The Butterfly Effect 7/?
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Author: moonchilddj
Characters/Pairings: Reid, Luke/ LuRe, mentions of Nuke
Rating: NC-17 ;)
Summary: AU-ish. When the breaking of one relationship sends him running from Oakdale, can the new face of another man put Luke’s heart back together?
Beta: Unbeta’ed! It’s been so very long since I’ve had a chapter out, I couldn’t wait. XD Any mistakes, though I’ve read this over a few times, are mine!
Disclaimer: Didn’t own them then, don’t own them now. More’s the pity! The boys belong to ATWT, P&G, etc, etc. OCs are mine, story is mine, all for the entertainment of me and the fans!
Author’s Note: Whew! God, I made it through this chapter! This counts as the first time I’ve written a chapter with a certain…something to it. =p I’ve role-played situations such as these, but never on my own. I think I actually got a little nervous! That, and the fact of my muse being stupidly quiet, has lead to the delay of this chapter. Here’s hoping that the next comes out better, now that I have everything lined up the way I want it! Reviews are loved and worshiped for this story, feel free to comment, it keeps me going. =3 That said, enjoy!
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Reid wasn’t the type to beat around the bush. He just wasn’t that subtle about anything. About what he felt, about what he thought about someone, about anything. He didn’t give Luke a chance to second-guess himself, kissing him within an inch of his life as he pressed up against him.
If Luke had enough time to doubt himself, if he had enough time to fear what experience he had, or that he might not please Reid (which was a laugh, really, since just kissing him seemed to give Reid a high), then he just might have enough time to pull away. And he’d always been a little greedy to ever have that happen.
He had Luke’s pants off of him in a mere few minutes flat, his hand cradled against Luke’s erection in the black boxer briefs he wore. He could feel the heat, the slight twitch of Luke’s erection, honest and eager for his touch, even if Luke might’ve thought otherwise. He hummed in approval when Luke bucked into his touch, and squeezed gently, before he broke off the kiss breathlessly, gazing into Luke’s flushed face.
“Beautiful…” he whispered, before he turned him over in his arms, so they rested chest to back. He chuckled under his breath when Luke made a vague whine of protest to his whisper, and kissed his jaw, sliding his fingers around his hips and pulling the boxer briefs down. “Breathe for me, alright?”
Luke gasped, panting a little, and managed a nod, somewhat flustered to do little else. He clung to Reid’s hips to steady himself, shivering when he felt cool air brush up against his skin, from the lower part of his stomach, to his groin, all the way down to his thighs. He hadn’t been naked this much in front of another person since Noah. And the little session he and Reid had had at the Bucking Bull…well, it had been so hot, so arousing, that he hadn’t thought of it in that moment in time. And here he was, buck naked before Reid.
Common sense and a good dose of humbleness made him want to blush, but he was startled out of it by a caress of Reid’s hand over his naked thigh.
“Stop thinking.” Reid whispered against his ear. “Things like this shouldn’t take a lot of concentration, Luke. How are you going to enjoy anything if you’re worrying about it? Trust me…where you are right now…how you feel against me, in my hand…you don’t have a thing to worry about.”
“Yeah…?” Luke whispered with a shudder when he felt Reid’s hand stroke over his cock, so much softer and warmer than through his underwear. “Nn…just…want to make it as good for you as you do for me.”
“You do. You’re perfect, just like this.” Reid assured him, playfully nipping at his earlobe. “Lean over. Hands and knees. I won’t go too far…but I’ll go far enough.”
Luke flushed, enjoying the heat to Reid’s voice, a jolt of pleasure sliding through his body that he was the one to cause him to sound like that. He squeezed his hands gently against Reid’s hips, then let go, sliding down to rest on his hands and knees as he took a deep breath.
“God, if you knew how good you look, you wouldn’t be second-guessing yourself at all.” Reid breathed, letting his eyes wander over the sight of Luke, half-hard and the muscles of his body quivering a little. “I’m gonna have to break you of that sometime…thinking that you don’t have anything to offer a man. In the meantime…”
He reached out to cup Luke’s cock in his hand, making a quiet sound of appreciation in the back of his throat when it slipped, slick and warm, through his fingers. Just the way he wanted him. He squeezed gently, stroking his palm up and down the surface of his length as he bent to press a line of kisses along the curve of his arched spine. He nipped a path over the bumps of his backbone, following it down to the small of his back. His tongue swirled there, and he followed it out to the natural curve of his body, nipping lightly at the cheek of his ass.
“Ever been rimmed, Luke?” Reid asked lazily, breathing every syllable against Luke’s skin that he wouldn’t be able to help but feel every single word that brushed against his skin. He wanted him to feel every breath, every stroke, every press of his finger, and push of his tongue. Luke deserved that. Luke deserved all the pleasure that he could stand.
A soft, breathy sound drifted from Luke, and he opened his eyes, leaning his cheek against his shoulder as he tried to come down, somewhat, from the high of Reid’s tongue touching him, the fingers wrapped confidently around his cock. He seemed to know all the right places to touch, and while he was envious of just where Reid had gotten all that information, he loved being on the receiving end all the same.
“R-rimmed?” he breathed, blushing a little, before he shook his head. “No. I’ve never…well. That.”
Reid chuckled quietly under his breath, feathering a warm kiss against his skin. “You know what it is, right? Naughty, Luke. Someone’s been watching the porn~” he cracked as Luke gave a soft laugh.
“Just because I h-haven’t had a lot of experience, doesn’t mean that I don’t know what it is or what happens, Reid. I’m a gay man with curiosities about how it’s done, of course I’m going to check it out.”
“Gold star.” Reid whispered, nipping at the gentle curve of a cheek once more. “Instead of just seeing it or reading about it…how would you like to feel it?”
He wasn’t surprised when Luke shuddered at the suggestion. He was a sensual young man, that, while inexperienced, certainly had no hesitations about trying something out. He liked that. It left so much room for fun in the future. He smiled and glided his hand over Luke’s spine, pleasure flowing through his veins when Luke arched his spine to follow the movement of his hand.
“Would you…nnn…sorry…incapable of thought at the moment…” Luke gasped, smiling when he felt Reid’s breath ebb out into a chuckle against his skin. “Could you…could we…?”
“Do you want it?” Reid asked in return. “This is for you, Luke. I’m just enjoying the effect from here. I have a very nice view.”
Luke groaned softly, loving the appreciative rumble in Reid’s voice, masculine-soft and husky. It was a pleasure to know that he’d had a hand in making that sound, in giving Reid that pleasure. He balled his fingers into the material of Reid’s couch, stretching out for him, and spreading his legs out a little wider for him. “Yeah.” he breathed, glancing over his shoulder at him as he felt his fingers caress along his skin. “Yeah, I want it, Reid. I want to feel it. Feel you. Please?”
Reid licked his lips at the look given him, Luke’s lashes heavy over his eyes with a most-likely-unintentional come-hither look. How could this kid not know how sensual he was? He could feel how much he was affected…he would just have to show Luke what he did to him. Let him know that someone really did want him. “Your wish is my command.” he replied softly, stroking his hand along his skin once more. “Just relax for me, all right?”
Luke nodded, taking in a deep breath when he felt Reid’s hand smooth over his hip soothingly, trying to calm the twitchy nerves that accompanied doing something new and different. He wanted this touch. He wanted this experience. He trusted Reid to give it to him, to know what he was doing. But all the same, experiencing the art of rimming had him a little breathless.
“I’ll try.” he promised, smiling over his shoulder at him again. “I make no guarantees about the way you’re touching me, though.”
“Fair enough.” Reid replied with a small, wicked smirk that had the tension, anxiety and curiosity all rolling up into one as Luke gazed at him. “Don’t forget to breathe.”
“How could I ever forget to--ah!”
Reid hadn’t given him much of a warning at all, and that was all right, really. If he’d had a warning, then he might’ve chickened out. And with the zing of sensation that followed the streak of Reid’s tongue, he was grateful that he hadn’t chickened out at all. Luke gasped sharply, his eyes widening as he felt warm wetness trickle out over his entrance, brushing along skin that had never been touched in this manner. It tickled faintly, but it also felt deliciously good at the same time, that he felt his body arching for more like a cat, and he whimpered under his breath, his arms shaking a little.
Reid licked his lips, and paused, a hand resting gently on Luke’s upper thigh as he watched him tremble from head to foot. “Okay there?” he replied huskily, smiling when Luke could only bob his head in a nod and gulp for air. “You’re so responsive.” he mused, stroking his thigh gently. “Honest, too. Good thing, I’d hate to miss out on the way you’re acting. Oh, that’s not a bad thing, trust me.” he added when he saw Luke blush a little. “I like you like this. Lets me know that you like what I’m doing. Give me more.”
Luke couldn’t have denied him his request for anything. His skin felt hyper-sensitive all of a sudden, with Reid’s hair brushing against his bare skin as he bent, then that warm, wet sensation once more, swirling in circles and following in a starburst pattern that had him nearly falling against the couch and gasping desperately for air like a drowning man. The sensation was all new to him, and he had to say that he liked it a lot, as he pushed against the couch with his knees, pressing his body closer to Reid’s mouth.
“Re…R…” he stammered, unable to even get out Reid’s name as waves of pleasure followed every move of his tongue. He could feel his cock getting harder, and he whined in the back of his throat, reaching for himself.
“Ah ah.” Reid muttered, gently pushing away Luke’s hand. “You gave me clearance, it’s mine~” he teased, smirking when Luke gave a shaky sound of amusement. He wrapped his hand around him, pleased to find him very hard, with a streak of liquid following his fingertip as he stroked over the tip of the head. He pressed a ‘shhh’ into Luke’s shoulder blade when he shuddered and whined again, before he stroked his hand up and down along the length, flicking his wrist experimentally as he went down for another taste of him.
Luke gave a loud moan of surprise, his body caught between the confident grip of Reid’s hand around his cock, and the stroke of his tongue again, massaging against the muscle and slipping in just a bit. “OhReidyes!” he muttered, slurring the words together as his brain proceeded to turn into slush at his touch. He bucked his hips, caught between a literal rock and a hard place, before he gulped and arched his spine. He was helpless to whatever Reid did, and if he wanted to stroke him off, or eat him out, or both at the same time, all he could do was try to keep from exploding.
Reid loved it. He’d had a few lovers in the past. Nothing serious, nothing of the sort that went for IN love, just lust or mutual attraction. He’d had a few good lovers that had stirred all his senses, that he’d enjoyed, but nothing like this. Luke didn’t try to hold back, didn’t try to stifle himself, or god forbid, stop him. He held himself steady for the ride, and even encouraged Reid for more. Now how was he supposed to deny him, when he cried out his name so nicely? He shifted his own body, mentally trying to tell himself to calm down and not break the seams of his jeans, thank you very much, but it was difficult, the way that Luke squirmed, gasped and pushed up for more. It was very nice on his ego.
He slipped his tongue in further, letting Luke’s body adjust in increments. He could feel the muscles twitch and gently grip, holding him close as Luke’s arms might, if he weren’t practically on his chest by then, with his ass in the air. He could feel Luke’s body shuddering, hear him gasp for quick, staccato breaths, and hummed against him, making a circle with his fingers and gripping firmly as he stroked him from base to tip. If he hadn’t had a grip on him, Luke might’ve bucked him off, his body jerked in response so wildly.
“REID!” Luke moaned in a short, sharp burst of intense pleasure. His body was soaring, and he could feel precum gather more thickly, smearing along Reid’s fingers. He opened his eyes once, but closed them again, the environment of Reid’s living room swimming before his eyes. Fingers absently clawing at the material of the couch, cheek mashed into the cushion, he whimpered and jerked his body, unsure of which sensation he wanted more. He settled for moaning ‘moremoremoreReidplease’ in general.
“Damn it all, Luke.” Reid’s voice was raspy, the movement of his head, the gentle, wet pop, and the absence of his tongue making Luke groan a sound of protest. “You’re going to drive me crazy. I’m trying to not just take you right here, right now.”
“And…that would be…a bad thing?” Luke gasped, panting for breath, before he flushed slightly over a kiss against his shoulder, so soft and sweet, it made his heart melt.
“I don’t want to rush this too fast. I don’t want you to be one of my ‘quick and dirty’ here-and-gones. I want you around a lot longer than that. So…try not to make me break my mental promise, huh? I’m only a man, and wanting you…is making me want to break all the rules.”
He loved the sound of Reid’s voice, sounding about as wrecked as Luke felt, with what Reid was doing to him. Luke gave a little smile, and managed to open his eyes and gaze at him dazedly. “Glad to know the feeling is mutual.” he breathed. “Want you, too. But I don’t want to rush a good thing, a great thing.”
Reid gave him a crooked smile, panting a little himself, before he bent down to kiss him, growling in the back of his throat when the little devil swirled his tongue around his, taking up the taste and sharing it between the both of them. He nipped lightly at that coy little tongue, and sucked on it slowly, before he let go of his mouth. “Wanna finish you off.” he whispered, stroking Luke’s back gently. “Will you let me?”
Luke groaned and nodded. “I’d be stupid to say no to that.”
“You’re definitely not stupid, then.” Reid winked, before he gently pushed on Luke’s back, urging him to lift up higher, before he fit himself against Luke’s body and slipped his tongue right back in, deeper than before. He could hear the strangled cry that came from Luke, and growled approvingly under his breath, stabbing with his tongue once, twice, as his fingers pumped the hard, heavy cock that was leaking more thickly than before. Luke was close, and he wanted to take him to that edge, wanted to taste him.
With that in mind, he gave another stab of his tongue, withdrew, and twisted, pulling Luke that he ended up straddling his chest before he knew what was what. The surprised, flustered look aimed at him was worth it, and he smirked, before he started to pump his hand around him in earnest.
Luke had never known a lover could play his body so perfectly. With Noah…well, he himself been a virgin, and Noah had been a virgin to pleasing a man. It’d been good, but this…this was the type of experience he’d never forget for all of his life. Crying out Reid’s name when Reid’s hands worked him over even more perfectly, he shuddered and arched, knees quivering and gripping as he felt that familiar rush of hot pleasure skim all the way down to his toes, and back again. “Reid…I’m going to…lose it…” he muttered, his voice straining to a wisp of sound as he rested his hands on Reid’s shoulders.
The glint of those blue eyes, hungry and feral, said that that was exactly what Reid wanted. The catch of his mouth around the head of Luke’s cock, even more so, as he growled around him, and hollowed out his cheeks, sucking deep. He was rewarded with a desperate twitch of Luke’s body, then the bittersweet-salty taste of his release on his tongue, as Luke finally came. He’d sucked a few lovers off, but nothing had ever made him more pleased than to see Luke’s body in climax, to hear, see and taste. He swallowed instinctively, taking all of what Luke had to give him, and asking for even more as his tongue gently played around the surface of his cock, fingers slipping in to stroke encouragingly against his balls.
Luke had no choice but to surrender to him, his body coaxed to its final, lasting drop of white liquid. It landed on Reid’s wet lips, and he whimpered breathlessly when the man licked it off, his eyes burning up at him.
“Just like that.” Reid hummed, looking extremely pleased with himself, before he gave a short laugh when Luke all but collapsed against him. He quickly caught him, hands moving deftly to wrap around his back and hip, and tucked him up against his side, stroking his damp back soothingly. “You okay?”
Luke’s head was swimming, overwhelmed with the feeling that Reid had brought him. He knew it would be something more than what he’d been used to, never having been on the receiving end of a rimming, but he didn’t know that it would rock his world so hard. He panted softly against Reid’s shoulder, his gentle question sounding so far away. He managed a nod, however, and opened his eyes slowly, stroking a hand gently over Reid’s chest.
“You’re still dressed.” he muttered after a moment, smiling when he felt the vibration of a laugh from where his head rested against Reid’s chest.
“Yeah. I could fix that for you, if you’d like?” Reid teased with a smirk, fingers sliding over the curve of Luke’s back, to the small of it. He turned his head to kiss the rumpled, slightly-sweaty strands of hair that feathered along Luke’s ear.
“Mm. I like the sound of that.” Luke grinned, his fingers already easing open a button or three of Reid’s shirt so he could rub his fingers against the warm flesh beneath. He delighted in the gasp he got out of it, shivering in pleasure at the way he responded. “Not going too far, right?”
“Yeah. Not too far at all…” Reid could almost kick himself for saying such a thing. Luke’s fingers were so warm and gentle, gliding along his chest as if he had all the time in the world to explore his skin. He swallowed hard, watching when Luke swirled a fingertip around his nipple, and giving a low groan when Luke leaned close to graze his tongue against his skin. “Though I could be convinced in another way…”
Luke laughed at that, and lifted his head, smiling at him. “Come on. You had to have known more lovers than me. Feel a lot more sensations than just this?”
“Maybe.” Reid shrugged, moving a hand to stroke his thumb over the curve of Luke’s jaw line as he gazed at him. “But none have been like you.”
“…That’s…” Luke found himself speechless for a moment. That was one amazing compliment, if he did say so himself. He gave him a brilliant smile, all teeth and dimples as he grinned at him playfully. “Wow, doctor~ Whatever am I supposed to do with a compliment like that?”
“Whatever you want.” Reid replied in return, with a waggle of his brows. “You can definitely continue with what you were doing. Just for a suggestion.”
Luke chuckled, and leaned up slightly to reach his mouth. “Nice suggestion, too.” he whispered, before he kissed him softly, his hands reaching up to frame Reid’s face. No one had ever made him feel like this, warm and needed and wanted. He almost wanted to bathe in it, for the way that Noah’s argumentative nature had left him cold and nothing more than a bother. It was such a contrast of feelings, he wanted it to last forever. When he finally let go of Reid’s mouth, he took his suggestion to heart, lowering his head back to Reid’s chest, as his tongue streaked over a nipple again.
Reid let out a low, breathy sound, and closed his eyes in pleasure, reaching a hand up to cup the back of Luke’s head encouragingly. It wasn’t as if he was a stranger to being intimate with someone, but being with Luke made it feel different, almost new. Perhaps because it was so new to Luke. Whatever the case, he moaned under his breath, shivering a little when the ends of Luke’s hair brushed against his skin, when he bowed his head to lavish kisses and licks along his torso, down to his stomach as buttons were unbuttoned the rest of the way.
“Keep that up…and the ‘not too far’ will be far enough.” he teased, smiling when he heard a muffled laugh vibrate, warm and low, against his skin.
“Are you telling me to stop?” Luke asked, peeking up at him through his lashes.
“Hell no.” Reid snorted, grinning. “Just…no more than you want to, okay?”
“And if I want to taste you, too? What then, Reid?”
Reid was sure that his brain was going to explode at the mere thought of Luke touching him, with hands or mouth. He dragged in a deep breath, and gazed at him. “Is that what you want?”
“Didn’t I just say that?”
Reid snickered under his breath, stroking his fingers through his hair again. “Sorry. I believe my ears were deafened by my brain trickling out through them.”
Luke grinned, and dropped a kiss to his navel, his tongue tracing the indent. “So I take it that’s a yes?” He didn’t wait for his reply, taking the hum of pleasure he made as approval as he closed his eyes and lowered his head, pressing an open-mouthed kiss over the bulge in Reid’s jeans. He’d never gone down on someone, but he wanted to. He wanted to with Reid, wanted him to experience some of the same pleasure as he felt when Reid touched him. He peeked up at him again, his body thrumming with delight to see that Reid’s eyes were closed, his skin flushed a little more with heat, teeth caught on his bottom lip. What a sight he made. So honestly passionate, and all because of him.
It made him break past the hesitancy of his actions, made him pull at the button and zipper of Reid’s jeans. His lips met black underwear, and he pressed another kiss to the contained erection, loving the growl he got in return, before he snagged the waistband with a finger, and tugged it down just a bit, so his tongue could sneak a taste of him.
Reid felt like a firecracker going off, under Luke’s ministrations. He knew that he didn’t have a lot of experience with the whole thing, but once he really got into it…he wasn’t sure he was going to be able to remember his name after this. Luke was so confident, so sensual. He managed a strangled noise of Luke’s name, and arched his back with a shudder at the stroke of Luke’s tongue along the slit of his cock. “God…” he muttered, hissing out a breath through his teeth as he opened his eyes, gazing down at him, and closing them again when the sight threatened to undo him.
Luke pulled the underwear down a little more, until it snagged just past the line of his balls. Caught and held there by Reid’s erection, he could look his fill, feeling like the recipient of a smorgasbord. What he’d felt, pressed against him when they were close and Reid was trying to kiss his mouth off, had felt like a good handful, something he could totally take his time on and still have room for his mouth and fingers. It was nice to see that his mental measurements hadn’t been far off of the path at all. He was of a good handful, thick and of a healthy, proportionate size. He grinned to himself.
“Where to start, where to start…” he muttered as Reid gave a soft snort under his breath.
“Somewhere before I die of blue balls.” Reid replied blandly, before he let out a short sound that was most certainly not a yelp when Luke sucked him in a little, into his mouth.
“You were saying?” Luke replied, letting his tongue trace a circle around the tip as he glanced up at him with an impish twinkle of eyes.
“Nothing, nothing, carry on with…oh…whatever you want…” Reid managed, swallowing hard as Luke let out a low chuckle.
“Don’t mind if I do.” Luke breathed softly, before he stroked his tongue from base to tip, taking in the taste and warmth, and the way he quivered against his mouth, before he sucked him in again. His hands dragged soothingly up along his thighs, pulling Reid’s jeans down even further, and appreciating when Reid helped him by lifting his hips, balancing his weight with his hands.
“Damn it all, Luke…” Reid growled, feeling the world spin with that hungry mouth. “You’re going to make me come…way, way too soon.”
Luke’s eyes crinkled up at him with a smile that curved up around the head he held in his mouth. It seemed that he was pleased with the way that he had Reid, and wouldn’t mind his coming at all, as he wrapped his fingers around what he couldn’t fit in his mouth, and stroked simultaneously with the short bob of his head.
“Luke…” Reid moaned, letting his head tilt back as pleasure skimmed along his nerve endings. It made his body quiver and jerk, and he felt like a teenager all over again, not being able to hold onto his climax for the amazing sensations that Luke was bringing to him. He didn’t want to let go, it was way too soon, but with Luke’s eagerness, his fingers, that perfect mouth…he was only a man, after all.
Luke barely registered the grunt of sound that came from Reid, a strangled noise that would’ve surely been a shout otherwise. He was more interested in the flood of warm, sticky liquid that filled his mouth, slid down his throat. He coughed a little, but kept his mouth fixed around the quivering flesh, too eager to taste him to even think about taking his time.
“Look at you…” Reid breathed around a gasp of a breath, after a moment of fairly collapsing back to the couch. “What a mess you made…” He was grinning, though, blue eyes bright with the high of release and his chest heaving with deep breaths. He took a few precious, dizzy seconds to try to connect his brain waves back together, and smirked when Luke stretched out over him. “Looking damn proud of yourself, too…” he whispered, reaching out to softly thumb away a streak of white from Luke’s bottom lip, down to his chin.
“Course I’m proud of myself. I made you come, didn’t I?” Luke grinned at him cheekily, and caught hold of Reid’s wrist lightly, licking off the release so as to not waste a drop. “Mm. You taste good, too.”
“You’re insatiable.” Reid groaned when the swipe of that tongue made his body stand up and take notice. He knew that Luke knew, too, with the grin that he flashed at him. “C’mere.” he whispered, before he tugged him close, kissing that smiling mouth and slipping his tongue in to share. His head was buzzing, ears were roaring, heart pounding, but he’d never felt so good. And all because of this kid that had attracted him with a smile and a sway of his hips.
He couldn’t be falling in love with him, could he? Not yet. It was too soon. He’d only known him for a few days. Not even a week yet. Love didn’t come so soon. But gazing into Luke’s smiling face, when he broke the kiss…he wasn’t too sure about that. Why else did his heart turn a few somersaults, when he smiled at him, when he tucked himself up against his chest, as if that was the only place he wanted to be?
Reid knew right then, he was in trouble. Big trouble. He was going to fall hard for this kid, and there was not a damn thing he could do about it. But did he really want to?
“Reid…?” Luke replied softly, gazing into Reid’s face as he watched a few myriad emotions flit across the man’s face, like quicksilver. “Are you all right?” he asked, frowning at him.
“…What do you believe about love, Luke?” Reid asked, resting an arm under his head, the other dipping around Luke’s hip, and holding him close.
“Love?” Luke echoed, before he nuzzled into the curve of Reid’s body. Something had scared Reid a little, and he tightened his arm around him, just to make sure that he didn’t take off, or try to get away. “Well…I know it can be a wonderful thing to be in…but complicated, too. I know it can break your heart as much as repair it. It’s scary sometimes, with the feelings you feel, but it’s the greatest thing to have in your life.”
“So…a lot of contradictions, huh?”
“Yeah…sometimes. Especially when people make it harder than it really is. What is this all about?”
Reid paused, trying to put the feelings to rights in his head, before he heaved a sigh into Luke’s hair. “I’m not someone that does things half-assed. It’s either all of it, or none of it. I want the whole enchilada, not just a taste of it. If I fall in love with you, I want the whole thing, and I guess…that’s kind of scary. I’ve never wanted that, with anyone.”
Luke gazed up at Reid, chin resting against his chest. “What?” he replied, blinking a little, before he gave a surprised, but pleased little smile. “Are you…planning on falling in love with me, Reid?”
“No!” Reid replied, before he snorted softly. “It’s not something you plan on, that much I know. It just happens. And…this…tonight. Hell, all of it, it makes me think that I could. Fall in love with you, I mean.”
Luke gazed at him as he sputtered through his explanation, and smiled, feeling his heart melt at how unsure Reid was about the whole thing, but he was trying. He was an older man, he ought to know plenty about being in love, and yet he sputtered like a teenager that was experiencing it for the first time. He just wanted to wrap his arms around Reid, and cuddle him close, walk him through it. Or just wrap his arms around him and never let him go.
“That’s…the nicest thing that anyone’s ever said. I haven’t even done that much to make you feel like that, I think.” he replied, laughing a little.
“Yeah, well.” Reid replied, moving his hand out from under his head to gently tweak at Luke’s chin as he gazed at him with a soft expression that made Luke feel warm and content. “Just being you seems to do it. So…do you…I mean…could you ever see yourself falling in love with me?”
Luke’s smile grew wider, before he fairly tackled Reid back to the couch, and kissed him soundly with a noisy smack of lips. “Of course I could! I don’t spend my days with just anyone, you know.”
Reid snickered softly, smiling back at him as his heart beat a little faster in his chest. It felt like it was doing somersaults. “Good. I don’t have to wrack my brain trying to figure you out, see if you want me as much as I want you. I had enough of that in high school.”
Luke grinned. “Oh, you have nothing to worry about, Reid. I definitely want you. Want to be around you, want to be with you, want to do a lot of things with you. And get your mind out of the gutter, I’m not entirely thinking about sex.”
“Entirely.” Reid echoed with a waggle of his brows, ducking and giving a short laugh when Luke tried to nail him with a pillow.
“I thought that it was only teenagers that thought about sex constantly!”
“Not true. The male brain is made up of about ninety percent of thinking about sex. More or less.” Reid drawled, before making a smothered noise when Luke whacked him in the face with the pillow.
“Or it could be that you’re a pervert!” Luke snickered, before he found himself caught up in a playful wrestling match, that ended up with the both of them landing in the floor, laughing as Reid groaned with the impact.
“Can you blame me? Take a look at yourself in the mirror!”
Luke blushed at the compliment, and lifted the pillow he’d managed to keep with him to kiss Reid lightly. “You’re sweet. Even if you are a pervert.”
“I’ll take my chances.” Reid whispered back, smiling at him as he rested his hands on Luke’s hips. Here was a gorgeous, funny, sweet young man that wanted to spend time with him. Pervert or not, he was a lucky man. Anyone would think the same, especially if they knew him and his reluctance to get close to people, to fall in love, to give people a chance to hurt him. He was sticking his neck out, and he was glad, for once in his life, that he had. He leaned up to kiss Luke once more, before he patted a bare ass cheek gently with his hand, smirking when Luke gave a small yelp of surprise.
“Come on. How about a bath, rinse away all the crusty stuff left over?” he drawled with a wink as Luke grinned, and nodded.
“Well…just as long as you don’t make us dirty again~”
“No guarantees.” Reid replied with a smirk, before he got to his feet, and pulled Luke up with him, sliding an arm around his waist to lead him to the bathroom.
******
The days and weeks passed like lazy summer months would, slow and sweet and divine.
Luke worked at the Bucking Bull, texted Casey, though he never got a message back from him, talked to his parents on days off or when he was just relaxing after a day, and of course, spent time with Reid. He got to meet Reid’s best friend at the hospital, at a barbecue that Eric had invited them to, where Eric had thanked him grandly for making Reid less grouchy, and Reid had chased Eric around a few times with the burger tongs. He went on shopping trips with Reid, picking out nice things for his place, and a few things for Reid’s home, too, though he ended up spending most of his time at Reid’s place. They went to go see movies in the evenings, or out to eat at restaurants, when Reid had had a busy day at the hospital and didn’t have the energy to cook. Normal, couple things, that Luke had only gotten a taste of when he was with Noah, and adored having with Reid.
“That’s because you’re easy to please.” Reid had teased him a few times, that Luke had tackled him for it. It often ended up in steamy makeout sessions that left them both breathless.
It made him happy, being able to spend time with Reid. They got along well, he found out, not just because of the kisses and touches and blow jobs, but because they were both willing to work out things together. If Reid wasn’t used to sharing his space with someone else, and was meticulous about having his toothbrush facing to the right on the right side of the toothbrush holder, and slept on the right side of the bed, then he took the left side without argument, and woke up quite a few times spooning Reid’s body in bed. If he wasn’t used to someone wanting to know his feelings about the small things as well as the big, what movie to watch, what restaurant to go to, what his feelings were about certain sexual escapades, Reid took the time to ask him, his attention completely focused on him, honestly wanting his opinion, not just making the decision for them.
It should’ve been difficult. It was with Noah. Noah had fought him on everything. But it was so ridiculously easy with Reid, it was like they’d known each other forever. A few people had even thought they were already married, which had left Luke blushing, and Reid grinning a small, boyish grin.
“Think they know something we don’t?”
And that was another thing. Reid wasn’t afraid of talking about the future. He was more nervous about love itself, than the notion of what could come out of that love. They talked about their feelings on marriage, on children, adoption or surrogate. Luke had ended up keeping those things secret from Noah and not talking about them, doodling them somewhere on written pages of notes, where Noah couldn’t find them. Noah had never seemed interested in the future they could have together. Or children.
“I like kids.” Reid told him softly, on a picnic one day, having taken a day off from work to spend it with Luke, as he watched parents in the distance of the park area, playing with their children. “I’d like to have a couple sometime. I don’t really care if they’re germ machines, they’d be my germ machines.”
Luke grinned at him, leaning his shoulder against Reid’s as a light breeze riffled through the air, combating the heat of the day. “Really?” he replied, eyes twinkling when Reid nodded. “Everyone says you’re so cranky.”
Reid made a scoffing noise. “Kids are easier to deal with than adults. They don’t try to hide things. If they hurt, or feel crummy, they’re gonna tell you. If they don’t like something, or if they’re scared, then you know it. Kids are my favorite patients, actually. Not that I want them to be my patients, of course. Just that it’s easier to relate to them. There was one girl…her name was Annie. She was my favorite.”
Luke frowned at the use of past tense, and cuddled closer, taking Reid’s hand in between both of his. “What was she like?” he asked softly.
“Sweet. Full of life. You know…people look at me as if I’m Death or something. They’re never happy to see me. But Annie was. She always had a smile on her face when I came in the door. No one ever smiled like that when they saw me. She…liked horses, and ballet, and wanted to be a ballerina when she grew up. That or a horsewoman. Or both.” He chuckled a little, and rubbed a thumb under his eyes, feeling Luke squeeze his hand. “She was the sweetest girl…and I wish I could’ve saved her. There are a lot I wish I could’ve saved. I have their pictures, to remind me of the ones I have lost, and the lives I can save. But Annie…”
“She’s the one you can’t forget?” Luke murmured quietly, pressing a kiss against Reid’s temple when he nodded.
“If I ever have kids…” His eyes flicked to Luke, the blue gaze warm, and knowing. “…I hope they’d be as sweet as her. Have a good heart like her. And like you.”
“Reid…” Luke whispered, touched to be included in something that obviously meant so much to Reid, before he cupped his cheek in his hand, and leaned their foreheads together, knees brushing as they sat on the checkered blanket.
“You’re the kind of person I want that kind of life with.” Reid said quietly, his voice low, but earnest. “Just…the whole white picket fence thing. The kids and the dog, and…ha. I never wanted that kind of life. It was like you opened up my eyes to what I was missing out on. Does that sound weird to you?”
“No, it doesn’t.” Luke replied, threading their fingers together. “I was thinking the same thing. Wanting that kind of future with you. It’s never been so easy to be with someone as it is with you. I can talk to you about anything, from the future to your favorite sex position.”
“Cowboy position. Especially after watching you dance.” Reid drawled, smirking when Luke blushed lightly. “And it should be easy for couples to talk to each other about anything. I heard that’s how it works, anyways.”
“Most couples, sure. But Noah and I…” Luke shook his head. “We disagreed on everything. I guess that means something, doesn’t it?”
“Luke…it just means that you didn’t mesh right. You tried, and…that’s the best you could do. No harm, no foul, pick up and try again.”
Luke smiled at him. “And you want to try again with me?”
“You better believe it.” Reid whispered, before he kissed him again. “I want to try all of it with you. If you want that, too.” He received his answer when his face was cupped in between Luke’s hands, and he was kissed soundly, feeling dazed and happy when Luke pulled back. “Okay, then.” he breathed.
Luke chuckled, and let go of his face, wrapping his arms around his waist and squeezing softly. “It’s nice to hear that you want me so much in your life, Reid. You don’t know how much that means to me.”
“Well, I don’t know much about your ex, but I do know that he should’ve treated you like a treasure. I want you in my life, and you’re going to know about it until you’re sick of it.”
Luke snickered at that, and shook his head. “I couldn’t ever get sick of it, not with this feeling. You could tell me until I’m old and gray, and I’d still grin like an idiot.”
“Is that with or without the false teeth?” Reid teased, before he laughed quietly when Luke pinched him gently. “Okay, I’ll keep on telling you I want you in my life forever until I sound like a sappy fool. Works for me, if it works for you.”
Luke grinned, nodding happily. “It works out perfectly for me.” he told him softly. He never had to doubt that Reid had feelings for him. He never had to try to figure him out. It was a wonderful, liberating feeling.
******
He couldn’t help looking at them. He’d never had the urge to before, but on a lunch break a few weeks later, Reid was standing before the window of a jewelry shop, looking at engagement rings. He’d gone right by the store countless times over the years, never sparing a thought to the rings within, and what they meant to most people. He’d seen couples go in and out, male and female as well as two women or two men. It was a popular shop, with beautiful rings that sparkled in the light of the afternoon sun.
Reid sighed, rolling on the balls of his feet as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. He was due to go back to the hospital in about fifteen minutes, but still…he couldn’t help imagining Luke’s ring finger, decorated with one of those rings. It had been two months, going on three, since they’d first met at the Bucking Bull. Almost three months of dates, movie nights, strolls in the park, dinners, lunches, breakfasts together. They hadn’t had sex, yet, but he had wanted to make sure that Luke really wanted it. They’d come close a few times, with the both of them having a couple of nights of blue balls. They got along great, with only a few minor squabbles. It wasn’t as if they had knockdown, drag out fights, it was mostly about food, since he could eat enough to rival two teenage boys, time off from their respective work, and Reid forgetting a few things. Easily fixable, and they had, still smiling at each other and that happy glimmer in Luke’s eyes. It was perfect, in Reid’s eyes, more perfect than anything he’d ever known.
But still. Reid Oliver, standing before a jewelry shop window, looking at engagement rings. The thought was almost enough to make him break out into a nervous sweat.
“Hello, doctor.” the jeweler called from the door, having watched Reid linger outside the window for a good fifteen minutes. She smiled when Reid startled in surprise, and motioned with her hand. “The view is better from in here. Why don’t you come inside?”
Reid swallowed, before he threw his shoulders back, and took a step, then another, towards the door. “Why not?” he replied, stepping through the door as the chime above rang with his entrance. It didn’t mean he had to buy anything. He was just looking, and looking for an engagement ring for the man he was in love with never harmed anyone.
Author: moonchilddj
Characters/Pairings: Reid, Luke/ LuRe, mentions of Nuke
Rating: NC-17 ;)
Summary: AU-ish. When the breaking of one relationship sends him running from Oakdale, can the new face of another man put Luke’s heart back together?
Beta: Unbeta’ed! It’s been so very long since I’ve had a chapter out, I couldn’t wait. XD Any mistakes, though I’ve read this over a few times, are mine!
Disclaimer: Didn’t own them then, don’t own them now. More’s the pity! The boys belong to ATWT, P&G, etc, etc. OCs are mine, story is mine, all for the entertainment of me and the fans!
Author’s Note: Whew! God, I made it through this chapter! This counts as the first time I’ve written a chapter with a certain…something to it. =p I’ve role-played situations such as these, but never on my own. I think I actually got a little nervous! That, and the fact of my muse being stupidly quiet, has lead to the delay of this chapter. Here’s hoping that the next comes out better, now that I have everything lined up the way I want it! Reviews are loved and worshiped for this story, feel free to comment, it keeps me going. =3 That said, enjoy!
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Reid wasn’t the type to beat around the bush. He just wasn’t that subtle about anything. About what he felt, about what he thought about someone, about anything. He didn’t give Luke a chance to second-guess himself, kissing him within an inch of his life as he pressed up against him.
If Luke had enough time to doubt himself, if he had enough time to fear what experience he had, or that he might not please Reid (which was a laugh, really, since just kissing him seemed to give Reid a high), then he just might have enough time to pull away. And he’d always been a little greedy to ever have that happen.
He had Luke’s pants off of him in a mere few minutes flat, his hand cradled against Luke’s erection in the black boxer briefs he wore. He could feel the heat, the slight twitch of Luke’s erection, honest and eager for his touch, even if Luke might’ve thought otherwise. He hummed in approval when Luke bucked into his touch, and squeezed gently, before he broke off the kiss breathlessly, gazing into Luke’s flushed face.
“Beautiful…” he whispered, before he turned him over in his arms, so they rested chest to back. He chuckled under his breath when Luke made a vague whine of protest to his whisper, and kissed his jaw, sliding his fingers around his hips and pulling the boxer briefs down. “Breathe for me, alright?”
Luke gasped, panting a little, and managed a nod, somewhat flustered to do little else. He clung to Reid’s hips to steady himself, shivering when he felt cool air brush up against his skin, from the lower part of his stomach, to his groin, all the way down to his thighs. He hadn’t been naked this much in front of another person since Noah. And the little session he and Reid had had at the Bucking Bull…well, it had been so hot, so arousing, that he hadn’t thought of it in that moment in time. And here he was, buck naked before Reid.
Common sense and a good dose of humbleness made him want to blush, but he was startled out of it by a caress of Reid’s hand over his naked thigh.
“Stop thinking.” Reid whispered against his ear. “Things like this shouldn’t take a lot of concentration, Luke. How are you going to enjoy anything if you’re worrying about it? Trust me…where you are right now…how you feel against me, in my hand…you don’t have a thing to worry about.”
“Yeah…?” Luke whispered with a shudder when he felt Reid’s hand stroke over his cock, so much softer and warmer than through his underwear. “Nn…just…want to make it as good for you as you do for me.”
“You do. You’re perfect, just like this.” Reid assured him, playfully nipping at his earlobe. “Lean over. Hands and knees. I won’t go too far…but I’ll go far enough.”
Luke flushed, enjoying the heat to Reid’s voice, a jolt of pleasure sliding through his body that he was the one to cause him to sound like that. He squeezed his hands gently against Reid’s hips, then let go, sliding down to rest on his hands and knees as he took a deep breath.
“God, if you knew how good you look, you wouldn’t be second-guessing yourself at all.” Reid breathed, letting his eyes wander over the sight of Luke, half-hard and the muscles of his body quivering a little. “I’m gonna have to break you of that sometime…thinking that you don’t have anything to offer a man. In the meantime…”
He reached out to cup Luke’s cock in his hand, making a quiet sound of appreciation in the back of his throat when it slipped, slick and warm, through his fingers. Just the way he wanted him. He squeezed gently, stroking his palm up and down the surface of his length as he bent to press a line of kisses along the curve of his arched spine. He nipped a path over the bumps of his backbone, following it down to the small of his back. His tongue swirled there, and he followed it out to the natural curve of his body, nipping lightly at the cheek of his ass.
“Ever been rimmed, Luke?” Reid asked lazily, breathing every syllable against Luke’s skin that he wouldn’t be able to help but feel every single word that brushed against his skin. He wanted him to feel every breath, every stroke, every press of his finger, and push of his tongue. Luke deserved that. Luke deserved all the pleasure that he could stand.
A soft, breathy sound drifted from Luke, and he opened his eyes, leaning his cheek against his shoulder as he tried to come down, somewhat, from the high of Reid’s tongue touching him, the fingers wrapped confidently around his cock. He seemed to know all the right places to touch, and while he was envious of just where Reid had gotten all that information, he loved being on the receiving end all the same.
“R-rimmed?” he breathed, blushing a little, before he shook his head. “No. I’ve never…well. That.”
Reid chuckled quietly under his breath, feathering a warm kiss against his skin. “You know what it is, right? Naughty, Luke. Someone’s been watching the porn~” he cracked as Luke gave a soft laugh.
“Just because I h-haven’t had a lot of experience, doesn’t mean that I don’t know what it is or what happens, Reid. I’m a gay man with curiosities about how it’s done, of course I’m going to check it out.”
“Gold star.” Reid whispered, nipping at the gentle curve of a cheek once more. “Instead of just seeing it or reading about it…how would you like to feel it?”
He wasn’t surprised when Luke shuddered at the suggestion. He was a sensual young man, that, while inexperienced, certainly had no hesitations about trying something out. He liked that. It left so much room for fun in the future. He smiled and glided his hand over Luke’s spine, pleasure flowing through his veins when Luke arched his spine to follow the movement of his hand.
“Would you…nnn…sorry…incapable of thought at the moment…” Luke gasped, smiling when he felt Reid’s breath ebb out into a chuckle against his skin. “Could you…could we…?”
“Do you want it?” Reid asked in return. “This is for you, Luke. I’m just enjoying the effect from here. I have a very nice view.”
Luke groaned softly, loving the appreciative rumble in Reid’s voice, masculine-soft and husky. It was a pleasure to know that he’d had a hand in making that sound, in giving Reid that pleasure. He balled his fingers into the material of Reid’s couch, stretching out for him, and spreading his legs out a little wider for him. “Yeah.” he breathed, glancing over his shoulder at him as he felt his fingers caress along his skin. “Yeah, I want it, Reid. I want to feel it. Feel you. Please?”
Reid licked his lips at the look given him, Luke’s lashes heavy over his eyes with a most-likely-unintentional come-hither look. How could this kid not know how sensual he was? He could feel how much he was affected…he would just have to show Luke what he did to him. Let him know that someone really did want him. “Your wish is my command.” he replied softly, stroking his hand along his skin once more. “Just relax for me, all right?”
Luke nodded, taking in a deep breath when he felt Reid’s hand smooth over his hip soothingly, trying to calm the twitchy nerves that accompanied doing something new and different. He wanted this touch. He wanted this experience. He trusted Reid to give it to him, to know what he was doing. But all the same, experiencing the art of rimming had him a little breathless.
“I’ll try.” he promised, smiling over his shoulder at him again. “I make no guarantees about the way you’re touching me, though.”
“Fair enough.” Reid replied with a small, wicked smirk that had the tension, anxiety and curiosity all rolling up into one as Luke gazed at him. “Don’t forget to breathe.”
“How could I ever forget to--ah!”
Reid hadn’t given him much of a warning at all, and that was all right, really. If he’d had a warning, then he might’ve chickened out. And with the zing of sensation that followed the streak of Reid’s tongue, he was grateful that he hadn’t chickened out at all. Luke gasped sharply, his eyes widening as he felt warm wetness trickle out over his entrance, brushing along skin that had never been touched in this manner. It tickled faintly, but it also felt deliciously good at the same time, that he felt his body arching for more like a cat, and he whimpered under his breath, his arms shaking a little.
Reid licked his lips, and paused, a hand resting gently on Luke’s upper thigh as he watched him tremble from head to foot. “Okay there?” he replied huskily, smiling when Luke could only bob his head in a nod and gulp for air. “You’re so responsive.” he mused, stroking his thigh gently. “Honest, too. Good thing, I’d hate to miss out on the way you’re acting. Oh, that’s not a bad thing, trust me.” he added when he saw Luke blush a little. “I like you like this. Lets me know that you like what I’m doing. Give me more.”
Luke couldn’t have denied him his request for anything. His skin felt hyper-sensitive all of a sudden, with Reid’s hair brushing against his bare skin as he bent, then that warm, wet sensation once more, swirling in circles and following in a starburst pattern that had him nearly falling against the couch and gasping desperately for air like a drowning man. The sensation was all new to him, and he had to say that he liked it a lot, as he pushed against the couch with his knees, pressing his body closer to Reid’s mouth.
“Re…R…” he stammered, unable to even get out Reid’s name as waves of pleasure followed every move of his tongue. He could feel his cock getting harder, and he whined in the back of his throat, reaching for himself.
“Ah ah.” Reid muttered, gently pushing away Luke’s hand. “You gave me clearance, it’s mine~” he teased, smirking when Luke gave a shaky sound of amusement. He wrapped his hand around him, pleased to find him very hard, with a streak of liquid following his fingertip as he stroked over the tip of the head. He pressed a ‘shhh’ into Luke’s shoulder blade when he shuddered and whined again, before he stroked his hand up and down along the length, flicking his wrist experimentally as he went down for another taste of him.
Luke gave a loud moan of surprise, his body caught between the confident grip of Reid’s hand around his cock, and the stroke of his tongue again, massaging against the muscle and slipping in just a bit. “OhReidyes!” he muttered, slurring the words together as his brain proceeded to turn into slush at his touch. He bucked his hips, caught between a literal rock and a hard place, before he gulped and arched his spine. He was helpless to whatever Reid did, and if he wanted to stroke him off, or eat him out, or both at the same time, all he could do was try to keep from exploding.
Reid loved it. He’d had a few lovers in the past. Nothing serious, nothing of the sort that went for IN love, just lust or mutual attraction. He’d had a few good lovers that had stirred all his senses, that he’d enjoyed, but nothing like this. Luke didn’t try to hold back, didn’t try to stifle himself, or god forbid, stop him. He held himself steady for the ride, and even encouraged Reid for more. Now how was he supposed to deny him, when he cried out his name so nicely? He shifted his own body, mentally trying to tell himself to calm down and not break the seams of his jeans, thank you very much, but it was difficult, the way that Luke squirmed, gasped and pushed up for more. It was very nice on his ego.
He slipped his tongue in further, letting Luke’s body adjust in increments. He could feel the muscles twitch and gently grip, holding him close as Luke’s arms might, if he weren’t practically on his chest by then, with his ass in the air. He could feel Luke’s body shuddering, hear him gasp for quick, staccato breaths, and hummed against him, making a circle with his fingers and gripping firmly as he stroked him from base to tip. If he hadn’t had a grip on him, Luke might’ve bucked him off, his body jerked in response so wildly.
“REID!” Luke moaned in a short, sharp burst of intense pleasure. His body was soaring, and he could feel precum gather more thickly, smearing along Reid’s fingers. He opened his eyes once, but closed them again, the environment of Reid’s living room swimming before his eyes. Fingers absently clawing at the material of the couch, cheek mashed into the cushion, he whimpered and jerked his body, unsure of which sensation he wanted more. He settled for moaning ‘moremoremoreReidplease’ in general.
“Damn it all, Luke.” Reid’s voice was raspy, the movement of his head, the gentle, wet pop, and the absence of his tongue making Luke groan a sound of protest. “You’re going to drive me crazy. I’m trying to not just take you right here, right now.”
“And…that would be…a bad thing?” Luke gasped, panting for breath, before he flushed slightly over a kiss against his shoulder, so soft and sweet, it made his heart melt.
“I don’t want to rush this too fast. I don’t want you to be one of my ‘quick and dirty’ here-and-gones. I want you around a lot longer than that. So…try not to make me break my mental promise, huh? I’m only a man, and wanting you…is making me want to break all the rules.”
He loved the sound of Reid’s voice, sounding about as wrecked as Luke felt, with what Reid was doing to him. Luke gave a little smile, and managed to open his eyes and gaze at him dazedly. “Glad to know the feeling is mutual.” he breathed. “Want you, too. But I don’t want to rush a good thing, a great thing.”
Reid gave him a crooked smile, panting a little himself, before he bent down to kiss him, growling in the back of his throat when the little devil swirled his tongue around his, taking up the taste and sharing it between the both of them. He nipped lightly at that coy little tongue, and sucked on it slowly, before he let go of his mouth. “Wanna finish you off.” he whispered, stroking Luke’s back gently. “Will you let me?”
Luke groaned and nodded. “I’d be stupid to say no to that.”
“You’re definitely not stupid, then.” Reid winked, before he gently pushed on Luke’s back, urging him to lift up higher, before he fit himself against Luke’s body and slipped his tongue right back in, deeper than before. He could hear the strangled cry that came from Luke, and growled approvingly under his breath, stabbing with his tongue once, twice, as his fingers pumped the hard, heavy cock that was leaking more thickly than before. Luke was close, and he wanted to take him to that edge, wanted to taste him.
With that in mind, he gave another stab of his tongue, withdrew, and twisted, pulling Luke that he ended up straddling his chest before he knew what was what. The surprised, flustered look aimed at him was worth it, and he smirked, before he started to pump his hand around him in earnest.
Luke had never known a lover could play his body so perfectly. With Noah…well, he himself been a virgin, and Noah had been a virgin to pleasing a man. It’d been good, but this…this was the type of experience he’d never forget for all of his life. Crying out Reid’s name when Reid’s hands worked him over even more perfectly, he shuddered and arched, knees quivering and gripping as he felt that familiar rush of hot pleasure skim all the way down to his toes, and back again. “Reid…I’m going to…lose it…” he muttered, his voice straining to a wisp of sound as he rested his hands on Reid’s shoulders.
The glint of those blue eyes, hungry and feral, said that that was exactly what Reid wanted. The catch of his mouth around the head of Luke’s cock, even more so, as he growled around him, and hollowed out his cheeks, sucking deep. He was rewarded with a desperate twitch of Luke’s body, then the bittersweet-salty taste of his release on his tongue, as Luke finally came. He’d sucked a few lovers off, but nothing had ever made him more pleased than to see Luke’s body in climax, to hear, see and taste. He swallowed instinctively, taking all of what Luke had to give him, and asking for even more as his tongue gently played around the surface of his cock, fingers slipping in to stroke encouragingly against his balls.
Luke had no choice but to surrender to him, his body coaxed to its final, lasting drop of white liquid. It landed on Reid’s wet lips, and he whimpered breathlessly when the man licked it off, his eyes burning up at him.
“Just like that.” Reid hummed, looking extremely pleased with himself, before he gave a short laugh when Luke all but collapsed against him. He quickly caught him, hands moving deftly to wrap around his back and hip, and tucked him up against his side, stroking his damp back soothingly. “You okay?”
Luke’s head was swimming, overwhelmed with the feeling that Reid had brought him. He knew it would be something more than what he’d been used to, never having been on the receiving end of a rimming, but he didn’t know that it would rock his world so hard. He panted softly against Reid’s shoulder, his gentle question sounding so far away. He managed a nod, however, and opened his eyes slowly, stroking a hand gently over Reid’s chest.
“You’re still dressed.” he muttered after a moment, smiling when he felt the vibration of a laugh from where his head rested against Reid’s chest.
“Yeah. I could fix that for you, if you’d like?” Reid teased with a smirk, fingers sliding over the curve of Luke’s back, to the small of it. He turned his head to kiss the rumpled, slightly-sweaty strands of hair that feathered along Luke’s ear.
“Mm. I like the sound of that.” Luke grinned, his fingers already easing open a button or three of Reid’s shirt so he could rub his fingers against the warm flesh beneath. He delighted in the gasp he got out of it, shivering in pleasure at the way he responded. “Not going too far, right?”
“Yeah. Not too far at all…” Reid could almost kick himself for saying such a thing. Luke’s fingers were so warm and gentle, gliding along his chest as if he had all the time in the world to explore his skin. He swallowed hard, watching when Luke swirled a fingertip around his nipple, and giving a low groan when Luke leaned close to graze his tongue against his skin. “Though I could be convinced in another way…”
Luke laughed at that, and lifted his head, smiling at him. “Come on. You had to have known more lovers than me. Feel a lot more sensations than just this?”
“Maybe.” Reid shrugged, moving a hand to stroke his thumb over the curve of Luke’s jaw line as he gazed at him. “But none have been like you.”
“…That’s…” Luke found himself speechless for a moment. That was one amazing compliment, if he did say so himself. He gave him a brilliant smile, all teeth and dimples as he grinned at him playfully. “Wow, doctor~ Whatever am I supposed to do with a compliment like that?”
“Whatever you want.” Reid replied in return, with a waggle of his brows. “You can definitely continue with what you were doing. Just for a suggestion.”
Luke chuckled, and leaned up slightly to reach his mouth. “Nice suggestion, too.” he whispered, before he kissed him softly, his hands reaching up to frame Reid’s face. No one had ever made him feel like this, warm and needed and wanted. He almost wanted to bathe in it, for the way that Noah’s argumentative nature had left him cold and nothing more than a bother. It was such a contrast of feelings, he wanted it to last forever. When he finally let go of Reid’s mouth, he took his suggestion to heart, lowering his head back to Reid’s chest, as his tongue streaked over a nipple again.
Reid let out a low, breathy sound, and closed his eyes in pleasure, reaching a hand up to cup the back of Luke’s head encouragingly. It wasn’t as if he was a stranger to being intimate with someone, but being with Luke made it feel different, almost new. Perhaps because it was so new to Luke. Whatever the case, he moaned under his breath, shivering a little when the ends of Luke’s hair brushed against his skin, when he bowed his head to lavish kisses and licks along his torso, down to his stomach as buttons were unbuttoned the rest of the way.
“Keep that up…and the ‘not too far’ will be far enough.” he teased, smiling when he heard a muffled laugh vibrate, warm and low, against his skin.
“Are you telling me to stop?” Luke asked, peeking up at him through his lashes.
“Hell no.” Reid snorted, grinning. “Just…no more than you want to, okay?”
“And if I want to taste you, too? What then, Reid?”
Reid was sure that his brain was going to explode at the mere thought of Luke touching him, with hands or mouth. He dragged in a deep breath, and gazed at him. “Is that what you want?”
“Didn’t I just say that?”
Reid snickered under his breath, stroking his fingers through his hair again. “Sorry. I believe my ears were deafened by my brain trickling out through them.”
Luke grinned, and dropped a kiss to his navel, his tongue tracing the indent. “So I take it that’s a yes?” He didn’t wait for his reply, taking the hum of pleasure he made as approval as he closed his eyes and lowered his head, pressing an open-mouthed kiss over the bulge in Reid’s jeans. He’d never gone down on someone, but he wanted to. He wanted to with Reid, wanted him to experience some of the same pleasure as he felt when Reid touched him. He peeked up at him again, his body thrumming with delight to see that Reid’s eyes were closed, his skin flushed a little more with heat, teeth caught on his bottom lip. What a sight he made. So honestly passionate, and all because of him.
It made him break past the hesitancy of his actions, made him pull at the button and zipper of Reid’s jeans. His lips met black underwear, and he pressed another kiss to the contained erection, loving the growl he got in return, before he snagged the waistband with a finger, and tugged it down just a bit, so his tongue could sneak a taste of him.
Reid felt like a firecracker going off, under Luke’s ministrations. He knew that he didn’t have a lot of experience with the whole thing, but once he really got into it…he wasn’t sure he was going to be able to remember his name after this. Luke was so confident, so sensual. He managed a strangled noise of Luke’s name, and arched his back with a shudder at the stroke of Luke’s tongue along the slit of his cock. “God…” he muttered, hissing out a breath through his teeth as he opened his eyes, gazing down at him, and closing them again when the sight threatened to undo him.
Luke pulled the underwear down a little more, until it snagged just past the line of his balls. Caught and held there by Reid’s erection, he could look his fill, feeling like the recipient of a smorgasbord. What he’d felt, pressed against him when they were close and Reid was trying to kiss his mouth off, had felt like a good handful, something he could totally take his time on and still have room for his mouth and fingers. It was nice to see that his mental measurements hadn’t been far off of the path at all. He was of a good handful, thick and of a healthy, proportionate size. He grinned to himself.
“Where to start, where to start…” he muttered as Reid gave a soft snort under his breath.
“Somewhere before I die of blue balls.” Reid replied blandly, before he let out a short sound that was most certainly not a yelp when Luke sucked him in a little, into his mouth.
“You were saying?” Luke replied, letting his tongue trace a circle around the tip as he glanced up at him with an impish twinkle of eyes.
“Nothing, nothing, carry on with…oh…whatever you want…” Reid managed, swallowing hard as Luke let out a low chuckle.
“Don’t mind if I do.” Luke breathed softly, before he stroked his tongue from base to tip, taking in the taste and warmth, and the way he quivered against his mouth, before he sucked him in again. His hands dragged soothingly up along his thighs, pulling Reid’s jeans down even further, and appreciating when Reid helped him by lifting his hips, balancing his weight with his hands.
“Damn it all, Luke…” Reid growled, feeling the world spin with that hungry mouth. “You’re going to make me come…way, way too soon.”
Luke’s eyes crinkled up at him with a smile that curved up around the head he held in his mouth. It seemed that he was pleased with the way that he had Reid, and wouldn’t mind his coming at all, as he wrapped his fingers around what he couldn’t fit in his mouth, and stroked simultaneously with the short bob of his head.
“Luke…” Reid moaned, letting his head tilt back as pleasure skimmed along his nerve endings. It made his body quiver and jerk, and he felt like a teenager all over again, not being able to hold onto his climax for the amazing sensations that Luke was bringing to him. He didn’t want to let go, it was way too soon, but with Luke’s eagerness, his fingers, that perfect mouth…he was only a man, after all.
Luke barely registered the grunt of sound that came from Reid, a strangled noise that would’ve surely been a shout otherwise. He was more interested in the flood of warm, sticky liquid that filled his mouth, slid down his throat. He coughed a little, but kept his mouth fixed around the quivering flesh, too eager to taste him to even think about taking his time.
“Look at you…” Reid breathed around a gasp of a breath, after a moment of fairly collapsing back to the couch. “What a mess you made…” He was grinning, though, blue eyes bright with the high of release and his chest heaving with deep breaths. He took a few precious, dizzy seconds to try to connect his brain waves back together, and smirked when Luke stretched out over him. “Looking damn proud of yourself, too…” he whispered, reaching out to softly thumb away a streak of white from Luke’s bottom lip, down to his chin.
“Course I’m proud of myself. I made you come, didn’t I?” Luke grinned at him cheekily, and caught hold of Reid’s wrist lightly, licking off the release so as to not waste a drop. “Mm. You taste good, too.”
“You’re insatiable.” Reid groaned when the swipe of that tongue made his body stand up and take notice. He knew that Luke knew, too, with the grin that he flashed at him. “C’mere.” he whispered, before he tugged him close, kissing that smiling mouth and slipping his tongue in to share. His head was buzzing, ears were roaring, heart pounding, but he’d never felt so good. And all because of this kid that had attracted him with a smile and a sway of his hips.
He couldn’t be falling in love with him, could he? Not yet. It was too soon. He’d only known him for a few days. Not even a week yet. Love didn’t come so soon. But gazing into Luke’s smiling face, when he broke the kiss…he wasn’t too sure about that. Why else did his heart turn a few somersaults, when he smiled at him, when he tucked himself up against his chest, as if that was the only place he wanted to be?
Reid knew right then, he was in trouble. Big trouble. He was going to fall hard for this kid, and there was not a damn thing he could do about it. But did he really want to?
“Reid…?” Luke replied softly, gazing into Reid’s face as he watched a few myriad emotions flit across the man’s face, like quicksilver. “Are you all right?” he asked, frowning at him.
“…What do you believe about love, Luke?” Reid asked, resting an arm under his head, the other dipping around Luke’s hip, and holding him close.
“Love?” Luke echoed, before he nuzzled into the curve of Reid’s body. Something had scared Reid a little, and he tightened his arm around him, just to make sure that he didn’t take off, or try to get away. “Well…I know it can be a wonderful thing to be in…but complicated, too. I know it can break your heart as much as repair it. It’s scary sometimes, with the feelings you feel, but it’s the greatest thing to have in your life.”
“So…a lot of contradictions, huh?”
“Yeah…sometimes. Especially when people make it harder than it really is. What is this all about?”
Reid paused, trying to put the feelings to rights in his head, before he heaved a sigh into Luke’s hair. “I’m not someone that does things half-assed. It’s either all of it, or none of it. I want the whole enchilada, not just a taste of it. If I fall in love with you, I want the whole thing, and I guess…that’s kind of scary. I’ve never wanted that, with anyone.”
Luke gazed up at Reid, chin resting against his chest. “What?” he replied, blinking a little, before he gave a surprised, but pleased little smile. “Are you…planning on falling in love with me, Reid?”
“No!” Reid replied, before he snorted softly. “It’s not something you plan on, that much I know. It just happens. And…this…tonight. Hell, all of it, it makes me think that I could. Fall in love with you, I mean.”
Luke gazed at him as he sputtered through his explanation, and smiled, feeling his heart melt at how unsure Reid was about the whole thing, but he was trying. He was an older man, he ought to know plenty about being in love, and yet he sputtered like a teenager that was experiencing it for the first time. He just wanted to wrap his arms around Reid, and cuddle him close, walk him through it. Or just wrap his arms around him and never let him go.
“That’s…the nicest thing that anyone’s ever said. I haven’t even done that much to make you feel like that, I think.” he replied, laughing a little.
“Yeah, well.” Reid replied, moving his hand out from under his head to gently tweak at Luke’s chin as he gazed at him with a soft expression that made Luke feel warm and content. “Just being you seems to do it. So…do you…I mean…could you ever see yourself falling in love with me?”
Luke’s smile grew wider, before he fairly tackled Reid back to the couch, and kissed him soundly with a noisy smack of lips. “Of course I could! I don’t spend my days with just anyone, you know.”
Reid snickered softly, smiling back at him as his heart beat a little faster in his chest. It felt like it was doing somersaults. “Good. I don’t have to wrack my brain trying to figure you out, see if you want me as much as I want you. I had enough of that in high school.”
Luke grinned. “Oh, you have nothing to worry about, Reid. I definitely want you. Want to be around you, want to be with you, want to do a lot of things with you. And get your mind out of the gutter, I’m not entirely thinking about sex.”
“Entirely.” Reid echoed with a waggle of his brows, ducking and giving a short laugh when Luke tried to nail him with a pillow.
“I thought that it was only teenagers that thought about sex constantly!”
“Not true. The male brain is made up of about ninety percent of thinking about sex. More or less.” Reid drawled, before making a smothered noise when Luke whacked him in the face with the pillow.
“Or it could be that you’re a pervert!” Luke snickered, before he found himself caught up in a playful wrestling match, that ended up with the both of them landing in the floor, laughing as Reid groaned with the impact.
“Can you blame me? Take a look at yourself in the mirror!”
Luke blushed at the compliment, and lifted the pillow he’d managed to keep with him to kiss Reid lightly. “You’re sweet. Even if you are a pervert.”
“I’ll take my chances.” Reid whispered back, smiling at him as he rested his hands on Luke’s hips. Here was a gorgeous, funny, sweet young man that wanted to spend time with him. Pervert or not, he was a lucky man. Anyone would think the same, especially if they knew him and his reluctance to get close to people, to fall in love, to give people a chance to hurt him. He was sticking his neck out, and he was glad, for once in his life, that he had. He leaned up to kiss Luke once more, before he patted a bare ass cheek gently with his hand, smirking when Luke gave a small yelp of surprise.
“Come on. How about a bath, rinse away all the crusty stuff left over?” he drawled with a wink as Luke grinned, and nodded.
“Well…just as long as you don’t make us dirty again~”
“No guarantees.” Reid replied with a smirk, before he got to his feet, and pulled Luke up with him, sliding an arm around his waist to lead him to the bathroom.
******
The days and weeks passed like lazy summer months would, slow and sweet and divine.
Luke worked at the Bucking Bull, texted Casey, though he never got a message back from him, talked to his parents on days off or when he was just relaxing after a day, and of course, spent time with Reid. He got to meet Reid’s best friend at the hospital, at a barbecue that Eric had invited them to, where Eric had thanked him grandly for making Reid less grouchy, and Reid had chased Eric around a few times with the burger tongs. He went on shopping trips with Reid, picking out nice things for his place, and a few things for Reid’s home, too, though he ended up spending most of his time at Reid’s place. They went to go see movies in the evenings, or out to eat at restaurants, when Reid had had a busy day at the hospital and didn’t have the energy to cook. Normal, couple things, that Luke had only gotten a taste of when he was with Noah, and adored having with Reid.
“That’s because you’re easy to please.” Reid had teased him a few times, that Luke had tackled him for it. It often ended up in steamy makeout sessions that left them both breathless.
It made him happy, being able to spend time with Reid. They got along well, he found out, not just because of the kisses and touches and blow jobs, but because they were both willing to work out things together. If Reid wasn’t used to sharing his space with someone else, and was meticulous about having his toothbrush facing to the right on the right side of the toothbrush holder, and slept on the right side of the bed, then he took the left side without argument, and woke up quite a few times spooning Reid’s body in bed. If he wasn’t used to someone wanting to know his feelings about the small things as well as the big, what movie to watch, what restaurant to go to, what his feelings were about certain sexual escapades, Reid took the time to ask him, his attention completely focused on him, honestly wanting his opinion, not just making the decision for them.
It should’ve been difficult. It was with Noah. Noah had fought him on everything. But it was so ridiculously easy with Reid, it was like they’d known each other forever. A few people had even thought they were already married, which had left Luke blushing, and Reid grinning a small, boyish grin.
“Think they know something we don’t?”
And that was another thing. Reid wasn’t afraid of talking about the future. He was more nervous about love itself, than the notion of what could come out of that love. They talked about their feelings on marriage, on children, adoption or surrogate. Luke had ended up keeping those things secret from Noah and not talking about them, doodling them somewhere on written pages of notes, where Noah couldn’t find them. Noah had never seemed interested in the future they could have together. Or children.
“I like kids.” Reid told him softly, on a picnic one day, having taken a day off from work to spend it with Luke, as he watched parents in the distance of the park area, playing with their children. “I’d like to have a couple sometime. I don’t really care if they’re germ machines, they’d be my germ machines.”
Luke grinned at him, leaning his shoulder against Reid’s as a light breeze riffled through the air, combating the heat of the day. “Really?” he replied, eyes twinkling when Reid nodded. “Everyone says you’re so cranky.”
Reid made a scoffing noise. “Kids are easier to deal with than adults. They don’t try to hide things. If they hurt, or feel crummy, they’re gonna tell you. If they don’t like something, or if they’re scared, then you know it. Kids are my favorite patients, actually. Not that I want them to be my patients, of course. Just that it’s easier to relate to them. There was one girl…her name was Annie. She was my favorite.”
Luke frowned at the use of past tense, and cuddled closer, taking Reid’s hand in between both of his. “What was she like?” he asked softly.
“Sweet. Full of life. You know…people look at me as if I’m Death or something. They’re never happy to see me. But Annie was. She always had a smile on her face when I came in the door. No one ever smiled like that when they saw me. She…liked horses, and ballet, and wanted to be a ballerina when she grew up. That or a horsewoman. Or both.” He chuckled a little, and rubbed a thumb under his eyes, feeling Luke squeeze his hand. “She was the sweetest girl…and I wish I could’ve saved her. There are a lot I wish I could’ve saved. I have their pictures, to remind me of the ones I have lost, and the lives I can save. But Annie…”
“She’s the one you can’t forget?” Luke murmured quietly, pressing a kiss against Reid’s temple when he nodded.
“If I ever have kids…” His eyes flicked to Luke, the blue gaze warm, and knowing. “…I hope they’d be as sweet as her. Have a good heart like her. And like you.”
“Reid…” Luke whispered, touched to be included in something that obviously meant so much to Reid, before he cupped his cheek in his hand, and leaned their foreheads together, knees brushing as they sat on the checkered blanket.
“You’re the kind of person I want that kind of life with.” Reid said quietly, his voice low, but earnest. “Just…the whole white picket fence thing. The kids and the dog, and…ha. I never wanted that kind of life. It was like you opened up my eyes to what I was missing out on. Does that sound weird to you?”
“No, it doesn’t.” Luke replied, threading their fingers together. “I was thinking the same thing. Wanting that kind of future with you. It’s never been so easy to be with someone as it is with you. I can talk to you about anything, from the future to your favorite sex position.”
“Cowboy position. Especially after watching you dance.” Reid drawled, smirking when Luke blushed lightly. “And it should be easy for couples to talk to each other about anything. I heard that’s how it works, anyways.”
“Most couples, sure. But Noah and I…” Luke shook his head. “We disagreed on everything. I guess that means something, doesn’t it?”
“Luke…it just means that you didn’t mesh right. You tried, and…that’s the best you could do. No harm, no foul, pick up and try again.”
Luke smiled at him. “And you want to try again with me?”
“You better believe it.” Reid whispered, before he kissed him again. “I want to try all of it with you. If you want that, too.” He received his answer when his face was cupped in between Luke’s hands, and he was kissed soundly, feeling dazed and happy when Luke pulled back. “Okay, then.” he breathed.
Luke chuckled, and let go of his face, wrapping his arms around his waist and squeezing softly. “It’s nice to hear that you want me so much in your life, Reid. You don’t know how much that means to me.”
“Well, I don’t know much about your ex, but I do know that he should’ve treated you like a treasure. I want you in my life, and you’re going to know about it until you’re sick of it.”
Luke snickered at that, and shook his head. “I couldn’t ever get sick of it, not with this feeling. You could tell me until I’m old and gray, and I’d still grin like an idiot.”
“Is that with or without the false teeth?” Reid teased, before he laughed quietly when Luke pinched him gently. “Okay, I’ll keep on telling you I want you in my life forever until I sound like a sappy fool. Works for me, if it works for you.”
Luke grinned, nodding happily. “It works out perfectly for me.” he told him softly. He never had to doubt that Reid had feelings for him. He never had to try to figure him out. It was a wonderful, liberating feeling.
******
He couldn’t help looking at them. He’d never had the urge to before, but on a lunch break a few weeks later, Reid was standing before the window of a jewelry shop, looking at engagement rings. He’d gone right by the store countless times over the years, never sparing a thought to the rings within, and what they meant to most people. He’d seen couples go in and out, male and female as well as two women or two men. It was a popular shop, with beautiful rings that sparkled in the light of the afternoon sun.
Reid sighed, rolling on the balls of his feet as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. He was due to go back to the hospital in about fifteen minutes, but still…he couldn’t help imagining Luke’s ring finger, decorated with one of those rings. It had been two months, going on three, since they’d first met at the Bucking Bull. Almost three months of dates, movie nights, strolls in the park, dinners, lunches, breakfasts together. They hadn’t had sex, yet, but he had wanted to make sure that Luke really wanted it. They’d come close a few times, with the both of them having a couple of nights of blue balls. They got along great, with only a few minor squabbles. It wasn’t as if they had knockdown, drag out fights, it was mostly about food, since he could eat enough to rival two teenage boys, time off from their respective work, and Reid forgetting a few things. Easily fixable, and they had, still smiling at each other and that happy glimmer in Luke’s eyes. It was perfect, in Reid’s eyes, more perfect than anything he’d ever known.
But still. Reid Oliver, standing before a jewelry shop window, looking at engagement rings. The thought was almost enough to make him break out into a nervous sweat.
“Hello, doctor.” the jeweler called from the door, having watched Reid linger outside the window for a good fifteen minutes. She smiled when Reid startled in surprise, and motioned with her hand. “The view is better from in here. Why don’t you come inside?”
Reid swallowed, before he threw his shoulders back, and took a step, then another, towards the door. “Why not?” he replied, stepping through the door as the chime above rang with his entrance. It didn’t mean he had to buy anything. He was just looking, and looking for an engagement ring for the man he was in love with never harmed anyone.