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“I didn’t want to kiss you because I didn’t want it to mess me up all over again, okay?”
A deadly smirk sits on his lips when he says, “I dare you to think of me when you fuck her tonight.”
“I’m done holding back. Not when refusing to give in only makes it worse.” “Give in,” he repeats in a whisper, almost in reverence. Or maybe anticipation. As if he likes the idea as much as I do.
My heart hammers in my chest, pounding a mile a minute, as my brain attempts to play catch up with what’s happening. Namely, that I’m kissing Aspen again for the first time in what feels like a lifetime. Only this time, it’s a real kiss. And he’s letting me. Not because of a dare, but because…fuck. Because he wants to?
“Can you come like this?” I hear myself utter, and hold the phone— Can you come like this? Goddamn. When I go gay, I bat for the fucking fences.
“Goddamn,” he marvels, still smirking as he works himself over. “Wrecked is a good look on you. Wrecked just for me.”
I wanna be the first person to give this to him, while he tries to sort this shit in his head. And yeah...my dick really likes the idea of fucking my best friend.
“I’m not just talking about your cock, Kee,” I growl out the words. “I’m going to lick every inch of your body before fucking you so hard, you have no choice but to remember what I’m about to tell you. No option but to hear me when I say this.” I lick my lips and lower my voice, my eyes locked on the hand still wrapped around his cock. “You. Are. Mine. You belong to me and me alone.”
“Hey, Kee?” “Yeah?” “I missed you.” My stupid heart squeezes. “I missed you too, Pen.”
He’s so fucking…beautiful. So brave and caring, and all I can think while our eyes lock is mine. He’s mine, from this day on.
“At the risk of sounding completely fucking corny or like a total sap, I’m happiest when you’re happy, Kee. It’s always been that way, always will be.”
“Straight isn’t the default. No matter how many people want you to think it is.”
“Well, in the words of the great Olaf? Some people are worth melting for.”
“Your smile makes me stupid,” he mutters, reaching up to run his thumb over my bottom lip. It tracks over to the left side, dipping down to where my dimple is making an appearance. “This makes me pretty stupid too.”
And all I know is…I want more. More of Keene, and in ways I’ve never wanted anyone else. In ways I’ve never wanted him before now. You have to be all in.
“I want you. So much, I can’t think. Can’t breathe. I can’t do anything but want you.”
“There are far worse things in the world than falling in love, Aspen. No matter who it’s with.”
“I dare you to let me love you the way you deserve to be loved. Wholly. Completely. And out in the open, where the world can see.” My throat constricts around the words, but I continue to push them out anyway. “I love you. I’m so stupidly in love with you. And I dare you to love me too.”
“Actually, there is.” A brief flash of worry flickers over his features before he schools them. “Okay,” he says slowly. My thumb moves absently over his skin where our hands are connected, the action calming me enough to make the jump. “I love you too.” Aspen blinks at me for a second before his brain catches up. The second it does, he beams and grips the back of my neck with one hand, my waist with the other, and hauls me flush against him. “Never in my life have I been happier to hear four words come outta your mouth.”
“Fuck, Pen.” I smile, loving the way he loses himself in this. In us. “That’s the plan, baby. To fuck Pen.” Just as quickly as his eyes sank closed, they snap right back open. Wide and alert and full of both lust and want. “What did you just say?” “You heard me,” I whisper. “Or are you gonna make me beg for it?”
“I would. I wanna feel you,” I murmur against his lips, not bothering to wait for him to respond. “I want you to own and have and love every single inch of me. My partner and equal in every way humanly possible.” He swallows audibly, looking up at me with more love than I thought humanly possible. “You really mean that, don’t you?” I nod. “I really do.”
“I think I just fell more in love with you. If that’s even possible.” His words make my heart soar, pounding in my chest harder and faster than it ever has before. “I dare you to prove it,” I say, grinding into him. “Take me how you want me, baby. Because I’m only ever gonna be yours.”
He’s my other half. My unexpected inevitable. My fucking everything.
Little does he know, I have the biggest dare of all to ask him later tonight. To let me love him, for the rest of our lives. Good thing, when it comes to dares, he always—always—says yes.
