“Not fucking likely.”
A second smack landed on Onyx’s other ass cheek. He hissed, pushing into the burn before it faded.
“It’s going to take some work to get this bottom nice and pink, but I think I can manage,” Nico rumbled, voice dropping low with lust.
Yes, please. Onyx squeezed his burning eyes shut as anotherwave of embarrassment hit him. He couldn’t help rubbing against Nico, his cock so hard it hurt.
Nico leaned closer, whispering, “I’ll do whatever it takes to make you be good for me.”
Onyx let out another pathetic whimper, rolling his hips.
Nico muttered a spell, and Onyx’s attention sharpened. It had been a while since he’d done anything like this with someone from the magic world.
Nico’s open palm landed on his ass with a loud crack, harder than his previous blows. Onyx moaned into the couch, rubbing his cock against Nico’s lap as his skin stung, heat rising. The burn lingered, and the air in the apartment was suddenly cool on his exposed rear.
Before the sting faded, Nico’s hand struck again in the same spot. Onyx yelped. Nico’s spell must affect his blows, counteracting some of Onyx’s healing and allowing him to enjoy this as if he were a witch or a human.
“Fuck,” Onyx panted, muscles going lax from head to toe.
“You like that?” Nico teased, rubbing Onyx’s stinging ass cheek.
“What do you think? Don’t make me say green ag—ugh.” A smack landed on his other cheek.
“This is a punishment. You aren’t supposed to like it, so stop rubbing off on me. Sit still and take it.”
Onyx’s cock throbbed but he did exactly what he was told.
Right now, Onyx believed that nothing mattered to Nico but punishing him for being a rude little shit. Onyx was Nico’s whole world, even if only until the spanking was over and they got off the couch.
This was what Onyx needed, what he’d been craving. He was grounded, spread like an obnoxious brat across Nico’s lap, and could almost believe the hollow, lost feeling inside him had been banished forever.
Nico’s hand came down again, cracking against Onyx’s flesh. He smacked him three times in quick succession, the burn building, leaving no time for Onyx to relax between blows. Onyx’s eyes stung. He hadn’t been hurt this good in so long.
Nico rubbed his stinging ass and hummed. As Onyx’s muscles unclenched, he smacked him again.
A moan tore from Onyx’s throat, but he didn’t grind his hips. No matter how much he wanted to.
“You’re doing so well,” Nico crooned, rubbing Onyx’s ass, then squeezing. “I knew you could do it. You want to rub that needy cock against me, but you want to be my good boy more, don’t you?”
“No.” Onyx shook his head, pressing his face harder into the cushion. He couldn’t admit it. Nico saw through him. His heart skittered, and his wings tingled. He wanted to run. Fly far away and not think about anything.
Nico spanked him twice, once on each cheek. “Don’t lie.”
“No,” Onyx moaned, eyes burning with fire and something a lot harder to accept. He was on the verge of crying, and they’d hardly even started. What the fuck was wrong with him? “I’m never good. Not for you. Not for anyone. Just fuck off, Nico.”
Nico growled and smacked Onyx’s ass. “You don’t get to come into my house and tell me to fuck off.” Smack. “You came to me for a reason, and I’m not going anywhere.” Smack. “I’m not leaving.” Smack. “And I’m not sending you away.”
Tears broke free from Onyx’s eyes, leaking past his tightly shut lids. His shoulders tensed and he balled his fists, but he didn’t make a sound.
Nico spanked him again, the burn getting hotter now. “I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. You can’t push me away.”
He punctuated each stupid promise with a smack, and Onyx couldn’t hold himself together. A sob broke free.
“Nico,” he groaned. Pleaded. The infuriating man wassaying exactly what Onyx wanted to hear, and the scary thing was, Onyx almost believed he was telling the truth, despite knowing better.
None of it was true. Nico would leave him behind eventually. Everyone else had. But Onyx wanted to hold on.
He trembled as Nico spanked him again and again, his whole body coming alive with pain and pleasure. His cock ached, his ass burned, his hole clenched tight with every smack, jolting his core. Onyx’s face was wet with tears, his moans unmuffled as he turned his head to the side, sucking in deep sobbing breaths.