Page 78 of Guiding Desire

“It’s fine. I want you in my bed. Is it okay if we do this in my bed tonight?”

“Yeah,” Orrey said, flinging his arms around Senlas’s neck instinctively, though he felt the steadying force of telekinesis against his back, making doubly sure he wouldn’t fall. “I can walk.”

“I know.”

They were almost past Senlas’s gaming setup. The Guardian’s steps were hurried, his pupils wide, his attention so focused already that Orrey felt his heart beating the harder for it, making his whole body sing with anticipation, the frisson of being with this man he hadn’t known a week ago. This man he wanted, right in this moment.

“I…should shower,” Orrey said.

“You can’t shower yet, and you had a bath earlier.” Senlas frowned. “Do you want me to get clean first?”

Orrey dipped his head to Senlas’s neck, inhaled him. The Guardian’s skin smelled like sunshine and warmth, which blended with his own scent, a mossy, masculine scent that managed to be just that without turning Orrey off.

“Only if you want to,” Orrey whispered.

Every other time, with the exception of the first he’d had with Senlas, both Orrey and his partner or partners had washed up. Not doing that was a daring thing, an advance in intimacy.

I can’t believe I’m doing this,Orrey said, tightening his hold around Senlas’s head. Yet, he was doing it. He wanted to. There was something inside him that needed to.

Senlas’s room was opposite Orrey’s. The light came on as the door slid open of its own accord, telekinesis or a domestic AI, Orrey didn’t know, didn’t care.

He glanced over his shoulder to see a large bed, but it was the curved, transparent wall that dominated the room.

Meridian Park was a black puddle with only faint glimmers of light, the bright necklace of the rest of the city around it.

“That’s pretty,” Orrey said, just before Senlas lowered him onto the bed.

“Yeah? If you want this room, you can have it. Or you can think of this bed as open to you at any time.”

“You want me in your bed, you want me to yourself. You’re made of wanting, Guardian Senlas.”

Senlas was above Orrey, his arms bulging as he held himself up. His nostrils flared.

“Fuck. What’re you doing to me, kitten? Do you have any idea how much you saying that just turned me on?”

Orrey bit his bottom lip. Yes, this was different. This wasn’t a couple of hours in the next best hotel that catered to casual encounters.

“No, I…”

Senlas’s fingers touched Orrey’s cheek, carefully soft around the newly lasered areas. “What’s with that face, hmm? Would you rather try just channeling again?”

Orrey shook his head. “This just isn’t like anything I had before.”

Senlas’s face was blank for a second, then his eyes darkened further, and his lips stretched into a pleased smile. “Ahh. Kitten, we haven’t even started yet.” He looked down at Orrey. “I’ll get you naked first. Then I’ll get you ready. I don’t think I paid enough attention to you yesterday. For instance, I should’ve sucked your nipples more, should’ve given you a few hickeys where no one can see.” His hand fell away from Orrey’s face to between his legs. “I’ll take my time here. Since you taking a study mindset to the bedroom distracted me the last time I asked, tell me again: you’ve taken another man before?”

Orrey nodded, his throat too dry for speech.

“When you did, did you manage to take all of him?”

Orrey swallowed. “N-not at first. But we tried again. It took patience, but yes.”

“That’s good. You should know, Guardians are big, just overgrown humans all over. Did you like having a cock inside you?”

“When you say it like that—” Orrey sucked his lip between his teeth and looked off to the side with his cheeks heating. He nodded. “It started out uncomfortable, but then it was good.”

“That’s reassuring. We’ll see how far we can go. You’ll like every bit of this as well, I’ll make sure of that.” He licked his lips. “You’ll still be sore, I think. Turns me on a lot to think I’ll leave you sore. I’ll strip you. You just lie back and enjoy, okay?”

“But I can—”