I’m close enough to Sulli that if she sits up more, she can touch me. And I glance at Banks, just to tell him I’m moving forward. Once we exchange a single look, I cup the back of her head, bringing her up.
With her hand still between her legs, Sulli eyes my cock that’s at perfect height to her lips.
“Only if you want to,” I remind her.
“I do, fuck,” she cries out while I replace her hand with mine. She’s so wet. Her gaze stays on mine while I slip a finger inside of her.
She squirms, eyes nearly rolling. “Kits.” Hearing her say my name like that is going to stay with me for weeks…months…years.
Sulli has a good visual of Banks as he continues to jack off, and once her eyes open, she watches him, then she asks, “How should I…?”
I guide my hard length to her lips. “Use your tongue first.”
She runs her tongue around the tip. “Like this?” Her innocence in bed reminds me to go easy.
I nod and hold her chin. “Now open.”
Sulli opens her mouth, then stops. “What if I bite you—?”
“You won’t.” You might scrape me. But I’m not going to be a dick about it if she accidentally uses her teeth. She was less in her head when she was watching Banks, so I tell her, “Watch Banks.”
The suggestion almost eases Sulli. Maybe she was afraid she wasn’t paying enough attention to one of us. While she watches Banks, I slowly slip between her lips. Her mouth open, she stops thinking and just goes with the feeling.
Standing tall above Sulli, I pump my finger inside her, and I cup her cheek while I rock against her mouth, only a few times. Her breath catches, and I pull out.
“Fuck,” she moans, writhing. She watches Banks root a hand to the side of the trailer and come hard in his palm. Sulli clenches around my finger.
I didn’t even want to try putting two in her. And seeing her hit a climax sends me to mine. I stroke once and release in my hand.
We’re all heavy breath.
“You okay?” I ask Sulli.
She’s smiling and collapses back. “Wow.”
“I feel that,” Banks says in a laugh, grabbing his boxer-briefs. None of us forget the hot springs. Putting on clothes, we head out to the river.
The thirty-minute hike leads to us stripping down again. Dipping into the warm water of this primitive, natural hot spring, like a small alcove in the river. Not found on any website or any map.
Steam rising, I kiss Sulli.
And then, Banks kisses Sulli.
We make out with her. We talk. We crack jokes. We laugh. Waiting until the last second to leave. And when we’re running back to the trailer to beat the freezing cold, biting at our flesh, the air hangs thicker. Heavier.
I open the trailer.
Back to reality.
Almost.
Sulli takes the bunk bed. Refusing to let us take it since we’re taller and it’s cramped. So Banks and I share the queen bed. Lying side by side, I stare up at the ceiling of the trailer.
An hour later, Sulli peeks her head out. She sees me awake. Banks stirs, rubbing his eyes in the semi-darkness. The moon shines through the trailer.
Sulli is quiet. Saying nothing, she crawls between us on the bed. My pulse slows, and I turn on my side and spoon Sul, then she burrows into Banks’ chest.
Having her safe in my arms, I finally fall asleep.
39
SULLIVAN MEADOWS
Fuck the rain.
Five days of thunderstorms have constructed a huge roadblock on my goal. Rain means slippage, especially on the slick, flat slab of rock I’m trying to scale. With these miserable weather conditions, I haven’t been able to climb Rattlesnake Knuckle since the day Jack filmed. And that day was supposed to be my last practice climb with gear.
Now, I’m not even confident about free-soloing without another dry run.
Jane and Maximoff flew out to Yellowstone to watch me free-solo, and now they’re not going to get the chance. They fly back with everyone tomorrow. I feel a little bit like I wasted their time, and it’s hard not to beat myself up over it, even if them watching me climb wasn’t my goal.
I haven’t failed.
Not yet, anyway.
I still have time to free-solo at least one of my dad’s old climbing routes. So as long as I free-solo Rattlesnake Knuckle and get to experience something my dad once did, I’ll have succeeded what I set out to do.