Page 22 of Unicorn Unashamed

Chapter Seven

Kissing Raymond was amazing. He was the perfect balance of gentle and just rough enough, exactly the way Josh liked it, and he was big and warm and his hands sliding up under Josh’s worn T to stroke skin made Josh feel enveloped in the best way.

He’d liked Raymond and had been pining after him for so long now, holding back because he hadn’t wanted to ruin anything. It was mind-blowing to think that after all this time, they were actually about to have sex. Raymond thought he was attractive. Raymond liked him back.

Raymond was really kissing the breath out of him in his kitchen, and Josh’s libido inhibitor had long since worn off, so he was fairly trembling with anticipation. Finally, his inner self, the core of him, kept saying. Finally finally finally Raymond you need him Raymond finally sex warmth Raymond comfort holding connecting belonging Raymond please

“Bed,” he pleaded, forcing himself away from Raymond’s mouth long enough to voice the request. “Please, Raymond, take me bed, please—”

“Yeah,” Raymond breathed at once. “Yeah, Josh, okay.”

Josh grabbed Raymond’s hand and pulled him along, stumbling his way toward his bedroom. The fire that had been banked inside him was now roaring to life in a way it never had before, and suddenly he was desperate. Desperate to be touched, to be fucked, to get closer.

As soon as they were through the door of his bedroom, Josh made himself let go of Raymond’s hand to yank his shirt over his head, dropping it to the floor before tugging at Raymond’s hideous top. “Off. Off, off, off.”

Raymond blinked, looking thunderstruck, and then he slowly smiled. “You really mean it.”

“Mean what?” Josh asked, still tugging petulantly at Raymond’s shirt.

Raymond shook his head, full-on grinning now, and Josh was about to demand more of an explanation before Raymond pulled off his shirt in one smooth motion. He’d barely dropped it to the floor before Josh was reaching to stroke his hands up and down Raymond’s sides and the planes of his stomach, wanting to touch and taste and take. Raymond was so gorgeous and kind, and Josh was going to get to have him.

“Thought you wanted me naked,” Raymond rasped as Josh got in close to suck at the underside of Raymond’s jaw.

“This is a good start,” Josh said happily, nuzzling into Raymond’s skin. He delighted in Raymond shuddering and then bringing his arms up to curl around Josh’s back. Being held, good, yes, perfect.

But it could get even more perfect, and there were so many more things Josh wanted to do.

Raymond whined a little when Josh pulled away, tightening his arms around Josh’s waist to hold him still and keep him close before he ducked his head to mouth at Josh’s shoulder, sucking on the skin in a way that stung in the most delicious way. Marking Josh thought through the haze of arousal. He’s marking me.

It was too much to take. He was burning up, with want, with need, with— “Please,” Josh gasped. “Please, more, I’ve been waiting and waiting—”

“Yeah,” Raymond rumbled with one last nip to Josh’s collarbone. “Yeah, let’s take care of you.”

They parted just long enough to fumble out of pants and underwear and then they were falling onto the bed together in a tangle of limbs.

Josh rolled onto his back, waiting for Raymond to come closer again and join him, but Raymond only sat back on his heels and looked at him, eyes dark.

“What?” Josh asked, squirming under that intense gaze. Was… was Raymond changing his mind? Had he decided he didn’t want this? Josh started to panic. Was he going to leave?

“You’re so fucking beautiful,” Raymond said, voice low, before he leaned down.

Josh moaned into Raymond’s mouth as Raymond trailed a hand up his thigh. He tried to open his legs wider, to invite Raymond to keep touching.

“More,” he demanded. “More, closer—”

“Easy,” Raymond murmured. “I will. Gonna take care of you. Treat you right.”

Josh reached out to pull Raymond fully on top of him, arching up under the feel of Raymond’s body pressing him down into the mattress. God, it was wonderful being totally blanketed, and a little wiggling brought their cocks into contact, and even just that extra bit of stimulation had Josh squeezing his eyes shut, trying to chase the feeling.

He heard Raymond’s quiet, awed curse before Raymond went back to sucking and nipping his way across Josh’s collarbone, trailing lower until he got to Josh’s nipples and laved over one with his tongue.

Josh jerked under him, crying out, one hand going to fist in his bedsheet.

Raymond paused. “Okay?”

“Yes, yeah,” Josh moaned. “Just sensitive—ah!” Raymond had moved to bite at Josh’s neck again. Josh brought his hands up to curl around Raymond’s back as he whimpered and tried to get more friction.

“Like that?” Raymond asked, breath hot against Josh’s skin.

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