“Some really smart people told me something doesn’t have to last forever to be worth it.” Liam planted his hand between Ruby’s shoulder blades and mashed her to Ace as he balanced on one knee between their tangled legs. His other foot he put flat on the bed near their hips, giving himself as much room to maneuver, leverage, and the best angle possible to work himself into Ruby alongside Ace.

His balls drew up tight to his torso at the thought of being bound together with them, both him and Ace held tight together by Ruby. It was everything he’d wished for but had been too afraid to believe could be possible.

Liam tapped his cock on Ace’s balls, making his partner curse and jerk. Ruby clung tight, riding him as Liam’s dick traced the prominent vein on the underside of Ace’s shaft straight to her pussy. He smacked her ass a few times before wedging himself beside Ace at her entrance.

“Let me in, Ruby,” he coached as he rubbed the sting from her cheeks.

And when she relaxed beneath his palm, Liam advanced. The pressure built until he almost retreated, but she hooked her arm around behind her and dug her fingers into his ass to drag him closer. Liam bit her shoulder and his hips twitched involuntarily, burying him the barest bit inside her.

All three of them moaned.

Liam’s breathing was ragged as he fucked into her, caressing Ace’s shaft with both his own flesh and his piercings as he tucked himself into Ruby.

“Son of a bitch.” Ace pounded the mattress. “That feels so fucking good.”

It did to Liam too. The way the metal tugged on his dick as he brushed against Ace only added to the heat of Ruby’s pussy searing him and the impossible tightness of the grip she had on them.

“How is Ruby?” Liam asked Ace.

Ace stared up into her eyes, smiling as he brushed the hair from her face and kissed her with thousands of butterfly kisses. “She’s amazing.”

“She is.” Liam caressed her back and dipped his thumb between her cheeks to press against her tight ass. Maybe soon she’d want to explore there too.

Ruby cried out. “Keep going. Don’t stop.”

Liam obliged, first moving forward until he bottomed out within her before retreating. He fucked slowly and deliberately at first before speeding up once he was sure all three of them could handle it. At least for a little while. Something that intense wouldn’t linger.

“Am I crushing you, Ace?” Liam asked when his partner seemed like he was gasping and panting.

“No. Just trying not to come.”

“Already?” Liam grinned. “You’re going to wait for Ruby.”

“Not long.” She squirmed between them, setting them both off.

“But someday, maybe we can flip.” Ace opened his eyes then and speared Liam with a gaze so full of sexual intent that Liam’s balls clenched.

“You want to fuck me?” Liam asked.

“Would you let me?” Ace wondered.

And though he could honestly say he’d never considered it before, Liam didn’t hesitate. “Fuck yeah.”

Ruby shuddered between them, her pussy wringing them as the first feathering clenches of her orgasm began. As if that alone meant something to Ace, he hugged Ruby with one arm and Liam with the other. He pulled them to him as if he never intended to let go.

Liam knew what they needed and he gave it to them, fucking into Ruby with a flurry of fast, short jabs that rubbed her clit against Ace’s torso in a rhythm that was impossible for any of them to resist.

Ruby tossed her head and shattered. She didn’t need to tell them she was coming when the primal sounds she made echoed the pulsing of her body around them. Her orgasm lured Liam and Ace into their own. Their cocks erupted at the same instant, painting Ruby’s pussy and each other’s cocks with the proof of how intensely they could affect each other.

They overflowed her stretched pussy with their releases and kept pumping into her with repetitive bursts for what seemed like minutes. Liam had never experienced pleasure that complete or satisfying. And when, finally, he softened enough that he slipped from Ruby’s body along with Ace, he wobbled to the bathroom on trembling legs to prepare warm, wet washcloths so he could care for them properly.

It brought him nearly as much gratification as his colossal orgasm to tend to them as they often did to him. But this time, when he finished and ultimately rejoined them in bed, he didn’t creep around to the far edge. Instead, he crawled onto the bed from its foot and went straight up the center.

He fit himself between Ace and Ruby on his back then drew both of them to him. They draped themselves over his thighs and chest while kissing each other sweetly when they met in the middle. Only after they’d spent eons exploring this newfound familiarity did Liam dip his head and seal his mouth to theirs.

He’d never experienced that sort of unhurried, lingering affection with the bone-deep knowledge that they had more than one night to spend exploring each other and what they became when the three of them were joined completely, not only physically to the depth of their souls.

But he discovered he liked it a hell of a lot.

Liam squeezed each of them with one of his arms until Ruby squeaked and Ace huffed out a laugh. “I love you too, Liam. And you, Ruby.”

Ruby beamed at them, a single tear slipping from the corner of her eye.

Liam kissed it away and said, “He’s right, you know. I love you both. Thank you for giving me one more chance. I swear to you both I will not fuck it up.”

Ruby nuzzled her face into his beard and entwined her fingers with Ace’s. “I love both of you big, dumb idiots so much.”

Liam barked out a laugh and Ace grinned at her. They teamed up and tickled her until things got a little out of hand, and Ace redeemed Liam’s backdoor rain check while they took turns eating Ruby out. It was hours before they crashed, exhausted into a deep and peaceful sleep in each other’s arms.

They proved to Liam over and over that his life could be far more wondrous than he’d ever hoped if only they relied on each other’s strengths rather than worrying about their weaknesses. Because the truth was that together, when they balanced each other out, they didn’t have many of those.