we looked at each other. His eyes glimmered with intensity, and I licked my lips in response, causing him to jerk at the movement.
He moved towards me then, hauling me towards him with one hand while he cradled my neck with his other large hand. I inhaled and craned my head to the opposite side, offering my sensitive skin for his taking, even if my brain was screaming at me to run away. The move was instinctual. His hand glided down my neck, over my shoulder, as his fingertips trailed featherlight along my arm. Jackson’s eyes were dark and hooded as they zeroed in on my mouth. His pink tongue barely jutted out to wet perfectly plump lips. Goosebumps spread along my arm. His hand stopped at my wrist, and he caressed the pulse point there slowly, almost as if he was tracing letters against my skin. Over and over.
The action made me twitchy, needy…on edge.
I was about to ask him why he’d followed me when he pressed his body against me suddenly, pinning me against the wall. A protest sat on the edge of my lips until his mouth prevented any speech. The moment our lips touched, it was magic…just like all the times before.
I lost all thought. His fingers entwined with mine, palm to palm. Electricity sizzled between our clasped hands as he held them over my head, pressing his large, warm body against mine. The power behind his kiss, the wet heat, fingers clutching, chest pinning me to the wall, was exhilarating. It was like a car, racing towards the finish line, going the distance and crossing in an explosion of excitement.
The forbidden nature of his passion had my mind in a drunken tizzy. The realization that I was allowing him to control me just like all the times before was a bitter pill to swallow…but it felt too good to stop.
His lips nibbled and plucked, and a delicious sensation ricocheted through every pore as sparks of lust raced through me.
I needed more. Of him. Of his mouth. Of his body against mine.
Just more.
I sucked his tongue greedily, and I was rewarded with him returning my fervor with a kiss somehow even more scorching than all the ones before. He pressed closer to me as if he was trying to attach himself to me, and tingles of pleasure rippled out from his touch.
Jackson kissed his way down my neck, and I was lost in the sensation. His familiar scent of sandalwood and frankincense washed over me, settling into my senses. It was intoxicating, pulling me further into the abyss that was all things Jackson. I trembled with need, my breath ragged as I gripped and clawed at him, trying to pull him deeper against me, to merge us as one.
His lips brushed my ear, sending more chills pitter-pattering across my skin. I heard his intake of breath as he dragged his warm tongue down the column of my neck, tasting, devouring. He moaned and bit down hard on the space between my shoulder and my neck. Excitement at his claim built between my thighs, moisture pooling and soaking my underwear.
The way he took control of me and my body, I didn’t think it could be replicated. I’d certainly never felt it with the other two boys I’d kissed in my life. I inhaled again, creepily wanting to bottle his scent and spray it on every surface I touched so I could experience it all the time.
It was both frightening and freeing to have this kiss with him, as if I’d been a dam about to break all these months and he’d just given me permission to break through my stone walls. I wanted to beg for more and run for fear…all at the same time.
“Wow, sorry Jackson,” a voice rumbled as someone came around the corner and saw us before hurrying back where he’d come from.
It was like water had been thrown over me, the realization of what we’d just done sinking into me until all I could feel was guilt and disgust.
Just then an enormous cheer swelled out from the crowd as the buzzer sounded, signaling the end of the game.
Landry.
I was destined to fuck up everything in my life. And it was always because of my inability to resist Jackson’s call.
“I’ve got to go,” I told him, pushing him away. He looked just as shell-shocked as I imagined I did over what had just happened. It was like this thing between us was too much