He pulls off the clean T-shirt and sweats he put on after his shower and gets under the covers in just his underwear.
He smells like soap and toothpaste. He pulls me into his arms, turning me on my side so our bodies are pressed tightly together.
“You still love me?” he murmurs against my ear.
My body shakes with silent amusement. “Yes, I haven’t changed my mind in the half hour you were gone.”
“And you want to make a life with me? Have a home? Maybe a family?”
“Yes. I want all of that with you.”
“Good. Just making sure I wasn’t hallucinating.” He ducks his head to kiss the crook of my neck. “I love you so much, princess. For so long, I thought I’d never be allowed to tell you.”
“Well, you can.” I roll back onto my back as his kissing becomes more urgent. He comes with me, resting a lot of his weight on me in a way I can’t help but enjoy. “You can tell me as often as you want. I’ve been waiting to hear it for a really long time.”
“I love you,” he mumbles, rubbing his scratchy jaw against my cheek and then kissing his way down my neck. “I love you.”
“Love you too.” I arch up as he mouths one of my breasts through the fabric of my gown.
“Why did you bother with this thing?” he grumbles, grabbing fistfuls of my gown and dragging it up over my head. “You should have been ready for action like I am.”
Giggling, I run my fingertips up and down his back from his shoulders to his ass. “I feel silly lying in bed completely naked.”
“Why is it silly? The word for it is practical.” Now that he’s tossed my gown halfway across the room, he lifts himself up enough to stare down at me, his eyes focused on my breasts. He left the bedroom door open so there’s plenty of light coming in for him to see. “I’ll never get enough of seeing you like this.”
That’s very nice to hear. It sends a warm wave of pleasure all through my body. He stares down at me for so long that I squirm my hips. Just the way he’s looking at me is turning me on.
He smiles as if he realizes it.
“You’re looking way too smug. You weren’t lying about turning obnoxious,” I tell him.
His body shakes with amusement. He lowers his head to tease my nipples with his lips and tongue. It feels like he might still be laughing a little as he kisses all the way down until he’s nuzzling my pussy, and I’m sure he’s still smiling as he hooks my legs over his shoulders and makes me come with his fingers and mouth.
I’m still panting and pulsing from that orgasm as he adjusts his position so he’s sitting on his knees. He lifts my hips and fits himself inside me, and I clutch at the headboard with one hand as he starts fucking me, my body helpless and completely exposed to his view. I rub my clit with my other hand until I’ve come again.
Then he turns me over onto my hands and knees and takes me from behind. That position always works for me, so I have to smother my loud cries into a pillow. Finally he turns me back over and helps me wrap my legs high around his back.
I’m drenched in sweat and red all the way down to my chest and panting like I’ve run a marathon, but I smile up into the deep, intense tenderness on his face. “Kind of ambitious tonight, aren’t you?”
“Not ambitious,” he murmurs thickly. He’s clearly just as worn out as I am and almost on the verge of letting go. His cock is buried inside me, but he isn’t moving yet. “In love. So in love with you. And I want you to know how much.”
“I do. I do now. I love you too.”
“Say it again.” The words are half-plea and half-demand as he begins to rock his hips.
“I love you.” I gasp and arch at how deep he’s moving inside me now. “I love you too.”
“Keep saying it.” He’s ducked his head now. He’s fucking me hard, his face twisted with effort. He’s on the edge of losing it completely. “Never stop.”
“I love you.” I don’t think I can come again, but everything feels so good I can’t help but claw lines down his back with my fingernails.
He makes a guttural sound, now beyond words.
I keep repeating that I love him until he lets out an uninhibited bellow and yanks out of me just in time. His body jerks through his climax as he comes on my hip and thigh.
He collapses beside me afterward, smiling as he looks over at me.
I smile back.