Page 74 of After the Siren
‘No sexy playlist?’ Jake asked, walking over and sitting down on the edge of the bed. He shrugged off his jacket. ‘I’m kinda disappointed.’
‘I’ve got speakers if that’s what you need.’ Theo let himself just enjoy, for a second, how good Jake looked on his bed.
‘Nah, I just wanted to know what tunes get you in the mood.’ Jake leaned back, propping himself up on his elbows. ‘You gonna come here or you just wanna watch?’
He slid one hand down the front of his shorts, his eyes fluttering closed for a second, then shuffled back a little and rested on his elbows, head tilted. Theo didn’t answer. He crossed the room and stepped between Jake’s thighs, nudging them wider. Jake looked up at him, smiling, and Theo lowered himself so he was kneeling between Jake’s spread legs. He pushed the hem of Jake’s hoodie and t-shirt up so he could kiss the warm skin of Jake’s stomach.
‘Yeah,’ Jake sighed. ‘So good.’
‘You’re wearing too many clothes,’ Theo murmured against Jake’s hipbone. He felt Jake’s laugh under his lips, and then Jake tugged off his hoodie and t-shirt in one go.
‘You too,’ Jake said.
Theo pulled off his skivvy and went back to kissing Jake’s stomach, working up his ribs, brushing a thumb over one of his nipples, then the other.
Jake was still propped on his elbows, unable to touch, and Theo let himself enjoy the rare sensation of having Jake quiet and pliant, letting him explore. He tasted the sweat in the hollow of Jake’s collarbone, then pressed a kiss to the spot where his shoulder met this throat, grazing it with his teeth. Jake shuddered.
‘Can I blow you?’ Theo asked, letting his hands travel up Jake’s thighs.
‘You don’t have to,’ Jake said, voice rough.
‘I want to.’
He must have sounded convincing, because Jake said, ‘Yeah,’ and lifted his hips so Theo could pull off his shorts. He wasn’t wearing underwear. Theo bent his head to lick a stripe over Jake’s stomach and Jake made a soft, needy sound, his hips rocking up. Theo took pity on him, wrapped his fingers around Jake’s dick and stroked him, watching the way it made his eyes flicker shut.
‘One sec,’ Jake said, and Theo stopped, looking up. Jake wriggled himself into a sitting position, his hands settling on Theo’s shoulders. ‘Wanna touch you,’ he explained. ‘As you were.’
He was grinning, and Theo wondered if he’d ever get used to the way Jake was just as playful in bed as he was everywhere else. How easily he laughed.
Theo leaned in and pressed his mouth to the side of Jake’s dick. He liked the way it felt against his lips, under his tongue. Liked the way it tasted. Jake said, ‘Fuck,’ under his breath and Theo felt the abortive twitch of his hips as he held himself still.
He hesitated. He didn’t want to bebadat this. Not when Jake was definitelygoodat it.
‘You’re overthinking it,’ Jake said.
‘Am not,’ Theo said, aware that he sounded petulant. He got his hand around Jake’s dick again, because Jake talked less that way. He was going to do it. Hewantedto do it.
‘Can you ... tell me what you like?’ He glanced up at Jake, who was looking down at him, amusement crinkling the corners of his eyes.
‘Having my dick sucked goes alright.’
‘Fuck you.’
‘Sure, if you wanna.’Thatbriefly distracted Theo from stroking Jake’s dick, and Jake made a dissatisfied noise. But then Jake had one finger under Theo’s chin, tipping it up. ‘Like I said, it’s all good if you don’t want to,’ Jake said. ‘There’s plenty of other shit we could do.’
‘I’m just ... I told you, I don’t want to be bad at it.’
Jake gave him a look that was fond in a way that made something in Theo’s stomach flip. ‘Stavs, you go tolaw school. This has gotta be easier than that cake-law stuff.’
Theo forgot he was worried, becausewhat the fuck.‘Cake law?’
‘That book you had at camp.’
Theo was speechless.
‘Tortoise law?’
Theo put his mouth on Jake’s dick just to get him to stop talking.
