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Moving closer, I sed in a tight throat I stood on my tiptoes to reach the top of his head, and he steadiedhands on my waist Then he ducked his head for htly at first, but as I continued to ertips pressing into my flesh Thrill danced across my skin I wanted to pressit to the top deck Did I want our first time to happen in here?

I pulled away and turned back to my side of the shower to rinse my hair, my eyes closed But he cael and poured it into his hand and I twisted to look back at hi his abs

He said, "Stand still I’ll wash your back"

I took a deep breath and did as he told me His warm hands slicked down from my shoulders, across my deltoids and trapezius muscles to the s alive and I treive and the sensation of his strong hands gliding over my skin set my insides aflame with impossible heat Then he reached around and smoothed soap across ion before slipping up to ht ered there for quite some time My nipples were erect and sensitive under his touch, each stroke of his hands piercing ainst him His erection pressed into the small of my back, hot and hard His head came down to take my ear in his entleht now and fuck you"

My breath hitched "Who said you had to be a gentleman?" His mouth was on el in my hands "That mouth of yours proves that you are a dirty, dirty hed and turned I started on his shoulders and back and his grew posture rigid My hands glided over his perfectly defined muscles My hands sank to his waist, then down to his hard butt

I turned and filled up on gel again and moved to his front His body felt exquisite under my hands A quietmy touch I bent my head to kiss his here, despite what he’d just told me? I stepped away so he could rinse hi with his caresses I shivered in anticipation of ould happen later tonight, perhaps even on the top deck, under the stars We toweled off and dressed in casual clothes to go up to the top

All of OC hugged a south-facing coast that was the curve of Southern California as it twisted its way toward Mexico At this distance frolow along the horizon

Thejust about to set, provided little cohts fro Still it was far better than trying to stargaze on land The light pollution over the Los Angeles hts, it was difficult to discern ht It wasn’t like the skies over Anza, which were so dark and clear you could see satellites gliding through the quiet night skies But out here, you could see almost as much

Adam had stopped by his office to check his e- not to be annoyed It was a wonder, really, that he had ignored it for as long as he did I couldn’t expect a miracle So I waited for hi blankets and--of course--his cell phone tucked into his pocket

After finding the nizable constellations, we lay back on a wide cushioned bench beside each other, gazing up at the black dome above us

"I still can’t believe you were up there"

"Yep For ten days And if I get ain"

"How did you turn off work for that long?"

He shrugged "I didn’t I worked by satellite for a few hours every day But I also had to participate in science experiments, too I enjoyed that a lot"

From here the blackened sea stretched out around us, cal, to see your wildest drea ed "You know, I don’t have an answer for that besides ‘becolad for the darkness that cloaked my face He couldn’t see the valley of worry that had etched itself into ra, to see the thing I wanted so much in the world just beyondI feared ain It had paralyzed ain until I got it right No, I wouldn’t take it again until I’d paid the price with blood, sweat and tears, studying hours and hours a day until I had the rained as a part of the fabric of my brain