âThat he likes Sunny. Duh.âÂ
âOh.â Mickey glances your way, then back at Natasha. âHow?âÂ
âHeâs only human, right?â she says, and both boys nod. âItâs obvious he likes herâheâs just too damn respectful. He probably thinks sheâs out of her league. Or heâs worried about dating someone in the squad. But deep down? Heâs still a guy. He has the same thoughts, the same... tendencies. Heâs just better at hiding them.âÂ
Mickey snorts. âOh yeah. If the way he looks at Sunny in a bikini is anything to go by, heâs definitely got those thoughts.âÂ
You shoot him a glare. âDonât be gross.âÂ
âNo, heâs right,â Natasha says quickly. âI hate it, but heâs right. Every time weâre at the beach and youâre half-naked, he looks like heâs barely holding it together.âÂ
You try to keep your face neutral, but your heart is thudding too fast against your ribs.Â
âWait,â Reuben says, leaning forward. âI think youâre onto something. Like when she squeezes into the booth at the bar and hovers over his lap for a secondâhe looks like heâs about to combust.âÂ
âExactly!â Natasha exclaims. âThatâs it. Thatâs what we need to doâwe need to make him snap.âÂ
You narrow your eyes, ignoring the spark of adrenaline beginning to curl in your gut. âOkay... but how?âÂ
Natasha turns toward you, her eyes wide and full of focus. The same look she wears just before take-off. âYou need to... tease him. Really make him suffer.âÂ
Mickeyâs grin turns wicked. âOh, this could work.âÂ
Your brow lifts. âTease him how?âÂ
âTempt him,â Reuben says, matching Mickeyâs grin. âPush every button. Get close. Make him want you so badly he canât hide it anymore.âÂ
You snort. âSo, seduce him?âÂ
âWorse,â Natasha says. âYouâre going to give this man the worst case of blue balls in naval history.âÂ
Both Mickey and Reuben flinch.Â
âHeâs going to end up in the hospital with a permanent boner,â Natasha adds, mischief blazing in her eyes. âCrying. On. His. Knees.âÂ
âBobâs a good man,â Reuben says solemnly. âHeâs respectful. Polite. Sensible. And weâre gonna have to break him.âÂ
âWe?â you repeat, pulse racing.Â
âExactly,â Natasha nods. âIf this were any other guy, you could get it done in a day. But Bob? Bobâs built different. If we want to unleash his inner caveman? Itâs going to take a team.âÂ
Your stomach flips, anticipation stirring beneath your skin.Â
âIt wonât be easy,â Mickey says, his smirk returning. âBut it will be fun.âÂ
âSunny,â Reuben says, locking eyes with you. âAre you in or are you out?âÂ
That spark of adrenaline snaps through you like a live wire.Â
You nod. âOkay. Iâm in.âÂ
-Â
The plan is simple. Straightforward. One objective. Everyone's clear on it. Itâs been mapped out and set into motionânow all you have to do is play your part. Which is probably why your heart is hammering against your sternum like a damn war drum.Â
âI donât know, Nat,â you mutter as the two of you walk across the crunchy morning grass. âThis feels wrong.âÂ
âWhat does?â she asks. âThe thong or the plan?âÂ
You roll your eyes. âBoth.âÂ
âWell, suck it up. Thereâs no backing down now.âÂ
You squeeze your eyes shut and take a deep breath. Then you release it and reel yourself in. Sheâs right. You canât be a chicken foreverâand itâs not like youâre doing anything overtly humiliating. Besides, youâve got a team at your back, and theyâre not going to let you crash and burn.Â
Last night, Natasha had texted Bob to let him know she was inviting you on the morning run. Heâd replied with a simple thumbs upâsomething you found a little rude, but the boys insisted he only sends that when he doesnât know what else to say. Which, apparently, is a good sign.Â
This morning, youâd dug deep into your underwear drawer for a lacy black thong you bought a few years agoâback when you were more optimistic about your sex life. You pulled it on, despite the discomfort, and borrowed a pair of light blue workout tights from Natasha. Yep, thatâs a black thong under pale blue, skin-tight leggings.Â
âWithout being creepy,â Mickey says from a few paces behind, âthe plan is looking really good from back here.âÂ
You shoot him a scowl over your shoulder as Reuben smacks his arm, even though heâs wearing the same mischievous grin.Â
The four of you wait at a picnic table in the park where youâd agreed to meet, and it doesnât take long before you spot Bob walking across the grassâdark grey sweats and an oversized U.S. Navy hoodie, his hands tucked firmly into the front pocket. Quite possibly the most innocent, basic outfit he couldâve wornâa ridiculous contrast to yoursâand yet you still find yourself thinking wildly inappropriate thoughts.Â
About whatâs under those sweats. About how good theyâd look on your bedroom floor.Â
Even the soft smile on his lips as he approaches makes you want to scream. How is one man such pure, soft boyfriend material... yet still manages to awaken your most primal instincts? It doesnât make any sense.Â
âHey,â he says, eyes skimming over each of you before settling on Natasha. âWe ready?âÂ
Natasha nods, and the five of you start walking off the grass toward the footpath before breaking into a jog. She and Bob take the lead while you hang back, with Reuben and Mickey flanking you like a private escort. Exactly as planned. You might be trying to fluster Bob, but you donât need half of Coronado getting a look at your underwearâhence the two-man protection detail.Â
Two kilometres later, you all stop for a quick stretch. Bob wanders off toward a water fountain, and you seize the opportunity to move up beside Natasha, placing yourself at the front of the group. Againâexactly according to plan.Â
When Bob returns and joins in on Reuben and Mickeyâs conversation, you and Natasha shuffle a little closer. She props one foot up on the bench, leaning into the stretch as she gives a subtle nodâthe signal to begin.Â
You let out a shaky breath, then slip on your best cool-and-confident facade.Â
âIâm never doing this again,â you say to Natâloud enough for the boys to hear.Â
âIâm just gonna get a quick drink,â Reuben announces, conveniently cutting off their conversation. Right on cue.Â
Mickey busies himself with stretching, leaving Bob to âaccidentallyâ overhear what comes next.Â
âWhat?â Natasha asks. âRunning? I told you youâd hate it.âÂ
âNo,â you reply, pretending to lower your voiceâeven though you donât. âWearing a fucking thong.âÂ
She snorts, the laugh surprisingly genuine. Either sheâs a fantastic actress, or sheâs thoroughly enjoying herself.Â
âWhy are you wearing a thong?âÂ
You roll your eyes, falling deeper into the role. âBecause I forgot to do my laundry and it was all I had left.âÂ
She snickers. âWell, have fun on the next eight kilometres.âÂ
âOh yeah,â you sigh, âcanât wait.âÂ
You glance casually over your shoulderâand bingo. Bobâs face is bright red. His lips are slightly parted. And heâs blatantly staring at your ass like itâs the final clue to finding the national treasureâand Nicholas Cage is depending on him.Â
Beside him, Mickey looks like heâs about to lose it.Â
âReady to keep going?â Reuben asks, walking back upâperfect timing.Â
Everyone nods, and Bob clears his throat, licking his lips quickly. âYep. Letâs go.âÂ
You and Natasha take off first, keeping yourselves in the lead.Â
Every few minutes, you glance backâand without fail, Bob is staring. Each time, it sends your heart skittering, your cheeks heating, and your thoughts wandering into very unholy territory.Â
Maybe your friends have been right all along. Maybe he does like you. Maybe this will actually work.Â
By the seventh kilometreâwith only three more to goâBob looks like heâs hanging by a thread. He ditched his hoodie about two kâs ago, tying it around his waist. His hair his clinging to his forehead, damp with sweat, and his glasses are fogging up slightly near the bridge of his nose.Â
You glance over your shoulder and give him a small smile. His lips pop open and he immediately averts his eyes, focusing instead on the pavement beneath his feet. You turn back, grinning to yourself, and thatâs when he picks up his pace and jogs past both you and Natasha.Â
Natasha nearly bursts out laughing, but she smacks a hand to her face, pretending to wipe the sweat from her upper lip. She shoots you a sideways look and a smirkâand the two of you push forward to flank Bob, jogging on either side of him.Â
âHey,â Natasha says, more than a little breathless. âYou trying to make this a competition?âÂ
Bob shakes his head, eyes locked on the path ahead. âNope. Just staying focused.âÂ
âWhatâs so distracting back there?â she asks, fighting a smirk.Â
âIs Fanboy being a pest?â you add, giving yourself a layer of plausible deniabilityâjust in case he starts to suspect anything.Â
Bobâs gaze flicks to you, then drops briefly to your chest before snapping forward again. âYeah,â he says, voice uneven. âHeâs breathing like Darth Vader.âÂ
âHey!â Mickey calls from behind. âIâm not deaf!âÂ
The five of you share a short, breathless laugh before settling into a comfortable silence. Youâre thoroughly exhausted now and decide to give Bob a break for the last few kilometresâmerciful, maybe, but also strategic.Â
âCover your ass up, Sunny,â he says, smirking. âFor fuckâs sake.âÂ
You tryâand failâto suppress your grin as he hands you the jacket. You roll your eyes and tie it around your waist, grateful for the cover.Â
Once youâre feeling a little more decent, the group heads inside to order breakfast and find a table out back on the patio. The food and coffee arrive quickly, and soon everyone is digging in, quiet with post-run hunger. Though judging by how often Bobâs eyes keep darting toward you, his appetite might not be entirely food-related.Â
âSo,â Mickey says through a mouthful of bacon, âare we finishing the Star Wars marathon this weekend, or what?âÂ
Bob perks up instantly, eyes going bright, the usual stormy blue softening into something more sky-coloured. âYes. Tomorrow night?âÂ
Reuben frowns. âBut thatâs Sunday.âÂ
âMav gave us Monday off,â Natasha chimes in. âWeekend rotation, remember?âÂ
âSix,â Mickey replies. âNot including spin-offs.âÂ
âWeâre not getting through six in one night,â you point out. âWeâll be lucky to finish the prequels.âÂ
âUnlessâŠâ he says, his eyes gleaming with mischief as they flick between everyone at the table, âwe had a sleepover.âÂ
You snort into your coffee before taking a sip, expecting someoneâprobably Natasha or Reubenâto shut the idea down. But instead, their faces light up with the same devious smirk that Mickey is wearing.Â
âWe could,â Natasha says casually. âI think itâd be fun.âÂ
Bob blinks at her. âYou do?âÂ
She nods. âYeah. Why not? We could play some drinking games and not worry about getting home.âÂ
âDrinking games!â Reuben echoes with excitement. âYouâre a genius, Phoenix.âÂ
With the way their eyes keep bouncing between you and Bob, itâs clear now: theyâre scheming again. Plotting the next phase of Operation Bob's Blue Ballsâand your pulse is already quickening with anticipation.Â
âWe could do it at my place,â Bob offers, earnest as ever. âIâve got a spare room. Plenty of space.âÂ
Reuben grins. âWhat a great idea, Bob.âÂ
Bob glances around at his grinning friends, the smile on his face tinged with uncertainty. He has no clue what heâs just agreed to.Â
-Â
âDid you pack sexy PJs?â Natasha asks, her fingers drumming against the steering wheel.Â
You roll your eyes. âI donât own any sexy PJs.âÂ
She shoots you a sly smirk before her gaze flicks back to the road, her silence thick with something unspokenâas if she already has a plan to remedy your lack of Victoriaâs Secret-worthy sleepwear.Â
Bobâs apartment isnât far from yours. In fact, none of you live all that far from each other, but tonight, the distance doesnât seem to matter. Noâthe real reason for tonightâs sleepover is something far more sinister.Â
You know youâre the last to arrive, not just from the cars parked along the street, but from the group chat where Mickey has been demanding you hurry up so he can order dinner. Your heart beats in your throat as you ride the elevator up, and the ding when it reaches Bobâs level startles you more than it should.Â
Natashaâs smirk stays plastered on her face until she knocks on the door, and the second it swings open, with Bob standing there, sheâs all business.Â
âHey,â she says casually, walking past him like sheâs been here a thousand times.Â
A stab of jealousy twists in your stomachâcompletely unwarranted but sharp nonetheless. Has Natasha been here a lot?Â
âHi,â you mutter, offering Bob a small smile as you follow Nat inside.Â
Thereâs a chorus of hellos from the squad scattered around the living room. Bradley lounges across the two-seater couch furthest from the door, and Mickey is sprawled in a bean bag beside him, grinning like a kid in a candy store. Jake and Javy are tangled together on one end of the three-seater couch, probably having just finished fighting over the remote. And then thereâs Reuben, sitting in the middle, with Natasha plopping down beside him.Â
âGuess Iâll take the floor,â you mutter, dropping your bag beside the pile of everyone elseâs stuff.Â
âThatâs alright,â Jake says with his usual cocky grin, âYou can sit on Bobbyâs lap for a bit of comfort.âÂ
Heat floods your cheeks, but you refuse to let him see the effect of his words. Instead, you roll your eyes and flip him off, then plop down onto the makeshift nest of cushions and blankets on the floor.Â
Bob reappears from the kitchen with another round of beers, while Mickey takes orders for dinner. Then Bob settles down beside you, his arm brushing yours just enough to send a sparks crackling across your skin. A moment later, Jake hits play on The Phantom Menace, and the room settles into a comfortable, albeit charged, quiet.Â
It doesnât take long before Jake groans that heâs bored, and Reubenâs eyes immediately flick toward Natashaâlike theyâd both seen this coming from a mile away.Â
âWe could play a game,â Mickey offers, all too innocently.Â
âYes,â Jake grins, already invested. âLetâs play a game.âÂ
âWhat game?â Javy asks.Â
Reuben opens his mouth, but Jake beats him to it. âTruth or Dare, obviously.âÂ
Natasha snorts and slaps a hand over her mouth, but not before you catch it. That was exactly what Reuben had been about to suggestâand Jake is walking right into whatever scheme theyâve cooked up.Â
âHow old are you?â Bradley asks Jake, brows furrowing.Â
âNot as old as you, Grandpa,â Jake fires back. âBut you could at least pretend to enjoy fun.âÂ
Bradley rolls his eyes but shrugs. âFine.âÂ
Everyone else falls in line, shifting around until youâve all formed a lopsided circle on the floor, your back half-angled toward the movie. Jake claps his hands together like the ringmaster of a circusâwhich might not be far off from what this night is about to become.Â
âAlright. If youâre a chicken and wonât answer the truth or do the dare, you drink. Simple. Iâll go first.â He zeroes in on Bobâpoor, unsuspecting Bob, who clearly just wanted to enjoy some Star Wars in peace. âBob. Truth or Dare?âÂ
âTruth,â Bob says, almost too quickly.Â
Jake leans forward with a shit-eating grin. âWho would you rather go on a date withâPhoenix or Sunny?âÂ
You choke on nothing, smothering the sound behind your hand and pretending itâs just a casual cough.Â
Heat blooms across Bobâs cheeks and starts creeping up to the tips of his ears. He glances your wayâjust for a beatâthen over at Natasha, and your stomach knots. Is he seriously having to think about this? Have your friends been totally misreading Bob this whole time?Â
Then, after a moment of hesitation, Bob simply lifts his beer and takes a long sip.Â
Jake groans. âUgh, lame.âÂ
âDonât worry, Bob,â Javy says with a laugh. âThat was a trap. There was no right answer.âÂ
Bob chucklesâa low, rough sound right next to you that sends goosebumps up your arms. âI know,â he says, voice deceptively casual. Then he shifts his gaze toward Mickey. âFanboy. Truth or Dare?âÂ
Mickeyâs face lights up. âDare.âÂ
Bob smilesâand for the first time tonight, itâs almost a smirk. Thereâs something sharp beneath the usual softness, and it makes your stomach flip.Â
âText the last person you hooked up with âthinking about youââno context. And you can't reply until tomorrow.âÂ
Mickeyâs grin drops. âWhat the fuck, man?âÂ
Bob just shrugs, raising his beer like itâs a toast. âYou picked dare.â Then he brings the bottle to his lips and takes a generous swig.Â
And holy shitâyou might actually combust from the sight alone. Bob being just a little cocky. Bob utterly destroying Mickey with zero remorse. You know thereâs a darker edge beneath that quiet, boy-next-door act. You know heâs got a mean streak. And God, you want to find it. Pull it out of him and askâbegâfor him to do things you canât even say out loud.Â
The group erupts into cackles as Mickey reluctantly pulls out his phone, Reuben peering over his shoulder to make sure he follows through.Â
âThere,â Mickey mutters, tossing the phone face-down on the floor. âYou better watch your back.âÂ
But Bob doesnât flinch. He just sits there, calm and collected, with that damn smirk still tugging at the corner of his mouth.Â
When you finally tear your gaze away from him, you find Mickeyâs eyes locked on youâan evil grin stretched across his face. âSunny,â he says, voice smooth as silk. âTruth or Dare?âÂ
You steel your nerves, unsure of whatâs coming but already sensing the trap. âDare,â you reply, trying to keep your voice steady.Â
Mickeyâs grin widens, tipping his head forward like some sinister villainâand you just walked straight into his web. âGoogle a dirty line from Fifty Shades of Grey... and whisper it slowly in Bobâs ear.âÂ
Jake snorts, his face twisted with amusement, and the rest of the group followsâdissolving into fits of laughter. All but Bob, whoâs already choking on his beer, turning an even deeper shade of red before youâve even touched your phone.Â
You blink, eyes going wide. âAre you serious?âÂ
âOh, Iâm very serious,â Mickey replies, practically vibrating with excitement. âAnd no laughing. You have to sell it.âÂ
You lock eyes with Mickey, your death-glare sharp as your hands shake slightly while you pick up your phone. Then, you reluctantly tap the search bar and type in âdirty line from Fifty Shades of Grey.â Before you realize whatâs happening, Natasha leans over your shoulder.Â
âOoh,â she giggles, pointing at the screen. âThat one.âÂ
You glance up at Bob, your expression a mix of apology and warning. He looks much less confident than before, his lips parted, cheeks flushed, blue eyes wide behind his glasses. His throat bobs as he swallows, and a small part of youâone that feels dangerousâstirs with excitement.Â
The room falls into eerie silence, and you realize that Jake has paused the movie. All eyes are on you as you shuffle closer to Bob, getting onto your knees beside him. You plant one hand on his thigh to steady yourself, and you feel the muscles in his leg twitch at your touch.Â
His breath hitches, his whole body going rigid.Â
You lean in close, your lips barely brushing the shell of his ear as you murmur, âI want your hands on me. Your mouth. I want to feel you everywhere until I forget my own name.âÂ
A beat of silence stretches, and then Bob exhales sharply, his hand tightening around his beer bottle as if itâs the only thing keeping him tethered to Earth.Â
âJesus Christ,â Jake mutters under his breath.Â
âHoly shit,â Reuben says, breaking into laughter.Â
Mickey is howling, pounding his fist against the beanbag. âWorth it! So worth it!âÂ
You slowly pull back, biting back a grin as you settle back into your spot like nothing happened. Bob, however, is still stuck in the mental tailspin you just launched him into, blinking hard and adjusting his glasses like he needs a whole system reset.Â
You meet his eyes, and for the briefest second, you see itâburied beneath the shock and heatâthat glint of hunger.Â
God help you, you're not making it out of tonight alive.Â
The game moves on, but you canât quiet your mind. Youâre stuck on the way Bobâs thigh had felt beneath your palm, the way the muscles shifted under your touch. You canât stop replaying the brush of your lips near his ear, the hitch in his breath, or the way heâd smelledâclean, warm, intoxicating. You donât just want to fuck this manâyou want to ruin him. You want him panting and wrecked, bruised and breathless, oversensitive and spent. There are things you want to ask of him that would guarantee you a one-way ticket to hell. But if he said yesâif he gave you those thingsâitâd be worth it.Â
Youâve never wanted a man the way you want him, and itâs starting to feel like a genuine threat to your well-being.Â
âBob,â Natasha says, her voice snapping you back to reality, âTruth or Dare?âÂ
Youâre not sure how many turns youâve missed, but Bradley and Reuben seem to have swapped shirts, and thereâs a bottle of tequila on the table that definitely wasnât there earlier.Â
âDare,â Bob replies, seemingly recovered from your whispered indecency.Â
Natasha grins. âI dare you to pick someone in this room to do a body shot off ofâexcluding me.âÂ
Your heart stutters at the last part. Did she say that because she thought heâd pick her? Would he have? Out of comfort, knowing it wouldnât mean anythingâor for some other reason?Â
You shake the thought off quickly and join the groupâs laughter, mentally scolding yourself for the jealous spiral.Â
âSeriously, Phoenix?â Bob sighs, his brows knit.Â
She just shrugs, laughing. âYou picked dare.âÂ
He tips his head back and groans, giving you a perfect view of the long line of his throat, the sharp bob of his Adamâs apple as he swallows.Â
âCome on, man,â Jake chuckles, âThereâs only one clear choice.âÂ
Your cheeks flush as Jake nods toward you, green eyes sparkling like heâs the one about to do the dare.Â
âAs if youâre not going to pick Sunny,â Javy adds, watching as Bobâs eyes slowly scan the room.Â
Then his gaze lands on youâsoft, but laced with something heavier. Something simmering.Â
He licks his lips, and you canât stop yourself from imagining them on your skin. Imagining his tongue dragging over your body, slow and deliberate. The salt from your collarbone, your abdomen⊠or maybe lowerâright above the waistband of your pants. Would he use the glass? Or would he press his mouth to your stomach, lips sealing around your navel, tongue lapping up the tequila while you tremble beneath him?Â
Then the limeâbetween your lips, waiting for him. His mouth brushing yours as he leans in, breath mingling, tasting more than just the fruit. You imagine the sharp burst of citrus, the tease of contact, tequila heat still slick on his tongue. Heâd bite down, lips grazing yours, and it would wreck you more than any kiss ever could.Â
âHangman,â Bob says suddenly, his gaze locked on the man across the circleâwho now looks a lot less smug and a lot more stunned.Â
Jakeâs brows shoot up. âMe?âÂ
The room erupts into laughter. Bradley throws his head back, already fumbling for his phone to record whatever chaos is about to unfold. Mickey nearly falls over, gripping the bean bag for dear life, and Javy is doubled over, laughing so hard he canât catch a breath.Â
âWhy would you do this to me?â Jake gasps, eyes wide.Â
âYou said there was only one clear option,â Bob replies evenly, the ghost of a smirk tugging at his mouth. âI agree.âÂ
âYou bitch,â Jake mutters.Â
âOh, this is so much better than what I thought was going to happen,â Natasha says. âShirt off, Bagman. Letâs go.âÂ
âThis could be considered assault,â Jake mutters as he sits forward on the couch.Â
âThen press charges,â Bradley says, half-choking on a laugh. âBut let him finish first.âÂ
Natasha bolts to the kitchen for lime and salt, and the rest of the group scrambles to clear space on the lounge like theyâre prepping for surgery. Jake peels off his shirt with the theatrics of a martyr, glaring at each of his cackling friends.Â
Bob, meanwhile, looks cool as everâfar more composed than Jake. And maybe thatâs the point. Picking you wouldâve set the room on fire. Picking someone else wouldâve gotten laughs. But picking Hangman? Thatâs just cruel and perfectâand from the slow curl of a smirk on Bobâs lips, he knows it.Â
âLetâs go, Seresin,â Natasha says, reappearing with lime in one hand, salt in the other.Â
Jake lies back with exaggerated misery, like a man about to be sacrificed at the altar. âI swear to God, Floyd, if you do anything weird with your mouth-âÂ
âI wonât,â Bob says, calm and unbothered. âUnless you want me to.âÂ
Your stomach somersaults. He didnât even look at youâbut somehow, it still feels like the line was meant for you. Like he knows exactly what he does to you, without even trying.Â
Bob Floyd is fucking smooth when he wants to be.Â
The room falls eerily quiet as Bob kneels beside the couch, one hand braced on the cushion beneath Jakeâs body, the other holding the tequila bottle. He looks sereneâlike heâs preparing for a sacred ritual rather than licking salt off another manâs chest.Â
âThis is happening,â Mickey whispers, wide-eyed. âThis is actually happening.âÂ
âFocus, Bob,â Natasha says solemnly, holding the shot glass as he pours the tequila. âWe believe in you.âÂ
Bob sets the bottle down and leans toward Jake slowly, both hands now braced on the couch as he lowers his head to the other manâs chest. The room is absolutely silent, save for the soft rustle of fabric and the charged hush of everyone holding their breath.Â
Jake stares straight up, completely stiff. âDonât look at me while you do it.âÂ
âIâm not,â Bob says, deadpan.Â
He dips his head and licks the salt clean off Jakeâs skin. Jake jerks like heâs been hit with a defibrillator.Â
âOh my God,â Javy whispers, clutching his chest. âThis is the best thing Iâve ever witnessed.âÂ
Natasha hands Bob the shot, and he tosses it back like heâs sampling a fine whiskey. Then he turns to the lime Natasha has jammed between Jakeâs clenched teeth.Â
âDonât you dare,â Jake warns.Â
âIâm just following instructions,â Bob replies calmly, and leans in.Â
Thereâs a ridiculous half-second where it looks like theyâre about to kissâand everyone knows it. You bite your fist to keep from bursting out laughing⊠or something else entirely. Because Bob? Cool as ice. Smooth as ever. He doesnât even flinch as his mouth brushes Jakeâs, teeth clamping down on the lime and tugging it free.Â
Jake makes a choked sound halfway between outrage and existential crisis.Â
Then the room explodes.Â
Bradley nearly falls off the lounge, still recording, laughter shaking his whole body. Natasha collapses into Javyâs lap, practically wheezing. Mickey is making noises like heâs being exorcised, and youâre on the brink of tears, shoulders shaking with laughter as Bob calmly returns to his seat, lime in hand, mouth twisted slightly at the tartness.Â
Jake bolts upright, wiping his mouth. âI need therapy.âÂ
Bob frowns. âYou needed therapy before that.âÂ
âYeah,â Jake spits, yanking his shirt back on. âWell, now I need more.âÂ
Youâre not sure youâve ever felt it beforeâand you definitely donât plan on voicing itâbut right now, you are incredibly fucking jealous of Jake Seresin.Â
It takes a while, but eventually the group settles down and the game fizzles outâmostly thanks to Jakeâs relentless sulking. Not long after, Mickey gets a notification that the food is nearly delivered, and everyone jumps into action to clear the table and grab whatâs needed for dinner.Â
Less than ten minutes later, youâre all crowded around the coffee table, shovelling Chinese food into your mouths and stealing bites off each otherâs plates. Jakeâs sour mood has mostly vanished, and everyone is focused on the final battle of the movie playing out on-screen.Â
By the time the credits start rolling, most of the food is gone. You and Natasha start carting plates, bowls, and empty containers into the kitchen while the guys finish polishing off their meals, scraping the last of the food off their plates and into their mouths. Â
âDid I mention I brought dessert?â Reuben pipes up, eyeing you as you stack a few plates in one hand.Â
You raise a brow. âAre you about to make a gross joke?âÂ
âNo,â he laughs, shaking his head. âYou know Barb, down the hall?âÂ
âNeighbour Barb with the yappy chihuahua?âÂ
He nods. âYeah. She bakes, like⊠the most amazing stuff.âÂ
You narrow your eyes, plates now balanced in both hands. âDo I even want to know how you know this?âÂ
Mickey answers for him, talking around a mouthful of Mongolian beef. âBecause weâre nice to our neighbours.âÂ
You give him a disgusted look before turning back to Reuben. âOkay. Get to the point.âÂ
He grins, a smug twist playing at the corner of his mouth. âShe made a huge batch of cream piesâI mean, puffs. So she brought some over, and I brought them here. Theyâre to die for.âÂ
Your eyes widen almost imperceptiblyâbut Reuben catches it, and you can see the spark of amusement flash across his face.Â
âHave you ever had a cream pie, Sunny?â Mickey asks, beaming up at you with sauce smeared on his face.Â
Jake and Javy snort, and behind youâyou swear you hear Bob snicker.Â
âYes, Mick,â you bite out. âIâve had a cream puff.âÂ
You turn sharply back toward the kitchen, but not before catching the small smirk on Bobâs lips, his cheeks pink as he spoons another mouthful of kung pao chicken into his mouth.Â
âThatâs not what I asked!â Mickey calls after you, giggling like a grade-schooler.Â
You roll your eyes and drop the plates by the sink, where Natasha and Bradley are already washing up.Â
âLookinâ a little red there, Floyd,â Reuben teases, his voice carrying from the living room to the kitchen.Â
Itâs the chicken,â Bob replies quicklyâbut thereâs something in his voice that makes a stupid, lovesick grin spread across your face.Â
Once everything is washed up and everyone has returned to the living room, Jake hits play on the next film. Youâre back on the floor, this time with your back pressed to the couch beneath Natasha, whoâs curled up with her legs tucked beneath her, leaving you space to lean. Bob is further away now, sprawled on his back across a fluffy blanket, a cluster of pillows beneath his head, hands folded neatly over his stomach.Â
You try to keep your eyes on the screenâit really shouldnât be that hard with both Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor to enjoyâbut your gaze keeps drifting to Bob. He looks so content, so cute, his lips tipped into a soft half-smile and his blue eyes sparkling behind his glasses. Thereâs something about him that turns your brain to absolute mush, and you still canât figure out what.Â
Maybe itâs the dichotomy of him. How sweet and quiet he isâsome might even say shy, but you know better. Heâs just overwhelmingly nice, with a pretty face to match. And yet, you have to remind yourself that this man is in the navy. Heâs not spinelessâin fact, heâs the total opposite. Heâs sharp and quick-witted, strong both mentally and physically. Thereâs not a single thing about him thatâs weak, yet he lets people assume otherwise.Â
Maybe itâs confidence. The kind that doesnât need to be loud. He doesnât care what people think or say. Not that he isnât awkward sometimesâhe definitely can beâbut thatâs more about being introverted. He doesnât need to show off or run his mouth like Jake. He doesnât need to fly like an idiot to prove himself. Heâs just Bob. He knows who he is, and heâs not apologetic about it.Â
What is it they call that?Â
Oh yeah⊠big dick energy.Â
Your eyes drift down his torso, lingering briefly on his handsâthe way his long fingers are laced togetherâbefore continuing down to the waistband of his dark blue joggers. Thereâs a bulge in his lap. A notable one. And a slight outline continuing down the left leg of his pantsâŠÂ
Wait. Thatâs like⊠kind of huge.Â
A hard nudge to your shoulder startles you, and you whip around to see Natasha staring at you. Her eyes are wide, her lips pulled into a smirkâhalf disbelieving, half smug.Â
Stop staring, she mouths.Â
You press your lips together to hold back a laugh, a little giddy from your fourthâor maybe fifthâbeer. Your face feels warm, and you know if you keep looking at Nat, youâll start laughing, so you quickly turn back to the movie.Â
âOkay,â Mickey pipes up, scrambling out of the beanbag and to his feet, âwho wants cream puffs?âÂ
âOnly if you serve them warm and full,â Jake shoots back.Â
The room eruptsâhalf groans, half childish laughter. Mickey just snorts and disappears into the kitchen, Reuben trailing behind him. A few minutes later, they return, each holding a heaping plate stacked with warm, golden cream puffs.Â
âFair warning,â Reuben says, setting one down on the table, âthese things are insane. Like... dangerously good.âÂ
You grab one without hesitationâsoft, golden, still warm to the touch. Itâs dusted in powdered sugar and practically bursting with cream. You bite into it andâholy hellâthe taste explodes in your mouth. Sweet. Rich. Ridiculously creamy. You moan without meaning to, eyes fluttering shut.Â
âOh, wow,â you say around a mouthful. âThatâs... actually insane.âÂ
The group hums and laughs in agreement, but you barely notice. You take another biteâbigger this timeâand it squishes a little too easily in your hand. Cream oozes out the side, trailing down your chin and, with an audible plop, lands squarely between your breasts.Â
âOh, shit,â you mutter, trying to swipe the cream awayâbut all you manage to do is smear it further.Â
Thereâs a beat of silence, and even the movie playing in the background seems to go quiet.Â
âJesus Christ,â Reuben says, somewhere between impressed and scandalised. âYou sure you donât need a minute alone with that thing?âÂ
Laughter rumbles around you, and only when you look up do you realise how provocative that just wasâthe heat in your cheeks deepening. But then your eyes catch on Bob.Â
Heâs not laughing. Heâs not even blinking.Â
The lazy smile he wore earlier? Gone. Heâs sitting upright now, shoulders tense, jaw clenched. His gaze is locked on you like he forgot what movie is playing, what day it isâhell, maybe even his own name.Â
âFloyd?â Mickey nudges his leg with a foot. âYou good?âÂ
Bob jolts slightly, as if waking from a trance. He coughs, shifts, and yanks the blanket from the floor to cover his lapâtoo quickly to be casual.Â
âThey, uh...â he clears his throat, voice rough. âThey look really good.âÂ
Your stomach swoops as he leans forward, still holding the blanket tight in place, and reaches for a cream puff from the plate right in front of youâstill avoiding your eyes entirely.Â
Natasha leans in from behind, her voice low. âYou are killing him.âÂ
You press your lips together to hide your grin, eyes flicking back to Bobâwhoâs now doing everything in his power not to look in your direction.Â
The cream puffs disappear in what has to be a record amount of time. Youâre pretty sure you watched Javy inhale at least four, and there was an unnecessarily loud argument between Mickey and Bradley over the last one, which ended in a begrudging decision to split it.Â
The rest of the movie plays out without incident, and afterward, everyone decides to change into their PJs for the final film of the night. Youâre honestly surprised everyone has made it to movie number three, but youâre not complaining.Â
The boys start rummaging through their bags, swapping out jeans for boxers or stretchy pajama pants while Natasha grabs her bag and disappears into the bathroom. You keep your eyes glued to your phone screen to avoid catching a glimpse of something you definitely donât want to seeâbecause these boys? They have no shame.Â
âYou can change in my room if you want,â Bob offers.Â
You glance up, making sure to keep your eyes fixed on him, because just a little to the left is where Jake is still mid-change.Â
âYeah?âÂ
Bob nods, a small smile tugging at his lips as he gestures down the short hallway past the kitchen. âItâs the door just after the bathroom.âÂ
âThanks,â you mutter, pushing to your feet and grabbing your bag as you slip past the othersânow teasing Mickey about his choice of boxers.Â
The door is open just a crack, and your heart thuds a little harder than it should as you ease it the rest of the way. The smell hits firstâclean and warm, with a twist of vanilla that makes you want to wrap yourself in it and never leave.Â
You flick on the light and shut the door behind you, dropping your bag to the floor. You know you should just get changed, but⊠you canât help it. Youâve only been to Bobâs apartment a couple times beforeâonce to help him move in (because of course the whole squad helped), and once with Natasha to pick him up before a night out. But never in here. Never in his room.Â
Itâs almost unusually tidy, but thatâs navy life for you. His bed is made neatly, topped with a soft baby blue duvet, coordinated beige and cream pillows, and a throw blanket folded at the foot. Itâs a little faded and looks handmade, like something passed down through generations.Â
On one side of the room, a bookshelf houses a quiet little collection of well-loved paperbacks, a few aviation manuals, and a line of model planesâsome pristine and precise, others clearly glued together by a much younger version of him. A framed photo of a beaming, pint-sized Bob in oversized glasses sits on the dresser, nestled between a small baseball trophy and a display of navy challenge coins.Â
A pair of worn sneakers sits neatly by the door, and his uniform jacket hangs off the closet handle, the door slightly ajar. The name tag catches just enough light to pull your eyes toward it. Everything about the room feels like himâmodest, thoughtful, quietly proud. Itâs the kind of unintentional intimacy that makes you feel like youâve slipped behind the curtain and gotten a glimpse of the real Bob.Â
And somehow⊠that makes your chest ache. Itâs just a room. But it feels so much like himâlike you could curl up in here with him for hours, doing nothing but talking and dreaming. Getting lost in each other. Letting the rest of the world wait. And then, later, getting tangled together. Soft kisses, whispered pleas, gentle moansâslow and unhurried, learning one anotherâs bodies until you know each other better than you know yourselves.Â
You shake your head hard and take a breath. Youâve already been in here too long. Pull it together.Â
You crouch beside your bag and pull out your pajamasâsoft lounge shorts and a matching long-sleeved shirt. Itâs nothing special, but a step up from your usual: an old, food-stained navy tee and nothing but underwear.Â
You change quickly and shove your clothes into your bag before leaving the room. The lounge room has quieted down, everyone now back in their seatsâexcept for Mickey and Bob, who are in the kitchen grabbing another round of drinks.Â
Jake hits play as soon as they return, and everyone settles in again. Thereâs less chatter now, probably because of how late itâs gotten. Bradley is almost definitely asleep, eyes half-shut on the two-seater, while Mickey is having the time of his life seeing how many of Bradleyâs fingers he can get stuck in the top of his beer bottle.Â
Natasha is curled up behind you, her head resting on Reubenâs shoulder, and his blinks are getting longer and slower by the second. Jake is surprisingly alert and invested in the film, but Javy looks like his head might lull back at any moment. And BobâBob is still wide awake, his eyes sparkling with interest as he watches the screen.Â
Halfway through the film, Mickey pushes to his feet and offers another round of drinks, prompting a few sleepy murmurs of âyesâ from the others.Â
âIâll help,â you offer, stretching as you rise from the floor and follow him into the kitchen.Â
You open the fridge and start pulling out beers while Mickey pops the tops off. But when you close the fridge and turn back around, you spot Reubenânow suddenly very awakeâwatching Mickey with intent. Heâs wearing that little smirk that always means trouble, clearly trying to telepathically communicate something to his WSO.Â
Your brow furrows as you glance between them, trying to decode the silent exchange. Mickey looks equally confused for a second... but then realisation dawns and a wicked grin curls onto his face.Â
He turns to you and mutters, âSorry about this.â But he doesnât sound even remotely apologetic.Â
Your frown deepens. âWhat are you-âÂ
But you donât get to finish the question before he starts shaking the beer bottle in his hand.Â
âMickâ!â you cry, just as he pops the top off and sprays you with beer.Â
You shriek, throwing your hands in front of your face like thatâll somehow stop the onslaught. But it doesnât. Youâre soaked.Â
âWhat the hell, Fanboy?â Reuben calls from the living room, as if this wasnât entirely his doing.Â
âMickey!â you shout, dropping your arms and glaring at him.Â
âWhoops,â he says with a grin. âMy bad.âÂ
Natasha snorts and smacks a hand over her mouth. âSorry. Itâs not funny.âÂ
âWow, Fanboy,â Jake pipes up, the smirk in his voice unmistakable. âIs that the first time youâve made a girl wet?âÂ
Mickey glaresâor tries to. Heâs way too pleased with himself for it to land properly.Â
âHey, Floyd,â Reuben calls, âyou got any spare clothes for Sunny?âÂ
Bob is already looking at you, lips parted and cheeks flushed. He swallows hard before turning to Reuben and nodding. âYeah, of course.â Then he stands, eyes flicking back to you. âDo you want to shower?âÂ
Mickey gasps, scandalised. âRobert Floyd, are you propositioning her?âÂ
Bobâs blush deepens, colouring his neck and the tips of his ears, but he doesnât look particularly ashamed. He looks⊠flushed. Hot. Close to unravelling. His glare cuts back to Mickey, sharper than usual, a little too dark to be playful. And then his gaze shifts back to youâspecifically, your chest.Â
You follow his line of sight and immediately wrap an arm around yourself. Your nipples are pebbled beneath your shirt, the damp fabric clinging in all the worst ways. Or the bestâif you ask Bob Floyd.Â
âYes,â you say tightly. âA shower would be good.âÂ
The room dissolves into quiet laughter as you follow Bob down the hall. He slips into his room for a moment, then returns with a folded towel and some clothes stacked neatly on top.Â
âHere,â he says, offering them to you. âTake as long as you want. You can use whateverâs in there. Not that thereâs much.âÂ
He dips his headâblush still firmly in placeâand heads back to the living room.Â
You stare after him for a second, dumbfounded. He got embarrassed about his lack of shower products? Thatâs what embarrassed him? Not the full-body, post-beer-shower eye-fucking he just gave you?Â
You close the bathroom door behind you and lean against it, exhaling hard. Youâre buzzing. Overstimulated. Untouched and on fire. You feel like youâre being edged and then abandoned, left to squirm. Youâre so sensitive it hurts. Bob is teasing you just as much as youâre teasing himâthose glances, the heat behind his eyes, the way his mouth hangs open like he wants to say something but never does.Â
You mightâve thought you were playing a game, but Bob Floyd is about to kill you without even realising it.Â
You strip quickly, trying not to dwell on the fact that youâre naked in Bobâs apartment. You keep the water on the cooler sideâa half-hearted attempt to wash away the heat still simmering under your skin. But it doesnât help. You shower fast and step out even faster, wrapping yourself in the towel Bob gave you. Itâs fluffy, soft, and smells just like himâwhich makes that spot deep behind your hipbones ache.Â
You dry off in record time, then turn to the small pile of clothes on the vanityâBobâs clothes. Your hands tremble slightly as you lift the satin boxers, dark blue with little white stars, and slide them up your legs. Then the shirt: a worn white tee with a faded Star Wars logo across the chest.Â
His scent wraps around you the second you slide it over your headâoversized and impossibly soft against your warm skin. You try not to focus on the rasp of cotton against your nipples. God, if he ever actually touches you, you might just combust.Â
You take a deep breath, trying to calm the fire burning low in your belly, then scoop up your beer-soaked clothes and open the bathroom doorâsteam spilling into the hallway as you step out.Â
"Finally," Mickey says, popping up in front of you like heâs been waiting, holding out a plastic bag.Â
You blink. âWhat?âÂ
âFor your clothes,â he says simply.Â
âOh.â You take it and shove the damp material inside.Â
His gaze dipsâjust for a beatâbefore sliding back up. Then he grins, gives you a cheeky wink, and turns back toward the lounge room. You follow, every eye lifting to you the second you reappear. Warmth floods your cheeks. Youâre in Bobâs clothes. Bob's boxers. Bob's shirt.Â
âCan we play the movie now?â Jake whines, oblivious to the tension humming through the room. âIt was just getting good.âÂ
You nod, unable to speak, your gaze already locked with Bobâs.Â
His eyes rake down your body, slow and deliberate. He takes in the curve of your neck, the slope of your shoulder, the hang of his shirt against your chest. His gaze catches there, as if he can see straight through the fabric, then continues its journey down to the hem. The shorts are barely visible beneath the shirt, and judging by the heat in his eyes, he might be wondering why you're wearing pants at all.Â
You shift under the weight of his stare, hyper-aware of every inch of fabric against your skinâof how suddenly hot the room feels. Jake presses play, but no one is watching the screen. Every pair of eyes bounces between you and Bob, waitingâexpectingâsomething to happen.Â
Bob looks wrecked. His hands are clenched at his sides, knuckles white, jaw tight. Like he has to physically hold himself back.Â
Natasha clears her throat, startling you more than it should. You tear your gaze away and flash her a sheepish smile before finally forcing yourself to move, padding back to your spot on the floor.Â
Even then, you can feel Bobâs eyes tracking every step.Â
The rest of the movie plays out in near silence, broken only by the soft snoring that eventually starts up from Bradley and Javy. It takes a while for you to settle, but you finally curl up on the floor with a pillow hugged to your chest, watching Anakin fall apart on-screen and become Darth Vader.Â
Jake is the only one still fully invested in the film. Even Bob seems distracted now, his eyes flicking toward you more often than the TV. He shifts in place, uncomfortable, dragging the blanket higher across his lap and holding it like a lifeline. You try not to smirk.Â
You think you know what might be going on under there⊠but youâre not about to assume. It couldn't possibly be just because youâre wearing his clothes.Â
âŠRight?Â
Eventually, the credits start rolling and everyone begins to stir.Â
âWhere am I sleeping?â Mickey asks, already eyeing Bob like heâs got plans.Â
Bob shrugs. âWherever. Thereâs the couches and a couple beds in the spare room, but someoneâll have to sleep with me.âÂ
âI think Roosterâs good here,â Jake says, glancing at the man awkwardly passed out on the two-seater couch. âIâll take this one.âÂ
âIâll sleep with you, Bobby,â Javy says through a yawn, stretching so wide his joints pop.Â
âDamn it,â Mickey mutters as he walks past, bumping your shoulder with his. âMissed opportunity.âÂ
You roll your eyes but canât help feeling a twinge of disappointment. You know damn well you wouldnât get any sleep next to Bobânot when he smells like that, looks like that, and keeps looking at you the way he does. So itâs probably for the best, but still, the thought lingers.Â
Everyone takes turns brushing their teeth and shuffling off to bed. You end up in the fold-out bed with Natasha in the spare room, while Reuben and Mickey claim the air mattress on the floor. Apparently, thereâs no escaping these boysânot even for one night.Â
Mumbled goodnights fade into rustling fabric and shifting limbs, then finally, silence.Â
Too much silence.Â
You lie on your back, eyes on the ceiling, thoughts screaming through your head like theyâre in a race. You should be tiredâyour body achesâbut your brain refuses to shut up. You toss the blanket off, overheated, but even with the cooler air, your skin feels flushed. You roll to your side, careful not to jostle Natasha on the creaky mattress, but nothing helps.Â
You glance down at the boys, both snoring with their mouths open, and finally sigh. Swinging your legs off the bed, you wriggle out of Bobâs shorts, thinking maybe itâll help. You donât usually sleep in pants anyway.Â
It doesnât.Â
Ten minutes later, you quietly slip off the bed and tiptoe toward the door, easing it open with practiced care to avoid the squeaky hinges. Then you turn down the hallway, barefoot and warm-skinned, and pad into the kitchen.Â
The hem of Bobâs shirt brushes against your bare thighs, stoking the fire already simmering between them as you stop in front of the fridge and pull the door open. A cool flood of light spills across the kitchen tiles. You grab a bottle of water and twist off the cap, stepping back and tipping it to your lips. But the cold rush does nothing to cool the heat thrumming beneath your skin.Â
âYou always walk around other peopleâs places half naked?âÂ
You choke, almost spilling water down your chin as you turn toward the voiceâthat low, raspy sound that makes your skin prickle and your spine snap straight.Â
Bob stands at the edge of the kitchen, leaning casually against the far counterâbut thereâs nothing relaxed about the way he holds himself. In the dim glow of the fridge light, he looks almost ethereal. His eyes are sharp, lit with something that borders on painâhunger, maybe, or full-blown starvationâand his arms are crossed over his bare chest.Â
Yeah. Bob Floyd is shirtless.Â
You register a flicker of jealousy for Javyâthe man who gets to sleep next to thisâbut you donât let yourself linger on it. Not when Bob is standing right there in nothing but a pair of loose boxers, the fabric doing nothing to hide the impressive shape beneath.Â
You donât know if itâs because heâs a little turned on or just blessed, but damn.Â
âYou okay?â he asks, though it doesnât sound like a real questionâbecause he already knows the answer.Â
No. No, youâre not.Â
You clear your throat, dragging your eyes back up to his. âYeah, Iâuh-âÂ
Your words falter when his gaze drops to your legs. Thereâs something almost reverent in the way he looks at youâlike heâs trying to memorise every inch. His eyes drag slowly up your bare thighs, pausing at the hem of his shirt before gliding over your waist and stopping at your chest, where your nipples are clearly outlined beneath the thin cotton.Â
The heat of his stare burns hotter than any touch.Â
âCouldnât sleep?â he asks, voice quiet, like heâs just making conversation. Like he has no idea what heâs doing to you.Â
He pushes off the counter and walks straight toward youâslow, but sure. He stops right in front of the fridge, close enough that if you moved even a breath closer, youâd feel your nipples graze his skin.Â
You take a step backâbarely. Just enough to let him slip past you.Â
He nods slightlyâa silent thanksâand ducks into the fridge for his own water. When he shuts the door, the kitchen is plunged into darkness, save for dim moonlight filtering in from the far windowsâbut you can still see him. His outline, the dips and curves of his lean torso, the tilt of his head as he tips the bottle back and drinks.Â
You watch his throat move with every swallow, your lips parting slightly, craving his skin on your tongue. You donât move. You donât breathe. You just stand there, watching.Â
When he finishes, he turns to the sink and drops the empty bottle in before bracing both hands against the bench. His chin dips toward his chest, and you see the rise and fall of his shoulders as he exhalesâhard.Â
Before you can stop yourself, your feet carry you forward until youâre beside him, your bare arm brushing against his. You place your own bottle in the sink, then turn toward him and lean your hip against the counter.Â
âBob,â you whisper.Â
Every sound in the apartment feels louder nowâthe faint snores, the creak of the floorboards, your own heartbeat thrumming in your ears.Â
He looks at you, only turning his head, not his body. âDonâtââ he says softly. âDonât say my name like that.âÂ
You frown, sliding your hand over his. His grip tightens on the bench like heâs anchoring himself.Â
âLike what?â you ask softly.Â
âLike you want me,â he murmurs. His voice is thickârough around the edges like itâs been scraped raw. Like he's holding something back with every laboured breath.Â
You press closer, your chest against his arm. The contact is electric. Your skin separated only by a whisper of cottonâhis cotton.Â
âBob,â you breathe, a little desperate now.Â
He exhales sharply and drops his gaze to the sink again, like something there might help him. âThis isnâtâŠâ His jaw flexes. âWe canât do this.âÂ
âDo what?â you ask, playing innocent, even as your fingers trail lightly up his arm.Â
You can feel your chest rising and falling faster than it should, your breasts pressing against his arm like some wanton, starry-eyed girl. But you canât bring yourself to step away. Every inch of you is on fire, every nerve ending singed and tingling. You want him to turn around and take youâbend you over the counter and make you scream his name. Who gives a fuck whoâs listening... or watching. You just want Bob. You want him to know how much you want him, how deeply you need him. How desperate he makes you without even trying.Â
âDo you have any idea,â he whispers, finally turning to face you fully, âwhat you do to me?âÂ
You feel itâhard and thickâpressing against your lower belly. Thereâs no mistaking it now.Â
âBobâŠâ Your voice is a sigh, wrecked and begging.Â
He catches your wrist, his grip firm, nearly bruising. His eyes are wild as they search your faceâfrom your eyes to your lips, down to your chest, and back againâlike heâs torn between reason and ruin.Â
You hold still. Waiting. Daring. Wanting him to snap.Â
But then... heâs goneâhis warmth, his scent, the burning look in his eyes. All of it, gone in a breath.Â
âGoodnight,â he mutters, so low you barely hear it before the soft click of his bedroom door⊠and then the snap of the lock.Â
Youâre left standing there, chest heaving, skin burning. Your eyes sting with unshed tears, and your mind is a mess. What the fuck just happened? Your panties are damp, and your chest aches like you've been torn in two. You want to cry, but you also want to break down his door. How dare he build you up like that? Look at you like that, talk to you like thatâand then just walk away.Â
It takes several minutes before you can move, your legs shaky, your mind racing. You stumble back to the spare room, collapse into bed, and stare at the ceiling, flat on your backâBobâs shirt clinging to your skin.Â
You donât sleep. Not at all.Â
-Â
âHe what?â Natashaâs eyes go impossibly wide. âAnd then he justâhe left?âÂ
You nod slowly, keeping your eyes fixed on your lunch. The mess hall is loud enough to muffle your conversationâone you shouldâve had yesterday but couldnât summon the strength for. So here you are, in the middle of the hall, with the boys a couple tables over, surrounded by lieutenants you donât knowâblissfully unaware of your current crisis.Â
âYeah,â you sigh, stabbing at another piece of pasta you donât plan to eat.Â
You havenât eaten much in the last twenty-four hoursânot since the run-in with Bob. Everything feels bland now, drained of colour and taste, too dull to bother with. Anything that isnât Bob just feels lacking, and you're starting to worry that one momentâone heated, breathless momentâhas completely ruined you.Â
âThatâs insane,â Natasha mutters. âThatâs so... not Bob. How could he be soâI donât know... rude? I justâI have no words.âÂ
You shrug one shoulder. âIt wasnât rude. He just seemed... confused, I guess. And I donât blame him. If Iâm not what he wants, then-âÂ
âStop right there,â Mickey interrupts, sliding into the chair beside you.Â
Reuben drops into the seat next to Natasha, eyeing your tray of food.Â
âSorry,â he says, reaching across the table to steal your apple. âWe couldnât get away any faster.âÂ
You glance past Mickey, down the row of tables, and catch Bobâs eyes on youâjust for a secondâbefore he quickly looks away. Bradley, Jake, and Javy are still deep in conversation with the other guys, oblivious. Bob seems to be the only one noticing Reuben and Mickeyâs absence.Â
âStart again,â Mickey says. âFrom the beginning. We knew something happened.âÂ
Natasha snorts around a mouthful of pasta, and you sigh, knowing thereâs no point arguing. Theyâd get it out of you one way or another.Â
Twenty minutes later, when you finally finish recapping the story for the second time, Natasha taps her watch and nods toward the exit. âWe better get back before Mav, or heâll keep us late tonight.âÂ
Mickeyâs brows are nearly touching as he processes everything youâve said. âWhat does he mean, âyou canât do thisâ? He clearly wanted toâso why didnât he?âÂ
You pick up your tray and follow Natasha toward the return station. âYour guess is as good as mine.âÂ
âI mean,â Reuben says, brows furrowed, âyou said he was... at attention, right?âÂ
You blow a half-hearted laugh through your nose. âYeah.âÂ
âSo he definitely wanted to,â he says as the four of you exit the mess hall. âI just canât think of why he wouldnât go for it.âÂ
âI think itâs because youâre in the same squad,â Natasha offers. âHeâs probably worried itâll get weirdâor worse, if it doesnât work out.âÂ
You roll your eyes as you cross the hot concrete, heading back to the hangar. âBut weâre both adults. Why canât he just sack up and fuck me, and weâll worry about the consequences later?âÂ
Your voice comes out louder than you meant, and you donât miss the odd looks a few passing officers send your way.Â
Reuben chuckles. âMaybe you should just say that to him.âÂ
âNo,â Natasha says, turning toward you with a mischievous glint in her eye. âIâve got a better idea. Call it Plan B or whatever, but now... weâre bringing out the big guns.âÂ
âSo Sunny pressing her tits against him wasnât the big guns?â Mickey quips with a grin.Â
You smack him lightly across the chest before looking back to Natasha. âI doubt anything will work at this point, but... Iâm curious. Whatâs the idea?âÂ
âHowâs your gag reflex?â she asks, tilting her head thoughtfully.Â
You rear back, eyebrows raisedâand both Reuben and Mickey choke on laughter.Â
Natasha sighs, rolling her eyes. âNot like that. I mean youâre going to need a strong stomach and a Juilliard degree to pull this off.âÂ
You frown, slowing just slightly as the hangar looms into view. âOkay...âÂ
She straightens up and faces forward, a proud smirk tugging at her mouth and her chin tilted high. âWeâre going to make Bob jealous.âÂ
-Â
Out of Mickey and Reuben, you all collectively decided that Reuben was the more convincing option. Not that you donât think Mickeyâs gorgeousâyou do, and so does heâbut his acting skills are questionable at best. You at least have a little more faith in Reubenâs ability to fake flirt without making it weird.Â
The plan is simple. Convince Bob that heâs lost his shotâor that heâs just about to. Make it clear youâre happy to move on. If he wants you... well, now heâs going to have to fight for it. Because tempting him wasnât enoughâapparentlyâyou need to dig deeper. Tap into something primal and pull it to the surface. Exploit what lingers under the skin of every man: jealousy and competition.Â
Youâre going to make this a game he canât afford to lose.Â
âYou ready for Phase Two?â Natasha asks as you cross the base, the sun still barely above the horizon.Â
You take a deep breath of fresh morning air. âLetâs do it.âÂ
She and Mickey take off ahead of you and Reuben to arrive in the training room first. Itâs a known fact that Bob is always ridiculously earlyâso you know heâll already be there. You hang back with Reuben, rehashing the plan and trying to get used to flirting with him without cracking up.Â
At exactly ten past six, Natasha texts you to give the green lightâno doubt having casually pointed out to Bob that youâre not with her, which you always are.Â
âWhat if he doesnât care?â you ask Reuben softly as you climb the stairs.Â
He rolls his eyes like youâve said something utterly insane. âHeâll care, trust me. He might be Bob, but heâs still a guy. And heâs obviously down bad for youâjust needs a little push.âÂ
You snort. âLittle?âÂ
Reuben chuckles. âOkay, more than a little. Itâs Bob.âÂ
You laugh too, quietly, and then steel yourself as you reach the doorâslipping on your game face. You glance at Reuben, catching the smirk tugging at his mouth.Â
Then you both nod. Itâs show time.Â
âSo, youâre saying eye contact makes it better?â he asks as you step through the door, voice pitched perfectly.Â
You nod, casual but with a hint of something else. âYep. A thousand times better. And bonus points if you know where to put your hands.âÂ
He raises a brow, lips twitching. âWhere do I put my hands?âÂ
You giggle, soft and flirty, pausing a few steps into the room. âHow about I show you later?âÂ
His grin breaks loose. âPromise?âÂ
âPromise.âÂ
You head toward the rows of seats, sliding into your usual behind Natashaânot missing the way Bobâs gaze locks onto you like heâs been caught mid-thought. His head swivels as Reuben sits beside you instead of next to Mickey.Â
âSee,â Reuben says, leaning in a little, âall these years I thought speed was the key. But youâre saying itâs finesse?âÂ
âOh, definitely finesse,â you say, holding his eyes. âGo too hard and too fast, and itâs just... messy. Sloppy. Unimpressive.âÂ
Reuben licks his lips, his eyes flicking sideways to Bobâjust for a second. âSo, youâre offering me private lessons?âÂ
You lower your voice slightly, knowing itâs still perfectly audible to the rest of the room. âDepends. Can you follow instruction without getting too flustered?âÂ
Reubenâs grin sharpens. âI donât fluster, sweetheart. I excel under pressure.âÂ
You pause, your pulse a little too quickâpartly from Bobâs stare, which heâs not even trying to hide now, and partly from the fact that yeah, itâs been a while. And if this whole plan does blow up in your face... well, Reuben doesnât seem like the worst option for a little stress relief.Â
You fight down a laugh at the idea and finally drag your gaze toward the front of the room. Bobâjust one row aheadâsnaps his eyes forward like heâs been caught eavesdropping, but the bright red of his cheeks, the tight set of his shoulders, and the way his jaw flexes say it all. Heâs tense. Heâs listening. And heâs absolutely not okay.Â
A moment later, Maverick strolls in, completely oblivious to the emotional warfare brewing right beneath his nose.Â
The rest of the week passes in much the same way. Each evening, you regroup with your friends to scheme and strategize, brainstorming new antics to pull off the next day. Nothing over-the-topâjust enough to catch Bobâs eye.Â
On Wednesday, you get Reuben to help you into your flight suit. You both time it perfectly: he exits the locker room just ahead of Bob, and you appear a second later, flashing a flirty grin before asking sweetly for his help. You giggle and call him a sweetheart while Bob nearly trips over his own feet, glancing back with a clenched jaw and a look that could burn a hole through steel.Â
Thursday morning, Reuben brings you a coffeeâexactly how you like itâstraight to the briefing room. You proclaim, not so quietly, that heâs giving total boyfriend material before he drops into the seat beside you and you both giggle over a (completely fabricated) inside joke.Â
That afternoon, during a short break between drills and the next briefing, he offers you a bite of his protein bar. You take it right from his hand, licking your lips and throwing him an innocent little wink before sauntering off like itâs nothing.Â
By Friday, Natasha warns you that the others are starting to notice. But youâre in too deep to pull back nowânot when Bob looks like heâs about to unravel. Heâs been tighter than ever, watching you like a hawk, eyes dark and stormy instead of their usual calm denim blue. Youâre close. So close. And honestly? Youâre kind of having a little too much fun.Â
That afternoon, during post-flight checks, Reuben sidles up behind you under the guise of pointing out something âmechanicalâ on your jet. Youâre not actually doing anything with it, but that doesnât stop him from standing unnecessarily close, guiding your hand with his as he gestures toward something supposedly critical. The two of you are seconds from cracking up, but Bob doesnât know that. Bob, from all the way across the hangar, looks frozenâeyes locked, breath held, jaw tightâas Reuben presses flush against your back.Â
Natasha really shouldnât be enjoying this as much as she is, but honestly? She canât help it. Itâs too damn entertaining.Â
âHey,â she says, nodding at Bob as she approaches. âYou good?âÂ
He blinks, then turns his sharp gaze on her, jaw tight. âYeah.âÂ
She snorts. âThat was very convincing.âÂ
He rolls his eyes and turns robotically back to the maintenance logs heâd been filling out.Â
Natasha glances at the paperwork, noting the hard press of his pen and the uneven ticks and crossesâsome scribbled over multiple timesâdown the checkbox column.Â
âWow,â she mutters, raising a brow. âYou sure you earned your pen licence? Or should you still be on pencils?âÂ
Bobâs blue eyes flick up, darker than usual beneath his furrowed brow. âHa. Ha.âÂ
âOkay,â she says, biting back the laugh rising in her throat. âSo, bad day?âÂ
âBad week,â Bob grumbles.Â
Natasha nods slowly. âWell, hey, why donât we fix that by hitting up The Hard Deck tonight?âÂ
He snaps the logbook shut and tucks the pen into his pocket. âPass.âÂ
âOh, come on,â she sighs. âIt might make you feel better.âÂ
His eyes flick toward you again, watching as you and Reuben dissolve into giggles beside your jet.Â
âI doubt it.âÂ
âSunnyâll be there,â Natasha says, her voice light and teasing.Â
Bob doesnât respond. Just keeps packing up his thingsâevery motion a little too sharp, a little too fast.Â
Natasha exhales. âCome on, dude. Just come for one drinkâit doesnât have to be beer. Blow off some steam. If you hate it, you can bail early. But it wonât be the same without you.âÂ
He takes a breath and closes his eyes for a beat before letting it out slow. âFine. One drink.âÂ
Natasha grins, her eyes sparkling even in the dimming light of the hangar. âPerfect.âÂ
Later that night, Natasha drives the four of youâReuben and Mickey includedâto the bar. Everyone else agreed to meet there, and she insisted on driving so you could have a few drinks. Not just to loosen up for another round of torturing poor Bob, but to actually let loose a little. She can tell this whole thing is winding you up, and she figures a few beers and a night with friends might help ease the tensionâand the guiltâand maybe even the gnawing fear that this whole plan could blow up in your face.Â
âNat, are you sure this dress isnât too short?â you ask, holding the hem down against the curve of your ass as you follow her toward the main entry door. âI havenât worn it in years.âÂ
âThereâs no such thing as too short,â Mickey says, deadpan.Â
You roll your eyes and step inside, into the warm glow of golden lighting and the low hum of half-drunk conversation. You let go of your dress now that thereâs no breeze threatening to lift it, and try to relax, even with the strange sensation of bare legs in public. Youâre used to flight suits, not feeling this on display.Â
âReady to put on your best performance yet?â Reuben murmurs, slinging an arm over your shoulder.Â
You take a deep breath, feeling it rattle faintly in your chest. âLetâs do this thing.âÂ
Natasha shoots you a wink over her shoulder, already striding confidently across the bar, her gaze locked on the usual booth where the rest of your friends are waiting.Â
Thereâs a chorus of greetings as the four of you approach, and you all grin and wave, waiting as Bradley, Jake, Javy, and Bob shuffle around to make room. Natasha pointedly takes the spot beside Bob, with Mickey sliding in next to her. You claim the seat beside Jakeâwhich puts Reuben on your other side. Just as planned.Â
Itâs a little squishy, but after so many nights like this, none of you really notice. Except Bob. Heâs noticed tonight. His eyes are locked on the way your side is pressed to Reubenâs, his arm is slung casually over the back of the booth, fingers just barely grazing your shoulder.Â
âHe looks like he wants to kill me,â Reuben whispers in your ear, low enough that you can barely hear him over the chatter of the bar. âPretend I said something funny. Laugh like youâve got a secret.âÂ
You blink slowly, resisting the urge to roll your eyes, and let out a soft giggle as you lean toward him just a little.Â
âYouâre a pretty good actress,â he mutters before pulling back slightly.Â
You glance up at him through your lashes, feeling more at ease with the close proximity after the past week. Then you straighten your spine and lean in, your lips grazing his jaw as you whisper in his ear.Â
âYouâre annoying.âÂ
He chuckles quietly, though you know he really wants to snort and smack you on the shoulder. Youâre both enjoying this just a little too much, getting a kick out of your undercover roles.Â
When you turn back to the rest of the group, Natasha is very deliberately not looking at youâand you know itâs because sheâll laugh if she does. Mickey, on the other hand, is watching with wide eyes, as is Javy. Jake and Bradley are still arguing about something on your other side, and Bob⊠Bob still looks like heâs ready to commit first-degree murder.Â
âDrink?â Reuben asks after a beat, his smile smooth.Â
You nod. âAbsolutely. Iâll help you.âÂ
You both stand and offer a round to the rest of the table, most of whom acceptâwhich makes it less suspicious that youâre going together. At the bar, you make sure to stand just a little closer than necessary as he orders a round of the usual from Penny.Â
âAre you sure weâre not pushing it?â you ask, your voice laced with quiet worry.Â
Reuben shakes his head. âNah, not yet.âÂ
You frown. âYet?âÂ
âHeâll snap one way or another,â he says, leaning casually against the bar. âHeâll either lose it and blow up over something totally unrelatedâand thatâs when weâll know weâve gone too far. Or heâll wake the fuck up and fight for what he wants.âÂ
You open your mouth to voice another concern, but Penny is already sliding the tray of drinks across the bar. Reuben thanks her with an easy smile as you grab the two beers that didnât fit, flashing her your own grateful grin before following him back to the table.Â
When you set the beers down, you feel the neckline of your dress slip just a little lower. Your eyes flick up to see if anyoneâs noticedâand of course⊠Bob. His gaze is dark and locked on your chest, clearly able to see right down your dress. He doesnât hesitate, doesnât even try to look away. He just stares.Â
But then he blinks and glances aside, not flustered or ashamedâjust determined not to meet your eyes.Â
You straighten up and clear your throat. âIâm just going to duck to the bathroom.âÂ
Then you turn and begin weaving your way through the bar, desperate for a moment to yourselfâeven though you havenât been here that longâand to check that you donât look completely ridiculous in the dress Natasha convinced you to wear.Â
You take your time in the stall, then rinse your hands under the cool water for a little longer than necessary. When you glance at your reflection in the full-length mirror, youâre surprisedâand a little impressed. Because damn⊠you do look good. Maybe this dress deserves to see the light of day more often. And if Bobâs stare is anything to go by, itâs definitely not a bad idea.Â
You take a deep breath before pushing open the bathroom door, ready to continue your little charadeâbut you barely make it a few steps before someone blocks your path. You blink and stumble, stopping short before you run right into him.Â
You sigh when you realise who it is, that cocky smirk etched across his face. âWhat do you want, Hangman?âÂ
âI want to know whatâs going on.âÂ
Your pulse spikes, but you do your best to keep your expression calm. âWhat do you mean?âÂ
âBetween you and Payback,â he says, narrowing his green eyes. âBecause I know thatâs not real.âÂ
Your breath catchesâtoo quicklyâgiving you away as your gaze flicks to the side. âI donât know what youâre talking about.âÂ
He rolls his eyes and leans in slightly, keeping the conversation low and private in the hum of the bar. âDonât try to gaslight me, Sunny. Iâm not an idiot. I know Phoenix is in on itâbecause of course she isâand Fanboy too, judging by the way he giggles every time you and Payback so much as look at each other.â He quirks a brow, daring you to challenge him. âThe only reason Coyote hasnât said anything is because heâs too polite, and Rooster hasnât noticed because heâs too wrapped up in his own shit.âÂ
You cross your arms and narrow your eyes, matching his bravado. âYou missed one.âÂ
He frowns. âWhat?âÂ
âYou listed all the members of the squad⊠except one.âÂ
âRight,â he chuckles dryly. âBob. Thatâs the funny thing, because ever since we got to this island, youâve been starry-eyed over Floyd, and heâs either too clueless to notice or too stupid to ask you out.â He pauses, letting it sink in, then leans just a bit closer. âWhich is exactly why Iâm not buying whatever you and Payback have been trying to sell this past week.âÂ
You stare at each other for a beat, both stubborn and scowling, waiting for the other to fold first.Â
Then you sigh. âOkay, fine. But you have to swear yourself to secrecy.âÂ
His smirk stretches into a full grin. âI knew it.âÂ
âSwear it.âÂ
âOkay, okay,â he says, holding up a hand. âI swear. I wonât even tell Coyote, and my pillow wonât hear a thing about it.âÂ
You nod. âGood. Now come over and pretend to pick a song so this doesnât look suspicious.âÂ
You grab his wrist and tug him toward the jukebox, leaning over it and pretending to scroll through options while you give him a quick summary of Operation Bobâs Blue Ballsâleaving out a few of the more... intimate details.Â
âSo there,â you finish. âItâs underhanded and immature, but thatâs whatâs going on.âÂ
His expression barely shifts the entire time, just the usual entertained glint in his eye and that ever-present smirk.Â
âUnderhanded and immature?â he says. âIâm surprised I wasnât in on this sooner.âÂ
You roll your eyes.Â
âI want in.âÂ
You blink, brow furrowed. âWhat?âÂ
âI want to help,â he says, plainly.Â
You narrow your eyes, sceptical. âWhy?âÂ
He sighs and braces one hand on the jukebox, leaning in like heâs about to reveal some classified information. âBelieve it or not, Iâm not the worst guy in the world. I have a few ideas, and I think you two would be cute together.â He pauses, then adds in a quieter voice, âBesides, Iâve been going through a bit of a dry spell, and I figure helping other people get laid might buy me some good karma.âÂ
You snort softly as he pulls back, his cheeks faintly pink.Â
âAlright,â you say. âYou can help. But nothing obvious and nothing stupid. The last thing I need is Bob figuring this out and hating me for it.âÂ
He rolls his eyes, that signature smirk firmly back in place. âBob could never hate you. But Iâll be subtle.âÂ
âGood.â You glance past his shoulder toward the booth across the bar. âWe better get back before they get suspicious.âÂ
âWait,â he stops you with a hand on your shoulder. âOne more question.âÂ
You raise your brows, prompting him to go on.Â
âWhen you fantasise about Bob, is he the top or the bottom? Because I just think you should manage your expectationsâow!âÂ
He winces, rubbing the spot on his chest where you smacked him, watching you with a wounded look as you shove past with an exasperated sigh.Â
Great. Now Hangman is involved...Â
You spend the rest of the night practically glued to Reubenâs side, as planned. But now youâre a little on edge. You keep half an ear tuned to Jakeâs voice, waiting to see when he might strikeâand what he might say when he does. You trust him not to blow the whole thing, but youâre more than a little nervous about what his version of âhelpingâ might actually look like.Â
âAnother drink?â Reuben asks, just as you finish the last of your third beer.Â
You nod, a bit too eagerly. âYes, please. Maybe something stronger this time.âÂ
He chuckles and slides out of the booth, offering his hand. You take it, letting him guide you up toward the bar. Youâre so wrapped up in your thoughts that you barely register the feel of his hand slipping from yours and settling at the small of your back, his thumb rubbing slow, comforting circles there.Â
But Bob notices.Â
And Jake notices Bob noticingâtaking special joy in the way Bobâs hand tightens around his bottle of Coke, knuckles going white.Â
Jake clears his throat and casts a glance toward the bar, leaning forward slightly. âTheyâre cute, donât you think?âÂ
Thereâs a beat of silence as Bob swallowsâhardâand Natasha just blinks, clearly trying to catch up. Then the lightbulb goes off, and a wicked grin stretches across her lips.Â
âYeah,â she says, her eyes following Jakeâs. âI think theyâd make a good couple.âÂ
Bob snorts. Actually snorts. But he keeps his gaze fixed on the label heâs been picking at on his bottle.Â
Natasha arches a brow. âSomething funny?âÂ
Bob shakes his head. âNo.âÂ
âReally?â Jake presses, grinning. âCouldâve sworn you just laughed, Floyd.âÂ
âIt wasnât a laugh,â Bob mutters. âMore of a⊠breath.âÂ
âOh, a breath,â Natasha echoes, clearly amused. âBecause it sounded suspiciously like judgment.âÂ
âOr jealousy,â Jake adds, leaning back with a smug grin.Â
Bobâs gaze flicks to the barâand to youâthen just as quickly snaps away. âI donât care who she dates.âÂ
Natasha hums, fighting a smirk as she lifts her beer to her lips, âDidnât say you did.âÂ
Shortly after you and Reuben return to the table, giggling like idiots, Bob leaves. He mutters something about not feeling well and ducks out before even saying a proper goodbye. Part of you feels wrecked with guiltâbut another part⊠is quietly hopeful. Because Bob isnât like this. Heâs good at regulating his emotions, even better at staying calm under pressureâheâs a fighter pilot, for Godâs sake. But this? This is different. Heâs never stormed out on the brink of losing control. Sure, he can get a little frustrated sometimes, maybe throw a snarky commentâusually at Jake when he pushes too farâbut thatâs as far as it goes.Â
If you didnât know any better, youâd say heâs starting to unravelâŠÂ
You spend most of the next day on the couch with the aircon blasting, while Natasha works through some paperwork at the kitchen table. Itâs too hot to go outside, and youâre too distracted to do anything that requires even an ounce of brainpower. So instead, you let your mind rot with cartoons, obsessively checking your phone for signs of life in the group chat.Â
âI canât believe Hangman is in on this now,â Natasha mutters, not even glancing up from her papers.Â
You sigh and roll from your side onto your back, staring up at the ceiling. âI canât believe he hasnât cracked yet. If the roles were reversed, Iâd be like a feral cat in heat by now.âÂ
She snorts and lifts her head, flashing you an amused smirk. âYou were already like a feral cat in heat for that man. Hence this whole situation.âÂ
You laugh softly. âYeah, not wrong.âÂ
Your head drops to the side as you half-watch the TV screen, until the apartment door swings open with a dramatic gust of air.Â
âI hate to say it,â Mickey says as he breezes in, eyes wide, âbut the man is a genius.âÂ
Reuben follows close behind, and then Jakeâgrinning like he just solved world peace.Â
âI donât know why you didnât come to me sooner,â Jake says, strolling toward the couch. âIâm the king of seduction.âÂ
You sit up, curling into the corner to make room for Reuben and Jake as Mickey heads straight for the fridge.Â
âI wouldnât go that far,â you mutter, narrowing your eyes at him.Â
âJust wait until you hear the plan,â Reuben says, practically buzzing. âItâs perfect.âÂ
Intrigued now, Natasha gathers her papers into one neat pile and joins you on the lounge. âAlright, Bagman. Letâs hear it.âÂ
Jakeâs eyes sparkle with mischief as he settles in beside Reuben. âTomorrow, weâre going to the beach.âÂ
âYouâre already way off,â you cut in. âBob wonât agree to hang out again. Not after last night.âÂ
Natasha nods. âSheâs right. He needs to cool off before we wind him up again.âÂ
âAbsolutely not,â Jake snaps, brow furrowed. âYou need to strike while the ironâs hot. You need to push his fucking limits.âÂ
Mickey appears from the kitchen, a bag of pretzels already open in his hand.Â
Natasha frowns. âOkay, but how? He wonât agree to go if he thinks Sunny and Payback will be there.âÂ
Jake grins. âWhich is exactly why heâs going to think they wonât be there.âÂ
âYou want us to lie?â you ask.Â
He gives you a flat look. âAfter all this emotional warfare, now youâre drawing the line at lying?âÂ
You shrink back slightly. âI guess not.âÂ
âExactly.â He leans forward, elbows braced on his knees, hands clasped. âSoâIâll pitch the idea in the group chat. Sunny, you reply immediately that youâre busyâbefore Bob gets a chance to decline. Then Payback says something vague, like he might come or might not. That way, it looks like low numbers. And if Bob says no, the rest of us can guilt-trip him into coming. Which he will, as long as he thinks youâre not going to be there.âÂ
Natasha tilts her head. âSo... she will be there though?âÂ
âYes,â Jake says. âJust not right away. Give him time to relax, have some fun. Weâll play gamesâIâll rile everyone up and get that competitive energy going.âÂ
Everyone nods along, faces weirdly serious, like this is some highly classified mission briefing.Â
âThen, you two show up together,â Jake continues, gesturing to you and Reuben. âItâll throw Bob off, but we wonât give him a chance to leave. Weâll keep the games going. Something with contact. You need to get right up in his space. Go all in. Because then... youâre going to knock him off his feet.âÂ
âLiterally,â Mickey mumbles, chewing a mouthful of pretzels.Â
You frown. âWhat?âÂ
âBump into him,â Jake says. âLiterally knock him over. Skin-to-skin contact. Iâve seen the way he looks at you in a swimsuitâitâs borderline pornographic. Touching him? Itâll fry whatâs left of his self-control. And then, when thereâs a momentâjust a second where you could apologise for being too competitive or whatever... youâre going to say something that makes him snap.âÂ
You lean in, heart pounding now. âWhat am I going to say?âÂ
-Â
The sun is high and brutal in the sky, and youâre already sweatingâeven though youâre still sitting in Reubenâs car with the aircon blasting.Â
âDo you really think this is going to work?â you ask, nervously bouncing your knee.Â
Reuben snorts. âIf it doesnât, the man isnât human.âÂ
âI feel bad,â you mutter, eyes scanning the stretch of gold sand through the windshield.Â
âYou wonât feel bad when you finally see whatâs in his pants,â Reuben says, barely paying attention as he scrolls through his phone.Â
Your eyes go wide and your head whips toward him. âSo it is huge? I wasnât just imagining that?âÂ
He chuckles and looks up. âOh yeah, heâs big. Like... big big. I remember the first time in the locker roomâno oneâs trying to look, obviously, thatâs just not the vibeâbut... damn. We couldnât not look. Then everyone lost it. I think Hangman nearly cried.âÂ
You press your lips together, trying to hold back a grin, but itâs no useâyour cheeks are on fire, and your whole face feels like it's bright red.Â
âDamn,â you murmur, turning your gaze back to the front as your heart slams against your ribs.Â
Reuben laughs again, then cuts the engine, killing the aircon. âAlright. Pull yourself together. Itâs go time.âÂ
You climb out of the car and immediately wince at the lick of heat curling across your skin. Itâs blisteringâalmost hostileâbut at least youâre at the beach. Worst-case scenario? Youâll drown yourself in the ocean. Just walk into the surf and keep going. No one would blame you.Â
âRelax,â Reuben says, sliding a hand into yours like this is nothing. âThis is going to work. Hangman might be insane, but Iâm pretty sure itâs because heâs an evil genius.âÂ
You roll your eyes, exhale hard, then square your shoulders and lift your chin.Â
You let Reuben lead you onto the sand, legs already working overtime to stay steady in the heat-softened grains. You can hear the chaos before you see it. Shouts and thuds echo over the sand as your friends tumble and crash around in a messy game of what looks like overgrown keepy-uppies.Â
âNo hands!â Javy yells, just as Mickey swats the ball to avoid a direct hit to the face.Â
Mickey drops his hands to his knees, panting. âCan we play literally any other game? I hate this.âÂ
âYou only hate it âcause you suck at it,â Natasha says, catching the ball like itâs second nature and bringing the game to a halt.Â
You swear you can see Mickey roll his eyes from here. You and Reuben are still on approach, trudging through the soft sand, unnoticedâso far.Â
âWhat about football?â Jake offers, tossing the round ball aside and already pulling a proper football from their pile of gear. âDog-fight football?âÂ
âThree versus three?â Javy asks, sceptical.Â
âWhat about four v. four?â Reuben calls, hand cupped to amplify his voice.Â
Everyone turns, and thereâs a beat of stillness as they clock you. Then Natasha flashes a wide grin beneath her sunglasses, and Jakeâs face lights up like a very satisfied evil villainâhis plan falling perfectly into place.Â
âWell, if it ainât Sunny and Payback!â he calls, spinning the football lazily in one hand. âYou two done playing your own games already?âÂ
You ignore the jab and focus on not rolling your ankle in the damn sand. At the pile of bags, you stop to drop your stuff and hesitate at the button of your shorts.Â
Jakeâs eyes are practically gleaming. âHow about a swim to cool off first?âÂ
Reuben strips his shirt with a single tug. âYou read my mind, Seresin.âÂ
The guysâalready in their swim trunksâbolt for the water, crashing into the surf in a chaotic stampede. Natasha peels off her shirt and shorts, shoots you a wink, and strolls in after them like she owns the ocean.Â
Reuben doesnât say anything before he leaves you, but he gives a barely-there nodâdirected past your shoulder.Â
You donât need to turn around to know who itâs aimed at.Â
Bobâs still standing where he was when the game fizzled out, statuesque. His hair is tousled and his lips parted just enough to make your stomach flip. Youâre at least ten feet away, but you can see the rise and fall of his chestâtoo fast, too hard. But heâs not out of breath. Heâs not flustered.Â
Heâs furious.Â
And those blue eyes? Laser-locked on you. His entire focus narrowed like a sniper sight. Not a blink. Not a breath wasted on anyone but you.Â
You swallow and force your body into motion, unbuttoning your shorts and shimmying out of them before pulling your loose shirt over your head. You drop your clothes on Natashaâs pile and turn toward the water, steady on the lumpy sand.Â
And then you hit the firm partâwet, packed, perfect footingâand you dig in. Hips swaying, deliberate and lethal.Â
You donât need to look back. You can feel the heat of his stare on every inch of exposed skin. Itâs scorching. Possessive. Almost punishing. Like if he could touch you right now, heâd brand you.Â
Hangman might be a genius after all.Â
You hit the water with a sigh, not even hesitating before diving beneath a wave before it can knock you off your feet. Itâs the perfect temperatureâdelicious against your too-hot skin.Â
You dive under the next wave, cool saltwater rushing over your body, and come up laughing as you slick your hair back. Natasha is standing beside you, arms outstretched as the water laps at her waist, her eyes fixed on the shore.Â
You wade closer, smirking. âDid you see his face?â you ask breathlessly, heart still pounding from the walk down the beachâor maybe from the way Bob had looked at you like he was plotting your murder. âI thought he was going to spontaneously combust.âÂ
She doesnât answer. Just keeps staring past you.Â
You frown as her jaw goes slack and her brows creep up, sunglasses slipping down her nose as she stares at something on the shoreâexpression caught somewhere between shock and awe.Â
You freeze. âWhat?âÂ
She still doesnât speakâjust tips her chin the slightest bit, silently gesturing toward whatever has her stunned.Â
You twist around.Â
And promptly forget how to breathe.Â
Bob Floyd is pulling his shirt over his head.Â
Bob Floyd, the man who never takes his shirt off. The man who wears it in the ocean and somehow isnât bothered by the soaking wet material clinging to his body like a second skin.Â
And holy shit.Â
Itâs glorious.Â
Sure, youâve seen him shirtless before. Once. That night. But that was in the darkâhis body tense, your mind scrambled, neither of you thinking clearly enough to appreciate what was right in front of you.Â
But in the light of day?Â
Alabaster skin. Broad shoulders. Deep-cut abs like he walked straight off the set of a Marvel movie. Lean muscle rippling across his chest and arms in a way that feels criminal on someone so quiet and careful. Droplets of sweat cling to his torso like even the heat doesnât want to let him go.Â
The sudden silence behind you confirms itâeveryone else is staring too.Â
You blink, dumbfounded, mouth dry. âThatâs illegal.âÂ
Natasha huffs out a laugh like sheâs short-circuiting. âI mean, I knew he was strong butâwow.âÂ
You swallow. Hard. âI think Iâm going to pass out.âÂ
Your eyes follow him as he drops his shirt and turns toward the water, cutting through the waves like theyâre nothing. He doesnât glance at any of you. Just keeps his gaze locked on the horizon, jaw set tight, his body moving with single-minded purpose.Â
Before you can say somethingâor even blinkâa surge of water smacks you in the face.Â
But itâs not a wave.Â
You cough and splutter, wiping the salt from your eyes and checking to make sure your sunglasses are still intact. When your vision clears, Jake is standing right in front of you.Â
âWipe the drool off your chin,â he says, deadpan. âYouâre supposed to be teasing him.âÂ
You narrow your eyes, resisting the urge to shove him aside and keep watching Bob. âHow did all of you know how cut that man is and not tell me?âÂ
Jake blinks, thrown for a beat, then grins like the devil. âWaitâyouâre mad because we didnât tell you how ripped Bob is?âÂ
You nod, arms crossing tight over your chest. âCorrect.âÂ
He lets out a disbelieving chuckle, shaking his head. âWell if thatâs got you steamed, youâre gonna be beside yourself when you find out heâs got a massive-âÂ
âI know,â you cut in smoothly, a wicked smirk curling at your lips. âPayback told me.âÂ
Jake gapes at you, brows knittingâbut before he can get another word out, you shove his shoulder and send him sprawling into the water.Â
When he resurfaces, sputtering and grinning, he points at you like a man on a missionâthen lunges.Â
You squeal, laughing as he barrels toward you, sending up waves in every direction. The two of you splash around like kids, Jake playing it upâgrabbing you, poking at your sides, both of you pretending to wrestle. All for show. Because you both know Bob is watching.Â
Eventually, the others join in, playful chaos erupting around you. And before long, youâre panting and breathless, dragging yourself back to shore, your cheeks and chest aching from laughter.Â
Everyone settles for a few minutes, drinking from their water bottles and trying to knock water from their ears. But then Jake stands up, football in hand and a wicked smirk on his lips, ready to commence Operation Bobâs Blue Balls â Phase Three: Straddle and Conquer.Â
âAll right, Iâll pick teams,â he announces.Â
Normally, this would cause an uproar. But since most of you are in on the plan, everyone just nods in agreement.Â
âPhoenix, Payback, Bob,â he says. âYouâre with me. The rest of you are on Roosterâs team.âÂ
You narrow your eyes and cock your hipâit would seem strange if you didnât challenge Jake just a little. âWhy are you two always team captains?âÂ
He winks. âBecause weâre the best.âÂ
You roll your eyes and turn away, joining the huddle with your teammates as Bradley and Javy argue over what your game plan should be.Â
After a few minutes of strategizing, the game kicks off. Youâve never loved dog-fight footballânot like some of the othersâmostly because it can get a little rough. But today⊠itâs more than just a game. Itâs a full-blown performance.Â
You hang back for a bit, letting Jake and Bradley rile each other up and fire up their teams. Bob is still shirtless, which is a tactical advantage he isnât even aware ofâbecause every time he has the ball, every time he runs or blocks or is just generally in your line of sight, your knees wobble.Â
Youâve nearly forgotten what youâre supposed to be doing when Reuben jumps in front of you and snags the ball before you canâthrown by a very disappointed-looking Javy.Â
âGetting tired, Sunny?â Reuben teases, his grin smug. âIâm just getting started.âÂ
Right. The plan. Flirting. Banter. Teasing Bob.Â
You step closer, slowing the game down a touch as you stretch onto your toes and drop your voiceâbut not too low. âTired? Please. Iâm still waiting for you to make me sweat.âÂ
Thereâs a beat where you worry Reuben might break, might laughâhigh on adrenaline and endorphins.Â
But then Jake hollers, âCut it out, you two! Save the dirty talk for the bedroom!âÂ
And the game is back on.Â
The sun beats down mercilessly, making every flexed muscle shine, every drop of sweat slide in slow, glistening trails. The sand is hot beneath your feet, but itâs nothing compared to the heat building as you and Reuben turn the game into one of Bobâs personal nightmares.Â
You dart to the left, brushing past Reuben with a smug grin, your fingertips dragging across his chest like youâre checking his heart rate.Â
âCâmon, hotshot,â you tease. âYou could try a little harder.âÂ
He laughsâlow and amusedâbut gives chase, throwing a hand around your waist as you pivot. Itâs all too easy to make it look a little too intimate, a little too tight. He lifts you off the ground to âblockâ your goal and your head falls back in a laugh thatâs just shy of indecent.Â
And Bob sees everything.Â
You feel itâhis stare like hot coals dragged across your skin. When you glance up between plays, heâs standing at the edge of the group, jaw tight, shoulders tense, hands flexing like theyâre ready to throw a punch. His eyes follow your every move like heâs marking a target, and if looks could kill, Reuben would already be six feet under.Â
You catch a toss, and Reuben crashes into you to intercept, spinning you both until you fall together into the sand. You land side by side, giggling like idiotsâsome might even say lovesick idiots.Â
He pushes up first and grins down at you, tipping his head suggestively. âNeed a hand?âÂ
âOh, I donât mind being on my back,â you say sweetly, just loud enough for everyone to hear.Â
You take Reubenâs hand and let him haul you off the ground, pulling you into his body just a little more than necessary.Â
âDamn, Sunny,â Jake calls from the other side of the makeshift field. âTakinâ a few hits today. Hope it doesnât affect your game.âÂ
You scoff, rolling your eyes dramatically as you dust sand off your body like everyone else paid to watch. âYou know I like it rough, Hangman.âÂ
Thereâs a chorus of oohs and a whistle from Mickey, laughter rippling through the group.Â
Except Bob, of course. Heâs suddenly very interested in the sand, eyes locked on the groundâeven though his rigid posture is telling you everything you need to know.Â
The game revs up again, and after a few scuffles, you snag the ball off a fumbled toss and break into a sprint, cutting across the sand with laser focus. Reubenâs behind you, winded, and the others are tangled up with the second ballâleaving only one person standing in your way.Â
Bob.Â
âStop her!â Jake shouts, too far behind to intercept.Â
Bob plants his feet like heâs ready to blockâmuscles tensing, arms coiled. Itâs almost enough to distract you. But youâre feeling competitive. A little reckless. And youâre seconds from a goal.Â
He hesitates when your eyes lock, just long enough for your wicked grin to register as you blow past him and skid to a haltâwell over the line.Â
Your team erupts into cheers behind you, and you throw your hands up, chest heaving as you catch your breath. When you turn back around, heâs still watching youâeyes wide.Â
You flash him a slow smile as you walk past, brushing close enough to feel the heat rolling off his skin.Â
âDonât worry, Lieutenant,â you murmur. âIâll go easy on you next time.âÂ
After a breather and a drink of water, everyone lines up for another play. Jake and Bradley drop the footballs into the sand, crouched and ready. Jake turns his head your way and gives you a subtle nod.Â
This is it.Â
Your heart thunders behind your ribs as you sprint and block and laugh along with the others. The competition hasnât cooledâeveryone is still hungry. Even Bob has snapped into focus, finally playing like it matters instead of just standing there watching.Â
And for a moment, it is just fun. No schemes, no strategy. Just friends, shouting and stumbling and laughing too hard to score.Â
But then the ball is in your hands againâand itâs time.Â
Bob is on defenceâJake made sure of that. You just have to get past him again. Or at least⊠make it look like youâre trying.Â
You tear forward. Jake is already behind you, Natasha lunges and misses by a breath, and Reuben very dramatically wipes out in the sand.Â
Itâs just Bob now.Â
He sets his stance, head tipped down in focus. Heâs going to stop you this time. Poor thing. He has no idea thatâs exactly the plan.Â
You charge, feet kicking up sand, heart in your throat. His eyes widen just a second before you collideâyour body slamming into his with just enough force to topple you both.Â
The ball flies from your hand as you hit the sand hard, clutching at whatever you canâhis shoulders, his arms, solid and warm beneath your grip. You spit sand from your mouth and sit up fastâonly to freeze, breath caught in your throat.Â
Youâre straddling him. Hips locked against his. Chest heaving. His hands on your waist.Â
You donât move.Â
Youâre both panting. The air between you buzzes like static, and everywhere your skin touches his feels sunburnt and alive. His blue eyes are locked on yoursâwild and stunned. Bright enough to drown in.Â
Your chest rises and falls with ragged breath, but you stay put.Â
âDoes this count?â you ask, voice low and rough with adrenaline.Â
His lips are parted, soft and pink, breath coming in short bursts. His curls are wild, tangled with sand, and his glassesâcrooked from the fallâare still somehow on. He looks wrecked. Shattered. Like youâve stolen every coherent thought out of his head. His gaze flickersâsearching your face, desperate not to meet your eyes.Â
You lean in just a little.Â
âIf anyone else looked at me like that, Iâd probably kiss them,â you murmur, squeezing your thighs around his waist. Then you bring your mouth dangerously close to his ear. âBut we canât do that... right?âÂ
His breath catchesâand his eyes finally snap to yours.Â
Theyâre wide and stormy now, brows drawn tight. He doesnât breathe. He just looks. His mouth parts a little further, and you can see it all happening behind his eyesâevery thought, every realisation.Â
Everything falls into placeâthe flirting, the giggling, the deliberate touches, the stolen glances. All of it. Youâve been baiting him. This whole time.Â
Before you can say anything elseâbefore you can blink or breatheâÂ
He snaps.Â
He flips you, smooth and fast, moving your body like you weigh nothing. Suddenly, youâre on your back, pressed into the sand, and heâs the one on topâstraddling you, his weight holding you down.Â
And the look in his eyes could burn the sky.Â
He leans in, gaze sweeping over your faceâyour lips, your eyes, the pulse at your throat. He watches it thrum, just for a second.Â
Youâre frozen beneath him. Every nerve on fire. Every inch of your body sparking. Your lungs are screaming for air, but you donât know how to breathe. You canât think. You can barely feel anything except him.Â
His breath ghosts your lips as he whispers, âOh, youâre in trouble now.âÂ
And then he kisses you.Â
Hard.Â
Itâs not careful. Itâs not sweet. Itâs months of tension and stolen glances and aching wantâevery second of restraint finally unravelling in a dizzy, reckless crash. His mouth claims yours like heâs starving, like heâs waited too long and canât wait another second.Â
His chest presses into yours, slick with sweat and dusted with sand, and you arch into it with a gasp. He groans against your mouth, a low, broken sound that feels like fire in your veins. You can feel every inch of himâsolid and hot and so hard against your hip, unmistakable and unignorable.Â
You shift beneath him, dragging your leg up around his waist, just enough to tease. His breath hitches, and then heâs kissing you deeper, hungrier, like the noise you just pulled from him unspooled something he canât reel back in.Â
You claw at his backâmuscles tense and trembling under your fingersâtrying to pull him closer when thereâs no space left between you. The kiss turns feverish, tongues sliding, lips parting in desperate sync. Youâre panting into each otherâs mouths, completely lost.Â
Thereâs sand in your hair, in your mouth, sticking to your sweat-slick skin, but none of it matters. All that matters is the way he moves against you, the way he feelsâlike every bit of control heâd been clinging to has shattered.Â
When he finally tears his mouth from yours, he doesnât go far. His forehead drops to yours, both of you gasping. Heâs pink-cheeked and wide-eyed, lips swollen, pupils blown.Â
âJesus Christ,â he mutters, voice wrecked, âyouâre gonna kill me.âÂ
And the way he says itâlike a confession, like a prayerâmakes you want to do it all over again.Â
âYES!" Mickey shouts, loud enough for all of North Island to hear.Â
Your friends erupt into cheers and screams, laughter lacing their gleeful proclamations as they jump and dance just a few feet away.Â
âWell, fuck me,â Jake drawls. âThat was the hottest thing Iâve ever seen.âÂ
You both slowlyâreluctantlyâturn your heads toward the noise.Â
âI canât believe it worked,â Reuben mutters, grinning wide, eyes sparkling. âPhase Three actually worked.âÂ
Youâre still pinned beneath Bob as they all close in, every face lit up with smug satisfaction.Â
âYou named it?â Bob asks, closing his eyes as his cheeks somehow grow even hotter.Â
âOh yeah,â Mickey says, beaming with pride. âOperation Bobâs Blue Balls. Phase One was the run and the sleepover. Phase Two, Reuben. And thisââ he gestures wildly at the two of you tangled in the sand, âthis is Phase Three: Straddle and Conquer.âÂ
Bob makes a noise. Somewhere between a strangled groan and a whispered prayer for death.Â
âYou planned this?â he rasps, forehead dropping against yours again like he might just burrow into the sand and disappear.Â
Reuben shrugs, all innocence. âWorked like a charm.âÂ
âHonestly,â Natasha adds, âwe were starting to think youâd never get there. So⊠youâre welcome.âÂ
You bury your face in Bobâs shoulder, mortified. Heâs burning up beneath your handsâstillâand breathing like he just ran a mile with you on his back.Â
Jake snickers. âGlad we could help you two get laid.âÂ
âWe havenâtâ!â Bob blurts, redder than a stop sign.Â
You slap a hand over his mouth, grinning wickedly now despite the embarrassment. âYet.âÂ
Thereâs a beatâa millisecond of silenceâbefore they all burst out laughing again.Â
Mickey curls over, clutching his stomach. Reuben walks away, cackling with his head tipped back. Natasha mutters, âJesus Christ,â but sheâs definitely smirking, and Jake claps his hands once as he says, âGod bless the U.S. Navy.âÂ
Bob drops his face into the crook of your neck and groans again, muffled, âI hate all of you.âÂ
âEven me?â you ask, voice soft and teasing.Â
He lifts his head, chuckling softly. âNo. But for all that? Youâre definitely still in trouble.âÂ
You lick your lips. âThereâs no place Iâd rather be.âÂ
He sighs like youâre actively trying to kill him, then sits up and pushes to his feetâonly to glance down at the massive bulge in his shorts, which looks borderline painful.Â
âShit.âÂ
You scramble up after him, stepping in close and pressing your body to his, barely able to contain your giggles as you shield him from the rest of the beach.Â
âNeed a minute?â you tease, laughter lacing every word.Â
His eyes flashâdark, hungry. âYou and I are gonna need more than a minute to deal with this.âÂ
Heat floods your face and pools between your legs, thick and insistent.Â
âBut,â he says, glancing toward the water, âIâm just gonna go for a quick swim.âÂ
You nod, eyes wide and dreamy, watching him from beneath your lashes like an absolute idiot in love.Â
And he looks at you like you hung the sun. Like youâre everything. Itâs enough to make your heart stutter and your pulse race. He has no business being this beautifulâthis sinfulâa perfect contradiction of sweetness and respect, with just enough hunger in him, just enough darkness, that you know youâll be walking funny tomorrow.Â
And probably for the next few weeks while you learn how to handle his massive dick.Â
âDonât look at me like that,â he mutters, a shy smile curling his lips. âYouâre making it worse.âÂ
Your jaw drops. âIt gets bigger?âÂ
He laughs, then leans in to press a kiss to your open mouthâchaste, but lingering. Like it physically pains him to pull away. But he does. And when he flashes you that boyish smileâequal parts sexy and shyâit knocks the breath out of you.Â
Then he turns and jogs toward the water.Â
It takes you more than a minute to remember how to moveâhow to functionâbut eventually, you manage to drag yourself back to the others, who are still laughing and chatting like the beach hasnât just tilted sideways.Â
Natasha passes you your water bottle. âWhatâs Bob doing?âÂ
You glance over your shoulder, catching sight of him ducking under a wave. A smile tugs at your lips.Â
Satoru gojo, frat president and professional heartbreaker, had finally met his ultimate match. Unfortunately for him, she's a pretty little brat who knows exactly how to drive him insane.
Satoru Gojo had built his entire reputation around a handful of carefully maintained things: expensive clothes, parties that never seemed to end, and the firm refusal to let anyone get close enough to matter.
When it came to women, his rules were just as simpleâand absolutely non-negotiable. No feelings. No staying the night. Never the same girl twice.
He wasnât the frat president for nothing. Six-foot-three of pure ego wrapped in white hair and enough cockiness to fill a room. He fucked like it was a competitive sport and treated commitment like the worst kind of inconvenience. Parties bled into mornings, mornings into hangovers, and hangovers into the perfect excuse for another party. Names never stuck. Faces sometimes didâuntil the next pair of pretty eyes looked up at him.
Then you happened.
You werenât supposed to matter. You were just the girl who showed up in a tiny black dress, an attitude, and a tongue sharp enough to cut. You called him âpretty boyâ to his face in front of half the frat. Then you stole his drink, took one sip, scrunched your nose in disgust, and handed it back like it had personally offended you.
Naturally, he followed you.
When he finally cornered you in the kitchen, he leaned in with the same confident grin that usually got him whatever he wanted and asked if you wanted to get out of there. You looked him up and downâslow enough to leave a bruise on his egoâand said, âMmm⊠donât think so. Iâm kind of busy being entertained by people who actually put in some effort.â
For the first time in a long while, Satoru Gojo had absolutely nothing to say.
He spent the next three weeks inventing increasingly pathetic excuses to be wherever you were. Then weeks turned into months, and somewhere along the way, things had gotten⊠complicated.
You werenât his girlfriend, though God knew heâd tried. Repeatedly. Every single time, youâd smile, kiss him, and neatly change the subject.
Still, neither of you saw anyone else. You just refused to call whatever this was a relationship.
That was the thing about you.
You were a brat. A world-class, olympic-level, absolute menace of a brat.
Satoru was reminded of that again the moment the front door swung open.
You walked in with that little half-smirk already in place. Your eyes found him almost instantly. You blew him a kiss, winked, and then carried on like he hadnât been the first thing youâd looked for.
It took less than thirty seconds for some guy to find his way to you.
Jace. Basketball team, if he remembered correctly. A little shorter than him, broad-shouldered, and stupid enough to think your smile actually meant he had a chance. He handed you a drink, said something that made you laugh, and then let his hand hover a little too close to your waist.
That was enough.
He pushed himself off the kitchen island and crossed the room stopping just behind you. From there, his stare settled on Jace with enough intensity to drill a hole straight through his skull. For a brief second, he considered all the ways this could end badly for him. None of them involved words.
Jaceâs eyes flicked over just long enough to realize exactly who was standing behind you. His shoulders tensed, his smile faltered, and whatever heâd been about to do died right there.
You turned your head slightly toward Satoru, like youâd been expecting him all along, then fully turned to face him.
âHi, Satoru~â you said, not even trying to hide the amusement in your voice.
âYou walked right past me,â he replied, ignoring the greeting completely.
You took a slow sip of your drink, eyes still on him over the rim of the cup.
âDid I?â You tilted your head innocently. âOops.â
His eyes dropped briefly to the drink in your hand. Before you could answer, he took the cup from your fingers and handed it off to a passing guest without even looking away from you.
âDonât play dumb. You saw me the second you walked in. You even blew me a kiss.â
âForce of habit.â You shrugged. âYouâre very pretty. Hard not to acknowledge it.â
He stared at you for a second longer. You could almost feel the irritation rolling off him.
âYouâre doing this on purpose,â he muttered.
You smiled, slow and sweet. âI donât know what youâre talking about. I was just talking to someone nice. And you scared him. That was rude,â you added with a small pout.
Before he could answer, you leaned in just slightly, voice dropping into something softer and far more dangerous.
âAnd you know what?â you murmured, voice dripping with fake innocence. âI actually like the respectful type. The quiet ones.â
You hummed thoughtfully. âLike that cute nerd everyoneâs convinced is secretly a cam boy.â You sighed dramatically. âFuck, Iâd let him absolutely ruin myââ
His hand shot up, covering your mouth before you could finish the sentence.
âDonât,â he said, voice low and strained. âDonât even finish that fucking sentence.â
The music was loud enough that no one could hear you, but half the room could still see the way he was looking at youâlike he was two seconds from dragging you upstairs and locking the door.
You just smiled against his palm. Then you licked it.
His eyes narrowed immediately as he pulled his hand away.
âYouâre doing this just to torture me.â
âDoing what?â
âPretending I donât exist. Saying things you know bother me. Flirting with an idiot.â
Your smile only grew.
âMaybe Iâm just keeping my options open.â
âOptions.â
âMhm.â
âYouâve got options?â
You hummed, low and thoughtful, like you were actually considering it. Your finger lazily traced the collar of his shirt.
âYou spent years making your way through half the female population on campus,â you said. âSeems a little unfair to complain because one guy got me a drink.â
His hand came up, catching your wrist before you could pull away. His voice dropped, quieter and sharper.
âI donât care how many options you think you have. Youâre still... mine.â the word left his mouth and hung between you.
âReally?â
You stepped closer, close enough that there wasnât a breath of space left between you.
âBecause last time I checked, I wasnât your girlfriend.â
His expression shifted.
Three months of being exclusive. Actually exclusive. No side pieces. No late-night texts. No one else.
And somehow, you still refused to give him the one thing he wanted. Three months still hadnât made you soft for him the way he was soft for you.
âAnd thatâs my fault?â His voice dropped, rough around the edges.
âI donât know.â Your smile turned sharper. âBut from where Iâm standing, it sounds an awful lot like the frat president doesnât like getting a taste of his own medicine.â
His hand flexed on yours and his other one found your waist.
âStop playingâ
For once, you didnât laugh. Your eyes stayed on his, steady and unreadable, and something in his expression shifted. Like he was trying to figure out whether you were about to tease him again or finally give him the answer heâd been waiting for.
Your hand slowly slid down his torso until your fingers curled around the front of his belt. You tugged. Hard. Hard enough to pull him forward and slightly down, forcing him to lean into you. His hips pressed against your stomach. He was already half-hard, and the second your body aligned with his he got harder.
âIâm not playing, Satoru.â
Then you kissed him.
A deliberate, open-mouthed kiss that tasted like challenge and whatever cheap liquor was in your cup. Your tongue slid against his like you were claiming him right there in front of half the house. At the same time your other hand slipped under the hem of his shirt, palm gliding up over the hard ridges of his abs. You stroked them slowly, feeling every muscle jump under your touch.
He made a low, rough sound against your lips. His grip on your waist tightened, almost like he was afraid that if he let go, youâd disappear again.
When you finally pulled back, it was only far enough to speak against his mouth.
âRelax,â you whispered. âIâm still here, arenât I?â
Your fingers gave his belt one last tug, then released him. Your hand left his abs with a final, lingering drag of your nails that made his stomach clench.
You stepped back, smiling that same sweet smile, already turning toward the living room like you hadnât just set him on fire in the middle of the party.
Satoru stood there for a second longer, chest rising and falling too fast, the taste of you still on his tongue, the ghost of your hand still burning against his skin.
That was when he felt it. The weight of someoneâs stare.
Across the room, leaning against the far wall with a half-empty cup dangling from her fingers, was a girl he recognized instantly. Long hair. Sharp smile. Last yearâs one-night stand â the one who had taken his ânever the same girl twiceâ rule as a personal insult.
She wasnât just looking. She was watching.
Her eyes moved from your retreating back to Satoruâs face. Then her mouth curved into something that wasnât quite a smile.
It was the expression of someone who had just discovered exactly where to press.
She lifted her cup in a small, mocking toast when she caught his gaze.
Satoru held her stare for a second before turning away.
Some girls just took longer to get over it. He was used to that.
But this time, he had the uncomfortable feeling that she wasnât looking at him because she wanted him back.
anyway... thoughts? would you like to read more of this frat!jo? be nice I'm still figuring him out.
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divider from pixopix | art credits in this order: 1004_xvn / 3vangel1ne_ / mochikuyo on X
Description: Youâre spider-manâs closest thing to a friend since the world forgot his name. Helping him with gadgets, cleaning his woundsâŠall without him ever taking the mask off. His true identity has always been a barrier between you two, but what happens when he gets hit with the pollen, and not only him, but the creature lurking inside him fixates on the only person he gets to call home?
Tags/warnings: sex pollen smut, fem!reader, porn with plot, whiny desperate peter >>>, dry humping, piv, riding, oral fem!rec, fingering, dark!peter taking over for a bit, orgasm denial, prone bone, so much yearning, mask stays onâŠor does it?
Note: You have no idea how giddy it makes me to write him again. He had NO business looking that good in the movie so I had to get this out of my system. Enjoy đ€
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You've seen spiderman hurt many times. When you signed the lease of the first apartment you could afford as a recent graduate, you never thought that would become your new normal.Â
The first time it happened was completely accidental. Heâd arrived at the building in the middle of the night, bruised, bleeding and too disoriented to realize that the window heâd come through was not his.Â
That night, the noise of a heavy body collapsing onto the floor woke you up. For one terrifying moment, you believed someone had broken into your apartment, only to switch on the lamp and find the cityâs superhero groaning and pressing his hands to his side. His suit was torn there, and blood soaked through the ruined fabric onto your rug.Â
He barely lifted his head when he heard you gasp, the lens of his mask focusing on your figure standing there with wide eyes, wearing only an oversized shirt.
âWrong window,â he choked, then tried to hold himself up but immediately collapsed again. âDammit,â he cursed, waiting for you to freak out any second now.Â
You could have, but instead you rushed to him and knelt beside him.
âOh my god, are you okay?â Your hands hovered helplessly over his body, trying to see how bad the damage was in the dark. âYou need a hospitalââ
âNo!â He snapped, trying to turn away but failing miserably. âIâll be fine, I heal quickly.â
âYou still need to stop the bleeding,â you countered, folding your knees under your body so you could rest on your calves. âListen, I can help you. I took some medical courses last year and I have a kit somewhere.â
You looked at him with pleading eyes. Heâd saved the city so many times, the fucking world, it was the least you could do to give something back.Â
He considered his options for a second, and to be honest he didnât have many. His body was betraying him, and he couldnât even get up to fix it himself like usual.Â
The blood loss made him nod, and you wasted no time in getting up and finding said kit. The blood loss also made him drift in and out of consciousness as you tended to the wounds on his ribs as much as you could.Â
It did not make him less cautious of you though. When you noticed the rip on his mask over a nasty gash on his neck and reached for it, his hand closed around your wrist and even half conscious, his grip was strong.Â
âPlease,â he whispered. Pleaded. âKeep it on.âÂ
The fear in his voice made you promise you would. Even if you couldnât get to that gash properly. Even when he fell asleep on your floor and didnât wake up for six whole hours.Â
The next morning, he opened his eyes and found you sitting on your bed, still staring at him.Â
His hands patted his chest, and confirmed his arachnid powers had done its job and healed him mostly. But most importantly, his mask was still in place. With no warning from E.V of it being removed. He learned that youâd spent the night making sure he was still breathing without seeing his face.Â
That had been one year ago.Â
After thanking you profoundly for helping him, heâd repaired your window, apologized several times, and disappeared into the apartment next door. He then considered moving into another building, but the thought was brushed away very quickly when he remembered the balance in his bank account.Â
So he acted more careful instead. For a while, he only turned back home when your curtains were already closed, or he only left the apartment when you had already left for your job (because yes, he absolutely researched the hell out of you after that night.)
Then he moved to the attic of the building. Bigger space, no neighbors, no risks. No you. Or at least he thought.Â
Because some nightsâŠsome delirious nights he still found your window a few stories down, and the accidental visits became less accidental. When he was too badly injured to care for himself, he came to you, even after you confessed your degree had nothing to do with medicine.Â
When he noticed you understood about his equipment malfunctioning, heâd bring it for you to inspect. When he became too reckless with himself you talked his ear off about how being difficult to kill did not make him immortal.
Somewhere along the way, you became spidermanâs friend.Â
Spiderman was safer. With you, spiderman was the only part of him he could let you see. Because that was the thing, you only knew the masked superhero.Â
Heâd spent so much time blocking away his identity, making peace with the fact that there was no longer anyone in the world who would call him Peter and know exactly who that person was. That name only belonged to the people that once knew him, and no longer existed, so he never gave it to you.
Never showed you more than a sliver of skin when his mask rode up or glimpses of his abdomen when you tended to his wounds. He always kept that barrier and you respected it, even on those nights he was too weak to stop you. Even if sometimes not knowing the color of his eyes kept you up at night.Â
A promise was a promise.Â
Maybe thatâs why he kept coming. Why he trusted you with a certainty he couldnât understand. Why he eventually showed you his new living quarters in the attic and let you spend time with him. Why half a year ago, he added another chair next to his desk so you could work together, or help him when he was out patrolling and needed an extra set of eyes.
âIâm officially the girl in the chair, spidey,â you joked that time as you sat next to him, spinning around in your chair.
Heâd gone quiet immediately, his body tensing up enough to make you frown, but then managed a small smile and said you were. You pretended you didnât notice him being too quiet as he worked on his inhibitor after that.Â
He was wearing a hoodie, sweatpants and the mask. Always the mask that didnât quite let you see through him. After a moment of quiet, you rolled your chair closer to his and nudged his arm playfully.Â
âYou know I canât keep calling you spidey forever, right?âÂ
He snapped out of his trance, and the chuckle that came from under the fabric was unmistakable.Â
âWhy not?â He nudged your arm back, but still focused on the device he was hunched over. âI like spidey.â
You put your elbow on the desk, resting your cheek on your hand so you could lean a little closer.Â
âI like it too, but it feels ridiculous after having my hands all over your body almost every night.âÂ
The moment the words left your lips, you realized how bad that sounded. He straightened up, turning toward you.
âWow.â Even if you couldnât see the smile on his face, the lenses of his mask were quite expressive sometimes. He was amused.Â
âThat came out very wrong,â you said immediately, before he bursted into laughter. He had been laughing more since you entered his life. âYou know what I meant,â you whined, laughing too with heat flooding your cheeks.Â
âI think I know,â he chuckled, making you roll your eyes.Â
âIâm being serious though,â you added, a little more quietly. âYou donât have to say your real name. Just give me something.â
âMmmâŠâ he acted like has considering it, going back to tinkering with the piece of metal between his fingers, but then his eyes drifted to the flowers heâd bought that morning, and the name came out of his lips before he could think twice about it. âYou can call me Maynard.âÂ
âMaynard?â You repeated, suppressing a chuckle. âYou donât sound like a Maynard. Thatâs like an 80 year old manâs name.â
âThatâs all I can give you,â he shrugged playfully.Â
You had a feeling it went deeper than that, but youâd also learned not to push it with him.Â
âAlright. Maynard,â you nodded, âbut donât expect me to use that name unless youâre dying. Guess Iâll stick to spidey for now,â you chuckled, going back to your own work as he hummed in agreement.Â
The conversation ended there. With him trying not to think about your hands all over his body inâŠdifferent conditions.Â
Peter didnât know exactly when his gratitude became longing. He could not identify the moment the friendship, the closeness, or just your smile, shifted into something he craved everyday.Â
Despite the mask and the fake name, he knew that after years of being no one to everyone, he had become someone to you. And you had become everything to him. Even if it was behind walls heâd built, you were the person who knew him better than anyone alive.
Which is why, the night he lost control of himself after an unknown dust was thrown at him in a fight, he chose not to crash land into your room.Â
Peter hit the floor of the dark attic with a loud thud, as his senses went overboard. His suit was sticking to his body uncomfortably due to the sweat coating his feverish skin. The fabric was intact, with no visible wounds in his body, just that burning sensation of something running through his veins.Â
And that dark part of him heâd managed to lock down with the inhibitor, trying to claw its way out.Â
âWhat theâŠwhat the fuck is going on,â he cursed, clutching his heaving chest as he panted against the worn wood floors. âI canâtâI canât breatheâŠâÂ
The computerâs monotone voice broke through the silence.Â
âYou have arrived injured. Iâm letting her knowââ
âNO!â He cut the AI off, âEV, donât tell herââ
âMessage already sent.â Â
He glanced up at the digital clock on his desk. 2:18 am.Â
He groaned, grabbing his head when a wave of migraine hit him. He knew what came after that. The black eyes. The desire to break. To take. But this time something felt different. It was like a pull, looking for something or someoneâŠforâŠfor you?Â
Oh fuck.Â
You were going to come in and you were going to see him like this. No, noâ
âSpidey?â You asked from behind the door, knocking exactly twice before opening it anyways.
The air changed the exact moment you walked in, and that something inside him shifted too. It became aware that the only thing it craved to survive was in the room now.Â
He needed to get to you. He needed to pin you down andâÂ
âDonât!â He managed to scream, holding his hand up weakly when you scrambled toward him.Â
You stopped right in your tracks, eyes wide and running all over him, searching for torn fabric, blood, or anything that would explain why he looked like every breath was painful.Â
âWhat happened?â You frowned, when you couldnât find any source. âDid you get hurt?âÂ
You instinctively stepped forward, but he waved his hand in front of him again.Â
âStop, stop, stop,â he said quickly, âdonât come any closer.âÂ
The harshness in his voice caught you off guard, but what sealed the deal was him dragging himself further away from you. It was barely more than a clumsy, desperate crawl, but he managed to put a decent distance between you before collapsing against the side of his thrifted couch.Â
He avoided looking at you. The oversized shirt covering your body, the comfy shorts you were probably wearing, the way your hair looked messy from rolling out of bed as soon as you got EVâs warning even if you had work the next morning.
You stayed right where you were, watching him. His suit had always fit him like it was painted on his skin, but every pant made his chest rise and fall beneath the fabric so violently that you wouldnât be surprised if it ripped at the seams.Â
This reminded you too much of the changes that happened in him months ago.Â
It started with a sharpened temper, then the heightened sensitivity to everything, the black covering his eyes, and moments during patrol when his reactions became simply frightening for someone who had as much strength as he did. But you were supposed to have stopped it.Â
âIs it the inhibitor?â You asked, crossing your arms over your chest, âis it failing?âÂ
âIâI donât knowâŠI was hit with some dust out there,â he breathed. âI think itâs tampering with itâŠmy head is killing me. Everything is too much.â
You nodded, turning toward the workstation.Â
âI will check the programming. Just hold on.â Not your best attempt at reassuring him, but he groaned in acknowledgment.Â
âEV?âÂ
The computer woke when you touched the keyboard, illuminating the dark attic in a wash of blue light.Â
âOnline.â
âPlease run a diagnostic on the inhibitor and any possible interference.âÂ
âBeginning diagnostic.âÂ
You waited impatiently for the results, tapping your fingers on the desk while you watched him from the corner of your eye.Â
Over there, heâŠhe was doing his best trying to breathe.Â
This obviously wasn't his first time having sensory overload. When the animal tried to take over the human part of him, everything in the city became impossible to escape. Not a single movement, or sound, or simple existence within miles was unnoticed by him.Â
But this time? The rest of the city had disappeared. There were no sirens in the distance, or voices coming through the walls, or every heartbeat in the building pounding in his head.Â
There was only you.Â
Your rapid heartbeat echoing inside him. He felt every tap of your fingers against the wood, every slight catch in your breathing each time he made another involuntary and pathetic sound from his spot on the floor.Â
Your scentâŠGod, your scent filled the entire apartment.Â
The scent he found himself coming back to so often that it scared him. He didnât want the attachment. The possibility of having someone again only to risk losing them again.Â
That same scent was making every muscle in his body react in a way he didnât understand. It made him, and the other him, wanna do things to you he had only dreamed of in his wildest fantasies. Things he wasnât proud of, things he wouldnât dare to say out loud, even if he looked at you through the lenses of his mask and you couldnât see the black in his eyes.Â
He pressed the back of his head against the couch harshly.Â
This was wrong. So wrong.Â
His senses were supposed to consume everything when the change came. Instead, they had fixed themselves entirely on you.
He could feel the heat of your body from across the room as though you were still in front of him. Could remember with sickening detail how soft your hands looked when they reached for him. Could almost feel the burn of the touch that had never landed because he stopped you.Â
What if heâd let you? What if heâd felt the way your hands ran all over his body? What if youâd moved them lower, and lower, as your mouthâ
âDiagnostic complete.âÂ
Your heads snapped toward the screen.Â
âThereâs no external damage affecting the integrity of the device. I detected a foreign biotoxin in the bloodstream that may be bypassing the inhibitor, activating the suppressed arachnid hormones.âÂ
âWhat biotoxin?â You frowned.Â
âUnknown. No matches found in available databases.âÂ
Great. He thought. He had no time to take a bath with Yelena Belova to find out what the stupid dust was.Â
The screen changed, displaying a model of his nervous system. There were yellow bright lines pulsing quickly, running all the way from the base of his brain down the length of his spine. Something unknown was moving through his blood, altering the part of him he had spent months forcing into submission.
He sucked in a breath as he watched you read the screen. Your eyes were focused, and a bead of sweat made its way down the side of your forehead.Â
He suddenly felt the need to lick it off.Â
Wanted to run his tongue from the base of your neck to the back of your ear. Wanted to fist your hair and make your heart beat out of your chest from how good he knew he could make you feelâ
âThe effects remain within his enhanced tolerance. However, prolonged exposure to certain hormones can cause extreme distress without relief.âÂ
âWhat hormones?â Your voice, worried and unknowing of his thoughts only made him feel guiltier.Â
It took him a second to realize what you asked, but EV threw him under the bus before he could say anything.Â
âThereâs a significant rise in reproductive hormones. The unknown toxin is inducing a strong mating response in him.â
Mating response. He stopped breathing.Â
Your eyes slowly moved from the monitor to him, and he saw the moment your attention dropped lower to the tent of his pants.Â
That suit concealed nothing on a good day. On one like this? Fuck. Fuck. Fuckâ
He shifted almost immediately, but the movement only worsened the pressure, pulling a helpless groan from his throat that made your pulse jump. You looked away at once, turning back to the computer.Â
âIs there a way we canâŠummâŠstop it?â You asked hesitantly.Â
âThe subject is experiencing severe sexual arousal with a fixation on a nearby individual,â she explained, because fuck him if he wasnât the unluckiest individual on earth. âActing upon it can be a positive option to relieve sexual tension.â
He wished the floor would open beneath him, swallow him, and never ever EVER spit him back out again. Â
Your pulse was absolutely hammering after that. He caught the sudden change in your scent. There was a sharp spark of surprise, nervousness, and something else beneath it that his altered senses fed on immediately.
You kept your eyes fixed on the monitor, although the data had stopped meaning anything the moment you heard fixation on a nearby individual.Â
âIs that what you really feel?â You asked softly after a moment.Â
His head fell forward, catching it between his gloved hands. He didnât know how to answer without making everything worse.
Although, after what EV said, could it really be worse?Â
ââŠYes.â The word came out rougher than he expected. Yet still not enough for what was happening inside him. âItâs likeâŠI can only feel you. All of you.â
Heat rose to your face once again.Â
âWhat does that mean?âÂ
Donât say anything, donâtâ
âI can smell you.â Great start, idiot. He cleared his dry throat before continuing. âI can smell your shampooâŠthe lotion you useâŠthe ink on your hands from your favorite pen.âÂ
He chose not to mention he could also smell the adrenaline on you. The heat gathering slowly beneath your skin.Â
Your eyes dropped to your hands, and under the dim light of the computer, you caught the ink stains in them from your journaling session before bed.Â
âI can hear your heartbeat changing every time I speak,â he added. Okay, that one slipped out. Â
You swallowed. And god, he felt that in his own throat.Â
The suit was suffocating him at this point. He wanted to rip it off as much as he wanted to rip off the fabric covering the goosebumps on your skin.Â
âIs it only because Iâm nearby?â You asked, gathering the courage to turn your chair to him.
White lenses met you across the room. He dragged in another shaky breath of oxygen made of you as he thought about his next words. He couldâve lied. He shouldâve lied. But instead, chemically overwhelmed and stripped of every defense he possessed, he gave you the truth.Â
âNo.â
His voice was firmer this time. No hesitation in it despite the thousand red alarms pounding in his head telling him to shut up.Â
âIt picked youâno, I picked you for a reason,â he added. âAnd itâs not just me. The otherâŠthe other me wants you too.âÂ
His voice went lower on the last part, that told you how much it cost him to admit that.Â
The silence following his confession was heavy. For a moment he wished he could read your mind. For all he could feel of you, your thoughts were unreachable.Â
His own mind was a mess. The impulses didnât feel like thoughts anymore, just his body feeding him instructions.Â
Get up. Cross the room. Touch her. Breathe her in.
His palms shook with the urge to close around you. His teeth ached with the need to graze your skin. His eyes burned with the desire to see beyond fabric.Â
Every part of him seemed convinced that the small distance between you was a mistake he needed to correct. That he needed to breathe you in until his lungs burned. Drag his mouth along the inside of your wrist and taste the pulse there.
He hated it.
He hated that something inside him could look at the person he cared for the most and reduce her to an answer for his pain.Â
âEV, how long is this state going to last?â He asked the computer, followed by a weak cough as he clutched his side.Â
âYour enhanced physiology is struggling to break down the toxinâs structure. I estimate a time between ten to twelve hours before itâs metabolized. However, neurological collapse is expected before that timeframe.â
âWhat?â You looked at him. âThereâs no way weâre letting that happen. Maybe I canââ
âDonât even start,â he cut you off, shaking his head profusely.Â
âSo what? Iâm supposed to sit here betting on whether your body collapses on hour three or hour six?âÂ
âIâll just pass out, big deal. Iâm not putting you in danger because of this. I can handle it.â
âYouâre barely handling it now. Thereâs no danger in tryingââ
âYou donât understand whatâs happening inside me right now,â he argued, raising his voice. âThis other thing, the one the inhibitor controls itâsâŠawake. That part of me doesnât think like I do. It doesnât care if you're scared, or hurtingââ
âYou wouldnât hurt meââ
âYou donât know that!â He snapped, his fist struck the floor next to him, hard enough to make the worn wood crack beneath his knuckles.Â
The sudden noise made you flinch. He smelled the flash of fear moving through your body for only a second.Â
One second enough.Â
âFuckâthat is what I mean,â he cursed, covering his lenses with his hands. âI donâtâŠI donât know if Iâd be gentle. I canât risk this, I can'tâŠshit, I canât risk you.â
The words, said with so much pain, and honesty, seemed to settle somewhere deep in your chest.Â
âOkay,â you nodded, settling deeper in your chair. âBut Iâm not leaving you like this. I canât risk you either.â
He shuddered a painful exhale. His head dropped to the couch again, shutting his eyes in preparation of what the next hours of torture would be.Â
ExceptâŠhe didnât even last ten minutes.Â
The suit was killing him, so he decided heâd be better without it. He reached desperately behind his back, clumsily undoing the zippers that tied the suit together.
He could feel your wide eyes on him as he tugged the fabric off his shoulders, peeling it off his sweaty arms. He groaned when he lifted his hips and the suit grazed his swollen crotch. In a matter of seconds that felt like eternity he managed to break free from the spandex, and threw it away somewhere in the room. Heâd undressed down to his dark boxers, mask still in place, revealing the marble sculpture of his body.
You let out a shaky breath from your spot, eyes raking over a body youâd only seen partially. He was covered in wounds most of the time, but this time, he only had faint bruises from the night before decorating his chiseled abs.Â
His tight muscles flexed with every rise of his chest, his bulge straining harder the more you devoured him, pressing against his pants, making him curse quietly.Â
You noticed, and returned your eyes to the screen to track his vitals.Â
He felt grateful that youâd given him that grace, but just you being in that room made it very hard for him to think of anything other than your existence.Â
Too hard.Â
Before he knew his hand drifted down the growing ache in his crotch, trying to feel some relief, but every rub he made over the fabric of his boxers sent a jolt of pain through his body instead of pleasure.Â
It only made it worse when he realized you were tense at the desk, trying very hard to keep your focus on the screen and not on the whines he was letting out.Â
ââŠIâm sorry,â he apologized instantly, breathlessly, moving his hand away. âI didnâtââ
âDonât apologize,â you shook your head quickly, eyes still on the screen. âYouâŠyou can do whatever you need.âÂ
He didnât say anything, just whined in pain again, so you took it as a chance to say it before you regretted it.Â
âBut my offer still stands, spidey.âÂ
What a polite way of saying âIâd let you fuck me into next week so you can control your horny arachnid hormones, spidey.â
Fucking hell.Â
âIâm okay I justâGod I didnâtâI didnât think it would feel this wayâŠâ He laughed humorlessly, staring at the ceiling. âBut IâI got this. Yes.â
You kept quiet, hearing him mumble to himself about a hundred times about how he had this.
âIâm okayâŠIâm goodâŠitâs fineâŠâÂ
He wasnât.Â
âFuck I donâtâŠIâm going to dieâŠâ
For Godâs sake.Â
âI think I can help.â
By the time he registered the words and looked back at you, you had already moved from your chair and shortened the distance between you, kneeling in front of him.Â
His senses went from one thousand to one million. He forced his hands behind his back, trying to keep the animal from grabbing you and getting it over with.Â
âWhatâwhat are you doing?â He stammered nervously, the lenses of his mask going wide.Â
âMaynard,â you said quietly, ignoring the way his body tensed up at that name. âWould it make you feel better if I put my hand here?âÂ
You placed your hand right in the center of his chest, and your cold palm met his overheated skin. He gasped, feeling every individual fingerprint on his skin. He wanted them marked on him. Tattooed.Â
His back arched from the couch, with a strangled gasp breaking from beneath the mask. The relief hit him all at once, through a simple contact that felt like salvation.Â
Your hand steadied him for only a glorious second, but now that you had touched him, his body knew precisely what it had been denied.
It wanted more.
His own hand closed around yours so suddenly that you almost pulled back, but he loosened his grip the instant he realized how tightly he was holding you.Â
âSorryââ
âDonât apologize.â You pressed harder.Â
He was burning.
The heat beneath your palm scared you, but what scared you more was the violent pounding of his heart beating against your hand so so quickly.Â
âBetter?â You asked quietly, trying not to bite your bottom lip at the image of him crumbling under your palm.Â
âSo fucking better,â he said breathlessly, pressing your hand tighter against his chest. âIâŠdammitââ
âBreathe,â you reminded.
His head fell back against the couch. Chest rising up and down, up and down, up and down.Â
Just take her, man, sheâs right thereâ
Your free hand accidentally brushed his neck, right where the border of the mask started, snapping him right back. He grabbed your hand, not harshly, but firm enough to make your breath hitch.Â
âPlease.â Was all he said.Â
Leave it on.Â
It brought you back to that first night heâd crashed into your life.Â
âI wasnât planning on removing it,â you whispered, leaning closer. âYou can keep it on. But let me help youâŠI really want to.â
See? She wants it. She needs it so bad.Â
He hated that the other guy was right. He knew you meant what you said because he could smell the proof pooling between your thighs.
Fuck it.
In a sudden movement he reached for your waist, dragging you forward so you were straddling his lap. The bulge you landed on made you gasp, hands instinctively grabbing onto his sweaty biceps for balance when he let out a broken groan that vibrated against your core.Â
His hand cupped your jaw, bringing it closer to his face, and your dilated pupils reflected on the white of his lenses.Â
âI can feel that you want this,â he mumbled, tilting his head to the side. âPlease, say it againâŠâ
You shifted your hips, barely, so minimal yet he felt it travel through his whole body. He hissed, tightening the grip on your jaw.Â
âI want this,â you repeated firmly, moving your head closer to his ear. âYou can take whatever you needâŠâ
You moved your hips again, more deliberate this time, pulling a broken whine from him. The toxin made every contact feel like electricity racing down his spine, straight to the heavy, aching weight of his cock under you.Â
âYesâŠyeah just like thatâŠâ he panted. âJust let meâŠâ
His hands landed on your waist, moving you back and forth at a quicker pace over his bulge. You gasped at the friction, fingers digging into his shoulders, while he let out a collection of muffled words you could barely understand.Â
â...MâmoreâŠâ he whined, throwing his head back against the couch. âI canâtâI needâŠâ
âWhat do you need? More what?âÂ
âMore contact.â
His hands left your waist to grab the hem of your shirt.Â
âCan I?â He whispered.
You nodded eagerly, gasping when his hands shifted to the collar of your shirt instead, ripping it off your body with a sharp pull.Â
âOh fuck,â he cursed when he realized there was nothing under that shirt, and saw your nipples hardening instantly under the cold air.Â
He resisted the urge to bite them through the mask.Â
His hands, however, wasted no time to cup your breasts with a broken whine. His thumbs played with your nipples, tugging at them as hard as he could allow himself to without hurting you.Â
âFuck youâre perfectâŠyouâre so perfectâŠâ he whispered, more to himself than you, pulling some soft whimpers out of you when he tugged a little harder. His hands drifted to your lower half, to the hem of the last piece keeping your body from his greedy eyes. âThese too,â he said, âplease, can I? I want to feel you.â
âYes,â you nodded, already out of air.Â
You didnât even know why you tried to get off his lap to take the shorts off properly, when he just did the same as the shirt: ripped it in half where it rested on your hips, yanked it off from your body and threw the ruined pieces far away.Â
You werenât wearing anything underneath.Â
âI can smell you. God, I can smell you. Youâre soâoh GodâŠâ
Now he could feel your wetness drenching his boxers, dripping onto the fabric. He could almost taste it in his mouth. He wanted nothing more than to drown in it for hours.Â
âCanâcan Iâ?â
You didnât even let him finish, you grabbed his hand and placed it right between your legs.Â
Water. He found water in the middle of the dessert.Â
His hand moved carefully through your wet folds once, twice, delighting in your warmth, the way you felt, the way you let out the prettiest sound he had ever heard in his miserable life.Â
âFuckâŠâ you cursed softly, moving your hips eagerly when he kept stroking slow. Too slow. âTouch me, please.â
He obliged, fingers finding your clit in movements that had you gripping his shoulders tighter, eyes fluttering shut so beautifully he had to bite his lip to not let out a pathetic sound.Â
âBeen wanting this,â he mumbled. âLonger than today. Longer than tonight.â
His finger slid inside of you, making you moan when he curled it just right.Â
âThere wereâŠthere were nights I thought about you riding my hand,â he kept going, voice cracking as he added a second finger, stretching you more. âIâve wanted you for so longânot just because of this shit in my blood. Because itâs you.â
Every word made you clench around his fingers. Every admission pulled another shaky moan out of your throat. You were a mess already, breathless, hips rolling down to meet the thrust of his fingers.Â
âOh my Godâdonât stop, please donât stopââ
âNot stopping, baby.âÂ
He kept working you open, the white lenses of the mask never leaving your face. His free hand slid up your chest, settling between your breasts.Â
âIâmâIâm close,â you managed. âIâm so closeââ
âCome onâŠyouâre perfect. Youâre so fucking perfect like this.â
The heel of his palm lifted to press against your clit. You were right there, right on the edge, about to come on his hand and drip down his boxersâ
âPlease,â he begged, unable to keep it in. âLet me fuck you after thisâŠplease. I need to be inside you. Iâve needed it for so longâjust let me, after you come, please, pleaseââ
The plea undid you.
You came with a broken cry, stopping your movements as your walls pulsed around him. The sound you made against his shoulder nearly finished him right there.Â
It took you a second to just breathe again, your chest synching up with his in the search of oxygen. He kept rocking his hand slowly, not just to work you through the aftershocks, but because the friction of your pussy in his hand brought the tiniest relief to him.Â
You just stayed there as the last soft waves rolled through you.Â
Once you were able to see clearly again, you let out a breathless chuckle and straightened back up.Â
He needed you. He needed you so badly you really thought he was going to die if you didnât help him.Â
You placed one hand on his chest as the other reached under you, slipping inside the fabric of his boxers without breaking eye contact.Â
The second your bare fingers brushed him, his hips jerked hard under you.Â
âYou said please,â you whispered breathlessly.Â
You wrapped your fingers around him and pulled him free.
His cock sprang out, heavy and flushed between your bodies, so thick and hard and painful. The head was red and shiny, with precum dripping down the vein that ran along his length. The tip brushed the skin of your stomach, leaving a warm, wet patch that made the hair on your arms go up. He could smell the small flicker of intimidation sparking inside you, but the want that followed was stronger.Â
You stroked him a few times, slowly just as heâd touched you at first.Â
âOh my God, your handâyour handââ
Another thick bead of precum welled up and spilled over your fingers. Whether it was the toxin or just his enhanced physiology, he was dripping for you. Â
Flustered wasnât enough of a word when you had his leaking cock in your hand.Â
His hands slid down to your hips, gripping tighter, guiding you up as if he was about to lift you then pulling you back down immediately.Â
Fuck her. Fuck her right now.Â
âPlease, I needâI need to feel youâŠâ he cried out. âLet meâŠlet meâŠâ
You nodded just as desperately, lifting yourself up as he helped, steadying you with shaking hands until the thick head of his cock nudged against your entrance. You both exhaled hard at the same time when you started to sink down, taking him inch by inch.
He was big. Almost too much. The burn of it made your breath hitch, but the way he cursed under his breath multiple times, completely at your mercy, made you keep going until he was buried balls deep.
You sat there for a moment, breathing heavily, and so full of him.Â
When the initial sting faded away, you started moving. He let you set the pace as you adjusted, holding back his need of thrusting up. His fingers dug on your skin, not lifting just holding you, but the more that you moved, the more that control started to waver.Â
He could feel it coming. The change.Â
You kept moaning, bouncing on top of him, completely unaware of his self restraint crumbling away.Â
His grip slowly tightened when his eyes began turning completely black under his mask. That careful, pathetic boy whoâd been begging disappeared beneath something moreâŠprimal.Â
Fuck. Whatever had been holding him back finally snapped.
The next thing he knew, his hands slid under your thighs with sudden strength. He lifted you up in one motion until only the thick head of him remained inside you, held you there for a second as the last part of him tried to remember how to be gentleâthen snapped his hips up hard.
That first thrust pulled a sharp moan out of you, but there was no chance to adjust this time. He set a relentless pace almost immediately, using pure strength to bounce you on his cock while he drove up to meet every drop of your body, buried so deep it stole your breath every time he bottomed out.Â
âOh myâMayâŠMaynardââ the name you barely used on him slipped out in the middle of the frenzy, but his hand reached behind your head to pull your hair back slightly as he kept thrusting up.Â
âDonât call me that,â he snapped, his voice so different from just minutes earlier. âItâs Peter. Call me Peter when Iâm inside you.âÂ
He didnât even give you time to process, still lifting and dropping you onto his cock at the exact hard rhythm he wanted. The only one that satisfied the need inside of him. Your hands instinctively reached for the edge of the arm of the couch he was leaning against, fingers digging into the worn fabric as he hit that spot inside you over and over again.Â
âOf fuckâŠPeterâfuckâŠyesâŠâ
âThatâs better,â he approved. âI was right, youâre so so perfectâŠtaking every inch like you need it as bad as I doâŠâ
A desperate sound slipped out of you at the praise, he could feel your walls clenching tight around him as your body went for that second orgasm, your eyes were fluttering shut, almost thereâ
âNuhâuh,â he denied immediately, stopping mid thrust, holding you pressed against him as you gasped, surprised and confused.Â
âWhatâwhat happened? I was about toââ
âI want you to hold it for me. I know you can.â
That twisted part of him enjoyed the slow realization on your face.Â
Even if you couldnât see his eyes, you knew the same spiderman heâd been without the inhibitor, was the one with your body at his mercy now.Â
Good.Â
He stayed buried to the hilt for a moment, breathing hard behind the mask. When your breathing finally slowed down and accepted that the high never came, he stood up. Still inside you, he walked you to the bed in the corner of the room.Â
His bed.
He pulled out with a wet sound that made both of you groan, then laid you down roughly near the edge of the mattress. He kneeled down, strong hands hooking behind your knees and dragging your legs over his shoulders, folding you open for him completely.
âLook at the ceiling,â he ordered. âDonât look at me.â
You obeyed, staring up at the wood beams high above you while he tugged the bottom of the mask just high enough to free his mouth.Â
Peter leaned down and pressed a few soft kisses to your swollen folds. He wasnât necessarily eating you out, just giving a few loud smooches that felt good enough to make you grip the sheets.Â
âMâsorry, you were so perfect thereâŠâ he mumbled condescendingly against your most sensitive spots. âBut I need you to hold on a little longer. Can you do that for me, sweetheart?âÂ
You nodded, eyes still fixed on the ceiling. Maybe too eager. Maybe too pathetic. Just like heâd been. Had he pumped that toxin into you?Â
Either way, you didnât care. Youâd be lying if you said you didnât like this version of him.Â
He laughed right over your clit when you moaned loudly, after he moved his tongue in a slow, torturous swipe over it.Â
âWas back there too much?â He cooed. âMaybe I just need to stretch you more...â
Two fingers slid inside you, so easily, but the sudden stretch still dragged a whine out of your throat. He curled them immediately, finding the spot that made your hips jerk.Â
âPeterâŠâÂ
âHuh?â He acted coy, pumping his fingers with a rhythm that kept you right on the edge without letting you tip over. He added a third finger, making your back arch from the mattress. âKeep holding it in.â
Every shake of your body fed the stupid toxin inside him. Having you like thisâŠreally trying to keep your body from coming apart because he said so.Â
God. He was never going back.Â
âYou just took my cock. I think you can take three fingers with no problem.âÂ
He kept the same relentless pace, chuckling when your body started twitching again.Â
âPeterâŠâ you called out again, hand dropping the sheet to find his shoulder instead. âI needâŠneedâŠâ
âNeed what?â
âNeed you inside meâŠplease I wonâtâI wonât hold for much longer justâfuck me.â
He stopped altogether, a smirk you couldnât see stretching the corner of his mouth. He pulled his fingers out with a wet pop, licking them clean before tugging his mask back in place and standing up.Â
âYeah?âÂ
Your legs dangled off the edge of the bed for a moment before his hands gripped your hips and turned you over. He moved you higher up the bed, grabbing one of the pillows, and shoving it under your hips, tilting your lower body up for him.Â
He then climbed onto the bed behind you and knelt between your spread thighs, the mattress dipping under his weight as one hand stroked down the length of your spine.Â
But something made him stop.Â
âThis fucking maskââ he cursed under his breath. âItâs suffocating me.â
The sweat on his forehead had pooled under the mask, making it so sticky over his eyebrows that it was affecting the lenses he was trying to see you through.Â
âI need you to be a good girl for me,â he added breathlessly, yet still commanding enough. âKeep your head on the mattress. Ass up. Donât turn around.â
You nodded. Too eagerly again. Couldnât care any less again.Â
He didnât think twice, just yanked the mask off and tossed it aside. It landed near you, making you bury half your face on the sheets as if staring at the mask alone would be disobeying his commands.Â
The sound he made when the cool air hit his face was pure relief. He swiped the sweat off with his forearm, finally seeing you clearly. Face down. Eyes squeezed shut. Already clutching the sheets.Â
âYou look so pretty like this,â he mumbled. âAll spread out for meâŠwaiting.â
âPeterâŠâ you whined, lifting your ass slightly from the pillow.Â
âI know, I know. Youâre okay.â He couldnât keep the smirk away when he added, âyou said please.â
He reached between you, guiding the thick head of his cock between your thighs until it nudged against your entrance. You were still soft and ready and perfect.Â
Peter pushed in slowly, letting you feel every inch as he sank deep and deep and deeper.Â
He braced one hand beside your head and kept the other on your hip, pushing you into the mattress as his thighs hit the back of yours. Slap. Slap. Slap. The position left almost no space between your bodies, with Peter pressing his chest against your back.Â
âFuckâŠyou feel so good like thisâŠso pretty taking me.â
He kept going, making the mattress creak and the base of the bed hit the brick wall repeatedly. Your desperate moans ran through his body like electricity, making something inside him crack open again.Â
What? What isâ
The moment his rhythm stuttered, he shook his head, trying to clear it. Beads of sweat flew from his hair to your back.Â
âGodâyouâŠyouâre making meââ The roughness of his thrusts slowed down immediately, inhaling a sharp intake of air as he felt the change again. âI canât, I canâtâŠâ
He lifted his gaze to the window behind the bed and noticed his eyes had turned back to its original color.Â
âOh my god,â he gasped, stopping altogether. He straightened up, still kneeling and inside you, but panicking. âIâmâŠIâm so sorry. I donât know what happened Iââ
âPeter!â You cut him off, pushing yourself back, closer to him, without turning around. âShut up and fuck me.â
The order left your mouth breathless, pushing back against him even more to make the point clear. His hands twitched when they gripped your hips again.Â
âOkay, okayâŠâ he panted, groaning when you dropped back on the bed and his cock almost left the warmth of your pussy. âIâm sorryâif I was too rough, Iâm sorry, I didnât mean toâŠâ
He picked up the pace again, but the words tumbling out of him now were pure pleading Peter again.Â
âDonât turn aroundâdonât turn aroundâfuck, fuckâŠâ slap, slap, slap. âYou can come now. Please. Please, I want to feel itâyouâd come apart so pretty on me, I know you wouldâŠpleasepleasepleaseââ
His final permission and the desperate way he said it made you crash harder than the first time, crying out into the mattress. The second he felt you coming around him, he knew he couldnât last much longer either.
âCan IâinsideâŠplease, can I??âŠlet me fill you upââ
âYesâinside, Peter, do it inside meâŠâÂ
He buried himself to the hilt with a strained groan and finally came. The orgasm tearing out of him was harder and longer than anything heâd ever felt, holding you there, filling you up.Â
You gasped against the sheets, breathless, as the waves of cum seemed to go on forever, flooding you with warm and thick ropes in every spurt as he emptied himself inside you.Â
âThank youâŠthank youâŠâ His forehead dropped between your shoulder blades, sending broken gasps against your skin as he kept coming. âYou are so perfectâfuckâŠso perfectâŠthank youâŠâ
The pollen wrung him dry until he could barely breathe, and even then he kept rolling his hips weakly, chasing the last of it while he slowly softened inside you.Â
When it finally eased, the pain, the need, the hungerâŠhe pulled out slowly with a whine, and half collapsed over you. His arms held most of his weight as he planked above you, but you could feel every ridge of his muscles brushing your sweaty skin.Â
Peterâs eyes fluttered shut, feeling exhausted and aching in the best way, almost lulled by the sounds of your agitated breaths.Â
You both felt the warm trail of liquid leaking out between your bodies and neither of you moved or said anything for a while. He couldâve stayed like that forever, really. With your naked body under him, no masks, no barriers, just your swollen pussy leaking out his seedâ
âSuccessful ejaculation brought down the arachnid hormone levels immediately. Inhibitor working within regular parameters now. Congratulations, Peter.âÂ
EVâs monotone voice cut through the silence.Â
It took two seconds of shock before you both broke into breathless laughter. His teeth grazed your back as your bodies vibrated in sync from the amusement and overall flustering after everything that happened.Â
âThank you, EV,â Peter muttered.Â
âYouâre welcome. I gathered data and the released semen volume exceeds standard parameters by two hundred and twenty six percent due to the high hormonal concentration. Hydration, clean up and rest are advised.â
âFor fucks sakeâŠâ Peter cursed under his breath.Â
âOh godâŠâ you mumbled against the sheets.Â
That was your call back to reality.Â
Peter felt you move under him, reaching blindly to the side until your hand found the mask. You lifted it over your shoulder, offering it to him without looking.Â
âI donât want to,â he said, too quickly, then cleared his throat. âIâŠI donât want to put it back on.âÂ
âThen Iâll close my eyes,â you offered instead.Â
âNoâI meanâŠyou donât have to. I donât want to wear it around you anymore. Not afterâŠall of this,â he admitted sheepishly.Â
âBut you told me to not turn around,â you reminded him, dropping the mask on the mattress again. âAnd that was you, not the darker you.â
He chuckled, nodding even if you couldnât see him yet.Â
âYeah, because if I saw your face while I was balls deep inside you I wouldâve busted before you came.â
There it was. He said it. No turning back now.Â
At least it got a chuckle from you too.Â
âListen IâŠI meant everything I said. Everything. The wanting, the nights I thought about you,â he confessed. âI donât want you to feel like I just used you whenâŠwhen there was always a reason why I needed you like oxygen tonight.â
Your breath hitched, and his hand found your waist, pulling you closer to him, and when you didnât push awayâŠhe exhaled in relief behind you.Â
âSo maybeâŠyou can turn around now. Ifâif you want to. Know the real me.â
âI would really like that,â you whispered without hesitation.Â
You tried lifting yourself up to turn around, but he did most of the job, moving away the pillow he had placed under you and helping you roll onto your back. You closed your eyes, at least until you were facing him completely, and took a deep breath. Holding onto his biceps for moral support, you finally opened them again.Â
Seeing his face for the first time felt so intimate, even after everything you just did.Â
There he was. The same guy who just fucked you into next week, looking more shy and boyish than you couldâve ever imagined.Â
Brown eyes. Dark, curly hair sticking to his forehead. A nervous smile tugging at the corner of his gorgeous mouth.Â
So young. So earnest. So yours.Â
Not spidey anymore. Just Peter.Â
Your Peter.Â
Thank you so much for reading đ€ I used to write Peter so much back in the day (shoutout to my starktonyx era) and Iâve missed him dearly.
âgo on, baby,â he cooes, gazing up at you with those big, beautiful brown eyes. âfinish the rest of the song.â
you shake your head, lids closing in a dramatic fashion as the tip of his cock brushes against that one spot deep inside of you. âi-i canât,â you choke, small tear droplets prickling at the corner of your eyes.
âyou can,â he demands softly, âand you will.â
when eddie came home that night, you hadnât expected him to react the way he did to your little surprise. to the corroded coffin top you had made earlier that day. you figured he mightâve gotten emotional, probably just a little bit turned on even, but you didnât expect this.
the rough, possessive side of him you had yet to see, showed itself fully. he took you right there on the couch, told you to put it on and nothing else, all while he buried his cock in your tight, wet little cunt and had you singing the lyrics to their most popular song â the one eddie had written about you.
the catch? if you stopped, he stopped.
while in the beginning it seemed fairly easy for you to get through, with each drag of his cock through your tight walls, and the filthy words of praise spilling from his plump lips, it became increasingly more difficult.
his thrusts slowed, waiting for you to start reciting the words again. the soft whine that clawed itâs way out of your throat made him smirk. âcome on, pretty girl. finish those last few verses and you can cum. i know how badly you want to.â
that was all you needed to keep going. as you got closer to the end of the song, his thrusts sped up, hips pounding into you with fervor, chasing his own release.
with the last line rolling off of your tongue, eddie brings his hand to your cunt, rubbing harsh circles against your throbbing clit. âfuck, baby. cum for me. go on, itâs okay. let go. let go for me, baby.â
you cum right before youâre supposed to finish, the feeling so intense it has your vision blurring and hearing going fuzzy. eddieâs release soon follows yours, hot spurts of cum painting your spasming walls.
âjesus,â he pants, partially collapsing on top of you. âthat was so hot.â
you giggle, entangling your fingers through his unruly hair. âi take it you really like the shirt, huh?â
âi love it,â eddie chuckles breathlessly, carefully pulling out of you to lay on his back, bringing you with him against his chest. âshit, if you wear that to our show on tuesday iâll prolly fuck you on stage. wouldnât be able to control myself, sweetheart.â
âoh yeah?â you look at him with a raised brow. âi donât believe you.â
begging spider-man! gojo to use his webs on you âč àŁȘ Ë
You never meant to accidentally walk in on your boyfriend like this. The suit was tight around his skin, at least of what was left of it. Until now, you were oblivious to his separate life.
âSweets.â His voice quivered, terrified of your reaction.
This wasnât how he wanted you to find out. With him half naked and beat up with his blue suit on the ground torn to shreds. Then, it all suddenly clicked. The way his lean build suddenly turned into one of a gym bro, his lack of glasses, or the way he had more stamina during sex when he could barely even go past one round.
Even as he explained everything to you and apologized for not telling you sooner, you couldnât even focus. Because one thing youâve been wanting to try out in bed was to be tied up. But the thought of rope scratching at your skin made the whole fantasy iffy for you.
With his webs, itâd be more comfortable, right?
âDidnât know you were this freaked out.â Satoru said from behind you, caressing your bare back softly. âWish I told you way before if I had known about your little wet dreams.â He grabbed onto both your arms, putting them behind your back. With a flick of his wrist, webs shot out, landing right on your wrists. The substance was sticky, making it incredibly difficult to pull apart. You bit back a smile that was wanting to creep up on your face, looking behind your shoulder to see the way your boyfriend was red in the face.
He was obviously into this too.
âShit..â He panted, slurping at your cunt. âI regret not hah, not tying you to the bed frame. Youâre squirming too much baby.â His hands were gripping hard onto your thighs, dragging you closer to his mouth. âAm I?â You grinned, trying your best to break free from the webs so he could do it all over again.
Satoru delivered a spank right onto your right ass cheek, his words coming out muffled no thanks to his face drowning in you. âStop moving.â His tongue licked stripes up to your clit, writing out his initials with it.
Your moans eventually got louder after he inserted two fingers into you, curling just right. âSweets, Iâm serious.. Quiet down, we donât want another warning.â Not even last week had the neighbors filed a report on you both because of the pornographic noises and the bed banging onto the wall. âIâm sorry..â You sobbed, continuing to squirm under him.
With a sigh, Satoru pulled away from your pussy, carefully turning you over. He placed his lips on yours in a firm kiss before shooting his webs right on your mouth.
âthatâs so not fair!â you whined, clasping your hands with satoruâs who was currently leaning over your body, flashing that stupid grin of his at you. âyou know martial arts and I donât!â
âsounds like a skill issue, sweets. youâre so weak.â he teased, putting his entire weight down on you to hear that small little squeak of yours.
this was normal between the two of you, enjoying your usual pillow fights with one another whenever a sleepover happened. gojo had invited you over to his place after class, offering to cook dinner and sit through your favorite movies after seeing you had a rough day.
he assumed you were overloaded with classwork but that wasnât entirely the case.
you were ovulating.
and you were also planning on avoiding satoru at all costs especially because he was the only thing on your mind. his voice, his lips, his fingers were all you could think about. it wasnât helping that he was shirtless at the moment, making him 100x hotter. his pink pecks blended so well with his pale skin, beauty marks littered all over his body.
you wanted to kiss every single one of them.
âcmon, donât tell me youâre giving up already.â he taunted, slapping your face playfully. you bit back a moan, finding out a new thing about yourself right that second. you had to think of something quick before he realized how flushed you were and the way your legs were trembling. you quickly shifted your hands to his waist, tickling away until he was laughing, begging you to stop.
âshit! this isnât f-fair ow!â gojo wheezed, dropping back onto the floor, trying his best to catch his breath and he hugged his sides to stop you.
âi win!â you cheered.
âyou cheated..â he managed to let out. you responded by sticking out your tongue, ready to sit against the pillow propped up when suddenly you got attacked with the tickles as well. ânot so funny now, hm? you crying?â he laughed, watching you grip onto his bicep as if that would help at all.
âsatoru! a-stop!â you shifted onto his lap, feeling his arms wrap around your torso to lay you down on his chest. âi win.â he whispered into your ear, tucking your hair behind it. the current position he had you in was awkward. your back was on him and his arms had a firm grip on you.
why the hell was this making you wet?
you gulped, wanting to get off of him but he wasnât letting go, unsurprisingly. âwhatâs wrong sweets?â
ânothing.. just, youâre hugging me weirdly.â
gojo hummed, letting one hand leave your waist to wrap around your neck. your eyes widened at the sudden weight on your nape. as if that wasnât enough, the roll of his hips made it clear what his motives were. his prominent bulge poked at your backside, twitching needlessly.
âyou actually thought that i wouldnât notice my best girl was horny? youâre practically dripping through these flimsy pj shorts, baby.â
your mouth dried out, only gasping when he pulled down your shorts to prove his point. your panties were drenched. âsee?â he cooâed, teasing your clit with a feather like touch. âsatoru!â you whimpered out, struggling to do anything but watch him toy with you.
âlet me help you out, okay?â
he temporarily released his hold on you, only to grab onto the back of your thighs, forcing them up to your chest. with your panties now to the side, he had full access to your cunt. âwish i could see you properly.â he sighed. âbut i like this position, donât you?â
the bastard didnât give you a chance to reply before he inserted two fingers into you. he chuckled at the way your body arched, groaning at your walls closing in on him.
âiâm going to make you feel so good, wanna show you how much iâve been needing you.â he kissed your shoulder, curling his digits, causing an embarrassing wet sound to come out of you. âyouâre so wet.â gojo hummed. âthink youâre ready to take me.â
you shook your head, grabbing onto his hand that was fingering you. âjust.. just touch me a bit more like this..â you pleaded, fluttering your eyes shut.
gojo raised a brow, but did as you said.
you moaned, grinding your hips to the same rhythm he was using, fucking yourself on his fingers. he watched carefully over your shoulder, mesmerized by the way he just slipped in and out. you felt your tummy turn, a warning of your release. you braced yourself to let go before gojo halted his movements.
âalright thatâs enough of that. i need my cock in you, like right now.â
âbut-â you protested, pouting when he reached toward his pants, pulling them off to release his cock. his lips curled at your reaction, loving how flustered youâve gotten upon seeing his length. âi donât expect you to take it all, so iâll put half of it in. how does that sound, sweets?â he mumbled against your skin, trailing hot kissed down your collarbone. he didnât wait for a response, gripping his base after a few pumps, lining it up to your entrance.
he needed to feel all of you, fuck condoms.
your nails clawed at his arm that was still wrapped around your neck, moaning when he split you open. âoh my god!â
gojo clamped his hand over your mouth, muffling your screams. he loved how in just one thrust, he had you unraveled. âshhh, sweets. you forget i have neighbors.âhis breath hitched as you clenched around him, making it impossible to go past a few inches. âfuck, baby. please stop being so goddamn tight.â
you could feel his veins scrape at your inner walls, touching in just the right places. âthatâs it..âÂ
he praised with every thrust he gave, using your body for leverage as he picked up the pace. âyouâre taking me so well.â your eyes were shut close, drooling into his mouth. this wasnât howâd you imagined your night to go, but in no way were you complaining.
your pussy was so relieved to get the attention it needed.
a wicked grin spread across gojoâs face, knowing you were close. he tightened his hold on you to the point of bruising, inhaling sharply. âfuck fuck fuck.â
ângh!â you whined, head falling back on his shoulder. his hairâs even more of a disaster than usual, sweat-damp strands sticking to his forehead as those ocean-blue eyes stay on you. "fuckinâ hell," gojo grits out between panting breaths before suddenly flipping you over in one brutal motion. "wanna see your face"Â
âb-but i liked the other position..â you bit your lip after admitting to that.Â
he flashes is all teeth before driving into you again deeper this time just watch those pretty noises fall apart for him instead.Â
âweâll go back to that one in a bit. just wanna see your face when you cum.â
âsheâs going to kill you,â gojo groaned, nervously glancing around the hall like you were about to pop around the corner with a frying pan to beat them with.
âuh-huh,â sukuna grumbled, gritting his teeth as he jiggled the bobby pin in your lock.
âand me.â
âyouâll live,â he dryly muttered.
and if sukuna was lucky, youâd wrap your pretty hand around his neck and strangle him. he could practically feel you squeezing those manicured fingers around his throat while you straddled him, soft thighs locked around his waist as you scoffed at him and called him stupid.
was stealing your cat illegal?
yeah, but the law never had anything to say when it came to the two of you. he hadn't called the cops when you keyed your name over his license plate on his car or popped three of his tires. you didn't file a report when he broke in to steal your mattress during your last bad fight so you'd have to sleep on his bed instead.
"there we go," he grunted as he finally managed to get your door unlocked, twisting the knob and pushing it open with a groan. gojo was right behind him, practically stepping on his shoes while he complained about leaving the bar for this. he ditched the girl he brought with geto, ignoring her protests as his friend followed him out in an attempt to dissuade him from doing something he'd regret in the morning.
you weren't there to greet him.
but he had no problem finding your fluffy cat snoozing on peacefully on your blankets, sprawled out on his side of your bed. calico-colored fur sticking up, her pink bedazzled collar glittering in the moonlight carrying in through the window.
he felt like a fucking moron creeping over to snatch her, shoving her in the cat carrier you still kept in your laundry room, zipping it up as she let out a disgruntled hiss, swatting at him through the bars to protest her cat-napping.
"dude, you've fucking lost it," gojo huffed at him as they made they hurried back out of your apartment, not particularly at being the getaway driver for his crime.
"shut up," he snapped.
but he had.
the fucking second you had decided to take toji's hand instead of his in that bar bathroom, scowling at sukuna as you grumbled to your boyfriend that you should just leave.
how the hell could you do that?
okay, maybe the two of you had both done your fair share of sleeping around and having sex simply to make the other jealous while you were on breaks. but you having a boyfriend?
someone you fucking smiled at when he leaned down and whispered in your ear? who made you giggle and grin when he wrapped a possessive arm around your waist? who didn't even know you?
that asshole would run for the fucking hills if you threw his phone out of a moving car just because you thought a spam text was really some girl he was seeing on the side.
you just needed to remember who you were made for.
and it certainly wasnât fucking toji.
would he kidnap your kitty?
he probably didnât even know how to take proper care of your pussy.
did he bother to make you cum twice on his tongue before he shoved his dick inside you? did he know where all your sensitive spots were? know what your favorite position to be folded and fucked in was?
he told you that you were going to get bored.
all he had to do was wait for it.
and resist the temptation to race upstairs and strangle toji every time he heard your cute little moans through the ceiling, telling himself that you had to be faking it for him. putting on a show where he was the only one in the audience.
your point was proven.
he fucking missed you.
you won.
he'd take out the trash and wash the dishes and fold your fucking laundry and do whatever other menial task you wanted him to without bitching about it.
your cat hissed at him when he set her free, but then she was striding over to his leather couch to scratch the shit out of it, still finding fresh ways to piss him off as he gritted his teeth.
that was what he got, he guessed.
laying on a freezing cold bed and chewing the inside of his cheek until he tasted blood, falling asleep to fantasies about what you'd do if you were beside him.
he woke up to the sound of his front door being taken off the hinges.
it nearly fell when he swung it open before you could finish, beat-up tools in your hands as you nearly growled at him.
"you could have knocked."
"i didn't want to speak to you," you petulantly pouted, dropping the tools with an irritated grimace.
so you were going to take off his door to get your cat and go?
maybe he should've seen it coming.
"does your boyfriend know you're doing this?" sukuna felt like he was going to be fucking sick saying it. he should be your boyfriend right now.
"what does it matter?" you scoffed. you weren't wearing last night's dress. you had changed, so he guessed you must've gone home to change and shower - and realized afterwards that your cat was gone
"so he doesn't know you're here," sukuna leaned against the doorframe, eyes skimming over your pretty face.
he missed being so close to you.
missed that cute little scowl of yours.
"you didn't even say sorry for calling me annoying, and you go and steal my goddamn cat," you hissed, glaring at him like you were going to claw him. "i'm getting her back and going."
sukuna wouldn't mind getting scratched up if it was you dragging your nails down his back.
"i'm sorry," he begrudgingly grunted, tilting his head back to jut his thumb towards where your cat was dozing off and dreaming on his windowsill, basking in the morning sun. "you know i didn't mean it."
"yeah? then why bother flaunting that girl you were going to fuck in front of me at the bar?" you retorted, voice sharp enough to bite as you slid past him to start towards your cat - but he grabbed your arm to twist you around before you could scoop her up and slip back out of his apartment.
"i didn't fuck her," he argued. "i didn't even-"
"oh sure," you sarcastically muttered, rolling your eyes at him as you shook your head.
"my cock can't even get hard if it's not with you," he confessed, all gruff and gravelly as his throat constricted at the idea of you going again.
something inside him warning that if he let you go now, he might not get you back again.
"get on your knees," you dared, that hard look in your eyes like you didn't think he'd actually do it.
but you were the only person he could bend for.
sucking in a sharp breath as he forced himself to listen, begrudgingly getting down on the floor and grabbing your hips on the way there as an excuse to touch you again.
"you're not supposed to be his," he heard himself say, his voice tight and strained.
"you acted like you didn't want me to be yours," you reminded him, but your bottom lip twitched a little.
"i'm an idiot," he muttered. one that was incredibly, painfully, pathetically obsessed with you.
"you're annoying," you accused, but he saw the way your breath got stuck in your throat, how you hadn't pulled away when his fingers dug deeper into your skin.
"i'm yours."
a/n: @yenayaps gave me the idea for his stupid ass stealing the cat lmfao. final chapter where they make up and fuck coming tomorrow <3 then a bonus alternate toji's ending this weekend :3 thank you guys for indulging me in this ily + the div is also by @/tsumiinum
husband!dean with the same high sex drive heâs had since college but having to tone it down because he has kids running around everywhere
DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE
fluff / smutty | not proof read lol | i'm so sorry this short & shit, written this at 3am đ | I NEED THIS WITH HIM, I NEED THIS WITH HIM, I NEED THIS WITH HIM, I NEED THIS WITH HIM | camellinia's pin
i can imagine⊠dean has been even more unbelievable after having kids with a sex drive like his. he does attempt to feel you up at given moment when he can.
majority of nights and days consist of, lazily humping each other in the middle of the night, dean feeling you up from behind when you're cooking in the kitchen, locking the bedroom doors at night to dean frantically dropping off the kids at hannah's and garrett's door with a note because they're free all week to babysit so you guys can...
you do have an inside joke with how much hornier he's been since the kids, you genuinely thought he was ovulating as some point...
but it became hell, whenever it was date night or you simply got ready for the day. slipping on the dress? he's slooooowly slipping it off, eating dinner with him? his mind is in the gutter, walking in front of him? he wants to bend you over so badly.
there's definitely been multiple times where he's told the kids off to not come into the room or leave you guys alone, but you're always swatting him with, "dean, pull yourself together!" while you laughed at him!
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