Vampire’s Mate NOT Camping Short #3
Wolfe stroked small circles along Eric’s lower back with his thumb, turning a page on his report with his free hand. “Shall I rub useless lotion on your shoulders, pet?”
That was actually kind of tempting. But… “No,” Eric told him, nuzzling his head into Wolfe’s neck. “Too comfy.”
“Should we head to the beach soon?” Jay asked the group.
“Pool. Beach. What’s the difference?” Colin answered without looking up from his drawing.
“I want to try bodysurfing though.”
“You’re going to end up with water up your nose again,” Soren warned.
“I don’t mind,” Jay told him. “Danny said it’s good to clear the sinuses out.”
Fox scoffed. “Sounds like Danny was lying to play nice.”
Jay stuck his tongue out at him. “Better to be nice than rude.”
“Can’t help it. We’ve got a bone to pick with you.
” Fox leaned forward in his chair, holding up two fingers.
“We’ve twice tried to convince Colin to come away on an island vacation with us.
He has twice refused. You call him crying about beach camping, and he comes running with his swim trunks packed. ”
“Leave me out of this,” Colin said, still not looking up from his drawing.
“You are this,” Dane told him.
Colin cocked his head. “That’s…sweet? Nonsense, but sweet.” He shrugged. “Carry on. But I’ll be ignoring you.”
Jay used Alexei’s shoulders to push himself up to standing so he could glare at the twins over Alexei’s head.
“You’re just his mates. We’re his family.
Plus, knowing you two, you just wanted to get him to the beach to mount him in the sand.
And Alexei and I have learned that you should never mount someone in the sand.
It gets everywhere, and it’s extremely abrasive. ”
His declaration was met with silence, which as far as Eric was concerned, probably meant Jay had won his argument.
Jay kept glaring at the twins for another long moment for good measure, then wagged a finger.
“Plus, I’d be wary of private islands. Seth’s cousin Benny got wrapped up with a fae.
” He narrowed his eyes at Fox. “Do you want to lose Colin to a fae??”
Fox just stared at him. “Who the fuck is Seth?”
With great effort, Eric kept his chuckle to himself.
He closed his eyes again, letting the bickering wash over him.
It was the soothing kind of bickering, the kind that people who knew each other very well and were comfortable enough not to play polite all the time engaged in.
There was no cruelty or meanness in it, no matter how grumpy the twins pretended to be.
“It’s alarming how content you are,” Wolfe murmured softly in his ear. “You should only ever be this docile with my cock inside of you.”
Eric’s eyes shot open quickly enough for him to see Danny twitch, but the other vampire was polite enough to pretend not to have heard.
Eric sat up, twisting around to catch Wolfe’s smirk.
“I want to dig a hole,” he said, speaking the thought out loud as soon as it came to him.
It was sort of gratifying to see Wolfe’s smirk fall into confusion. “I beg your pardon?” he asked mildly.
“Like a really big, really deep hole in the sand.”
“Because?”
“Dunno.” Eric shrugged. “Sounds fun.”
He watched Wolfe consider. Eric could literally see it on his face, the way Wolfe was pondering the image of Eric’s muscles straining with the effort of digging, his arms flexing and bulging in the sun.
Eric’s face grew hot, in a nice sort of way.
He never felt as attractive as when he saw himself through Wolfe’s eyes.
They were surrounded by half-naked, objectively beautiful men, and Wolfe never gave them so much as a glance, other than the occasional sneer.
And while Eric knew there was nothing wrong with looking, that rapt attention still soothed the twisted part of him that needed to be wanted beyond all reason.
Wolfe’s smirk returned, as if he was reading Eric’s mind. No doubt he was feeling it all through the bond. He gave a nod. “By all means, pet. Have at it.” He sat up, setting his financial report aside. “Let me change first though. Don’t start without me.”
“What are we doing?” Jay asked, halting whatever argument he and the twins had devolved into when he saw Eric and Wolfe get up from their lounger.
“Digging a hole in the sand,” Eric told him, mildly embarrassed to say it out loud.
Weirdly, it was Colin who set his drawing aside, standing up. “I’m in,” he said.
His mates immediately stood as well. Cute.
“Are we building something?” Jay asked, wading through the shallow end to climb out of the pool, Alexei following behind him. “Like a sand castle?”
“No,” Eric said, his cheeks getting kind of warm again. “Just…digging.”
Colin nodded solemnly at him, like that was exactly right.
Jamie and Luc arrived in that moment. Jamie held a bucket he’d found on the property, presumably with his pilfered shells inside. “What are we doing?” he asked.
“Digging a hole in the sand,” Colin told him. “A big one.”
“Awesome,” Jamie said immediately. “I’m in.”
Eric couldn’t help but give Wolfe a stupid, goofy smile as everyone stood and gathered themselves to stroll out to the beach.
Wolfe gave him an indulgent look in return, pressing a kiss to the back of Eric’s hand, which only made Eric’s embarrassed flush come back in full force.
Family vacations were kind of great.
Jay
Jay hummed happily, letting the hot water run over him. He’d already rinsed off the worst of the sand in the outdoor shower on the back porch, but it was still nice to get fully clean with hot water and soap.
And even nicer to be naked with Alexei behind him, washing Jay’s hair with careful hands, his hard cock pressed against Jay’s lower back.
It had been a very, very good two weeks.
Full of swimming and lounging and laughing.
Jay had bodysurfed, and turned Alexei into a sand merman, and baked three different cakes.
Most of the time had been spent in the house’s perimeter, but they’d all gone into town about halfway through and split off to feed at their destinations of choice.
Alexei had compelled him and Jay a very friendly dinner, and then they’d spent the rest of the evening in an arcade, where Alexei had taught Jay to play silly games with flashing lights and way too much violence.
Jay felt bad for ever questioning Soren’s judgment. This whole stay had been wonderful.
At Alexei’s wordless command, Jay tilted his head back to rinse the shampoo off. “You know,” he mused afterward, “maybe we’ll have to alternate fancy vacations and camping.”
“Not a bad idea,” Alexei murmured, working conditioner into Jay’s strands.
“When I was with Vee”—Jay could feel Alexei tensing behind him at the mention of the vampire who’d turned him, but Alexei’s fingers didn’t pause—“luxury was always about restriction. We had to look and act a certain way at all times. I was there to serve, and everyone else was there to just…flaunt their status, I guess. It was ugly.” Jay frowned at the memory. “This was different though.”
“I know what you mean,” Alexei said, tugging Jay’s head gently back again for a rinse.
“My father sometimes took my brothers and me when he traveled for work. We’d stay in five-star hotels, and we wouldn’t be allowed to leave the room.
We’d be trapped, trying to evade his temper when he returned from some horrible meeting. ”
Oh, that hurt Jay’s heart.
He turned around and stepped closer, out of the bulk of the spray, peering up at his mate, only slightly distracted by all the bare, sculpted muscle in front of him.
“I wish I could go back in time and be there with you,” he said.
“Hold your hand while you hide out in your room. You think young Alexei would have liked me?”
Alexei smiled softly at him, wet strands of his gorgeous hair framing his handsome face. “He would have been just as obsessed with you as old Alexei,” he said, big hands sliding over Jay’s hips. “He wouldn’t have known what to do with all that sweetness, but he would have wanted to keep it anyway.”
Jay rested his head on Alexei’s chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. “What if we’d never found each other?”
“It’s too tragic to think about.” There was a hint of teasing in Alexei’s voice, but also a note of truth.
Jay stood on tiptoes to wrap his arms around Alexei’s neck, meeting his pretty, multicolored eyes. “It is tragic. It’s making me sad.”
“Sad and horny,” Alexei commented mildly, his fingers brushing along Jay’s erection, which had been rubbing against Alexei’s lower belly this whole time.
“Well, we’re very naked.”
“Naked and wet.”
Jay nodded solemnly. “Soaked.” He let out a long sigh, rocking his hips into Alexei’s teasing touch. “I wish sand wasn’t so abrasive. You could take me in the surf in the moonlight. I could be a merman, and you could be the sailor I’d rescued from a horrible storm.”
“I’m the mafioso you rescued from a horrible life,” Alexei said, releasing Jay’s aching cock and wrapping his arms around Jay’s lower back. “Is that good enough for tonight?”
It was more than good enough. It was real, and it was perfect, and Jay loved him so very, very much.
But sometimes it was fun to play a little.
The shower was large—really large—with a little tiled bench built into one wall. Jay walked Alexei backward, out of the spray, and sat him down on that bench.
“My poor Alexei,” he crooned. “So much sadness to make up for.”
“Sad and horny, hm?” Alexei murmured, widening his legs so Jay could get between them.
Jay grinned at him, pleased that his mate understood the game, and then tried to make his expression solemn again. He lowered himself to his knees on the tile.
It wasn’t exactly a secret that Jay generally preferred to be on the low-effort end of things, and Alexei was always very enthusiastic about Jay’s preferences. But Jay liked this too, on occasion.
Alexei had such a beautiful cock, after all. Big and thick and tasty. And he never begrudged Jay a chance to play.
Jay rubbed his face over the silky softness, the warm spray of the shower just hitting his lower back. “How can I make you feel better?” He ran his lips along the side of Alexei’s hard length, looking up at him through his lashes. “Do you think my mouth might help?”
Alexei let out a harsh breath. That was basically a yes.
Playing coy was like any other of their role-play games—it didn’t necessarily come to Jay naturally, but it was fun to pretend.
And fun to lick. And to suck at that swollen tip. And to burrow his head into Alexei’s crotch and tease at his balls, which was kind of tough with their position but also very gratifying when Alexei’s breathing got all heavy.
When Alexei’s thighs were shaking under his hands, Jay wrapped his lips around Alexei’s cock and really got to sucking, bobbing up and down like the men in the porn they sometimes watched together.
It was yummy. It was hot. It was…
Jay pulled off, blinking up at Alexei, whose mouth was slack as he stared down at Jay with heated eyes. “My jaw’s getting tired.”
Alexei laughed, rubbing a hand over his face. “Come here, sweetheart.” He pulled Jay into his lap and kissed along his neck, murmuring, “You spoil me, don’t you, kitten?”
Jay knew it was really the opposite—he was the spoiled one—but he made a hum of agreement anyway, tilting his head to give Alexei better access to his neck. “Mm-hmm. It’s my duty, as your rescuer.”
Alexei captured Jay’s lips in a kiss, licking his taste out of Jay’s mouth. His hands cupped Jay’s bottom, fingers delving into his crease. They’d already had sex that morning. And that afternoon. He could probably just slide right in if he wanted.
But Alexei half rose from his seat, holding Jay to him with one strong arm as he shut off the water, then leaned to the side to grab the bottle of lube he’d stashed there.
Jay’s cock was already aching, and it twitched with the evidence of how strong and sure his mate was.
Jay loved being carried around like this.
Loved that he could trust Alexei to hold him steady.
Alexei sat them both back down, slicking up his cock. He lined Jay up, lowering him down carefully.
Jay groaned as that thick length filled him. It was nice. It was so nice.
“I made you really hard, didn’t I?” he asked on a gasp.
“So hard, kitten,” Alexei agreed, lifting Jay easily and letting him fall back on his cock. “Could have come just from those little licks of yours.”
“Really?” Jay asked, his belly quivering as that perfect cock stroked his insides.
Alexei caught his lips in another deep, filthy kiss, murmuring, “Really,” into Jay’s mouth.
He was so perfect, using his big hands to lift Jay up and down over his length, so all Jay had to do was lay his head on Alexei’s shoulder and let himself be moved. Let himself be filled.
Alexei was already close. Jay could feel it.
He could feel Alexei’s lust and his love, could feel the way his muscles grew tenser and tenser as the heat swirled in him.
One of his broad hands wrapped around Jay’s cock, stroking him as Alexei pumped his hips, fucking Jay as easily on wet tile as he fucked him in a feather bed.
Jay whined as his own arousal built and churned. He let his fangs drop, let them sink into Alexei’s shoulder, barely drinking, just letting Alexei’s taste fill his mouth as he came in Alexei’s palm, dribbling blood as he moaned against Alexei’s damp skin.
Alexei cursed, holding Jay down against him, his thighs trembling as he filled Jay up.
Jay slumped against him as his last tremors subsided. “Mm. Do you think anyone else is fucking in the showers right now?”
Alexei grunted. “I’m pretty sure Eric and Wolfe are fucking in the pool. Wolfe had his hands down Eric’s shorts when we walked by.”
“Really?” Jay pouted as he licked his bite mark closed. “I missed it.” He lifted his head, looking at Alexei hopefully. “Should we go check if they’re still out there?”
Alexei laughed, the movement shaking Jay in his hold. He pressed a kiss to Jay’s lips. “Sure, kitten. Let’s go check.”
Jay grinned at him, stealing one more kiss before standing on shaky legs.
Family vacations were really the best thing ever.