usgsgsgsgsga i really want subby schlatt! after a streamer get together schlatt is confused on why youâre so distant, as if he wasnât rude as fuck the whole night! he has some drinks in him and wants you baddddd, but youâre not gonna give in, poor guy has to jerk off infront of you and cum for you to lay a finger on him but he canât even cum because itâs not your hands and he hasnât had to use his hand since you guys started dating.. so he struggles bad to even touch himself right and he grows insanely frustrated begging you to just touch him or something! (of course at the end you leave him edged and frustrated and now he has to sleep on the couch so he never treats you like his homegirl in public againâ€ïž)
yall are so brutal i love it. dog house schlatt coming soon
ive been stunted and my match has been met (temporarily.) writing a male figure as a brat with a tamer counterpart has lead me to fist my hair into my hands for like the 4th night in a row. its going on the back burner until I can figure it tf out. sorry lovely requester :b
if you donât have tiktok i will figure this out, but! itâs a clip of ted saying âyou wanna spit on me and kiss me?â and yes baby i do. yes!!! can we do sub teddy?
:333
Iâm a schlatt girl but have developed the biggest ted crush because of u guys itâs not even funny
can we get a size kink with ted?? đđ reader can be like, an indeterminable height, and itâs the âitâs not gonna fitâ âweâll make it fitâ type deal?? maybe some fingers in mouth too but thsts just an idea
Summary: Your old friend Ted asks you to come on a camping trip with his friend, Jay. You agree, but quickly find that you're crushing on Jay. In a turn of events that night, you find yourself in a strangers tent not sure what's about to happen next.
18!!! SMUT!!!
there is some gay shit in here btw
was gonna make this 2 parts but didn't lolz! also had a hard time wrapping it up lol
WC: 7,236
The text came at 2:14 AM, which was Tedâs favorite hour to pretend he still lived in your time zone.
come camping with me and jay this weekend. i miss your face
You stared at the message for a long time, thumb hovering over the keyboard. Ted didnât ask anymore, not really. He told. Heâd gotten good at that somewhere between the third viral video and the podcast that turned him into a household name for twenty-two-year-olds who drank too much cold brew. Youâd watched it happen from the cheap seatsâhis follower count climbing in numbers you couldnât even parse.
Youâd stopped being a witness somewhere around year three. The DMs got shorter. The visits home got rarer. Youâd watch him on your phone in bed, his laugh the same but the room behind him bigger, and youâd feel something complicated that you refused to call loneliness because that would mean admitting the distance was real.
But he still texted at 2:14 AM. He still called on your birthday. He still remembered your motherâs name and the time you broke your arm falling off the roof of the Perkinsâ shed when you were fifteen, and heâd carried you three blocks to the urgent care because neither of you had a car.
So you typed back:Â you donât even know what my face looks like anymore!!
His reply was immediate:Â itâs the same face, idiot
Youâd heard about Jay for years. You had a picture of him in your head alreadyâstocky, maybe, with the kind of unflappable patience that people who work behind computer screens tend to cultivate. Quiet. Competent. The kind of friend who shows up with the right tool at the right time and doesnât need to be thanked. At least, thatâs what you thought.
Jay was tall. That was the first thing. Tall enough that he ducked under the low branch at the trailhead without thinking about it, the way people whoâve spent their whole lives being tall learn to do. He had dark hair that fell into his eyes and he kept pushing it back with the heel of his hand, a gesture that was already, within the first hour of knowing him, making your chest do something embarrassing.
âHey,â he said when Ted introduced you at the parking lot, and his voice was lower than you expected, warm in a way that felt like it was meant just for you even though that was insane, youâd known him for four seconds.
âHey,â you said back, and your voice came out fine, which was a small miracle.
The hike to the campsite was two miles of switchbacks through old-growth pine, and you walked in the middleâTed ahead, Jay behind, which gave you approximately two miles of feeling like someone was watching the back of your neck. You kept your eyes forward. You did not turn around. You were an adult with a graduate degree and a functional understanding of your own emotions, and you were not going to develop a crush on your oldest friendâs oldest friend within the first forty-five minutes of a three-day trip.
By the time you reached the clearing where Ted had reserved the site, you had developed a crush on your oldest friendâs oldest friend.
It wasnât rational. You knew that. Jay had done nothing except exist competentlyâheâd set up his tent in under ten minutes, offered you the better sleeping pad without being asked, produced a lighter from somewhere on his person when the campfire refused to catch. He told a story about a bear encounter in Yosemite that made Ted laugh so hard he sprayed seltzer out of his nose. He asked you questionsâreal ones, not the polite onesâabout what you did and where youâd been.
You caught yourself staring at the line of his jaw during dinner and made yourself look at the fire instead. The fire was safe. The fire didnât have hands that knew exactly how to split firewood.
âEarth to you,â Ted said, waving a marshmallow stick in your direction. âYouâve been zoning out for like ten minutes.â
Jay glanced at you over the rim of his coffee mugâhe drank coffee at night, which was either a red flag or the most charming thing youâd ever witnessed, you hadnât decidedâand something passed across his face that looked almost like recognition. Like he could see exactly what was happening behind your eyes and found it amusing.
âI have to pee,â you laughed, looking at the fire again. The fire, the safe fire, which was currently doing nothing to help you.
The bathroom situation was, in Tedâs generous assessment, ârustic.â There was one facility for the entire loop of campsitesâa cinder-block building with a menâs side and a womenâs side.
You squinted at Ted across the firelight. âWhich way is it?â
âJay can show you,â Ted said, not looking up from the marshmallow he was turning with the focused precision of a jeweler inspecting a stone. The marshmallow was developing a skin of golden-brown that he seemed to find deeply compelling.
Jay raised an eyebrow. âUm. The marshmallows too important?â
âItâs fine. Heâs got big sâmores money now.â Ted waved the stick vaguely in your direction as you spoke.Â
âIt changed him.â Jay laughed out.
You snorted, and Jay stood, brushing pine needles off his knees. âCome on. Itâs not far.â
You didnât think to grab your phone. Neither did he. The trail to the bathroom was dimly marked by reflective strips nailed to trees at waist height, and the woods swallowed the light from the campfire within about thirty feet. You walked behind him, watching the shape of his shoulders move against the dark, and you told yourself this was fine, this was normal, people walked to bathrooms in the dark all the time.
The cinder-block building materialized out of the black like something that had always been there, squat and utilitarian. Jay pointed. âWomenâs sideâs on the left. Iâll wait.â
You pushed through the door into absolute darkness. The restroom had no lightingâno overhead bulb, no window, nothing. You did what you needed to do by feel and by God, and when you pushed the door open to leave, you forgot about the single concrete step that dropped from the threshold to the ground.
Your foot found nothing. You pitched forward with a small, involuntary soundânot quite a scream, more of a whoaâand then hands were on your waist, steadying you, pulling you back from the edge and falling into the dirt.
Jay caught you. Of course he caught you. He was tall and his arms were long and heâd been standing exactly where a person would stand if they were waiting for someone to stumble.
You didnât fall. You ended up pressed against his chest instead, his hands still on your waist, your face tipped up toward his because of the angle of the catch. In the dark you could barely make out the outline of himâthe shape of his jaw, the white gleam of one eye catching what little starlight made it through the canopy. Your faces were inches apart. Maybe less. You could feel his breath on your mouth.
âOh shit,â you breathed.
His mouth found yours and yours found his and the kiss was immediate and electric and stupidly, embarrassingly goodâthe kind of good that makes your knees do something structurally unsound. His hands tightened on your waist. You grabbed the front of his jacket. The woods were very quiet and very dark and there was nothing in the world except the heat of him and the rough sound he made against your lips.
He pulled away first. Not farâjust enough that his forehead pressed against yours, both of you breathing hard.
âWe canât,â he said. His voice was wrecked. You could feel his pulse through the hand that had migrated to your jaw, thumb tracing the line of your cheekbone.
âJayââ
âHeâs gonna find out.â His thumb stopped moving. âWeâll be gone too long.â
âI really donât care.â You meant it. You meant it with every molecule of your body, which was currently operating on a frequency that had nothing to do with reason and everything to do with the way his thumb had started moving again, slow and deliberate, like he was memorizing you by touch. âTedâs my friend. Heâs your friend. HeâllâI donât know. Heâll get over it.â
Jay pulled back further. You could feel the distance between you nowâcool air rushing into the space where his body had beenâand something in his posture changed. He was still holding you, but the grip had shifted from wanting to something that felt almost like bracing.
âIâm such a bad friend,â he said, and the words came out rough, like theyâd been sitting in his throat for a while. âFuck.â
âJay-â
âTed has feelings for you.â He said it fast, like ripping off a bandage. âHe always has. SinceâI donât know, since forever. Thatâs why he wanted you here. Thatâs why he texts you at two in the morning. Thatâs the whole thing.â
You couldnât see his face. The dark was absolute. But you could feel something shift in the air between youâa recalibration, a new shape forming from the wreckage of the old one. Your heart was doing something complicated that you didnât have the bandwidth to interpret.
âI have an idea,â Jay said. His voice had gone quiet in a way that wasnât shy. It was deliberate. Calculated. âYou have to trust it, though. And you have to let me handle it. I need you to just let it transpire.â
âTranspire,â you repeated, because your brain was still stuck on Ted has feelings for you and always has and the particular way Jayâs mouth had felt against yours.
âTrust me.â
You walked back to camp in silence, side by side, the trail markers catching what little light they could. Your hand brushed his once and neither of you pulled away. When the firelight came back into viewâTed still hunched over his marshmallow like it contained the secrets of the universeâJayâs posture changed. You could feel it more than see it: his shoulders squared, his chin lifted, something almost smug settling into the set of his mouth.
You had no idea what the plan was. You sat back down on your log and accepted the sâmore Ted handed youâthe marshmallow perfectly golden, because of course it wasâand you ate it and you tasted nothing because your brain was a pinball machine and every thought was hitting every bumper at once.
Jay sat across from you. He picked up his coffee mug, took a long sip, and over the rim his eyes met yours. There was something in themâsomething patient and hungry and quietly, dangerously pleasedâthat made your stomach drop in a way that had nothing to do with fear.
He held your gaze for one beat. Two. Then he turned to Ted.
âHey,â Jay said, casual as anything, like he was commenting on the weather. âYou remember that conversation we had in Big Sur? About the thing?â
Ted looked up from his marshmallow. His expression went through something complicatedâsurprise, recognition, something that might have been hope before he schooled it back into neutrality. âYeah,â he said carefully. âI remember.â
âMaybe we should talk about it again.â Jayâs voice was light. Conversational. He took another sip of coffee. âAll three of us. At some point this weekend.â
Tedâs gaze flicked to you, then back to Jay. Something passed between themâa whole conversation compressed into the space of a breathâand then Tedâs mouth did something that wasnât quite a smile but wasnât not one, either.
âMaybe,â Ted said.
You sat there with marshmallow on your fingers and your pulse in your throat and the distinct sensation that youâd stumbled into a room where the walls had been rearranged without your knowledge. The fire popped. A log shifted. Ted went back to his marshmallow with the kind of focused nonchalance that meant he was thinking about itâwhatever itwasâwith every cell in his body.
Jay stretched his legs out and crossed them at the ankle, the picture of ease. He caught your eye again, just for a second, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Not a smile. A promise. Or a warning. You couldnât tell the difference anymore and you werenât sure you wanted to.
The conversation lulled after that. Not awkwardlyâor maybe it was awkward and you were just too far inside your own head to tell the difference. Ted asked about your job. You answered. Jay made a comment about the fire needing another log. Ted added one. You watched the sparks climb and disperse and tried to find something normal to say and came up empty.
Ted yawned first, stretching his arms above his head until something in his back cracked audibly. âIâm calling it,â he said. âThe sâmores have spoken.â
âBed,â Jay agreed, and he was already gathering his mug, his motions easy and unhurried in a way that made you think heâd been waiting for the opening.
You helped douse the fireâpouring water from the collapsible jug in careful circles while Ted stirred the embers with a stickâand then the three of you moved to your separate tents with the kind of exaggerated casualness that people use when theyâre trying very hard not to look like theyâre thinking about anything at all.
âNight,â Ted said, and there was something soft in it, something almost careful, before he ducked into his tent and the zipper sang its long metallic note.
âSleep well,â Jay said to you, and his hand brushed your elbowâbrief, deliberate, goneâbefore he disappeared into his own shelter.
You crawled into your tent and zipped it shut and lay on your back on the sleeping pad Jay had given you, staring at the nylon ceiling, which was doing absolutely nothing to distract you from the fact that your body was still cataloguing the exact pressure of his hands on your waist. You slept. You think. It was the kind of sleep that happens in incrementsâtwenty minutes here, forty there, interrupted by the sound of your own heartbeat and the particular, insistent question of what the actual fuck is going on.
You woke to darkness and silence and the slow, creeping realization that you were not going back to sleep. You checked your phone. 3:47 AM. The woods were doing that thing woods do at four in the morning, which is nothing. Absolutely nothing. As if the whole world had agreed to hold its breath.
You rolled onto your side and thatâs when you saw itâthe pale blue rectangle of light bleeding through the fabric of Jayâs tent, maybe fifteen feet from yours. His silhouette was visible in the negative: the curve of his shoulder, the angle of his elbow, the phone held at a distance that suggested he was reading, not scrolling. The light shifted as he movedâa thumb swipe, maybe, or a turn of the wrist. He was awake. He was awake and he was right there.
You were out of your sleeping bag before the thought fully formed. You unzipped your tent with the exaggerated care of someone defusing a bombâone tooth at a time, holding the fabric taut so the zipper wouldnât snag and announce your intentions to every living thing within a quarter mile. The cold hit you immediately, sharp and pine-scented, and you were wearing nothing but a t-shirt. It didnât matter. Nothing mattered except the shape of him through the nylon and the questions stacked up in your chest like planes on a runway.
You crawled. You actually crawled, on your hands and knees across the dirt and pine needles, because standing up felt like too much commitment, too much visibility. The ground was cold and uneven and a small, reasonable part of your brain was saying this is insane, you are a grown woman, you pay rent, and the rest of your brain was saying move faster.
You found the zipper pull in the dark. You pulled it.
The sound was quieter than yours had beenâJayâs tent was better quality, of course it wasâbut the movement of the door flap was enough. He startled violently, his phone flying sideways into the corner of the tent, and you caught the brief flash of wide eyes and a hand pressed to his chest before the blue glow went dark against the sleeping bag.
âJesus Christ-â
âShh, shh, shh,â you hissed, already crawling inside, already pulling the zipper shut behind you with the urgency of someone sealing a submarine. The tent was smallâsmaller than yours, because of course Jay had given you the better oneâand you ended up half on top of his legs, one knee planted in the space between his shins, your face maybe eight inches from his.
âAre you crazy?â His voice was a strangled whisper. âYou canât justâpeople donât just crawl into other peopleâs tentsââ
âPeople do when those people have been cryptic all night and made out with them behind a bathroom and then dropped a bomb about their mutual friendâs lifelong crush and then said trust me and then maybe we should talk about it and then went to bed.â You got it all out in one breath. You were proud of that. Your graduate degree was in literature, not rhetoric, but youâd managed a pretty decent run-on sentence under pressure. âSo. What the hell is going on, Jay?â
He blinked at you. In the faint residual light from his phone, which was now glowing uselessly from the corner of the tent, you could see his expression cycling through several states of alarm before landing on something that looked, irritatingly, like amusement.
âYou came into my tent to interrogate me?â he said.
âI came into your tent because youâre awake and Iâm awake and I have questions that are not going to wait until breakfast.â
âTed is literally twenty feet away.â
âTed is asleep. Ted sleeps like the dead. Ted slept through a car alarm at a house party in 2014 and when we told him about it the next morning he thought we were making it up.â You shifted your weight, which brought your knee closer to his thigh, and you watched his throat move when he swallowed.
You were whispering, but the words had teeth. âWhat was that back there? The thing in Big Sur? The way you two looked at each otherâthat was a whole conversation. A whole lifetime of a conversation.â
He was quiet for a moment. The phoneâs screen dimmed further, then went dark, and you were left in near-total blackness, just the shape of him and the sound of his breathing.
âYouâre interrogating me in my own tent,â he said.
âIâm interrogating you in your own tent.â
Another beat of silence. Then, very quietly: âYouâre going to make me say it.â
âIâm going to make you say it.â
He exhaled. It was long and measured and carried the weight of something heâd been carrying for what felt like a long time. When he spoke, his voice was low and even and completely without pretense.
âA threesome.â
The word landed in the dark between you like a stone dropped into still water. You could feel the ripples of it expanding outward, touching every corner of the small space, rearranging everything they touched.
âYouââ You stopped. Started again. âYou want to have a threesome with me and Ted?â
âWeâve talked about it.â He said it the way someone might say weâve discussed the weatherâcalmly, factually, like it wasnât the most destabilizing sentence youâd ever heard spoken aloud in a tent.
You didnât move. You couldnât. Your knee was still planted between his shins and your hands were braced on his sleeping bag and the air in the tent was thick enough to cut.
âTed has feelings for you,â Jay said again, and this time the words landed differently, softer, because he was looking at you in the dark and you could feel the shape of his gaze even though you couldnât see it. âReal ones. The kind that donât go away. And tonight, when you kissed me backââ He stopped. His hand found yours on the sleeping bag, covered it. His palm was warm. âTonight, when you kissed me back, I thought maybe we could stop pretending that any of this is going to resolve itself neatly.â
You sat back on your heels. The sleeping bag rustled beneath you. Somewhere outside, an owl calledâone long, low note that hung in the air and then dissolved.
âYou kissed me,â you said. âBehind the bathroom. You kissed me knowingââ
âI kissed you-â His voice was very quiet now, stripped of everything except the raw honesty of it. âI kissed you because I wanted to. Because Iâve wanted to since Ted showed me your Instagram six months ago and I thought, oh, thatâs going to be a problem.â
âSix months ago.â
âI have a type.â A thread of humor, thin but real, wound through the words. âApparently my type is people my best friend is in love with.â
You were quiet for a long time. The cold was becoming impossible to ignore, your arms prickling with goosebumps, and you could feel Jayâs warmth radiating from the sleeping bag beneath youâclose enough to reach, close enough to touch. You didnât touch.
âSo the plan,â you said slowly, âis that you tell Ted that you kissed me behind the bathroom, and then the three of us sit down and have a conversation about whether we all want toââ
âSleep together.â He said it plainly. No euphemism, no coyness. âYes.â
âAnd if Ted says no?â
âThen it doesnât happen.â The answer came immediately. âEnd of story. We go back to being three friends who went camping, and I apologize for overstepping, and we all move on.â
âAnd if he says yes?â
Jay didnât get to answer.
The rustling came from outsideâthe unmistakable sound of nylon against nylon, a zipper pull being worked with the clumsy urgency of someone whoâd been asleep thirty seconds ago. You froze. Jay froze. The tent was too small for either of you to move without the other knowing, and the zipper was already singing its metallic songâtoo fast, too loud, the sound of a door being opened without permission.
Light flooded in. Not muchâjust the dull gray of pre-dawn filtering through the treesâbut enough.
Tedâs face appeared in the opening. Sleep-rumpled, hair flattened on one side, eyes puffy and unfocused in the way of someone whoâd been dragged from REM sleep by something they couldnât name. He blinked once. Twice. His gaze traveled from Jayâpropped on his elbows in the sleeping bagâto youâkneeling on the sleeping bag in nothing but your t-shirt, your hair wild, your face inches from Jayâsâand something in his expression began to change. The fog of sleep lifting, clarity arriving like a blade, the slow, dawning horror of comprehension.
You didnât think. You moved.
You surged forward on your knees, grabbed Ted by the shouldersâhis bare shoulders, because he was wearing even less than you, just boxers and the kind of confusion that could curdle into something irreversibleâand you pulled him into the tent. The physics of it were terrible. He was heavier than you and off-balance and the tent was catastrophically small, but you got him inside, got your hands on either side of his jaw, and you kissed him.
You kissed him like his life depended on it. Like Jayâs life depended on it. Like whatever fragile, impossible thing the three of you had been orbiting all night was a bubble and this was the only way to keep it from popping. His lips were chapped and warm and he tasted like sleep and the faintest trace of marshmallow, and for one terrible second he was rigid against youâstunned, unresponsive, his hands hovering at your sides without landingâand you thought youâd made the worst mistake of your life.
Then he kissed you back.
It was sudden and graceless and perfectâhis mouth opening against yours, his hands finding your waist, pulling you into him with the kind of desperate certainty that told you heâd been imagining this exact moment for longer than either of you would ever admit. His fingers pressed into the small of your back and you made a sound into his mouth that you would spend the rest of your life pretending you hadnât.
Behind you, Jay exhaled. It was a sound you felt more than heardâa long, shuddering release of breath that carried the weight of every held moment from the bathroom to the fire to the dark of his tent.
You pulled back from Ted just far enough to look at him. His eyes were open, wide, the sleep completely gone now, replaced by something bright and searching and almost frightened. He was looking at you like you were a dream he was afraid of waking from.
âJay,â Ted said. Not a question. A confirmation.
âYeah,â Jay said. His voice was rough. He was sitting up now, close enough that you could feel the heat of him against your back. âYeah, Ted.â
Tedâs hand was still on your waist. Jayâs chest was still warm against your back. The three of you breathed together in the small gray space, and then Jay movedâslowly, deliberatelyâhis hand coming up to rest on the back of Tedâs neck, fingers threading into the short hair at his nape. Tedâs eyes shifted from yours to Jayâs, and something passed between them that was older than you, older than this tent, older than the confession behind the bathroom. Something that had been building in the dark spaces of their friendship for years.
Jay pulled Ted forward and Ted went, and then they were kissingâright in front of you, right over your shoulder, Jayâs mouth finding Tedâs with the kind of practiced ease that told you this wasnât the first time, that the thing in Big Sur had been more than a conversation. Ted made a soundâlow, surprised, almost woundedâand his hand tightened on your waist as Jayâs other hand came up to cradle Tedâs jaw, thumb stroking along the hinge of it.
You watched. You couldnât not watch. The tent was too small for spectatorship to be anything but participatory. Their mouths were open and sloppy, the angle awkward because Ted was half-kneeling and Jay was sitting up and the sleeping bag was bunching between them, and you could hear the wet, obscene sound of it filling the space where words should have been.Â
âJesus,â you breathed, and it came out wrecked.
Tedâs hand found your hip, fingers digging in, and he pulled you sidewaysârotating you, rearranging the three of you in the catastrophic geometry of the small tent. You ended up on your back, the sleeping bag bunched beneath you, and Ted was above you, his weight on one elbow, his mouth finding yours again while Jay pressed up behind you, the back of your head in his lap.
âTake your shirt off,â Ted said against your mouth. It wasnât a request.
You pulled the t-shirt over your head in one motion, and the cold hit your bare skin and was immediately replaced by heatâTedâs mouth on your collarbone, his hand sliding up your ribs. The sleeping bag was rough against your back. The tent smelled like pine and sweat and the particular, intoxicating musk of three bodies occupying a space built for one.
Jayâs phone was still glowing in the corner. He reached for it, the movement shifting all three of youâand turned it face-up, the blue-white light flooding the tent with something almost clinical, sharp-edged and merciless. You could see everything: the flush on Tedâs neck, the way Jayâs hair fell across his forehead, the absolute wreckage of your own expression reflected in the dark of Tedâs eyes.
Ted kissed down your stomachâopen-mouthed, unhurried, his tongue tracing the dip of your navelâand his hand hooked into the waistband of your underwear. You lifted your hips. He pulled them off in one motion, and the cold air hit you everywhere and then Tedâs mouth was between your thighs and you made a sound that was definitely too loud for a campsite at four in the morning, and you did not care.
âChrist,â Jay breathed from behind, hands dragging over your breasts, eyes dark, blown wide, fixed on the place where Tedâs mouth met you. He stroked your hair and gathered it to the side, leaning down to plant kisses on your neck. âTed, look at her.â
Ted hummed against youâthe vibration traveling through your entire bodyâand his tongue did something deliberate and obscene and you arched off the sleeping bag with a gasp that Ted swallowed with his mouth.
Ted pulled back just enough to look, his gaze traveling down your body with an openness that made your face burn. His hands followed his eyesâpalms sliding over your ribs, thumbs tracing the curve of your waist, one hand settling on your hip while the other came up to cup your breast. He was staring at your nipple like heâd never seen one before, like it was a marvel of engineering, and then he leaned in and took it into his mouth and your back arched, pushing your head further into Jayâs lap.
âFuck,â you gasped.
âPull her up,â Jay said to Ted, and Ted slid his hands under your ass and lifted, and you were suddenly propped against Jayâs chest, your back to his front, his arm across your stomach holding you in place. The angle was obscene. Your legs were spread over Tedâs shoulders and Jayâs erection was pressed against the small of your back and Tedâs face was right there, inches from where you were aching, and the phone light was casting everything in sharp, merciless detail.
Behind you, Jayâs hand slid down your stomachâslow, deliberate, giving you time to feel every inch of itâand then lower, his fingers tracing the inside of your thigh. You were wet, embarrassingly wet, and when his fingers found you and slid through the slickness you heard him exhale against the back of your neck.
âJesus, sheâsââ He didnât finish. His fingers circled your clit once, twice, and then he was pressing insideâtwo fingers, deep and steadyâand your hips bucked and Tedâs mouth stayed leaving marks on your inner thighs, his tongue finding a rhythm that matched Jayâs fingers, and the coordination of itâthe way they moved together without speaking, like theyâd choreographed this in some conversation you werenât privy toâmade your head spin.
âYou twoââ you panted. âHave youâplanned thisââ
âNo,â Jay said, and his voice was strained, his fingers curling inside you in a way that made your vision white out at the edges. âJustâtalking. A lot of talking.â
âGod,â Ted said against you, and his breath was hot and wet and you felt the word more than heard it. âJay, you shouldâI canâtââ
âSwitch,â Jay said. It wasnât a question.
They rearranged you with the clumsy urgency of people who had waited too long. You ended up on your hands and knees, the sleeping bag bunched beneath you, and Jay was behind youâyou felt him, the heat of him, the press of his hand between your shoulder blades, gentle and firm at the same timeâand Ted was in front of you, his back against the tent wall.
âOpen,â Ted said to you, and his voice was ruined, completely destroyed, and his hand was on the back of your neck, guiding your mouth down to him. âPlease, I needââ
You took him into your mouth and he made a sound. Cracked open, dark, raw, unguarded, the sound of someone who had been holding something back for years and could not hold it for one more second. His hand tightened in your hair. Behind you, Jay was pressing inâslow, so slow, filling you inch by inch while you were full of Tedâand the sensation of being between them, filled at both ends, was so overwhelming that your vision went white at the edges.
âJesus Christ,â Jay breathed from behind you, and his hands found your hips, his thumbs pressing into the dimples of your lower back. âJesus Christ, fuckââ
Tedâs hips moved. Small, involuntary thrusts that pushed him deeper into your mouth, and you relaxed your jaw and took it, took him, your hands braced on his thighs. Jay began to move behind youâlong, rolling strokes that drove you forward into Ted, and Tedâs hand tightened in your hair and his other hand found your face, his thumb tracing your cheekbone, pushing against the place where your mouth stretched around him.
âLook at me,â Ted said, and his voice was a wreck. âLook at me, pleaseââ
You looked up. His jaw was clenched. The phone light caught the bead of sweat that tracked down his temple and disappeared into his hair, and you made a sound around himânot a word, nothing coherent, just needâand he moaned, a single broken sound that Jay echoed from behind you with a groan that vibrated through your spine.
Jayâs pace increased. His hands tightened on your hips, pulling you back onto him with each thrust, and the sound of itâskin against skin, the wet obscenity of your mouth on Ted, the ragged symphony of three people breathing in a space too small to contain themâfilled the tent until there was nothing else in the world.
âI canâtââ Tedâs voice was breaking apart. âIâm gonnaââ
âDo it,â Jay said from behind you, and his voice was commanding in a way that made something in your chest crack open. âRight in her mouth. She wants it. I can feel itâshe wants it so badââ
Ted came with a sound like something tearingâyour name, maybe, or Jayâs, or bothâand you swallowed, your throat working, your eyes on his the entire time, and the sight of his faceâwrecked, ecstatic, undoneâwas the hottest thing you had ever seen. His hand went slack in your hair. His head tipped back against the tent wall. His chest heaved.
Jay pulled out of you and you made a sound of protest that was immediately swallowed when Ted pulled you up to your kneesâyour mouth still wet, your body still tremblingâand kissed you, deep and filthy, his tongue pushing into your mouth like he was chasing the taste of himself. Behind you, Jayâs hand found the back of your neck, his thumb pressing into the tendon, and you felt him shiftârepositionâand then he was pushing back into you from behind, one hand on your hip.
âKeep kissing him,â Jay said against your ear, and his voice was rough, commanding, the kind of voice that didnât invite negotiation. âDonât stop.â
You kissed Ted. You kissed Ted like the world was ending, which it was, in a wayâthe old world, the one where you were just friends who texted at 2:14 AM and pretended that was enough. Ted kissed you back with the desperate gratitude of someone whoâd been starving, his hands on your face, his thumbs tracing the line of your jaw, and when Jay thrust into you from behind you broke the kiss just long enough to gasp.
âOh fuckââ
âFeel that?â Ted said, and his voice was right against your ear, low and rough and wrecked. âFeel how deep he can get you like this?â
Tedâs mouth found your jaw, your neck, the sensitive spot just below your ear, and his hand slid down between your bodiesâdown your stomach, past your navelâand his fingers found your clit with the kind of unerring accuracy that suggested heâd been thinking about this exact location for years. He circled you once, twice, and then pressed, firm and deliberate, and the sound that left your mouth wasnât a word at all.
âJayâJay, heâsââ You couldnât finish. Jay was hitting something inside you with every stroke, deep and relentless, and Tedâs fingers were working you in tight, practiced circles, and the two sensations were converging like weather systems, building toward something catastrophic.
âYou gonna come on my cock?â Jayâs voice was wrecked, ragged, his forehead pressed between your shoulder blades. âTell me. Tell me what you need.â
âI needâfuck, I needââ You couldnât form a sentence. Tedâs mouth was on your collarbone and his fingers were on your clit and Jay was inside you, stretching you, filling you, and the pressure was building in your belly like a wave cresting.Â
âOh godââ your forehead dropping to Tedâs hair. âOh god, Ted, right there, donât stopââ
Ted pressed harder. His hand found a rhythm that matched Jayâs thrustsâforward, circle, press, releaseâand you shattered. The orgasm tore through you from the inside out, your whole body going rigid, your mouth falling open against Tedâs shoulder, a sound coming out of you that was so raw it didnât belong to youâit belonged to the woods, to the dark, to the space between stars. You clenched around Jay and felt him groan, felt his hips stutter, felt the way he held himself back through sheer force of will.
âFuckâfuck, youâre so tightââ Jayâs voice cracked.
You were still shaking when he pulled out. The loss of him made you whimperâa small, involuntary sound that Ted swallowed with his mouth. Your body was liquid, boneless, every nerve ending firing in the aftermath of something that had rearranged you at a cellular level.
âEasy,â Jay said, and his hands were on your shoulders, guiding you onto your back. âEasy, Iâve got you.â Ted was already movingâpositioning himself between your thighs, his eyes dark and focused and hungry in a way that made your stomach flip even though youâd just come hard enough to see colors.
âYou good?â Ted asked, and his voice was soft, careful, his hand on your knee gentle in a way that was almost worse than rough.
âMore than good,â you managed. âTed, pleaseââ
He pushed into you and the sound you both made was obsceneâwet, heavy, the sound of something fitting together that had been built to fit. Tedâs weight settled over you and he started moving, slow at first, his forehead pressed to yours, and you could feel every inch of him, could feel the way his breath hitched on every thrust.
Jay moved beside you. You felt him before you saw himâthe shift of weight on the sleeping bag, the warmth of his body against your arm. His hand found your jaw, fingers curling under your chin, and he tilted your face toward him.
âOpen,â he said, and it was the same word Ted had used but differentâdeeper, rougher, carrying the weight of everything that had happened in the last hour. You opened your mouth and he pressed inâthe head of his cock against your lower lip, then past it, filling your mouth with the taste of salt and skin and something that was just him and you. You moaned around him and the vibration made his hand tighten on your jaw.
âGod, your mouthââ Jayâs voice was barely recognizable. âFuck, Ted, sheâsââ
Ted was moving above you, his pace increasing, his breathing going ragged. His hand found your breast, thumb brushing your nipple, and you arched into it, which pushed you further onto Jay, and Jay groanedâa low, guttural sound that you felt in your teeth.
âYou feel so good,â Ted panted above you. âYou feelâfuck, you feel likeââ
âTell her,â Jay said, and his hand was still on your jaw, his thumb tracing your lower lip where it stretched around him. âTell her how long youâve wanted this.â
âYears,â Ted said, and the word broke in half. âYears, Iâve wantedâIâve thought about this every singleââ
Jayâs hips moved. A shallow thrust that pushed him deeper into your mouth, and you relaxed your throat and took it, your hands finding his thighs, fingers digging into the muscle. You could feel him getting closerâthe tension in his body, the way his breathing changed, the barely controlled jerk of his hips.
âIâm gonnaââ Jayâs voice cracked. âIâm gonna comeâfuck, swallow it, swallow all of itââ
He came in your mouthâhot, pulsing, the taste of him flooding your tongueâand you swallowed. His face did something extraordinary in the phone lightâjaw clenched, eyes squeezed shut, every muscle in his neck standing out in sharp reliefâand he made a sound that was almost a sob, his hand trembling against your jaw.
âInside,â Ted managed, the word barely a word at all. âIâm gonnaâinsideââ
âYeah?â you breathed, and your voice was wrecked, your mouth still wet with Jay, and Ted drove into you one final time and came with a groan that seemed to come from somewhere beneath his ribcage. You felt him pulse inside you, felt the heat of it, felt his whole body shudder and then go slack.
For a long moment, none of you moved. Ted was still inside you, his weight heavy and warm. The three of you breathed together in the ruined silence of the tent, and then Ted pulled out with a wince that made you both laughâa shaky, incredulous sound that broke the tension like a glass hitting a floor.
You collapsed sidewaysâthere was no other word for itâyour body simply giving up the pretense of structure, and you ended up half on Jayâs chest, half on the sleeping bag, your face pressed into the damp hollow of his throat. His arm came around you automatically, heavy and warm, and his chest was still heaving beneath your cheek.
Ted crawled up beside you, fitting himself against your back like a puzzle piece you didnât know you were missing. His arm draped over your waist, and the three of you lay there in a heapâlimbs tangled, breathing synced.
âOkay,â Ted said into the silence, his voice muffled against your shoulder blade. âSo. That happened.â
You snorted. The sound was wet and undignified and it came from somewhere so deep in your chest that it startled all three of you. Jayâs arm tightened around you.
âEloquent,â Jay said. âVery podcast-host of you.â
Ted laughedâa real laugh, the kind you hadnât heard from him in years, unguarded and slightly unhingedâand the vibration of it traveled through your body where you were pressed between them.
Tedâs fingers were tracing idle patterns on your hip, his chin hooked over your shoulder. âJust to be clear. That wasââ
âA threesome,â Jay supplied helpfully, âIn a tent. At a state park. At approximately four-thirty in the morning.â
You sighed, the kind that originally formed as a smile,
Summary: J spoils you with an allowance and you spoil him right back.
18+!!! SMUT!!!
TW: dumbification/degradation.
boob job! anon request!!!<333 potentially a pt 2??? if u guys want
WC: 5,076
The pink bag in your hand was already heavy, and you hadnât even made it to the good stuff yet.
Jâs text had come through that morning like a gift wrapped in a notificationâa screenshot of his banking app with a number that made your eyebrows climb. Shopping allowance, the message read underneath, followed by a single winking emoji. Go get yourself something nice. My treat.
Something nice had quickly become something naughty the moment youâd walked past the Victoriaâs Secret display in the mall, the mannequins wrapped in lace and silk. Youâd told yourself you were just browsing. That the black lace set in your hand was purely academic. That the red push-up bra and matching thong were research materials.
But here you are, standing in the dressing room with the door locked behind you, your phone already raised at a flattering angle, and the first text already sent.
Youâd gone with the lace first. Black panties, cut high on the thighs, bra with a plunging neckline that made your collarbones look like they belonged to someone else entirely. Youâd snapped the photo quicklyâchin tilted down, eyes up through your lashes, one hand resting on your hip in a way that was practiced but never felt like it. You sent it before you could talk yourself out of it.
Three dots appeared almost instantly.
J: keep going
You changed into the red set nextâthe bra that made your chest look like a magazine cover and the thong that was more suggestion than fabric. You turned, caught your reflection over your shoulder, and took another. Sent it.
J: holy fuck
J: youâre killing me
J: how many did you get
You bit your lip and typed back:Â just getting started. thereâs a blue one. a black one with the garters. something thatâs barely a scrap of fabric theyâre calling âbottoms.â your money is in good hands. literally.
The three dots danced. Stopped. Danced again.
J: alright
J: go crazy. get whatever you want. the whole store if you want it
J: BUT
J: stop sending me pictures
You blinked at the screen. Frowned.
why??? you typed.
J: because if you keep sending those Iâm going to leave right now and meet you in that dressing room and security is going to have to escort us both out
J: and I want the full show
J: I want to watch you walk out of the bedroom in every single thing you bought. one by one. take your time. make me wait
J: thatâs what Iâm paying for. the fashion show
You bit your lip. Hard. There wasnât much to protestânot when heâd said it like that, not when the promise of his eyes on you later was already doing something dangerous to the pit of your stomach.
noted, you typed back. no more pics. but you asked for this. donât blame me when youâre ruined.
J:Â Iâm already ruined. thatâs the point
You set the phone down on the little bench in the dressing room and went through the rest of the pile. The blue set came nextâa pale, barely-there blue that looked like it had been painted onto the mannequinâand then the black one with the garters, the little clips cool against your fingertips as you worked them up your thighs. The scrap of fabric theyâd called bottoms was exactly thatâa scrap, a whisper of satin that covered nothing and suggested everything. You tried it on and stared at yourself in the mirror and understood, with perfect clarity, why the price tag had been what it was.
You changed back into your jeans and t-shirt and gathered everything up. The pile in your arms was heavy nowâthree bras, four panties, the garter set, the scrap, a robe youâd grabbed on impulse because it matched the black lace. You pushed the dressing room door open and made your way to the register.
The girl behind the counter had the practiced smile of someone whoâd rung up a lot of lingerie in her day. She ran the scanner over each piece with a steady hand, and the total climbed on the little screen in front of youâ$40, $80, $140, $220. You watched the numbers climb and didnât flinch. Not your money. Not today.
The final number blinked. $347.16.
You handed over Jâs cardâhis actual card, the one heâd slid across the kitchen table that morning with a kiss pressed to your templeâand watched the cashier run it. Approved. Of course it was. You signed the little screen with a smile you couldnât help, tucked the receipt into the bag, and walked out into the mall with the pink bag swinging from your wrist like a trophy.
The drive home was quick. Fifteen minutes, give or take, and you let yourself picture itâwalking out of the bedroom one piece at a time, the way heâd asked. The look on his face when the garters came out. The way his jaw would tighten when youâd turn around in the scrap of satin.
You let yourself into the apartment with your key, already calling his name. âJ? Iâm home. You are not going to believe what Iââ
Silence.
An errand. He must have run out for something.
You stood in the entryway with your Victoriaâs Secret bags dangling from your fingers and the silence pressing in around you, and the disappointment was sharp and immediateâa cold splash after the warm anticipation of the drive. Youâd been so ready. Youâd been counting on it.
But then the idea cameâslow at first, then all at once, like a match catching.
You smiled to yourself.
You carried the bags upstairs, peeled off the dayâs clothesâthe jeans, the plain cotton bra, the underwear youâd put on this morning without a single thoughtâand stood in front of the full-length mirror in nothing but the afternoon light filtering through the blinds. You opened the first bag. The tissue paper crackled like a promise.
You picked the red set. The one that had earned the holy fuck. You pulled it on carefullyâthe bra first, adjusting the straps, watching your reflection transform. Then the thong, hooking your thumbs under the lace and drawing it up your thighs. You turned. Looked over your shoulder. The mirror gave you back exactly what you wantedâsharp angles, soft curves, the red lace doing the work it was designed to do. You looked like a secret. You looked like the beginning of something.
You opened the second bag and pulled out the robe. Black, satin, the one youâd grabbed on impulse because it matched. You slipped it on and let it hang open, not bothering with the tie. The robe whispered against your thighs as you walked to the top of the stairs and looked down at the living roomâthe couch, the coffee table, the armchair he always sank into with a groan at the end of the day.
The living room.
Not the bedroom. Not behind a closed door. Not walking out one piece at a time the way heâd asked. You could do better than that.
You padded down the stairs barefoot, the satin trailing behind you like a shadow, and settled onto the couch. You arranged yourself the way youâd seen it in your headâone leg crossed over the other, the robe falling open just so, the red lace catching the light from the window. You set your phone on the armrest. You waited.
The clock on the wall ticked. Five minutes. Ten. Fifteen. You adjusted the robe. You uncrossed your legs and recrossed them the other way. You pulled the tie of the robe between your fingers and let it slip, then pulled it tight again, then let it slip again.
Twenty minutes. Twenty-two.
The sound of his key in the lock was soft, almost tentative, and you sat up straighter without meaning to. You heard the door push open, the soft click of the deadbolt, the creak of the hinges. You heard him step inside, heard the rustle of a plastic bag being set down on the entryway table, the jingle of keys.
âIâm home,â he called out, his voice echoing off the empty walls of the foyer.
You didnât answer. You let the silence do the work.
His footsteps moved through the kitchen, then paused. You could picture him standing there, noticing the absence of your usual greeting, the missing sound of you puttering around. The fridge door opened and closed. A cabinet. Then nothing.
The footsteps started again, moving toward the living room. Slow now, uncertain.
You kept your eyes on the doorway, your body perfectly still, the satin robe draped just so across your thighs. The red lace peeked from beneath the black fabric like a secret being kept.
When he appeared in the doorway, grocery bag still in hand, you watched his face cycle through recognitionâconfusion, then surprise, then something hotter, darker, that made his hand tighten around the bagâs handle until the plastic crinkled.
âJesus,â he whispered.
âHi,â you said, and your voice came out lower than youâd intended, sexier.
He set the bag down on the floor without looking at it. His eyes never left youâtracing the line of your throat, the curve of your shoulder, the way the robe fell open at your chest. His gaze lingered on the red lace visible beneath.
âYou werenât supposed to start without me,â he said, but there was no real complaint in it.
âYou were taking too long,â you pouted, pushing yourself off the couch in one fluid motion. The satin whispered against your skin as you crossed the distance between you, closing the gap before he could take another step. Your arms wound around his neck, fingers threading into the hair at his nape, and you felt him exhaleâa shaky, deliberate breathâas his hands found your hips, palms pressing flat against the bare skin just above the lace.
He pulled you in, and the kiss was deep from the first touchâhis mouth warm and insistent against yours, one hand sliding up your spine beneath the robe, fingers spreading wide against your bare back. You kissed him back with everything the dressing room had built up in you, the anticipation of the drive, the twenty-two minutes on the couchâall of it pouring into the press of your lips and the way your body curved into his.
When he broke away, his mouth moved to your neck, lips brushing just below your ear. âWhatâs the damage?â he whispered, and the words sent a shiver through you that had nothing to do with the cost.
You pulled back just enough to look at him, your arms still draped loosely around his neck. âHow about I bring the receipt out with the next outfit?â You winked, slow and deliberate, and watched his eyes darken.
Your arms slipped from his shoulders as you stepped back, and he sank into the couch behind him, his eyes tracking you the entire way to the stairs.Â
The blue one. The barely-there, painted-on blue that had looked like it was melting on the mannequin. You slipped the robe off and let it pool on the floor, then worked the bra on firstâadjusting the cups, the thin straps that felt like thread against your shoulders. The panties came next, and you tugged them up your thighs with both thumbs, the fabric so light you could feel the air through it. You tucked the folded receipt between your teeth, the paper cool and sharp against your tongue, and you turned for the stairs.
He was exactly where youâd left himâsprawled on the couch, one arm thrown across the back cushions, his eyes fixed on the staircase like heâd been counting the seconds. When you appeared at the top of the stairs, you saw his jaw tighten. His hand dropped from the cushion to grip the armrest.
You walked down slowly. Each step deliberate. The blue lace caught the light with every movement, and you kept your eyes on him the whole way downâwatching the shift in his expression, the way his throat worked when he swallowed.
When you reached the bottom, you crossed the living room and stopped in front of him. He was seated, and you leaned down over himâclose, so close that there was barely any air between your faces. The receipt was still between your teeth, and you held it there, your lips slightly parted, your eyes locked on his.
His hand came up slowly, fingers brushing your jaw, and he took the receipt from between your teeth with the careful deliberation of someone unwrapping a gift. He unfolded it, glanced down at the number, and looked back up at you with an expression you couldnât quite read.
âThatâs it?â he asked, and there was something almost like a complaint in itâthe edge of a whine beneath the roughness of his voice. âThree hundred and change?â
You straightened up, putting a few inches of distance between your faces, and looked down at him with a smile that was all innocence and no innocence at all.
âWell,â you started, and you let the word hang in the air between you, savoring it, âI figured if this was fun enough...â You reached behind you and unhooked the bra with one handânot taking it off, just loosening it, letting the straps slide down your shoulders like a suggestion. âWe could have a part two later.â
His hand shot out and caught your wristânot hard, but firm, his fingers wrapping around the delicate bones like he was afraid youâd disappear.
âPart two,â he repeated, and the words came out rough, almost broken.
âPart two,â you confirmed. You tugged your wrist free and stepped back, and the bra straps slid a little further. âBut firstââ You turned on your heel, the blue lace catching the last of the afternoon light as you moved toward the stairs. âI have three more sets to show you.â
You have three more sets,â he said, but his voice had changedâgone was the easy sprawl, the lazy anticipation. Something had shifted behind his eyes, a current that pulled tight beneath the surface. âCome back here.â
You paused at the foot of the stairs, one hand on the banister. âWhat?â
âCome back.â He didnât raise his voice. He didnât need to. The words carried the weight of something that had been building since the first photo, since the holy fuck, since the receipt between your teeth. He crooked two fingersâcome hereâand the gesture was so simple, so casual, that it sent a spike of heat straight through your chest.
You let go of the banister. Turned. Walked back to him.
âSit,â he said, and he patted the space between his spread thighs. Not the couch cushion beside him. Between. The implication settled over you like a second skin.
You sank down onto your knees on the carpet, the blue lace tight against your thighs, and settled yourself between his legs. The position put you at eye level with his chest, and you looked up at him through your lashesâthe angle deliberate, the way youâd angled the phone in the dressing room.
He looked down at you, and the expression on his face was something you wanted to frame.
His hands came up to your shouldersâlarge, warm, steadyâand his fingers hooked under the straps of the bra. He slid them down, slow and deliberate, one millimeter at a time, and the blue lace pooled at your elbows like water. You held still, your breath coming shallow, your eyes locked on his.
The bra hung there for a momentâloose, useless, the fabric catching on nothing. Then he brought one hand back up and caught it on a single fingertip, the strap draped over the tip of his index finger like something delicate and precious. He held it there, suspended between you, and the rest of the garment dangled against your stomach, barely covering anything.
âThree more sets,â he said, and his voice was barely above a whisper. He tilted his head, studying youâthe flush creeping up your chest, the way your lips had parted without your permission. âThatâs what you said?â
You nodded. Your throat had gone dry.
He let the bra slide off his fingertip. It fell into your lap and the cool air hit your bare skin like a confession.
âYouâre going to kill me before we get to any of them.â
He leaned forward. Both hands came up to frame your face, thumbs brushing along your jawline, and he tilted your chin up until you were looking directly at him.
âChange of plans,â he said. His voice was barely above a whisper, and his thumbs traced slow circles against your skin. âWeâre not doing the fashion show anymore.â
You blinked. âWeâre not?â
âNo.â He shook his head, and the corner of his mouth curled into something that was half smile, half threat. âBecause if I watch you walk out in one more thing, Iâm going to lose my mind.âÂ
His thumb dragged across your bottom lip. âBecause you know exactly what youâre doing to me, donât you? Standing there in all that lace like you donât know what it looks like. Like you donât know what those pictures did.â
You opened your mouth to answer, but he pressed his thumb down, gentle and firm, silencing you.
âShh. Donât even. Donât pretend youâve got something clever to say. We both know thatâs not what youâre good for right now.â His eyes droppedâslow, deliberate, heavyâdown to your chest, and stayed there. âLook at these. Fuck. Look at what youâve been carrying around all day. Walking through the mall like this. Trying on bras for these.â
The words shouldnât have done what they did. They shouldnât have made your skin go hot and tight, shouldnât have made something behind your ribs flutter and clench. But they did. They absolutely did.
âYou sent me those pictures,â he continued, his voice dropping lower, rougher, âand you want me to believe you werenât thinking about this? About right here? About what these were going to do to me?â His hand left your face and came down, one palm curving around the side of your breast, his thumb brushing over your nipple so lightly it was barely there. âYou knew. Thatâs all you know. Thatâs the only thing going on behind those pretty eyes right now.â
You made a soundâsmall, involuntary, somewhere between a protest and a surrenderâand his grip tightened.
âUh-uh. None of that. Iâm talking.â His other hand reached down and grabbed your wrist, pulling it away from where it had drifted to your own thigh. âUse your hands. Feel this.â
He guided your hand downâdown past his stomach, past the waistband of his jeans, until your palm pressed flat against the hard ridge straining against the denim. Your fingers curled instinctively, and he hissed through his teeth, his head tipping back.
âJesus. Jesus. You justâyou just do it, donât you? You donât even think about it. I say feel, you feel. I say sit, you sit. I say spend my money, you go drop three-fifty on lingerie like itâs nothing.â He laughed, breathless, his hips pushing up into your hand. âYouâre so good at that. So good at following directions. At being exactly what I tell you to be.â
Your palm dragged along the length of him through the rough fabric, and you felt him twitch, felt the dampness already seeping through the denim.
âPull it out,â he said. Not asked. Said. His voice was wrecked. âGo on. Pull it out for me. Show me how good you can be.â
Your fingers found the button, the zipper, the waistbandâworking on autopilot, shaking just enough to make the metal teeth catch. You dragged his jeans down just far enough, and then you were pulling him free, and he was hot and heavy in your hand, already leaking at the tip.
âGood girl. Thatâsâfuck, thatâsââ His hand came to the back of your head, fingers threading into your hair. âNow I want you toââ
You didnât hear the rest.
You leaned forward and took him into your mouth before he could finish the sentence, and the sound he madeâa broken, guttural groan that started in his chest and cracked somewhere in his throatâwas worth every second of waiting on that couch.
Your lips stretched around him, wet and sloppy, and you let your tongue drag along the underside on the way down. Your hand worked what your mouth couldnât reach, and spit was already pooling at the corners of your lips, dripping down your chin, trailing in a wet line down to your bare chest.
âOh my Godâyou dumbâyou perfect, brainlessââ His fingers tightened in your hair, not pulling, just holding, and his hips shifted forward involuntarily. âLook at you. Look at you justâdoing it. Didnât even let me finish telling you what to do. Just opened your mouth and went for it like thatâs all you were built for.â
You gagged around him, your eyes watering, and he groaned like youâd done something perfect.
âFuckâfuck, look at you,â he panted, and his hand guided your head with rough, uneven strokes. âLook at your mouth. You donât even know what youâre doing, do you? You justâyou hear âpull me outâ and your brain shuts off. Thatâs all it takes.â
You hum against him, gagging the more he slid into you.
âYeahâyeah, there it is. Thatâs the sound. Thatâs the sound I wanted to hear from you.â His hips jerked up, and you took it, your throat clenching, your hands braced against his thighs. âSuch a pretty little thing. Canât even keep your mouth shut for five seconds. Canât even wait for me to tell you what to do next.â
You pulled back, gasping, a trail of spit running down your chin, and he caught your jaw in his hand, tilting your face up.
âOpen,â he said, and you did, your mouth falling open, tongue resting against your lower lip, and he slid back in with a groan that rattled the couch.
âYouâre so fucking dumb,â he breathed, and the word landed like a kiss. âSo fucking empty-headed. So perfect. Do you know what you are? Do you know what youâre good for?â
You shook your head, your eyes glassy, your lips stretched around him.
âYouâre good for this,â he said, and he thrust up into your mouth. âJust this. This is what youâre built for. This is what those pictures were for. This is what that three hundred dollars was for.â
You gagged again, harder this time, and he pulled back, his cock sliding free with a wet pop. A string of saliva hung between your lips and his tip, and he watched it break with something like worship in his eyes.
He cupped your face in both hands, his thumbs wiping the spit from your chin with a tenderness that made your chest ache.
âI want to fuck your tits,â he said, and the words were quiet, almost gentle, like he was telling you a secret. âThose perfect tits you sent me pictures of. The ones that made me leave work early. The ones that made me drive home with my hand on my cock in the parking lot.â
He leaned down and pressed his forehead against yours. His breath was ragged, hot against your mouth.
âCan you do that for me?â he asked, and his voice had gone soft in a way that made your chest ache. âCan you put these together for me? Thatâs all I need you to do. Just hold them together. Thatâs your whole job right now. Can you do that? Can my pretty girl do that one simple thing?â
You nodded. Because you could. Because that was all you had to do, and it was so easy, and his voice was so warm, and his hand was so gentle on your jaw.
You pressed your breasts together with both hands, the soft flesh spilling between your fingers, and his groan was almost pained.
âThere. There they are. There are those perfect tits. The ones that cost me three hundred and forty-seven dollars.â He reached down and gripped himself, dragging the head through the valley youâd created, leaving a wet streak across your skin. âWorth every fucking penny. Worth ten times that. Look at them. Look at what I bought.â
He pushed forward, his cock sliding between your breasts, and your hands tightened instinctively, holding him there.
âThatâs it. Thatâs my girl. Just hold them. Donât think about anything else. Donât need to. Nothing else matters right now except these.â He pulled back slowly, the head of his cock catching against your collarbone, then pushed forward again. âYou sent me those pictures and I couldnâtâI couldnât think about anything else. All day. Couldnât focus on a single thing. And now I get to have emâ, huh?â
The wet sound of his skin against yours filled the roomâslick, rhythmic, obscene. A bead of pre-cum rolled down the shaft and disappeared between your breasts, and you watched it happen with the same dazed, unfocused attention heâd accused you of.
âYouâre doing so good,â he breathed, and his hand came up to brush your hair back from your forehead. âSo good. Just standing there holding them together like thatâs all you know how to do. Thatâs all you need to know how to do. My perfect, empty, beautifulââ
He thrust harder, and your back arched, pushing your chest up into him.
âGod, youâre even doing that without being told. You justâyou just know, donât you? You just know what feels good. What looks good. What makes me lose my mind.â His free hand came down and cupped your breast, his thumb circling your nipple. âThese were made for this. You were made for this. Standing there in the dressing room taking pictures of theseâyou knew. Somewhere in that pretty head of yours, you knew exactly what they were for.â
You whimperedâa small, broken soundâand his grip tightened.
âYeah. Yeah, thatâs what I thought. Thatâs what IÂ knew.â He was moving faster now, his rhythm losing its careful control, his cock sliding wet and heavy between your breasts. âYouâre not thinking about a single thing right now, are you? Nothing in that head. Justâpresent. Just here. Just being good.â
You werenât. You really, truly werenât. The world had narrowed to the heat of him between your breasts, the sound of his voice, the pressure of his hand in your hair. Everything else had gone quiet and far away, and what was left was warm and close and exactly enough.
His breathing was ragged now, coming in short, sharp bursts. His hips stuttered.
âIâm gonnaâfuck, Iâm gonnaââ His hand left your hair and grabbed your wrist, pulling your hand away from your breast. âOpen. Open your mouth. Look at me.â
You opened your mouth, your tongue falling forward, your eyes lifting to his. His face was wreckedâjaw clenched, brow furrowed, lips parted around sounds he couldnât quite form.
He came across your tongue and your chin, thick and hot, and the groan that tore out of him was so raw it sounded almost painful. Your mouth filled, and you swallowed automatically, your throat working around the bitter salt of him, and the rest spilled overâdown your chin, onto your chest, pooling in the valley of your breasts.
His chest heaved, and he looked down at you with an expression that was equal parts awe and devastation.
âJesus Christ,â he whispered. âJesus fucking Christ.â
You sat there on your knees, his come cooling on your skin, your lips swollen and wet, your chest heaving beneath the mess heâd made of you.Â
He looked at you the way heâd said he would. He took his time. His gaze moved from your mouth to your eyes to your chest, where his release had dripped down between your breasts, following the curve of your skin like a map. He watched it pool in the hollow of your throat, and his thumb came up to wipe it away, then pressed it against your bottom lip.
âOpen,â he said again, and you opened, and he pushed his thumb into your mouth, and you closed your lips around it and sucked. The taste of him was sharp and warm and you hummed around his finger, your tongue working against the pad.
âJesus Christ.â He pulled his thumb free with a wet sound and pressed his forehead against yours again. His breathing was still ragged, his chest rising and falling against yours. âYouâre going to be the death of me. You know that, right? Youâre going to actually kill me.â
He pulled you up and forward by your hands, and you folded against his chest like something made of liquid. His arms came around youâboth of them, tight and shakingâand he buried his face in your hair.
He pulled back just enough to look at you, his hands framing your face again, his thumbs wiping the wetness from your chin with a gentleness that made your eyes sting.
âOkay,â he said, and his voice was wrecked but steady. âOkay. Fashion show. Letâs go.â
You blinked. âWhat?â
âFashion show.â He nodded toward the stairs, his hands dropping to your shoulders. âYou said three more sets. I want to see them.â His mouth quirked into something that was almost a smile. âI want to see every single thing you bought me.â
You looked down at yourselfâthe ruined blue lace, the drying streaks on your skin, the mess between your breasts. âLike this?â
âExactly like that.â He leaned in and pressed a kiss to your foreheadâsoft, lingering, reverent. âGo get changedâ
At the top of the stairs, you turned. He was still on the couch, one hand resting on his stomach, his jeans still shoved down around his thighs, and he looked at you like you were the last thing heâd ever want to see.
His smile was slow, dangerous, and entirely his. âIâll be waiting.â
Summary: On a roadtrip, you and Ted end up lost and submit to the idea of a hotel room. Skinny dipping in the motel pool turns into stealing his glasses, and you find that you're in over your head.
18+!!! SMUT!!!
for my âïœĄâ§ËÊđÉËâ§ïœĄâ anon
TW: semi-public, spanking, some degradation ig?
this one was FUNNN
WC: 3,481
The road stretched before you like an endless black ribbon, and your phoneâs navigation system had given up thirty minutes ago with a cheerful âGPS signal lost.â You glanced over at Ted, who was still filming, narrating the vlog as if this detour was somehow part of the plan.
âSo, folks, sometimes the adventure finds you, not the other way around,â Ted said into the camera, turning it toward you with a grin.
You rolled your eyes. âTed, weâre lost. Completely, absolutely lost.â
âLost is a state of mind,â he replied, but even he was beginning to look concerned as the last signs of civilization disappeared behind you.
After another hour of aimless driving, you finally spotted the neon glow of a motel sign through the trees. The place looked like it had been built in the 1970s and never updated, but the vacancy sign was lit, and your body ached for something that wasnât a car seat.
âRoadside Americana, folks! Authentic travel experience!â Ted was already narrating again as you pulled into the cracked parking lot.
The desk clerk barely looked up as you checked in, handing over two plastic key cards with faded numbers. Your room smelled of stale cigarette smoke masked by industrial-strength air freshener, but at least the beds looked clean.
âWe should get something to eat,â you suggested, but Ted was already setting up his camera equipment on the small desk.
âI got some great footage of that abandoned gas station we passed. Real vintage vibe.â he joked.
You left him to it and went in search of vending machines, returning with an armful of chips and soda. When you got back, Ted was peering out the window.
âDude, check it out. The pool is right outside our door.â
Sure enough, a shimmering rectangle of blue water sat just beyond the parking lot, surrounded by a chain-link fence. You noticed the posted hours: 9 AM to 9 PM. It was nearly midnight.
âGateâs open,â Ted whispered, as if someone might overhear. âAnd I donât see any cameras.â
You should have said no. You should have reminded Ted that you were both exhausted from driving all day, that you needed to be up early to continue your journey. Instead, you heard yourself say, âWe could just dip our feet in. Cool off before bed.â
Five minutes later, you were standing at the edge of the pool, the warm night air caressing your skin. âItâs like our own private oasis,â Ted said, toeing off his shoes. âCome on, the water looks perfect.â
Before you could protest, Ted had already pulled off his shirt. His shorts followed, then his glassesâset down last, carefully, on top of the pile. He dove in without looking back, surfacing with a splash and squinting up at you through the dark.
âYour turn!â he called, shaking water from his hair.
Something about the freedom in his gesture made you reckless. You stripped down, adding your clothes to a second pile, and slipped into the water. It was cooler than expected, raising goosebumps on your skin.
âThatâs what Iâm talking about!â Ted shouted, his voice carrying across the still water. He punched the surface with both hands, sending a spray of water toward you. âLiving in the moment!â
You splashed him back, a sharp arc of chlorinated water catching him square in the chest. âThis is a dumb idea, Ted. Weâre trespassing at a roadside motel at midnight.â you laughed.
Something shifted in his eyes. A competitive glint replaced his relaxed expression. âOh, you think so?â He splashed back, sending a wave crashing against your chest.
Before you could react, Ted was on the move, circling you like a predator, creating ripples with each deliberate step. You tried to back away, but the edge of the pool cut off your retreat.
âTed, donâtââ Your warning came too late.
He launched himself forward, arms creating massive arcs of water that drenched you completely. Laughter bubbled up from somewhere deep inside you as you retaliated, cupping your hands to maximize your splash attack.
The game escalated quickly. What began as playful splashing turned into a full-blown water war. You dove beneath the surface, swimming toward Tedâs legs to pull him under. He anticipated your move, catching you around the waist as you surfaced.
For a moment, everything stilled. His body pressed against yours in the cool water, warm skin against warm skin. Your heart hammered in your chest, and you wondered if he could feel it through the points where you touched. His eyes locked with yours, and something unspoken passed between you.
And then you werenât fighting anymore.
Your mouth found his with a desperation that surprised you both, clumsy and urgent, tasting chlorine and midnight air. You both moved simultaneously, neither wanting to be the first to pull away, neither wanting to acknowledge what this proximity meant. Your hands found his shoulders, then slid down to his waist. His fingers tangled in your hair as you both struggled for dominance, for something neither of you could name.
The water lapped around you as you both struggled for breath, gasping between kisses like you were drowning and the otherâs mouth was the only oxygen available. Tedâs fingers threaded through your hair, pulling you closer even though there was no closer to get. Your hands mapped the ridges of his spine, the taut muscles of his shoulders, the dip of his lower back where his skin was smooth and impossibly warm.
When you finally broke apart, the world seemed tilted on its axis. Ted stared at you, water droplets clinging to his eyelashes, his chest rising and falling rapidly.
âSo,â he said, his voice uncharacteristically husky, âwas that part of your authentic travel experience, too?â
You splashed water at his face. âShut up, Ted.â
âMake me,â he challenged, that familiar mischievous glint returning to his eyes.
Something clicked in your brain. A plan. A terrible, wonderful plan.
âMaybe I will,â you replied, backing toward the poolâs edge.
Before Ted could react, you pulled yourself out of the water in one fluid motion. Water streamed from your body as you scooped up his pile of clothesâshirt, shorts, everythingâand bolted for the motel room door.
âHey! Thatâs not fair!â Ted called after you, but you were already giggling as you fumbled with the key card. The door finally clicked open and you slipped inside, Tedâs clothes clutched to your chest. You turned just in time to see him appear in the doorway, completely naked and dripping on the motel carpet.
âGive those back,â he demanded, stepping toward you.
You backed away, holding his clothes behind you. âMake me.â you laughed.
Ted advanced slowly, water still running down his chest. Then he stopped, a smirk spreading across his face. âYou know what? Keep them.â
Your eyes darted to the desk where your own clothes should've been. Thatâs when you realized. Through the window, you could see your clothes untouched, still in their little pile on the deck. Then back to Ted. A second realization hit you simultaneouslyâyou were trapped, completely exposed while he had the perfect vantage point.
âThatâs just cruel,â you muttered, feeling heat rise to your cheeks.
Ted leaned against the door frame, crossing his arms. âWhatâs wrong? Suddenly shy?â
Your gaze swept the room, searching for anything to even the playing field. Thatâs when you spotted themâhis glasses, sitting neatly on the desk beside your abandoned clothes. You lept for them, slipping them onto your face in one fluid motion.
The world blurred immediately, Tedâs naked form becoming nothing but a shapeless smudge. But you had what you needed.
âIf you want to see me like this,â you said, gesturing to your naked body, âyouâll have to come get these yourself.â
Ted squinted at you, momentarily confused. Then he seemed to understand, his expression shifting from surprise to determination. He crossed the room in three quick strides, his hands finding your waist and lifting you effortlessly.
Ted was on you in an instant, his body pinning yours to the mattress. His hands captured your wrists, pressing them gently but firmly above your head. The position left you completely exposed to him, your skin still damp from the pool.
âNow what?â he asked, his voice low as he adjusted the glasses on your face with his free hand.
You struggled halfheartedly against his grip. âThis seems a little one-sided,â you managed, your pulse racing.
âDoes it?â Ted leaned closer, his breath warm against your neck. âI seem to remember you stealing my clothes. And my glasses.â
âThey look better on me anyway,â you whispered, tilting your head to give him better access to the sensitive skin below your ear.
Ted chuckled, the sound vibrating through his chest and into yours where you were pressed together. âYou know, for someone whoâs completely at my mercy, youâre awfully cocky.â
âNot at your mercy,â you corrected, flexing against his grip. âI let you catch me.â
âIs that so?â His grip tightened slightly, not painfully, but enough to make your breath hitch. âAnd why would you do that?â
You met his gaze, the world fuzzy around the edges through his glasses. âBecause I wanted to see what youâd do next.â
Tedâs expression softened. He released one of your wrists, his fingers trailing down your arm, leaving goosebumps in their wake. âAnd now you know.â
âNot yet,â you replied, reaching up to remove the glasses. âBut Iâm looking forward to finding out.â
The glasses came off, and suddenly Tedâs face was crystal clear againâhis eyes dark with want, his lips parted slightly. Tedâs hand caught yours as you moved to set the glasses aside. âNo,â he murmured, guiding your fingers back toward his face. âPut them back on me.â
Something shifted in your chest as you carefully placed the frames back on his face, your fingers brushing against his temples. Ted blinked, adjusting to his restored vision, and you watched his eyes sharpen as they focused on you.
âBetter?â you ask sweetly, like you hadn't known what you've been doing.
âBetter.âÂ
His sureness makes your heart hammer against your ribs as his free hand traced a path from your collarbone to your navel.Â
Ted captured your wrist again, bringing your fingers to his lips. âMuch better,â he said against your skin before placing a gentle kiss there.
The tenderness of the gesture caught you off guard. All evening had been playful banter and escalating tension, but thisâthis was something else entirely. Something that made your chest ache with an emotion you werenât ready to name.
You shifted your hips, and suddenly you were acutely aware of Tedâs arousal pressing against your thighâhard and insistent. Your breath caught in your throat as you pressed closer, feeling the full length of him against you.
âSo,â you whispered, your voice husky with desire, âare we going to talk about this?â You rolled your hips deliberately, dragging yourself against him.
Ted groaned, his grip tightening on your wrist. âAbout what? Your terrible judgment in stealing my clothes?â
âAbout this,â you countered, pressing yourself more firmly against his erection. âAbout how youâve got me pinned to this bed, completely at your mercy.â you mock.
Tedâs eyes darkened behind his glasses. âYouâre the one who stole my clothes and ran off. I think youâre exactly where you want to be.â
âMaybe,â you conceded, lifting your chin defiantly. âBut Iâm not the one whoâs been hard since we got out of that pool.â
Tedâs mouth curved into a dangerous smile. âNo? Then what do you call this?â He released your wrist only to slide his hand down between your bodies, his fingers finding your heat, making you gasp at the contact.
âThatâsâthatâs different,â you managed, your body already responding to his touch.
âDifferent how?â he asked, his fingers exploring you with deliberate slowness. âBecause it seems pretty equal to me.â
You arched into his touch, your body betraying your mindâs desire to maintain some semblance of control. âIt would be,â you breathed, âif youâd actually do something about it instead of just teasing me.â
Ted withdrew his hand suddenly, leaving you bereft. âAnd why would I do that?â he asked, his voice deceptively casual as he positioned himself between your thighs. You felt the head of his cock pressing against your entrance, not pushing in, just resting there.
âBecause I want you to,â you said, trying to sound commanding despite the way your voice trembled.
âThatâs not a very compelling argument,â Ted replied, using the tip of his cock to paint slow, maddening lines through your folds, dragging it against your clit with just enough pressure to make you whimper.
âPlease,â you whispered, hating how desperate you sounded.
Ted smiled, his glasses catching the dim light from the bedside lamp. âI have an idea,â he said, his tone condescendingly sweet, âwhy donât you beg for it?â
You whimpered, the sound more disbelief than frustration. How had you ended up here, completely at his mercy?
âHmm?â he cooed, circling your entrance again without entering. âTell me you think you deserve it.â
The words should have angered you, but instead, they made something primal awaken within you. You wanted this. Wanted him. Needed him.
âI deserve it,â you gasped, feeling yourself growing wetter as he continued his maddening tease. âPlease, Ted. I need you inside me. Iâve needed it all night.â
âBetter,â he murmured approvingly, still not giving you what you wanted. âBut I think you can do more.â
âI deserve to be fucked,â you gasped, your hips bucking against his hand. âPlease, Ted, Iâve been so good, so patient. I deserve to feel you inside me.â
Tedâs pace quickened, his cock sliding through your folds with increased urgency. âAnd what if I decide you donât deserve it?â he asked, his voice strained with his own restraint.
âThen take what you want anyway,â you pleaded, your voice breaking. âUse me. Make me yours. I desââ
Your words cut off mid-sentence as Ted finally, mercifully, sank himself into you in one smooth thrust. Your expression transformed instantlyâeyebrows that had been stitched together in desperate concentration relaxed, your mouth falling slack, eyes fluttering closed as pleasure radiated through you.
Ted paused, fully sheathed inside you, watching your face with something like wonder. âAnd to think,â he whispered, brushing a strand of hair from your face, âI wouldâve missed that face without my glasses.â
âTed,â you whispered, not sure what you wanted to say but needing to say his name.
âLike this?â Ted whispered, his voice strained as he established a rhythm that had you clutching at the sheets. âIs this what you wanted when you stole my clothes?â
You could barely form words as pleasure rippled through you with each thrust. âYes,â you managed to gasp.
Ted suddenly stilled, his body trembling with restraint. âDo you know how fucking lucky you are right now?â His voice was low, dangerous. âAfter what you pulled at the pool? Stealing my clothes? My glasses? You should be begging for forgiveness, not getting fucked senseless."
You whimpered, your body trying to follow his retreat.
âSplashing me in the pool,â Ted continued, punctuating each accusation with a shallow thrust that never quite reached the spot you needed. âStealing my clothes. Taking my glassesââ he pushed deeper, making you moan, ââand making me practically blind while you stood there totally naked.â
The change in his tone sent a shiver down your spine that had nothing to do with the roomâs air conditioning. âThen punish me properly,â you challenged, your voice breathless but defiant.
âTurn over.â Something in his commanding tone made your body respond before your mind could process the command. You rolled onto your stomach, then pushed yourself up onto your hands and knees, feeling exposed and vulnerable in the new position.
The mattress dipped as he positioned himself behind you, his palm coming down hard on your ass with a sharp crack that echoed through the room.
âOne,â he counted, his voice stern. âFor splashing me when I wasnât looking.â
You yelped, more from surprise than pain, the sting quickly turning to heat. Before you could catch your breath, another slap landed on the opposite cheek.
âTwo. For stealing my clothes and leaving me stranded by the pool.â
âTed-â you gasped, but your body was already responding, pressing back against his hand.
His palm connected with your flesh again, harder this time. âThree. For taking my glasses when you know how blind I am without them.â
âFour,â you managed, your voice shaking with something between embarrassment and arousal.Â
Ted laughed, the sound dark and rich. âCounting for me now, are we? Good girl.â His hand came down again. âFour. For making me chase you from the pool to our room.â
You groaned, burying your face in the pillow as your body responded traitorously to each strike. The pain was already transforming into something else entirelyâa building heat that spread through your core with each impact.
âFive,â Ted continued, his voice growing huskier. âFor being such a brat when youâre the one who started this.â
Tedâs hand gentled, running soothing circles over your reddened skin. âSix,â he whispered, his touch suddenly tender, âfor being so fucking beautiful tonight.â
âSeven,â he said, his voice barely audible as he positioned himself at your entrance once more. âBecause youâve been so good.â
He slid inside you in one fluid motion, deeper than before, and you cried out at the fullness. The combination of your stinging skin and the delicious stretch of him inside you created a perfect storm of sensation that made your vision blur.
âPlease,â you begged, not even sure what you were asking for.
Ted gripped your hips, setting a punishing pace that had you gasping with each thrust. âTell me what you want,â he demanded, his voice rough with need.
âYou,â you managed between thrusts. âJust you. More.â
His pace increased, driving into you with an intensity that made your fingers clutch at the sheets. The angle changed slightly, and suddenly he was hitting that perfect spot inside you with each stroke, making stars burst behind your eyelids.
Ted leaned over you, his chest pressing against your back, his lips at your ear. âYouâve been so good,â he whispered, his breath hot against your skin. âSo perfect, taking your punishment.â
You whimpered, beyond words now, reduced to nothing but sensation as Ted fucked you with purpose, each stroke hitting exactly the right spot inside you. Then his hand slid around your hip, his fingers finding your clit with unerring accuracy.
âLook at you,â he murmured, his breath hot against your ear as he leaned over you. âSo desperate.â
You nodded frantically, unable to form coherent sentences as his fingers circled your clit in perfect counterpoint to his thrusts.
You couldnât respond, could only whimper as pleasure built to an unbearable peak. Tedâs fingers never faltered, his pace never slowed.
âI thinkâ he whispered, his voice thick with desire, âyou deserve your reward.â
His words pushed you over the edge. The orgasm crashed through you like a wave, making your entire body tremble. You clenched around him, drawing a groan from Ted as he continued to thrust through your release.
âThatâs it,â he coaxed, his fingers still working your oversensitive clit. âTake it all. Youâve earned it.â
Your second orgasm hit before the first had finished, more intense than anything youâd ever experienced. You screamed his name as pleasure consumed you completely.
Tedâs rhythm grew erratic, his fingers digging into your hips as he chased his own release. With one final thrust, he buried himself deep inside you, his body shuddering as he came with your name on his lips.
For several moments, neither of you moved, both trying to catch your breath. Then Ted gently pulled out, helping you turn onto your back. He brushed the hair from your face, his touch impossibly tender after what had just transpired.
âStill think you deserved that?â he asked, his voice soft with something that sounded suspiciously like affection.
You turned to face him, gently removing his glasses and setting them on the nightstand. âMaybe I did,â you admitted, tracing the line of his jaw with your finger. âMaybe I deserved even more.â
Tedâs eyes widened slightly, then narrowed with renewed interest. âIs that so?â His hand trailed down your spine, coming to rest on your still-warm backside. âWeâll have to remember that for next time.â
âNext time?â you asked, unable to keep the smile from your voice.
Ted kissed you gently, his lips lingering against yours. âThe road trip isnât over yet,â he reminded you. âAnd there are plenty more motels between here and home.â
You laughed, feeling a warmth that had nothing to do with sex spreading through your chest. âI guess I should steal your glasses again, then.â
Summary: You and Jay have been close friends for a while, but find yourselves closer than ever on the subway ride home from a friends dinner party.
18+!!! SMUT!!!
honestly not my fav. less smutty and more sweet and tender. planning on re-conceptualizing it later after the requests are finished.
WC: 4,744
The subway doors sigh open with all the enthusiasm of a tired office worker.
You and Jay step inside, still laughing about something one of your friends had said over dinnerâsomething stupid, exaggerated, impossible to explain to anyone who hadn't been there. He drops into one of the plastic seats with a dramatic groan.
"I'm eighty years old," he announces. "I'm never leaving my apartment again."
"You said that last weekend."
"And I meant it last weekend."
The doors slide shut.
The train starts forward.
For a minute, neither of you notice how empty it is. It's late enough that the city has thinned out, but New York rarely ever feels this deserted.
At the next station, the train slows.
The doors open.
No one gets on.
No one gets off.
The fluorescent lights on the platform hum against bare concrete before the doors close again.
"Huh," you murmur.
Jay glances around dramatically, lowering his voice.
"Congratulations! We survived the apocalypse."
You snort.
The next stop comes.
Again, empty platform.
Again, nobody boards.
"...Okay," you say. "This is starting to feel like the setup to a horror movie."
He points toward the security camera in the corner of the car.
"Some intern is watching us right now hoping we do something funny."
Without another word, you stand, grab the nearest pole, and spin around it with all the grace of someone who absolutely shouldn't.
Jay barks out a laugh.
"Oh, we're doing bits now."
Another stop.
Still empty.
By now you've migrated from opposite seats to the same bench, shoulders bumping every few seconds as the train rattles beneath Manhattan.
The conversation drifts.
From your friends.
To old stories.
To college.
To that awful apartment he used to live in where the radiator sounded possessed.
Somewhere along the line, the laughter gets quieter.
Comfortable.
You don't notice exactly when your knees start touching.
Only that neither of you bothers to move.
The train rocks gently through another tunnel, lights flashing across the windows in rhythmic bursts.
He smiles. To himself, but you catch it.
Small.
Unusually genuine.
You've known him long enough to read the shifts in his face before he speaks.
He knows yours just as well.
Your eyes flick down, almost involuntarily, before meeting his again.
Outside, another station slides past.
The doors open.
No one enters.
The doors close.
The train moves on.
It's just the hum of the rails beneath you.
Just the two of you.
You don't remember who moves first.
Maybe you lean in.
Maybe he does.
The distance between you disappears so naturally it feels less like a decision than something that had been happening for years without either of you noticing.
His hand finds yours where it's resting on the seat between you, fingers interlacing without urgency.
The city rushes unseen beyond the windows while the subway car sways gently around you, forgotten for a few quiet moments.
When you finally separate, you're still close enough to feel each other's breath.
Jay lets out a soft, incredulous laugh.
"...Well."
You blink at him.
"Well?"
The train rattles onward into the next tunnel, carrying the two of you through the sleeping city, neither quite ready to unpack what had just changed between you.
Then his hand is on your wrist, quick and impulsiveâthe way he does everything, half-decided before the thought fully formsâand he's pulling you forward, tugging you sideways until you're falling onto him with a yelp.
Your knees land between his thighs, one on either side. One hand braces against the window behind his head. The other lands on his shoulder for balance. You're straddling his leg before your brain catches up with your body.
"We've been friends a long timeâ" you hear yourself say, even as your hands continue to find his shoulders for balance.
"An embarrassingly long time."
"âand we're on the subwayâ"
"The empty subway."
"âand you'reâ"
"What am I doing?"
He's grinning up at you, and you're grinning back, and you realize you haven't said stop. You haven't said not now. You haven't said slow down, because the word is sitting somewhere in your throat and it won't come out. It won't come out because it isn't true.
Godâyou've thought about this. Late nights in your own bed, staring at the ceiling, replaying the way he laughs with his whole body. You've thought about it and you've shut it down every time because Jay was the one person who knew exactly how to make you laugh when you wanted to cry, and losing that felt like losing a lung.
But his mouth is warm and insistent, and his fingers are tracing lazy circles through the fabric of your shirt where it's ridden up, and there's absolutely nothing awkward about any of it. No fumbling. No second-guessing. Just the easy chemistry that's been there since the first night you met at that terrible karaoke bar, except now it has somewhere to go.
The train hits a bump and you jolt forward, and your hips grind down against his thigh, and you both freeze for a half-secondâeyes wide, mouths still inches apartâ
"Did you justâ"
"That was the train." you correct.
"That was absolutely the train." he mocks.
"It was."
You kiss him again, and this time it's slower, less frantic, his thumb tracing a small arc against your hip bone. The train turns, and you slide just enough that you feel himâthe hard line of him through his jeans, pressing against the inside of your thigh.
"Jay."
"Mm."
"People ride this train."
"Not tonight they don't."
He's right. The windows flash with the dark walls of the tunnel, and the fluorescents overhead flicker once, twice, and the car keeps swaying through the emptiness of the city at this hour. His hands tighten on your hips, pulling you closer, and you rock against him with the motion of the train like it's the most natural thing in the worldâlike you've been doing this for years and just forgot to start.
His mouth moves to your jaw, then the soft spot below your ear, and he murmurs something you don't quite catch over the rumble of the tracks.
"What?"
He pulls back just enough to look at you, and his eyes are dark and bright and full of something you've never let yourself name.
"I said," he whispers, "it's not every day you're alone on the subway."
A nervous laugh escapes you before you can catch itâbreathy, half-disbelieving, the kind that comes from a place of not knowing what comes next. Your fingers curl into the fabric of his jacket, and you search his face for whatever he's implying, if he's implying anything at all, because the night has already spun so far off its axis you're not sure you'd recognize a straight line.
He reads it immediately. Of course he does. That's always been the thing about Jayâhe watches you closer than anyone, catches the micro-shift in your expression before you've even finished feeling it.
"Hey," he says, softer now, one hand coming up to cup the side of your face. His thumb traces the line of your cheekbone. "I know that look."
"I don't have a look."
"You have every look. This one's your 'I'm about to have a small panic attack on public transit' look."
"I'm notâ"
"You don't even need to unbutton your jeans," he says, and his voice is low enough that it barely registers over the hum of the tracks. His thumbs trace slow circles against your hip bones. "You don't need to do anything you can't take back. The cameras up thereâ" he nods toward the corner without looking, "âthey just see a girl in her friend's lap. That's it. Nothing to flag. Nothing to write up."
You swallow.
"The car's empty," he continues, and his hand slides from your hip to the small of your back, pressing you forward just an inch. Just enough. "It's a crime to waste it."
"Jayâ"
"I'm going to take care of you." The words come out almost reverent, like he's been rehearsing them in his head and they slipped out before he could stop them. "Through your clothes. That's all. You grind on my thigh and I'll talk you through it, and when you're done we get off at your stop like nothing happened."
You should say something smart. Something quippy, the way you two always volley. But your brain has gone quiet in a way it almost never does, and all you can manage is a nodâsmall, deliberate, entranced. You trust him. Completely. The realization sits warm and undeniable in your chest, and you don't question it.
"We can't fuck on the train," he mumbles against your collarbone, almost to himself, like he's making sure he believes it too. "That's crazy. You know that. So it's my thigh or nothing."
He starts slow. Rocks you forward with the next sway of the train, pulling your hips down against his thigh, and the frictionâeven through denimâsends a sharp, bright shock up through your spine. His mouth finds your neck, then the curve of your collarbone, pressing soft kisses into skin that's still warm from dinner, from wine, from the walk to the station.
"Is that it?" he murmurs against you, barely audible over the rumble of the tracks. "That feel alright?"
You make a sound that isn't quite a word.
"That's it," he says, answering for you. "There you go."
The train takes a corner, and the momentum pushes you harder against him, and a groan hiccups out of you before you can swallow itâfollowed immediately by his own stifled sound, then the both of you breaking into laughter, foreheads pressed together, breathless and ridiculous.
"Sorryâ"
"The train," he echoes, grinning.
"Absolutely the train."
Another bump. Another involuntary rock of your hips. Another shared sound that dissolves into quiet, shaking laughter against each other's mouths.
His hands slide up under your shirtâslow, giving you every chance to stop himâand when you don't, his palms flatten against your ribs, his thumbs brushing the undersides of your breasts with a tenderness that makes your chest ache.
"You're so soft," he murmurs, and the word lands somewhere below your sternum and stays there. "You have no idea what you do to me."
His hands keep workingâsteady, deliberate, learning you in real timeâand his mouth finds every patch of exposed skin it can reach while his voice stays low and close against your ear. He tells you how good you feel. How pretty you look like this, flushed and disheveled on a subway seat atâhe glances at his watchâone-seventeen in the morning. How he's thought about the sound of your laugh in bed more times than he'd ever admit to anyone, least of all you.
Another bump. Another involuntary grind. You bite your lip to keep the sound in and he reads it on your face anyway.
"Don't do that." His thumb grazes your nipple through your bra. "Let me hear you. Nobody's here."
"Jayâ"
"I know. I know, baby. Keep going."
Baby. The word shouldn't undo you. You've heard him call a sandwich baby. You've heard him call his phone baby when it wouldn't connect to the Wi-Fi. But his voice is rough and low and he's looking up at you like you're the only thing in the entire empty city worth looking at, and something behind your ribs pulls tight.
His hands are everywhere. Gentle, unhurried, mapping you through fabric like he's memorizing the route. He circles your nipples until they're tight and aching, then soothes them with the flats of his palms, then circles again, and every time the train shifts he uses the momentum to press you harder against his thigh, and every time you gasp he murmurs something sweet and filthy into the skin below your ear.
"You're doing so good," he breathes. "You feel incredible. You have no ideaâ"
Your fingers curl into his shoulders, nails digging into the fabric of his jacket, and the pressure is building low and deep and inevitable, the kind of slow climb that makes your thighs tremble and your breath go ragged.
"Jay, I'mâ"
"I know. I've got you." His hands still on your hips, holding you steady, guiding the rhythm. "Right there. Stay right there."
The train rounds another corner and your hips roll and the world goes white at the edgesâa slow, rolling wave that crests and crests and crests before it finally breaks, and you bury your face in his neck to muffle the sound that tears out of you. He holds you through it, one hand cradling the back of your head, the other pressed flat against your lower back, and he's whispering things you'll replay for weeksâgood girl, that's it, you did so well, you're so perfectâand when you finally sink against him, boneless and shaking, he presses his lips to your temple and doesn't let go.
The train announces your stop.
The doors open, and the night air hits you like a cold hand against a warm cheek. You disentangle yourself from his lap with considerably less grace than you'd mounted it, legs shaky, and he stands beside you, steadying you with a hand on your elbow that lingers even after you've found your balance.
He walks you home. Of course he walks you home. His hand finds yours on the sidewalk the way it found yours on the trainânaturally, like it had been there all along and he'd only just noticed. Neither of you talks about what happened. Neither of you talks about what hasn't happened yet. The city is quiet around you, just the distant wail of a siren and the occasional taxi rolling past.
You stop in front of your building.
He stops with you.
He looks at the front door. Looks at you. Looks at the front door again.
"I should probablyâ"
"Come inside."
The words come out before you've decided to say them. Your voice sounds strange to your own earsâsteady, but barely.
He pauses. Something shifts behind his eyes.
"You want me to come inside."
"I don't want you going home tonight."
He studies your face for a long moment, and whatever he finds there makes the corner of his mouth liftâsoft, almost shy, nothing like the grin he wears on stage or in front of your friends.
"Okay," he says quietly. "Okay."
He doesn't make a joke. Doesn't deflect. Just squeezes your hand and follows you up the stairs, and when you fumble with your keys at the doorâstill a little unsteady, still buzzing from the train, from him, from the night that keeps refusing to endâhe presses a kiss to your temple and waits. Patient. Present. Entirely, unmistakably yours.
Upstairs, your apartment sits exactly as you left itâneat, clean, nothing out of place. The throw blanket folded over the arm of the couch. The single coffee mug drying upside down on the dish rack. No second toothbrush in the bathroom. No unfamiliar jacket hanging on the back of the kitchen chair.
Jay's eyes sweep the room with a thoroughness that borders on suspiciousâthe bookshelf, the kitchen counter, the empty side of the closet visible through the half-open door. You watch him take inventory, and something in his posture relaxes by degrees, like he'd been bracing for evidence of someone else and found none. Like he'd been scared to find otherwise.
He'd been here before. Dozens of times. Movie nights and hangouts and that one disaster of a dinner party where the smoke alarm went off and you both ended up on the fire escape eating takeout off paper plates. It wasn't new. The layout wasn't new. The smell of your apartmentâlaundry detergent and the candle you burn too muchâwasn't new.
But right now it was. It was new and his hand was still warm from yours on the stairs and the air between you had a different weight to it, dense and humming, like the moment before a thunderstorm.
"Um," you stumble, already moving toward the couch because standing still feels impossible. "Did you want to watch a movie?"
He doesn't answer with words. Just follows, sinking into the cushion beside you with a quiet exhale, and there's space between youâreal, deliberate space, the kind that didn't exist on the train. Like a first date. Like whatever happened in that empty subway car belonged to different people in a different universe, and the two of you sitting on this couch right now are still figuring out the handshake.
You reach for the remote on the coffee table, thumb the power button, and the TV blinks to life. The first streaming platform fills the screenâbright, cheerful, aggressively neutralâand you let it sit there because choosing something feels like choosing a direction, and you're not ready to choose a direction.
Jay isn't looking at the TV. You can feel him overthinking, the weight of his attention fixed somewhere on the carpet, burning a hole through the fibers. His knee is bouncing. Subtle, but you notice, because you've always noticed.
You break the silence before it calcifies.
"Do you want to pick?" You extend the remote toward him, arm outstretched, and his fingers close around itâslow, deliberateâand your hands brush against each other, skin to skin, and he swallows hard. You watch his throat work. You watch the way his jaw tightens for a fraction of a second before he turns to the screen.
He scrolls. Not far. Just enough to land on the first horror movie that loadsâsome generic title with a dark poster and a rating that neither of you readâand he clicks it without hesitation, like the decision was a Band-Aid he needed to rip off.
Then, without preamble, he closes the gap.
In one fluid motion, he closes the gap between you, pulling your legs up and across his lap, adjusting you until you're half-sprawled against the arm of the couch with your calves draped over his thighs. He settles back, not quite touching, but close enough that you can feel the warmth of his skin through your shirt.
The movie begins. A cold open. Rain on a windshield. A radio crackling with static.
Neither of you is watching.
His thumb traces absent patterns against the side of your kneeâsmall, unconscious circles that make your skin prickle beneath the denim. You watch his profile in the blue light of the televisionâthe sharp line of his jaw, the way his mouth quirks at something on screen that isn't actually funny.
"You okay?" he asks, not looking at you.
"Yeah." Your voice comes out steadier than you expect. "You?"
"I'm great." He says it like he's trying to convince himself. His thumb stills on your knee, then resumes. "I'm justâprocessing."
"The train."
"The train." He lets out a short, quiet laugh. "And the walk. And the stairs. And now your couch."
On screen, someone screams. The sound is distant, irrelevant, background noise to the quiet intensity of his gaze.
"I've wanted this for a really long time," he says. The admission comes out rough, almost reluctant, like he's been carrying it around and finally set it down. "Longer than I should probably admit."
His eyes search yours for a beat, two beats, and then something in him softens.
âI have toâ you smile softly.
He moves like he's been thinking about this all night. Maybe longer.
One hand slides down to the bend of your knee, fingers curling warm and certain around the joint, and he guides it upâslow, deliberateâuntil your leg is folded against his chest. Then the other, mirroring, until both knees are bent at either side of his waist and you're bracketing him on the couch with the movie still murmuring nonsense in the background.
His hair has fallen forward, hanging in a curtain off his forehead, and in the blue flicker of the television his eyes are soft in a way you've never seen them. The kind that doesn't know it's being watched.
It hits you all at once.
He's being loving.
The realization lands somewhere behind your ribs and stays there, heavy and warm. He's being loving. Jayâthe guy who deflects every serious conversation with a joke, who's built his entire public persona around being untouchable, who once told you with complete sincerity that feelings were "gross, actually"âis looking at you like you hung the moon and he's just now noticed it. His hands are trembling, just barely, and his eyes are bright with something that looks dangerously close to devotion.
And it's you doing this to him. You. The realization makes something hot and shy bloom behind your sternum, and you have to look away for a second because the weight of it is almost too much to hold.
He hesitates. You see it in the way his jaw tightens, the way his gaze drops to your mouth and then back up, like he's asking permission without saying the words. Like he's not sure if you want thisânot the sex, not the physical, but the this. The thing that comes after. The thing that changes everything.
You don't let him finish the question.
You pull him down by the front of his shirt and kiss him like you mean itâbecause you do. Your hands frame his face, thumbs brushing the stubble along his jaw, and you kiss him with everything the subway hadn't given you room for. Slow. Full-bodied. Meaningful in a way that makes his breath catch against your mouth.
He breaks away first, but only to press his lips to your collarbones. Then lower. The flat plane of your sternum, where your shirt has ridden up. Your ribs, where his hands had been. The dip of your navel, exposed now as he pushes the fabric higher with his nose. The waistband of your jeans, where his mouth pauses, warm breath ghosting across the skin just below.
His hands slide down the outside of your thighs, then back upâsmoothing over denim with a patience that borders on maddening. Fingers tracing the seams, the pockets, the belt loops, like he's trying to map every detail before he touches what matters. When his thumbs finally graze over the button of your jeans, he pauses. Waiting.
You nod.
"Okay," you whisper.
He undoes the button with a carefulness that feels almost surgical. Slides the zipper down tooth by tooth, watching your face the entire time. Then he pullsâjeans and underwear together, one long, slow dragâand you're bare beneath him on your own couch.
He kisses the inside of your knee. Your thigh. The crease where your leg meets your hip. And then his mouth finds you, and the sound you make isn't quiet at all.
"There she is," he murmurs against you.
He doesn't rush. That's the thing that undoes you. His tongue is slow and deliberate, and every time you gasp he makes a sound of his ownâlow, almost greedyâlike he's been craving this without knowing it.
"Jayâ" His name comes out broken.
"I've got you." The words vibrate through you. "I've got you."
The pleasure builds the way it does when someone isn't pushing you toward the edgeâcresting and receding, each wave a little higher than the last. Your hand finds his hair without deciding to. His arms wrap around your thighs, holding you still when your hips won't cooperate.
"Pleaseâ" you manage. "Please, I needâ"
"I know." He doesn't stop. "I know what you need."
When you finally collapse back against the cushions, trembling, he presses a kiss to your inner thigh and looks up at you with an expression so open it makes your throat ache.
He shifts, pressing another kiss to your hip, then your stomach, then your ribs as he works his way back up your body. His eyes find yours, dark and searching, and his hand hovers at the waistband of his sweatpantsânot pushing, not pulling, just asking.
"Can Iâ" he starts, then swallows. "Do you want this? As much as I do?"
"Yes." No hesitation. No second-guessing. "Yes, Jay."
He pulls the sweatpants down just enough, and then he's pressing into youâslow, achingly slow, his forehead dropping to yours as he sinks in inch by inch. The sound he makes is barely humanâsomething raw and broken and full of a feeling neither of you has named yet.
"Okay?" he breathes against your lips. "Tell me if it'sâtell me if you needâ"
"I'm okay." Your voice cracks on the second word. "I'm more than okay."
He starts to move, and it's nothing like the frantic energy of the train. This is slow and deep and present, every thrust deliberate, every withdrawal measured. His hands cradle your face, your neck, your ribsâtouching you like you're something irreplaceable. His mouth finds yours between breaths, kissing you with a tenderness that makes your chest ache.
"You feel so good," he murmurs against your jaw. "You have no ideaâgod, you have no idea what you do to me."
"Tell me." The words slip out before you can stop them. "I want to hear it."
His breath hitches. His hips stutter. Then he's talkingâreally talking, the way he talks when he's nervous, except the words aren't jokes or deflections. They're real. They're him.
"I think about you all the time. When I wake up. When I go to sleep. In the shower, which isâ" a shaky laugh, "âembarrassing, actually. You laugh at something stupid I say and I carry it around for days like it's a fucking souvenir." He thrusts deeper, and you gasp, and his voice drops to something barely above a whisper. "You make me want to be better. You make me want to be the kind of person who deservesâthis. You."
"Jayâ"
"Is this okay? Am Iâare youâ"
"I'm right here." You pull him closer, wrapping your legs around his waist. "I'm right here with you."
He buries his face in your neck, and you feel something wet against your skinânot tears, not quite, but the kind of dampness that comes from holding something back for too long and finally, finally letting go. His rhythm never falters, steady and deep, and the pleasure builds againâslower this time, fuller, like the first wave was just the overture and this is the symphony.
"Look at me," you whisper.
He does. You kiss himâslow, deep, unhurriedâand his hips press forward one final time and he breaks apart against you, his whole body shuddering, his name falling from your lips like a prayer neither of you knew you'd been holding.
For a long moment, neither of you moves. The apartment is quiet except for the sound of your breathing and the distant drone of the movie, still playing forgotten on the television. His weight settles against you, warm and solid, and you feel his heartbeat slowing against your chest.
Then he shiftsâcarefully, always carefullyâand gathers you into him, pulling you sideways until you're curled against his chest, your head tucked under his chin, his arm wrapped around your shoulders. The position is instinctive, practiced, like your bodies had been rehearsing this for years without your permission.
You reach for the throw blanket folded over the arm of the couch and pull it across both of you, tucking it around his shoulders and over your legs. The fabric is soft and warm and smells like your laundry detergent, and beneath it Jay's skin is warm against yours, his heartbeat steady and reassuring beneath your ear.
He reaches for the remote on the coffee table, thumb hovering over the screen. On the television, the horror movie has progressed to a scene neither of you has been paying attention toâsomething dark and atmospheric, completely irrelevant.
"Should I bother restarting this?" he asks, his voice rough with exhaustion and something sweeter. "We missed the whole first act."
You tilt your head to look up at him. His hair is a mess. His jaw is stubbled. His eyes are soft and drowsy and completely, unmistakably content.
"Sure," you murmur, nestling closer. "It's not every day we're alone in my apartment."
okok, iâm thinking ted for this ask, maybe you are like good friends with him, and making fun of him for his glasses. (as a fellow glasses wearer it happens) as a joke you try them on. iâm thinking smut ensues and he comes on your face while youâre wearing his glasses. what do you think?
Summary: After a drunken hookup with Ted during a party, you wake up to find him gone but the camera used to film the encounter left behind.
18+ SMUT!!!
WC: 5,491
You wake up because your neck hurts.
For one blissfully disoriented second, you think you're in your own bed.
Then your shoulder bumps into winter coats.
Your knees are folded awkwardly beneath you, one foot completely asleep.
"...Jesus."
Your voice comes out cracked and sleepy.
The house is quiet now. Or quieter. You can hear somebody downstairs clattering dishes into a trash bag and music playing softly from a speaker that's clearly running out of battery.
You rub a hand over your face.
Everything rushes back in pieces.
Shots.
Laughter.
Ted.
The closet.
Your stomach flips.
"Ted?"
Nothing.
You push the door open.
Sunlight spills through the upstairs hallway windows, harsh enough to make you squint.
Empty.
No Ted.
No birthday party.
Just the aftermath.
Plastic cups line the banister. A deflated balloon lazily rolls across the hardwood floor with the breeze from an open window.
You look back into the closet.
The camera is sitting right on the shelf where Ted left it.
"...Right."
Your phone is somehow still in your pocket.
Five percent battery.
One text.
TED â 9:17 AM
you're gonna wanna watch thatÂ
That's it.
No explanation.
No "good morning."
No âSee you later.â
No joke.
Just that.
You stare at the screen until it dims.
The first time you text him afterward is purely accidental.
Or that's what you tell yourself.
It's a video of a cat falling off a counter. You'd meant to send it to your roommate. You realize the mistake the second you hit send, watch the bubble turn from "Delivering" to "Delivered" to "Read" in the span of about four seconds.
He replies with a laughing emoji.
You stare at it for a long time.
Three days later he likes your Instagram story. It's a photo of your coffee. Nothing interesting. You'd posted it without thinking.
You almost reply.
You don't.
By Thursday you've convinced yourself the whole thing was a mutual decision to pretend nothing happened.
Maybe that's easier, maybe that's what he wants.
You replay every second you can actually remember.
You remember laughing.
You remember brushing hands over the camera.
You remember how small the closet suddenly felt once the door clicked shut.
After that...
Pieces.
Nothing complete.
You wonder if he's embarrassed, you wonder if you should be. You wonder why he hasn't just called.
The camera sits on your desk all week.
You move it three separate times.
Once because it's in the way, once because looking at it makes your stomach knot, and once because you almost convince yourself you're going to watch whatever's on it.
You never do.
Ted's text sits pinned at the top of your messages.
you're gonna wanna watch that.
The wording drives you insane.
Not don't watch.
Not please delete it.
Not letâs sit on the couch shoulder to shoulder and-
Justâ
Watch that.
Friday night, your roommate goes out.
The apartment is finally quiet.
You stare at the camera again.
"Fine."
The word sounds ridiculous spoken aloud.
You pull the SD card free with your thumbnail.
Your laptop chimes as it recognizes the card.
One folder.
One hundred and twelve video files.
"...Jesus, Ted."
The first twenty are exactly what you'd expect.
The cake.
People singing.
Someone unsuccessfully attempting a backflip over the couch.
Three consecutive clips of someone's dog wearing a birthday hat.
Ted's running commentary behind the camera is constant.
"This is cinema."
"No, no, fall againâI missed it."
"Happy birthday, idiot."
You laugh before you realize you are.
It's strange hearing his voice without him there.
You keep watching.
The clips get sloppier.
Crooked.
Long stretches of ceiling.
Someone accidentally filming inside their own pocket.
Eventually the timestamps creep later into the night.
You recognize the upstairs hallway.
The frame lurches as Ted walks.
Your own voice comes through first.
"...The birthday video."
Then his.
"...The birthday video."
The closet door appears in frame.
You remember this.
Mostly.
The camera wobbles as he steps inside.
The coats.
The cramped space.
Both of you trying not to laugh.
You reach for your headphones.
They're tangled on the desk beside youâwrapped around a pen, the cord knotted in three separate placesâand your hands aren't steady as you pull them apart. You plug them in. You settle them over your ears.
The video keeps playing.
You lean forward.
On screen, Ted's hand comes up. Covers your mouth. His voice comes through the headphonesâlow, close, the mic picking up every breath like he was whispering directly into your ear.
"Stop."
You press your thighs together.
On screen, you nod.
Your own voice comes through nextâthin, shaky, nothing like the way you hear yourself in your own head.
"Still good."
You remember saying that. You think. The memory exists in fragmentsâthe warmth of his palm, the scratch of his stubble against your jaw, the smell of cedar and wool. But watching it now, watching yourself from the outside, is something else entirely.
His mouth finds yours.
You watch yourself kiss him back.
You watch your hand fist in his shirt. You watch your head tip back against the coats. You watch the hangers sway overhead, and you hearâthrough the headphones, muffled by the closet and the coats and the music bleeding through the floorâthe sound you made when his teeth grazed your neck.
Quiet. Breathless. Almost a whimper.
You shift in your chair.
Your leg comes up.
You don't decide to do it. Your body decides. One knee bends and your foot finds the edge of the seat cushion, and you're pressing your thigh against yourself through your shortsâthe fabric thin, the pressure dull but warmâbefore you've fully registered what you're doing.
"Quieter," his voice says in your ear.
"I'm trying."
"You're not."
Your hand moves.
Not on purpose. Not with intention. Justâyour palm finds the inside of your thigh and your fingers curl, pressing through the fabric, and the friction is barely anything and it's already too much. You're watching yourself drop to your knees on screen. You're watching your hands fumble with his belt, and you don't remember seeing any of that from your angle on the floor.
His voice cracks through the headphones.
"Fuckâ"
Your fingers press harder.
On screen, your mouth stretches around him. The camera wobblesâTed's hand shaking where he's holding itâand you can see everything. The spit. The mascara starting to smudge. The way your eyes water and you don't stop, don't pull away, just keep going like you've been waiting for this.
"Look at you," Ted murmurs.
You turn the volume up.
One click. Two. Your finger hovers over the slider and then you drag it all the way to the end, and the sound fills your skullâevery wet noise, every shaky breath, every barely-audible word.
"So fucking pretty like that."
Your fingers slip beneath the waistband of your shorts. You don't remember deciding to. Your body is running on a different circuit than your brain, and your brain is somewhere else entirelyâsomewhere dark and warm and full of coats and tequila.
"Good girl."
Your hips roll forward into your own hand. Subtle. Almost imperceptible. But your breath hitches loud enough that you hear it over the sound of Ted's voice in your headphones.
On screen, he pulls out.
"Not yet."
You watch yourself blink up at himâdazed, wrecked, mascara tracking down both cheeks in black streaks that the camera catches in perfect, merciless detail. Your lips are swollen. Your chin is wet. You look like someone who's been taken apart and put back together wrong.
You don't look away.
You can't.
Ted hauls you up. Your legs wrap around his waist and your back hits the door and the soundâthat sound, the one that wasn't quiet at allâblasts through your headphones at full volume and you press your palm flat against yourself through your underwear and your whole body clenches.
"You're soaked."
The word lands somewhere behind your ribs.
His thumb finds your pulse on screenâyou can see it, his hand wrapped around your throat, his thumb pressing against the side of your neckâand your own heartbeat on camera is visibly hammering beneath his grip.
"Answer them," he whispers.
You press your fingers harder.
"Fine."
Your own voice comes throughâwrecked, thinned out, barely recognizable.
You hear yourself beg and your stomach flips and your hand moves faster, the heel of your palm grinding against the fabric, and you're so wet you can feel it through the cotton.
"You wanted to be loud," he whispers on screen, and the camera catches the edge of his grin. "So be loud."
Your free hand fists in your own shirt. You tug the fabric upâjust to your ribs, just enough that the air hits your skin.
You should stop.
You know you should stop.
You keep watching.
"Look at you." Ted's voice is steady and smug and so fucking pleased. "Begging in a closet. On camera."
The bass from downstairs on the recording thrums through your headphones now, thick and warm, and Ted's voice cuts through itâ
âOpen your mouth for me, baby.â
You whimper.
Actually whimper.
Your hand moves against yourselfâslow, deliberate circles through the cotton, your hips tilting up into your own palmâand on screen, you're dropping. You're dropping and the frame tilts with you, Ted angling the camera down, and there you are.
Mouth open. Chin tipped up. Eyes locked on the lens like you were looking at himâlike you were looking at himâwhile he came across your face in thick, uneven stripes.
"Good fucking listener."
You press your fingers harder.
The fabric is soaked through. You don't care. You don't care about anything except the sound of his voice in your ears and the pressure building low in your stomach and the way your body is responding like he's actually hereâlike his hand is the one between your legs, like his mouth is the one at your ear, like every thrust on screen is translating directly through the recording and into your nervous system.
You roll your hips forward.
Your hand moves faster.
Your eyes flutter half-closed. The laptop screen blurs at the edgesâjust light and color and motion, the sound filling every empty space in your skull. You can feel it buildingâthat tight, hot coil winding tighter and tighter behind your navel, your breath coming in short, sharp bursts that fog the inside of your headphones.
You tip your head back.
Your mouth falls open.
Your fingers press hard through the cottonâone, two, three deliberate circlesâand you're right there, right at the edge, your whole body wound tight and tremblingâ
A hand closes around your wrist- not the one on the desk.
The one between your legs.
Your eyes snap open.
You yank your hand free and scramble to pull your shirt down, your shorts up, to cross your legs, to do anythingâyour headphones tangle and yank free as you lurch upright, and the sound from the laptop spills into the room, loud and unmistakableâ
"So fucking pretty like thatâ"
Ted is standing over you.
He's staring.
Relief floods you firstâit's just Ted, it's just himâand then the embarrassment hits. Not a wave. A wall. Your face burns. Your ears burn. Your chest burns. You grab the edge of your laptop screen and slam it shut.
His mouth is slightly open. His car keys are still in his hand, dangling from one finger like he forgot he was holding them. His eyes drift from your faceâflushed, burning, probably blotchyâto the laptop, to the SD card sitting on the desk beside the camera, to the way your leg is still propped up on the desk chair with your knee bent and your foot planted on the cushion.
He blinks.
"...Hi," he says.
Your face is on fire. Your whole body is on fire. You can still feel the ghost of your own hand between your legs, still feel the wetness soaking through the fabric, still feel the echo of every sound he made on that recording vibrating through your bones.
"TedâIâyou can't justâ"
"Your door was unlocked."
"You can't just walk inâ"
"I've been texting you," he says, and his voice is carefulâslow, measured, like he's trying very hard not to laugh or say something that will make this worse. "For the last hour. I've been telling you I was outside."
You look at your phone on the desk.
The screen is lit up. A string of notifications stretches from the lock screen to the notification centerâseven messages, all from Ted, the most recent one timestamped four minutes ago.
TED â 10:01 PM
im outside
TED â 10:12 PM
hello
TED â 10:22 PM
you alive in there
TED â 10:30 PM
okay actually starting to get worried
TED â 10:34 PM
if you dont answer in 5 im coming in
TED â 10:39 PM
your door was unlocked by the way. thats dangerous.
TED â 10:42 PM
coming in
"I thought something was wrong," he says. "I knocked. Twice. You didn't answer. So I justâI tried the door and it opened and Iâ"
"Nothing's wrong." Your voice comes out too high, too fast, barely controlled. "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine, everything's fine, I was justâI was watchingâit's not what itâ"
You're grabbing the laptop, shoving it behind you on the desk, knocking the SD card with your elbow. It skitters across the surface and you lunge for it, fumbling, your fingers slipping, and you almost have itâ
"Hey."
Ted's hand catches yours. Not hard. Gentle. His fingers wrap around your wrist and he holds it thereâyour hand hovering uselessly over the desk, the SD card just out of reach.
"Hey, hey, hey." His voice drops. Low. Warm. Nothing like the recording. Everything like the recording. "Look at me."
You don't.
"Look at me."
You do.
His eyes are dark. His jaw is workingâthat same tight, controlled thing from the closet, like he's holding himself together through sheer force of will. But he's not angry. He's not laughing. He's looking at you the way he looked at you through the camera lensâlike you're the only thing in the room worth watching.
"You think," he says slowly, "I've got an issue with it?"
Your mouth opens. Closes. Opens again.
"No, I justâI wasn'tâthis isâ"
"Because I don't." His thumb traces the inside of your wrist. Once. Twice. Your pulse is hammering so hard you can feel it in your fingertips. "I really, really don't have an issue with it."
Your leg is still propped on the chair. You're still half-sitting, half-leaning against the desk with your laptop shoved behind you and your shorts rucked up and your face burning and Ted standing over you like this is exactly where he's supposed to be.
He leans down.
One hand braces on the arm of your chair. The other finds your jawâfingers curling beneath your chin, tilting your face upâand then his mouth is on yours. Not gentle. Not careful. Hungry. The kiss tastes like coffee and mint and something sharper underneath, and your hands find his chest without you telling them to, fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt.
His palm slides flat against your thigh.
Then higher.
His hand covers you completelyâpalm pressing down through the thin fabric, fingers spreading wide, and the pressure is immediate and overwhelming and you moan into his mouth before you can stop yourself.
He pulls back just enough to speak against your lips.
"Maybe," he whispers, "we should make a sequel."
Your breath stutters.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
He kisses you againâdeeper this time, his tongue sweeping across your lower lipâand then he's pulling you up out of the chair. Your legs are unsteady. He doesn't seem to notice, or he doesn't care, because his arm is around your waist and he's guiding you backward, step by step, until your knees hit the edge of your bed and you're falling.
The mattress dips beneath you.
Ted stands over you for one beat. Two. His eyes travel down your bodyâyour shirt pushed up to your ribs, your shorts twisted, your face still flushed and wreckedâand something shifts behind his expression.
He turns.
The camera is still on your desk where you left it. He picks it up. Turns it over in his hands. His thumb finds the SD card slot.
You watch him slide the card back into place.
The red light blinks once.
Then steady.
He turns back to you with the camera in his hand, and the look on his face is the same one from the closetâthat sharp, mean grin, half-terrified and half-delighted, like he can't believe he's doing this and can't believe he ever considered not doing it.
"Art is about restraint," he says.
His free hand finds your waist.
The camera's red eye blinks.
"Still good?" he murmurs.
You reach up and pull him down.
"Still good."
His weight settles over you, warm and solid, and his mouth finds yours againâslower this time, deeper, like he's trying to memorize the shape of it. The camera presses against your hip where he's still holding it between you, and you can feel the plastic warming against your skin.
He pulls back.
"Hold this."
The camera appears in the space between your faces. His fingers wrap yours around the grip, adjusting them, his thumb pressing yours into the ridge along the side.
"Both hands."
You take it. Your fingers are shakingâvisibly, embarrassingly shakingâand the frame wobbles the second it's fully in your grip. Ted watches the screen from above, his face half-illuminated by the glow of your bedroom lamp, and something soft moves across his expression before he can stop it.
"Good," he murmurs. "Point it down."
"Down where?"
"Just follow me."
He moves.
Not back up. Down.
His mouth finds your jaw firstâwarm, open-mouthed kisses pressed along the line of it, his stubble dragging rough against your skin. Then your neck. The hollow of your throat where your pulse is still racing. The dip between your collarbones where your shirt has ridden up. His hand slides the fabric higher, bunching it beneath your chin, and his mouth traces a slow, deliberate path down your sternum, between your ribs, across the soft skin of your stomach.
You're filming.
You're watching the screen, your arms extended above you, the camera tilted down toward your own body, and through the frame you can see Tedâthe top of his head, the broad line of his shoulders, the dark fabric of his jacket still on, still zipped halfwayâas he works his way down.
His free hand finds your thigh.
The one with the keys.
You hear them firstâthat soft, metallic jingleâbefore his fingers curl around the inside of your knee. The keys press cold against your skin, the metal warming slowly against your thigh as his grip tightens, holding your leg open, keeping you exactly where he wants you.
"Tedâ"
"Shh." His mouth brushes the crease of your hip. "Just hold the camera."
He kisses the inside of your thigh.
Once. Slow. His lips drag across the skin and you feel his breath against youâwarm, unevenâand your hands shake harder around the grip.
He kisses higher.
His palm slides up from your knee, pushing the fabric of your shorts with it, and his mouth follows the same pathâkissing, nipping, pressing open-mouthed and warm against skin that's never been touched like this. The keys jingle when he adjusts his grip, his knuckles white around them, holding you open and still with an ease that makes your head swim.
Your thumb finds the zoom.
You don't mean to. Your finger just movesâslides the control forwardâand suddenly the frame tightens. Suddenly you're watching your own underwear, the thin cotton soaked dark at the center, and Ted's mouth inches away from it.
He notices the zoom.
His eyes flick up to the camera. To you behind it. Something shiftsâdarkensâand his mouth curves against your thigh.
"Filmmaker," he murmurs, and the word vibrates through your skin. "You're a natural."
His tongue drags across the fabric.
Flat. Slow. A long, deliberate stroke from the lowest point of the cotton all the way up to the waistband, and the sound that comes out of you is not quiet. It's not close to quiet. It fills the bedroom, bounces off the walls, and Ted makes a sound against you that's half a groan and half a laugh.
He does it again. Longer this time. His tongue presses flat and wide and the cotton is so thin, so saturated, that you can feel every ridge of his tongue through itâevery point of contact, every flick of pressureâand your hips jerk up off the mattress before you can stop them.
The camera shakes. The frame tilts sideways, catches the ceiling, catches your hand gripping the sheets beside your head.
"Steady," Ted breathes against you. "I want to see this later."
He hums. The vibration goes straight through you. His tongue circlesâslow, torturous, maddeningâand your back arches off the bed, the camera tilting toward the ceiling again as your arms go weak.
"Please."
The word falls out of you before you can catch it.
Ted stills.
His mouth hovers. You can feel his breathâhot, evenâthrough the soaked cotton, and his eyes find the camera. Find you through the lens.
"Please what?"
"Please justâ" Your hips roll up. Searching. Desperate. "Please take them off, I can'tâplease, Ted, please justâ"
His fingers hook into the waistband. Both sides. The keys jingle as he adjusts his grip, his knuckles brushing your hip bones, and he pullsâslow, deliberate, dragging the fabric down your thighs, over your knees, past your ankles. The shorts go with them. Everything. Off. Discarded somewhere on the floor that you can't see and don't care about.
You're naked from the waist down.
The camera is still rolling.
Ted looks at you through the frameâreally looks, his eyes dark and wide and hungryâand his hand finds your thigh again. The keys press into your skin. He holds you open.
"Pretty," he whispers. "So fucking pretty."
His mouth finds you.
Not through fabric this time. Skin against skin. His tongue drags flat and slow and wet from your entrance all the way up, and the sound you make is so loud, so raw, so completely beyond your control that you feel it in your teeth.
"That's it," he murmurs against you. His lips brush your clit with every word. "That's the sound. Let me hear it."
You can't stop.
You don't try.
His tongue circlesâfirm, insistent, preciseâand your hand flies to the back of his head. Your fingers tangle in his hair, grip tight, and you hold the camera in your other hand at a ridiculous, shaking angle that's probably capturing nothing but the side of his face and your own trembling wrist.
"Look at you," he murmurs into you. The words vibrate. Your hips buck involuntarily. "Trying so hard to be steady."
"GodâTedâright there, don't stop, don'tâ"
"Not gonna stop." His voice is muffled, wet, vibrating against you with every syllable. "Not until you come on my face. Can you do that for me? Hm?"
His tongue flattens. Presses. Circled again.
"You taste so good." The words come out broken, half-spoken into your skin. "Better than last time. Better thanâfuckâyou're dripping."
"TedâI'mâ"
"I know." His hand slides up from your thigh, the keys dragging cold across your hip, and his thumb finds your clit. Presses. Circles in time with his tongue. "I know you are. Come on. Let go for me."
It hits like a waveânot the sharp, sudden kind from the closet, but something deeper, something that builds from your toes and rolls upward through your stomach and your chest and your throat until it pours out of you in a sound that doesn't have a name. Your back arches off the mattress. Your hand fists in his hair. The camera tilts wildly, catching light, catching shadow, catching nothing at all, and Ted doesn't stopâhis tongue keeps moving, slower now, gentler, drawing it out until you're shaking and whimpering and pushing at his shoulders because you can't take any more.
His chin is wet. His mouth is swollen. His eyes are glassy and dark and so satisfied it almost looks cruel.
He kisses your inner thigh. Once. Twice. Gentle. Almost tender.
Then his hand moves.
You hear the jingle of the keys as he sets them on the nightstand. You hear his belt. The rasp of his zipper. His jeans push down just far enoughâjust to mid-thigh, the denim bunching, his boxers shoved beneathâand then he's over you, between your legs, his weight settling warm and heavy against your hips.
He's still fully dressed.
The jacket. The shirt. Everything. The fabric of his jacket brushes your bare stomach as he leans down and the contrastâthe rough denim of his jeans against your inner thighs, the warm cotton of his shirt against your chest, the cool metal of his zipper pressing into your hipâmakes your head spin.
He positions himself.
"You still filming?" he murmurs.
You look at the camera in your hand. The frame is tilted at a terrible angleâhalf his shoulder, half the ceiling, your own fingers white-knuckled around the grip.
"Barely."
"Good enough."
You lift your shaking hand. The frame finds himâhis face above yours, his jaw tight, his eyes locked on yoursâand then he's pressing forward. Slow. So slow. Inch by inch, filling you gradually, and your mouth falls open and the sound that comes out is barely a sound at all.
"There you go," he breathes.
You moan. The camera shakes.
He pulls back. Equally slow. Your body clenches around him, trying to keep him there, and he makes a sound that goes straight through your chest.
Then he pushes forward again.
The rhythm he sets is devastating.
Not fast. Not hard. Deep and slow and relentless, every thrust aimed with precision, every withdrawal drawn out until you're begging him to move faster, to stop teasing, to justâ
"PleaseâTedâharder, pleaseâ"
"Not yet." His voice is rough but steady. His hand finds your hipâfingers spreading wide, thumb pressing into the boneâand he holds you exactly where he wants you. "Not yet. You're gonna come again. Like this. Just like this."
He rolls his hips. Once. Deep. Your vision whites out at the edges.
"That's it," he murmurs. "Right there. Feel that?"
You nod. You can't speak. Your free hand finds his chestâpalm flat against his shirt, feeling his heartbeat hammering beneath the fabricâand you cling to him like he's the only solid thing in a room that's tilting sideways.
He thrusts again. Slow. Deep. The frame shakes.
"You're so wet." His mouth finds your ear. His breath is hot, uneven. "You're so wet I can hear it. You hear that? That's you."
He rolls his hips. Deep. Grinding. The angle changes and he hits that spot and your vision whites out for a second, your whole body clenching around him, and Ted groansâlow, guttural, the sound vibrating through his chest and into yours.
"Fuckâright there?"
"Yesâ"
"Right there?"
"Yes, yes, pleaseâ"
He does it again. Same angle. Same deep, rolling grind. Your free hand claws at his back, at the fabric of his jacket, and you're pulling him closer, closer, trying to close every inch of space between you.
"Look at me," he says.
You open your eyes.
The camera is between youâyour hand trembling, the lens pointed at his face, and he's looking at you through it. Looking at you like you're the only thing that exists.
"You're so beautiful like this," he murmurs. "You have no idea."
He thrusts again. Slow. Deep. Your breath stutters.
His rhythm doesn't change. Doesn't speed up. Doesn't get rougher. Justâsteady, relentless, each thrust pushing you higher, winding that coil tighter and tighter until you're shaking beneath him, your thighs trembling against his hips, your hand white-knuckled around the camera.
"I can feel you," he says. His voice is wrecked. "You're getting close again. I can feel you squeezing me."
"I amâI'm close, I'm so closeâ"
"Hold on."
He pulls back. Just slightly. Just enough to break the rhythm, and you whineâactually whineâat the loss of friction.
"I want the camera."
"What?"
"Give it to me."
Your fingers are reluctant. They don't want to let go. But he's already reaching for it, his hand closing around yours, prying the camera free with gentle, careful pressure, and then it's in his grip. He adjusts the angle. Points it at your face.
Your flushed, wrecked, utterly undone face.
"I want to come to this later," he says, and the words are filthyâdeliberately, unapologetically filthyâbut his voice is tender. Soft. Almost reverent. "I want to watch you fall apart and I want to remember exactly what your face looked like when I did this to you."
He thrusts. Deep. Your mouth falls open.
"Right there," he whispers through the viewfinder. "That right there. That's the face."
Another thrust. Your eyes flutter shut.
"Keep your eyes open. I want to see them."
You force them open. He's filming youâone hand braced beside your head, the other holding the camera steady, his body moving inside you with that same maddening, perfect rhythmâand you're looking at him through the lens, and he's looking at you, and the red light blinks between you like a heartbeat.
"You're gonna come," he says. It's not a question. "And I'm gonna catch it. And then I'm gonna come inside you. And then we're gonna sleep. Yeah?"
"Yesâ"
"Good girl."
His free hand finds yours. Laces your fingers together. Pins your hand beside your head against the pillow, and the gesture is so unexpectedly tender that something cracks open in your chestâsomething warm and bright and overwhelmingâand the orgasm hits you like a freight train.
Your body arches off the mattress, your hand crushing his fingers, your mouth open in a soundless scream that the camera catches in perfect, merciless silence. Ted doesn't stop. He keeps moving through itâslow, deep, relentlessâpulling every last aftershock out of you until you're boneless beneath him, tears tracking from the corners of your eyes into your hairline.
"Tedâ"
"I know. I know, baby.â
His rhythm finally breaks. His hips stutterâonce, twiceâand then he's pressing deep, as deep as he can go, and you feel him pulse inside you, feel the warmth spreading, feel his whole body shudder above yours with a groan that he tries to muffle against your neck and fails.
The camera wavers. The frame tilts. He catches a flash of the ceiling, the lamp, the rumpled sheets, before his hand goes still and the lens settles on your faceâflushed, tear-streaked, utterly ruined.
The camera's red light blinks once more and then goes dark as his finger finds the power button. The screen dims. The bedroom quiets to just the sound of your breathingâragged, uneven, slowly evening outâand his heartbeat, still fast, pressed against your chest through layers of fabric.
Ted rolls off you.
Not far. Just enough to collapse onto his back beside you, one arm thrown across his face, his chest still heaving. The mattress dips with his weight and you roll toward him automatically, drawn by gravity and something warmer than gravity, until your head finds his shoulder and your leg hooks over his.
He doesn't move.
"Don't," you mumble into his shirt. "Don't say anything clever right now."
"I wasn't gonna."
"You were."
"...Maybe."
You exhale against his collarbone. His arm comes down from his face and wraps around youâheavy, warm, possessive in a way that doesn't feel possessive at allâand his hand finds the back of your neck, fingers threading into your hair.
You lie there.
"I owe you a date," he says, after a while. "A real one. That diner- the one you always want to go to."
You shift against him.Â
"You're asking me on a date right now?â
"I'm asking you on a date right now.â
You can feel the rumble of it in his chest before it becomes a laugh. His fingers tighten once in your hair, then go still.
"Since when are you a gentleman?â
He turns his head and plants a kiss on your temple, leaving his mouth there.