Free Out Of The Shadows by Julia Davies

Dane let out an anticipatory whimper, the sound becoming a groan as Jai slicked his fingers and traced one down Dane’s crease. He reached the puckered hole and began to slip the digit inside, slowly, and the muscles contracted instinctively, closing around him.
    “More,” Dane breathed, spreading his legs wide, opening himself up to Jai.
    Jai eased a second in, his other hand going to Dane’s cock. Wrapping his slick palm around the hard shaft, he pulled lightly, making Dane gasp. Dane pushed down onto his fingers and thrust into his grasp as Jai stretched him, making sure he was open enough.
     
    * * * *
     
    “Jai, now.”
    He mourned the loss as Jai slipped his fingers out, spreading more lube on himself. Then Dane felt the head of Jai’s cock pressing into him, filling him. As Jai began to move, Dane wrapped his legs around his mate, ankles hooked behind Jai’s back.
    “Fuck, Dane, you feel so good,” Jai murmured.
    He closed his hand back around Dane’s erect dick, moving in the same rhythm as he pumped into Dane’s arse.
    Dane pulled him in closer with each thrust, fingers digging into the flesh of Jai’s buttocks. He wasn’t going to last long this time, but it didn’t matter as he knew that Jai wouldn’t, either. They could take it slow next time. He loved that about Jai, that he wanted to make this about Dane, not just himself. His past lovers, if he could call them that, had mainly been concerned with getting themselves off. Not many of them had given a damn whether or not Dane had. Jai wasn’t like them, not in the slightest, and that was the thing he treasured most about him.
    “Close, Dane, so close.”
    He felt Jai’s body tense, throwing his head back as he came. Just watching him nudged Dane over the edge and his own cock pulsed, shooting semen over his stomach and Jai’s hand. Jai slipped his cock free so that he lay beside Dane, pulling him in for another hearty kiss.
    “That was…wow.”
     
    * * * *
     
    Jai nodded, knowing he had a stupid smile on his face, but he was too satisfied to care. “Definitely.”
    He eventually dragged himself out of bed to get a cloth from the bathroom. He cleaned himself up and found a fresh cloth, going back to Dane.
    “What are you doing?”
    Ignoring him, Jai continued to wipe away the stickiness on his stomach and cock.
    “You don’t have to—”
    Jai silenced him with a kiss. “I know I don’t. I want to, so just stop arguing and let me look after you for a bit.”
    Dane let him, parting his legs as Jai wiped away the semen now seeping back out of his arse. When he was done, Jai tossed the cloth on the floor and dragged the covers over them both, snuggling into Dane’s side.
     
    * * * *
     
    “Thank you,” he said, tilting his head up to look into Dane’s face, “for trusting me. I know it isn’t easy for you.” Dane hadn’t a clue how to respond to that, he could see it in his eyes, but it didn’t matter. He could see all he needed in the way his mate looked at him. “You don’t have to say anything; I just wanted you to hear it.”
    “Jai? I wanted you to know that I haven’t been back,” Dane said softly.
    “Back where, babe?”
    Dane’s eyes met Jai’s.
    “You asked me to promise not to go to the bars any more, and I never promised you, but I haven’t. I didn’t want to.”
    He saw the relief in Jai’s eyes. “I’m glad. I don’t know if I would have been able to handle it if you had. You’re mine, and I don’t like to share,” he joked softly, hugging Dane closer and let himself drift off to sleep.
     
    * * * *
     
    Dane smiled, lying in his lover’s arms, feeling secure and wanted. He dozed a little but he couldn’t sleep. The need to reassure himself that Jai wouldn’t be gone when he opened his eyes kept surfacing—he was half-convinced that it was all a dream. He looked at Jai again, to make sure he was still there. Jai was real, though, and in his heart he knew that they were mated, that Jai wasn’t