Take What You Want (64 page)

Alex's smile was wide. He
clasped Chase's hand and playfully started dragging him back toward
the bed. He flopped onto the cool sheets and Chase followed, rolling
up against him in the center of the bed. They shared a pillow,
foreheads pressed together, eyes closed; as fingers mapped the others
muscled form.

Chase's fingers curled
around the back of Alex's neck. He heard Alex whispering his name
and slowly lifted his eye lids; focusing on the serene green of the
Alex's gaze. As long as he lived, Chase knew he'd never forget the
calming effect these eyes had on him. Alex's fingertips caressed his
cheek and he shivered. Emotion softened Alex's facial features. The
moment so powerful, Chase nearly choked on the sudden rush of
feelings welling up inside him.

Christ!
Do you have any fucking idea how I feel?
Chase thought. All he could do was hope his eyes were reflecting the
things he didn't have the balls to say out loud.

Alex slid an arm around
Chase's shoulders and pulled him closer for a gentle kiss that flared
hot in seconds. The tenderness was gone and replaced with a carnal
need to come – quickly and hard. Chase rolled onto his back
and pulled Alex on top of him. He gripped both sides of Alex's face
and another fierce kiss flamed them further, hips rocking; skin
starting to sweat. Chase knew it wouldn't take much effort at all
for him to shoot all over Alex's stomach, but that's not what he
wanted.

“
Fuck
me,” Chase said in between kisses. “I want to feel you
inside.”

“
Are
you sure?” Alex asked. “I'm more than happy to bottom.”

Chase shook his head. “Not
this time,” he said. “I need you to top me.”

Alex held his gaze, looking
for signs of doubt, and saw none. Chase nodded at him in conviction
and Alex reached for the supplies from the bedside table, then set
them beside Chase's hip. Alex sat back on his heels and flipped open
the cap on the lube and squeezed some out on his fingers, then slid
two fingers over the sensitive spot beneath Chase's ball sac down
toward his indent. Their eyes held the whole time, as Alex worked
his fingers inside Chase; gently stretching him.

“
Kiss
me,” Chase whispered.

Alex laid down on top of
Chase and rubbed his lips to Chase's, never losing the connection of
his fingers moving inside of Chase. Alex slipped his tongue between
Chase's lips, as he added a third finger to Chase's ass. He spun his
fingers in a circular motion and Chase's breath caught in his throat
from the sudden spike of stimulation.

“
You
like that?” Alex asked against Chase's open mouth.

“
It
feels really good,” Chase said. The tip of his tongue licked
at the center of Alex's bottom lip, then nipped the plump flesh
before tugging it into his mouth to suck.

Alex
opened his mouth wider and drove his tongue deeper into Chase's
throat. His middle finger curled upward and pressed against Chase's
gland and Chase's hips lifted off the mattress. His movement made
Alex smile.

“
Alex,
please,” Chase said, grabbing at Alex's ass cheeks. “I'm
ready.”

Alex tore open the foil
packet with his teeth and rolled the condom onto his cock, then
gently opened Chase's legs, positioning them just right to tip his
pelvis and offer Alex easier entrance. Once he was satisfied with
Chase's position, he laid back down on top of him. He set the head
of his cock at Chase's opening, but didn't press inside. Resting his
weight on his elbows, Alex cradled Chase's face in his hands. He ran
his thumbs across Chase's jaw line; feeling the delicious stubble on
his chin, then caressed his lips.

Chase's pulse quickened.
The heated gaze on Alex was extremely intimate. Warmth flowed
through him and Alex hadn't even penetrated him, yet. He lifted his
hips slightly to offer himself to Alex and Alex began to push inside.
Both their breaths caught when the tight ring of muscle released
around Alex's cock head.

Alex's
shoulders slouched and his eyes closed, as he drew in a long breath.
“Baby, you feel so damn good,” he whispered. He dropped
his chest to Chase's and eased more of himself inside and Chase
moaned. “You okay?” Alex asked, opening his eyes.

“
Yeah,
keep going,” Chase said.

Chase
had bottomed for Alex once before and loved it and Alex was
determined to make sure this second time was even better. For Alex
it was a hundred times better because now there was a deeper level of
emotions involved – at least on his part. He could sometimes
see it flicker in Chase's eyes and felt it in his touch, but Chase
hadn't said the words – and neither had Alex.

Damn it!

Alex
pushed deeper inside Chase and heard another sound of satisfaction
rumble from Chase's mouth. Alex covered Chase's lips, catching the
air as it escaped, and kissed Chase. He thrust again and was now as
deep as he could go. His hips stilled and Alex simply held Chase,
loving his mouth; his body, every part of the man laying beneath him
in the most intimate of embraces two men could share. The heat of
this moment nearly stopped his heart. This was no longer about sex;
it was the emotional connection of becoming one with this man. It
was
making
love
in its purest form.

When
the hell have you ever made love and felt like this?
Alex thought.

The answer: never. Not
until Chase and Danni.

The full realization of this
startled Alex. He broke the kiss and looked at Chase. Emotion began
stinging his eyes. He saw the same in Chase and couldn't stop the
words from spilling from his mouth.

“
I
love you,” Alex said.

Three simple words, and yet,
nothing was ever the same after one said them. Alex held his breath
and watched for Chase's reaction. He felt the sudden hitch in
Chase's breathing, and saw the dilation of his pupils. Chase licked
his lips and opened his mouth to speak, but his words fell silent.

“
You
feel it, too, don't you,” Alex whispered, gently rocking inside
him.

Chase nodded. “Yes, I
do.”

“
Say
it,” Alex said. “Please. I need to hear it.”

Alex thrust again and Chase
closed his eyes in bliss and Alex pressed his cheek to Chase's,
moving his mouth closer to his ear. “Say it for me,” he
said, and pulled back to see Chase's eyes.

Chase finally opened his
mouth and made a choking sound and cleared his throat. “I love
you, too,” he finally said. “I have for quite a while.”

Alex
collapsed down onto Chase, sighing with relief. “Me, too,”
he said. “I've felt like this for months and was afraid to say
it. I didn't want you to freak out from hearing me admit it so
soon.”

Chase
smiled and licked at Alex's lips. “I'm ready to come and
you've barely moved.”

Alex smiled, too. “I
can help you with that,” he said. Alex lifted his hips,
pulling out until only the head of his cock remained inside Chase's
tight heat, then thrust in deeply and Chase cried out.

“
Oh,
yes!” Chase said. “More … just like that.”

Alex snapped his hips
forward again and again, falling into a steady rhythm. He changed
the angle and Chase arched on the bed; his head slamming into the
pillows, his hands pulled at Alex's hips trying for a tighter
connection. Alex sucked on Chase's exposed throat. The thought of
marking Chase with his mouth made his cock swell even more. He felt
Chase tighten around his cock; squeezing him, announcing his
impending orgasm. Alex changed the stroke again, deliberately aiming
his cock to slide directly over Chase's gland and he felt Chase
explode beneath him. With focused attention to that one spot, Alex
delivered several more precise thrusts, drawing out Chase's climax
and launching his own.

“
Fuck!
I'm coming,” Alex said beside Chase's ear.

Chase
trembled through aftershocks beneath Alex, dazed by the intensity of
his release. He held on to Alex, tenderly stroking his back; his
hands sliding easily through the thin layer of sweat covering his
warm skin.

A long moment passed and
finally Alex lifted his weight to rest on his elbows; his eyes once
again acutely focused on Chase. “I meant it,” Alex said.
“I love you.” He finger combed the hair off of Chase's
forehead and ran a finger over an eye brow. “I've been in love
before, but it's never felt like this.”

“
I
never thought I'd fall in love with a man,” Chase said. “But,
this is very real for me.”

“
I'm
so glad, Chase,” Alex said, then pressed his mouth to Chase's.
Feather light flicks of his tongue against Chase's had them both
moaning.

“
Christ,
I love you so much,” Alex said. He rubbed his cheek to Chase
and then lifted off of Chase. “Did you hear that?”

“
Hear
what?” Chase asked.

“
It
sounded like a car door,” Alex said.

Alex pulled himself from
Chase and rolled from the bed. He removed the condom and tossed it
into the trash, then walked to the side window facing the driveway.

“
Danni's
car is leaving the driveway,” Alex said. “Wasn't she
working until later on today?”

Chase left the bed and stood
beside Alex at the window. “Maybe she forgot something and
came back quick for it,” he said.

“
Wouldn't
she have come into the bedroom to say hello?” Alex asked.

A
knot tightened in Chase's stomach. Something didn't feel right. Why
wouldn't Danni have said hello to them? Unless she thought they were
still sleeping? Even then, it seemed logical for her to at least
check. Then again, maybe she
had
poked her head into the bedroom, saw him and Alex making love, and
she freaked?

“
Fuck!”
Chase said, and reached for his phone. He quickly typed a short text
message and sent it to Danni.

“
Where
you just here?”
read Chase's message.

Twenty minutes later Danni
still hadn't responded. Chase tried calling her cell phone and his
call went directly to voicemail.

“
I
don't have a good feeling about this,” Chase said to Alex.

“
What
do you think is going on?” Alex asked.

Both of them had showered
and dressed and were now sitting out by the pool having a late brunch
of scrambled eggs and fruit salad.

“
I
think she's pissed-off,” Chase said. “She must have come
back, seen us in bed, and flipped-out.”

“
She's
seen us together lots of times,” Alex said.

“
Not
alone like that,” Chase said. “And, if she heard what we
said …”

Alex wiped his mouth with a
napkin. “Danni already knew how I felt and she said she was
pretty sure you felt the same way.”

“
How
did she know how you felt?” Chase asked.

“
She
confronted me about it a while back and I told her the truth,”
Alex said. “I also asked her not to tell you. I wanted to be
the one to tell you – when the moment felt right.” Alex
reached for Chase's hand on the table and squeezed it. “Today
it felt right.”

Chase looked at him.
Emotion pooled in his eyes again, but this time it was for completely
different reasons. “Danni probably feels left out,”
Chase said. “And, if she heard what we said, she's probably
wondering what it means for her.” Chase held Alex's gaze, then
looked toward the guest house. “I shouldn't be telling you
this, but she wonders if you'll ever feel real feelings for her –
like you do for me.”