Secret Chemistry (Shifters)

by Kat, Chris T.

  “You didn’t give me that impression, but you’re young, so….” Tim trailed off.

  “I’m not that young. I’ve been sleeping with other men since I was sixteen, so I’m hardly a virgin and—”

  Tim interrupted Jay firmly. “I do not want to hear another word about your experiences!”

  Tim grabbed Jay’s biceps and lifted him up from the floor until they were face-to-face. “Have I made myself clear?”

  Jay shivered and nodded. Reaching out for Tim with both hands, he said, “Normally I’d run away from someone like you. It’s driving me crazy that I’m all messed up around you. It’s like I’m in heat or something, and, hey, could we maybe finally do something about that?”

  Jay linked his arms around Tim’s neck and wrapped his legs around Tim’s waist, all the while pressing his groin into Tim’s abdomen. Tim gasped before hastily sliding one hand under Jay’s ass and the other around his torso.

  Tim slanted his mouth over Jay’s, savoring the soft, needy sounds Jay made whenever Tim tried to pull away. Eventually, Tim managed to pry his lips off Jay’s and gasped, “Wait a second, you wanted to be more comfortable, right?”

  “I’m right where I want to be, and this is way, way comfy,” Jay whispered into Tim’s ear, his breath tickling Tim.

  Jerking his head aside, Tim replied, “It might be comfy for you, but I really want to have you splayed out under me, so I can look at you while I take you.”

  “Shit!” Jay exclaimed as he clamped his eyes shut and pushed his groin hard into Tim’s abdomen.

  For a moment, Tim didn’t know what had happened. Then the unmistakable smell of semen flooded his nose. Tim’s canines lengthened as he gripped the shuddering form of his mate more tightly. Rubbing his nose into the juncture of throat and collarbone, Tim inhaled Jay’s scent deeply. The urge to bite and mark Jay as his caused Tim to shudder too.

  “Sorry, I-I’m sorry. I’m not… I don’t usually… I have more stamina and… damn it! This is embarrassing,” Jay groused, even though he was still grinding his groin into Tim’s abdomen.

  Tim put a hand on Jay’s forehead and tilted Jay’s head back. The blue of Jay’s eyes was gone. Left was only the black pupil, blown up to what should have been an impossible size. It should have been a scary sight, but for Tim it was the most gorgeous face he had ever seen. This was for him, only him.

  Wordlessly, Tim peeled Jay off him and draped the blankets on the floor. Jay stood there, watching him. Wafts of fresh arousal already swept through the air and right into Tim’s nose. He gave the bulge in his jeans a painful squeeze, which thankfully reduced the pressure there at least a tiny bit.

  Tim took off his coat, threw it carelessly somewhere on the floor, and then straightened up to his full height. Holding out his hands to Jay, he waited for Jay to come to him.

  Jay stared at the outstretched hands blankly before lifting his hands to slowly unbutton his own coat. Tim saw those slim fingers trembling and fumbling unnecessarily with the buttons. All of a sudden Tim’s patience snapped. After striding over to Jay, he shoved his hands aside and made quick work of the buttons.

  Roughly, he slid the coat off Jay’s body and allowed it to pool around Jay’s feet. The wet spot on Jay’s jeans drew Tim’s immediate attention. Getting down on his knees in front of Jay, Tim sniffed and nuzzled his face against the wet spot. He heard Jay sucking in air, quickly followed by a groan.

  The musky smell of Jay’s arousal mixed with something sweet, something Tim had only ever smelled on Jay, mingled together, almost overloading Tim’s senses.

  Jay stroked Tim’s head, a gentle, almost shy gesture of affection that sent ripples of pleasure through Tim’s body. Tim rubbed his nose more firmly against Jay’s crotch and felt Jay’s cock slowly coming back to life.

  Tim slid his hands from Jay’s calves over the back of his thighs up to his ass, where he rested them. Tim squeezed the firm globes, so pleased and relieved he could finally feel Jay that he simply held on for a long time.

  Only when Jay shifted from foot to foot while also pressing his growing erection against Tim’s face did Tim decide to give in to his primal instincts. Before he did, he looked up at Jay, asking, “You’re up for a rough ride, Jay. Think you can handle it?”

  Jay’s eyes darkened even further, something that shouldn’t even have been humanly possible. Tim didn’t bother trying to understand it. After all—neither of them was entirely human.

  When Jay didn’t answer, Tim’s eyebrows furrowed. “Jay?”

  “I want you. I want you so badly.”

  “I sense a ‘but’ somewhere in that statement,” Tim replied, keeping his tone light even though he wanted to scream. His wolf nature was fighting inside him, and Tim didn’t know how long he could hold it at bay. He needed his mate, he needed to stake his claim. Preferably now.

  “I’ve never met someone like you. It’s… if we do this, I…. This will sound crazy,” Jay interrupted himself.

  He lowered himself down, right onto Tim’s thighs, and straddled him. Tim enveloped him in his arms and brushed a gentle kiss on Jay’s forehead before begging, “Tell me, please. I don’t know how long I can hold back. I assure you, I want you as badly as you want me.”

  Jay swallowed, closed his eyes, and linked his hands behind Tim’s neck again. “If we do this, that will be it. I won’t want any other man for the rest of my life. Doesn’t that sound cheesy and clichéd?”

  “Not if you say it to me.”

  Startled, Jay’s eyes flew open. “No?”

  “No.”

  “Why?”

  “I feel the same way. It’s also the right way for us to feel about each other. You’ll understand it later, trust me.”

  “Why do I have the feeling you know more about what’s going on between us than I do?” Jay asked. “Can’t you tell me now?”

  “Jay! You’re killing me here! You’ve already come, but I haven’t!”

  “Oh. Okay, but you will tell me about the secret of our chemistry later, right?”

  “Yes! Cross my heart!” Tim exclaimed.

  Jay blinked at Tim’s heartfelt outburst. Chuckling, he teased, “Well, then, go forth and ravish me.”

  Seventeen

  TIM growled, his wolf finally taking over. He was aware of the startled look on Jay’s face when he easily flipped Jay around and lowered him onto the floor. Without hesitation, Tim shoved Jay’s sweater and undershirt up, exposing a finely developed chest and abdomen.

  Tim licked his lips before situating himself comfortably between Jay’s legs, parting them slightly more to make room for him. Jay stared up at him, his face expressing awe. Smiling down at Jay, Tim said, “Ravishing it was, huh?”

  “Think you can do that?”

  “Are you proposing a challenge?”

  Tim smirked when Jay’s mouth opened while he tried to clench his legs together, only to find Tim was there. Slapping an arm over his eyes, Jay moaned, “If I do, will I survive it?”

  Tim laughed, bent down, and bit down hard on a nipple. Jay arched his back up from the floor, scrabbling with his hands for something to hold onto, panting, “Oh God!”

  Tim sucked at the nub until it was hard and peaked. Soothingly, he licked the nipple before wandering over to Jay’s other one, treating it the same way. Jay tangled his hand in Tim’s short hair, encouraging him to repeat his movement. Tim complied willingly.

  When both of Jay’s nipples were swollen and overly sensitive to Tim’s ministrations, Tim trailed a path of kisses over Jay’s chest and throat. He rubbed his nose into the hollow of throat and collarbone, inhaling Jay’s scent deeply. It was so strong there, enticing Tim to sink his canines into the tender flesh, marking Jay forever. A helpless groan escaped him.

  “You sound like you’re in pain,” Jay whispered breathlessly.

  “I want you.”

  “You got me.”

  “No, I mean I want you, as in, I want to be inside you,” Tim moaned.

  Jay slapped
Tim’s head lightly but still so hard that Tim pulled away to rub the sore spot on his head. “Ow! What was that for?”

  “When we talked about you fucking me senseless, what other image than your cock inside me did you have in mind?”

  Tim almost lost it then and there. Gasping, he replied, “If you say it like that, it sounds stupid.”

  “I’ll forgive you if you fuck me,” Jay teased. He sat up, hastily chucking his sweater and undershirt. “You’re overdressed for the occasion.”

  Dumbfounded, Tim looked himself over. “You must think I’m an idiot.”

  “No more than you think I’m a sappy moron.”

  “I don’t—Oh, okay.”

  “This chemistry thing is seriously messing with us.” Jay chuckled.

  Crawling back over to Tim, Jay made quick work of Tim’s shirts. Tentatively, Jay reached out and laid his hands on Tim’s shoulders, mapping the contours as he slid his hands down Tim’s arms. “Look at you, all strong.”

  A surge of possessiveness and protectiveness rushed through Tim, voicing itself in pulling Jay against his chest. They shuddered at the first skin-on-skin contact. Jay tilted his head back to gaze at Tim before he murmured, “I’d crawl into you if that was a possibility.”

  Tim chuckled, cupped the back of Jay’s head with one hand, and pressed Jay’s head against his collarbone. Instinctively, Jay rubbed his nose against Tim’s throat, scenting him. Even if Jay didn’t know about Tim’s wolf nature—Tim wasn’t even sure if Jay knew about his own freaky nature—his instincts seemed to work well.

  Sliding his other hand between them, Tim popped open the top button of Jay’s jeans, pulled the zipper down, and groped for Jay’s erection. Jay groaned loudly against his throat when Tim closed his fingers around the engorged shaft. Jay wiggled slightly to give Tim more room to maneuver.

  Tim gave Jay’s cock a few experimentally strokes, wondering if his own cock was purple by now. It sure felt as if it was going to explode any minute. He’d never sported an erection for so long, and he’d never imagined it could develop into something this painful.

  Lifting Jay up a few inches and letting go of Jay’s head, Tim shoved Jay’s jeans and underwear to mid-thigh. He manhandled Jay flat on his back before unceremoniously getting rid of Jay’s boots, socks, and remaining clothes. Taking a moment to admire Jay lying there splayed out for him, Tim breathed heavily.

  Jay was slender, though Tim could see the strength in his muscles. Strong thighs ended in narrow hips. Jay’s engorged cock rested on his belly, leaking drops of precome that rolled toward Jay’s navel.

  Jay asked throatily, “Are you done looking?”

  Taking in a shuddering breath, Tim nodded, then swiftly got rid of his own clothes, all the while keeping his eyes trained on his mate. Jay widened his eyes upon catching his first glimpse of Tim’s cock.

  Tim crawled between Jay’s open legs, blanketing Jay’s body with his own. Jolts of pleasure surged through both men when their skin touched everywhere.

  Tim adjusted his position so their cocks brushed against each other, eliciting a needy whimper from Jay. Blood surged into Tim’s cock, filling it even more. His head pounded from the exquisite pain in his groin. He captured Jay’s lips with his own, sucking and nibbling with a vengeance, loving it when Jay reciprocated in kind.

  Holding himself up on one elbow, Tim used his free hand to glide it down Jay’s torso, evoking shudders in his wake. Jay’s eyes fluttered shut as he reveled in the feeling of Tim’s fingers on him. “I feel like I’m on fire. I’ve never felt anything like this before.”

  “Good,” Tim murmured.

  Tim roamed with his free hand along Jay’s abdomen and hips. He totally neglected Jay’s erection, no matter how much Jay rolled his hips to indicate where he wanted Tim’s hand to touch him. Instead, Tim brushed his fingers over Jay’s sac before dipping them into his crease.

  Jay eagerly opened his legs wider, giving Tim access to his entrance. Tim scooted down on Jay’s body, pressing gentle, butterfly-like kisses all over Jay’s body. Jay writhed under Tim, whining, “More.”

  Tim chuckled before licking around the base of Jay’s cock. Jay jerked his hips up, his erection almost slamming into Tim’s face. Tim laid one arm above Jay’s waist, holding his restless hips still. “Easy, there.”

  “Easy for you to say.”

  Tim bent Jay’s left leg up and stared at the exposed hole. Teasingly, he breathed a gush of air against it, then chuckled when Jay gasped and squirmed. Then he licked from Jay’s perineum to his hole. There, he inhaled the musky scent of his mate, allowing it to assault his senses until he feared he might faint. Dialing down his sense of smell a little bit, he began licking around Jay’s hole, before breaching the outer sphincter with his tongue.

  Jay yelled in pleasure, and Tim went down on him in earnest. Keeping Jay still while at the same time fucking him with his tongue was one of the most intoxicating experiences Tim had ever had. Still, it wasn’t enough. Not by far.

  Placing a firm kiss on the tender strip of flesh between Jay’s ass and sac, Tim croaked, “You don’t happen to have lube with you?”

  It took Jay a while to process that question. When he was finally able to answer, Tim was taken aback by how needy and whiny Jay’s voice sounded. “Oh God! Don’t tell me you didn’t bring something with you!”

  “Well, I….” Tim trailed off, embarrassed. He really hadn’t thought about needing any kind of supplies.

  “My coat!” Jay shouted. He scrambled on his hands and knees and hastily crawled over to his discarded coat.

  “Don’t tell me you carry lube around with you everywhere you go,” Tim growled.

  “I might have a tube of hand lotion in it somewhere.”

  Tim watched Jay rummaging in his coat pockets, his eyes riveted to the taut globes of Jay’s ass. Muscles rippled underneath Jay’s skin, and without thinking, Tim crawled up behind him. Slinging one arm around Jay’s waist, he used his other hand to stroke Jay’s cock.

  Jay bucked in his arms, shoving his ass back against Tim’s groin. Tim’s erection slid between Jay’s buttocks, and both men moaned. Hoarsely, Tim begged, “Please tell me you found that damned tube.”

  “Tada!” Jay declared as he presented a small tube of hand lotion to Tim.

  Tim wasted no time and snatched it from Jay’s hand. After squeezing a generous amount of lotion on his hand, he applied it quickly around and inside Jay’s hole. Then he smoothed some of it over his achingly hard cock and lined it up with Jay’s hole.

  “You ready?” Tim asked.

  “Yeah.”

  “Great.”

  “What? No sweet talk that you’ll stop if it hurts or anything?”

  Tim gritted his teeth. “I’d rather skip that part.”

  Jay froze in obvious surprise, but Tim left him no time for a reply. He pressed slowly but steadily into Jay’s body, hearing Jay groan when the head of his cock breached the outer ring of his muscles. Tim fastened his hands on Jay’s hip bones, keeping him steady as he pushed deeper and deeper into the tight warmth.

  Sweat broke out on Jay’s back. Relentlessly, Tim pushed until he was fully sheathed inside Jay’s body. Stars danced in front of his eyes, his whole body shaking from the effort of not coming on the spot.

  “You okay?” Tim asked.

  “Now you’re asking?” Jay answered, his voice high and trembling.

  “Sorry.”

  “You’re not really sorry.”

  “I’m sorry I can’t control myself anymore. Hold on.”

  “Hold on? Where—”

  Jay screamed when Tim withdrew almost completely before plunging back inside, hitting Jay’s prostate spot-on. Tim let go of his last reservations, finally permitting his primal instincts to take over. Pumping his hips, Tim pushed in and out of Jay’s body in short, powerful thrusts.

  Tim’s whole being centered on his mate’s body in his arms, his mate’s bonding scent in his nose. Driving harshly into Jay’s body, Ti
m claimed what was his forever.

  Heat emanated from Jay, as well as harsh cries of pleasure. A litany of encouraging words tumbled from his lips, all lost on Tim as he was in the haze of claiming his mate.

  When Tim felt his climax approaching, he shifted them effortlessly, pushing Jay’s upper body against the floor, his ass raised high in the air, giving Tim the optimal leverage.

  Sensing Jay submitting to him on a primal level, Tim howled his approval, an eerie sound reverberating inside the small shelter. He bent down, found the small scar where he had marked Jay almost two decades ago, and bit down hard, his canines digging deep into the flesh.

  Jay yelled and jerked underneath Tim, his come splattering on the floor beneath him. Jay’s channel clamped around Tim’s shaft. Tim rode out his climax in erratic thrusts, coating Jay’s channel with his seed.

  For moments, Tim floated on waves of ecstasy. He was united with the one person in the world who was supposed to be the center of his life. Thrilled about having Jay in his arms and experiencing the merge of their bodies and souls, Tim fervently thanked whoever was responsible for uniting him with Jay again.

  Coming down from his high, Tim growled as he tried to pull free of Jay. Nothing happened, other than ripples of renewed pleasure surging through him. Tim looked at their locked bodies and discovered they were knotted together. Groaning softly, he remembered that a wolf’s penis swelled at the base to make sure the mates stayed locked together during intercourse. It had never happened to him before, though, so he thought this information had been another incorrect tidbit.

  “Shit,” he muttered to himself.

  How was he going to explain to Jay that his cock would remain lodged in Jay’s ass for up to thirty minutes?

  “Jay?” he asked softly, only now realizing Jay was hanging limply in his arms.

  Tim chuckled when he found Jay dead asleep. Rolling them sideways, he spooned up behind Jay, the movement causing a pleasant tingle to roll up his spine. Tim bit back a groan before settling comfortably against Jay. Or as comfortably as one could get on a hard floor.

  Tim eyed the scattered blankets strewn across the floor a few feet away. He tried scooting closer to them but stopped with a moan when that movement caused his cock to twitch in reaction.