by Sonia Nova
Garr nodded. He couldn’t say anything more. Not because he was out of words, but because a lump had formed in his throat that prevented him from talking.
Shea didn’t seem to mind. She brushed her hand over his and waited patiently until he was ready. Slowly, Garr’s breathing returned to normal and the words came out.
“I was selfish.” His voice was rough with emotion. “I couldn’t lose you or Lila. I don’t know much about families and children, but I know that you and Lila are mine. Every cell in my body tells me that I should never let you go. If you’ll have me, I want to be yours.”
It was the longest speech Garr had ever spoken in his life. Several months’ worth of words just flowed out of his mouth, and it felt surprisingly good. Except for the part of waiting for Shea’s response. His heart thudded in his chest along with his nerves.
Tears spilled over Shea’s cheeks, and his heart clenched.
He wasn’t good enough. He’d known that, but still, it hurt.
But then, Shea started to smile. She cried and smiled at the same time, which completely confused Garr. Then, she took his face in her hands and leaned so that their foreheads touched.
“Garr, you took the words right out of my mouth.”
Garr blinked. That had to be a first.
He wasn’t given any longer to ponder what she meant, because suddenly, Shea’s mouth was on his. Her kiss started tentative, her warm lips just gently brushing over his, but Garr’s heart felt like it would explode in his chest. When he tried to return the kiss – despite not knowing exactly how such things worked – she grew bolder.
Her tongue prodded at the seam of his lips, and Garr opened for her. Their tongues danced together, and it was so perfect, Garr couldn’t understand how couples ever did anything except kiss. He growled fiercely against her mouth, pulling her closer. Wanting more of her.
His cock was a bar of iron in his pants, and his blood thundered in his ears, but he made no move to relieve the discomfort. He’d wanted her for so long, despite his attempts to deny and hide it. Could this be real or was he still dreaming?
Even if he was still dreaming, it was the sweetest dream he had ever had in his life.
The scent of lavender and honey enveloped him as Shea crawled on top of him, kissing him with a fervor matching his own.
Then, she suddenly stopped, looking at him with concern.
“Are you recovered enough, Garr? I don’t want to hurt you.”
Garr didn’t know what she was talking about. He just wanted to keep kissing her and never stop. But then, somehow through the fog in his brain, he remembered the injuries on his stomach.
“I am fine,” he said. “Look.”
To prove his point, he pulled her forward so that instead of his legs, she was sitting on his stomach – and his cock. His stomach twinged a little, but certainly not enough to dissuade him from doing what he was doing now. And certainly not enough to overpower the shot of pleasure that ran all the way through him at the feel of her sitting on his cock.
He thrust his hips higher, wanting to feel her against him. Shea moaned in answer and dove down to kiss him some more. She wriggled her hips, and Garr groaned. The friction on his cock made him see stars and he almost came right then and there.
He realized that they were going to do this – have intercourse – and a slight panic entered his mind as he realized he didn’t know how to do it. He knew the mechanics, of course, but he’d never done this before. How, exactly, did he get his cock inside her? With what positioning of legs and bodies?
He was panting in eagerness, but he was slowed up by worry that he’d look a fool.
“Shea.” Garr broke away from the kiss, breathing hard. “I don’t know– I’ve never–”
“Don’t worry. Let me. I’ll take care of you.”
Shea waited for his nod before moving to untie his pants. Garr’s cock sprang free, already embarrassingly hard. He’d been fighting his desire for Shea since the day he’d met her, and now that his cock was this close to getting what it wanted, it was painfully hard and throbbing.
Shea didn’t seem to mind though. In fact, she looked at his cock like it was a particularly scrumptious bar of chocolate. Surely, that didn’t mean that she would eat it though, right?
Just as the thought entered his mind, Shea leaned down and gave it a long lick. Garr groaned loudly. He knew about intercourse, but he’d never known about this. It was the best feeling he had felt in his life. Better than kissing.
He resisted the urge to grab her head to force her to do it again.
Shea grinned at him before taking his cock fully into her mouth. Garr grunted. He could never even have imagined anything this good. All he could think of was getting more of Shea’s delicious mouth over his cock. She sucked up and down his length, and her tongue swirled around the head every time she got to the top.
Garr felt close to exploding, and didn’t know whether to stop her or not. He wanted to have intercourse with her, which he couldn’t do if he came into her mouth, but this was so good, he didn’t know if he had the strength to stop it.
His hips started stuttering upward. Garr had masturbated before, but nothing felt like this – this wild, headlong rush toward his release. It was so close that he could–
Shea pulled off. Garr growled in frustration. She just smiled.
“You ready for me, big boy?”
“Wait. Can I… touch you?”
“Oh.” Shea blushed a little, but clearly, she wasn’t resistant to the idea. She shuffled closer to him, straddling him so that her feminine parts were within his reach.
“Here, like this.”
She guided his hand to a small nub at her center. Garr circled his fingers around it and Shea gasped, moving into the touch. Her eyes were closed and she started rocking against his fingers, moaning in pleasure.
Did this make her feel as good as her tongue had felt on him?
Realizing he could also use his tongue, Garr flipped them over on the bed and thrust his face between her legs. As he started licking the little nub, Shea’s moans increased in pitch. She grabbed the horns on his head, pulling his face closer against her core.
Garr happily obliged, alternating between licking her fast and slow, trying to observe when she gasped the loudest and rubbed herself against him the hardest. From this, he was slowly able to start learning what she liked. Her movements soon became frantic, and although Garr loved the taste of her and was reluctant to let go, he emulated her and pulled back before she could tip over the bridge.
Shea moaned but didn’t protest. When Garr climbed higher on the bed again, she pushed his side, trying to roll him over. Garr did as she wished, and lay on his back on the bed.
Shea threw her leg over him and clambered over him. This time, she grabbed his leaking cock and aligned herself on it. Slowly, she seated herself down on him, inch by inch. Garr groaned as she took him all the way inside her. Her inner muscles embraced his cock, so tight and wet that it was all Garr could do to stop himself from coming right there.
They were both panting as Shea started to move up and down on him. She worked up a rhythm atop Garr’s cock. It was all too much. He thrust his hips up, meeting her thrust to thrust. Her moans echoed in the room, and Garr wanted hear more. He reached a hand into her folds and continued rubbing the little nub, just as she’d shown him.
Neither of them lasted long. Shea clapped a hand over her own mouth as she screamed, writhing atop him. Her muscles contracted impossibly tightly around him, which sent Garr over the edge too. He came hard. Harder than he had ever in his life. He could feel his seed filling her as they both struggled in the throes of ecstasy.
Finally, as the last waves of pleasure faded, Shea fell onto Garr’s chest, utterly spent. He smiled, feeling more content than ever in his life. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. His softening cock was still in her, and he had no desire to move just yet.
“Guess I won’t have to hide my erection on the d
rive back.”
He was surprised the words has slipped out of his mouth.
Shea cocked an eyebrow at him curiously. “If you get an erection, you just give me the signal, and we’ll stop off somewhere to take care of it.”
Garr chuckled. Shea joined in, and soon the two of them were laughing fit to burst. No one knocked on their door, so they stayed just like that. It was the perfect moment, and Garr never wanted it to end.
Chapter 13
Shea
They got maybe fifteen minutes to cuddle before Lila knocked on the door. “Mom, it’s time to open presents!”
“Coming, Lila! I’ll be out in a few minutes.”
It was only now that Shea stopped to consider whether her family or Evan had heard the rather obvious sounds of sex coming from Garr’s room. Shea could hear Christmas music playing downstairs, so hopefully, Lila hadn’t realized at least. Her family already suspected there was something going on between her and Garr, and Evan…
Well, if it bothered him, he would just have to deal with it. If he said a word against Garr after everything he had done for them, Shea would smack him herself.
She and Garr cleaned up and dressed quietly. Neither spoke, but it was a comfortable silence. She smiled and took his hand as she unlocked the door and led Garr into the living room. Garr gave her a shy smile back that made her heart thump.
The Christmas tree was picture perfect. Clearly, Lila had added some decorations to it while Shea had been in Garr’s room. Shea was grateful to her parents for keeping Lila busy while Shea spent time with Garr. Hazel had Baby Maya cradled on her lap, and they all sat around the tree in the living room.
Lila was already poised to open her first present.
“Alright, we’re here,” Shea said with a smile, glancing at Garr. “You can go ahead, Lila.”
Lila cheered as she dove into the present, opening the gift wrapping with a vengeance. Her enthusiasm was endearing to watch. Even Evan didn’t make any snarky comments as he calmly handed Lila her next present, smiling down at his daughter.
Lila still believed in Santa, so only a few of the gifts said who they were from, and the rest simply said ‘Santa.’ Shea could still tell by the wrapping, and she smiled at her parents in thanks as Lila unwrapped a new puzzle.
Shea herself opened some presents from her parents and watched them open hers. She wished she would’ve thought to get something for Garr. He’d done so much for her, first getting them here and especially after everything that had happened the day before.
It turned out that Hazel saved the day.
“To Garr, from all of us, and to Lila, from Garr.”
“Yay!” Lila jumped at the gift, attacking the wrapping.
Garr looked up on confusion. “I did not–”
Shea squeezed his hand and shot a grateful look at Hazel.
“I’ll explain later,” she whispered to Garr. “Enjoy your gift.”
‘Garr’s’ present turned out to be a pack of fancy coloring pencils that went perfectly with the coloring book of different types of spaceships that Hazel and Zeriq had gotten her – now under Garr’s name.
Shea smiled widely as Lila put the two of them together, marveling at how Garr and she could color the pages together now. Garr still looked confused, but quickly picked up on Lila’s enthusiasm and even tried a few of the pencils on the paper. Shea would have time to explain the simple kindness to him later.
Lila bounced onto Shea’s lap. “This is the best Christmas ever!”
“I don’t know,” Shea said. “You seemed pretty certain that last Christmas was the best Christmas ever.”
“No, this one!”
Shea smiled and pulled Lila into a tight hug. She was so grateful to have her daughter here with her – safe – and it was all thanks to Garr.
Well, and her, Zeriq, and Hazel, but she was giving Garr most of the credit. If she hadn’t rushed in like a maniac, Garr probably wouldn’t have been hurt. Shea still felt guilty about that, but he’d never complained once, even going to the extent of blaming himself. As if Shea was going to let him do that.
She glanced at Garr again, and found him looking right back at her. Their eyes met, and a warm fuzzy feeling filled her insides.
All of the presents were soon unwrapped. Evan hadn’t even complained about Shea’s present to him – some baby clothes for his new child. After last night, she didn’t think he’d be forgetting Lila in a hurry. They shared a look, and Shea thought she saw some guilt in Evan’s gaze. Surprisingly, he hugged her as thanks.
Maybe this was a new beginning for all of them. Shea could only hope so.
The rest of the day seemed to fly by. They baked some pie together, and then Evan left. When Lila asked sadly if this was the last time they’d see each other for a while, Evan vowed it wouldn’t be so. He promised to video call Lila as often as she wanted, and said that maybe he could even visit her sometime in Space City.
This time, Shea could see that he meant it.
It was late evening before she and Garr could catch some time alone together. Hazel and Zeriq were watching Lila, so Shea invited Garr for a walk outside. It was still cold and snowy, but when Garr wrapped his arm around Shea, it warmed her inside out.
“So… what happens when we get back?” she asked quietly.
Garr shrugged. Shea chuckled. He had been quiet most of the day. It must have been hard to make the long speech he had in the morning, and he clearly needed some time to recharge. Shea didn’t mind. She hoped he would feel comfortable enough to learn to use more words with her, but she was patient.
“Well,” she said. “I was thinking we could file for a new status with the Alliance. Now that we’re mated, we’ll probably qualify for a bigger house in Space City, like Hazel and Zeriq. Families of three or more have priority and–”
Garr dropped his arm from around her.
“Mated?” he asked, his expression something akin to shock.
Suddenly, Shea felt uncertain. “That is, if you want–”
His mouth turned up in a smile big enough to show some fang. “I want,” he assured her, taking her into a bearhug.
Shea giggled, her heart blossoming with happiness. Their silly grins mirrored each other as they simply stood in the snow, staring into each other’s eyes.
“Right. That’s a plan, then.”
Garr nodded, and pulled her in for a kiss that made even her toes melt despite the snow.
Mated…
Epilogue
Garr
Five months later
After weeks of unpacking boxes at their new house, Garr and Shea were finally finished. It was a good thing, too, because with Baby Maya here, they had zero chance of doing anything else constructive.
Garr shot Shea a pained look. He had hoped to finally spend some quiet time with her and Lila, but instead, Zeriq and Hazel had dumped Maya onto them to go on a ‘date night.’
Shea laughed. “We need the practice, Garr!”
She had become so adept at reading his expressions that Garr barely needed to speak around her anymore. He was still working on it though, and got more and more comfortable with speaking to her every day. He still struggled around other people, but Shea promised him that he would get there one day.
Truthfully, Garr didn’t care. He didn’t feel the need to speak to others. Shea and Lila were the only ones who mattered to him, and as long as they understood him and were fine with his silence, he was content.
Shea pressed a hand onto her stomach, which was slowly growing.
“Feel anything?” Garr asked.
“No, the doctor said, it’ll likely be weeks still before we can feel her kicking.”
“Her?” He cocked a brow in question.
“It feels like a girl to me.” Shea smiled. “Don’t you think?”
Garr shrugged. He had no idea if their baby would be a boy or a girl, and he didn’t care. When Lila’s little brother or sister arrived, he would love them just as fiercely as he loved
Shea and Lila.
“Shea.” Garr stared at the diaper. This was supposed to be simple, but all he’d managed to do was mangle the whole thing into a mess around poor Maya’s legs.
Shea came over and pressed a hand to her mouth, trying unsuccessfully to stifle a giggle. “Um. Well, that’s pretty close.”
Garr knew she was lying, and he grinned. It was one of the things he loved about her. She was always so encouraging, even when he did things completely wrong.
“I can do it, Mom!”
Lila sped over and grabbed the diaper. Garr watched in disbelief as Lila’s small hands flew over the diaper, quickly organizing it into the correct shape.
“Beaten by a five-year-old girl.” Shea laughed. “Better luck next time, Garr.”
Garr tried to scowl at his mate, but he was so busy trying his best not to join her in laughter that the effect was lost.
Lila’s constant puzzle-solving must have helped her figure out the diaper in seconds. Shea liked to say that she’d probably even surpass Hazel and become a world-famous engineer or something like it. Garr could see that happening. Lila might be young, but she certainly had the brain for it.
Garr himself was still working for the security company, but at regular hours so that he could help Shea with Lila. He no longer felt the need to work constantly – Shea, Lila, and the unborn baby kept him plenty busy now, and it was all important work that made him feel more useful and needed than his security work ever could.
Garr had never realized it until he had met Shea, but raising children was tough.
Now that the Alliance had allotted them a larger home though, they would have plenty of room for any children. Lila could have her own room, and there would still be space for a nursery and a guest room. Zeriq had pulled a few strings with the Alliance to get them a house in a nearby neighborhood to theirs, and they saw them nearly daily.
