M. Lee - Dark
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He forced them upright and got all three of them into the house. He headed for the bedroom, snickering when a startled yelp turned out to be Julius tearing Jaime’s shirt off. Jaime wiggled in his grip. Concern flickered through Dark. Jaime was a little dirty, doubtless, but Dark still read him as more sweet than spice. Being willing to fuck was not blanket license to do other things.
“Hey, easy there.” He went to the entangled pair and turned Julius around. “If you’ve absolutely got to rip something—” His words cut off under Julius’s mouth. The kiss was rough, commanding. Dark yielded controlgladly, lettingJulius fuck his tongue inas deep as he wanted. He sucked and got a scrape of teeth over his lip in response. He murmured approval. Dimly, he became aware of Julius stripping him of his weapons while theykissed.
“Wow,” Jaime said, sounding shaky. “I can’t quite decide if it’s sexy that he knows where all your weapons are, or if the amount of firepower you’re carryingis alarming.”
They broke off, laughing into each other’s mouths. “Sexy,” Julius teased, “definitely sexy.” Julius popped his button and kept eye contact while he dug into Dark’s pants, making the extraction of the small knife he kept strapped to his inner thighforeplay.
“Want to come help strip search Julius with me?” Dark couldn’t help the husk in his voice, but he did his best to let the invitation come out soft and undemanding. Jaime didn’t seem worried by Julius’s earlier pushiness, but Dark knew Julius could be overwhelming when he got intense. And Jaime’s fairy blood had definitelypushed himup into “intense.”
Jaime’s smile was playful. “Sure. Cavity search, comingright up.”
Julius dragged his nails down Dark’s back in revenge. Dark groaned. He watched Jaime sway closer, some ofhis native sensualitysurfacing.
“He likes that, doesn’t he?”
Julius twisted his head, eyes locking on Jaime. “Mhmm. Can’t get enough.” Jaime came closer, settling tentative hands on Julius’s waist. He had the look of a mouse crawling closer to a boa constrictor, unsure whether he was about to be crushed to death or eaten inthe best way. Julius leaned infor a kiss.
“No!” Dark grabbed them. “Elfbane.” Crap, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. Julius’s eyes widened.
Jaime smiled reassuringly. “Not a drop in me,” he said. “I’m fine. I think it’s most of the way through me by now.” He raised a hand and laid a finger against the soft point of Julius’s ear. “Better safe than sorry, though.”
“Yeah.” Julius gulped. “Pity, though. You’ve got a lovelymouth.”
Jaime smiled sweetly, his trepidation melting under the force ofJulius’s charm. “Thank you.”
“He really does,”Dark said, thinkingpeople skills to himself with some amusement. He moved in to take the kiss Julius had wanted. Under the hot taste of Jaime’s mouth, Dark registered Julius moaning and grumbling a complaint. He pulled them both closer, cock beginning to harden with the insistent thrust of Julius’s hips. Dark let go of Jaime’s mouth to focus on Julius’s ear, tracingits curve withhis tongue. Julius cried out, his head fallingback.
“Mmm,” Jaime said. “Sensitive?” Dark watched out of the corner of his eye as Jaime experimented, breathing hotly onto Julius’s other ear before descending with a series of licks and kisses. Julius whined, high in his throat, his back arching. The thick pulse ofhis cock penetrated straight throughhis clothes, setting an echoing beat in Dark. For a long, dizzying moment, Dark wondered if Julius could still come just fromthis.
Then Julius was pushing at them both, complaining, “Christ, you fuckers, wait!” Dark watched Julius struggle out of his shirt before he snarled, “Get your goddamnclothes off. Naked. Now.”
Dark laughed, eyeing the flush on Julius’s face and chest with appreciation. Obediently, he stripped down, not stoppinguntilhe was bare. Once he and Jaime were naked, Julius took controlagain.
“Here,” he said, guiding Jaime in front of him, back to his chest, “help me remember no kissing. Is this allright?”His hands were alreadytravelingover Jaime’s waist and up his chest, turning Jaime’s murmur of approvalinto a low hum. Dark watched, lust winding its way through his limbs, as Julius deftly unlocked the secrets of Jaime’s body. He found the spot high on his neck that Dark already knew about, and did something gentle to his nipples that made Jaime sigh and melt back against him. He wasn’t quite prepared for Julius palming Jaime’s ass to evoke a beggingmewl.
Julius blew out a long breath. “How flexible are you?”
Jaime’s voice was strained when he answered. “Prettydamnflexible.”
Dark stepped involuntarily nearer. “What are you thinking?”
Julius gave him a dark smile. “I’m thinking you’re bothachingfor a fuck.”
“Please,” Jaime panted. “For all that’s holy, please tellme there’s protectionhere.”
Dark followed Julius’s gesture to the bureau by the bed. Bodily fluids, with the elfbane still in Jaime, were probably not a good idea. “Think you can fuck Dark while I do you?” When Dark turned back, packet and slick in hand, Jaime had crowded Julius toward the bed. He had one leg wrapped around Julius’s waist and was biting into his ear so hard that Julius looked like he was going to come out of his skin. Julius was mouthing helpless words, fingers busy in Jaime’s cleft. Dark almost left themto it, but the promise ofsomeone inhim sanginhis blood.
Dark flopped back on the bed. “I’ll just be over here with the slick, then.” He twisted off the top and dribbled some on his fingers, reaching down between his thighs as both heads popped up. Dark spread his thighs and circled his hole before sliding one finger in. Jaime and Julius exchanged a speaking glance. They unwound themselves and tumbled onto the bed, half on Dark. There was a quick grab of the slick and some rearranging of limbs, and then Jaime was sliding in a finger alongside Dark’s. Dark breathed through the stretchofit, revelinginthe flicker ofpain.
Julius smirked over Jaime’s shoulder. “Someone hasn’t gottenallhis needs met intoo long.”
Dark couldn’t exactly deny that. He mustered a half-hearted scowl, but Julius just laughed, reached around Jaime, and pinched his nipple. Hard. Dark choked, cock springingfrommostlyhard to achinginan instant.
“Please,” Dark begged. Julius didn’t let up, a hungry smile lighting his face. Dark felt his jaw drop and his head sag back. Jaime’s free hand crept up his chest and pinched his other nipple withfirmpressure.
“How hard?”
Dark hoped Julius would answer, because there was no way Dark was going to. Suddenly, the mindblowingly good feeling eased off. Dark panted, muscles goinglimp.
“Here,” Julius said, “let me show you.” Julius wound his fingers over Jaime’s and pinched, pushing them together until Dark felt his chest rising off the bed againwithout his volition. “He likes that anywhere onhis chest or thighs.”
“Really?” Jaime sounded alarmingly curious. A harsh grab on his inner thigh forced a screech out of Dark’s throat. “What else?”
“Mm. Nails. Biting.” Julius sounded almost abstracted. The soft shudder ofJaime’s breathinformed Dark ofwhy.
“Getting fucked,” Dark added helpfully. He watched Jaime’s pupils swell, watched his head drop forward. He spared a brief moment of regret that he couldn’t see Julius workingJaime open.
Jaime gave him a sloe-eyed look, licking his lips slowly. He pulled Dark’s finger out and replaced it with two of his own. Dark pumped his hips. Jaime’s fingers stroking in and out of him felt good, but it was only a tease. Theywere too slim, not nearlyenough.
“Fuck. Inme. I want—”
Jaime sucked in a harsh breath. “Yeah.” He pulled out his fingers and palmed his cock, spreading the slick over it. Dark braced his feet on the bed while Jaime arranged himself. He grabbed his knees and pulled them back, opening himself up. Twin groans fed a hunger in the center of him. Jaime teased the head of his cock over Dark’s ass for a moment, drawing out the tension. Dark whimpered. Jaime’s plump lips were parted in a pant, his silky
hair falling forward over his shoulders. Dark could feel the quivering effort it took to hold his position. The late afternoon sunlight spilled through the window and made him glow. Expression bordering on ecstatic, Jaime slid into him.
“Gods of my mother,” Jaime said faintly into Dark’s shoulder. “You—you’re so—you know I can feelthat, right? Feelhow turned onyouare.”
Dark choked on a response, words knocked out of him as surely as if he’d been punched in the gut. He always managed to forget, somehow, how exquisite being fucked was. Probably, he acknowledged to himself, because otherwise he would be spending more time doing it. Everything was swept clean, a burning river ofdesire allthat remained.
Julius said something breathless behind him. “Everytime I think I’ve got it under control—”
Jaime shook. Dark gasped in reaction. “It’s because I’m—it responds to how aroused I am.”
“Sensati. Like a feedback loop,” Julius managed, and thrust in. Dark felt the weight of both of them on him.
“Fuck, fuck.”
“Oh.”
“That’s—”
With a heady flexing of muscle, they began to move. Jaime drew out of him, dragging along sensitized nerve endings. Dark felt Julius’s fingers, firmon Jaime’s hips, moving him to the pace he wanted. Jaime thrust back in, with a wet sound that had Dark clenching. Julius let go with one hand and curved an arm around Jaime to wrap a broad hand around Dark’s cock, squeezing. Dark clenched his hands, digging his nails into his thighs, fighting back the threat of coming too soon. Years of experience had taught Julius just how to touch him. His hand was slick and strong, and he kept teasingly stopping short of the head of Dark’s cock. Dark found himself tightening to the pulse of Julius’s stroking.
Jaime, who had gone silent except for his breathing, mewled in response. They fucked, hazy with pleasure brought to such a fine pitch it hurt. Dark’s thighs strained. He wanted to reach out, to touch, but he was trapped beneath them. Jaime curved his spine, proving the flexibility he had lightheartedly bragged of earlier, and laid a series of stinging bites over Dark’s chest. Dark’s heart pounded, head swirling with the impossible bliss of it all. Jaime paused, tongue a light pressure over Dark’s nipple. As soon as Dark looked down at him, he bit. The world went white. Dark could feelthe hot splash ofhis come over his belly. Blindly, he tightened, listening to Jaime’s moan and feeling him tumble over after him. His ears caught the hitch of Julius’s breath and the sudden silence that meant he had come as well.
Dark blinked open his eyes to Jaime plastered sweatily to his chest. It was quite a nice view, though how Jaime had achieved it without pulling out of him was a mystery.
“Fuck,”Jaime said. “You’re like a buffet.”
Julius groaned mildly and eased back. “Am I always goingto react that way?”He tossed the condom across the room. Probably into a bin of some kind, but maybe not. Dark was too fucked out to look.
Jaime sleepily removed himself fromDark. “Don’t know.” He rolled a head on his shoulder to eye Julius. “Want to find out?”
Julius looked back, a smile teasing his lips. “I might.”
Warmth curved into Dark’s belly at the contentment in both men’s voices. Pleasure with Julius often held a dangerous edge to it, perhaps because Dark was aware the other man used it to make him relax. He didn’t like being controlled, regardless of beneficial intent. And he hated, sometimes, the sense that he was failingJulius, not givinghimwhat he needed. His encounters with Jaime had been, up to this point, brief and mixed with outside danger. Together, they balanced somehow. Dark unknotted, relaxing in a way he hadn’t for a longwhile.
Jaime curled up on one side of Dark. Julius fell to the other. “I meant both of you, you know,” Jaime said to Dark.
Dark’s lips quirked. Julius, attuned to Dark’s body, leaned over to kiss him. A reward for relaxing? Perhaps. Once Julius released his mouth, he caught his breath. He wasn’t particularly prone to jealousy. “I know,”he said. “Good thingwe bothhave bigbeds.”
Jaime made a thoughtfulsound. “I’mnot sure mine would fit allthree ofus.”
Dark nosed at his ear. “Maybe it’s time to think about changing jobs.” He wasn’t sure if he was joking or not.
Julius poked himinthe shoulder. “Sleep now. Talk later.”
Dark glanced down at the cooling come on his stomach. Julius rolled his eyes and pushed himself up into a sitting position. He twisted until he could use the uppermost cover to wipe Dark down, then yanked it off. Twisting, they squirmed into the bed, a sheet demurelycoveringthem. Theylooked at eachother and laughed quietly. Dark drifted off to that pleasant sound, safe betweenhis lovers.
DARKwoke to a perfunctory tap on the door. He’d recognize that tap anywhere. Wincing, he grabbed his pants and slithered into them. Julius was not going to be happy. He cast a rueful glance at Jaime and Julius, still sleepingcontentedly.
“Commander,” he greeted, cracking open the front door and slidingonto the stoop.
“Agent Dark.” A woman in her fifties, the Commander’s hair was pulled back in a tight bun, her pantsuit arranged exactly, and no doubt loaded with weaponry. Her arched eyebrow spoke eloquentlyto his half-dressed state and no doubt apparent scent. “I assume there is some pressing reason you left an unsecured crime scene?”
Dark drew himself up. “Yes, ma’am.” The Commander scared the shit out of any right-thinking person, and Dark was no exception. He reported what he’d learned as concisely as possible, including the unexpected effects of fairy blood on his unnamed companion.
The Commander sighed. “Very well. As it happens, I had already deduced as much about Head Agent Richards. He has been… detained.”
Dark shuddered.
The Commander smiled, thin lipped. “Quite. Preliminary reports make it clear that neither the group you located, nor he, are the intelligence behind this operation. This is considerablylarger.”
Dark winced. He had been afraid of that. “Yes, ma’am.”
“Leaders in each world are being briefed. Efforts at inter-world cooperation are underway. I require you back.”
A sinking feeling stirred in his stomach. Last night had beenbrilliant. Some smallpart ofhimhad started to hope. It had been a long time since he’d dared think of anything beyond a fling, but Jaime and Julius had both proved able. It looked like he wouldn’t have time to explore that, though.
“Dark?” A husky male voice called from the depths ofthe house.
The Commander didn’t try to look. “Therefore, I expect the remaining five days of your vacation to be considerably less stressful. I expect you in top condition whenyoureport inMonday.”
Reeling, Dark straightened and saluted. “Yes, ma’am!”
The Commander nodded and walked back to her car.
“Dark?” Jaime’s voice was more distinct as he came toward the front door.
Grinning, Dark turned and slipped back into the house.
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M. LEEis both radical and domestic, brushing up on
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