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He groaned, a husky, desperate sound, wrapping his arms around Jay and pulling him closer, deepening the kiss.

Jay gave a soft, breathy moan of his own, melting into Alexei’s body, one hand gripping Alexei’s shirt as if to keep himself upright that way. Alexei palmed the back of Jay’s head, doing his part to keep the vampire in place, plundering Jay’s mouth with days and days of pent-up lust and longing. Jay met his pace, the eager thing, the greedy little noises coming out of his mouth an echo of the sounds he’d made feeding from Alexei the night before.

It was Alexei who broke the kiss first, out of a need for oxygen more than anything else. He stared, panting, at the little vampire on his lap. Never in his life had Alexei been so torn apart by a single kiss.

Jay was beaming at him, panting in turn. “I melted.”

“I’m sorry?”

“My first kiss with tongue,” Jay mused rather than explaining.

“That was your firstkiss?” In his lust-fogged state, Alexei didn’t quite manage to keep the shock out of his voice.

Jay stiffened in his arms, and Alexei regretted his words immediately. “My first kiss withtongue,” Jay repeated, his sweet voice laced with defensiveness.

Alexei had so many fucking questions about Jay’s past he didn’t ever know where to start. “Can I ask why…” He trailed off, unsure how best to phrase the question, Why haven’t you had sex in over two hundred years? without sounding like a complete asshole.

Jay seemed to catch his meaning anyway. “You can, but I don’t feel like explaining this morning. This is agoodmorning.”

On that they could agree.

Alexei felt like he should offer truth for truth. He kept stealing Jay’s secrets and giving nothing in return. “I’m in hiding. From my brother. Our family business has some…criminal elements to it. I pissed him off before I left.” He cleared his throat, unsure of how much detail to go into. “I don’t know if he’s even looking for me anymore, but if he found me…it could get dangerous.”

Jay’s gray eyes were serious, his nod solemn. “I’ll protect you, Alexei.”

Alexei couldn’t help it. He kissed him again, hungry and obsessive and wanting the vampire in his arms so much it physicallyhurt.

He broke it off first again, Jay giving the impression he could kiss for hours and never tire of it. “There’s so much I want to do to you. Jesus fucking Christ. I don’t want to go too fast.”

Jay licked his lips, as if chasing Alexei’s taste. “I’ve waited over two hundred years. There’s no such thing as too fast.”

“Well, exactly. But—”

Jay’s brow furrowed, and the hand in Alexei’s shirt tugged sharply. “I’m not a baby. I’m not naive. I’m not some ingenue. I’m just…inexperienced.”

“No, you’re not a baby.” Alexei pressed a kiss to Jay’s neck, then whispered in his ear. “You’re a kitten.”

Jay leaned back, a smile on his face, his defensiveness instantly forgotten. “You made a little joke.” He started stroking Alexei’s hair, lifting a strand between two fingers. “This is nice. I like it all down like this.”

Alexei allowed himself to close his eyes, reveling in the soft touch. How long had it been since he’d been petted, stroked, cared for?

He could feel Jay watching him closely. Alexei tried to gauge where best to start. He’d never…deflowered anyone before.

Might as well start with the basics. “So you’ve touched yourself, then?” he asked.

“Yes, I like to.” Jay continued his soft petting of Alexei’s hair. “Sometimes I do it a lot. I read my books and get turned on, or sometimes I watch porn, and then I stroke myself under the covers.”

Holy fuck. That had Alexei’s eyes opening, his cock suddenly straining against his zipper hard enough to hurt. “Well, fuck. That—that’s great, kitten.” Jay was smiling almost mischievously at him, and Alexei had to wonder once again how much of the maddening little things the vampire was doing were on purpose. He swallowed, mouth dry. “You want to show me how you do it?”

He figured Jay would maybe be more comfortable starting with what he knew, but Jay was already shaking his head, biting at that fucking lip again. “I’d like to—I want—” He heaved a breath, finding his words. “I’ve never touched someoneelsethat way.”

Alexei let out his own slow exhale. “You want to touch me, kitten?”

Jay nodded eagerly, his hands clenching into Alexei’s hair, Alexei’s scalp stinging at the pull. “Yes. That.”

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Jaywasnoddingsofuriously it was making him a little dizzy. “Yes. Touching. Me touching you. That’s what I want.”

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