by Dakota Dawn
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Pierce couldn’t stop the smile that crossed his face. Darrin had just come into his bedroom. The winemaker was just as hot as his voice. The tall man’s green eyes seemed to glow when their gazes met. He’d met Darrin’s brother, Conlin, earlier. Both men seemed nice. Darrin was the one silently that called to him. Please don’t be a cheater or a big tease.
“How are you feeling?” Darrin’s concerned gaze swept down Pierce’s body and came back to his face.
“Real good. Luke gave me a couple of pairs of sweats and some T-shirts he said he never wears. That was nice of him. Milly gave me another cup of her special tea.”
“How did it go down now that you’re more alert?” Darrin asked with a knowing smile.
“I gagged once. She didn’t take offense, thank goodness.” He traced circles on the sheet to burn off some of his nervous energy.
Darrin ducked his head. “I gagged a lot when I drank it and Luke even pinched my nose and clamped my jaw shut to make me swallow it. It is terrible, but it works wonders.”
“That’s horrible.”
“I confess, I’m a wuss.” Darrin’s declaration touched Pierce’s heart.
“No, that stuff really is hard on the tongue.” After assuring the gorgeous man, he couldn’t stop the mental image of Darrin’s hard cock on his tongue. The picture just leapt into his mind.
“Yeah, but it works so well. You are looking so much better,” Darrin admitted with a smile.
“Thanks. I feel one thousand times better. I asked for her recipe. She just grinned and said it was a family secret. I wouldn’t mind having secrets like that.” Unbidden, his tone held a wishful note.
“You do,” Darrin pointed out.
“What?”
“You have an extraordinarily green thumb. Its power heals others through the herbs and spices you grow.” Honesty and something else shone in Darrin’s green eyes.
Hoping that something else was lust, Pierce mentally crossed his fingers. “That’s nice of you to say. I do love my job. Which it looks like I’ll be going back to tomorrow.”
“Huh? You can’t leave yet,” Darrin blurted in alarm.
“I’m a lot better thanks to Luke and Milly. Plus, I have to get back and see how bad things are. I know the police have been there and taken the bodies out of my yard.” Pierce shivered. “I’m grateful I didn’t have to remove them myself.”
“I just don’t think you should go back so soon. Your house is gone. Why don’t you stay for a few more days?” Darrin asked with a hint of desperation.
Pierce hoped Darrin didn’t want him to go because the guy was attracted to him, because the longer the sexy man was in the room the hotter he was getting. His groin was actually tingling in need.
His gaze strayed to Darrin’s shapely lips. They looked familiar to him, but he wasn’t sure why. He shivered at the thought of those lips on his body.
Going for it, Pierce said, “This may seem strange since we just met in person, but I’m having some strong feelings for you. Do you feel anything for me?”
“Yes, I do. I don’t know what all these feelings are, but they are powerful.”
Pierce scooted closer to Darrin, who’d just sat down on the bed, and asked, “Is it all right if I kiss you?” For a second he thought he saw a flash of red shoot through Darrin’s eyes. The man’s words distracted him from the mysterious color change.
“I’d love to kiss you. Are you sure you’re well enough?” Concern flavored Darrin’s words.
The man’s now green eyes looked at the stitches in Pierce’s forehead and then cut down to his ankle.
Wanting Darrin under him, he replied, “If you lie down on the bed I can be on top so I don’t hurt myself.” He couldn’t help but notice that Darrin’s penis was getting larger by the second. With any luck, he’d have that hardness in his mouth very soon.
A passionate grin lit Darrin’s face. “I can handle that.”
He watched the muscular man ease into the center of the bed. The tingling in his groin was growing. It took everything he had not to jump the man and pin him down so he could take what he wanted from the guy.
Darrin spread his legs and Pierce crawled between them and hovered over the man, just looking into his lovely eyes. He could drink this guy in for hours at a time.
A sudden need to be totally accepted by Darrin washed over his soul. He looked Darrin over and then stared into those beautiful green eyes. “I have to tell you something.”
“Go ahead. I’ll always listen when you talk,” Darrin encouraged.
Darrin’s words turned his heart to mush. He hoped the guy could deal with a person like him. “I’m transgender without the surgery.”
“I already know. The handful of us that were here when you were being patched up know. Tristan has sworn us all to secrecy so you can choose rather or not to tell anyone else. I’m glad you told me.” Darrin’s words were softly spoken.
“Oh. I didn’t know anyone had checked.” Pierce’s mind rewound, and he was surprised that none of his guests had even looked at him like he was a freak. That was new. So was the fact that Darrin knew and didn’t mind. The guy’s hard member proved that. The junction of his legs started tingling more intensely. Being accepted was even better than getting a plant to produce double the leaves. It was marvelous. He’d remember this moment forever.
“I hope you’re not mad. No one touched you. We just needed to know as much about you as possible. No lump in your briefs drew attention,” Darrin stated in a smooth, soft tone.
“It’s okay. I’ve had worse things happen to me.” Was that ever true. This wasn’t one of those times, though. He was about to taste the man whose voice he’d been masturbating to for months. He was nervous as hell. That wasn’t going to stop him from doing everything Darrin would let him do, though.
“I’ll do whatever I can to stop bad things from happening to you,” Darrin responded as he put his hands on Pierce’s hips and pulled him down.
The touching of their crotches made Pierce gasp and shudder. Damn, Darrin’s hard flesh feels good. Wanting more, he leaned forward and placed his lips on Darrin’s and softly kissed the hunk. Darrin only allowed the light kiss for a moment.
Darrin’s hands slid up his back, leaving a trail of goose bumps. He had been kissed before, but nothing could have prepared him for the electric moment their tongues met. One delicious shot of lust after the next speared through his body. A flash of his vampire dream lovers leapt into his mind. His blood heated and raced through his veins.
Needing so much more, he coached, “Close your legs for me, lover.” He almost came just from Darrin doing what he asked. As the man had closed his legs, he had slid his open.
Once his lover was settled, he shifted his hips and tightened his thighs around Darrin’s hips. A tremor ran through his body when his hot button molded itself around Darrin’s hard shaft. If they had been naked a climax would have just happened, for sure.
As their tongues danced and teased each other’s, their hands explored each other’s bodies. Mmm. The hot guy beneath him was ripped. The steely feel of Darrin’s muscular form had the tingling in his groin shooting sparks. Craving more, he slid his hands under his lover’s shirt. Feeling a climax coming on, he tore his lips away from Darrin’s and kissed his way to the man’s neck. There he rested his face in Darrin’s neck, loving the scent as his hands investigated the guy’s cool skin.
Rocking his hips faster, he tightened his thighs and pressed harder into the man’s hard cock. Darrin groaned and started pumping his hips as his large hands slid down and gripped Pierce’s ass. The extra help pushed him over the edge. He cried out and a hard tremor shook his whole body as paradise surrounded him. Floating in a passionate haze, he reveled in Darrin’s grip. His lover was just holding him tightly, letting him come down slowly.
Appreciating his first orgasm with another person, he eased up and kissed Darrin full on the mouth. He licked and nipped at the man’s lips until he had Da
rrin grinding his hips looking for release.
Going for it, Pierce kissed his way down Darrin’s body. At his pants, he quickly worked the snap and zipper and started pulling them down. Darrin lifted his hips allowing his pants and briefs to be lowered. The second his lover’s cock was free, Pierce pounced.
“Mmm.” Pierce moaned as he slid Darrin’s thick dick into his mouth. It was even better than he’d envisioned. Using his tongue, he explored the beautiful crown. He circled the spongy top and then slid his tongue over the edge to caress the sweetly flaring flesh. With slow, firm strokes he devoured his lover’s cock.
Darrin’s hands slid into his hair and gripped firmly. That turned him on even more. The slight pain from his hair being passionately pulled and the cock in his mouth had him creaming his briefs again.
As he started working the pulsing cockhead, he thought he heard an animal growl. When he tried to get up and look around, Darrin locked his head down, making him continue the blow job. He glanced around and didn’t see anything wild. If the guy knew they were safe that was all that mattered.
Focusing on the hands holding him in place and the cock in his mouth, Pierce couldn’t help himself. He needed another piece. Shifting, he straddled Darrin’s leg and started grinding his throbbing button into the firm muscles. He sucked harder as he got close to his second trip to paradise.
Darrin hissed and his hands tightened in Pierce’s hair.
That was it. The sounds coming from Darrin and the man’s body moving sensually as it reached for glory had his own groin aching and his heart racing. Darrin started shallowly thrusting his hips, fucking Pierce’s mouth. That’s it. Fuck me, baby.
The smooth glide of the man’s cockhead over his tongue had Pierce grinding harder into his lover’s leg. Darrin hissed long and low and his dick pulsed. He shoved Pierce’s head down his length and his whole body shook as he shot his load into Pierce’s hungry mouth.
The spicy taste of his lover’s release triggered Pierce’s orgasm. Ecstasy flowed over and through him. Keeping his lips tight around Darrin’s cock, he drank from the man as his own body quivered in bliss. He firmly gripped his lover’s hips as he continued to lap at Darrin’s semihard flesh.
In a daze, he kept loving the cock in his mouth. Endorphins were pinging through his system keeping the last pulses of his own climax going. Ah, now this is true peace.
Darrin’s hands relaxed and then tightened again in his hair. To show he was aware of his lover, Pierce sucked the crown harder and then kissed it. Another hiss from Darrin had him looking up. The man’s hands pushed his face back into his groin for a moment.
In a rough voice, Darrin mumbled, “I have to go.” He released Pierce and rolled him off his body.
Before Pierce could say anything, Darrin was standing and pulling his pants up as he sped to the door and left the room. He heard the far door close that led out of the suite and sighed.
He flopped onto his back and stared at the ceiling. What was the guy’s problem? Pierce knew he’d done a good job. From all the practice he’d done on his dildos, he bet Darrin didn’t even know that had been his first blow job with a real person.
Nope, it wasn’t his fault. He wasn’t going to dwell on the situation for long. Had Darrin suddenly remembered he wasn’t gay? If that were the case, the guy wasn’t worth anymore of his time. Not that he regretted the sex at all. That part of the encounter had been wonderful.
He would focus on what he’d learned and that was that he could get a partner. If it was over with Darrin, and it looked like it was, he could find someone else. Everybody was hot to someone.
His soul cried out for Darrin. Ignoring it, he got up and started preparing to leave. He had a business to run.
Chapter Four
Pierce pulled onto his driveway and frowned. One of Blood Moon Wine’s trucks was parked near his toasted home. That could mean anything. Darrin could have realized he’s gay again, they needed an order now, or they needed him for some other reason.
He’d just come back with supplies that included new clothes and basic items for him. If it weren’t for him keeping his bank card and credit card in his fireproof box, he’d have spent the day at the bank instead of the store.
Tomorrow he’d have to buy a new computer and printer. That same fireproof box also held a memory stick with his business contacts and info on it. He loved technology. Although, setting up a new computer was not going to be fun.
He got out of his truck and looked around. Darrin stepped out of the woods. His fool heart picked up its pace. This was probably no more than a business call.
“Can I help you?” he asked when Darrin got three feet from him.
“I’m sorry about yesterday. I was having some trouble and had to get away,” Darrin explained.
“No need to apologize. I understand trouble.” He looked around at his plants. Most were still doing well. “Do you need some herbs or spices? They could be a little smoky,” he asked, keeping it all business even though his heart screamed for more.
“I’m not here for that and you know it,” Darrin stated firmly.
“No. I don’t know. The last time I saw you, you were pushing me off you and rushing to the door. You may have been my first attempt at a blow job, but I could tell I did it right. If you even try to blame your trouble on me, you can kiss my ass.” Pierce was so frustrated he was shaking. Why did Darrin get to him so badly? The other bad experiences he’d had didn’t hold a candle to this one. Maybe because the others didn’t get past a kiss.
“I’m not blaming you. If you’d listen I’m trying to tell you it was all me. I’m sorry. It was just too intense for me and I freaked out,” Darrin confessed.
He didn’t know what to think. It had been just as powerful for him, but he hadn’t run away. Darrin seemed sincere, though.
“I guess we can go out sometime if you’d like.” He gestured around his place. “Right now I’m busy getting my business up and running again. I have a lot to do for the rest of the evening and tomorrow I have to buy a travel trailer and computer.” He shook his head. Now was not a good time to start a relationship. Even if his heart disagreed. “I’ll be busy for a while.”
“I can help you.” Darrin took Pierce’s hand. “I need to be near you. Please let me help you.”
One look into those green eyes and he was lost. “It’s not going to be a picnic.” Darrin nodded that he got it. “You can help as long as you like,” Pierce said. He hoped he hadn’t just made a big mistake.
“Thank you. I won’t let you down again, Pierce,” Darrin assured and then looked around. “What do you need done?”
He thought for a moment and then grinned wickedly. “See those bags of manure by the greenhouse?”
“Yes,” Darrin said hesitantly.
“I need you to spread it around the base of each plant on the last fifteen rows of plants in that garden.” He pointed out the garden. Deep down, he knew it was wrong to give Darrin such a smelly job, but the man deserved it.
If he hadn’t meditated for years in order to be more confident, Darrin rushing out on him after his first sexual experience would have been devastating.
“Where’s your wheelbarrow?” Darrin asked.
Pierce pointed at the charred metal tub resting next to his home. Yep, the fire had gotten it.
“I’ll just carry them. It’s good exercise,” Darrin replied as he walked over to the manure bags and picked one up with ease. “The last fifteen rows of this garden, right?” Darrin asked while pointing at the correct garden.
“Yes, please.” Pierce tacked on the last word just to be nice, even though he didn’t have to be. If the man stayed, he’d have him fertilize the last rows of his other five gardens as well. He had plants all around his home.
He watched Darrin for a short while, but had to stop when his groin started tingling and preparing for sex. He’d instruct the guy on how to properly do it and then he’d have to go in the greenhouse to work. The fine man was just too tempti
ng.
Over the next three hours, he had to regularly remind himself that he was too busy to jump Darrin. Damn, he wanted to. The tent in front of Darrin’s pants proved the man was just as ready as he was. After they ate, he might talk the guy into rinsing off in the river that ran through his property. Then when they were clean he’d see if Darrin wanted to relieve some sexual tension with full-blown, skin-on-skin sex.
He’d just set up the table with food when Darrin walked in.
“The plants have been fed and watered. Yes, each mound was carefully tended. How’s it going in here?” Darrin asked.
“Good. I finished transplanting my youngest babies into larger pots. I’ve also got us some food set out. It’s just ham sandwiches, chips, and fruit. Don’t worry about food poisoning. The ham was in my greenhouse fridge.” Pierce waved his hand in the direction of the fridge. It was surrounded by plants and even had some on top of it.
“It’s a good thing you have a fridge out here,” Darrin stated.
“Yeah. It didn’t take me long to realize I needed it and a restroom out here. Lots of times it’s too inconvenient to stop working and run over there for small things,” he said and then dropped down in one of the chairs at the small table. “Have a seat. Let’s eat.”
Watching Darrin eat was pure torture. He kept envisioning those perfect lips on him, bringing him to heaven. To stop himself from drooling, he quickly ate. When he was finished he leaned back and watched Darrin pop the last grape in his mouth. No, don’t think about how fresh Darrin’s mouth must be with fruit flavor lingering on his tongue.
“So, do you like your job?” Pierce needed to think about anything except for sex. Darrin brought out the sexual beast in him. After all these years it was a wild starving animal ready to pounce without warning, at least where Darrin was concerned.
“I love it. Tending your plants felt good, too. Just knowing these plants change lives is awe inspiring. You have a good thing going on here. I admire you for it,” Darrin stated with approval shining in his eyes.