Building Bridges (Sater's Creek Book 4)

by Megs Pritchard

  Lying back on the bed, he glanced around the room and realized he was at Elias’s house. Furrowing his brow, he realized he must have come to Elias’s instead of going home last night. Rubbing his face, he heard a sound by the doorway and dropped his hands, looking over at Elias. He was leaning in the doorway watching him. Seeing the two cups in his hand, Lachlan sat up and reached both hands forward, making grab emotions with them. “Gimme.”

  Elias chuckled and walked over to him, sitting carefully next to him on the bed and handing him a cup of coffee. Lachlan took it greedily, closed his eyes, and inhaled the sweet aroma of coffee. He sipped it and sighed, opening his eyes.

  “You have no idea how much I need this right now.”

  Elias chuckled. “I’ve been drunk a few times myself.”

  “I’m sorry if I woke you up,” Lachlan said, wincing when Elias arched a brow at him.

  “It’s fine. You can make it up to me.” Elias grinned, and Lachlan swallowed.

  “How?” Lachlan furrowed his brow, watching the smile on Elias’s face widen.

  “Gardening.”

  Lachlan arched an eyebrow. “Gardening?” Elias wanted him to help him with some gardening?

  Elias nodded and stood, walking over to the window and pointing outside. “I’m surprised with the number of times you been over here, you haven’t noticed the jungle growing out back.”

  Lachlan swallowed. “Jungle?”

  Elias grinned over at him and pointed out the window. “What else would you call that out there?”

  Carefully, Lachlan crawled out of bed, his head only slightly pounding, and stepped over to the window, coming to an abrupt stop when he saw the garden. He whimpered, and Elias chuckled. “That is a jungle. In fact, I think it puts jungles to shame.” Looking at Elias, Lachlan asked, “Have you done nothing with the garden since you bought the place?”

  There was no garden that Lachlan could see. Bushes and brambles were everywhere. He could vaguely make out a path, but that was virtually hidden by wild plants that had taken over. He spotted what could be the start of a forest and whimpered again. They’d need access to Tucker’s shop to clear this.

  “No, with everything else I had to get finished first, I kept pushing the garden back to the bottom of the list.”

  Lachlan looked at it again, seeing the waist-high grass. “It’s going to take some time to get this sorted. Maybe we should call for reinforcements.” Lach nodded. “We need Dora.”

  “Dora? Who is Dora?’

  Lachlan gasped, his hand on his chest. “You don’t know Dora?”

  “Er, should I?”

  “Yes! You have nephews. Dora the Explorer!”

  “Who and what?”

  Lach dropped his head in his hands. Sighing, he lifted it and pointed outside. “She lives in a jungle. She’d fix this up in no time.”

  “Great! Got her number?”

  Lachlan arched a brow and ignored Elias. “It’s a mess out there.”

  “Yeah, I know.” Elias glanced at him, then back out the window. “When are you free to give me a hand?”

  “Let me get home and change and then come back over. I’ll see if Ro or Tuck are free.”

  “Can you take today off from the farm?”

  “I can take one day. I’ll just get up early tomorrow to catch up. “

  Elias grinned at him. “Want to take a shower? You did promise me a blow job.”

  Lachlan furrowed his brow, thinking back to the previous night, but couldn’t remember anything. In fact, he could barely remember leaving the pub. “When did I promised you a blow job?”

  “Last night!” Elias grinned. “For waking me up.”

  A slow smile spread across Lachlan’s face. “I guess we’re having a shower and blow jobs, then.”

  Teeth cleaned, Lachlan stood under the showerhead, his head tipped up toward it, and let the water fall on him. He heard the door open and turned, watching a naked Elias step in and close the door behind him.

  He stopped and stared, watching the muscles move under Elias’s skin, the broad chest and hard nipples making his mouth water for a taste. His eyes dropped to Elias’s dick, moaning when he saw how hard it was, how red the mushroomed head appeared.

  Grinning, Elias reached for him, and Lachlan slid his hands over Elias’s chest and behind his neck, pulling Elias’s head down. Their mouths touched, and Lachlan groaned, opening up so Elias’s tongue could enter.

  Elias’s tongue teased and danced with Lachlan’s, and Lachlan moaned into the kiss, his hands tightening on the back of Elias’s neck as he pulled him closer. Elias turned him around and leaned back against the tiled wall of the shower.

  Instead of dropping to his knees, Lachlan broke the kiss and bit Elias’s jaw, then skimmed his lips down his neck. Elias shuddered when Lachlan slid his hands down Elias’s chest until he reached his nipples. He plucked and pulled at them as he bit and sucked Elias’s neck and shoulder.

  Elias’s hands tangled in Lachlan’s hair, pushing his head down, showing him where Elias wanted his mouth. Lachlan chuckled, whispering, “I’ll get there.” He did move down until he was level with Elias’s nipples and sucked one into his mouth, flicking his tongue over the hard knob, then gently teasing it with his teeth. Elias shuddered and muttered, “Shit. So good.”

  Lachlan knew how much Elias liked having his nipples played with, and as he flicked one with his tongue, his fingers plucked the other. Elias’s body jerked, his hard dick brushing Lachlan’s thigh. Lachlan heard him swear softly.

  He moved from one nipple to the other, his tongue licking across it before he sucked it into his mouth and gently bit. Elias jerked again, his hands tightening in Lachlan’s hair, and he pushed his chest against Lachlan’s face. Lachlan bit again, harder this time, his hands sliding down Elias’s body to reach his ass, grabbing the plump globes and squeezing them tight.

  Again, Elias shuddered, and Lachlan chuckled as he licked and bit his way down the other man’s body. He could feel the muscles tense beneath his mouth and tongue, the man’s arms tensed where Lachlan’s hands slid down until they reached Elias’s. He held them briefly, then lowered to his knees.

  Ignoring his dick, Lachlan moved between Elias’s spread legs, his hands sliding over Elias’s hairy thighs and mouthed one of his low-hanging balls. His hands gripped the inside of Elias’s thighs, pushing his legs further apart so he could move closer to Elias’s sack.

  He could feel Elias’s legs tremble under the palms of his hands, and he doubled his efforts, sucking and licking and nibbling the wrinkled flesh, feeling it tighten under his tongue. When he heard the breathy “Lachlan,” he knew it was time to move on. Letting Elias’s ball drop from his mouth, he licked up the shaft and took the head into his mouth.

  The taste of Elias’s precome exploded in Lachlan’s mouth, and he moaned deeply, loving the flavor and the taste that was uniquely Elias. He sucked hard, taking as much into his mouth as he could and swallowed, hearing Elias groan loudly.

  He sucked a finger into his mouth, getting it nice and wet as he licked the head of Elias’s dick. He rubbed the tip of his finger over Elias’s hole, feeling the muscles clench. Elias moaned and mumbled, “Push it in.”

  He rubbed some more, then pushed the tip in, his tongue dipping into the slit of Elias’s dick and licking the precome that oozed from it. He pushed the tip of his finger in, feeling Elias clench around it, and he doubled his efforts on Elias’s dick, stroking and sucking, feeling it jerk in his mouth.

  He loved the taste of Elias on his tongue and sucked harder, bobbing his head faster, eager for Elias to come. His finger moved in and out of Elias’s hole, feeling it twitch around him. He knew Elias was close, the head hardening more, and Lachlan moaned when the first splash of come hit his tongue. He swallowed eagerly, feeling Elias shudder and jerk.

  “Oh god! Shit!” Elias shouted, his voice bouncing around the shower stall.

  When Elias finally stopped coming, Lachlan gently eased his finger from hi
s hole and slowly stood, cleaning his hands as he moved. Elias leaned back against the wall, eyes closed as he panted softly. After a minute or so, he slowly lifted his head and stared at Lachlan, then smiled wickedly. “My turn.”

  Lachlan let Elias move him so his back was against the wall, and he stood watching as Elias lowered to his knees between Lachlan’s spread legs and sucked his dick into his mouth. Lachlan cried out, his body shivering as intense pleasure flowed over him. Elias kept sucking his dick until his nose was buried in Lachlan’s pubes, and Lachlan whimpered at the visual.

  Fuck, Elias looked hot.

  Lachlan was so ready to come, just from the sight of Elias sucking his dick, and he knew it wouldn’t take Elias long until Lachlan was begging. Elias worked his dick, bobbing his head up and down, swallowing and humming, enjoying it as much as Lachlan was. Lachlan moaned, his hands grabbing Elias’s shoulders and holding on as his legs trembled under the onslaught of what Elias made him feel.

  That wicked mouth of Elias had his balls tightening within a minute. “Close,” he shuddered out.

  Elias moaned and sucked harder, his cheeks hollowing as his head continued to move up and down Lachlan’s dick. When Lachlan cried out, his grip on his shoulders tightened, his legs buckling as his hips jerked, forcing more of his dick into Elias’s willing mouth.

  Elias’s grip tightened on Lachlan’s hips, keeping him in place, and when Lachlan sagged over Elias’s back, Elias slowly stood and took him in his arms. Lachlan let his head drop onto Elias’s shoulder and huffed out a small laugh.

  “Was my apology okay?”

  Elias laughed and kissed Lachlan’s cheek. “It’ll do.”

  Lachlan raised his head and grinned when he saw the look on Elias’s face. “Fine. No more blow jobs for you.”

  Elias arched a brow but said nothing. He grabbed the washcloth and cleaned both of them. It was nice having Elias take care of him, but it also made Lachlan aware that this friends-with-benefits relationship they had was moving in a direction he wasn’t sure he was ready to handle.

  Once they finished in the shower, Lachlan grimaced as he put on his clothes from the night before. He needed to get home and change. He had a jungle to tackle and a strange relationship to figure out, and the jungle being far the easier of the two.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

  “I TAKE IT back. A jungle would have been easier to handle. Even Dora would have struggled.”

  Elias groaned as he arched his back, trying to work the kinks out of his spine. He ached everywhere. The last time he’d felt like this was when he was in the Navy. “I hurt,” he whimpered.

  “You do! If you want any sex, you’re out of luck. I think I broke my dick when the branch smacked me in the nuts.”

  Elias weakly chuckled, the image of what had happened springing to mind. Tucker had shouted something to Lachlan, distracting him, and somehow, he’d stepped on a branch that had flipped up and smacked him in the nuts.

  He’d made a high-pitched screech and fallen limply to the side, holding his nuts in his hands. Tucker had burst out laughing, pointing at a prone Lachlan as he lay curled up on the ground. Rory had done his best to hold his own laughter at bay, but when Lachlan had whimpered, Rory had lost the battle.

  They all had.

  Lachlan still wasn’t speaking to Rory.

  Elias chuckled softly. “Hey!” Rubbing his arm, where Lachlan had hit him, he asked, “What was that for?”

  “Laughing at my pain.”

  Elias chuckled again but quickly smothered it when he saw the glare on Lachlan’s face. “It was funny.”

  “Yeah, being hit in the nuts is the funniest thing ever. When it happens to someone else, not me.”

  Elias sucked his lips in and tried not to laugh. Lachlan rolled his eyes and walked into the bathroom and stripped off, giving Elias a fantastic view of his back and ass. He watched Lachlan bend over, his ass perfectly on display, as he turned the taps on in Elias’s bath.

  “Good idea,” he murmured, walking up behind Lachlan and pulling him back against his chest. He kissed across his shoulders, feeling Lachlan tremble under his lips and watched goose bumps appear on Lachlan’s skin.

  “Want to share with me?”

  Elias smiled as he kissed Lachlan’s back. “Yeah.”

  He stepped back and removed his own clothes, then pulled Lachlan back into his arms. Lachlan spun around and held Elias’s hips. “Gonna scrub my back?”

  “How about I rub you better?”

  Lachlan licked Elias’s lips, then kissed him. “They could do with some TLC.”

  Elias cradled Lachlan’s nuts in his hand, feeling them pull up as he touched them. “They do and your dick too.” He dropped to his knees and licked up Lachlan’s shaft. Kissing the head, he said, “I wonder how quickly I can make you come?”

  “Quick. I’ve been waiting for this all day. When you took your shirt off and was using the ax, fuck, I thought I was gonna come in my jeans.”

  “You’ll come now.” Elias nuzzled his face into Lachlan’s balls, inhaling the scent of man and sweat. He moaned softly and placed openmouthed kisses along his dick until he reached the head and sucked it into his mouth.

  He wasn’t going to take his time. He wanted to taste Lachlan on his tongue. He bobbed his head, taking more and more of Lachlan’s dick into his mouth until his nose was buried in his pubes, and when he pulled off, he made sure to keep a tight seal on Lachlan’s dick.

  Lachlan shuddered and gripped his hair. “Fuck, Eli.”

  Elias hummed and carried on sucking Lachlan’s dick. He felt his nuts tighten in his hand. With the other, he stroked Lachlan’s dick.

  “Close, Eli,” Lachlan mumbled, his body trembling and shuddering as Elias worked his dick.

  Elias grunted and stroked faster, feeling the head in his mouth twitch and thicken. Then his mouth was filled with come. He moaned and swallowed, taking everything Lachlan gave. When Lachlan stopped, Elias stood and hugged him, taking his weight as he recovered. “Bath?” he asked.

  Lachlan nodded, lifted his head, and kissed Elias slowly, their tongues dancing together. Lachlan hummed and slicked his lips. “Nice.”

  Elias kissed him again, then turned the taps on. They stood kissing until it was ready and then stepped into the bath, Lachlan resting on Elias’s chest. “This is nice,” Elias murmured, drowsy from the warm water.

  “It is,” came the slurred reply.

  Elias smiled and ran his hands over Lachlan’s wet chest, enjoying his weight. He closed his eyes and sighed. He could get used to this if only Lachlan would be willing to take that chance.

  Sitting in his truck, outside the farmhouse, Lachlan turned off the engine and stared out the window. He’d left Elias happy and sated in bed, half-asleep from the orgasm Lachlan had given him.

  He didn’t know what was going on between him and Elias. Fuck buddies who were becoming more, and if he was honest, and Lachlan was, it scared the crap out of him. He should have known it would happen. He always wanted a relationship, always felt like he should be in a relationship and would have been in one now if it wasn’t for his past mistakes.

  Was what he had with Elias a relationship? Maybe in some form, it was. Elias was constantly on his mind, and he was the first person Lachlan had found himself turning to. He was the person he wanted to sleep with. Even when he had gone out searching for another man, he’d found himself outside Elias’s instead.

  The man made him feel something he’d never felt before, and it was time for Lachlan to man up and admit he was developing feelings for Elias. The problem was, he wasn’t ready for them. He wasn’t ready for the way Elias touched him or made him feel. Should he stop things now before his emotions became something more, something he couldn’t walk away from?

  The sex was good; no, it was great, and Lachlan didn’t want that to stop. He needed some time away to gain some control, harden his heart to whatever it was Elias made him feel. He didn’t want to give up the sex. The two of them bur
ned together.

  No, he just needed some time to sort his head and his heart out. Make sure there were no emotional connections, just plain old sex.

  Nodding, Lachlan got out of his truck and ambled over to the house. He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. He really needed to sort this shit out. Sex only. No more spending time together that wasn’t in bed.

  Nodding again, he murmured. “That’s it. Only sex.”

  CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

  ELIAS SAT WITH Shane, watching him tend to the barbecue. Shane’s kids ran around as his wife, Ness, came out with salad and buns. Elias laughed as Shane shook his head at his kids, threatening them with the tongs if they didn’t behave. Ness smiled at them and winked at Elias as she sat next to him at the table.

  The sun was shining, and Elias sighed. It was a beautiful day, and he finally had some free time to catch up with friends. The only spanner in his good mood was Lachlan and whatever the fuck they had between them.

  He wanted more, and he thought deep down Lachlan did too, but whatever was going on in his head was stopping him from admitting it to Elias and from taking that final step. Shane sat next to him and handed him a bottle of beer.

  “How’s the business?”

  “Good. Really good. Better than Bax and I thought it would be. We’ve sold more than we anticipated, and we’ve been hired by a huge games company to design games for them.” Elias waggled his eyebrows and grinned. “Zombies.”

  Shane laughed and nodded. “Zombies are huge at the moment.”

  “They certainly are, and we are getting paid well to create games around them.”

  “I never thought you’d be creating games, Eli. I knew about the Navy, but I thought that was where you would stay.”

  “Nah, it was an escape.” Elias glanced at Shane, seeing the frown on his face. “I’m gay, Shane.”

  Shane’s eyes practically popped out of his head, and Elias chuckled at the look of surprise on his face. “Gay,” Shane croaked.