He rolled to the edge of the big bed and tore open the drawer to grab a handful of condoms.
“How many times do you plan on going?” I teased him as I snatched one from his hand.
“As many as we want. Plus, I’m not taking any chances. One of these babies tear or something and we have backups,” he smirked.
I pulled him back down and kissed him again. I was hard and slick and ready for him but also wanted this moment to stretch into eternity. Would I ever get my alpha all to myself without someone or something demanding that we hurry up and get back to business?
“Don’t think that far ahead,”my dragon chimed into my thoughts. The scaley guy was right. The quickest way to ruin a moment was to think too far ahead.
Clarence’s big strong hands slid under my ass as we kissed. He cupped my cheeks, kneading his fingers into them over and over. Then I found myself face down with his hands on my hips. He moved so fast that I didn’t register the change until the tip of my nose brushed against the plush pillow my parents had brought in when I thought the hospital pillows might hurt his neck while he slept.
Teeth grazed against my ass and pleasure spiraled over my cock. I pressed back against Clarence’s face, reveling in his teeth and his warm breath teasing my skin until it gave way to goosebumps. Then he bit my other cheek and gave me only a moment to wrap my head around the sensation before his tongue found my omegahole. I gasped, burying my face into the pillow so that the whole of the hospital didn’t hear me as I lost myself to his teasing tongue drawing slow circles. I ground back against his face, reveling in his warmth and all the sensations that came from rubbing myself on him. Clarence tightened his grip on my hips, trying in vain to hold me in place as his tongue slipped and slid across the slick that pooled around my omegahole. He lapped up my arousal as he teased me, but the more his agile tongue worked me over, the more slick I made.
“You taste so sweet. Even sweeter now that all of Moonscale London is ours,” he whispered against my skin.
He was right. We’d won. Somehow we survived it all. We hadn’t come through without scars, issues, and losing too many people but we were on the other side now.
My train of thought derailed when Clarence’s warm, moist tongue disappeared to be replaced by his long, thick fingers. I moaned into the pillow, letting go of some of the composure I spent my life crafting and perfecting. There would be plenty of time to pretend I was unflappable later.
“You’re so slick,” he said and kissed my ass cheek. “So slick and so ready.”
I ground back against his hand in agreement and clenched my ass around his fingers, letting him know exactly what I wanted to do with his big, thick dick. He kissed the back of my neck and then I was face-up on my back, looking into his eyes.
“I won’t leave you again,” he whispered. “Never again, Medwin. If I hadn’t run into you that night when Earl didn’t want to get into the taxi, I don’t think any of this would’ve been possible. I couldn’t have—” he lost his words for a second.
“We couldn’t have done any of this if one person was missing from our group,” I whispered to him. “We’re stronger together, but that’s not why I love you, Clarence. I love you because I’ve already watched you grow so much from that naive dragon who let me pull a knife on him into a man who has constantly done what needed to be done at every twist and turn even when running away would’ve been easier. One day I want to live in a world where we can take the easy way out but that’s not wherewe are right now but I want to work towards that day and I want to spend all the rest of my days with you.”
“I love you so much,” he said, pushing my hair away from my face and gazing into my eyes. “Frost above me,” he swore under his breath. “I might’ve walked away from it all if not for you.”
“No, you wouldn’t have,” I laughed. “It would’ve taken you longer to do it on your own, but you would’ve done it or died trying. I love you too.”
Then we’d run out of words and out of the need for them. I reached between our bodies and took Clarence’s hard dick in my hand. I played with him, reveling in the warmth of his skin radiating against my palm before I patted around for the condom. He tried to open it with his teeth, and I swatted his hand before taking it and opening it myself. Dragon teeth were good for a lot of things but keeping prophylactics intact was not one of them.
Once he was gloved up, I kissed him again. Wrapping my fist around him, I gave him a few promising strokes before leading him home to my omegahole. His body shuddered above me as I rubbed the throbbing head of his dick all over my hole, teasing both of us. A shiver shimmied down my spine and I let out a happy sigh. He thrust forward, pushing into my body and slipping from my hand. I wrapped my limbs around him, never wanting to let go of him again.
Inch by inch, he worked his way into my body, and I reveled in every moment of our first time making love. I surrendered to his thrusts and how my body rocked with his without me having to try. I savored how he was big and thick and brushed against every sweet spot inside me until I was merely a bundle of nerves being worked over in the most delightful way. I clung to him asI’d wanted to do every second of every day since I met him. Now, I could. Soon, we’d come out publicly as true-mates now that Roster and Ferrick weren’t around to try to kill us. Sure, even then I knew other people would want to but none of them would be as influential as those fuckers.
Clarence nuzzled into my shoulder, sending a warm wave of fuzzies all over me. With our bellies pressed together it was as if our fires were reaching out for each other and longing to join up. Hell, maybe that was our dragons. They wouldn’t be together properly until we exchanged our claiming vows.
He traced the outline of my claiming gland with his tongue, and I let out a long, slow breath. It was finally going to happen. We were finally about to reunite the spark that we lit eons ago in the Other World. His teeth grazed over the taut skin and then the sting came. It was quick and sharp and then his warm tongue lapped up all the clear magical fluid that ran from it. That clear fluid held all the pertinent memories of mine that he needed to know to not feel crazy for loving me. Though, we’d covered a lot of that in the time we’d already known each other. It took me years to figure out that our claiming vows showed us slightly different things than most mates received. I found out about little quirks of his and he learned all about my favorite book series. It was as if the magic knew we had one helluva ride ahead of us and wanted to ensure that we were the best possible partners for each other.
Clarence lapped up the last of the clear magical fluid from my claiming gland and then it was my turn. I kissed his gland where it was perched on top of his trap muscle. I licked it and savored the squish of the liquid moving underneath his skin. He moaned and thrust deeper into me. I dug my nails into hisshoulders in a vain attempt to hold him still even though I didn’t want him to stop.
Borrowing my dragon’s eyetooth, I pierced my alpha’s gland and was rewarded with a warm gush that tasted like strong, sweet coffee. It washed over me and brought me flashing memories of him and Pras in their younger years. I saw other faces and places that I knew – but through his eyes. I learned about his quirky obsession with shiny things but also understood it because light glinted off everything in his vision. More so than I have ever heard another dragon describe. Later this would be part of his shinymania diagnosis but at the time the condition wasn’t even named. It did mean I bought a lot of glittery underwear in our younger days, though.
“Mate?”Clarence tested our newly forged mating link once his claiming gland ran dry.
“Alpha,”I moaned into his thoughts as he sank deep into me again. It was mind-bending to experience not only my pleasure, but the sensations traveling over his body as he rocked inside me. The thought passed through my head that this must be the reason why so many true-mates end up versatile if they lived long enough.
Clarence reached between our bodies and took my dick in his big hand. I wasn’t small by any means, but I loved how his fist enveloped me as if he didn’t want to let a single bit of skin go untouched. His fist stroked over me in time with the rhythm of our lovemaking. My fire burnt brighter and hotter until I thought I might explode the whole hospital if I didn’t cum soon.
Clarence stroked me faster and harder, squeezing and tugging, as my hips worked frantically underneath him. He was close too. Everything over our mating link screamed that wewere both so fucking close and desperate and needed more and more until my balls finally drew up tight to my body and I saw stars. Fire did shoot out of my nose as I came hard and messy all over my alpha’s hand. Thankfully, Clarence was as fireproof as I was and there wasn’t a bloody oxygen tank in the room.
His thrusts continued, seeking out his own release. I squeezed him hard as his pleasure still rained down on me. Clinging to him, I writhed, riding out the waves of continuous pleasure as his throbbing dick twitched inside me. He thrust once, twice, three times more and shuddered. Then with his head thrown back in euphoric victory and he roared. If I hadn’t been so caught up in how good everything felt and how my toes curled into his flesh, I would’ve died of mortification. The whole hospital knew exactly what we were doing and the news spread that we’d met when I came to make a delivery for the apothecary even though I hadn’t worked there in months. Still, we let them talk because we were together and that’s all that mattered in the end.
Once all the pleasure was milked out of us, Clarence got rid of the condom and we cuddled until we dozed off. I couldn’t remember a night I’d slept so well since I was a kid. Wrapped up in his big, strong arms, I knew we could take on whatever the world threw at us.
The next day we’d have a private handfasting for my parents, Volex, and our few remaining friends. We’d waited long enough to tie the knot. The big wedding would come almost a year later after much planning and forethought. All of Moonscale London turned out for the event and that was a relief because it was for them. My parents hated the pomp and ceremony of it all, but it didn’t bother me. I loved watching our dragons come together and I loved being one half of the pair who they united under. Itwould be a long time before we had an egg, but it would be a lie if I said I didn’t enjoy every moment of our early mateship and leadership.
