Stars glitter in the dark, as I grow closer to my own climax. It’s like we’re floating in nothingness together. Joined together like this blows my mind and fucks my heart. It’s the best thing I’ve ever experienced. The best thing I’ll ever experience.
A groan rasps from my throat as my nuts seize up. Pleasure overwhelms me to the point of dizziness. Cum leaves my body and surges deep inside hers. Her pussy clenches around me, still spasming from her recent orgasm. I love the way she seems to milk me dry. Her body needing from me just as much as I need from her.
My dick softens from within her, but I don’t slide out. I love being inside her.
“I should have used a condom,” I whisper.
For some reason, my dad’s horrible face invades my happy world. Disgust is written all over his face. I ruined his life and I’m probably ruining hers.
“I like to feel you,” she says back, her fingers finding mine and threading them together.
“I just…we could…” I swallow down the shame burning up inside me. “I could ruin your life if you get pregnant.”
She tenses and I retreat further from her toward the never-ending screaming of self-hatred that is a constant cacophony inside my mind.
“You’re the best thing in my life, Mars,” she breathes, yanking me back to our world. “Consequences with you are rewards. What most people consider a bad result from a careless action—like your dad with your mom and mine—we consider it differently. What comes from our love is something we deserve. What comes from our love is happiness.” She twists her head, seeking me out. I lift up slightly so I can find her lips. We kiss softly and then she pulls away to say, “I’m happy with you. I finally feel grounded in a world that always seemed to be shaking under my feet. You’re my balance and my calm.”
I nuzzle her hair and inhale her. “I’ll take care of you. We’ll make our own world, away from everyone else. I don’t know how or what, but I will make it happen for you.”
“We’ll make it happen together,” she murmurs. “We’re in this together.”
I hold her tight and don’t let go, just in case I wake up in the morning and it was all a really cruel dream.
Sage stares at her phone, making a face. She’s already showered this morning and is dressed in her comfy clothes. “Mom is freaking out.”
“Yeah?”
“I need to go home and let her see I’m fine, so she’ll get off my back.”
I sit on the floor and pull on my combat boots. As I lace them up, I brood. I wonder if her mother will try to keep her from me. If she knows, it’ll be another repeat of the past couple of weeks. I can’t be kept away from Sage. My heart would fucking rip from my chest and go with her.
“Hey,” she says, squatting down beside me. Her fingers brush my hair, still damp from our shower this morning, away from my face. I get lost in her green-eyed gaze. “She isn’t going to find out about us. I told her I was with a friend. We’re still going to see each other.”
Unease churns in my stomach. “I just want us to have our happiness. It feels like the universe is plotting against us, and at the very end, the rug will get pulled right out from under us.”
She takes my face in her hands and kisses my forehead. “Then we’ll fly far away. Like dragonflies. Our story doesn’t end in shadows, Mars. Our story doesn’t end at all.”
I grab her hips and pull her into my lap so she’s straddling me. My fingers thread into her messy hair and I pull her to me for a deep kiss. I feel like this kiss seals our promises to each other. That we’re not going to fade away or be ripped apart.
This is the beginning.
It won’t be pretty and it won’t be easy, and we’re going to have to fucking fight for it.
Fire races through my veins as determination chases away doubt. Love infects every part of my being, tethering me to Sage in a way that feels unbreakable. She pulls away and stands up. I rise with her and take her hands in mine.
“I love you,” I remind her. The burning desire to tell her a thousand times nearly maddens me.
Her smile is radiant. “I love you too.”
“We’ll figure out a way to be together,” I vow. “After I drop you off, I’ll take more shifts at Jimmy’s. I’ll get my own place and you can come stay with me. No one will be able to stop us when we’re on our own.”
She throws her arms around my neck and kisses my cheek. “I miss you already.”