hanging close to the edge but unable to come.
Noah seemed to have realized the same thing as he huffed out a frustrated breath. “First thing tomorrow, we’re getting you a pair of fucking sweats,” he muttered against Alex’s ear.
Alex let out a strained laugh. “Fucking sweats. Sounds like something I could get behind.”
Noah growled and pulled his hand out of Alex’s pants, but before Alex could protest, Noah shoved his hand back inside, but this time, under Alex’s briefs as well.
“Fuuuck!” Alex groaned. They were skin to skin, now. Noah’s work-roughened palm wrapped around Alex’s cock as he tugged and caressed and slid up and down the sensitive skin, making pin prickles of pleasure scrape over Alex’s nerve endings.
“More,” Alex demanded in a broken voice. He was so damn close and desperate for release. “Please,” he added, as if good manners would help Noah coax the orgasm out of him.
“Trying,” Noah huffed. “God, I wish we were alone. I could use my mouth on you.”
Alex’s dick jumped. He looked down. Noah’s ministrations had pushed Alex’s jeans lower so that the tip of his cock was peeking over the waistband of his jeans. He could see glimpses of the almost angry-looking head of his cock as Noah worked him as best he could.
Noah’s breath hitched. He turned his head so that his mouth was directly against Alex’s ear. “You like that idea? Because I could go down on my knees right here and now. You wouldn’t have to wait for me to get you there. You could just shove your dick into my mouth, and I’d take it. I’d take all you have to give.”
Alex had no idea where this was coming from. Noah’s words were lingering between them like promises, and Alex was so close that even if Noah would go down to his knees for him, he’d only have to breath near Alex’s dick and it would all be over.
Noah seemed to realize that his words were effectively shoving Alex toward release, so he bit into Alex’s ear for a moment before he continued. “You’d come down my throat, and I would love the taste of your cum on my tongue. I’d lick you clean and—”
But Alex didn’t find out what that and was followed with because the image of spurting his release into Noah’s mouth was what ended it all. Alex slammed his fist against the brick wall above their heads, trying not to scream as he came all over Noah’s hand and the inside of his own pants.
They stood in the shadow of the dark courtyard, Noah’s palm still cradling Alex’s softening cock. His other hand was hugging Alex closer. The world around them had quieted down. It was only him and Noah and this wonderful moment of shared happiness that felt like everything because Alex knew down to the bottom of his soul where he’d locked away all his deepest wishes, that this was just the beginning.
Alex could see it so clearly—the future he’d always scoffed at, and that he desperately wanted now with Noah. It didn’t feel impossible anymore, to find somebody who stayed and didn’t leave Alex behind or push him aside. How could it feel anything but inevitable now that he had Noah?
Alex lifted his head and looked at Noah. Words that he’d never said to anybody in his life bubbled to the surface, and Alex happily let them out, trusting Noah to treasure them, to keep them safe. “I love you.”
Noah smiled and pressed his forehead against Alex’s. “I love you, too,” he whispered back.
Much later, when they’d cleaned Alex up with half a packet of tissues Noah had had in his pocket, they walked out of the alley.
They found a decent-looking pizza place. They took their order to go and hiked to the river, where they found a quieter spot that was a bit more private, courtesy of the trees that hindered the view to other people, also out enjoying the summer night. Alex sat with Noah between his stretched-out legs. Noah leaned against Alex, and every once in a while, he turned his head to the side and sought out Alex’s mouth in a kiss.
The night was hot and muggy, and there were a lot of people out, but Alex paid absolutely no attention to them. The darkness and the trees hid them from curious gazes. He was way too busy snuggling against Noah, kissing his neck and running his lips over the soft skin below Noah’s ear, which made