Day 1: You Know My Desires [Azriel, Wingplay]
Day 2: Take It [Cassian, Thigh Riding]
Day 3: Again and Again and Again [Chaol, Overstimulation]
Day 4: The Lord's Work [Rhysand, Face-Fucking]
Day 5: Catch Me if You Can [Ruhn, Shadowplay]
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Day 1: You Know My Desires [Azriel, Wingplay]
Day 2: Take It [Cassian, Thigh Riding]
Day 3: Again and Again and Again [Chaol, Overstimulation]
Day 4: The Lord's Work [Rhysand, Face-Fucking]
Day 5: Catch Me if You Can [Ruhn, Shadowplay]
Day 6: The Caress of Murder and Moonlight [Young Adult Poly!Rhyzriel, Rhysand's Sister's Best Friend!Reader, Dom/Sub]
Day 7: The Burning of the Autumn Leaves and the Roaring of My Yearning Heart [Eris, Make-up Sex]
Day 8: I Can't Bear This Another Second [Rowan, Gloryhole]
Day 9: Untitled [Merman!Lucien, Breathplay]
Day 10: Untitled [Azriel, Pleasure Hall]
Day 11: Hung Up [CEO!Rhysand, Cockwarming]
Day 12: Brains and Bravado [Dorian, Hate-Fucking]
Day 13: Tell Me I'm Your Midnight [Cassian, Virgin!Reader]
Day 14: Creep [Aidas, Stalking]
Day 15: In the Palm of My Hand [Eris, Wax Play]
Day 16: Double Duty [Rhysand x Cassian, Double-Penetration]
Day 17: Dinner for Two [Ithan, Breeding]
Day 18: Untitled [Cassian, Period Sex]
Day 19: Keep It Up [Nesta, Praise]
Day 20: Cupid's Chokehold (Bonus Scene) [Azriel, Rimming]
Day 21: Untitled [Rhysand, Touch-Starved]
Day 22: Untitled [Lucien, Sub]
Day 23: Hanging by a Thread [Cassian, Edging]
Day 24: Little Bird [Lorcan, Size Kink]
Day 25: Untitled [Azriel, Collar]
Day 26: Untitled [Rhysand, Toys]
Day 27: Untitled [Ruhn, Bondage]
Day 28: The Magic Number [Poly!Bat Boys, Overstimulation]
Day 29: Equinox [Eris, Public Throne Sex]
Day 30: Untitled [Cassian, Roleplay]
Day 31: Untitled [Azriel, Shadowplay]
THRILLER NIGHT: A CRESCENT CITY KINKTOBER EVENT
Something Evil's Lurking in the Dark
Thriller Night: Part 6 - Declan x Marc
Declan Emmet is a male on a Death Day mission of discovery. One he had entirely resigned himself to alone. Until a storm rolls in, forcing him to face his greatest fear—and revealing wicked things hidden in the dark.
Content Warnings: NSFW, M/M
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Author: @mystical-blaise | Masterlist
This is the sixth installment of Thriller Nights: A Crescent City Kinktober Event. Make sure to check out the rest of the collection and the other amazing authors!
Part 1: Ruhn x Lidia by @hlizr50
Part 2: Hunt x Bryce by @headcanonheadcase
Part 3: Ithan x Wolf Mystic by @headcanonheadcase
Part 4: Hypaxia x Celestina by @damedechance
Part 5: Fury x Juniper by @vikingmagic33
Part 6: Declan x Marc by @mystical-blaise
Part 7: Flynn x Ariadne by @ofduskanddreams
Part 8: Tharion by @damedechance
Thriller Night Masterlist
Declan Emmett hurried the short distance from the parlor to the library, eager to review what, if anything, they'd caught during the seance. Despite suspecting that the entire thing was complete bullshit, excitement prevailed.
Placing the recording devices down, he took a seat at the sturdy mahogany table, his makeshift command center for the overnight stay. The library was the perfect location. Centralized and quiet, with plenty of space for his array of laptops, monitors, and stacks of carefully packed backup equipment. Far enough from the thumping base and partying in the kitchen.
He'd learned the lesson long ago that laptops and parties don't mix. Fun fact; melted jello shots and a keyboard were a terrible combination.
Note to self, Flynn still owed him a computer.
This night at the haunted house was Dec's idea after Lidia had nixed any notion of yet another drunken, rowdy celebration at their shared home with a fuck no. Not that he blamed her one bit. Cleanup was a bitch and a half. So now, at his suggestion, they were here at the "haunted" house on the outskirts of Lunathion.
While the remaining members of Team Fuck-You might have come for spooky Death Day revelry, Dec was there for an entirely different purpose: to document proof. Some evidence that secondlight was now free to roam, free to exist. Perhaps even some vindication for a younger Declan who used to hear things go bump in the night in his childhood home—and the reason he still secretly hated the dark.
Not that he'd ever admit that to anyone other than Ruhn and Flynn. And that was only after they'd witnessed him in a near panic attack. After all, he would have never made it out of those damn Avallen catacombs without their encouragement. Their loyalty.
Muffled laughter traveled through the far wall as the gathering carried on without him—and had carried Marc with it.
Not that he could blame his boyfriend. As of late, the two of them had been like ships passing on the Istros. The entrepreneur, now CFO of his own company, had been stuck late to work almost every day, cutting into every single date night for nearly three weeks.
Three. Weeks. Three very long, frustrating weeks.
It wore on both of them. Stress and exhaustion showed in the circles under the shifter's usually brilliant topaz eyes, in his lumbering stride. So much so, Declan even felt guilty for asking Marc to assist with tonight's setup.
His boyfriend deserved a night to dress down and chill, to have fun.
But perhaps selfishly, the fellow techy had hoped he'd want to chill with him. Find what he was up to interesting to spend some time together staring at the monitors.
Yeah, real fun. Like he said; selfish.
Back to the task at hand, Declan glanced between the two screens; one streaming live while the other allowed him to pull up any previously recorded video. Plugging in the video recorder to transfer the file, he put the stupidly expensive, noise-canceling headphones on his head as he studied the green-hued footage.
Each nightvision camera had been placed strategically in and near the locations that stories claimed were the most haunted. Unfortunately, all Declan was seeing was evidence of other activities.
"Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me," he grumbled as he stared at the screen, staring at Ruhn and Lidia emerging from the study, a fine sheen of sweat over their brows and a shit-eating grin on the Crown Prince of the Valbaran fae. Rewinding a little further back and raising the volume, Declan heard exactly the reason for Ruhn's pleased expression.
Gods knew he'd heard those same noises plenty of times coming from his roommates' bedrooms on too many nights.
A deeply masculine groan sounded over the audio.
Declan set his head in his hand. "Ruhn, I swear to Urd. You couldn't keep it in your pants for one godsdamn night?"
And apparently, Ruhn and Lidia weren't the only ones having trouble.
Next, there was a wobbly-legged, disheveled Bryce who blew a kiss at the camera before she and a smug Hunt strolled back into the kitchen. Quinlan gave Athalar's ass a good slap before the door closed behind them.
Then there was Fury glaring up at another camera poised outside the door to the basement. A look that promised death if he followed her to presumably wherever June was. Noted. For his own safety, he promptly turned off the basement camera feed.
Moving to another view, there were Ithan and Willow, walking down the stairwell from the third floor, her pigtails and pants askew. His arm slung over her shoulder, trying to help fix the hair best he could, ultimately resorting to plopping a baseball cap down atop her head. He kissed her blushing cheek, a look of pure masculine pride lining the pup's handsome features.
Rolling his eyes and shifting in his seat, Declan switched over to the live. All six cameras seemed normal—except for one.
The master suite on the second floor.
Stories claimed that a crying woman in white, as pretty as Luna herself, was seen pacing the room and floor. Other stories told of a more devious shadowy figure slinking through the drafty halls. He had Marc mount a camera in the room's upper southwest corner, in perfect view of the entire space and the open doorway. In case the alleged specter was wandering the halls, the stairs—the very same that had caught Ruhn and Lidia.
But although the camera registered a signal in that room, there was nothing but a blank box on the split screen.
He squinted, moving to the other monitor to review the older footage to see if there was anything. There. And just as a tall, shadowed figure. There was an oily sheen to the humanoid form as the silhouette moved incredibly fast across the lower right of the screen—
Lightning and thunder flashed and clapped in unison, plunging the house into utter darkness.
A distant, slurred, hey, who turned off the fucking light, joined the chorus of muttered curses and surprised shrieks sounded through the plaster and lath walls of the old mansion.
Thanks to the portable backup battery, there was still the dim glow of the steadfast monitors and the constant hum of the computers—for now. Even so, the rest of the house was nothing beyond but a void.
Shit.
A foreboding creak resonated in the dark.
"Guys?" Nothing. "Guys, this isn't funny."
Was he… alone?
No. No fucking way. The rest of them were just being dicks. That was all.
The sudden familiar, unjustified panic of his childhood crept up his spine. Like bony fingers reaching out of the past, out of the shadows, reaching for him again. Declan stiffened, swallowing hard as he reminded himself of what his parents used to calm him. The dark wasn't bad. The sounds were just the wind or the house settling. Repeating those same words of reassurance, he reached out for one of the three compact flashlights he'd packed just for this instance.
His thumb pushed on the rubber button. Click—and nothing.
"Come on," he said, shaking it as if that would actually work. With a press of the button again, still nothing. Bringing it closer to the bluish dull glow of the monitors, he removed the batteries. The fresh ones he'd put in just before he'd packed up. How could they be drained already?
Nervously, he picked up the third flashlight—his backup for his backup that Ruhn had made fun of—finding it oddly lightweight. Too light. Unscrewing the back, he found the battery pack empty.
Godsdamn…
Okay. No problem, he just needed more light. Any light. His phone.
He dug into his back pocket and found… nothing. Not even his spare lighter. Fucking Flynn.
Given all the mirthroot his roomies brought, one of those fuckers had to have a light. Hel, maybe Ruhn could use that barely useful sparkle of light he possessed. Or better yet…
Bryce. Or even Athalar—if they would have remembered to keep their godsdamn walkie.
As if any of them would have remembered given the keg Tristan had rolled in earlier.
"Shit. Shit. Okay. Okay." Declan sucked in a deep breath, letting it out slowly. "Calm the fuck down. You know what you need. You need…" Something to do. To focus on.
His eyes skipped back to the glowing flat-screen monitors, to the battery-fueled cameras still rolling. Straight back to the blank square on the bottom right corner of the six-split screen.
The mission pushed his fear aside, much like it did when he was out in the field with the Aux. Give Dec a task, and he was on it regardless of what was going on around him.
He could find out why the camera wasn't working. Fix it. Totally forget about the weird shadowy figure in that damn room that had something to do with it.
No, just fix the damn thing. You're a problem solver, Declan. Mr. Reliable-as-fuck.
In the darkness, he felt around the floor, finding his smaller duffel bag filled with some equipment and supplies.
Even with his fae eyesight, he could barely see shit. His eyes caught on one device on the table. He grabbed for it, muttering a please work under his breath as he pressed the power button.
The thermal camera's screen flared to life.
"Thank Urd," Declan breathed out as made out the different heat signatures of the shelves and books, the table, and his equipment, giving him a visual of the space in the darkness.
And gave him the boost of confidence to set the strap of the duffel over his shoulder and go in search of the room with the broken camera.
With the space lit up on the screen in shades of violet and blue, cold on the spectrum, there were some fading oranges on the steps from when some guests had walked. Declan took the stairs hurriedly, praying to all the gods that there was no one behind him.
But he just had this feeling.
That prickling on the back of his neck and a niggling of his fae senses.
Finally reaching the landing on the second floor, he relied on the small visual representation of the long hallway, counting the doors until he reached the one on the far left. And he swore as he walked he smelled sweet… smoke.
Cigar? No…
Wait? Wasn't there a story about the original owner?
He shook that thought out of his head. Probably someone with the fucking mirthroot getting blazed.
His hand reached for the doorknob to the master suite and—
Creak.
Not daring to turn around, the genius just called out, "Hello?"
He could hear Flynn in his head—while mock slow clapping—going, Smooth, Dec. Hello? Really, dude? What if it's a killer-stalker, huh? And then Ruhn's voice chimed in with, Yeah, you just gave away your position. You're an Aux member, remember? Use that giant brain of yours.
Yeah, he was an Aux member, trained for combat. He survived the Drop. His Ordeal. The latter barely. And he still couldn't shake the same feeling he'd had that night in that terrible cave—the feeling of being followed.
Fuck this.
He spun around, pointing the camera back down the hall, finding only residual heat from his own treadmarks on the planked floor, all glowing orange and yellow. Even farther back to the landing.
But no weird floating, undiscernible blobs or misty humanoid figures. Just his overactive terrifying imagination mixed with his fear and wanting to actually see something.
Confidence renewed and led by the camera, he took the knob and strolled into the room with the busted equipment.
The room was…
Empty.
Nothing but the sounds of lashing rain and the howl of the wind banging the louvered wooden shutters sealed over the windows. Not even the lightning graced Declan with a bit of illumination in the reportedly most haunted location in the pitch-black house.
Basically, Declan Emmet's nightmare scenario.
On the thermal, he could make out the ethereal, hazy violet silhouette of a large bureau against the far wall covered with a sheet like a shroud. Heavy curtains covered the windows, blocking out the outside world. And then there was an ornately carved, massive four-poster bed.
A low massive blur of orange and yellow zipped passed through the image. Something with glinting, burning eyes.
And then it was simply… gone.
"What the…?"
Panning the room, he tried to follow the direction of the unknown shape.
Something slid around and rubbed against his leg. All he could think of was a hand grabbing for him under the bed out of the shadows of Hel just like in his childhood…
"Boo."
He spun around as a crouching form on all fours rose onto two legs, keeping his camera pointed like a weapon. A towering, muscular male figure rose up in the viewfinder. Declan's heart nearly fucking stopped.
"Burning fucking Solas! You scared the shit out of me!"
Marc's squared, broad shoulders moved with his deep chuckle on the thermal. And if Declan wasn't so pissed off, he might have taken more time to appreciate the entire glorious, naked build delineated by the heat signatures more thoroughly.
"That was you that touched my leg?"
He smirked. "My tail, to be exact."
Cursing under his breath, Declan rolled his neck, his shoulders, and made his way to the wireless camera mount. The camera now oddly twisted to face the corner.
With the battery icon already flashing red, the warning that death was imminent, Dec set the thermal to point upwards to give him some ambient light as he worked, swiveling the equipment around back into position. No need for his tools after all.
"Dec," came that low, familiar voice.
"What?" he snapped back after adjusting everything back in place, assuring the only way the camera was moving again was if someone fucked with it. Which is exactly what he suspected had happened. A prank. Another prank, anyway.
"Hey, Dec, are you mad?"
He didn't reply to that, because what could he say? Yeah, he was pissed and annoyed and—
"Oh, for fuck's sake, Declan! I was just having a little fun. You were the one who wanted to come here. You convinced me it would be fun for Death Day."
"Yeah, and that's what everyone else is doing. But you also know I was taking this seriously, too. But if you'd rather go hang with them…" He blew out a curse, dragging a hand through his dark red waves, tugging at the ends in frustration. "You know what? Forget it."
"Hey," Marc breathed out, the sound ever closer. Dec refused to turn around. Those massive hands gently grasped his shoulders, rubbing up and down over his biceps. "I know out of your housemates you're the most responsible but—"
Declan huffed out a laugh, nearly shrugging off Marc's touch. "And what about you? You're the epitome of responsibility."
"Maybe dating a hot-as-Hel party boy has made me want to have some fun. Live a little."
"You mean I gave you a personality?"
With a chuckle, he gave Declan's shoulders a rub, then another. And Dec could feel the tension melt away with each ministration of those magic hands.
"No, smartass," Marc replied, his fingers kneading harder. "You make me want to cut loose and have a good time. When I'm with you, I don't have to be—"
Declan sighed with gratitude and forgiveness, leaning into Marc's working palms. "Don't have to be the sexy-as-fuck start-up tech company founder?"
Lips trailed the back of the fae male's neck. "Exactly. You make me want to have fun again, Dec. I shouldn't have at your expense, though. I apologize if I scared you."
"I'm sorry I flipped, babe. I'm just a little on edge," Declan admitted in his relaxing haze, his eyes adjusting to the dark, and still seeing nothing. Still, he was grounded by Marc's reassuring touch, his own hand coming up to rest upon the leopard shifter's much larger one.
"Mmm… I can tell."
"I just… I saw something when I was a kid in my room. I mean, this was before all the shit we know now about what the Asteri was doing with the secondlight. Before I really knew about Hel, you know? My parents didn't believe me, but I swear to all that's holy, Marc, there was something in the dark in my room." Something evil lurking in the dark, a demon reaching for him. Despite himself, he still shuddered at the very thought.
Marc's firm grip continued to knead muscle, those full lips placing tender kisses on the back of Dec's bare neck, making him blush in the night. Almost like a fog, the ancient bedchamber became thick with desire. As electric as the sky outside.
"That's why I'm determined to find some evidence, Marc. Maybe just to prove I wasn't crazy. Hel, we have a damn necromancer; if there are spirits here, there should be something… if spirits can now freely roam around." Or if they were indeed stuck here in hiding from the Under King for centuries. "And I know it's Death Day, and I know all my friends want to party. It's supposed to be a night of—"
"Mischief," Marc offered before the briefest touch of his lips to the tip of Declan's delicately arched fae ear. Another soft press of lips. "I love that about you, Dec. How focused you get on a task. How determined you are."
"Well, someone has to be. Everyone else here is so focused on fucking—" His lips pressed together, holding in a grateful moan as those fingers continued to work at the tension.
"You don't say. And how do you know what everyone was doing, I wonder? Declan Emmet, were you watching?" Marc asked with feigned outrage.
Even though he couldn't see a damn thing, Dec still twisted his face to peer over his left shoulder. "You make me sound like a perv. It wasn't on purpose."
Marc's warm breath brushed his lips. "I'm sure. They're a horny bunch. But I bet it still turned you on, just a little."
Declan wasn't going to respond to that accusation—even though the shifter's words were on point. Yes, he was turned on, just a little. Maybe it had started from all the dirty sounds caught on the microphones, but now it only had to do with the beast of a male standing behind him.
The handsome male whose wide palms were now skimming from his shoulders and over his biceps.
"What—" Declan swallowed hard as the heat of the towering shifter pressed into his back, searing him deep as it always did. Maybe it was the residual autumn fae in him, but he was attracted to the depth of his warmth, inside and out. Then a wide hand skimmed over the front of his shirt, down further still. Lower and lower, until he reached the top of his black jeans, that he finally managed to finish his ask. "What are you doing?"
Marc's dark chuckle brushed against the shell of his ear. "Like you, I'm eager for evidence, Declan." Teeth nipped and tugged on his earlobe, on the steel hoop in his ear. Lust shot through him, his body responding to the wicked little nip in the dark. Declan gasped, tipping his head back in a groan as that wandering touch cupped him through the denim, finding his hard length. "There it is."
"Fuck," Declan hissed, unable to hide, unable to feel anything. Unable to think about his goal for the evening. Not when the heel of that palm was rubbing him in rough circles. Not when his hips were pushing against that hand, desperate for more sensation.
"You like that?" Marc crooned.
Declan groaned, his erection uncomfortable in the confines of the denim, the delicate skin digging into the metal zipper.
When his hand reached back to pull Marc to him, he knew what he would find. With his clothes long removed before he shifted, only beautiful bare skin and corded, hard muscles remained. Aside from his shifter genes, his physique was delineated by years of regimented workouts and healthy eating. Marc was thorough, practiced and put together in all things. But if his sexy, put-together, tech executive wanted to cut loose tonight. If he wanted to let loose with Declan, then so be it.
"Dec," Marc hissed as the redheaded male ground back against him to the tempo of the hand working his front, the shifter's hardness already a taunt against his ass.
"What?" he asked teasingly. "You want me to let loose and have a good time tonight, right?"
"Yeah," Marc said, his words ending with a grunt as Declan bumped him backward.
Despite not being able to see Marc, Dec turned around to face him. "Then let's let loose. Get on your knees, babe."
Over the howl of the wind outside, he heard the shifter's knees hitting the wooden floor before him.
Declan whipped off his gray t-shirt, tossing it away to some corner. His hands went to the button of his jeans, popping it open. Then he towed the zipper down, taking his time, the sound of it somehow more arousing in the absence of light, of sight. As he worked his jeans down his thighs, he grabbed hold of his cock.
"Godsdamn," Marc growled.
With the satisfaction that he could bring the mighty leopard shifter to heel, Declan gave himself a pump. Then another, slow and firm, his head falling back and eyes shut with the wringing pleasure. "You and your damn shifter eyes. You can see me, can't you?"
"Fuck yeah. And I love what I'm seeing."
Wrist twisting on the upstroke, his thumb smeared the bead of liquid gathering over the tip. And he swore the enormous leopard shifter whined at that. Good.
Still stroking himself, Declan followed the alluring scent of sandalwood and rain and heady arousal until he could sense the body heat radiating off the other male.
He cursed as his head dropped back, his grip tightened, and the pumping became rougher and faster. "Open."
Heat puffed over throbbing skin, a tempting combination of hot and wet. Marc's tongue slid back and forth as Dec tapped his stiff cock against it. From the base to the tip, that talented tongue laved unprovoked, tormenting and flicking every sensitive inch.
With his mind almost blown with need, he couldn't stop the demand welling up from his lips. "Oh fuck, Marc"—his breath caught—"suck me."
And holy Hel, he did. No hesitation, only a satisfying growl before Marc's mouth closed around him and sucked him down, his hand peeling Dec's away so he could take control. That hand wrapped around his cock while the other clamped onto the fae male's hip, those fingers biting into the flesh of his ass—
Grasping Marc's head, Declan thrust his hips forward.
He wished he could see it. See himself disappear in that sensual mouth, sinking in as topaz eyes blazed into his own. But, burning Solas, the blind feel of him in the darkness… The way Marc's cheeks hollowed out and his tongue swirled around, coating him in the warm sensation of his mouth, his lover's enthusiasm dripping down his length to his sac. His own rapid panting blended with the enthused sloppiness and pleasured hum of the supplicant, sexy male before him.
A wandering finger slipped in between the crevice of his ass, circling the tight hole there. Circling endlessly. An opening, tantalizing tease. Until that thick finger finally pressed in.
Unable to stop himself, Declan bucked forward, forcing himself down Marc's throat until the shifter's nose met his pelvis. "Fuck!"'
Marc merely chuckled darkly, sinking his finger deeper and deeper. Declan wasn't even sure how either of them could breathe. They were frantic, muscles straining and flexing, racing to the edge. With each passing moment, Dec's brow beaded with sweat.
He moaned, scraping his fingernails across Marc's scalp. His hand tightened on the back of that head in plea and warning. His shifter male only loosed a muffled groan, still sucking and fingering him.
Climax came on as suddenly as an autumn storm. Shaking from head to toe, his damn knees nearly gave out as his release spilled over and over. And Marc took it all. Didn't let up, still working him as the last blissful tremors of orgasm ebbed. In a lazy glide, his boyfriend's mouth drew off of him and that digit slipped out, making him shiver.
"Gods…" Declan swallowed hard, trying to regain balance. Marc pressed a sweet kiss to the scar across his stomach. "Babe, that was—"
His words cut off with a rough, demanding kiss. The taste of himself on Marc's tongue went directly to his head, still dizzy with pleasure and desire. They both groaned as the shifter's hard, demanding length pressed against Dec's stomach, spurring his own back to attention.
Marc always did that to him. No matter what, with him, he always seemed ready to go.
"Luna fucking save me," Marc said with a groan, grabbing onto his partner's ass to bring him closer, as they writhed against each other. That finger teased Dec again from behind with just enough pressure to drive him wild. "I want to fuck you so bad. You have no idea how bad. If only—"
"I brought lube."
With an erotic chuckle, Marc slowed the roll of his hips and asked, "What?"
"I-fuck. I brought lube."
Marc snorted. "Why am I not surprised?"
Declan reached down, gripping Marc's thick cock at the base, taking satisfaction at the hitch in the larger male's breath. "Always prepared, seldom disappointed."
"I would expect nothing less from a former Otter Scout. Bet you know how to tie all sorts of knots, too."
His hum practically a purr, Declan answered with, "Wouldn't you like to know."
"Oh, make no mistake, I do. But not this time. Right now, I need to fuck you and in order to do that, I need that lube. So where are you packing such a thing?"
"In my bag. I actually brought it to loosen the stuck screws holding up the cameras. It was all I could find in a pinch." A pinch was an understatement. All of his mechanical lubricants had mysteriously disappeared. Declan didn't want to know the why or the what. "So I just took the first thing I thought of."
"In the duffel you brought with you?" Declan nodded vigorously, his mind solely on the drag. He pushed his hips forward, the friction alone of their dicks against one another nearly enough to make him come again. But before he could, Marc was gone.
There was a brief rustling sound over to the left and then—
Kissing him senseless, breathless, pants still tangled around his thighs, Dec was marched backward, stumbling until his back met something. That something unyielding and rounded against his spine. They kissed and kissed and it only stopped when a deep, rasping voice demanded as he tugged on the open flap of denim, "Off."
He didn't have to be told twice, already shoving them off, removing everything in a blur. Stripping until it was just the two of them, skin to skin, clothed only in darkness.
In a blink, Declan was spun around, his hands finding and clasping around the carved wood pillar now at his front. A bedpost, he realized absently.
"God, have I told you how much I love your back, Dec? These shoulders." Whack! Dec jumped as a splayed palm came down on his rear, then rubbed out the slight hurt. "This perfect ass of yours. It's the prettiest sight."
"Well, at least you can see me. I feel like it's unfair that I can't see—" Declan's scoff turned into a moan as something chilled slid between the seam of his ass.
Pressing a soft kiss to the sensitive spot below Declan's ear, his boyfriend's whisper a silken persuasion. "It's just the two of us here, alone and together. Embrace it, Dec. I'll always lead you out of the darkness if you let me."
And Declan knew at that moment Marc always would.
The wet slide of a tongue down the column of his neck had Declan's hips bucking backward, feeling that massive cock slipping against him.
Marc's cool, coated fingers found their way, pressing, pushing into him, working him just enough. One… Then two… Fuck, three fingers. Even after all this time, after all their bouts together, the leopard shifter still took good care. Something he was eternally grateful for.
Declan was no slouch of a male. As a member of the Aux, he took good care of his body. But the leopard shifter still dwarfed him, made him feel small. Marc was flawless. Chiseled dark-skinned perfection with broad shoulders, perfect for holding onto. And while Dec had seen a variety of fine dicks in his day, had experienced his fair share—nothing and no one compared to Marc Rosarin.
No one ever would.
Not to mention, none of the males before had a pierced cock, either. Not even the draki he'd had an intense, albeit brief, fling with.
Who would have thought that out of all of them, the one pierced there was the put-together tech entrepreneur? And, Solas, what that little barbell of steel through the tip could do…
As fingers slid out, he heard that telltale click and squirt, followed by a hoarse groan in the darkness. Though he couldn't see it, the fae male could picture it clearly. How Marc's forehead furrowed as he stroked the thick liquid over his shaft. The dark, rigid length of him glistening and ready, already weeping with need.
A soft kiss on his shoulder and a settling grip on one hip helped tip the redhead's head back as another jarring drip of cold fell on his skin.
Declan gripped the post, his knees widening as he braced himself. His brows drew together as that broad blunt head started to push in. Slowly easing, gliding in inch by delicious inch. Each gain intensified the pressure, the burning stretch that tensed them both.
After another slow thrust, Dec's body had time to adjust as Marc stilled. All the while, the broad, calloused palm spanning his flank caressed and soothed as if the solid wall of male behind him was the one with the true healing power.
"Fuck, you're still so tight. Have I told you how amazing you feel, Dec? Like you were made for me."
Declan shivered at the gruff possessiveness in his voice. Shaking. He was shaking. Was going to jump out of his skin. Godsdamn. There was more power in everything without sight. Everything was more sensitive. Words. Touch. Already too good. Already too full.
Still, he was greedy tonight. For Marc to be with him. To take everything, to have everything. To swap his earlier fear with this pleasure only this male could give him.
"Marc, it's okay if you don't—" A grunt and groan followed. "Don't be gentle tonight."
Knuckles tilted Declan's chin upward. Marc's words were full of gravel when he asked, "You sure?"
While Declan could not see Marc beyond a hazy silhouette, he knew Marc could clearly read his intentions. "Yes."
"You got it, tiger."
Gripping him by the hips, Marc's mouth slammed on Dec's at the same time his pelvis surged forward, driving all the way in on a single thrust. Holy fucking Hel, Declan had to force himself not to scream, not to lose it all right there.
Ragged breath puffed against his mouth, both of them trembling as Marc held himself still again, both of them trembling and throats bobbing.
And then Marc was moving, pulling out before plunging back in. Each time, Declan could feel the drag of chilled metal, stroking deep to hit that spot that made him see stars.
He rocked back into it, bracing and trying to keep up with the rhythm as every sliding thrust shoved him farther into the solid wooden post, jostling the entire bedframe.
So full…. So deep… So deep inside him…
Declan's desperate whimper had Marc fucking him even deeper, hitting that spot over and over.
Something in the pathetic sound must have begged for more, because a brawny arm came around his torso, bearing his back, his weight, to the shifter's sweaty, muscled front as he continued to pound him into oblivion. Every hammering thrust bounced his erection against his abs. Had Marc's balls slapping off his ass.
Everything was wild and frenzied. Primal. So much that Declan could almost imagine what Marc's sharp claws would feel like gently scraping across his skin. Wanted that lick of pain. Wanted to bruise.
He was climbing higher and higher, his spine tingling with the need to come. Marc reached around, cupping his balls with a squeeze, before he fisted Declan's cock, gripping him tightly.
"Shit!… Marc!" Dec panted through gritted teeth.
"Are you close? Can you do it, tiger? Can you come for me again?"
Declan's response was little more than a yelp as those hips slammed into him.
With that slippery hand jerking his dick, that swollen cock fucking his ass, Declan couldn't hold back.
Too much. It was too good.
Everything went taut and dark, then bright like starlight behind the eyelids Dec didn't even realize he'd closed. He cried out as he came all over Marc's hand, smearing between fingers and over skin as Marc didn't let up.
It went on and on. Those powerful hips behind kept their pace, going and going until—
"Fuck!" Marc shouted, burying himself to the hilt, each pulse kicking deep inside, over and over. With one last shudder, finally spent, the shifter's head fell forward until his forehead rested on Declan's mussed red waves.
The hand on Declan's front shifted until it spread over the center—over his heart.
And then everything went still as the wind whistled outside around the house, rattling the shutters. They didn't move, simply held each other in the dark, relishing in the silence, soaking in their love for one another.
"You okay?" Marc asked, pressing a tender kiss into his hair that shot straight to Dec's heart.
"More than okay."
Slowly, gently, carefully, Marc slid out, caressing along Declan's spine as he did so. "That was…"
"Yeah…" Declan said.
"I'm sorry."
Still wrapped in his arms, he turned around to face him. Declan wound his arms around Marc's neck. "For what? The best sex of my life?"
"Best sex so far," Marc countered, sighing before he continued. "I'm sorry I disappeared earlier. Made you think I didn't care about you. Truth is, I was in the kitchen to grab us some beers—I was on my way back to you when I got sucked into a conversation. You know how that crew can be. But you have to know the only reason I came to this party tonight was to spend time with you, Dec. I've missed you."
Softly and sweetly, he kissed him. "I've missed you too, babe. Now, can you find my bag? And my clothes? I still can't see shit."
After pressing his lips to Dec's forehead, Marc laughed, untangling himself from the fae male's arms. "Sure thing, tiger. Only if you promise to grab my clothes from the other room."
Declan snorted, wishing he could watch Marc walk away. Because, damn. "Didn't think that whole shifting leopard prank through, did you?"
"No, I did not. Here," he said, handing Dec his bag. He set it down, squatting to feel for supplies. "When we get back downstairs, I'll grab those beers I promised and we'll park it in front of those monitors. Maybe make out a little. What do you say?"
Declan couldn't hide the smile in his voice as he said, "Sounds great."
"Good. But first I need to clean up."
Declan was already taking out wipes, water, and hand sanitizer. Things he had brought with greasy hands and malfunctioning equipment in mind originally, but... "Always the Otter Scout," he quipped, blindly tossing his boyfriend the towel.
Marc laughed huskily. "Indeed, and I'm so very—ah, Hel."
"What?"
"I forgot you readjusted it before we…" He cleared his throat. "I don't know how to say this, Dec, but the camera was pointed at us the entire time."
His amber eyes snapping up, his face heated with the realization. "Oh fuck me."
"Already did, but if you want to go again, I'm more than happy to."
Merciful Cthona. Leave it to Declan Emmet, tech genius, to accidentally record a nightvision sex tape after making comments about no one else being able to keep it in their pants.
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Capture
Summary: Regardless of who’s the captor and who’s the captive, the captain and the prince can’t deny what they both want from each other. Rating: M Notes: Kinky romantic EF AU Captain Charming for @mahstatins to congratulate her on finishing her CSBB story. This was inspired by a conversation about beta-reading, I am not even joking. Happy Captain Charming Friday, I guess?
This story is romantic Captain Charming, and it’s a lil bit smutty, so if that’s not your thing, GOOD NEWS you don’t have to read it and can go about your day, and we’ll all be happy and everything will be fine. The rest of you lot, here ya go.
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This story contains moderately explicit sexual content.
A lingering glance. A lick of the lips. A blush at what should have been an innocuous comment.
David had known it was only a matter of time before his captor had him figured out.
He’d just assumed that the pirate captain would be disgusted and have him tossed overboard, ransom be damned. Or, given the impressive size of the ransom and the high likelihood that it would be paid without a fuss, that the pirate captain would simply be in more of a rush to make the exchange, to get the prince off his vessel as soon as possible.
And so when the first mate arrived, as usual, to unlock the cell door and bring David up to the captain’s quarters for supper, he had no reason to suspect that tonight would be any different from the previous ones.
The captain, by all accounts, behaved perfectly normally as they ate. Granted, for Hook, acting perfectly normal meant making biting comments about David’s supposedly pampered upbringing and lazy, affluent lifestyle, as well as commenting on how he planned to spend the ransom he’d be collecting soon enough.
David bit his tongue, as usual. It didn’t seem necessary to inform the pirate that he hadn’t in fact captured a real prince, but a shepherd masquerading as one, and so his upbringing and life up until the past month or so had been anything but privileged. And the only reason the ransom would be paid immediately was because King George had already had to replace one son, and could not afford to have to replace another. To admit that to Hook would just be offering him more ammunition to needle him with.
Hook seemed to mistake David’s typical silence for something else. “Don’t worry, Highness,” he said, settling his heels on the now cleared table and leaning back in his chair. “We’ll have you back to dear daddy in no time. And to your insipid fiancée.”
Right, Abigail. David wouldn’t describe her as insipid, but then again, he’d only met her once. He didn’t know her at all; maybe she was insipid.
“Oh, now that’s interesting,” Hook continued. He grinned and dropped his feet back to the floor so he could lean across the table almost menacingly. “Not interested in said fiancée, are we?”
“It’s for a political alliance. It doesn’t matter if I’m interested or not.”
“Of course, of course. That’s why you’re not interested.”
David frowned. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
He thought he knew better than to take any sort of bait from Hook. But the comment seemed so strange, he couldn’t help but ask.
And then—
“It’s supposed to mean, your Highness, that perhaps your lack of interest in such a beautiful woman might be due to your … proclivities.”
His heart dropped down to his feet. “Excuse me?”
Hook chuckled. “No need to play coy, Highness. We’ve absolute privacy here.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Oh, is that so?” Hook stood and slowly swaggered over until he was standing right beside him. “So I’ve simply imagined the way you’ve been staring at me, I suppose. Or the way your pretty face flushes when I’ve said something potentially suggestive. Come now, your Highness; there’s nothing to be ashamed of in admitting what you desire.”
He was so close now, and David couldn’t help but breathe faster. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he repeated, with even less conviction than before.
“I believe you do.” His lips were against his ear now, and David shuddered. “It’s just the two of us here, love. Why not give in?”
“I like women.”
“So do I.” The hook began to make its way down his chest, before it snagged at a clasp on his doublet. “Doesn’t mean either of us is so limited. Don’t you agree?”
“You’re a pirate.” He could feel himself turn even redder; he’d meant to sound defiant and disgusted, but the words came out reflecting exactly how he felt: very, very aroused.
“I am.” One button was now undone. “And I think you like it.”
Words wouldn’t come. He wanted to deny it—of course he wasn’t turned on by a filthy pirate, a depraved mercenary, an immoral villain—but as Hook undid another button, and then another, he found it impossible for the lie to pass his lips.
But the truth wasn’t something he could admit either, that he’d wanted this man since the very first night, that he’d dreamt about this hand and this hook and this mouth on him, that it had taken every ounce of willpower not to touch himself while thinking of a moment just like this one.
“Do you want this?” Hook asked, nose nuzzling against his ear. The doublet was completely open now. “Say no, and this ends. Say no, and I’ll leave you be. But say yes, and …” A soft kiss to his neck turned sharp as Hook gently bit down. “Oh, do say yes, princeling. Say yes, and give us both a night to remember.”
His yes was less of a word and more of a gasp, but it was a yes. And Hook grinned.
“Undress.”
He felt hazy as he stood and pulled off his doublet before tossing it aside and working on the laces of his trousers. Hook watched him, almost appraisingly, making no move to take off his own clothing. “What about you?”
Hook chuckled. “So hasty. I give the orders here, your Highness: finish undressing.”
David rolled his eyes even as he pulled off his boots. “Calling me ‘your Highness’ kind of subverts the whole ‘I give the orders’ thing.”
And then Hook was right in front of him, crowding him, pushing him back, pressing him against the wall. “Let’s be clear here, then,” he said, voice low, equal parts seductive and authoritative. “Tonight, you will address me properly, as ‘Captain’ or ‘sir.’ Because make no mistake, love: while you will enjoy every last minute of what I’m going to do to you, you are not even remotely in charge. Do you understand?”
He was about to give a snarky reply—oh, sure, he understood that the pirate had an inferiority complex—or maybe even try to reassert his own unearned authority as royalty, when he felt a hand cupping and squeezing his cock through the leather of his trousers. Instead, he could only let out what was an embarrassingly lewd moan.
“Do you understand?” Hook repeated.
He nodded.
“I asked, do you understand?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good boy. Now, I believe I told you to undress.” The hand released him, and he let his head fall back against the wall as he tried to regain some composure.
Once he finished following that order—and tried very hard not to think about how arousing this whole concept was, of following erotic orders—Hook had him move to the center of the room before circling him, inspecting him. He closed his eyes, as if he could hide from Hook’s predatory gaze.
“Very nice,” Hook said. “I expected you’d be a stellar specimen, and you haven’t disappointed me. Now, kneel.”
He might have only been royalty for a few months, but David still balked at the command. He opened his eyes and frowned.
“I told you to kneel,” Hook reminded him.
“I know, I just—”
“Kneel.”
He swallowed hard and sank to his knees; Hook placed his hand on his head and ruffled his hair. “Good boy.” To his embarrassment, his cock bobbed at the praise. “See? You like being good, don’t you? Admit it.”
“Yes, sir.” The words were simultaneously bitter and so, so sweet.
“Good boy.” He removed his hand and undid the laces of his trousers. In seconds, his own hard cock sprung free. “Now, open wide.”
Later that evening, David struggled against the sleepy haze that pulled at him. He knew he should care that he wasn’t in the brig, that the whole crew would know where he was spending the night and would likely talk. But given the sounds that he and Hook had been making all evening, there was no hiding what had gone on.
He felt free when he realized how little he cared. He reached across Hook’s chest to pull him a little closer.
Hook chuckled. “Insatiable, you are.” His voice was heavy and drowsy.
“Gonna order me to let go?”
“Mmm, no.”
A disgruntled former crewman. A casual slip of the tongue at the wrong tavern. A little too much confidence in a risky maneuver.
Hook had known it was only a matter of time before he was captured.
He’d just assumed it wouldn’t be for many, many more years, when he was old and gray and had lived a satisfying enough life. Or that he’d be taken by a rival pirate captain, or that of the navy of a maritime kingdom—someone who would have a personal grudge against him, and the expertise to capture him.
And so when the navy of bloody Misthaven of all places had him surrounded, and his crew seemed entirely disinclined to go down with the ship, his surrender was entirely colored by disbelief.
And apprehension.
Misthaven was ruled by Snow White and her consort. The Queen was known to be astoundingly fair in both appearance and manner, but equally uncompromising once she’d made a decision. If she decided that the notorious Captain Hook would be hanged for his crimes—which he could admit was a fair punishment for his misdeeds—then there would be no arguing with her.
But the Queen wasn’t his only source of apprehension.
A few years ago, there had been a series of intense power struggles within and among several kingdoms. An important alliance had been dissolved, usurper queen had been dethroned, a corrupt king had abdicated in disgrace, and two kingdoms had merged into one. It had been a political mess that Hook had been all too happy to watch from afar, with almost no personal interest.
Almost being the key word. The dissolved alliance had caught his attention. A prince and princess were to wed, but when rumors flew regarding the prince’s time as the prisoner of a pirate, the betrothal was called off.
Hook had known, from the surprisingly intimate conversation they’d shared that one night, that David had been coerced into the engagement in the first place. And so when he’d heard the news, he’d been torn; while he was thrilled that David no longer had to marry someone he didn’t love, he was afraid for the shepherd-turned-prince, knowing how King George had threatened him.
It had been a relief when the situation had worked itself out; Snow White had taken her throne back from the now exiled Regina, George had given up the crown in a failed attempt to make David responsible for the kingdom’s troubles, and Snow White and David had married, made their kingdoms as one, and were now beloved monarchs.
Monarchs who were now his captors.
They had to know that he was in their dungeon, although he hadn’t been presented to them as of yet. He wasn’t sure how these sorts of things went, given that he’d avoided capture quite handily in all of his years as a pirate. Would they bring him before the throne and have him grovel and beg forgiveness? Would they throw him in the stocks and announce his crimes before letting the townsfolk have at him? Would he be led to the gallows without any preamble?
The door to the cell opened unexpectedly, revealing two guards. “On your feet, pirate!”
“So polite,” he replied. He contemplated staying put, but he was reluctant to give them a reason to rough him up. If he was to be presented publicly, he needed to be as charming as possible, which meant his handsome visage needed to remain as intact as possible. He reluctantly pushed himself to his feet.
He was a little surprised to be brought not to the city square or the throne room, but to a small antechamber on an upper level of the palace. There was a copper hip bath filled with steaming, scented water, and a pile of folded clothing on a table beside it. “Proceed through that door when you’re done,” said one of the guards, pointing. And then they exited through the door they’d come through, and Hook heard the click of the lock behind him.
Bizarre. Most bizarre. But perhaps Queen Snow White liked her prisoners to be clean and tidy when she imposed her sentences. And it would certainly help him charm her, wouldn’t it?
The bath felt quite nice, and the clothing, while not to his personal taste, was comfortable and fit well. The trousers were on the tight side, which he found a little strange. Such tight trousers were not currently in fashion; although he preferred them and wore them frequently, it was odd that he’d be provided with them.
Fixing his damp hair as best he could, he took a deep breath, conjured up as much of his arrogance as he could muster, and pushed through the unlocked door.
It took a moment to register the entire scene in front of him. He was in a small bedchamber, well lit even as the sun finished setting. He could tell from the lack of personal effects and a slightly musty scent that it was clearly not in frequent use, but it did seem to have all the accoutrements one might ever want in their living quarters.
And at the center of the room, sitting casually in an armchair, was Prince Consort David of Misthaven, a grin on his face.
“Been a while,” he said.
“Aye,” Hook admitted. He stood up straighter and smirked. “Seems the tables have turned, wouldn’t you say? Ready to get your revenge on a pirate? Or perhaps the little princeling misses being a good boy for me?”
Three years ago, David would have blushed and rolled his eyes. But instead, his grin grew wider, and he stood up. In boots, where Hook was barefoot, he was even taller now, and his status and power made him even more intimidating. The height difference hadn’t mattered three years ago; why did it now?
“We should execute you,” David said calmly, as though he didn’t care at all. Why would he care?
Except that he thought he might care, after the night they’d shared, when orders had become suggestions, and then requests, and then pleas. Because Hook had cared, when he’d heard the rumors of David’s preferences and George’s fury. Hook had cared when George’s kingdom had begun to fall, with David left to pick up the pieces. Hook had cared when word had spread of Snow White’s marriage.
“But I have a proposition for you instead.”
“And what’s that?” Hook asked, lips dry.
He felt triumphant when David blushed, although the man’s expression remained smug and confident. “I love my wife, and she loves me. And when we’re in private …” He trailed off before leaning in close and whispering in his ear. “I’m always a good boy for her.” He leaned back and smirked. “But there are things we both want that the other can’t provide.”
His meaning was clear, and Hook felt his cock stir at the implication.
“She’s found herself some … playmates,” he continued, almost delicately. “But there hasn’t been anyone who’s quite struck my fancy.”
His heart leapt.
“She’s given me a choice to offer to you. You can either go back to the dungeon and await trial. Or you can stay here, in these quarters … and you can be a good boy for me.”
“Not much of a choice, is it?” He meant it in reference to how hard he already was, and how much he was straining at the tight trousers. At least the reason for the clothing was clear.
David pulled back, concern on his face. “No, I mean—I don’t want—”
Pretense fell to the wayside, as it had three years ago, when what was supposed to be a evening of pleasure at David’s expense turned into one of the most meaningful nights of his life. “Even if there were no gallows,” Hook said firmly.
David looked skeptical. “What if you could go back? To your ship?”
“Well,” he admitted, “I suppose that’s not an option your wife is willing to provide.”
“No. But I won’t coerce you.”
“Did I?”
“What?”
“Coerce you? Back then?”
“No.” He was surprised at how readily David admitted it, but then again, given the arrangement he was proposing, he’d clearly loosened up a bit regarding his sexual preferences. “So? You accept?”
“Aye.”
David shook his head. “No, you need to think about this. Think about what this means. It’s more than one night.”
That was true. For the rest of his life, or at least the foreseeable future, he would live here, in this castle, and serve David’s sexual needs, and possibly even Snow White’s. His days on the open seas were over. The formidable Captain Hook, terror of the seven seas, would be reduced to a plaything for royalty.
For David.
“I accept.”
“I accept, your Highness,” David corrected.
“I accept, your Highness.”
“I need your name.”
He glanced down at his bare arm. Perhaps they’d return the hook to him once he could prove he’d truly accepted the deal and would pose no risk. “Killian.”
David smirked. “Are you ready to be a good boy for me, Killian?”
He nodded, mouth dry and cock hard.
“I asked, are you ready to be a good boy for me?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good boy. Now, undress.”
First Times
Summary: Killian’s first sexual experiences with women were often subpar; what will happen if his first with a man is as well? (Part Two of The Heart Knows But Can’t Explain) Rating: E Notes: I’m stuck in this Captain Charming trash bin and can’t seem to get out. Oh well. @mahstatins had a bad day yesterday so this is dedicated to her, but it’s also for the rest of us in the bin.
This story is romantic Captain Charming, and it’s smutty, so if that’s not your thing, GOOD NEWS you don’t have to read it and can go about your day, and we’ll all be happy and everything will be fine. The rest of you lot, here ya go.
AO3
This story contains explicit sexual content.
Killian recalled the first time he’d ever gone down on a woman.
He’d been in college, nineteen and desperate, tired of feeling like he was the only lad who’d never so much as touched a woman’s privates. He’d been seeing someone casually, but given his complete lack of sexual experience, it felt almost rude to try to bed her when he would certainly fail to pleasure her.
And then one evening, at a particularly wild party, he went upstairs with a stranger and came back downstairs a little wiser than before.
Since then, he’d become quite adept at playing women’s bodies like musical instruments, the press of his fingers and the flicks of his tongue carefully practiced to the point that it was second nature. Not that he didn’t enjoy himself, of course, but that he no longer had to think hard about what he was doing. He could just listen to cries of pleasure and grin as he made his partner come.
But that had been later. It was that very first time that he found himself thinking of.
Like many young men, he’d known what women’s genitals looked like, thanks to the ubiquity and accessibility of pornography. But images and videos did nothing to prepare him for the scent, the wetness, the taste. And just understanding, intellectually, that he should lean in and lick somehow did not make it easier to get started. She’d sensed his hesitation, and he’d apologized clumsily before giving it a try.
He had not been very good, and she had not enjoyed it very much.
Neither had he. It was humiliating, having a beautiful woman drag him to bed, expecting that he would provide her with at least a passable orgasm, only to have him fail miserably. And he was ashamed at himself for not taking more pleasure in the act itself. He was raised to be a gentleman, not a selfish cad; shouldn’t he have liked it more? Been more appreciative and awed by the sight in front of him? Gotten lust-drunk by the taste of her?
It had only been a stubborn refusal to turn into a selfish lover that had driven him to try again and again, until he’d earned himself a reputation for expertise, and a woman’s arousal was his second favorite flavor, behind a good scotch whiskey.
But that first time, and many times afterwards until he finally got the hang of it, he had not liked going down on a woman. And that had been after years of finding women appealing, of knowing he was sexually attracted to women, of kissing and heavy petting that had him entirely aroused and ready for more.
“We don’t have to, you know,” David said, rubbing his arm affectionately.
“What?”
“Have sex.”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“You were thinking loud enough.”
If going down on a woman for the first time had been such a let down for both himself and his partner, what was going to happen if he tried to go down on David? If it had taken him significant time before he could enjoy going down on a woman, how long would it take to enjoy going down on a man?
So far, he and David had done very little physically. They were both a little shy regarding the whole situation, given that Killian was still getting used to the entire concept of being in love with a man, and David was understandably anxious about scaring him off. And so besides passionately kissing and cuddling while fully clothed, they hadn’t done much of anything.
Not that Killian hadn’t been thinking about it. He’d felt David’s erection pressing against him often enough, and over the past month, he’d been less and less apologetic about it as Killian had repeatedly insisted he didn’t mind.
Which, he could admit to himself a little shamefully, hadn’t exactly been true at the start. The first time had been almost alarming when he’d realized what was happening, and he’d been relieved when David had shifted away enough to reduce that point of contact. But as it had happened more and more frequently, Killian had gotten used to it.
And he would get used to sex, wouldn’t he?
He’d wanted it for so long, both consciously and not. And yet here he was, sitting on the couch with the man he was so very much in love with, almost shaking with nerves because of what they were about to do together.
And it wasn’t even as though they were going to engage in penetrative sex. David had experience with it, but hadn’t enjoyed receiving it and didn’t enjoy performing it enough to care if he ever did again. He’d explained that a healthy sex life didn’t have to involve any of that; it just meant making each other feel good. Which is what they were going to do tonight.
They were just going to get naked and touch each other, and David had offered to go down on him. And incredible, caring, sincere person that he was, it was clear that he did not expect reciprocation.
But for how long? How long would David be satisfied with such an arrangement?
He wouldn’t be forever, Killian knew. Especially given the fear he’d stated on their very first night, that Killian was simply testing the waters. And while he knew he didn’t need to prove himself, and that the desire to prove his feelings were a poor justification for sex, that didn’t change the fact that they would need to have sex at some point.
He did want to. He’d been jerking off in the shower nearly constantly since they’d begun their relationship; he’d have done so in his own bed at night, but from the start, they’d slept in each other’s arms almost every night. The thought of David’s hands running up and down his own naked body, of David pressing against him and making him feel alive, of David taking him in his mouth—he wanted it. All of it.
But he felt like a virgin again, and it was just so much more profound this time. Looking back, his previous inexperience had absolutely been a product of his age; while he was sure everyone around him was getting lucky on the regular, he now knew just how many of his friends—male and female—had been in their twenties before they’d done more than kiss another person (and some of them had waited that long for their first kiss).
To feel this way at the age of thirty had him beyond embarrassed.
And furthermore, while he had no regrets thus far, there was a nagging fear that he would gaze upon David’s body and realize immediately that he’d been wrong about his feelings and attraction. That this had all just been a confusing crush, and David had been right to worry that he’d been dealing with a straight man after all.
He didn’t think it was just a crush, at least not on his end. What he felt for David was stronger than anything he’d felt for anyone before. Voicing those feelings was proving difficult, given that he wasn’t sure how David himself felt. He suspected, but … bloody hell, what if he was wrong? About both of them?
“We can try tomorrow night,” David said.
“No, it’s fine.”
“Killian, I don’t want to do this with someone who doesn’t want to.”
“I—it’s complicated, all right?”
David sighed. “So tell me. Talk to me.” He paused the movie they’d been watching and shifted so they could face each other.
Killian swallowed hard; David’s face was so open, so hopeful, so understanding. Why was this so difficult to talk about?
“Killian?”
“What—what was your first time like?” he finally asked.
“Like, my first first time?”
“With another man.”
“Oh, well, it was a little weird,” he admitted. He laughed. “And not very good, actually. He wanted to just rub our cocks together, which sounded great in theory but was really not that great without lube.”
“But it was strange?”
“A little. I was kind of drunk, which helped. But I’d known I was bi for a while and was excited to finally hook up with another guy.” He frowned. “You’re not thinking of getting drunk first, are you?”
“No,” Killian said firmly. It was technically a lie; he had considered having a drink beforehand, to relax a little. But he’d nixed the idea after a great deal of thought. There was no worse way to make David question his feelings than to have to get drunk in order to have sex.
“Killian.” He reached out and wrapped his arms around him. “You’re overthinking this. I want you to feel ready, okay?”
“I think I am,” he replied. It was getting difficult to focus as David’s scent filled his nostrils, and he melted a little in his embrace. “I just—I just worry.”
That I’m wrong about who I am and what I want. That I’ll never be able to lose myself in pleasuring you. That you’ll have to choose between me and sex.
“I have an idea, okay?”
“Okay.”
“Let me make you feel good. Let me take care of you.”
He shook his head. No, this was the last thing he wanted, for things to be so one-sided. “David—”
“No, I mean it.” He pulled away. “You’re nervous. You’ve never been with a guy before, so it’ll take some getting used to. So let me help you.”
“I won’t be selfish, love. I won’t be.”
“It’s not selfish,” David said firmly. He leaned back in, pressing his lips to the spot behind his ear. Killian’s eyes fell shut almost automatically at the sensation. “I hear you get off in the shower,” he said softly. “I want to be the reason you make those sounds.”
He was helpless to resist now as David led him to his bedroom.
They undressed slowly, each removing the other’s shirt, but when Killian’s shaking hands reached for David’s fly, David stopped him. “One step at a time,” he said, before reaching for Killian’s own jeans.
Killian had been naked in front of other men before, given that it was a fact of life at the gym. But this was different; he was hard as hell, and David wasn’t going to be politely averting his gaze.
But his expression was anything but a turn-off. Not that Killian had doubted David’s feelings for him since the night of their first kiss, but to actually see the desire on his face as he stared was powerful. Killian felt his trepidation evaporate.
Mostly.
He closed his eyes as he lay back on the bed. It wouldn’t be any different from a woman. Except it would be better, because he loved David. The person he loved was going to touch him. Make him feel good.
“God, I can’t wait to make you come.”
Killian groaned, and David wasn’t even touching him yet. Maybe this would be okay.
His heart pounded as David crawled on top of him; he could feel that he’d undressed down to his shorts, the press of his erection even more apparent. But his nerves were soothed by the familiarity of David’s lips on his, and then against his neck. Bloody hell, did that always feel incredible.
And then lips and hands moved down. He tensed. “Relax,” David whispered against his navel. “Just relax, Killian.”
He tried. He tried to revel in the feeling of David’s hands caressing his arms, kneading at his hips, brushing against his nipples. He tried to enjoy the sensation of David’s lips and tongue as they traced a path back up and then down his chest.
“I love you, Killian.” Oh god. Oh god, he’d said it; Killian wanted to cry. He loved him. “Let me show you.”
And then his mouth was on him.
Killian recalled, just for a split second, the first time he’d received a blowjob.
It had been bestowed upon him by that same girl he’d dated casually, back when he was in college. He’d lasted a couple of weeks after the encounter at the party before he became determined to try oral sex again, and he’d found the courage to tell the lass that he wanted to go down on her. She’d been excited about it, and to his delight, offered to return the favor.
It had been another incredibly awkward night, thanks to the bad luck he had, performing first. After several uncomfortable minutes of him trying to figure out how on earth to make her feel good, and her finally saying, “It’s okay, you can stop,” she pretty reluctantly reciprocated. He’d insisted it wasn’t necessary, didn’t want a partner who wasn’t enthusiastic, but she’d insisted right back.
At the very least, he’d been almost relieved that the blowjob had been mediocre, a fitting punishment for his own lackluster performance. While it hadn’t felt bad, her teeth scraped against him unpleasantly, she barely used her tongue at all, and for some reason, she kept her hands at her sides. Her jaw had gotten sore quickly, well before he was even close, and he went home that night to jack off in his own bed. He saw her again a few times on campus, but never spoke to her again.
Since then, just as his oral skills had vastly improved, so had the quality of the oral sex he’d received. He’d had blowjobs so intense that he’d nearly injured his lover due to his uncontrollable writhing.
None of them compared to this.
He cried out and bucked his hips. He had to grip something, anything, to keep himself here on Earth. David’s hands, his lips, his tongue—the neighbors could surely hear him as he gasped, moaned, begged. His body was electrified with pleasure, and while he could feel David’s smirk around his cock, he didn’t care; it was well-earned.
Sex was always better, everyone said, with someone you loved. He’d always considered it a tired platitude. He’d been wrong. And he’d never been happier to be wrong.
As his mind adjusted, learned to cope with the pleasure washing through it, he realized that David was drawing things out. He was slowing down here and there, using his hands more or less, or gripping his thighs instead. The man clearly knew what he was doing, and for a brief moment, Killian remembered that he had no idea how to reciprocate properly.
And then David picked up the pace, and all Killian could remember was love and pleasure. He cried out David’s name as he came.
It took effort to release the sheets he was gripping as the last waves of climax faded. “Bloody fucking hell.”
David chuckled. “I’d ask how that was, but I’m pretty sure I know.”
“I’m pretty sure the whole building knows.” He blushed as he realized that that might be an issue. When he’d been in the throes of passion, it had been an arousing thought, that David could make him feel so incredible that it was impossible for him to be quiet. But what if the neighbors complained to management about the loud sex coming from their apartment? Or worse, what if they happened to have a problem with who was having sex?
“Relax,” David said, and now Killian found it was easy to. Whether it was because his body was blissed out, or because he’d finally gone ahead and had sex with David, he wasn’t sure. “Hearing you was worth whatever trouble might come our way, and I honestly doubt anyone’s gonna say anything anyway.”
“I hope not.”
David pulled himself up so he could lie beside him. “Thank you for letting me do that,” he said, before pressing a kiss to his lips.
“It was incredible.”
“For me, too.” That much was obvious, judging from the erection pressing against his thigh.
David loved him. And he loved him back. And he damn well intended to make that clear.
“What are you doing?” David asked as Killian began to stroke him through his shorts.
“What do you think I’m doing?”
He brushed his hand away gently. “Killian, tonight was about me taking care of you.”
“No. Tonight was supposed to be about us having sex. And it seems as though one of us is still unsatisfied.”
“I want you to be ready.”
“I am.”
He was. Because he remembered with clarity every single first time, not just his first times giving and receiving oral sex, but his first kiss, his first time being naked with a lover, his first time having sex. There was always the same level of anxiety, of trepidation, that came with trying something so new. And so until he gave in to it, until he tried it, the feeling would never fade. And it had nothing to do with the activity or the partner.
In fact, the partner made it easier.
David loved him. If Killian Jones’ first blowjob was subpar, that would be okay, because he would get another chance. And another. And another, until he could do to David what David had just done to him.
When he returned his hand to David’s cock, there were no more attempts at resistance. David instead sighed and leaned back more, hands falling to his sides. Good.
If anything, Killian realized, this wasn’t actually as strange as touching a woman for the first time had been. He knew what his own cock felt like, after all; it was almost like touching himself without any sensation from it. He almost laughed at how nervous he’d been, when now it seemed rather mundane, touching another man.
Touching him through fabric; that wouldn’t do. He eagerly tugged at the shorts, and once David lifted his hips, they came right off.
Killian swallowed hard as he took in the sight of David’s bare body. Perhaps he’d gotten a little ahead of himself, thinking that all of his anxiety had faded. But no, it would still fade eventually, and the sight of his beloved in the nude, aroused and ready, would surely become his favorite sight.
And, he told himself firmly, cock would replace cunt as his second favorite thing to have in his mouth. Or David’s cock, at least.
(Nothing would ever top scotch, alas.)
He leaned in and licked at the tip, and David shuddered. Emboldened, he opened his mouth a bit more, and used the flat of his tongue. Not so bad. Not at all. He balanced himself a bit with one hand and reached for the base of David’s cock with his other; the pleased grunt in response was lovely.
“Let me know what to do,” he whispered, before pressing a wet kiss just underneath the head.
“That,” David whispered. He did it again. “Tongue.” He licked at it, softly and then with more pressure. David reached down to thread his fingers through his hair. “That’s—that’s my favorite spot.”
Killian nodded and continued to work at it, changing the pressure and timing as he did. And then, when he was sure David least expected it, he leaned in more and took the entire head into his mouth. David gasped in response. “Oh god.”
Oh god indeed.
Pre-cum was a little startling, but Killian quickly cleaned it away with his tongue and swallowed. Perhaps not delicious enough to want to market as a candy flavor, but certainly not as offensive as he’d feared. He would get used to it.
He smiled at the thought, that he’d get used to it. And then he returned to his task.
He had new appreciation for that poor girl in college. At the time, he’d assumed that she’d simply put in no effort as a way of retaliating, but bloody hell, this wasn’t as easy as it always seemed as the recipient. It was difficult to maintain a steady rhythm and pressure as he held his jaw open; he’d been at it for mere minutes, and his jaw was beginning to ache a bit. He kept forgetting that he had hands as well, and would have to remind himself to use them. At first, he stuck with one hand on David’s shaft, treating it almost like an extension of his lips, which seemed to go over quite well.
David’s hips were bucking by the time Killian had to give up. “I’m sorry,” he said, pulling away, still stroking with his hands. “My jaw—”
“It happens,” David breathed. “Oh god, though, that was amazing.”
“Aye?”
“Aye.” He grinned; he loved that David sometimes picked up on his own linguistic tics. “Just—just give me a second and I can finish.”
Right, David hadn’t come. “No need,” he said, crawling back up next to him. “Do you have lube?”
“Killian.”
“Do you?”
David sighed and stretched a bit. “Nightstand drawer.”
Giving a handjob was easier, and it was erotic to be able to watch David’s face, to hear him so much more clearly, to kiss him as he worked. And only a few short minutes later, David threw his head back and groaned; Killian could feel the familiar sensation of release coating his hand as he continued to stroke him through his climax.
They didn’t speak as they parted ways to clean up, with David heading to the bathroom and Killian pulling on his boxers so he could get to the kitchen sink without scandalizing the neighbors across the way. By the time he returned, David was back on the bed, pajama bottoms on, patting the spot next to him. Killian eagerly climbed next to him and sank into his embrace.
“Was that okay?”
David chuckled. “Yeah, that was more than okay. Sure you haven’t done it before?”
Killian snorted. “You don’t need to protect my feelings, love.”
“That was damn good for a first blowjob.”
“It gets easier, yeah?”
David shifted. “Well, I mean, I guess? I was never as unsure as you were.”
“No, no. I mean … actually physically doing it. My jaw tired much more quickly than I expected.”
“Oh! Oh yeah, it gets easier. You learn how to mix it up a bit so that doesn’t happen so fast.”
“Good.” But there was still the elephant in the room to address. “I’m very glad we did that.”
“Yeah?”
“It was just another first time. There’s no way around the nerves until you just do it.”
“I know what you mean.”
“Quite an excellent first time, if I do say so myself.”
“I’d have to agree with that. At least from my perspective.” He kissed his hair affectionately.
“David?”
“Yeah?”
“I love you, too.” His beloved’s body sagged with relief. “And I can’t wait to get even better at showing you.”





