if I play
with them a bit?”
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Not waiting for an answer, Lucas sucked the left nub into
his mouth, licking and sucking until it was a rock hard
pebble he happily scraped with his teeth and Nicholas
arched again, hips bucking off the bed. He could feel the
desire consuming him, rendering him breathless. It was the
most amazing and intense feeling ever, unlike anything
Nicholas had ever experienced before, and he prayed it
wouldn’t end, even as Lucas turned his attention to the right nipple, subjecting it to the same sensual delight as the
aching left.
No dream, no daydream, no fantasy compared to the
reality of Lucas taking such pleasure in pleasing him, but
Nicholas wanted it to go both ways.
Seeming to read his mind, Lucas slipped from him, off
the bed, and Nicholas opened his eyes, pushing himself up
on his elbows.
Licking his lips in anticipation, he watched Lucas push
his jeans down his hips and legs, kicking them aside, and
Nicholas sucked in a breath, seeing the hard, straining cock jutting from its nest of golden blond curls.
“You’re staring,” Lucas teased and Nicholas met his eyes
with a smile.
“More like admiring.”
Lucas made a tsking sound. “Flattery will get you…well,
anything you want.” Even as he said it, Nicholas could
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little and he knew why. He knew what was about to happen
was the one moment Lucas most dreaded.
Admitting that he loved him, that he wanted him, that
had been easy, compared to allowing Nicholas to see him,
and Nicholas silently prayed that Lucas wouldn’t lose his
nerve now, when they had come this far, made this much
progress.
“Luc….”
“I’m sorry. I want this, Nic. I want you. I just….” He
shook his head and Nicholas sat up, taking both of Lucas’s
hands in his.
“You don’t have to be scared with me, Luc.”
“I know. I’ve just built up the dread so much in my
mind….”
“That it’s hard to just let it go,” Nicholas finished for him and he nodded. “I can understand that, but know I love you.
Nothing will change that.” He lifted one hand, kissing it,
wishing he knew what he could say to take away all the fear, but he suspected those words didn’t exist as Lucas sighed
and let go of his hands.
Don’t leave me now, Luc. Come on, baby.
Nicholas noticed Lucas’s hands trembling slightly as he
began pushing the shirt from his shoulders, slowly turning
his back to Nicholas.
He just wants to get it over with .
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The shirt fell to the floor and Nicholas let his eyes slowly travel up the back of Lucas’s legs, thighs, his wet-dream-inspiring ass, finally looking up to see what Lucas hated
most.
The scars on his back and down the back side of his left
arm.
The skin was puckered, discolored, some areas more so
than others, but Nicholas didn’t find the sight hideous. It just made his heart ache to imagine the pain Lucas had
suffered, and it made him even more determined to give him
the love and happiness he deserved.
Standing, he wrapped his arms around Lucas’s waist,
dropping a kiss on his shoulder, and Lucas trembled slightly in his arms.
“Anyone who would walk away from you is a complete
fool.”
“Nic….”
“And I am many things, Luc, but a fool is not one of
them, so I don’t intend to go anywhere and you had best
accept that.”
Lucas turned his head slightly, not looking at Nicholas,
but close. “You mean that, don’t you?”
“With all my heart.”
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Slowly, Lucas turned in his arms, eyes searching his,
and Nicholas smiled when he shook his head in obvious
disbelief.
“All this time, I have been so afraid.”
“And now?”
“Now, I know I never have to be afraid again. Not with
you.”
“In that case….” Nicholas smiled.
“In that case, maybe we