Born to Please [Pleasure Vessels 1] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove)

by Jana Downs

  “I was hungry,” Payne protested with a blush. He seemed to be getting used to Alec’s new insistence that he speak his mind and pursue his own happiness. It made Alec feel good, like he wasn’t taking care of a child so much as taking care of his boyfriend.

  Payne took a pair of tongs out of one of the drawers and scooped out a helping into two plates. “What would you like to drink?” he asked.

  “I’ve got wine in the cellar. I’ll get it. Red or white?” Alec asked, heading to the far side of the kitchen to the set of doors that led down to a small cellar that he’d had designed for his extensive wine collection.

  “White. It’s shrimp,” Payne called after him.

  Alec nearly laughed at his tone. He sounded as if he was sniffing at the very idea that Alec would prefer red wine to white while eating shrimp. His attitude amused the hell out of him. It was like he was discovering the world, and Alec supposed that he was. He was enjoying watching it happen. It was rare to walk a lover through a new experience, a rarer one to enjoy the experience with someone so unguarded.

  He jogged down the eight steps into the cellar and was immediately surrounded by the thick white stone he’d had flown in from Greece for the construction of this room. The cherry-oak wine racks were ideal for easiest access to the bottles. He ran his hand over the clear bottles until he came to a vintage that he was sure that Payne would like.

  After making his selection from the chardonnay cabinet, he made his way back into the kitchen. He was surprised to find Payne arranging silverware at the table that he never used. He was more of an eating-supper-on-the-couch-so-he-could-watch-TV kind of guy. However, the arrangement did look rather lovely, and he preferred to see his dates when he dined with them.

  “Is this all right that we eat in here?” Payne asked as he watched Alec’s perusal of his movements. “I thought it’d be easier to talk in the dining room. I mean, it’s a nice table and doesn’t look used at all.”

  “You don’t need to justify it, sweetheart,” Alec reassured. “When it was just me, I ate on the couch. But since it’s the two of us, I see no reason not to use the table.”

  Payne smiled at him, and he knew without a shadow of a doubt that he’d made the correct decision. He planned on spoiling his Vessel rotten to the pleasure of the both of them if given his way. He sat at the head of the table where Payne had indicated he sit and waited for Payne to join them. He poured them both a glass of wine before sitting in his own chair opposite Alec.

  “I hope you enjoy,” Payne said, smiling and ducking his head as he spoke. The unexpected humility was a nice touch.

  “If it tastes as good as it smells, that will be no problem, sweet.” He picked up his utensils and wrestled a bit of pasta onto his fork. “Eat up, Payne. From now on, it’s three meals a day for you.”

  They ate in companionable silence for a while, neither one willing to break the truce set between them. Payne’s earlier freak-out was forgotten. The man obviously just wanted to be treated like a man, and Alec was more than ready to provide that.

  * * * *

  “So what do you do, Alec?” Payne asked after a sip of his wine. “I mean, I know that your file says you’re one of the higher-ups at the Facility, but I don’t really know what that is.”

  “So they gave you a file on me as well?” Alec asked. When Payne nodded, he continued. “I do a lot of the public-image sections of the company, advertisement, that sort of thing. I travel a lot.”

  “Is that why you don’t have a husband?” Payne wondered if he was crossing the line by asking such a personal question. It went against protocol, but he was learning that Alec really didn’t like standard protocol at all anyway.

  Alec leaned back in his seat and toyed with his wineglass. “I’ve dated a few men here and there, but none of them really fit me. It’s hard on a relationship when one partner is married to the job and travels and the other is stuck at home at another job. I was single almost a year before my birthday, and I was actually thinking of buying a Vessel myself. That way I could have a companion to come with me on business trips and I wouldn’t have to worry about my partner’s family and all that. I have a few colleagues that are very happy with their Vessels, and it was highly recommended by them. But my dad surprised me at my birthday party with you. Were you aware that you were commissioned to be mine from birth?”

  Payne nodded. “Yes. That’s why all my preferences are keyed to yours. They’ve been telling me since I was six or seven that I belonged to you.”

  Alec finished off his wine. “Does that bother you?”

  Payne shrugged. “Better to be personally commissioned than to be wondering what kind of person was going to buy me when I got old enough. I feel bad for my sister. She is still waiting for placement. If she doesn’t place within the next five years, she will be considered defective and lowered in status to a Service Vessel. That’s the kindest punishment she would incur for her failure.” He swallowed as the possibility played itself out in his mind. He shook his head to clear away the wisps of fear that the words invoked. She would get a good placement. Her nature would allow for nothing less. He dragged his mind back to better thoughts. “Now that I’ve met you, I can’t imagine being with anyone else. I’m sorry about my freak-out earlier.”

  “It’s okay. You’ll learn that I have my moods as well. What do you say to a movie and then an early night?” Alec purred the sentence, causing goose bumps to break out over Payne’s arms. Alec’s following chuckle went straight to his cock.

  “That sounds great,” Payne said, lust choking him. He didn’t have this much trouble keeping his arousal in check before he’d come to his house. Everything inside him was screaming that Alec was his and he needed to get naked with him and consummate this passion building between them. It was the oddest sensation, like a foreign being had taken up residence in his mind.

  “You like horror movies, right?” Alec asked, pushing back from the table and picking up his now-empty plate.

  Payne nodded. “Yes. The weirder the better.” Payne watched Alec walk back into the kitchen and put his dishes in the sink. He turned, and his sexy blue eyes met his from across the room.

  “Of course you do,” Alec said, smiling. His movie preferences reflected Alec’s perfectly. It was a wonder they found anything to argue about. “I have a collection in the den. Go pick one out if you’re done.”

  Payne nodded and pushed back his own seat. He stood and walked into the connecting living room.

  “Hey, Payne,” Alec called at Payne’s back before he rounded the corner and got deeper into the living room. Payne half turned. “Why don’t you change into something comfortable? Preferably shirtless.”

  Payne blushed and nodded. He was nervous and more than a little aroused at the prospect of lying beside Alec half-naked. He couldn’t wait to ratchet up the tension. Maybe he would be ready to actually have sex with Alec. The idea made his stomach flutter in nervousness. He was trained to the last detail on sex, but actually doing it was another thing entirely. He thought of Alec and how patient he’d been thus far. He would be a great lover. He would be as gentle and wonderful as he had been since they’d met.

  Payne picked an old 2000 movie from Alec’s collection by pressing the big LCD screen that was built into the wall. With a few touches he brought up Alec’s available titles and made his selection. He knew it was one of Alec’s favorites, and it was also one of his own. The clinking sounds coming from the kitchen said that Alec was still cleaning up, so he brought up the main menu of the movie before turning to the hallway and the direction of the stairs. The dresser in his bedroom held several options for comfortable lounge wear that was at least a little bit sexy.

  He made his way back to his room without a problem and took in the messy state they’d left the space. He took a minute to fold up the clothes they’d left on the floor and make the bed. It was mostly for his own mental health that he did so. He needed a second to collect his thoughts, and keeping his hands occupied was th
e way for him to do it.

  Finally, he finished picking up, and he had to make a decision about what to wear. He chose a pair of blue silk boxers and fussed over whether or not to sit down on the couch or go in search of his new owner when he left. Why is this so hard? He didn’t want to care so much about Alec’s opinion, but if they had met randomly, if Payne had been a free man, he thought he would’ve liked him anyway. He just hoped things would continue to go as well now that they were in Alec’s territory. If he’d had a personality alignment, Payne would be a slave to Alec’s will, but Payne was opinionated and could be kind of dogged in his arguments. He wanted Alec to like him for that. If that was possible.

  He made his way back downstairs and plopped down on the couch. He tried to arrange himself in what he hoped was a sexy pose before turning his attention to the TV.

  “Damn, you have the best ass I’ve ever seen,” Alec complimented from the doorway.

  Payne turned his head and winked, feeling suddenly saucy. “All for you, sexy man.” This wasn’t as hard as he thought.

  Alec barked out a surprised laugh at the comment. “What movie are we watching?” he asked once he’d managed to stop chuckling.

  “Ice Zombies from Pluto,” Payne supplied.

  “One of my favorites.” He was glad he’d done well. “Shall we?” Alec motioned toward the couch as the previews began to play. “Lights, switch to dim for viewing mode.” The lights complied, and Payne was once again drawn into Alec’s comforting arms. “I could get used to this,” Alec murmured against Payne’s forehead. Payne didn’t say it, but he completely agreed.

  Payne wasn’t planning on starting the kissing so close to the start of the movie, but he was glad that they did. Alec turned his head with a finger to his chin. His nervousness faded, and he tilted his head up and pressed their lips together.

  It was slow and thorough, building the tension between them to a fever pitch. Alec nipped at Payne’s lips, seeking entrance to that mouth that had just a few hours before brought him pleasure. With a sigh of surrender, Payne opened his lips. Their tongues tangled until they were eating at one another’s mouths like they were desperate for one another. Alec’s hands caressed Payne’s chest, pinching his nipples into hardened points and eliciting a gasp from his chest. Payne was incredibly sensitive to his touch, and all he could think was that he wanted more.

  Alec’s hands traveled downward to trace the swell of Payne’s burgeoning erection. The silk-encased hardness was firm and weeping in his fist. Payne whimpered as Alec’s grip tightened almost painfully.

  “God you make me hot,” Alec rumbled against Payne’s mouth. “Ever since I saw your picture in the file, I wanted you.”

  “Want you, too. When you touched me at the Facility, I wanted you to take me,” Payne admitted, arching his hips into the circle of Alec’s grip. “Please. Kiss me. Keep kissing me.”

  His mind spun with the want for more. He was ready, so ready, to take this sexual tension to the next level. He’d held onto his virginity long enough in the wake of his sexy owner’s appeal. It was time to show Alec exactly how compatible they were in the bedroom.

  Their tongues continued to clash at his pleading, and Payne could think of nothing better than Alec sinking into Payne’s tight ass in the comfort of his bed. He tore his mouth away from Payne’s and turned his attention to the soft column of his neck. He sucked at the pulse, leaving a hickey there like a teenager marking up his prom partner. Payne jerked at the slight pain, his breath coming out in soft pants.

  “Like that, do you?” Alec asked, nipping at his neck before licking the shell of Payne’s ear.

  “Oh yes,” Payne murmured breathlessly. Alec pressed him back against the soft leather of his couch so that their bodies came flush together. Payne moaned and dug his fingers into Alec’s back as their clothed cocks rubbed. “So hot. Never felt like this before, Alec.”

  They rubbed against one another for endless moments before Payne’s patience began to run out. “Alec, please, fuck me,” Payne pleaded. His head spun with lust and heady desire. “I need you. I need you in me.” He didn’t even know how to do it, but Payne knew he needed Alec filling him. He’d shoved his fingers in his ass when he’d masturbated before, but he knew it would be vastly different with the hard cock rubbing against him.

  “My pretty little virgin Vessel.” He growled. “You like this, sweetheart?” Alec asked, licking those pink nipples and putting the hard edge of his teeth to tease the tip. He sounded possessive, and it turned Payne on.

  “No. I need it. I need you.” Payne was on fire. His mind was spinning out of control as triggers that he hadn’t even realized were imprinted in him were tripped, turning him into a mass of desire and want. The desire to join, to have Alec come deep inside him, was paramount to his sanity. Perfect compatibility didn’t even begin to describe how much he wanted the man touching him.

  The movie was forgotten as they tangled.

  Alec gasped as Payne tore at his clothing and nipped at his throat. “Christ, you are on fire, lover. You’re so fucking hot.”

  “Take me to bed, Alec,” Payne begged. “Fuck me.”

  “With pleasure, sweetheart. You’re going to have to let me go first,” Alec said with a laugh as he tried to untangle himself from Payne’s embrace. He pushed himself to unsteady feet and offered Payne a hand up.

  They stumbled up the stairs on the way to Alec’s room, rubbing against one another and stopping frequently to kiss and nip at each other’s lips. Finally they burst into the master suite. He barely registered the royal-blue comforter and dark-oak bed posts before he was pressed into the soft, cotton embrace.

  Alec stripped him with one hand, pushing the silk boxers to his knees before finally pulling them off completely. Payne sat up on his elbows to watch Alec as he ripped at his own shirt and pants. The hiss of the zipper caused Payne to moan as Alec bared his sexy body to his gaze. Alec had been so damn careful on the way here, always so respectful and distant on the two-day trek from the Facility. Even their earlier tussle had been because Payne had caught him off guard. He licked his bottom lip and gripped the comforter to keep from running his hands down his body and taking himself in hand. He was starving for Alec’s touch.

  “I love that look,” Alec rumbled. His eyes were darkened with desire. “I like that you’re scared but still hot for me.”

  “You look like you want to eat me alive,” Payne murmured, surprised at the husky timbre of his own voice. “I like it.”

  Alec groaned at his words before reaching over to his nightstand and retrieving small bottle of lubrication from the drawer. He squirted some on his hand and wrapped it around his weeping erection. Like before, seeing him pleasure himself with his hands made Payne hot. He squirmed as he waited for Alec to touch him.

  “Oh,” Payne sighed as Alec let out a low moan of want, and his knuckles went white as he gripped harder on the covers. The sight of Alec stroking himself with the slick until his cock glistened was nearly his undoing. His body threatened to erupt without Alec ever touching him. Alec extended a knowing hand to Payne’s dick and applied pressure to the base of his cock to halt his impending orgasm.

  “Wait,” Alec commanded. Payne made a noise of frustration and squirmed all the more. Didn’t Alec realize it was killing him not to plaster himself all over Alec’s rippling body? “Hush, sweetheart. I can’t concentrate when you do that. Let me get you ready to take me.”

  Payne watched with interest as Alec spread his legs with his hands and trailed a hand down the cleft of his buttocks. He jumped as his cheeks were spread for Alec’s perusal. A skilled digit circled the tight rosette of his ass, eliciting another groan. His eyes clenched shut as nerve endings he didn’t even know he had fired, demanding they move the process along. A finger sank into his heat, fucking slowly inside as Payne arched into the motion. Another finger joined the first after a few pumps, the stretch becoming a pleasant burn.

  “Like that?” Alec asked. Payne’s eyes popped op
en. Sweat dripped down Alec’s forehead and neck from the restraint he was showing, and Payne was grateful for it. He needed the intimacy of the moment. This was his first time, and he needed it to be something more than a meaningless fuck to be satisfied. “You doing all right, sweetheart?”

  “Yeah,” Payne panted. “More. Give me more.” Mine. For the first time, the possessive deeper part of himself raised its head and had a voice. Mine. Mate. Any other time Payne would analyze why he was suddenly hearing voices, but he was too enamored with the man inflicting pleasure on him to worry about much except for getting off.

  Alec squeezed out more lube onto his hand before putting it back on the nightstand. He circled Payne’s entrance with careful fingers and pressed another finger inside him. The burn became almost too much for a second, and Payne wondered if he could take it. He closed his eyes and concentrated on relaxing. Moments later he managed it, and Alec proceeded to finger-fuck him mercilessly as he bucked his hips in time with his thrusts. His insides all but writhed in pleasure as sensation speared him. He had needed this for so long, and he hadn’t even realized it. “I’m going to press inside you, Payne. I’ll go slow.”

  Payne shook his head vehemently. “Not slow. God, not slow. Please, Alec.” Alec growled at his passion-filled words. Mine. Yes. Alec was his. In that moment, it didn’t matter that Alec was technically his owner. He belonged to Payne as surely as he belonged to Alec.

  “Damn,” Alec cursed, putting a restraining hand on his own cock. “No talking either. I won’t last two minutes with you talking like that.”

  Alec put Payne’s legs on either side of his hips and spread his ass cheeks even wider. This is it. Payne’s heart pounded in his ears, and he felt like all of his senses were narrowed down to this single moment. Alec pushed the first inch of his dick inside Payne. Payne arched and opened his legs wider, digging his heels into the bed to deepen the penetration.

  “Oh yeah. Just like that,” Payne moaned. The stretch was incredible, and the feeling of rightness swamped him as Alec buried himself inch by inch into his ass. Payne panted, and he tried to grip onto Alec’s shoulders, but they were too slick with sweat from his restraint to grab ahold of.