She rubbed her fingers across my unmarked skin before trailing them down my abs to my fly. A surged of panic rushed through me. I grabbed her wrist. She tensed, and I realized I was holding her too tight.
“It’s been a while,” I said, rubbing gentle circles on her wrist. And you can’t see me. Not yet. Not without an explanation forthe scars that would taint our first time together. “Probably better you don’t touch me if you want me inside you.”
She swallowed, hard, and nodded, her eyes fixed on the bulge in my jeans.
“Hey,” I said, squeezing her hand. “You set the pace, Poppy. If you’re not ready, we can slow down. We don’t have to have sex tonight.”
She cleared her throat. “Is that what you want?”
“I want whatever you’re comfortable with.”
“If we have sex,” she said, finally looking up at me. “What does it mean?”
“What do you want it to mean?” I asked, suddenly worried I’d misread her sketch. Maybe she only wanted to be friends with benefits. Maybe she still wanted to have dinner with Aries, if not tomorrow, another time.
“Everything,” she said softly.
“And you’d be mine?” I asked, my heart pounding in my chest at the thought of her being with anyone else. “I don’t want to share you.” Every bit of calm I’d felt before evaporated as a desperate need to take her filled me.
“I’m already yours,” she said, wrapping her arms around my neck. I kissed her as I unclasped her bra with one flick. Then, I rolled us on our sides, so I could use both hands to explore every inch of her beautiful skin without crushing her. She seemed to understand that I’d detonate with one touch and kept her fingers gripped in my hair, her breath becoming more erratic as my fingers roamed everywhere except the juncture of her thighs.
“Theo, please,” she panted. “I need you.”
I ran my hand down her stomach and lower, feeling the drenched fabric that separated her most intimate parts from me. My balls were already so tight they ached. “I’m going to make you come first,” I said, working my way to the edge of the bed and tugging the delicate lace down her legs. I wanted this to begood for her even if I couldn’t last, but I almost came when I finally tasted her and she moaned my name. I took my time, slowly circling her clit with my tongue before I plunged a finger into her tight heat and rubbed her front wall. I pressed my other hand on the soft stretch of skin beneath her bellybutton and mimicked the increasing rhythm of my tongue against her salty sweetness. I kept the speed of my finger constant and considered adding another when she arched closer.
“Oh. Wow, that’s—”
Her legs started to shake on either side of my head. I slid a second finger inside her, matching the quick rhythm of my hands, and she fell apart with a scream that echoed off the walls of the near-empty room.
I grabbed the ribbon of condoms and unzipped enough to free my aching cock. She bit her bottom lip and watched me sheaf myself. I leaned forward, my tip brushing against her soft skin. She nodded and I sank into her in one thrust. She was so wet, so tight, I squeezed my eyes shut and took a deep breath.
“Fuck,” I hissed, looking down at her.
Poppy stared back at me with startled eyes.
“You OK?” I asked. “Did I hurt you?”
“I’m good,” she said, but her voice sounded tight.
I pulled out an inch and her face twisted in pain. I knew better. I was bigger than average and usually took my time when I was with someone new, especially a woman as small as Poppy. “Kardoula mou,” I said, but she wrapped her legs around me and pulled me closer until I bottomed out again.
“Move, Theo,” she said, running her nails down my back.
I pumped in and out as slowly as possible until I was certain her gasps were from pleasure, not pain.
“I’m not going to last,” I said, gritting my teeth. I propped myself up with one arm and lowered my other hand to her clit, rubbing it in time with my thrusts. She bounced back into meon the over-inflated mattress, tightening more each time. Within moments, we came together, the release unlike anything I’d ever felt.
I pulled out and rolled off her but drew her close while my breathing slowed. “That was incredible,” I said.
“Is it always like that?” she asked breathlessly.
Something in the way she said it made my heart stop. “With me or with anyone?” I asked carefully.
“Um, with you, of course,” she said, the beautiful glow in her cheeks deepening to scarlet.
“Poppy,” I said, taking her face in my hands. “Be honest with me. Was this your first time?”
She nodded and all the blood in my head drained to my stomach like a pile of bricks. “You let me take your virginity on an air mattress? Without telling me?”