Chapter 14 #2
“You look ready to pass out.”
“Mhm.” He doesn't even argue.
That alone tells me how exhausted he really is.
“Come here.” I wave him over.
He does. I help him out of his hoodie first. Then his T-shirt. He's so sleepy that he lifts his arms automatically whenever I tug at the fabric. His track pants follow.
By the time he's standing in nothing but his boxer briefs, he's blinking slowly enough that I'm convinced he's asleep on his feet.
“Bed.”
He crawls beneath the blankets without another word. I pull them up over his shoulders. The second his head touches the pillow, he sighs. A deep, contented sound. Like every muscle in his body has finally decided it's allowed to relax.
I turn toward the door.
“Kiss.”
I stop and look back.
Kai is watching me with heavy eyelids.
“What?”
“You forgot.”
I smile despite myself. “I did, didn't I?”
I lean over the bed. His hand comes up to rest lightly against my jaw as our lips meet. The kiss is brief. Gentle.
Nothing like the frantic making out that got us kicked out of a movie theater an hour ago. When I pull away, he hums happily.
Then his eyebrows knit together. “My punishment.”
I blink.
“You said...” He yawns so widely he has to stop talking. “...I earned one.”
I laugh. “I did say that.”
“When?”
“Later.”
His eyes narrow just enough to tell me he's attempting suspicion despite being seconds from unconsciousness. “Promise?”
“I promise.”
Apparently, that's good enough. He smiles, then rolls onto his side, pulling my pillow into his arms. Less than thirty seconds later, he's asleep.
I stand there for another minute just watching him breathe. He's peaceful, for once.
No nightmares.
No panic.
No tears.
Just sleep.
The sight settles something inside me that I didn't realize had been wound tight since yesterday afternoon. I quietly pull the bedroom door almost closed before walking into the living room.
My phone buzzes in my pocket.
Dante.
Hayes okay?
I smile. Straight to the point.
I respond. Better today. Finally got him to eat.
Three dots appear almost immediately.
Disappear.
Return.
Good.
Another message follows before I have time to answer.
Practice was rough.
My stomach tightens. I sink onto the couch.
What happened?
His response comes almost instantly.
Grove and I got into it.
I stare at the screen.
What happened?
Nothing major.
He made a comment.
I told him to shut the fuck up.
I already know where this is going.
My jaw clenches.
About Kai?
This time it takes him longer to answer.
When the message finally arrives, it's shorter than I expect.
Yeah.
I lean back against the couch cushions. The anger arrives quietly.
Dante again: Honestly...
I'm glad you weren't there.
I huff out a humorless laugh. He's probably right.
Dante: We both would've jumped him.
I picture Noah's face. William's face layered over it. The comment he'd made yesterday. Coward. The thought alone makes my hands curl into fists.
Not because Kai can't defend himself. Because he shouldn't have to. Not after everything.
I force my fingers to relax before I answer.
Thanks for sticking up for him.
Didn't think twice.
He's one of our own now.
I read it twice.
Simple words.
Nothing dramatic.
Nothing sentimental.
Just the truth.
He's one of our own.
For two years, Kai has carried himself like an outsider wearing an NHL jersey. Like he was borrowing someone else's place in the locker room. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who'd stopped seeing him that way.
A smile creeps onto my face before I realize it. Maybe Kai doesn't know it yet. Maybe he still thinks he's standing alone. But he's wrong. He's got me. He's got Dante. Hell, judging by the way half the room looked ready to defend him yesterday, he's got more teammates than he realizes.
He just hasn't figured that out yet.
I glance down the hallway toward my bedroom. The condo is silent again. Kai is still sleeping. For the first time in what I suspect has been a very long time.
I decide then and there that I'll let him sleep as long as he needs. Practice can wait. The world can wait. For one afternoon, he deserves the peace.
“Where does that go?” Kai is sitting in my bed, staring at the toy held in my hand.
“Where do you think?”
“It's huge!”
“You take me just fine.”
That shuts Kai up fast.
I pinch his chin. “This punishment is for arguing with me earlier. Do you really want another one?”
Kai eyes the prostate massager. Kai shakes his head.
“Pull your briefs down and bend over, then.”
Kai sighs and stands up, getting fully naked. He turns, putting his hands on the mattress.
I slap his ass, enjoying watching the recoil. I slip the prostate massager in his hole, Kai breathes deeply, trying to work around the pain.
Once I finish, I sit against my headboard, against the pillows, motioning for Kai to join me. Then I stretch the toy between Kai's legs to place the connecting cock ring over his shaft.
“This is very extravagant,” Kai mumbles.
I press the small remote, making the toy vibrate.
Kai throws his head back. “Fuck!”
I kiss his shoulder and chuckle. “Stay focused.”
“Fuck you,” Kai grinds out.
“What was that?” I click the remote five times, putting it on a more intense setting.
Kai yelps, clawing at the sheets under him. “I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!”
I set the toy back to the low vibration. Kai relaxes slightly against the pillows.
I pull out my laptop and press play on the video that I had found an hour ago. It's a porno of a guy similar to Kai's type, blonde and pretty, being fucked by two muscled, large men.
Kai's eyes widen as he watches the bottom give a blow job while having his ass eaten out. “What kind of punishment is this?”
I smile, kissing Kai's neck and running my thumb over the head of his cock. “The game is: Try Not To Come. If you can last and apologize for speaking to me in such a disrespectful way, I'll fuck you tomorrow.”
The bottom on the screen is moaning now, causing Kai's cock to twitch in my hand.
“But if you come, I won't touch you for a week. Do you understand?” Another kiss to his skin.
“Y-yes, sir.”
I pull back, pressing the remote twice to move him up to the medium setting. Kai's body clenches, his teeth digging into his lip.
The two doms decided to change positions in the video. One takes the sub's mouth while the other takes his ass. The blonde is feverishly rubbing his cock.
I pull my sweatpants down as my eyes stay on Kai's face. His face is pink and pathetic. His hard dick twitching against the cock ring.
I pull Kai's hand from the blankets and put it on my cock. His hand immediately starts rubbing me. I lean over to his ear.
“Greedy little thing, aren't you?” I pinch his nipple. “You need two cocks filling you up, slut?”
Kai licks his lips. The blonde in the video is now on top of one man, with the other kneeling behind him. The camera zooms in on the bottom, taking two cocks up his asshole.
My hand rubs Kai, his chest heaving. I press the remote again, placing him on the highest setting.
Kai's eyes look away from the computer to watch his hand gliding over my cock. “I want it.”
I smile cruelly. “You should have thought of that before you talked back.”
Kai pushes the laptop away, his hands pulling at my t-shirt. “Ash.”
My hand moves over myself lazily as I watch him. The dark lust in his eyes is hard to ignore. “What is it, sweetheart?”
Kai leans down, cock dripping pre-cum, as his tongue drags up the head of my dick. “I want you inside me.”
Jesus, I need to remember my self-control. “No.”
Kai, for the second time today, straddles my hips.
He pushes my hands away from myself, tugging up my shirt so he can see my pecs.
His hands are running over every inch of my skin.
He presses his asshole with the vibrating toy against the base of my cock.
I can feel the hum in my bones as Kai starts moving his hips back and forth over me.
His eyes are dark as he looks at me hungrily. Fuck, he's never… He's never looked at me with such need in his face.
“Ashford,” Kai moans, the tip of his cock bumping my chest every so often.
I wrap a hand around Kai's throat, pressing slightly. Delight floods Kai's face as he wraps his hand over mine, urging me to grip tighter.
“Don't you want me, daddy?” Kai asks in a pitiful voice that makes me weak. “You've been teasing me all day.”
He rolls his hips over me again, making me groan. Fuck, when did I lose control so quickly?
“I need you,” he moans, his eyes rimmed with tears.
I push Kai onto his back, my body covering his. “You do not have power here,” I growl into his ear, my hand tight around his throat. “I will not tolerate this behavior.”
Kai pouts up at me, like a fucking beautiful dream. I need him around me, but that will prove to him how much power he has over me.
Luckily, my rough display seems to have gotten Kai even more worked up, distracting him enough to fight off his orgasm.
“You are not allowed to come, you hear me?” I push his thighs together and toss his legs over my shoulder so I can fuck his thighs without giving him the pleasure.
My head rolls back from the delicious friction. Kai is rubbing his chest, fighting off the urge to pinch his nipples.
He's so beautiful when tears are in his eyes. When his face is irritated with hungry lust.
“Ash, I need to—” Kai's body spasms slightly under me.
“Don't,” I growl.
Kai's nails are digging into my arms, pulling me towards him.
Kai starts weeping. Lovely tears streaming down his cheeks. “Please, master! Please! Please! Please! I'm sorry I spoke to you like that. I won't do it again. Please, just let me—”
The begging sends me straight over the edge. I come hard on Kai's chest. “Fuck, baby. Yes.”
Kai gasps as my cum sprays over his chest and splashes on his chin. Kai shakes with loud sobs as his cock twitches, balls uncomfortably tight.
“Keep it in,” I soothe.
Kai bites his lip hard enough to break the skin and nods.
I pull away, turning off the vibrator.
Kai covers his face, crying into his arms. I gently pull the toy out of him.
“Come here,” I coo. “Baby, come here.”