When I got the piercing, I thought of him and this exact moment the entire time. I couldn’t wait to see the look on his face when he eventually got me naked and saw it, couldn’t wait to hear his reaction. And most of all, I couldn’t wait to see what he’d do with it. But even my wildest daydreams—and there were so many of them—didn’t come anywhere close to the incredible way he just made me feel.

I know he said he wants so much more than just sex with me, but I’m so damn glad we’ve taken this step because I don’t think I could stand another second of the tension or the teasing from him. And between my piercing and the kinky things I already confessed to him that I want to try, I know we’re heading into new territory together that I can’t wait to explore.

As if Declan can read my mind, he finally pulls back from me and unwinds my legs from around his shoulders. He moves back up onto the bed, kneeling between my legs, and stares down at me with a dark look in his eyes as he peels his shirt over his head.

“Do you have a safe word?” he asks, and my stomach flutters as a shiver of anticipation sweeps through me. This is exactly where I hoped we were heading.

“No.”

“Then you’d better come up with one fast,” he says, his voice low and hungry as he tosses his shirt on the floor behind him and starts working off his pants.

There’s so much going on, and I’m so overwhelmed from head to toe that it feels impossible to focus on anything. Still, my mind races, grasping for something that isn’t cheesy or cliché, and the first thing it settles on is exactly what I’m seeing right now.

“Red,” I say without a hint of hesitation, and Declan smirks as he shoves down his boxers and the thick cock that I’ve been craving springs free. My heart pounds in my chest, crashing against my ribcage.

“Keeping it traditional, huh? I like that.” He lifts his pants off the bed and reaches in the back pocket for his wallet, then flips it open and digs out a condom.

Holding it by one corner, he tears the wrapper open with his teeth and rolls the condom onto his cock, and I can’t take my eyes off him. It’s hard to imagine that in just a few seconds, he’ll be inside me again, but I can’t wait.