Page 19 of After All This Time (A Time For Love #2)
Liam
" P lease.”
That word shatters whatever control I was still clinging to.
I take his lips like I’ve been parched for days and he’s the only one who can sate my thirst.
I wish I could say I have the presence of mind to kiss him softly and gently, but the moment I make contact, all bets are off.
I bite and suck on his lips, until they are red and swollen. Until they part in a gasp for breath that I use to lick inside his hot mouth. He opens beautifully and lets me in, a sound between a sigh and a whimper escaping his mouth and making me feral for it and for him.
The kiss is wet and deep and I pour every ounce of ferocious hunger, of bottled desperation and of burning need into him.
I take his mouth like I want to take him, my arm holding him firmly against me. I suck on his tongue greedily while my fingers thread through his inky hair, tightening hard until small, broken moans fall from his lips.
I feel Cooper’s hands fist my hair in return as he braces for the onslaught of pressing need.
“Tell me to stop,” I whisper hoarsely against his used lips.
His cerulean eyes blink open with difficulty, glazed and cloudy with lust, barely able to focus on mine, and the sight drives me crazy.
He melts into my arms even more, like he’s surrendering everything to me, before breathing his words into my mouth.
“Don’t stop.”
So, I helplessly dive into him, again and again, my tongue sliding inside, my pulse thundering in my ears. I have never wished for a surface—for any surface—more, so I could pin his body against it and meld us together until we are one.
The rain pelts us relentlessly and a sudden, sharp crack of thunder makes both of us jump.
Coop lets out a squawk of surprise and his eyes widen at the sound.
We stare at each other for all of two seconds before we burst out laughing and we’re grinning like fools.
“I’m suddenly very aware we’re out in the open where a lightning could easily strike us down and I really don’t want to die with a boner in my pants,” he mutters against the hollow of my throat where he has rested his forehead, and his statement fans the barely bunked fire inside me.
My palm slides to his nape and I hold him steady while I roll my hips against his, bringing our groins together, grinding my hard cock against his.
His eyes widen now for a whole different reason and a lust-drenched sound leaves his lips when he chases the mind-numbing friction.
“Oh f-fuck,” he exhales shakily and it sends a shiver down my spine.
He pants through parted lips and I can’t help sliding inside for another taste of him.
His kiss is greedy now as he latches on my tongue, sucking it deeper, bunching my shirt in his hand, struggling to get closer and closer.
I can feel my dick pulsing with its own heartbeat and Cooper’s muffled, sweet moans are making me leak for him.
Though moving is the last thing I want, we do have to get out of the rain. The last thing I want is for him to get sick.
With extreme difficulty, I slow the kiss until it’s just lazy strokes and teasing nips of his bottom lip.
“Come on,” I say as hazy eyes blink open to meet mine once again.
I nudge him towards where the car is. “Let’s go home, Coop.”
He steps out of my arms and I feel the loss of his warmth immediately.
But it’s just for a moment, because he’s reaching for my hand and threading our fingers together just like he did all those years ago, the day when he made my heart skip for the very first time.
He’s smiling with a look of pure happiness, and next thing I know, we’re running again under the falling rain.
***
The ride to Cooper’s apartment goes by shockingly fast, probably because my mind is flooded with images, sounds, and feelings that will brand my soul forever.
But it’s also cleared my mind enough for doubt to slowly slip in through the cracks.
Fuck.
What did we do?
I mean, I know what I did. I gave in to my greatest weakness and secret desire, possibly jeopardizing one of the most important relationships in my life.
But what about him ?
Why did he want to do this?
Maybe he was just curious , the bitter thought sneaks in unbidden and it tastes like acid in my mouth.
It’s not impossible. He could be curious and this could all be a way for him to explore it with someone he knows would do anything for him.
But could I do this for him?
Even if it meant losing pieces of myself in the process?
I swallow harshly as we reach his place and park the car.
The moment the front door closes behind us, my back slams against the wall and I get an armful of Cooper, pressing every inch of his drenched body against mine, his hot breath fanning my lips, kissing me so achingly slowly my brain probably pools in a small puddle on the floor.
“Coop, you’re shivering.”
“Don’t care,” he breathes out as his lower body starts grinding against my own.
I growl as I fist his hair and pull his head back to force his eyes on me.
“But I do. You need to get under hot water.”
His lips curve into a wicked smile that spells nothing good.
“I will if you join me.”
His husky voice almost makes me keel over from the bolt of lust it sends to my balls.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” I whisper hoarsely.
He blinks in confusion.
“Why not?”
His black hair and blue eyes are stark against his pale skin and it’s all I can do to release him, needing to take a few steps away from him or risk tackling him on the fucking floor.
“I think it’s better if we talked about a few things first, Coop,” I exhale harshly. “I’m bi,” I tell him not taking my eyes off him. “And I don’t want to be pulling you into something you don’t really want, or, God forbid, take advantage of you just being curious.”
He stares at me with wide eyes and slightly parted lips, and I realize how heavily I’m breathing, waiting for his reaction.
But he simply nods, smiling softly.
“Okay, Li. I’ll head in first then, and you can go after I’m done,” he says and just strolls casually by me and through the corridor that leads to the bathroom, leaving me staring after him like an absolute idiot.