he moved several steps forward. Just as my back hit the wall hard enough to make me breathless, his mouth crashed into mine.
Who needed to breathe anyway?
This wasn't a kiss. It was a claiming. His mouth was ravenous. Possessive.
Mine.
He was mine and I was his. We belonged to each other. He didn't own me nor did I own him.
It was a gift.
He was giving me a piece of himself and I was giving the same to him.
His lips released mine and I gasped for breath, my chest rising and falling quickly. I hadn't realized how desperate for air I was because my need for Ben far outweighed the need for oxygen.
His mouth found my neck, kissing and nibbling on the skin of my throat. "Put your feet down," he murmured, his lips brushing the spot just below my ear.
I shivered at the sensation and released my grip on his hips with my thighs. His hands slid down my back, fingers dipping into the elastic waist of my shorts and underwear. They fell to my ankles with a whisper and I kicked them off completely.
Then I was up against the wall again, in his arms, and one of his hands went between us to push down his shorts just far enough to reveal his erection.
I gasped as he pressed into me. His hands shifted me against him, lowering me down just enough.
Then he was inside me, moving hard and deep as his mouth clung to mine. I clasped his neck with one hand and reached between us with the other, spreading my fingers apart so I could feel him as he entered me.
He groaned into my mouth and then pulled back just far enough to whisper, "If you don't stop that, I'm going to come."
I had no problem with that but I knew from experience that he would fight the urge and wait until I came and I wasn't quite there yet.
I nipped his bottom lip and moved my fingers upward, circling my clit with two.
"Oh, fuck. You're getting tighter," he muttered, his hands gripping my hips harder as he pounded into me. "Please tell me your close."
I was. The edge shimmered before me, pulling me closer, tempting me to leap over. My breath left my lungs in pants and short moans as I struggled for release. It hovered there, just out of my reach.
My head fell back and I arched into him. I needed more. Something.
Ben lowered his head and lifted me just enough to lightly bite my nipple through my shirt.
I broke, the tension snapping like a spring wound too tightly. Light burst behind my eyes and I cried out as the orgasm ripped through me. Ben crashed into me, a loud groan escaping his mouth where it rested against my breast.
I clung to him as my body shuddered from the intense pleasure. Ben held me pinned against the wall, panting as the vestiges of his own climax faded away. His hands lowered me and then we were both on the cool wood floor, sweaty and too exhausted to move.
Somehow I ended up sprawled over his body with him still inside me. I had no idea how he had the strength to keep us from crashing to the ground because my muscles were about as useful as cooked noodles.
Hmmm. Spaghetti sounded good right about now.
His hands caressed my back as I hummed and he asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"Spaghetti," I answered, both hungry and sleepy. Maybe I could eat after a nap.
Ben chuckled. "Really? Because I just realized that I completely forgot about a condom."
I lifted my head from where it rested on his shoulder and looked down at him. "Well, I'm on the pill but we should probably get tested before we do that again, just to be sure."
He nodded, his hands holding my ribs. "Sounds good. Definitely better than spaghetti."
"Nothing's better than spaghetti with you. Naked and in bed."
He smiled up at me, the corners of his hazel eyes crinkling, as if he found my weirdness endearing. "I could probably arrange that. In a little while."
"Why not now?" I asked, blinking as a drop of sweat rolled down my forehead and into the corner of my eye.
"Because I can't feel my legs," he replied.
"That's my line."
The smile remained on his face, but it changed as he lifted a hand and cupped my cheek.
"I love you, Sierra."
I closed my eyes for a moment as those words settled in my heart. It was the first time he'd said