Love is Always Write Anthology Bonus Volume

rapidly, rapping his elbows on the tile as he scrubbed and rinsed. When he stepped out, Jacob held out a towel shyly. Daniel took it, gave his hair a rough scrub, dropped the towel on the floor, and reached for Jacob's hand. "Come on. We have hours left. Mustn't waste them."
    At the bed he pushed Jacob down on his back and climbed over him. Daniel straddled Jacob's thighs, weight on his hands and knees, and looked up and down Jacob's body slowly. Jacob's hands fluttered toward his groin, as if in some reflex of modesty, and then fell away. As Daniel watched, Jacob's cock rose and filled. That was so sweet, that his Trip got hard just from the look in Daniel's eyes. Deliberately, Daniel licked his lips, eyes fixed on Jacob's groin. Jacob's erection bounced in response. Mmm.
    Daniel slid lower in the bed and bent to kiss Jacob's chest. Jacob said, "You don't... If you've never..." like he was trying to let Daniel off the hook even as his fingers twined into Daniel's hair. Daniel slid his lips over Jacob's pecs, feeling the soft ruffle of sparse hair against his mouth. Jacob was skinny, his ribs outlined just beneath that fine skin, his belly concave. Daniel played across Jacob's body with his lips and tongue tip. Thoughts fizzed through his mind like champagne, that he had the right, the safety, the time to do this. That it was Jacob under him, with his shy dark eyes and that mouth. He licked one of Jacob's pink nipples and felt it crinkle under his tongue. Jacob's fingers tugged harder at his hair. Daniel looked up to find Jacob watching him.
    "Daniel? Um..."
    The man wanted to talk. Laughter bubbled in Daniel's chest, but sure, why not. There was time and safety for this too.
    "What?"
    "What you're doing. I, um, I like it."
    "I can tell."
    Apparently a blush could go all the way down to a guy's nipples. Daniel kissed the point where the red skin faded to pale,
    "Yes, but, should I be doing something too?" Despite his deep flush, Jacob went on steadily. "I don't know the first thing about this, but it doesn't seem quite fair."
    Daniel smiled at him. "I'm no expert but I'll tell you what. How about you let me have fun first, and then it will be your turn?"
    "This is you having fun?"
    "Absolutely." And that was nothing but the truth. There wasn't anything in the world better than this. Daniel used his fingertips and his mouth to explore Jacob's body. This was his new world of planes and valleys, of soft skin, pale from never seeing the light, of a smoke of dark coarse curls that held a man's musky scent even after a shower. He fingered along jutting hipbones and down deep grooves that arrowed from hip to groin. Jacob made a sweet, low sound as Daniel cupped his hard erection between his palms. Daniel bent and licked along one of those hip-grooves again and Jacob jolted, crying out softly as Daniel's tongue reached his shaft.
    "You don't have to."
    "Hush." Slowly, Daniel traced that hard shaft upward with his tongue, reveling in the ridged satin of veins under fine skin. This. This was what he'd imagined, alone in the dark, so many times. In the memory of a dozen showers full of naked men, Jacob might not seem big, but he was fine and straight, and when Daniel closed his lips over the head of Jacob's cock the sound Jacob made was almost enough to bring Daniel off right there.
    Daniel sucked him, slowly. He had no idea how this was supposed to go, but as best as he could he mimicked the motion of a pumping hand with his mouth. Jacob was leaking fluid, a sweet-salt taste in Daniel's mouth. As Daniel slid up and down, mouth as tight as he could make it, Jacob moaned with each motion. Daniel tried to go all the way down, choked a little, and slipped a hand around the base of Jacob's cock instead. His spit slicked Jacob's skin, his hand slid over that wetness, and he sucked hard, meeting his closed fingers with his lips to engulf Jacob in damp heat.
    Jacob cried out and grabbed Daniel's head, shaking hard as his cock jerked and filled Daniel's mouth. Daniel swallowed valiantly, trying to take all of this, all that Jacob could give him. Vanilla and salt and a tang that was Jacob's own flavor slid over his tongue.
    "Oh, God. Daniel. Oh, God," Jacob murmured. His hands fell away from Daniel's head to lie limply on the sheets. Gently Daniel let Jacob's softening cock slide from between his lips. He felt smug and tender and horny, all at the same time. He sat up enough to move alongside Jacob, kissing his way up from hip to chest