Chapter 9
Early the next morning, the sound of boots approaching pulled Ice from sleep. He blinked his eyes open to see Hazard still asleep on his pallet outside the cell. Then he looked up to see his doctor from the previous night and one of the military police coming down the hall.
Lieutenant Ecker barked a laugh at the sight of the two of them on the floor. His laughter woke Hazard who groaned and sat up. Ice and Hazard both stood and greeted the doctor.
“Unwilling to separate for even a single night,” Ecker said with a chuckle. “That mate bond is something else.”
“May you be so blessed one day,” Hazard replied as he cracked his back.
The lieutenant grinned. “Hopefully.” He turned to Ice. “We have your blood test results.”
“Am I cured?” Ice asked in a voice thick with sleep.
“Yes,” Ecker said with a firm nod. “However, you do still have the SE RX-2 antibodies in your system. But that’s a good thing. They will protect you from a future infection so you won’t need to be vaccinated along with everyone else.”
Ice sighed with relief. “Can I return to my barracks now?”
“Absolutely, you’re free to go.”
The military police who’d accompanied the lieutenant stepped forward to unlock his cell. Ice walked out and joined his mate. Now the mission was truly over.
* * *
Back at their barracks, Ice went straight to the shower. And of course he pulled Hazard in with him. The shower was small, but they were wrapped so tightly around each other under the hot spray that they didn’t need much space.
“So glad you’re okay,” Hazard said.
“Mmmm,” he hummed with his lips pressed to Hazard’s temple. “Me too.”
“Can I admit something?”
“Yeah.”
“I thought you were hot even when you were infected.”
“You did?”
Hazard leaned back and looked up at him with amusement sparkling in his green eyes. “Yep. You’re going to have to do a lot more than lose your hair and snarl to make me stop being attracted to you.”
“I’ll hold you to that once I’m creeping up on old age and starting to go bald.”
“Please do.”
They shared a kiss before they began to soap up. Ice knocked his elbow against the shower wall when he swapped places with Hazard so he could rinse off.
“Every time,” he grumbled.
“That’s what you get for being so big.”
“I thought you liked me big.”
“I do. I like you big... and hard ,” Hazard teased with a suggestive waggle of his eyebrows.
Ice laughed and swatted him on the ass with a wet smack. “Get your ass out of here before we prune up, Corporal.”
“Yes, sir.” Hazard saluted, flicking Ice with water as he did so.
Ice shut off the shower and they stepped out onto the bath mat. They dried each other off, laughing and exchanging kisses as they went. It made the process slower but much more enjoyable.
Once they were dry, they went out to their bedroom and fell into bed. Their playful kisses continued as they lay down next to each other, slowly turning sensual the longer they went on.
Ice rubbed his hand up and down Hazard’s shower warmed body. When he reached the curve of his ass, he smoothed his palm over the thick flesh. Ice pushed his tongue into Hazard’s mouth at the same time he dipped one finger between his cheeks. He only went far enough to tease at his entrance, but Hazard threw a leg over his hip, the move opening him up a little more. With a low growl of approval, Ice accepted the silent invitation and pushed his finger all the way inside. Slick eased the way, letting him know that his mate was just as turned on as he was.
Their bodies thrust and rolled against each other, breath growing heavy as Ice fingered his mate open. A groan rumbled deep in his chest as the scent of their arousal filled the air. He loved the way they smelled when they were about to fuck. Drawing back from Hazard’s lips, he kissed his way down the line of his neck. When he reached the scent gland at the base of his mate’s throat, he licked over it, tasting apples on his tongue.
“ Alpha .” Hazard moaned the word, sending another bolt of lust straight to Ice’s cock.
Ice rolled to his back and pulled Hazard over to lay stretched out on top of him. He wrapped his arms around the omega’s waist to hold him in place.
“Need to be inside you,” he whispered.
Hazard rubbed their noses together, scenting him. “Do it,” he whispered back.
“I don’t know if I can,” Ice said with a mock sigh of weariness. “I’m still recovering. You’re going to have to do all the work.”
“Liar,” Dylan breathed against his lips. “You’re just fine.”
Ice didn’t deny it. He was teasing of course, but Hazard didn’t seem to mind being the active one in their lovemaking today. In fact, he eagerly sat up and straddled Ice’s lap. He grasped Ice’s cock, stroking it with a warm, calloused hand.
Ice folded his arms behind his head. He watched from heavy-lidded eyes, rocking his hips up to match the rhythm of his lover’s strokes. Pre-come spilled down the length of his shaft, hot on his skin and easing the friction of Hazard’s fist. It felt so fucking good and he couldn’t wait any longer.
“Now,” he ordered roughly.
Hazard instantly obeyed, rising up slightly so that he could fit the head of Ice’s cock to his entrance.
Ice cursed from between clenched teeth when he eased into that tight hole, wet with his omega’s slick. “ Fuck . So good every damn time.”
Hazard pulled in a deep breath then began to work more of Ice’s length inside him.
“That’s it, sweetheart,” Ice encouraged as Hazard slowly sank down. “Take it all for me.”
Hazard moaned low in his throat once he was seated fully, eyebrows pinched together as if he was intently focusing on every inch of the cock inside him. He braced his palms on Ice’s chest, eyes drifting closed as he started to fuck himself up and down.
Ice gripped Hazard’s hips but he didn’t lift or even guide him. He let Hazard set the pace, enjoying it whether he bounced hard and fast or rolled his hips nice and slow. Pleasure swirled through his entire system as he watched his gorgeous mate ride him. He was beyond grateful that he hadn’t lost this sweet, precious intimacy with his omega.
“Hey,” he said as he stroked a thumb over Hazard’s thigh. “What were you going to tell me when we had to separate during the mission?”
Hazard opened eyes hazy with passion to look down at him.
“I don’t remember. But I’m sure it was something brave and romantic.”
Ice gave a soft, husky laugh. “Of course it was. Come here.”
He tugged his lover down so that they could kiss again. They got so lost in it that Hazard’s movements slowed nearly to a halt. Ice figured that he had to be tired by now, so he broke off their kiss and sat up. Keeping Hazard in his lap, he swung around to put his feet on the floor. Then, with his hands cupping Hazard’s plump ass, he stood up.
Hazard gasped and wrapped his limbs around him to hold on. “What are you doing?”
“Showing you I don’t need enhanced super strength to take care of my mate. I can hold you up just fine on my own.”
Ice smiled lazy and slow when Hazard blushed. His omega was stronger and bigger than most omegas. And he was proud of his build. But he’d confessed that when Ice showed off his strength and picked him up like this that he couldn’t help but feel like a small and treasured omega mate.
Ice shamelessly exploited that fact. Often. And he knew Hazard liked it because it made him rock hard every time. Just like now. His pretty cock was flushed and straining, drop after drop of pre-come flowing from the tip.
Hazard moaned into Ice’s ear, clinging tightly as Ice repeatedly raised and lowered him on his cock.
“Feel so good inside me,” he whispered.
“Yeah? You like it?” Ice asked as he fucked him faster. He bent his knees a little so that he could thrust up into him at the same time he dropped him down on his cock.
“Love it,” Hazard managed to gasp before his words faded into desperate little whines and whimpers.
The time for words came to an end as Ice used all his strength and skill to send them both hurtling toward climax. Their skin grew slick with sweat, but Hazard’s strong thighs locked around his waist kept him steady for Ice’s powerful thrusts. Ice reveled in the way his muscles burned as he held all of Hazard’s weight up to slide into his tight, wet heat again and again.
Hazard’s whines rose in pitch and his inner walls started the rhythmic squeezing that signaled his release was near.
Ice growled and nipped at the faded scar of the mating bite on Hazard’s scent gland. “Feel you about to come.”
“Yes! I’m... I’m... Ahhh !”
Hazard cried out, a single throaty note that conveyed everything he was feeling in that moment. Hot cum erupted from his cock to wet Ice’s torso and he pressed their lips together in a wild, out of control kiss. He trembled in Ice’s arms, his inner muscles clenching and squeezing as he continued to climax.
The pulsing grip on his shaft triggered Ice’s release. With a deep groan, he gripped Hazard’s ass hard, ready to explode with it. His cock throbbing, he let his orgasm roll through him and pumped his mate full of his cum.
The waves of pleasure seemed endless, stealing his breath, and drowning him in the best way. Ice soaked it all in, every shiver down his spine, every pulse of his cock. Nothing could compare to this feeling he shared with his mate.
When the release died down, Ice continued to hold Hazard, wanting to enjoy being inside him for a little while longer. Eventually, he started to soften. So reluctantly, he raised Hazard up slightly and pulled out.
“Ready to stand?”
“Mmm-hmmm.”
Hazard dropped his legs from around his waist and Ice set him back on his feet. Neither made a move to return to the bed. They stood there, sex-warmed bodies pressed flush together as they caught their breath. Hazard relaxed and rested against his chest. Ice tucked him in close with his chin on top of Hazard’s dark head and his arms loosely linked at the small of his back.
“You know what’s stronger than zombie super strength?” Hazard asked.
“What?”
“My love for you.”
Ice smiled and squeezed him in a tight hug.
“And mine for you.”