Chapter Two #4
Oh, well, he could see that.
Ethan was super protective of her. Him wanting to burn the world to the ground for Elizabeth…
There was no shock there.
Truly, this was none of their first times at this rodeo. Ethan was predictable, if anything.
The bottom line was that it took a lot to catch their woman off guard. The last time she was shellshocked was when she found out that Tony Morell had found Charlie alive and then let him die without calling for help out of spite.
That had been a killing blow to her heart.
Like when Sam had been murdered and eaten.
There was no doubt she’d be okay when all was said and done.
Elizabeth was a force to be reckoned with in her own way, and she would bounce back. There was no doubt in his mind that Elizabeth could handle this.
They just had to give her time and stay safe so she could focus.
“If we stay out of her way, and where she needs us, she will make sure this is handled. We have to trust her,” Chris admitted. “We all have roles in this, and ours is to be here when she needs us as backup.”
He was to the point.
“I do know that and with all of me. I just get scared that something is going to happen to her. I love her more than anything. I know that’s shitty to say to a man I also love, but she’s my core.
When Gene left me, I was back to the freefall.
She saved me, and not once in fifteen years has she ever dropped me. ”
Reassuringly, Chris patted his cheek.
Oh, they all had a special attachment to Elizabeth.
“You’re not divulging some information we aren’t well aware of, Ethan.
Do you think any one of us loves her less than the other people in our relationship?
I love you and Callen, but she’s my soulmate.
She’s my wife. I married her years ago, and by the grace of Charlie, he gave me that gift when I thought I’d never have it.
You’re so special to me, as is Callen and Gene, but she’s… ”
He knew.
“All.”
Chris nodded.
Well, at least they were on the same page with this.
“Callen feels that too. Gene feels that about you. We work because we all know where we stand, and there’s no sugarcoating it. It’s okay to say she’s your core. She’s mine too. Just trust in her like you always have, and if she gets angry about The Hunter thing, we’ll have your back.”
He rested his forehead against Chris’.
It was so nice to have that kind of friendship and relationship with someone he could trust, too.
“Thank you for talking me down,” he offered. “I know how exhausting I can be.”
Chris didn’t mind.
Not.
At.
All.
He just let the man lean so he could regroup. When they got out of this shower, they were going to have to hit the ground running. If Elizabeth was out collecting bodies, the rest of them had to be here doing what they did best.
Profiling.
ME’ing.
Helping.
“EJ, you’re far from exhausting. If you were, did you really think you’d have this many people who loved you? Everyone in this relationship adores you, and that means you’re perfect the way you are. You didn’t catch one person, but four.”
Yeah, he loved this man.
Chris always helped his heart stay intact. He was a good man, and they were damn lucky.
Ethan looked calmer.
“Better?” Chris asked.
He was shocked when Ethan shook his head. He’d really believed he’d gotten through to him.
It was when Ethan kissed him, that Chris knew what the man was asking.
He needed comforting on a completely different level.
Well, so did he.
There was nothing wrong with asking for that when you were scared. They all had moments of weakness and worry.
So, he took care of his mate. He helped navigate that fear with him.
With a kiss, he locked them together. In that steamy shower, Chris led the way, giving Ethan a place to hide until he was ready to stand up for himself again.
No one liked betraying the trust of their loved one, but sometimes, you had to do what you had to do.
There was no sin here as far as Chris was concerned. They would have all done the same thing if it had been up to them. They’d told Ethan that too.
This was a unified front.
Ethan fell into the kiss, taking that moment to forget that he’d been struggling, and instead, find solace in the arms of someone he loved.
This was a safe place where he could hide through the storm. Chris wouldn’t ask him to be strong.
He’d let him just…be.
Some might say it was weird to need sex at a time like this, but it was the connection he craved. It was like getting a kiss and cookie after a boo-boo.
This soothed the jagged edges in the soul.
As he stayed locked to the man, Ethan let go of the fear and focused on the way he felt in that moment.
There.
Was.
Calm.
Blackhawk had faith in Chris not to drop him, and he knew there would be peace if he could just stay focused on the here and now.
As he slowly broke the kiss, there was that whiskey-warm moan of pleasure that overwhelmed him.
“Christopher,” he whispered, setting the man’s mouth free and lastly, his lower lip.
Chris opened his eyes, blinking away the water and haze of desire. There was always such overwhelming pleasure when he was against this man.
While it wasn’t the same when he was with Elizabeth, it was still something he cherished with his whole being.
“I love you,” Ethan admitted, and was rewarded with one hell of a smile.
It was so genuine that it was a punch to the heart, followed by butterflies.
“And I love you,” Chris admitted, easily because it was true.
Chris knew what Ethan needed, and he was willing to give it to him. Moving him backward, so they were out of the direct line of the spray, Ethan was pressed to the tile wall.
“Let me help you find your balance,” he offered. “I’ll take care of you.”
That sounded like Heaven.
It was definitely what the man needed. At that moment, he needed to be comforted, and this was a good way to get that.
Touch always healed.
Instead of saying anything, Ethan just nodded.
With permission, Chris began moving down the man’s body, leaving open-mouthed kisses across his flesh. The path was a familiar one, as Chris gave Ethan everything that he needed to find his bearings again.
He made sure to touch everywhere, leaving that heat and lust in his wake.
The whole time, Ethan’s breathing increased, and Chris could feel his erection thicken as he was pressed to his body. At his nipples, he teased them with his teeth, playing with the piercings there.
When he tugged, Ethan whimpered in pleasure.
Already, his lover was turned on and ready to forget for a little while.
“Please,” Ethan begged, as that desire wrapped around him, pleasure taking him over.
As his partner, and someone who loved him a great deal, that breathy whisper turned him on.
“Let me show you,” Chris said, his hands on Ethan’s ass as his arms were around his body. He had two handfuls of cheeks, as he played with his nipples.
RELENTLESSLY.
Ethan wasn’t fighting the overwhelming pleasure. What he wanted was to have some peace, and this was a gift he’d never turn down.
“Please,” he begged. “More.”
Well, that was all Chris had to hear. Never let it be said that he wouldn’t give all he could when one of his mates needed to be soothed.
This was one of his favorite pastimes.
Romancing his mates.
He continued tormenting him, going between his nipples and that sensitive spot that was on Ethan’s neck.
This man had all kinds of erogenous zones crisscrossing his body, and they all knew exactly where they were.
And how hard to work them over.
As of late, Ethan liked being the bottom, so Chris took the lead, more than willing to make sure one of the men he loved was safe and sound in his arms.
This was the best part of their unit.
You gave.
You took.
You received.
Honestly, that was the secret. At any given moment, you had to be able to switch it up, reading the room, and showing your partner what they could find in that storm.
Pleasure.
Now, it was time to heal a little of Ethan’s worries and fears.
As Ethan’s fists clenched at his side, he was lost in the way Chris’ mouth drove him wild. Each one of their lovers had a vastly different style when it came to making love, and Chris’ would be tender.
Until it wasn’t.
While Callen would go hard right off the bat, and Gene would be one hell of a dick tease, Chris liked to light that fire slowly, intentionally.
Now, he was taking the heat up in the room, and Ethan was there for the ride.
How could he not want to be?
He needed this.
Without a word, Chris wrapped his fingers around Ethan’s erection, and as he tormented his neck and nipples, he began stroking him.
The problem with a man having sex with men wasn’t what everyone might think. It was that they knew how to touch a dick, and that meant you were coming sooner than later.
In their bedroom, there was a lot of practice of dick touching, too.
Thanks to their high sex drives, and need to get naked, someone was always cumming.
Lately, that someone was him, and he wasn’t complaining about that.
“Yes,” Ethan whispered, his head dropping back as he stared at the ceiling of the shower. He could feel Chris’ mouth undoing the knots in him, as his hand made his lower body tighten with lust.
It was soothing and maddening at the same time.
“I have you,” Chris promised, playing a little more roughly with Ethan’s nipple piercings.
They all knew the best way to get him all hot and bothered was that particular part of his body.
It was playtime on this particularly sexy playground.
Chris wanted to make sure his lover knew how much he was cherished—especially since he’d taken one for the team to try to help Elizabeth.
“God,” Ethan whispered, as his balls were pulling up into his groin, as Chris really drove him insane with just his one hand and his mouth.
Ethan was easy, and this was the proof. He was already on the cusp of cumming.
It wouldn’t be long before he would just follow that need over the edge.
He longed for that too. There was no way he was going to fight it, and from the mood in the shower, no one was trying to be dominant.