Love Means No Shame - Andrew Grey

opened and a sliver of dim light shone into his room for a second and then disappeared. “Eli?”
    “I’m here, Geoff.” The room was so dark, he couldn’t see much, but he felt when Eli sat on the bed. Lifting the covers, he felt Eli’s body press and mold to his. The way Eli moved against him was different. In the past, Eli had been careful to shield his arousal from Geoff, but this time, he could feel Eli’s considerable shaft pressing against his own. “I thought I was going to lose you, and I promised myself that if you pulled through, I was going to show you, show you how…” Eli’s voice faltered, “how much I love you.” The words were barely above a whisper.
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Geoff felt his body tighten; Eli had just told him he loved him.
He’d known for a while how he felt about Eli. “I love you too.” His tone matched Eli’s very soft and intimate admission, meant for his ears only. “Why didn’t you tell me?” He couldn’t see Eli’s face, but he could feel his breath against his lips.
“I was afraid I’d frighten you, and I didn’t want to pressure you.” Geoff expected a kiss but heard and felt a slap as Eli hit him on the shoulder.
    “There you go again, thinking I’m some sort of fragile flower you need to protect.” Eli’s voice had just the slightest edge. “Well, I’m not. There are things I don’t know and I may need your help with, but I’m not fragile and I don’t need protecting, at least not from you.”

    To emphasize his point Eli crashed his lips into Geoff’s, kissing hard, showing Geoff in no uncertain terms what he wanted. Geoff got the message loud and clear, returning Eli’s kisses. His body was maneuvered on the bed until he was lying flat on his back with Eli hovering over him, kissing his breath away, that tight body rubbing and vibrating against him. “I want to see you.”

    “You want to put on the light?” Eli sounded scandalized.
    “No, but give me a minute.” Eli rolled off him, and Geoff got up, shuffling through the familiar room to his dresser. Finding the matches he kept there in case of a power outage, he struck one and lit a small candle he kept on the dresser. The light illuminated the room just enough that he could see Eli’s eyes shining with reflected light. Geoff walked back to the bed and lay back down. “Where were we?” He gently tugged Eli back on top of him, and Eli leaned forward and captured his lips again, picking up where they’d left off.
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Tentatively, Geoff slipped his hand just beneath the hem of Eli’s pajama top, his fingers tracing the skin of his lower back. “Can I?”
    The answer was Eli capturing his lips again and wriggling slightly on top of him, so Geoff slipped both hands around his back, sliding them beneath the fabric, and began mapping the contours of the strong back, learning every contour, every muscle, with his hands. The bumps of Eli's spine, the dimples above his butt, the curve of his shoulder blades, all slid beneath his hands as Geoff mapped what felt like acres of smooth, soft skin that he’d been longing to touch since that first glimpse weeks earlier. His body was pushing him to go faster, the desire ramping up quickly, but he tamped it down, keeping it under control, reminding himself that this was Eli’s first time and he wanted—needed—it to be special, and that required patience.
    Eli kept kissing him, and warm hands slid along his bare chest and ribs, Eli doing his own bit of exploring. Geoff took the pajama top by the hem and lifted it up, Eli pulling away from his lips only long enough for the top to slip over his head and off his arms. Then those lips were back, even hungrier than before, tongue exploring as their chests pressed together, the feel of skin against skin sublime.
    Geoff wrapped his arms around Eli’s back, hugging him close, a hand cradling the head of dark hair, their lips nibbling on each others’.
    Geoff sat up slowly, their lips parting on their own. “Lean back, Love.” His lips slid away from Eli’s, licking and sucking their way down his neck to the divot where it met his shoulder. He gently worked the spot with his tongue, and Eli whimpered softly into his ear. Geoff kissed his way down Eli’s chest, tasting the smooth skin before capturing one of the hard bullets between his teeth. “Fuck…
    you have perfect nipples.” Geoff nibbled and licked the perky bud, and Eli began to vibrate with excitement as Geoff