Simply Feeling Hot

You drift up from the depths of sleep, rising slowly into your body. Even before you open your eyes, you feel the warmth of the sun on your bare skin, the heat of Jake's body pressed close to yours. A delicious ache thrums between your legs, echoes of last night's lovemaking. You stretch, catlike, relishing the pull of well-used muscles.

Jake stirs beside you, a strong arm snaking around your waist to pull you closer. His skin is sleep-warm, the crisp hair on his chest and legs rasping against your smoothness. He nuzzles into the curve of your neck, his breath humid, lips ardent on your throat. "Good morning, beautiful," he murmurs, his voice dark honey in your ear.

A shiver runs through you, sparking your nerves to tingling life. You turn into him, meeting his mouth with yours. His kiss consumes you, deep and searching, his tongue stroking over yours. He tastes of sleep and desire, the headiest of cocktails. His hands map the terrain of your body, skating over the slopes and valleys he explored so thoroughly in the velvet dark.

You moan softly into his mouth as his fingers find your nipple, rolling and tugging it into a hard, aching point. Your flesh sings at his touch, your blood buzzing in your veins. Arousal pools, thick and hot, in your womb, slickness gathering between your thighs. "Jake," you breathe into the oven of his mouth, less a word than an exhalation of pure need.

He draws back slightly, his eyes finding yours. In the honeyed morning light, they glow like polished tiger's eye, deep and warm, filled with adoration. "God, you're so fucking sexy," he rasps, his gaze raking over you with almost palpable heat. "I can't believe how beautiful you are."

Under the intensity of his eyes, the wash of his desire, you feel a flicker of uncertainty. The urge to hide, to cover your imperfections, tightens your muscles. But Jake is already shaking his head, his hand cupping your cheek. "No, baby, don't do that," he coaxes. "Don't hide from me. I want to see every inch of you."

Slowly, holding his gaze, you force yourself to relax back into the sheets. Baring yourself to his eyes, his worship. He smiles, tender and hungry, as his hands return to your body. He maps your skin with reverent fingertips, sketching the swell of your breasts, the dip of your waist, the flare of your hips. "So perfect," he whispers. "So goddamn perfect."

You arch into his touch, sensation sparking under your skin like struck flint. His clever fingers dance lower, combing through the slick folds of your sex. A gasp flies from your lips as he circles your clit, pleasure spiraling up your spine. Your hips rock helplessly, chasing his touch. "Please," you whimper, pride incinerated by need. "Please, Jake..."

He takes mercy on you, one blunt finger pressing into the clutch of your cunt as his mouth finds your breast. He suckles your nipple as he fucks you slowly with his hand, stoking the burn building in your core. Your head thrashes on the pillow, low groans pouring from your throat. "That's it, baby," Jake encourages, his voice raw with lust. "Let me hear you. Let me feel you."

His fingers curl inside you, stroking that secret spot that makes stars explode behind your eyelids. Your thighs fall open shamelessly, offering yourself up to him. "More," you pant, your voice thready and desperate. "I need more. I need you."

Jake kisses you hard, his teeth sinking into your lower lip. Then he's moving over you, the thick heat of his cock sliding against your slick folds. You reach down, fingers encircling him, guiding him to your entrance. You both groan as he pushes inside, your body stretching to welcome him. The sensation of fullness, of completion, is almost too intense to bear.

For a long moment, you just breathe together, savoring the connection. Then Jake begins to move, long slow strokes that drag his cock over every sensitive nerve. You wrap your legs around his waist, tilting your hips to take him deeper. Your fingers dig into the flexing muscles of his back as he fucks into you, again and again, your body rippling and clenching around him.

His eyes find yours, his gaze raw and revelatory, exposing his soul even as he fills your body. "You feel so fucking good," he tells you, his voice scraped thin by pleasure. "You're everything, Em. My whole world."

Tears prick your eyes at the naked love in his words. "I'm yours," you whisper back, undone. "All yours." You pull him down into a kiss, messy and deep, pouring everything you feel into the hot slide of your tongues.

Jake's hips piston faster, driving into you with increasing urgency. You meet him thrust for thrust, chasing the coiling tension in your core. Your blood sings in your ears, your skin sizzling under his. Pleasure builds like a gathering storm, dark clouds blotting out thought.

"Come for me," Jake commands, his voice shredding around the edges. "Let go, baby. I've got you."

His words shatter you, your climax crashing over you in a white-hot wave. You keen his name as you come, your cunt spasming wildly around his pistoning cock. Distantly, you feel him stiffen and shout, his own release pulsing deep inside you.

You cling to each other as the aftershocks roll through you, slowly floating down from the peak. Jake's weight anchors you, his heartbeat steadying yours. He lifts his head from your shoulder, his eyes soft and sated, full of wonder. "I love you," he says simply. "So fucking much."

Tears slip freely down your cheeks now, salt and sweet. "I love you too," you tell him, cupping his face in your hands. "More than anything."

He kisses you tenderly, reverently, sealing the words. Then he rolls to the side, gathering you into his arms. You rest your head on his chest, your bodies cooling in the balmy air. Jake's fingers comb languidly through your hair, treasuring you.

In the hazy afterglow, you marvel at the feelings coursing through you. The way your body hums and glows, alive and electric, cherished and satisfied. The way your heart feels cracked open, its fearful corners illuminated by love. You feel utterly seen, and completely safe in your nakedness. Like a butterfly shrugging off its chrysalis, flexing iridescent wings.

For so long, you feared you were too much, and yet not enough. Too needy, too vulnerable, too flawed to be adored. But here, in Jake's arms, you finally understand. You are a vast and perfect ocean, powerful and serene. And his love is the moon, pulling the tides within you, revealing the gleaming treasures in your depths.