Draco
The other guardians were inside, leaving them alone to walk through the mostly unfinished landscaping of the property. There were still ruts in the ground from the building equipment but grass had reclaimed the land behind the house and it wasn’t bad to walk through.
“I’m not sure what to say.”
Sawyer sighed. “You know you mean the world to me, right? That I’d never do anything to hurt you?”
“Of course.”
Sawyer sighed again. “Man, this sucks.”
“Just spit it out, already. You’re gonna give me hives, and you know how cranky I get when I get hives.”
Sawyer huffed out a laugh then reached for Draco’s other hand. “So, I hope you don’t get mad at me, but I had a little moment this morning with Eduard.”
Draco leaned forward the smallest bit, eager to breathe in Sawyer’s familiar scent. “What kind of moment? Do I need to set him on fire?”
Sawyer smiled, but it seemed sad. He shook his head, then looked down at their clasped hands. “We almost kissed.”
Draco waited, but Sawyer continued to look down. He released one of Sawyer’s hands and lifted his chin. “Why is that making you sad? Did you not want to kiss him? Did he try to—”
“No! I mean, he didn’t force me. He actually…
stopped me. I don’t know what happened. I mean, for years, it’s been you.
Every thought and sexy time alone in my house, it’s always been you I imagined being with.
And then boom! I meet some new guy and he turns my head?
On the day I find out what’s probably been holding you back from me?
And I don’t know what to do about either of those things.
Because it’s always been me and you, and what if it isn’t anymore because of your duty or whatever?
And why did I suddenly want to kiss someone else?
Am I that flighty? One hot griffin comes along and I just—”
“Sawyer, breathe. Come on, breathe with me.” Draco waited for him to pull in a shaky breath. “Now out.”
Sawyer blew out his breath and looked up to meet Draco’s gaze. “I’m so sorry.”
“For what? For thinking Eduard is ridiculously sexy? I think he is too.”
“You do?”
“Yep. Have you seen those fingers of his? Man, hot as hell.”
Sawyer looked confused again, but slightly relieved as well. “So does that mean I’ve been…that I’m not… that we’re not…”
It suddenly dawned on Draco what the problem was.
He pulled Sawyer close and cupped his cheek gently in his hand.
“You’re everything to me. But that doesn’t mean that I’m not attracted to others.
That doesn’t mean that the thought of Eduard bending you over the kitchen counter while I watch doesn’t make my dick hard.
I’m not— dragons aren’t—this is hard to explain. ”
“So you don’t do commitments? If we ever… you know… then it wouldn’t be just me and you? You’d always be looking for something else?”
“No! Not at all. It’s just, dragons don’t do that whole one man, one woman style of commitment.
I have three dads and my mom. My sister has a wife and four husbands.
I mean, they aren’t husband and wives like you might think of them.
Mates. That’s what we call them. And you aren’t limited to one, although lately finding even one is considered a miracle by those outside of the dragon world. ”
Sawyer blinked. Then blinked again. His cheeks turned red and his breathing picked up. They were so close to each other, closer than they’d ever been and his lips were right there. Just one breath away. “Sawyer,” Draco said on a moan.
“That’s… really hot,” Sawyer said. “I mean, I never really… well, I mean I thought about it. And I’ve watched some really good porn where…
but I didn’t think that was something that…
Holy shit, I’m going to come in my pants if I keep thinking about this.
You. With, like, hands all over that chest of yours and me… ”
Sawyer trembled. Draco pulled him close and pressed them together from thigh to chest. “You like that idea, huh? I wondered if you’d be open to the possibility. You’ve always been very possessive of me, and I like that. I like it a lot, but I worried it meant you wouldn’t be open to other mates.”
“Other mates? Does that mean I’m…”
Draco sighed and leaned his forehead against Sawyer’s.
“I want you to be, but I can’t take a mate without the Chosen One’s permission.
Dragons can’t be separated from their mates so I can’t make a commitment like that since I’m already committed.
Please tell me you understand? I don’t want to lose you. ”
“You aren’t going to lose me,” Sawyer promised.
“Good. I don’t think I could bear it. I… I worry about what’s going to happen. I can already feel my loyalties being split and I don’t know what to do.”
Sawyer pulled him closer and wrapped his arms around Draco’s waist. “You’ll do what’s right, because this Chosen One must need you for a reason.
And who are we to mess with fate? I’m here for a reason, too.
I have to believe that. We’ll figure this out.
And hey, we may be worrying for nothing, you know?
Let’s not be gloom and doom. Your all-powerful Chosen savior person might think I’m delightful and charming and want to keep me around for a long time. ”
“I don’t see how they couldn’t think that about you.”
Sawyer grinned. “Well, my brothers don’t think that.”
“Your brothers are idiots.”
Sawyer laughed and leaned in so their lips were barely separated. “Can I kiss you now?”
“Not if I kiss you first.” Draco closed the distance between them, almost desperate for this first taste of Sawyer.
He’d been longing for years for this moment, to have Sawyer as his, to have his secrets laid bare, and to have him still eager to be in his arms. And he was.
They fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
Sawyer gasped into his mouth and slipped his arms up and around Draco’s neck. His tongue licked at Draco’s lips, teasing, and he opened his mouth to allow it inside. They tangled together, their breaths mixing and becoming one, their bodies rubbing against each other creating much needed friction.
Draco’s beast was extremely pleased as well.
He could feel his body’s reaction to finally having Sawyer in his arms. It was everything he’d wanted it to be.
Sawyer responded to him so well, his body ready and willing.
Draco slipped his hand down to Sawyer’s ass, cupping him in his hand and squeezing.
Sawyer’s head fell back and he groaned. “Oh fuck, do that again.”
Draco grinned and complied. This time he pressed his hard cock against Sawyer’s answering hardness and thrust as he grabbed a second handful of his muscled ass and held on.
It was all over from there. Sawyer thrust once, then again against Draco before he began to tremble. Draco held him through it, waited for him to stop coming, then pressed another kiss to his gasping lips. “Delicious,” he whispered. “Better than I imagined, and I imagined it a lot.”
“You’re telling me,” Sawyer said. “And you just made me come in my pants in the neighbor’s yard. That’s like… I can’t even believe we just did that.”
“I can. I’ve been wanting to touch you forever, and I love that you want me just as badly.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. Let’s get you home so you can shower and change. I know you need to finish some stuff up before you go meet your advisor.”
“Oh crap. You’re right. I totally need to do that. Will you throw a ball or something for Pearl? I haven’t played with her much and she’s been so good with all the changes going on. I want to be sure she’s getting enough exercise.”
“I will. We’ll play while you get cleaned up.” Draco grabbed Sawyer’s hand and threaded their fingers together. They walked down the hill to Sawyer’s house, with Pearl running alongside them, snapping her jaws at bugs before turning to them for approval.
It was exactly what Draco wanted. The careful walls he’d spent years building came crumbling down.
All the little obsessions, the worry, the fear, it all faded away.
He didn’t have to be afraid of Sawyer catching some disease and him not being there to help.
He didn’t have to be afraid that Sawyer would be hurt and he wouldn’t be by his side as he healed.
No, he may have other things to worry about now, but his dragon had finally been allowed to court his mate. Whatever trouble came their way next, no one would be able to take that away from him.
He kissed Sawyer again before pushing him into the house.
If he didn’t, he’d follow him inside and they wouldn’t come out again for a very long time.
They’d have those moments soon enough, but this meeting was too important for Sawyer to miss.
He’d just have to make it up to Draco when he got back from campus.