Page 2 of Snapped
Chapter 1 | Settling In
Raven stood in the doorway to Apollo’s room, watching the rise and fall of the little boy’s chest as he slept. Months had passed since they learned Marcus had appropriated Tanis’s sperm and manipulated a young servant girl who wanted the money and security Marcus promised her far more than she wanted the child she bore. This had made it easy for Raven and Tanis to assume custody of the child and move him to House Gaeland with them with little argument from his mother. She remained at House Orion and would see her son when they visited.
So many changes had taken place in a short amount of time, and Raven was still acclimating to them all. He had taken the life of a man he thought of as a father—had inadvertently become a father himself after marrying the man he loved more than anything. And in an unavoidable turn of events, Raven had been named the Head of The Order. Raven seemed to thrive in the circle of chaos though, stepping up and taking charge of The Order seamlessly and stepping into the role of a father with almost practiced ease.
Apollo mumbled something in his sleep before stirring and rolling onto his side, then going still again. Raven was about to turn and head back through the bathroom to his and Tanis’s room when he felt a pair of strong, familiar arms wrap around his waist, pulling him back into a warm embrace.
“Is he asleep?” Tanis asked, dipping his head down into the crook of Raven’s neck and running his lips across the exposed skin, causing Raven to shudder in his arms. Raven nodded, unable to speak through the immediate rush of emotions enveloping him at the mere thought of what Tanis’s mood conveyed.
“Close the door,” Tanis whispered, not relinquishing his hold on Raven or lifting his lips off his husband’s skin. The door was barely shut before Tanis spun Raven around and shoved him against the wall. Tanis held him there, bodies pressed together, his erection already hot and hard, digging into Raven’s hip.
“I want you, right here, right now,” Tanis whispered in his ear, his hot breath causing Raven’s eyes to roll back into his head before the implication of the words caught up with his sex-addled brain.
“No!” Raven gasped, trying in vain to shove Tanis off him. “Not right here; Apollo will hear us.”
Tanis silenced him with a blistering kiss as he ran the tips of his fingers under the waist of Raven’s sleep pants before breaking the seal of their lips and dropping to his knees, dragging Raven’s pants to the floor. Before Raven could protest further, he was engulfed in the wet heat of Tanis’s mouth. He brought his fist up to his mouth, biting down on his knuckles to stop from crying out or moaning as Tanis set up a relentless and very effective rhythm, bringing Raven to the point of orgasm within seconds.
Raven lay his head back against the wall and closed his eyes, taking deep breaths, trying to stave off his impending orgasm. With his and Tanis’s new roles within The Order and The Gardai as well as becoming parents, almost overnight, times like this where they could be together in the most raw, primal way were no longer a daily occurrence. One thing that hadn’t changed was the way Tanis looked at him: with more emotion in the depths of his eyes than could ever be put into words. The way he was looking at him right then.
“God…you are beautiful.” Tanis spoke softly but reverently as he sat back on his heels between Raven’s spread legs, staring at him with a sparkle in his eyes. Raven felt so open, vulnerable, and loved just from the look in his husband’s eyes. Knowing that Tanis meant every word only added to the affection Raven felt for the man.
“Just look at you, all flushed and sweaty, your cock standing at attention for me…so responsive.” Raven muttered a thank-you, but the words came out garbled and sounding more like a moan as Tanis slowly slid back up the length of his body with his tongue, stopping to circle each pert nipple before diving into Raven’s hungry mouth again.
Grasping one of Raven’s thighs in a strong, tight grip, Tanis lifted Raven’s leg and wrapped it around his waist before reaching behind his lover’s back and running an already slicked finger down the crease of his ass. Raven didn’t know or care where Tanis was hiding the stem from the allive plant he’d obviously used as two fingers breached his quivering hole to penetrate and punish his prostate. He dug his fingers into Tanis’s shoulders as Tanis deepened the kiss, swallowing the loud moan Raven fed him.
He couldn’t hide the shriek that came out when Tanis grabbed him by the ass and hitched him up against the wall, both of Raven’s legs now wrapped around his waist. Raven quickly tightened his thighs against the slim hips he knew were fixing to pound him into the wall and wrapped his arms around Tanis’s neck. Grabbing an ass cheek in each hand, Tanis spread him open as he slowly sheathed his long, throbbing organ all the way inside Raven with one agonizingly slow push.
Raven’s mouth opened, ready to cry out, but Tanis shoved his tongue in before he could utter more than a gasp and the beginnings of a groan. Tanis fucked Raven’s mouth with his tongue, keeping a steady pace with his cock, driving deep inside Raven’s body, hard and steady. Raven could feel his belly tightening with every thrust, his balls so full and heavy he thought they might literally explode if he didn’t come…and soon.
Raven’s body was tingling, on the cusp of release, but the angle of penetration coupled with the pain in his back from being repeatedly slammed into the hard and unforgiving tile of the bathroom wall was hindering his completion of the task at hand. Tanis seemed to sense Raven’s frustration because in the blink of an eye, Raven found himself on his feet being spun around and shoved facedown onto the bathroom counter.
Before he could utter so much as one syllable, Tanis’s throbbing cock was buried balls deep in his ass again. The only thing stopping Raven from crying out was the child sleeping mere feet away on the other side of the closed door.
“Shhhhh, don’t want to wake him, do you?” Tanis whispered against the back of his neck as he slammed into him again. Raven could feel the tension in his husband’s body as those thick arms wrapped around him, reaching down and taking Raven in hand, long pulls on his cock keeping rhythm with the dick driving into his ass.
His hips moved of their own volition, thrusting into the warmth of Tanis’s hand and when Tanis flicked his thumb over Raven’s slit, it was all he could do not to shout out his pleasure. Instead, he bit down hard on his bottom lip as his body convulsed, shooting stream after stream of come over his belly and the counter. Tanis gripped his shoulders, holding Raven in place as he continued to drive into him, forcing Raven up onto his tiptoes with each push. He could feel Tanis’s cock twitching and convulsing inside his ass, feel the heat rush up inside him as Tanis came, holding him tight against his body, jerking and panting.
They stayed wrapped around each other, leaning against the sink for support, for several long minutes. Tanis finally reached around Raven, grabbing a rag and wiping the come off his belly and the counter before pulling out and wiping himself down as well. Raven turned to face him and was struck by how sexy Tanis looked standing there in front of him—naked, flushed, sweat-soaked, and content. Those brilliant blue eyes were hazy from exertion but still lit up as they raked up and down Raven’s equally flushed skin.
“You…are insatiable.” Raven glared at Tanis, receiving a cocky grin and devilish eye wiggle in return. He shoved him back, laughing and bending down to retrieve his sleep pants, pulling them on before heading into their room.
“Oh, come on, babe. You don’t want to go another round?” Tanis asked, laughing as he followed Raven into their room.
They climbed into bed, Raven rolling to his side and curling up next to his husband. “We need to get some rest, Tanis; tomorrow is going to be a very busy day. Besides, aren’t you starting fencing with Pol in the morning?”
Tanis leaned down and kissed Raven on the temple. “Yes babe, you’re right, I know. You are just so damned irresistible.” Rolling over on top of Raven, Tanis peppered his face and neck with kisses. They wrestled with each other for a few minutes until Tanis let Raven shove him off.
Stretching out on his back with Raven curled up beside him, Tanis sighed. “Night babe…love you.”
“Love you too,” Raven mumbled, his breathing evening out within minutes.
