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TJ

The sound of laughter greeted me as I walked in the back door of Gram’s house after dance class. I dropped my bag in the mudroom and stepped into the kitchen, surprised to find Jimmy and Gram embroiled in what looked like a fierce game of Uno. I paused, leaning a shoulder against the doorframe and watching them. Jimmy caught my eye and smiled, his face alight with happiness, though he returned his attention to the game.

Jimmy played a green four and Gram cackled with delight as she placed a red four, her final card, on top. Laughing, Jimmy dropped the rest of his pile on the table while Gram scooped them up and began organizing them. Wordlessly, Jimmy grabbed half the stack and began shuffling. He didn’t acknowledge her difficulty with the task. He just jumped in to help.

His posture was relaxed, his eyes bright and happy as he shuffled the cards in front of him while Gram did her best to do the same with her share. Unable to help myself, I closed the distance between us and dropped a kiss on the top of his head before sitting in the empty chair next to him.

“This is a pleasant surprise.”

He flashed me another smile, then took Gram’s stack of cards and melded them in with his own. “I looked at Gram’s properties today.”

My eyes widened. I hadn’t seen that coming. “Yeah?”

“Looks like I’ll be moving next weekend.”

“Which one?”

“The blue one down off Fifth Street. It’s close to the creek.”

“Congratulations, sunshine. That’s awesome!” I leaned forward and kissed him. “We still going out tonight?”

“I think Drea’d kick our asses if we didn’t.” We had plans to go out to a club in Omaha for Drea’s birthday.

“I better get in the shower then. You’ll still be here when I’m out? Or am I meeting you in the city?”

“I thought we could ride in together.” Color bloomed in his cheeks. He glanced quickly at Gram and then back at me. “I thought you could stay with me tonight, and then I can bring you back tomorrow after dinner with the Salgados. That is if you want to come with me.”

My pulse ticked up a notch. I wasn’t sure whether to focus on the fact that Jimmy was inviting me to spend the night or to Sunday dinner. The dinner thing was big. Really, really huge. He’d always balked when I’d offered to meet his family before. I hadn’t worried too much about it since I’d thought we’d have more time. Then we’d broken up before I’d had the chance.

I glanced at Gram. This really felt like a conversation we should be having in private, but it was too late for that. “Don’t worry about me,” she said. “Your auntie’s having me over tomorrow anyway.”

I turned back to Jimmy, smiling so wide my cheeks hurt. “I’d love to.”

* * *

“We need to go,” I muttered into Jimmy’s mouth before diving back in for another sloppy kiss.

After showering at Gram’s, I’d packed a bag, and we’d headed back to Jimmy’s apartment so he could shower and get ready to go back out. The plan was to grab sushi at a restaurant close to the nightclub and then meet everyone else there. But at the rate we were going, we wouldn’t make it to dinner in time for the reservation I’d snagged at the last minute.

“Don’t want to stop,” Jimmy mumbled as he palmed my dick through my jeans.

I groaned. “You’ll regret it later when you’re drinking on an empty stomach.”

He nudged me until my back was pressed against the door, then trailed his lips down my jaw toward my ear. “That’s what drive-thrus are for.”

“I wanted to take you to a nice dinner to celebrate the house.”

He nipped at my ear then said, “I’d rather suck your dick.”

Jesus . “I thought we were taking it slow…”

“Yes, well, there’s slow, and then there’s standing still. I’d like to move forward, please.”

He demonstrated his intent by shoving his thigh between my legs and pressing it into my crotch while simultaneously biting my neck hard enough to have a bolt of lightning shoot straight to my dick but not hard enough to leave a mark. It was a two-pronged attack, and it was very, very effective.

“Is this part of your plan to be a better advocate for what you want?”

“Yep.” He pulled away to look at me, mischief glimmering in his deep-brown eyes. “You like it?”

I growled, then surprised him by grabbing his arms and reversing our positions. “I love it.” I dove in, biting his lip, then plunged my tongue into his mouth while my hands roamed toward his waist.

This whole thing had started when Jimmy’d come out of his bedroom dressed in a hot pink cut-off top and distressed white wide-leg jeans riding low on his hips. I’d been mindlessly scrolling my phone while I waited for him to get ready and had nearly dropped the thing as I caught sight of him. He’d put product in his hair that accentuated rather than tamed his curls and lined his eyes with black eyeliner.

I’d stood in a daze, helpless to do anything but walk toward him. As I’d gotten closer, I’d noticed the touch of shimmer he’d applied high on his cheekbones and the hint of gloss on his lips. He’d tipped his chin as if daring me to find fault, but I’d seen the apprehension in his eyes.

“ You look… Jesus, sunshine. You look hot as fuck .”

“You never say fuck.”

“Not true. I just save it for special instances so it has more impact.” I pinched his chin between my thumb and forefinger, tilting his head up. “Like right now. Hot as hell just doesn’t cut it. You are one hundred percent…” I kissed his nose. “Hot…” I kissed one cheek. “As…” I kissed the other cheek. “Fuck.” I took his mouth in mine.

Now, I popped the button on his jeans and lowered the zipper, yanking the pants down his thighs and palming his dick. He whimpered, pressing himself into my hand with urgency. “God, you feel so good. I’ve missed this.”

I dropped to my knees and pressed my face into his groin, inhaling his scent. Freshly showered, he smelled like soap and musk, and I wanted nothing more than to taste him. I pulled the waistband of his briefs down only to realize they weren’t briefs, but rather, a jock. Jesus . I hadn’t thought I could possibly find Jimmy any sexier, but this other side of him… He was redefining the term “naughty librarian.”

A bead of precum sat on the tip of his cock, daring me to taste. I darted my tongue out and lapped it up, then went in a second time, dipping my tongue into his slit. His dick jumped in response, and I reached my hand out to hold it steady as I licked a stripe up his length from root to tip.

I heard a heavy thud and looked up to see Jimmy’s head tilted back against the door. His eyes were closed and his mouth was open, lips red and swollen from our kisses. I licked him again, this time keeping my eyes trained on his face so I could see his reaction. His face didn’t change expressions, but his hips bucked forward, causing his dick to bump my cheek. At my chuckle, his eyes popped open and he looked down at me, then surprised me by pushing me back and getting down on his knees in front of me. He kept pushing until I was sprawled on my back on the floor.

He yanked my belt open and unbuttoned my pants, pulling everything down until my cock sprang free. I hissed at the feel of the cool air against my overheated skin. He eyed my dick like it was his very own slice of birthday cake, but instead of taking a taste, he surprised me again and stood, quickly stripping off his jeans and jock before getting down on his hands and knees above me with his dick jutting out directly in front of my face.

He lowered his hips until his tip was pressed against my lips, and I obliged by opening my mouth to grant him entrance. He continued lowering himself, and when he was almost to the back of my throat, I felt the slick satisfaction of him taking a swipe at my own dick with his tongue. I groaned, face full of cock, as he did it again. It was wild having his dick in my mouth and feeling him assault mine at the same time without being able to see what he was doing. It heightened everything.

He began moving his hips in shallow strokes while simultaneously wrapping his lips around my cock and slowly taking me all the way inside his mouth. At that point, I realized I was a passive participant in this exchange, which wouldn’t do. I took a deep breath through my nose and applied as much suction as I could on his next thrust. I was rewarded with a moan that vibrated through me, thanks to his mouth being wrapped around my dick.

We found a rhythm after that. His shallow thrusts became faster and more erratic while we both sucked each other like a Dyson. The sounds echoing around his apartment were sloppy and obscene, and I had spit running down my chin and tears in my eyes. And then I was there, right at the edge, about to tip over into bliss. My legs stiffened, my hands grabbing the floor for purchase but coming up empty as I lay flat on the cheap linoleum. My dick pulsed, and his did too, and then we were both coming, grunting and moaning through it as pleasure crested over us. Jimmy was shaking with the effort to hold himself up. His dick pulsed one last time and then he pulled away and rolled off me, collapsing with his head on my thigh and the rest of his body on the floor at my side. I felt my dick pulse one final time, and I prayed that last spurt of jizz had landed anywhere but on my clothes since I hadn’t brought a change that was club appropriate.

We lay there, chests heaving as we eyed each other.

“Sunshine?”

“Yeah?”

“I really, really like the new Jimmy.”

He chuckled, his smile bright. “I think I do too.”