“Get what?” Auden pushed away from the door and walked over to the couch, collapsing onto it like his bones were too heavy to remain upright. He reclined and eyed Lennox.
Lennox laced his fingers together, thinking back over the night and trying to pinpoint what it was about O’Neal that was so intriguing. “O’Neal is naïve and inexperienced, but she’s got a spine of steel in there. She’s innocent and could play up that blushing virgin thing for effect, but she doesn’t. In fact, she’s kind of mad about it—that she’s been left out of the loop. She’s hungry for knowledge, and she’s not afraid to stand up for herself.” He sighed and decided to just be honest. “It’s sexy.She’ssexy. She can hold her own. Like if she ever were to submit to someone, you’d know that person earned it.”
“She won’t be submitting to anyone, Len,” he said, warning in his voice. “She almost had a heart attack over a few dirty words.”
Lennox smiled. “Yes, but she also almost took off her shorts. She was closer to calling your bluff than you think. She was shockedandturned on. I bet her panties were soaked through.”
“Please don’t paint that picture,” he said with a beleaguered moan.
“Sorry, but it’s hard to ignore. I could see the confusion on her face. She was scared but wanting what you were offering at the same time.” His own cock twitched at the memory. “She’s humming like a live wire and has no idea what to do with that feeling. You can feel that energy coming off of her. I could feel it in the kiss.”
Auden lifted a skeptical brow. “Energy?”
“Yeah, you know how Melissa is always talking about how some guys walk around with Big Dick Energy?”
Auden snorted. “I believe she saysyouwalk around with that.”
“If the shoe fits.” He smirked. “But I think what’s pressing your buttons is that O’Neal is eager to learn, to feel, to experience things. She hasn’t chosen her innocence. It was chosen for her. Tonight, with the movie, it was obvious she was anxious as hell but also too curious to let the nerves stop her. And that bravery, that desire to learn,feelskinky. That energy she’s giving off is pressing those dom buttons of yours. Mine too, honestly. That feisty streak she has, going toe-to-toe with you?Hot.I was ready to take her in my lap and hold her thighs open for you while you made good on your threat. The three of us could have a whole lot of fun.”
So. Much. Fun.
Auden made a pained sound and rubbed the spot between his eyes. “But we can’t. You don’t throw someone that green into”—he motioned between the two of them—“this.”
Lennox let out a breath, his blood fully rerouting south at the thought of O’Neal between them, following their orders, maybe even fighting back a little. “Which is a damn shame,” he said, grieving the fantasy already. “She’ll go the traditional route. Good girl away at college and on her own for the first time gives her V-card to the first fumbling idiot who takes her out on a few dates, tells her she’s special, and knows how to shove his fingers in her panties decently enough to trigger all that pent-up lust she’s been carrying around since puberty. He’ll blow his load in five minutes, she won’t, and she’ll wonderwow, is that what I’ve been waiting for all this time?Or she’ll drink too much one night out with her friends and will wake up with some guy whose name she can’t remember and realize she waited that long and has no memory of her first time.”
“Fucking hell, man.” Auden sat up. “Can you not draw those pictures either? I want to murder both those guys now, and they don’t even exist.”
Lennox gave him a sad smile. “Aud, those guys exist everywhere. They’re kind of the main templates of college bros. O’Neal is going to have to deal with them. They’re notnotgoing to notice that she’s hot. She’s going to get hit on. And probably have no idea how to navigate that. She’ll learn, but it’ll take some time.”
Auden pressed the heels of his hands to his eyes like his head was hurting. “I don’t want this kind of responsibility.”
Lennox would never admit it out loud, but seeing Auden this knotted up about a woman was rather enjoyable. Auden was usually Mr. Play It Cool in their hookups, never getting too attached, but O’Neal flipped some new switches Len hadn’t seen before.
“She’s not your responsibility. She’s just your sister’s friend. And an adult.”
“An adult with a genius IQ and zero real-world experience,” he said. “I know she’s tough, but someone needs to have her back.”
“Can I take her front?”
Auden sent him a murderous look, and Lennox smiled an angelic smile. “You walked right into that one.”
“I think it’s best that we don’t have nights like this with her again,” Auden said, collapsing against the back of the couch, knees wide. “If we hang out, it should be completely platonic, probably in public places. And no movies with sex scenes. And no more kissing.”
“Yawn. Sounds boring,” Lennox said, leaning back and hooking his ankle over his knee, disappointed but knowing he could only push Auden so far. “But she’s your friend, and I’ll play it however you want.”
He glanced over. “Thank you.”
“Of course.” Lennox eyed Auden’s unrelenting hard-on, and a little smile played at the corners of his mouth, the sadist in him unable to pass up the opportunity to needle. “So do you think she’s going to wait until her roommate goes to sleep tonight and then slide her hand under the covers and imagine her fingers are your mouth?”
“Goddammit, Len.” A tortured expression crossed Auden’s face. “Shut up. I’m already hard as a fucking rock.”
Len was about to annoy his best friend a little more when a horrifying thought passed through his brain. “Oh, man. Do you think she even knows how to get herself off? Because if not, holy shit…the built-up tension. How is she even functioning?”
Auden grimaced and adjusted himself again. “I don’t want to think about it. Well,I do,in great detail actually, but I won’t. My guess is she’s figured out the basics just like anyone else does, but probably only does it when she absolutely can’t resist anymore and then feels moral guilt afterward. That’s how I was growing up. Orgasms with a guilt chaser.”
“Fuck,” Lennox said with a head shake. “I wouldn’t wish my childhood on anyone, but at least I didn’t feel bad when I beat off. Repression sucks.”
“You don’t have to tell me. Speaking of which.” He lifted his head and made agimmemotion with his hand. “Toss me the lube. I’m going to admit defeat right now and deal with this or I’m going to be up all night.”