her nose scrunching up in a fucking adorable way when she grinned.
“You cold, love?” he muttered, damn near mesmerized just looking at her.
“Not really, but Mia said this is what you do when you have a movie night.”
“Are you telling me Zenon sits under a fluffy blanket and watches movies with his mate?” Gunner asked.
“Yes, that’s what I’m telling you. And she gave me this blanket since she knows how much I like soft things.” She rubbed it on his cheek. “See? So soft.”
That had him swallowing, mouth dry all over again. His heart was beating faster too. When she was like this, experiencing something new and wonderful, it was a fucking delight to witness. It also cut him to the bone knowing how neglected and deprived she’d been for so long. He wished he’d thought of getting her a soft blanket like this.
He nodded and tried to calm the fuck down as she settled back with the remote. She turned on the TV and clicked around, opening Netflix and choosing the movie. “Eve showed me how to use it…Netflix, not the TV. I’ve used a TV before, obviously.” She snorted. “I may have been locked in our bedroom most of the time, but I’m not that ridiculous.”
Gunner’s muscles seized up. Our bedroom. Her and Azel's.
She glanced up at him, obviously sensing his change in mood. “Oh, I meant…”
“It’s okay, love,” he said quickly.
She nodded and slid closer to him. His arm was along the back of the couch and she curled in under it, wrapping her arm over his stomach and resting her head on his chest, then pressed play.
It was torture. Exquisite fucking torture. Gunner swiped the bowl of popcorn off the table and set it on his knee, offering her some.
She took a handful, and the sound of her eating made his muscles loosen and his heartbeat slow as the opening scene began.
Gunner only saw bits here and there after that. How could he focus on the movie with Luna pressed up against him? When he heard, shit felt, every gasp and giggle she made? He didn’t even try to fight his manic grin when she out-and-out laughed her ass off.
But he was doing okay, had his shit under control, until…the insane sex montage started. It had Gunner frozen and then laughing because it was hot but also funny as hell. It also had him fighting a serious hard-on because Luna made all these little gasping sounds while she squirmed against his side.
Then fuck him, he felt her nipples harden, grazing his ribs when she squirmed some more.
He tried to ignore it and had finally gotten his dick under control by the end of the film, when she turned to him and asked if he wanted to watch another one. What could he say?
“Yeah, love, pick whatever you want.”
He’d sit here all night with her if she wanted. His female happy, snuggled up with him like this, was heaven. Okay yeah, it was torture because he wanted her so bad—but it was also utter fucking bliss.
She picked some movie called Friends with Benefits, and everything was going okay until about the thirty-minute mark when the friends decided to enjoy some benefits. That’s when Luna squirmed again, and her hand that was on his thigh flexed in a way he assumed was involuntary.
He tried to ignore it, but it was getting harder by the minute. He was getting harder by the minute, especially when she bit her lip and her nipples…Jesus fucking Christ. Those tight little nipples pressed into his chest again.
She was on her side, her legs up on the couch, and he dropped his hand from along the back to the outside of her thigh, right as the muscle tightened. She was squeezing her legs together.
He dipped his head, lips going to the delicate shell of her ear. “You need something, Luna?”
Please, fucking ask me to get you off.
She licked her lips.
“’Cause you know if you need anything, anything at all, you just have to ask for it.” Was that his voice? Had it ever been so rough? No. No, it hadn’t.
“Um…no, I, uh…I…”
He squeezed her thigh stopping her mid-stutter. “You’re squirming.”
She tilted her head back so he could see her eyes. Her face was flushed, lips swollen and red from biting at them. “No, I was just…”
“We’re mates, Luna, or we soon will be, you can be honest with me. You can tell me anything, ask for anything.”