Page 88 of The Battery
Energized by my permission, Leo’s right hand went to my ass to lift me up while his left sank into the bed beside my neck to keep himself upright. Smoothly, he ran his hand along my thigh to prop my leg up on his shoulder. I hadn’t been penetrated since last year and my body itched to have Leo inside.
Slowhe had told me with his eyes. I had to be patient.
Leo trembled, and not from the effort to keep himself up. He was anticipating this, too. For a moment, his hands fumbled as he struggled to find the right position.
This man. Undoubtedly more experienced than me. Fumbling like a newbie. Because of me.
I helped. Grabbed a pillow next to me to sling under my waist, then dropped my leg down from his shoulders. I braced my knees up though and lifted so that I exposed myself to him. I nodded, giving him the okay. This was the best position for me.
His lips back on mine. I felt the head of his cock taste my hole, slick with pre-come. He deepened our kiss as he penetrated with just the head, and I gasped. The sharp intake of breath was swallowed by Leo’s mouth as he pushed in half an inch at a time. I kept sucking in air, broke away from our kiss, pushing my head into the bed. A long, slow groan rushed out of me as my body scintillated. I urged him forward, now desperate to have him fully inside me. I mumbled as much, though I don’t think he understood me.
Or maybe he did. He pushed all the way to the base of his cock and froze. He exhaled a deep, relaxed moan. I lifted my head and opened my eyes. Time halted.
So beautiful, I thought. I had never seen him in this light, so to speak. Vulnerable, almost. Exposing everything to me in the dark, as if it were the safest place. His brow had curled slightly upward as emotion flooded his face.
He started into a relaxed but determined rhythm. I rocked my hips to match the beat, mouth bobbing open and closedwith each pressing of his hips. I didn’t want to switch positions. I could lie there all night staring up at him and the way his muscles and body contorted to please me.
He collapsed on me; arms wrapped under my neck to support my head while he kissed me. His body moved with greater purpose as he found the right rhythm. I moaned through our kiss to let him know how much pleasure it brought me. My hand went down to grab my own cock and let the movement slide it in and out of my fist. I wouldn’t last long.
“Cody?” he said in a quiet plea, almost a question. I think I knew what he asked.
“Yes,” I responded to give him permission. He didn’t need to say the words.
The rhythm increased, along with his breathing, now that he had the final permission gate open. I let the rocking guide my cock through my fist. Leo broke from our kiss to gently sink his teeth into the soft flesh at my neck. He groaned, loud and hard, as his body bucked up and into me.
I came with his movements. His groaning carried me up into the clouds as I climaxed at the same time as him. I came in ribbons between our chests as Leo emptied into me, his teeth sinking farther into my neck. My moans mixed with his as the sweat from our bodies collected between us. Pure ecstasy, a coruscation of pleasure that hit the apex that had been waiting for us for months.
He slowed his hips, the stuttering of his cock helping empty what I had left inside me as I jerked myself off to get everything out.
Then, he collapsed. The fullness of his weight suddenly bearing down as all his power and energy escaped him for a moment. I let him press into me as my ankles locked at the small of his back. Our breathing labored, the heat rising despite the chilled air in the bedroom.
He pulled away after some time, his cock springing free as he sank to his side next to me. I rotated, our lips were touching again, winding down after everything.
At last, he finally spoke, though he already showed me without words.
“I love you, Cody.”
CHAPTER FORTY
Leo
“You are insane,”Cody called out to me. I stood stark naked on the narrow beach of the lake, hands on my hips. He stood by the firepit, arms crossed. “I’ve never done a cold plunge before and there’s no way in hell I’m doing one now.”
“Don’t make me chase you and drag you in,” I said.
Cody shook his head. “No. No way. I’m gonna lock myself in the bathroom.”
I shrugged to pull off a nonchalant look. “Then it sucks for you that your clothes are going to get wet.” He shot me a look that, I assumed, was an attempt to emulate one of my more select airs of grievance. I almost cracked a smile at his poor attempt. “Don’t think I can’t sprint faster than you can turn and high tail it in the cabin.”
Cody unleashed a string of expletives strong enough to set fire to a church. But he stripped down while saying them and shivered against the sudden cold of the autumn morning. It was adorable, in my biased view. Both his attempt at seeming tough and his pussyfooting toward the water’s edge. These little moments galvanized my decision to fall in love with him. Oh yes, I could have walked away early on. Uncle Andy’s third promise, however, had other plans.
His toes squished into the cold sand. My feet had already started to numb, and the water was going to be much worse. If I could get him to endure for a few seconds, the rest of our day would be amazing. Although I wasn’t sure if I could top the previous evening. Making love to Cody gave me a catharticrelease I didn’t realize I needed. His willingness to let me express myself in the way I needed to only reinforced why I had fallen in love.
We hadn’t stayed in bed very long. I dragged us back into the living room and we ended up falling asleep, naked and wrapped in blankets, in front of the woodstove. The tattoos on my skin describing the secrets of my life were plentiful, but the one inked upon my soul that night was truly indelible. I would try to recreate it many more times, yes, but I knew in my heart nothing would compare to the sanctity of those minutes as we held each other.
“I still say you’re crazy,” Cody said as he hugged himself, naked, shivering, but by my side, nonetheless.
Unceremoniously, I scooped him up like a bride on her wedding night. He flailed for the two seconds it took me to stride confidently into the freezing water. I dumped him in, much to his protests, when the waterline reached my waist. Then I slipped under the water with him as he popped to his feet.
