Love is Always Write Anthology Bonus Volume

protests of his own back as he crouched over the bed. He moved his lips down Daren's body, even across the bandages, silently kissing each rib better. He slowed down when he reached flesh again. He ran his tongue along Daren's stomach, tracing his abs. He lapped at Daren's navel, dipping his tongue in and out. Above him, Daren moaned and cried out softly, while his body arched and rolled.
    Sebastian moved his lips lower still, until they met the barrier between flesh and fabric. He looked up and saw that Daren's eyes were closed, but he lifted his hips in invitation. Sebastian pulled the knot from the drawstring and lowered Daren's bottoms. His erection was long and solid and proudly rose up from his body. Daren cried out as it was let free.
    Sebastian kept an eye on Daren's face, brushed his thumb over the tip of Daren's cock, finding it already slick. Daren's eyes flew open, and his body jumped. Sebastian circled the tip.
    "Wait," Daren gasped out. Sebastian wiped his hand away and straightened up. "I'm sorry," he blurted out. It was stupid to have pushed that far.
    "No." Daren sat up and started pulling at the pins holding the bandages in place. "Get these off me."
    "Your ribs…"
    "Will be fine. Please," Daren whined. He was breathing like he was going to hyperventilate. Sebastian wondered if it was some kind of panic attack. He undid the pins and unwrapped Daren as quickly as possible. "Oh, God." Daren pushed down his bottoms as best as he could while trying to kick off the last of the blankets. Sebastian pushed away the blankets and stripped off the bottoms.
    Daren took a deep breath and settled back into the bed as he lay there naked except for the horrible bulky splint on one arm. He was still erect, and Sebastian let his eyes linger as they took in Daren's body. He was reminded how he got into all this mess. Not by taking Daren home, or even needing to go to the bathroom, but by having enough ego to stick at the bar so he could make a pass at the pretty boy who had just walked in.
    Daren smiled up at him. "Your turn."
    Sebastian pulled off his T-shirt and kicked off his shorts. He didn't make any kind of production about it and didn't make a move towards Daren. He realized that Daren had never seen him properly naked. He was tempted to turn on the light, but didn't want to push it.
    Daren looked him over in a way that felt almost clinical. Sebastian suddenly felt self-conscious. He hadn't been to the gym in ages. He certainly was long past his post-basic-training fighting-fit body. And while he wasn't particularly hirsute, it had been so long since his last proper boyfriend, and he'd spent so much energy on Daren, that he'd gotten out of the habit of doing any kind of proper physical self-maintenance.
    Daren reached out his splinted hand and drew one finger down the line of muscle on Sebastian's thigh. Sebastian's erection, which had gone to half-mast, surged back to life. Daren slid that same finger back up Sebastian's leg and along the length of his cock. Sebastian wished he had something to hold onto as his legs began to shake under him. He'd never felt anything like it. He'd never imagined that so little a touch could have him dangling right over the edge. Daren suggested, "Maybe you should lie down?"
    "I think so."
    Sebastian pulled away the blankets and the sheet from his side of the bed and lay out beside Daren. Daren rolled towards him, pressing their naked bodies together. Both moaned as skin encountered skin. Chest-to-chest, their legs tangled, and their lips met. No longer shy, Daren kissed with fire. Sebastian kissed him back, sliding their cocks against each other, reveling in the burn of Daren's flesh against his, and growling into the kiss. All the while Sebastian was reminding himself to be careful, not to overwhelm Daren, not to scare him.
    He slid his hand to Daren's lower back, pulling them tighter together. Daren surged forward, rolling Sebastian onto his back. With no fabric between them, and no longer passive, Daren swung a leg over Sebastian's hip and drove their erections together, then cried out as his knee buckled.
    Sebastian sat up. "Put your legs around me." Daren swung them up and around with a grimace, until they were around Sebastian's waist and their cocks were trapped between their bodies. Sebastian kissed him, slowing down as much as he could. Daren whined but shifted to softer, slower kisses as their bodies rocked against each other.
    Sebastian finally began to let go and