Page 71 of Love Lives
"Yup." Aldrich glanced Remy up and down. "But you only get a test drive if you take off your clothes."
"Is that your policy?"
"Absolutely." Without waiting, Aldrich slid his hands under Remy's shirt. Remy helpfully lifted his arms. "That's better," Aldrich murmured as he watched Remy's skin reveal itself to him. There was still some scarring from the burns, but he looked so much healthier now than he had just a week ago. Thank fuck for magic. Aldrich worked on Remy's belt next, making quick work of it and the fly of his pants. For now, he ignored the hard bulge just below his hands, but he wouldn't for long. He had plans for that.
Once they were both naked, Remy looked up at him. "What now?"
Aldrich grinned. "Now I'm going to teach you how to live in the moment."
Remy blinked, then frowned. "Good luck with that."
"You don't think I can do it?"
"Hard task, considering all we're up against."
"You won't see me back down from a challenge."
Aldrich expected Remy to shoot back with some more banter, but he looked uncertain, suddenly. "Something wrong?" Aldrich asked as he lay down next to Remy, one hand on his naked hip, lining their bodies up.
"Is that what this is to you? A challenge?"
It kind of was. But Aldrich got the feeling if he said that, he wouldn't be getting laid tonight. His eyes darted to the condom he'd laid out. He really wanted to get some use out of that, damn it.
"No response?" Remy prodded.
"What do you want it to be?" Aldrich shot back. With his fingers, he drew a circle on Remy's skin as he studied the other man's face. Remy didn't seem to know what to say. But that was what he got for asking silly questions.
"Not a challenge," Remy said eventually. "Just... two people enjoying their time together?"
"Sounds good to me.” Aldrich could think of a lot of things he would enjoy doing together with Remy. At least one of which was in easy reach. He snaked an arm around Remy's hips, drawing him closer, until their groins lined up. "I can think of something enjoyable."
Remy didn't say anything after that.
To be fair, Aldrich didn't give him much of achanceto say anything. He kissed Remy's cheek, then his jaw, then his neck. Remy made an odd little noise when Aldrich's lips touched his neck. Something that sounded like he actually hadn't wanted to make any sound, but he just hadn't been able to help himself.
Aldrich considered it an invitation.
Slowly, he sank his teeth into Remy's neck, savoring the taste of the blood that spilled from the small wound. Absolutely fucking delicious. Aldrich wouldn't take much tonight, not about to risk Remy's health. He wasn't a freshling without restraint. Only when he tasted Remy's blood he almost felt like one, anyway.
He always wanted more.
At least Remy seemed to enjoy the bite too. He grew harder, his erection digging into Aldrich's thigh. He couldn't move, though, couldn't do anything about that while Aldrich was still drinking from him. Aldrich licked at the wound on Remy's neck, and decided to be kind. Sincehecould still move, he wrapped his hand around Remy's cock. The mortal shuddered against him, an involuntary kind of reaction. The best kind of reaction. Remy's cock felt hot and silky in Aldrich's hand as he moved his fingers up and down Remy's length, stroking him to full hardness.
He sucked a little more blood from Remy, just a few drops, just enough to feed both their needs. Aldrich was fully hard too now, even though he hadn't touched himself. He hadn't needed to. Not while he could taste Remy's blood on his tongue and hear his half-suppressed gasps in his ear.
Aldrich still wanted more, though. He wanted to drive Remy out of his mind. He wanted him unable to hold back his gasps. He wanted him moaning and writhing in pleasure.
And he knew exactly how he was gonna go about that too.
With his lips still on Remy's neck, he moved them both so Remy was lying on his back, Aldrich straddling his hips, one of Aldrich's hands still wrapped around Remy's cock. Aldrich's gaze flickered to the condom in its wrapper. If he hadn't been busy drinking, he would have smiled. A shiver of delicious anticipation rolled down his spine and straight into his own cock.
Oh yes, this was going to be fun.
He straightened, his lips abandoning Remy's skin. Remy's eyes were closed, and he didn't immediately open them either. His breath came in short puffs and his cheeks had turned red. Aldrich liked that look on him.
"I wish I could take more of your blood," he said, honestly. "Don't wanna risk it, though."
Slowly, Remy blinked his eyes open at him, almost as if he'd been in a different world entirely for the past few seconds. "I don't get why that feels so good."
