“Donotsay sleep,” I grumble, shooting him with a warning look.
“Asa, please!” He gasps. “You’re fucking fading! Ipromiseyou, nothing is going to happen if you just rest for a little bit.”
“You don’t know that…” I whine, smacking myself on the jaw.
He grabs my wrist. “Ido, though. I’m telling you right now, it’s not your fault that your sister is missing. It didn’t happen because you weren’t awake to stop her! The reason you can’t think clearly is because your mind never powers down! It’s always running, and it’s hurting your cognitive processes.”
“What are you, a shrink now??” I hiss.
“No… I’m someone who cares about you,” he whispers, taking my face in his hands. “Someone who…” His voice cuts off and he swallows. My eyes go round. “If you would just let me comfort you, help you get somerest, who knows? You might be able to find her.”
I scoff. “That makes no sense…”
“Yes, it does.” He brushes my hair back, and I can’t even help it anymore. My eyes close, because it feels so good, so calming. And I’m shaking because I’m fuckingterrifiedof it. “Baby, I just need you to relax. Just alittle bit, and I promise, it’ll make things better.”
My head swivels back and forth. “I can’t… I’m… I’m fuckingscared, okay?? I’m not strong like you. I’m fucking weak. The only thing I have in my arsenal is staying awake to protect the people I love. That’s it.”
“You are strong, Asa.” He holds my jaw, forcing me to look at him. “You’re so much stronger than you realize. Stayingawakeis what’s making you weak…”
Pressure is building up in my skull, pounding my brain. Tears well in my eyes, and I bite my lip. “I wanna collapse, Jules…”
Suddenly, he’s lowering me onto the ground. Before I know it, my back is in the grass and he’s crawling on top of me, pinning me down.
“N-no…” I shudder, while he drapes over me, peppering my neck with kisses that feel so good, despite the fear humming in my veins. “I don’t… Ican’t…”
“Shh…” Jules hushes me, hands caressing me all over. “I’m here, Asa. I have you.”
My gaze rises above us, to the willow tree shadowing us from the setting sun.
“Is this real…?” I breathe.
Jules slips his hands up into my shirt, mouth hovering over mine. “It’s real, baby. You want to feel it… don’t you?”
Our eyes locked together, I nod hesitantly. He drops his lips to mine, kissing me soft, but firm enough that it’s like he’s mollifying me. Putting me in a trance.
Parting, opening wider, our tongues play together, his lip ring teasing me, making me shiver. I’m in a daze as he kicks his shoes off and yanks his shirt over his head, then does the same to mine.
“You are so beautiful…” he whispers, kissing me dizzy while unbuttoning my pants.
“You’re… my dream, Jules,” I gasp when he pushes my pants down, followed by his own. “I don’t want to lose this…”
My hand lifts to cover his erection, noting the underwear he has on. It’s bright pink with flamingos.
I peek up at him and he grins, biting his lip. “For you.”
“I love this,” I rasp, cupping his balls, stroking the outline of his long cock, already peeking out of the material of his skimpy briefs.
“I’m making you naked,” he rumbles, pulling my pants off completely, pausing only to run his mouth along my shape, through my boxers. “We’re gonna get naked right out here, in this creepy swamp.”
I chuckle as he slithers out of his pants, removing my boxers. My brain is hazy with the lust and exhaustion, fighting to stay in this moment with him.
“Let me take your little panties off, sexy thing,” I purr, and he groans quietly, kneeling over my hips.
Biting my lip, I peel his underwear down, his cock flopping out onto my chest. Jules kicks them off his legs, crawling back over me, completely naked, hips grinding into mine to rub our dicks together.
We’re rolling around in the grass, beneath the willow. Birds and frogs chirping, the sounds of the bayou muffled by our pants and moans, and the sloppy wet suction of our ravenous kisses.
Jules kneels, and I lean forward, slipping my mouth over the head of his cock, teasing his piercing with my tongue. He sighs, fingers tangling in my hair while I get lost in sucking him, saliva running as I gulp him back into my throat.