Page 107 of Body Check

“Oh, shut up,” Dakota whispered, shifting to brush their lips together. “I don’t care how cut you are, you stupid man. I want you alive and feeling good.”

Gavin smiled and the look was oddly tender, despite the fact Dakota still had a hand on his dick. “You mean that?” Gavin asked softly.

“Of course I do.” Dakota’s throat thickened. “I like you, damn it.”

Gavin laughed, reaching up to brush Dakota’s hair off his face. “I bet if I put my mind to it, I could make you fall in love with me.”

Dakota didn’t answer, just slid down and took Gavin’s dick into his mouth. But even as he delved the tip of his tongue into Gavin’s slit and teased, he had a feeling Gavin was probably right.

He took his time, enjoying the opportunity to explore every inch of Gavin’s length, to lick at his soft sac and breathe in the musky scent of his body.

Gavin’s hand settled in his hair, soft and gentle, stroking and caressing rather than demanding or pushing. Dakota bobbed over his dick, sucking harder, loving his quiet groans and pants.

Later, when Gavin’s hips rose and fell, his mouth open with almost silent gasps, as he pressed deeper into Dakota’s throat, something welled up inside Dakota, warm and familiar. That dizzying surge of affection and closeness to his partner that he’d missed. The intimacy was so different from the detached pleasure of a hookup. He could get used to this. No, more than that, hewantedthis. Wanted this with Gavin so fiercely it took his breath away.

An ache appeared inside Dakota, a restless need he hadn’t experienced in so long. He wanted … he wanted …

Startled by his own thoughts, he choked a little and Gavin backed off, lifting his head to look at Dakota with a worried frown. “What’s wrong, sweetheart?” His voice and expression were soft and concerned.

“Nothing,” Dakota said, breathless. “Just … stay right there.”

He patted Gavin’s chest, shifting away to grab lube and a condom from the nightstand.

Gavin watched him with wide eyes, his brow furrowing when Dakota rolled the condom over his length, bucking up into Dakota’s touch. Dakota shifted to his knees, reaching behind himself to press fingers inside himself, opening himself up for Gavin’s cock. “But you …”

“I want it,” Dakota said firmly, his gaze never leaving Gavin’s.

Because he might not be able to say everything aloud yet, but he wanted Gavin to see he was trying too. He was willing to trusthim, to show him Gavin didn’t have to be the only one who pushed himself out of his comfort zone.

Because Gavin wasn’t Bryce, he wasn’t …

“This is what I want right now,” Dakota said firmly. And it didn’t mean he’d want it every time, but it was okay for him to want this now.

“Okay.” Gavin reached for him, his hands gentle as he guided Dakota to straddle his hips. “Okay. Whatever you want, sweetheart.”

The first nudge of Gavin’s cock made Dakota freeze but he breathed out, looking into Gavin’s eyes. They were wide open, filled with so much warmth and affection Dakota’s muscles unclenched.

Dakota sank slowly down Gavin’s cock, his breath catching at the thickness spreading him wide. Gavin rubbed his thumbs tenderly against his hips until the tension melted away, allowing Dakota to take him even deeper.

Dakota was suddenly glad the light on the nightstand was still on, because he could see Gavin’s lips part, watch the way his lashes fluttered every time Dakota dropped a little lower. Gavin’s hands were so strong but so careful against his skin, gentle like he wanted Dakota to know he was still the one in charge.

It made Dakota’s throat go tight and his eyes a little damp, because he’d been so wrong about Gavin at first, hadn’t he? About what kind of man he was.

Dakota leaned forward, brushing their mouths together briefly before he sat up and began to rock his hips. A small gasp leftGavin’s parted lips and Dakota smiled down at him, softly rising and falling over Gavin’s cock.

“Fuck,” Gavin whispered, rubbing his thumb against his hip in a way that sent a shiver through Dakota’s body. “You feel amazing. You didn’t have to do this though, you know that right?”

“I know. But I wanted you to see … to know …”

But the words melted away as he got lost in the sensation, and clearly Gavin was too. His lashes fluttered, his eyes falling shut, his abs tensing as he fought to keep from thrusting up into Dakota.

The care Gavin was showing made tears prick Dakota’s eyes and he began to move faster, pleasure beginning to rise in him too. Dakota’s skin heated with every slick glide of Gavin inside him.

“Dakota,” Gavin said roughly, lips parting, breath coming faster.

Watching his chest rise and fall was a revelation, so Dakota bent down, licking a stripe along his collarbone and grazing his teeth across Gavin’s skin.

“Yeah,” Gavin breathed, his hands hot as they smoothed across Dakota’s skin, every touch filled with careful need. “Yeah, leave your mark on me.”

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