Never Say Never

by Jenna Byrnes

  Nick chuckled, pushing his cock against Adam’s opening. “Fair enough. I’m going to take you, now. You’re wet and ready, I can tell.” He pressed forward.

  Adam inhaled as the thick cock speared him. Heavenly pleasure mingled with tinges of pain. When it was seated, the delicious sensation of being nicely stuffed was upon him.

  “Yess,” Adam hissed.

  Nick froze. He tightened his grip on the leash, and Adam’s head snapped back. “What do you want, animal ? Tell me what you desire.”

  “Fuck me,” Adam growled, his voice harsh. “I want it—I need it! Ride me like a wild beast, I don’t care. Just do it, Sir.”

  “My perfect submissive,” Nick crooned. “You know what I can do for you. And you know I control the power to do it. You’ve caught on well.”

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  “Please, Master.” Adam begged, desperate.

  “I’m going to fuck you. I’m going to ride you hard, until I come. I don’t want a drop of your seed to hit the sheets. You hear me? Not one drop. If you can control yourself until I spill inside you, you’ll be rewarded.”

  “Yes, Master,” Adam sobbed. Controlling his orgasm would be the hardest thing he’d ever done. Somehow, he knew the outcome would be worth it. “Reward, Master? Will you let me come?”

  “Oh, yes, sweet one. I’ll drain you dry with my mouth. A blowjob like nothing you’ve ever experienced.”

  “Yes, please. Oh, please.” Adam raised his ass higher, pressing into his Master’s body.

  He clutched the sheets and gasped as Nick tugged his leash. Not an uncomfortable feeling, suddenly it was something he desired and craved more. He bolted away from his rider and waited for the jolt to draw him back.

  Nirvana. His climax flitted in and around his consciousness. Yet somehow, Adam knew he could control it. He was desperate to shoot but not then. Only when they were both ready.

  “Son of a bitch!” Nick swore.

  The curse drew Adam back to reality. His lover, his Master, was climaxing, quivering and shooting streams of warm spunk into the rubber buried in Adam’s ass.

  Adam sighed with happiness. He’d made it. A little longer, then the reward.

  Incoherent mutters rolled off Nick’s tongue as he shuddered his release.

  “Hmm?” Adam murmured. He had no idea what Nick had just said, but right then, it wasn’t the most important thing on his mind. Must come.

  Nick pulled him up by the leash and wrapped both arms around Adam’s chest. He kissed everywhere he could reach and answered, “Never mind. It’s hard not to get carried away when I’m with you. That was incredible. Better than I could have hoped—or dreamed.” He continued kissing every inch of Adam’s sweat-slicked skin.

  Adam took a trembling breath. “I made it. Not a drop.” He glanced down to where a thick ribbon of pre-cum hung from his cock head, threatening to ruin everything.

  “What the hell?” Nick exclaimed. “You did it on your first attempt. I would never have bet on it.”

  A sigh of relief escaped Adam’s lips.

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  Nick chuckled as he eased his cock out. He quickly disposed of the rubber and flipped Adam onto his back. “Get comfortable, sweet thing. This is all about you. Lie back, enjoy and come when you wish.”

  “Thank you.” Adam gasped as a warm, wet tongue played over his flesh. “Ah, yes.

  Thank you, Master.” He inhaled sharply when Nick engulfed his cock and deep-throated him. He wasn’t going to last long. His balls tightened and drew up.

  “Mmm,” Nick encouraged, sucking with all his might.

  “Fuck, yeah!” Adam cried out as the first waves of bliss reached him. He tensed and shattered, spraying wads of creamy seed down his Master’s throat.

  Nick milked him for the duration then washed him gently with his tongue. When he was done, he crawled up Adam’s body and nestled in, half covering him. “Perfect,” he murmured.

  “Thank you, Master,” were the only words Adam could manage.

  “Here.” Nick reached for the collar. “Let me take it off you.”

  Adam covered Nick’s hand with his own. “No, please don’t. I’d like to leave it on.”

  Nick gazed into his eyes. “You mean it?”

  Adam smiled at the look of wonder he saw there. “Absolutely. It’s amazing. I’m not ready to lose the feeling, yet.”

  “Mmm, thank you. Thank you.” Nick kissed his face, moving down past the collar to his neck.

  Warmth and contentment bubbled inside Adam, along with another emotion. Love. It was far too early to voice that thought, yet, but he definitely felt they were headed in that direction. For the moment, he never wanted to move from this spot.

  “No, Master. Thank you.” His recently spent cock thickened and stretched.

  Adam smiled as Nick licked his lips and headed straight for it.

  Mitch pulled into a stall of the car park at Full Throttle Fitness and shut off the engine of his truck. He’d finally worked up the nerve to stop and not just drive by like he’d done so NEVER SAY NEVER

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  many times before. He climbed out of the Chevy and dusted off his jeans. As he opened the door to go inside the building, he swallowed nervously.

  In the reception area, Mitch paused, trying to ignore the butterflies zipping around in his belly.

  “Can I help you?” The woman at the front desk was someone he’d never seen before, blonde and thin as a pencil.

  “I was looking for Adam.” He scanned the big, crowded workout area.

  “Adam is…” She peered into the mass of people exercising on a variety of machines.

  “There he is. Just finishing with a client. He should be right up.”

  “Thanks.” Mitch nodded and stepped away from the counter. He suddenly felt very out of place in his jeans and cowboy hat. He removed the straw hat, held it in one hand and smoothed his hair with the other. He finally spotted Adam, strolling to the front with an older man in hideous, orange sweats.

  “Keep going with the same regimen until we meet next week, Ken,” Adam told the man. “If it feels too light then, we’ll change it up a bit.”

  “Thanks, Adam.” The man stopped at the water fountain and took a long drink.

  “See you later.” Adam moved towards the front desk, stopping abruptly and staring at Mitch. An expression of surprise crossed his face, but it went away quickly, changing to a slight scowl. “What are you doing here?”

  “Hi.” Relief shot through Mitch. He’d halfway expected outrage or some kind of negative greeting. So far, so good. “I hoped we could talk. Do you have a lunch break coming soon?”

  Adam shook his head. “I just got here a while ago. I could take ten minutes, I suppose.”

  Mitch nodded. Ten minutes is better than nothing. “Sure. Can we go someplace?”

  “Outside.” Adam nodded towards the door. To the girl at the reception desk, he said,

  “I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

  Adam walked out, and Mitch followed, watching his ass in tight gym shorts. Damn, he looks good. Fit, healthy, lightly tanned and still sexy as hell.

  “This way.” Adam walked down the sidewalk, hesitating when they reached Mitch’s truck. “You still driving that old hunk of junk? I’m surprised it even runs.”

  “They don’t make ‘em like this beauty, anymore.” Mitch touched the green hood.

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  “Good thing,” Adam muttered. He kept walking to the end of the building and around the corner before he stopped to face Mitch. “When did you get back?”

  “A couple of weeks ago. I, uh, thought about calling or stopping by sooner. I wasn’t sure how you’d react.”

  Adam’s face reddened. With one hand, he rubbed his neck absently as he spoke. “How am I supposed to react? Wha
t are you doing, passing by between rodeos? No, it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to know. We really don’t have anything to say to one another, Mitch.”

  Mitch’s heart lurched. Adam was obviously still stinging from the last time they’d talked. Fought was a more accurate description. It had been an awful, painful argument with plenty of harsh words on both sides. “We have a lot to say, and it does matter. It matters very much.”

  He took a breath and continued before Adam could interrupt. “I made a huge mistake leaving like I did. The rodeo thing didn’t work out. I was thinking—”

  “Wait.” Adam raised a hand then returned it to his neck, rubbing out of apparent nervousness. “It’s a little late for this, don’t you think? You could have come back a month after you left. Or a few months, even. But a year after the fact seems almost absurd, doesn’t it? Did you expect to find me sitting here waiting for you to come crawling back?”

  Mitch bristled. “Of course I didn’t. And I’m not ‘crawling’ back. I know you’ve probably moved on with your life.” He glanced down at the sidewalk then back up into Adam’s eyes. “I accept that. I just needed to apologise.”

  And find out if you’re serious about someone new. If you’re not, I might have a fighting chance.

  Adam stared at him suspiciously. “Why now?”

  Mitch shrugged. “I don’t know. It’s just something I wanted to do. Felt like I had to do.”

  Adam’s wary expression didn’t go away. He gazed at Mitch a moment then nodded.

  “Okay, whatever. Apology accepted. You can go on with your life and stop feeling guilty.

  That’s what this is about, isn’t it? Repentance?”

  “No!” Mitch wanted to drag the stubborn man into his arms and kiss the frown right off his face. He hadn’t expected Adam to welcome him with open arms or accept his apology at their first meeting. But I’d hoped he would to make life easier for me. Apparently, Adam wasn’t in the mood to make things easy for Mitch anymore. “I’m really sorry for the way things worked out, Adam. I just wanted—”

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  “I’m seeing someone,” Adam interrupted. “He’s a great guy. We’re very happy together.”

  The admission struck like a punch to the gut. Mitch had known it was a very real possibility, but once again had let his hopes get in the way. “Great,” he repeated, dully.

  “How long have you two been together?”

  “A few weeks.”

  Weeks! His excitement soared. He’d spent five years with Adam. He could compete with ‘weeks’. Mitch’s mind raced, pondering his next move. “That’s nice.”

  Adam stared at him for a moment then motioned towards the building. “I need to get back.”

  “Yeah, sure.” Mitch stepped aside so he could walk past. “Maybe I’ll see you around.”

  “I don’t think so. I’ve moved on, Mitch. You should, too. Please don’t drop in again.”

  Adam’s voice cracked. “Bye.” He abruptly spun on his heel and rounded the corner.

  Mitch glanced around the building and smiled as he watched Adam return to work. He sure left in a hurry. And he was choking up.

  Their first meeting had gone well, better than Mitch could have expected. He’d laid the groundwork and gained some valuable information.

  Now he just had to figure out what to do with it.

  Adam set a pizza box on the coffee table and stacked a couple of plates and napkins next to it. He poured two glasses of Nick’s favourite wine, wanting to have everything ready and waiting. His body hummed with anticipation. He was ready and waiting, too. Nick’s job had taken him out of town. It’d been five days since they’d seen each other.

  They’d talked on the phone every night, usually ending the conversations with him listening to Nick jack off. He still wasn’t allowed to touch himself, but the denial was fine with Adam. In the nearly three weeks since his Master had introduced him to D/s play, he’d become obsessed with it.

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  The morning after he’d worn the collar for the first time, he’d been nervous as hell.

  He’d felt different, and his mind had raced. Do I look different? Can other people tell? Something had changed inside him. Is it obvious from the outside?

  In a weird coincidence, Mitch had chosen that day to stop by the gym and talk. Adam had been surprised to see him, but not entirely. It had been Mitch he’d seen driving by the building before. The man had been in the back of his mind ever since then, though he’d tried to keep the thoughts out.

  Mitch had seemed tired. A little paler, perhaps, than someone who worked outside should look. But he’d looked good. His dark eyes had still peered right through Adam, almost as if they could still see into his soul. That day, especially, it had made Adam fidgety and nervous. He now had a secret buried inside. If anyone looks too deep, will they figure it out?

  The role play felt perfectly natural when he was in Nick’s arms. The more they experimented, the more comfortable he became. His Master had even allowed Adam to top a few times, which had sent him through the roof.

  It had become a secret game he and Nick shared. Merely thinking about it during the day still caused Adam’s cock to swell. He’d remained on his best behaviour, not wanting to risk being denied a climax or receiving any other punishment… yet. He’d been taking things slowly, one step at a time. His reward had been the most amazing sex he’d ever experienced.

  Now, after five days of celibacy, he was tuned and ready. He’d promised Nick dinner and decided pizza would be fast and easy. He was quite sure they were both anxious to move on to dessert.

  The doorbell rang, and he strolled across the small living room to answer it.

  Nick stood grinning on his doorstep, arms extended. “There’s my handsome guy! You look fabulous. I missed you.”

  Adam glanced around his quiet neighbourhood and noticed a couple walking their dog on the sidewalk. He tugged Nick into the house and closed the door. “Get in here.” Folding himself into the slightly taller man’s embrace, he murmured, “I missed you, too. But now you’re here, and all mine.”

  “ All yours.” Nick’s mouth pressed against his, and they kissed. Both sets of lips parted, and their tongues attacked each other hungrily. Nick sucked his deep, the battle for dominance beginning.

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  Finally, Nick pulled away and smiled. “I have a present for you.” His voice was mischievous.

  “A present?” Adam’s eyes lit up. “Where is it? I want it.”

  “Patience, sweet thing. First, I have to make sure you’ve behaved yourself and done as I requested. Is there dinner?”

  “Yes, Sir. Pizza from your favourite restaurant and a bottle of your preferred wine.”

  “Perfect. I’m hungry.”

  “It’s all set up here, so we can eat on the sofa.” Adam led him deeper into the house and took Nick’s suit coat. He laid the jacket over the back of the couch and motioned Nick to sit.

  Adam dropped to his knees and removed Nick’s shoes and socks, rubbing his feet, lovingly, for a moment.

  “That’s nice.” Nick raised his eyebrows. “You’re being awfully kind. Are you hiding something? Were you a naughty boy while I was gone?”

  “No, Master! I was very good. You’d have been proud of me.”

  Nick grinned. “No touching my cock? It was my main request, you know.”

  Adam shook his head. “No, Master. Like you said, only to wash and pee. I haven’t come since the last time you allowed me an orgasm.”

  “Good.” He smiled. “Then you’ll get your present. After we eat.”

  Adam growled with playful impatience and moved to the table where he dished up pizza for each of them. He crawled onto the couch next to Nick, and they ate while discussing their week.

  “The whole trip went very well,” Nick ass
ured him, sipping wine. “I made some good connections, and I think we’re going to see some donations coming in soon.”

  “Excellent.” Adam nodded. “I’m proud of you.”

  Nick smiled. “So, what happened to you this week? Anything I don’t already know from our nightly, hour-long phone calls? Did you take on the new client you were telling me about?”

  “Yes, Mary. She’s great. She used to play women’s golf professionally and even won a few of the smaller tournaments. She injured her back and had to quit. It’s healing, but I’m working with her to keep her in shape with a set of exercises her back can handle.”

  “What a good man you are.” Nick eyed him appreciatively.

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  Adam grinned. “Well, I’m getting paid for it, after all.”

  Nick set his half-eaten pizza aside. “You’re still a good man. I sensed it from the moment I met you. Which has been what? Six weeks, now?”

  “Since we met? Six weeks, yes.” Adam nodded.

  “I want to give you my present.” Nick reached for his jacket and dug around in the pocket, finally coming out with a small jeweller’s box. “For you.”

  Adam set his plate down and wiped his hands with a napkin before accepting the gift.

  “What in the world?” he mused out loud, lifting the lid from the box.

  A shiny, silver necklace lay inside. A thick, masculine, ropy chain with what appeared to be a locking clasp. “It’s beautiful.” He held the chain up, studying the clasp and the lock.

  “This takes a key?”

  Nick loosened his tie and unfastened the top button of his shirt. He pulled out the chain he wore around his neck, similar in style to the one Adam held but with a key hanging from it. “This key, lover . The key to my heart.”

  Adam’s face grew warm. He loved the idea of wearing a piece of jewellery only Nick could put on or take off. It’d been his idea, actually. He’d seen something like it online and mentioned it.