“Yeah, I’ll be out in a minute.”
“Are you sure? I smelled your fear from the front door.”
Fucking werewolf noses.
“I’m fine, really.”
Reed sighed through the door. “Okay, I’m going to go and work on the deck while we still have some light. Do you want a beer?”
“Sure.”
Off and on for the past few weeks, they’d been building a wraparound deck to add on to the one in the back yard. Jasper or Kade, who owned their own contracting business, could have done it in a pinch. But Reed and Josh wanted to do it themselves, use their own hands to build their home.
Plus, he liked watching Reed without his shirt on. Even in the dead of winter, Reed would peel off his sweaty shirt and work. Werewolves were damn hot. In every sense of the word.
He should know. He’d had Reed in his arms, against his chest the night before. He shook his head. Who’d have thought he’d be in a committed relationship? Not only with a loving, curly haired, curvy woman, but with a sexy male werewolf with a sensitive side. Talk about odd. But he loved it. Loved them.
His ears rang as his headache roared back.
Okay, enough thinking about that.
He gave his reflection one last look in the mirror and tried not to think of the flash of red that illuminated the dark.
Josh walked out of the bathroom, through the house and stopped in his tracks. Reed stood shirtless, resting against a pillar. His throat worked as he swallowed his beer, his lips wrapped around the bottle opening.
Damn.
Josh broke out in a sweat and tried to think of something to say.
Reed smirked and quirked a brow.
Yep, the man could read his mind.
He passed Josh a beer and winked. Damn arrogant wolf. He could have been thinking about Hannah, and that’s why his erection tented his jeans, straining at the material. Though now that Josh thought about her and those pouty lips, the teeth of his zipper dug into his dick. Fuck, that’d leave a mark. He adjusted himself, then let the cold brew go down his throat. Hopefully that’d take an edge off the heat coursing through his system. Sure.
“You ready?”
Hell yeah. An image of Reed on his knees, sucking him off as he thrust down the man’s throat made him groan.
Wait. Ready for what?
Reed laughed and tossed him a hammer, which he barely managed to catch in his current state of arousal.
“I meant to finish the deck. But if you want to hammer something else, I’m game.” He raised a brow.
“Oh.” He cleared his throat. “We need to finish this before we get another storm, but I’ll take you up on that offer later.”
“I’m sure you will.”
With that, they got to work, laying down planks and hammering nails until their work resembled the deck they were going for.
“Shit,” Reed growled.
Josh broke out in a laugh. “I thought werewolves had amazing reflexes. How the hell did you hit your thumb?”
The other man scowled and shook his hand. “It’s not my fault. I was distracted.”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, you were bent over in front of me, shaking that ass of yours as you worked that last piece of wood. What do you expect?”
He swallowed hard. “You’re gonna blame me for that?”
Reed shrugged. “Pretty much.”
“Okay then.” Deliberately, Josh turned around and bent over again, inspecting his work.
His mate groaned and walked up behind him, resting his hands on Josh’s thighs, rubbing the worn denim. He wiggled his butt, something out of character for him. He was usually the dominant one, not the playful one. But being with Reed in this position sent shivers down his spine and made him want to submit to him.
“You know we haven’t actually done this since the night in the forest,” Josh said. They’d slept with Hannah and touched a bit, but they hadn’t shared sex between the two of them. A fact that bugged Josh. Didn’t Reed want him?
His lover leaned over and kissed his cheek. “I know. I didn’t want to come on too strong and jump you every day. Though the thought did cross my mind.”
“Are we done here?” he grumbled. “Let’s get inside. I know you don’t have neighbors, but the idea of giving anyone a show might be too much for me.”
Reed laughed. “Come on, big boy.” He slapped his ass and walked into the house.
Slightly offended, he rubbed the sting as he followed him. “Big boy?”
“Well, it’s the truth. Ask Hannah.” Reed frowned.
“What do you mean by that?”
He shrugged. “Maybe I want to know what it feels like. What Hannah feels.”
Josh gulped. “You mean…”
“Yeah.” Reed shook his head. “But don’t worry. I mean, it’s just a thought.”
He blinked then brought the other man in close for a hug. God, to think this man needed reassurance that he loved and wanted him, floored him. That meant Josh wasn’t doing his job. Yeah, his own identity shit took up most of his thoughts these days, not to mention the changes in him. But that didn’t mean he had to neglect Reed.
He took the other man’s chin in a firm grip. “Never,
ever
, think I don’t want you.”
Reed exhaled a shaky breath. “I know that, Josh.”
“Do you?”
He laughed a hollow laugh. “God, I’m such a middle child.”
Josh chuckled and kissed his forehead. “No, you just aren’t the beat-your-chest-and-drag-your-mate-back-to-the-cave by their hair type of guy your brothers are.”
They both laughed until tears leaked from the corners of their eyes.
“Besides,” he continued, “I can do enough of that for the both of us.”
“True.”
He ran a hand through Reed’s sandy blond hair “I do want you. In every way.”
His mate growled and pushed him down on the couch. They shed their clothes, nibbling and licking at each other’s skin. Josh could drown in that sandalwood scent. He twisted his body and crushed his mouth to his. The other man tasted of beer and that rich taste that was all Reed, so different from Hannah. But oh, when they both melded together in a medley of deliciousness, it was incredible.
Naked, he slid his hands up and down his lover’s body, relishing the smooth contours of his body and the way the muscles on his stomach contracted and clenched when he trailed his calloused fingers up them. Reed lay beneath him, rubbing his hands down Josh’s back and gripping his ass. Josh thrust in the same rhythm as Reed’s rubbing, his cock sliding against his lover’s. Thick tendrils of desire wrapped around his spine, and his balls grew heavy.
This was the first time it was only the two of them. No Hannah. He noticed the lack of her presence but had also wanted to know what it felt like to be with Reed alone.
“Damn,” he grunted. “I want you.”
“Then have me.” Reed gripped his cock and pumped him.
Josh almost buckled of the couch and came. So different from Hannah. He loved her small hands on him, the way she twisted and worked him slowly. But with Reed, there wasn’t any caution. Just pure passion and strength.
Jesus. He was one lucky man.
“You need to stop that,” Josh choked. “I’m not like you; I don’t have your kind of recovery time. I don’t want to come until I’m inside you.”
They both shivered at the thought.
“Then get inside me,” Reed rasped.
“Oh, I will. But first I’m going to taste you.”
“Fuck.”
Josh knelt in front of Reed and took him in hand. He pumped his fist then slid slowly back down before rolling the other man’s balls in his palm. Reed tilted his hips, and Josh licked the drop of pre-cum on the crown, letting the salty taste settle on his tongue before swallowing him whole.
They’d done this a few times before, but he still felt like he was learning how to please his lover and trying to find a rhythm both of them liked. That’s what made this relationship feel real—the fact that they talked and tried to see what felt good. Josh relaxed his jaw and took him deeper, letting the other man’s cock touch the back of his throat before he hollowed his cheeks and sucked. He lifted his head and released him then repeated the process until Reed panted with need, thrusting his hips.
“Shit, I’m gonna come.”
Josh locked his hands around Reed’s hips and swallowed that heady taste until he’d milked every last drop. He pulled back and let go of the man’s still hard cock with a pop.
“I think I just died.”
Josh licked his lips. “What a way to go.”
Reed smiled then rolled over, putting his ass in Josh’s face.
“Are you trying to tell me something?”
The other man laughed. “Well, I didn’t mean to be that obvious. No, I was just reaching for the lube. Can you get it? It’s in the drawer in the bottom of the side table. I’m too boneless.”
Josh raised a brow and looked at the rock hard erection pressed between his lover and the couch.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Oh, you aren’t boneless at all, babe.”
He laughed then dug around the drawer for the lube. His heart raced at the thought of what he was about to do. Such an unknown territory. Taboo to most. But, fuck, he wanted this.
“Uh, Reed, we may have to move the lube to a different room at some point. Not that I mind the fact that we are ready in every room in the house. But once Finn and Brie are big enough to walk around, that could get a little embarrassing.”
Reed laughed. “Not to mention our children.”
Josh smiled and ignored the headache forming then lowered his head to bite Reed’s lip.
“Tell me what to do.”
“Just rub me. Circle the rim with lube then put a finger in to stretch me out. Eventually you should be able to get three in. Okay?”
He took a deep breath and tried not to come just at the thought.
He dabbed his finger with the lube, then dribbled it on Reed’s crease and his lover shuddered.
Nice.
He circled the rim, loving the way Reed clenched in response. Slowly, he entered a finger, and Reed clamped down.
“Shh, relax.” Josh rubbed circles on his lover’s back, and he calmed.
He played some more then added a second finger, finding that bundle of nerves that Reed played with on him then circled it.
“Yeah, right there, Josh.”
He fucked him with his fingers, adding a third one when he was ready. Josh pulled out then stood behind him, positioning his cock at the entrance.
“Ready?”
“Always.”