A Chance at Love

by Leanne Summers

  Nathan’s previous distance had apparently been the only thing standing between Patrick and a serious case of feelings.

  He found himself not only appreciating Nathan’s figure, but daydreaming about what could have been if they hadn’t met in quite such an unusual manner. Nathan was smart and caring, he was exactly the kind of alpha that Patrick had always hoped that he would end up with.

  Patrick had let those thoughts pass though. Nathan was far, far, out of his league, and while he may have been happy to sleep with Patrick, and Nathan was willing to be friends with him for the sake of their child, Patrick had never thought that there was even a chance of them pursuing a serious relationship.

  Apparently he had thought wrong.

  “Patrick, will you go on a date me?” Nathan had apparently taken Patrick’s hesitation for confusion as to what Nathan was asking.

  Patrick looked at Nathan and his beyond earnest expression and he knew he was done for. “Yes, I’ll go on a date you.” The whole situation almost made Patrick laugh. It felt like Nathan should have been down on one knee proposing with how he approached the whole situation.

  Nathan let out a whoop and pulled Patrick into his arms, planting a big kiss on Patrick’s forehead.

  Patrick couldn’t help the laughter that escaped. Oh, this definitely wasn’t what he was expecting his life to be like when he got the job at the law firm, but he couldn’t say that he would change a thing.

  —

  It turned out that dating Nathan wasn’t all that different from being friends with Nathan, much to Patrick’s frustration.

  The only things that really changed were that they occasionally ate dinner together, not just lunch, and that Nathan seemed to the every chance to sneak a quick kiss at work. Patrick wasn’t about to complain, it was pretty cute.

  There was one problem though that continued to drive Patrick crazy. He and Nathan hadn’t slept together since that first fateful night.

  Patrick wanted it, oh he wanted it all right, but they never seemed to get anywhere. Whenever things started getting too hot and heavy as they kissed on the couch, Nathan always pulled back. Patrick didn’t think that he had ever jerked off so much in his life.

  People always talked about pregnancy hormones, but it was one thing to hear about them, it was another thing to truly experience them.

  Patrick had expected the morning sickness, and luckily that had cleared up within a week, but nothing had really prepared him for how unbelievably horny he would be. It was like the slightest breeze would get him hard. He sometimes caught Nathan looking at him in the office and had to strategically position his jacket over his lap because just the thought of what Nathan could do to him sent blood rushing south.

  Now that he had a boyfriend, the constant state of low, thrumming, arousal, shouldn’t have been a problem. Unfortunately for Patrick, his boyfriend was keeping things firmly in the PG-13 rated zone, much to Patrick’s annoyance.

  He had to do something, and do it soon, or he would go crazy.

  Patrick thought about concocting some elaborate scheme (Tyler had suggested that Patrick be lying naked on Nathan’s bed when he came back after a late meeting. Patrick had promptly smacked Tyler with a pillow.) or having some deep sit down conversation as to what was wrong with their relationship. In the end, the simplest plan seemed the most sensible and the most likely to work.

  Patrick was straddling Nathan on the couch as Nathan licked sensuously into his mouth and Nathan’s hands caressed his ass.

  Now this was normally the point where Nathan would pull back and make some excuse as to why he had to do something else. It seemed to be out of some misplaced sense of chivalry, which annoyed Patrick to no end.

  He was no blushing virgin, he was pregnant for heaven’s sake! He just wanted to sleep with his own boyfriend, was that really too much to ask?

  Before Nathan had the chance to pull away, Patrick ground his hips down in a motion that he knew would make their cocks rub up against each other. Patrick was hard, and he knew that Nathan had to be as well. He needed the friction, he craved it, and the right angle of his hips sent shivers up his spine.

  He felt more than heard Nathan groan and he had to hide his smile in Nathan’s neck.

  “Patrick.” Nathan muttered. “You can’t keep doing that unless you want to…” His voice trailed off as Patrick ground down again with a very purposeful roll of his hips.

  “Nathan.” Patrick said, forcing himself to keep his voice as deadpan as possible. “If you don’t fuck me now, I think I’m going to die of sexual frustration.”

  Nathan let out a startled laugh. “I was trying to be nice, you know. I didn’t want to pressure you into anything.”

  Patrick leaned down and punctuated every word with a kiss. “You are an idiot.” He sighed. Alphas, they really had no idea what to do when it came to actual emotions. He climbed off of Nathan and began to walk back towards the bedroom.

  “Now are you going to come fuck me or not?”

  Without waiting for a reply, Patrick walked into the bedroom and began to shed his clothes. He knew that Nathan was going to come after him, there was no way the alpha wouldn’t, not with the lust and pure desire that had clouded Nathan’s gaze back there on the couch.

  Sure enough, before Patrick even got done undoing the button on his pants, there was a pair of strong arms that wrapped around him from behind.

  “That’s my job.” A warm voice growled in Patrick’s ear as big hands grabbed his wrists, and Patrick felt a whole-body shiver roll through him as he leaned back against Nathan.

  “Is it?” Patrick teased, knowing that it would rile Nathan up.

  Nathan didn’t reply, he just started lipping at Patrick’s neck while he toyed with the waistband of Patrick’s pants. There was the red hot feeling of Nathan’s skin on Patrick’s own, but the area where Patrick craved friction the most was still being completely neglected. Every touch, every drag of Nathan’s teeth only served to make Patrick more hard, but Nathan seemed perfectly content to continue on with his current task.

  “You tease.” Patrick grumbled good-naturedly under his breath. He wanted more, he needed more and Nathan knew it, he had to know with the way that Patrick’s body arched and curved under every touch.

  “You love it though.” Nathan rumbled, and punctuated the sentence by reaching up to gently pinch one of Patrick’s nipples.

  Patrick gave a tiny, undignified, squeak as a bolt of pleasure sang down his spine.

  He did love it, but he wasn’t exactly about to admit that to Nathan right now.

  One of Nathan’s hands brushed reverently along Patrick’s steadily growing belly. Patrick had just began to show when he wore his work clothing, and now, in addition to the stolen kisses, Nathan seemed to be addicted to touching Patrick’s bump whenever he got the chance. It figured that he’d fixate on it just as much when they were like this.

  “I still can’t believe that you’re pregnant.” Nathan breathed, his words hot against the back of Patrick’s neck. “I know this wasn’t planned, but I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

  Patrick found himself agreeing. He would have liked to have had the option to choose when to start his family, but at the same time, everything seemed to be falling perfectly into place. Nathan was the type of alpha that Patrick had fantasized settling down with for as long as he could remember. He was protective, sure, but kind and caring. There was no one else that Patrick would rather be with.

  “Me neither.” Patrick said softly, and turned in Nathan’s arms so that he could wrap his arms around Nathan’s neck. “I love you.” The three words felt like brands in Patrick’s mouth. It may have been early, they had only been together for a few months, yet nothing had ever felt so right.

  He loved Nathan, and he wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with this amazing, perfect, alpha.

  “I love you too.” Nathan echoed and then leaned down to capture Patrick’s mouth with his own.

  P
atrick felt his heart soar as he let himself get lost in Nathan’s mouth, Nathan’s arms, just everything Nathan.

  As much as Patrick wanted to keep the moment going, there was an insistent thing that he really had to address, well, two insistent things.

  Patrick’s cock was so hard that it almost hurt and Patrick couldn’t take it anymore. He removed his arms from around Nathan’s neck and reached down to grab Nathan’s hands and reposition them. Where they were resting innocently against the small of Patrick’s back, they had now been repositioned to cup Patrick’s ass.

  Patrick looked up with his best innocent expression on his face to meet Nathan’s heated gaze.

  “Impatient huh?” Nathan grinned.

  “You’ve been teasing me non-stop for the past month, it’s long overdue.” Patrick grumbled good-naturedly.

  Nathan laughed, but he seemed to get the picture this time. He quickly helped Patrick remove the rest of his clothing and followed Patrick up onto the bed where he pulled Patrick into another searing kiss.

  This time though, the kiss wasn’t just a tease.

  While Nathan had Patrick’s upper body occupied, he slowly inserted one, then two, fingers inside of Patrick.

  Patrick had to stop himself from rocking back and rutting desperately against Nathan’s fingers. Finally.

  The friction was amazing, every twist and quirk of Nathan’s fingers sent more sparks down Patrick’s spine, it felt like his entire body was alight with pleasure.

  Patrick had thought that his changing body would have been a source of insecurity, laid bare as he was with no clothing to cover himself, but he couldn’t have been more wrong.

  The pure lust in Nathan’s eyes as he looked at Patrick, splayed out on the bed, was too intense to be faked. The gentle touches and caresses as Nathan traced Patrick’s developing curves couldn’t lie.

  Maybe Patrick would have been uncomfortable under other circumstances, but with the love and reverence that Nathan was treating him with, Patrick couldn’t feel anything but turned on.

  In fact, Patrick was so turned on, he wasn’t going to last much longer. Between Nathan’s searing kisses and nips and the fingers deep inside Patrick, his whole body felt like a live wire.

  Luckily he didn’t have to say anything because Nathan must have had the same thought.

  Nathan removed his fingers and Patrick wanted to whine at the loss of friction, but he soon heard the crinkle of a familiar foil packet and felt the familiar pressure of Nathan beginning to press inside him.

  They both groaned in unison as Nathan bottomed out. Nathan started slow but built up speed, every thrust hitting the spot inside of Patrick that made him see stars.

  “I’m close.” Patrick gasped.

  “Me too.” Nathan groaned, and reached down to wrap his fist around Patrick’s cock.

  The touch was too much for Patrick’s over sensitive member, and Patrick immediately fell over the edge of pleasure.

  Nathan’s thrusts grew shaky and it was only more moments before he buried himself deep inside Patrick and came with a groan.

  Patrick felt himself flicker in and out of consciousness as he felt Nathan begin to wipe him down with a soft, wet washcloth.

  He must have dozed off because the next thing that Patrick knew, Nathan was climbing back into bed and wrapping an arm around Patrick to pull him firmly to his chest.

  “I love you.” Patrick muttered, just because he could.

  “I love you too.” Nathan said softly, and Patrick could hear the fondness in his voice. “Now goodnight, I’ll see you in the morning.”

  Patrick felt himself drift off to sleep feeling safe, warm, and loved. He really couldn’t think of anywhere else he’d rather be.

  CHAPTER 8 - NATHAN

  DATING PATRICK WAS easier than it had any right to be. It seemed like everything just fell into place and he just slotted into Nathan’s life like he had always been there.

  Home life was better than Nathan could have ever expected. They had tried to live apart, but Patrick had ended up spending the night at Nathan’s more often than not. Nathan had never been particularly fond of sharing his space, but with Patrick, it just felt right. They moved around each other like a well oiled machine, both content with simply being in each other’s silent company after a long day at work.

  Work itself was the only problem, but not quite in the way that Nathan had envisioned.

  Nathan’s bosses had always been fairly easygoing, but there was always the risk that they wouldn’t approve of the relationship, especially since Patrick worked directly for Nathan, but there had been no complications regarding that what so ever, even after Patrick’s stomach had grown large enough to make it blindingly obvious that he was pregnant.

  Even working together wasn’t a problem.

  Patrick was easy to be around and easy to work with, he was by far the best assistant that Nathan had ever had The thing was, Nathan had to work hard to stop himself from jumping Patrick the moment that the omega walked into Nathan’s office, whether it was for lunch or Patrick was just there to deliver a stack of paperwork.

  He idly wondered about staying late one night and fucking Patrick over his desk, but the thought of cameras in the office stopped that flat.

  Management may have been perfectly willing to look past their workplace relationship, but Nathan couldn’t see that lenience lasting if they started fucking on the office furniture.

  No, everything was perfect, both at work and at home. Well, everything was perfect until Patrick had looked up at Nathan with a sheepish expression on his face one night after dinner.

  “So…” Patrick started, rubbing at the back of his neck. “You know how my parents were going to wait until the baby was born to come and visit?”

  Nathan knew that very well. It had actually been sort of a comfort for him.

  While Nathan was confident as to the strength of his and Patrick’s relationship, it was also still so new. He wanted to marry his gorgeous, smart, omega that had inexplicably become a part of his life, it felt right, but he knew how fast their relationship was moving might look bad to an outsider.

  It didn’t help that Nathan was an orphan. In past relationships, he had been incredibly uncomfortable meeting the parents and he knew that that showed in a demeanor. He just didn’t know how to act in that sort of familial setting.

  It may not have mattered in the end with the other omegas he dated, but Nathan knew that Patrick was the one, and that Patrick and his parents were incredibly close. Nathan needed to make a good impression, that’s why it was important to wait before Nathan met them.

  “Yes?” Nathan said, and felt a pit of unease pooling in the pit of his stomach. He thought that he knew where this was going, and he didn’t like it, not at all.

  “Well my dad has to come to Middleton for a business conference, and then it turned into this whole big thing where my mom wanted to come too, and they wanted to meet you, in person this time.” Patrick grimaced. “If that’s okay with you of course. It would be next week. I know it’s short notice and…” Patrick let his voice trail off as he looked at Nathan with exasperation evident in his eyes.

  “Of course it’s fine.” Nathan said confidently, his voice betraying no amount of the unease that he felt. “They can stay in the guest bedroom here.”

  “Really? You’d do that?” Patrick sounded excited. “That’s prefect, I don’t think that they have booked a hotel yet. I’ll call them now and let them know.”

  Patrick immediately grabbed his phone and went into the other room.

  Once Patrick was completely out of sight, Nathan let his head fall onto his hands with a groan. Shit, he wasn’t going to have very long to prepare.

  —

  Five days sounded like a very short amount of time, but it felt even shorter. They cleaned, cleaned, and cleaned so more.

  Patrick had moved in officially weeks ago, but they had never gotten around to unpacking all of his things. There were still cardboard boxes an
d plastic tubs tucked away in odd locations all throughout the apartment, and they spent most of their time going through the items figuring out what Patrick wanted to keep, things that he might want to give to charity, and what items could go into storage.

  Nathan did all the heavy lifting, Patrick mostly spent his time sorting and organizing.

  Everything the omega did just made Nathan love him even more. The golden sun fell around Patrick like a halo as he folded cloths. The soft shadows of the evening only accentuated Patrick’s growing baby bump.

  In about one short month they would be a family of three. It barely felt real to Nathan.

  Nathan had just put a fresh set of bed linens on the guest bed and was tucking in the bedcover when Patrick stuck his head into the room.

  “My parents called.” Patrick was trying to hide a wide grin but doing so very very poorly. He was practically buzzing with excitement. “Their plane just landed, we should probably leave now so we’re there by the time that they pick up their baggage.”

  Nathan finished what he was doing with the bed and turned to Patrick with a smile that hopefully portrayed more confidence than Nathan actually felt. “Let’s go.” He grinned.

  The airport was only about ten minutes from Nathan’s apartment, which was incredibly convenient for times like now, or for when he had to leave on a business trip.

  All the while Patrick chattered away about his parents and how excited he was to see them.

  Nathan felt a pang of guilt that he hadn’t done anything to help Patrick bring his parents to visit any time sooner. He knew that they weren’t able to see each other very often because of the cost.

  He could have paid for the tickets for Patrick’s parents, or at the very least Nathan could have paid for Patrick to fly out there to visit. As much as Nathan had wanted to delay the inevitable meet-the-parents moment, he would never even think about doing that at the expense of Patrick’s happiness.