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Carefully, I pull the covers up and see the tan, muscled, veiny forearm slung around my waist, tucked under my side. Reese. I’m in his bed, and he’s got me hauled against the front of him, all of him. Every hard inch.
Awe
but this also feels good. Entirely too good. Being held tightly in his arms, surrounded by his scent, feeling him pressed into me like this. Waking up… not alone.
:(
When I was the definition of a hot mess express, he treated me with kindness and compassion. With respect. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I was completely vulnerable with someone. I needed someone to look after me for once, and instead of him throwing it in my face or making a joke about it, he took care of me when he didn’t have to.
:((((
My hand moves over his on my stomach, and I slowly inch it lower, holding my breath the further it goes until his fingers sweep along the edge of my panties. This is as close as I’m going to get to asking for him to touch me. It’s a clear go-ahead, and now I’m leaving it to him. For a second, his fingers don’t move, and neither does he.
Diva
“Fuck, you’re drenched, baby.” His lips press against my neck, and another shiver rolls through me as my hips rock, desperate for friction. Anything to dull the throb. “I bet it aches, doesn’t it?”
Bruh
“Let me take care of you, baby. Let me give you what you need,” he rasps as his fingers circle my clit roughly. “Fuck, Vivienne, do you know how long I’ve been dreaming about this? How many times I’ve fucked my fist and thought about sucking on your needy little clit again? How many times I’ve come with the thought of your tight cunt wrapped around my cock? I’m going out of my goddamn mind for you.”
BRUH
“Don’t get used to it. You know we’re good at one-offs, but that’s all it is, Reese. A onetime thing,” I smart, trying to make light of what we just did. He stiffens behind me, and I hear him scoff. “Don’t do that shit. Don’t act like you don’t want me as much as I want you, Vivienne. Not while my fingers are still wet with your cum.”
OMG
Tossing the covers back, I swing my feet over and am out of his bed in a single beat. “Whatever, Reese. I’m not doing this. Thanks for the orgasm.”
What a bitch
then slam it shut as I stalk into the hallway. I know I’m being a bitch, but I don’t know how else to put my defenses back up.
Thats what i said
It’s better this way, I tell myself as I turn the knob on the shower and water begins to spray from the showerhead. Just as I’m about to step under the spray, the door flies open, and Reese busts in. His expression is determined as he makes his way over to me.
TEA
“Oh my god, I’m naked!” I say, making a feeble attempt at covering myself. Although, it’s not like he hasn’t seen it before. More than once at this point. “What the hell, Reese?” “Fuck. This,” he says, closing the distance between us, grabbing my face between his big hands, and slamming his lips on mine. My protest dies on my tongue as he kisses me like a man possessed.
AND THE CROWD GOES WILD
A minute later, he pulls back, panting, a wild look in his eyes. “Do you fucking see why I’m not going to let you run, Viv? Because if it was a mistake, or if it was wrong, then it wouldn’t fucking feel like this. It wouldn’t feel so goddamn good.”
Diva down
“You feel that, Viv?” he murmurs against my mouth, bringing my hand to the front of his boxers to feel how hard he is beneath them. “You feel this? This isn’t fucking nothing. This is me aching for you.”
Omg
“I’m asking to come home from practice and eat this cunt as a post-workout meal. I’m asking to fuck you until your cum is running down my cock.”
Wow
His gaze drops to my breasts, his eyes flickering with desire as his tongue darts out and he licks his lips. “Oh, you mean we're taking a shower? Get your fine ass in there, woman.”
Lmfao
I drop to my knees between her thighs, my eyes level with her pussy. “Use your fingers and spread yourself open for me, Vivienne. I want to see all of you.”
Oh my god you guys
“You know what happens to good girls, baby?” “What?” she breathes. I bring the showerhead to her clit, letting the water pulsate against it.
Insane water bill
“Look how pretty you are, Viv. Your cheeks flushed almost the same pink as this pretty little cunt.”
BRUH
“You taste so fucking good. I’ll never have enough of you. I’m obsessed with your pussy, and I have been since the first night you let me have it,” I mutter hoarsely.
My brother in christ is RAVENOUS
That’s my girl. So fucking responsive.
Excuse your mouth
She scoots back on my thighs, leans down, and drags her tongue through the cum covering my abs, her gaze locked on mine. Then, she swallows it down and licks her pouty lips like it’s the best fucking thing she’s ever tasted.
YUCK
Hallie would sink into the floor and disappear if I told her that he licked my asshole last night.
Oh wow
“Fuck yeah, it did, Viv. I played that entire game with the taste of your cunt still on my tongue, and seeing you in another man’s jersey? It made me fucking… insane,” he rasps.
Tea
“Because the only fucking jersey you should be wearing is mine, Viv. The only name on your back should be mine.” Holy shit. I swallow, my throat thick with anticipation. “And now you’re angry? That I wore another guy’s jersey?” “Yeah, baby, I’m fucking angry,” he grunts against my lips.
PIPING HOT TEA
Veins snake up the length to meet the broad head. He’s perfectly manscaped, with a small mat of hair at his pelvis matching the dark hair of his beard.
I didnt need to know all this
“Nah, babe, you’re good,” he says with a smile, pulling a huge bouquet of flowers from behind his back. “I got these for you and your mom.” Holy shit. They’re beautiful. Pale purple roses with a mixture of baby’s breath and lavender pieces throughout, tied with a beautiful lace ribbon. And the bouquet is huge. Like
Omg
Not only did he go out of his way to buy flowers… he picked an arrangement in my favorite color.
AH
“You have a beautiful home, Mrs. Brentwood,” he tells her as he sits on the old, worn couch. He’s lying through his teeth, but the look of pride on Mom’s face when he says it makes me want to kiss him.
:(
He’s the guy that has more money than anyone I’ve ever met and is about to be drafted to the MLB but spent the night watching a movie with me and my mom on an uncomfortable, springy old couch in an apartment that is the size of his kitchen and didn’t once make either of us feel like it wasn’t good enough for him. He treated my mom with kindness and compassion.
:((((((
“It’s okay,” I start but then stop, dragging my gaze from him out to the passing tree line, biting my lips. “Actually, it’s not okay. That’s a lie, and I’m so tired of lying, Reese.
SHES OPENING UP OMH
Before I can ask him what he’s doing, he reaches over and unbuckles my seat belt, then drags me over the center console and places me in his lap. His hands cradle my face as he looks into my eyes, his own so dark and stormy, full of an emotion I can’t quite place.
BRUH
“We’re roommates, we’re whatever. But at the end of the day, we’re friends, and I care about you way fucking more than I’m supposed to. You are never going to be alone again.”
Omg
“I see you, Vivienne. I see you trying to hide yourself from me, from all of our friends. But I’m going to be here, even when you push me away. Even when you hate me for how annoying I am, for threatening those walls you’ve put up. I’m not going anywhere, baby. Even if all you need from me is to be your punching bag. You are not alone.”
Oh my GOD
my eyes scanning the display until something stops me in my tracks. “No fucking way,” I mutter.
??
and I flip it between my fingers as I look it over. It’s perfect. Holy shit. “I’ll take it.”
What is it
“I have something serious to talk to you about.” “What?” he says, crossing his arms over his chest. “Should I get Viv a cat?”
LMFAO
It’s at this moment that he looks up, his espresso-colored irises connecting with mine. He opens his mouth to speak but then closes it as if he’s trying to find the right words. “Vivienne…” he starts as he steps forward to slowly close the distance between us. “Fucking Christ, you look…breathtaking.”
SCREAMJNG
Reese makes a noise in the back of his throat as he shakes his head. “Doesn’t matter because I would’ve paid any cost to see you in this dress, Viv.”
Omg
“I wish I could kiss you right now. I know you probably don’t want me to mess up your makeup, but just know the second you tell me I can, I’m kissing the fuck out of you, Sweet Tart.”
:(
When I reach out, I realize the charm is actually a little ghost, and my legs almost give out, unable to support the shock cresting through my system. Immediately, tears burn my eyes, and my hand shoots to cover my mouth.
AWE OMG
“I just saw it, and I know that you always wear the bracelet with the ghost, and they’re so similar, and I know you love your ghosts…”
BRUH
“It’s perfect, and I love it more than you know. I…I’ve had that bracelet for a really long time, and it’s very special to me. It was a present from my dad for my twelfth birthday.”
Tears in my eyes
“I’ma need a pass for tonight. Look, this is how I show… that I care. It’s not a flex. I just like to spoil the people that matter to me, and I know you don’t like unnecessary, lavish things, so I’m keeping it to a minimum.
:(
I see you, Vivienne. I wanted to bring you here tonight so you got to be the one being taken care of for once. So you could wear this dress that makes me fucking ache, and so you could maybe let go of all the shit you’ve been carrying around for a little while and just breathe.”
Omg
She’s so beautiful it makes my chest ache. Earlier, when I told her she was breathtaking, I meant in the literal sense that seeing her walk out in that dress actually made it hard to breathe. My throat felt tight.
I CANT
The thing about Viv is that as beautiful as she is on the outside, the inside matches. She’s empathetic, resilient, strong, selfless to a fault. She puts everyone above herself. Their feelings, their happiness.
:(
Her gaze follows as I drop to my knees in front of her and trail my fingers lightly up the bare skin that peeks out of the slit of her dress.
Oh my damnit
“You told her yet?” Dad says with a smile as we walk. My brow furrows. “Told her what?” He chuckles, his deep brown eyes that are the same as mine flickering with something I can’t place. “That you’re crazy about her.”
WOW
You look at her the way I used to look at your mom when I was your age.”
Omg
