Danny's Dragon

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

When people lost sight of the way to live came codes of love and honesty, learning came, charity came, hypocrisy took charge; When differences weakened family ties came benevolent fathers and dutiful sons; And when lands were disrupted and misgoverned came ministers commended as loyal. – Lao Tzu

Shit. His mother’s stern voice cut rudely into his dreamy heaven of waking up in the morning and seeing Dave sleeping next to him. He listened to her hang up and to the machine’s beeps and clicks as it registered the call.

Dave stirred next to him. Heavy stubble covered his cheeks and jaw and his blue eyes were sleepy. His face lit up when his gaze met Danny’s, and a tiny grin curved his lips. Needless to say, Dave was incredibly sexy. “Good morning.”

Danny turned and moved closer to him. The warmth of Dave’s body filled the space, making him wish he could just stay curled up next to him all day long. “Hi.”

Dave brushed his lips across Danny’s bare shoulder and stroked his chest. “So, was that your mom?”

Danny sighed. “Yes.” He covered Dave’s hand, lacing their fingers together. Dave’s cheek was close to his lips, and he pressed a small kiss to it. The red-gold stubble grazed his lips, and Dave’s musky scent filled his nostrils, causing his groin to stir and tighten.

Dave nuzzled Danny’s cheek in response. “I take it she doesn’t know about you,” he murmured.

He shook his head. All the years he hadn’t been with someone, he was able to ignore the fact that he was hiding. Now he felt as if it were an offence to his lover. “No. I shouldn’t hide. I’m sorry.” He heard the sheepishness in his own voice.

“Hey, don’t be sorry to me. I wouldn’t stick my d**k in a tank with a piranha, either.”

Danny turned his head on the pillow and stared at him. “What?”

Dave grinned a bit guiltily. “Sorry. I guess that sounded harsh.”

Danny returned his smile in spite of the tension pulling at his insides. “It’s okay. I think I understand what you mean.”

Dave exhaled an audible sigh of relief. “I’m glad. It’s just that... well... even though I barely know you, I get the sense you’d already have told her the truth if you felt you could.”

He nodded. Dave’s words were incredibly sweet and sensitive. Every moment that passed, he felt his heart melting more and more for this man. He squeezed his hand. “Thank you for saying that. It’s true.” He sighed. “However, it only makes me feel that it’s wrong to hide, as if I’m ashamed of you. Which I’m definitely not.”

Dave snuggled closer to him, leisurely tracing the outlines of Danny’s chest muscles. The feathery trail of touch sent sparks of energy dancing through Danny’s skin. “Don’t even give that a second’s thought,” Dave said. “One thing you’ll learn about me is I have no fondness for parents, mine or yours. And I care even less what they think or what they know.”

Danny looked at him, struck by the bitterness in Dave’s voice. Before he could answer, Dave spoke again.

“Danny, haven’t you noticed I haven’t given you my phone number?”

He nodded. “Yes, I did notice that.”

Dave sighed, his hand coming to rest on Danny’s ribcage. “Well, there’s a good reason for that, and it’s not because I don’t want you to call me.” He brushed his thumb across Danny’s skin. “It’s because I don’t want to subject you to my father. God forbid you call, and he answers the phone.”

Danny turned onto his side and propped himself up on his elbow. “I didn’t know you lived with him.” He watched emotions pass through Dave’s eyes. Some tension rose in the air, as if Dave was closing down. “It’s okay, Dave. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t pry into your life.” He reached out and touched Dave’s cheek. “I’m just glad you’re here.”

Dave caught his wrist and pressed a kiss into it. The tension that had been there receded. “Don’t apologize, Danny. For God’s sake. You didn’t do anything wrong.” He sighed and rolled onto his back, his head turned to Danny. “Sometimes people who have the worst things happen between them get the most stuck together. At least, that’s what I’ve seen.” He shrugged. “I don’t know. I haven’t wanted to leave him alone. He’s... pathetic, even though he can be the meanest bastard I’ve ever met. Sounds nuts, huh?”

“Not at all. You seem quite sane to me.”

Dave chuckled. “You’re a sweet guy, Danny. The sweetest, really. Which is why I wouldn’t have you call my house.”

Danny nodded. “Fair enough. You could get a cell phone. That way it wouldn’t matter where you were. I could call you.”

“Don’t want one. They remind me of... bad times.”

Danny’s cheeks burned. Damn, it seemed so easy to say the wrong thing around Dave, and he wanted so much to say the right thing. “Sorry.”

Dave huffed. “There you go again. Stop being sorry. It’s not you.” He sighed again. “The last phone call I received on a cell phone was from the hospital, telling me that John was dead.”

Shit. Dave seemed to have had a horrible life. “What about your mom? What’s she like?”

“She passed away five years ago.”

Shit again! “I’m sorry.”

Dave rose on his elbow, his eyes sparkling. “Danny, if you apologize one more time I’m going to....” He fell quiet. “I’ll think of something.”

“Hey, what’s wrong with saying sorry when someone you like has gone through hard times?”

Dave sighed. “Well, okay. I’ll accept that one. My mom actually was very understanding. If she were still around, I wouldn’t worry about you calling my house. I think she’d have liked you. But... she was scared of him. We all were.” He held out his arm, flexing the muscles. “It’s no accident I’m this big,” he went on. “I’ve worked for this suit of armor since I was sixteen. I had to keep him away from her and my sister... and me.”

Danny cupped Dave’s cheek. “I’m sorry. That’s awful.” His heart squeezed painfully, the way it did whenever he heard or saw Meg cry for her grandfather.

Dave’s blue eyes took on the slightest mist, but then he appeared to push back whatever emotion was behind it. “It’s okay. Just my way of letting you know you don’t have to feel pressure about bringing me home to meet the family.” He fell silent, resuming his light caress on Danny’s torso. Dave’s gentle touch skimmed over his ribcage, across his stomach and down, teasing around his belly button. Danny’s erection rose in response, brushing Dave’s thigh.

Dave grinned and caressed the hard length with his palm, lightly rubbing it in mind-blowing, erotic strokes. “Hey, Danny, your dragon’s breathing some fire this morning.”

Danny’s cheeks tingled, and he smiled, feeling suddenly shy. “Well, when you do that to it, it will.”

Dave chuckled. “Let’s get a good blaze going.” He smoothed his touch farther down, over Danny’s balls, back and forth, then back up. Closing his hand lightly around the shaft, he caressed the ridges of the head with the pad of his thumb.

Danny’s c**k surged and swelled to full hardness. He moaned, his pelvis arching off the mattress. Dave had a magical touch and seemed to know just how to make his body zing to life. On the exterior, Dave was big and rugged, giving off an air of toughness, but when he touched Danny, he conveyed only tenderness.

Dave leaned into him and captured his mouth for a kiss. He slipped his tongue between Danny’s lips, not seeming to care that it was first thing in the morning. He slid his tongue hotly against Danny’s, receding then deepening the kiss more each time. Dave’s large jade stem, fully erect and pulsing, jutted demandingly into Danny’s hip. A moan slipped from Dave’s throat, vibrating between their joined mouths.

Danny reached over and smoothed the palm of his hand over Dave’s c**k. He loved the velvety feel of the skin hugging veins and hard muscle.

Dave moaned again into his mouth, and shifted, covering more of Danny’s body with his. The weight forced Danny’s hand out from between them, and he smoothed his palm across Dave’s hip and over one butt cheek. The tight orb was deliciously hard against his hand. He squeezed it gently and continued his exploration, moving his fingertips toward the crevice between the two hard globes.

Dave’s breath caught in his throat. He lifted his mouth from their kiss, his eyelids heavy. “Yes,” he breathed, “touch me there.” Suddenly, a tiny grin played on his lips. “Don’t worry, I keep it clean and shiny.”

Danny smiled. “Okay.” He wanted more than anything in that moment to bring Dave pleasure. He slipped the fingers of one hand between Dave’s buttocks, stroking the softer skin hidden there, exploring the tiny folds and nuances of that intimate crevice.

Dave exhaled an obvious sigh of pleasure, his breath coming in short gasps. He slanted his lips across Danny’s again, taking his mouth in a more heated kiss than before. He parted his legs slightly, draping one hard sloping thigh over Danny’s, giving Danny’s hand greater access to his bottom. Again he lifted his mouth away, panting heavily now, his face flushed. “Put your finger in,” he rasped. “Please.”

The plea in Dave’s voice made Danny’s heart surge. He loved hearing Dave’s pleasured breathing, watching his broad, strong chest heave and hearing his moans of enjoyment. Carefully, he probed the outer rim until he felt the tiny puckered opening. He pushed, gently at first.

Dave moaned, and his eyelids fluttered.

Encouraged, he pushed a bit harder, and his finger slid in. He moved it around, guided by Dave’s sighs and groans of satisfaction. “Is that okay?”

Dave nodded. “Incredible.” He closed his eyes, his head tilted back slightly, obviously lost in the pleasure of what Danny was doing to him.

“Danny,” he whispered after several moments, “put in two fingers.”

Danny frowned. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

Dave opened his eyes, a sideways grin curving his lips. “Don’t worry about hurting me. It’s a long time since I was a virgin.”

Danny smiled. He liked Dave’s earthy sense of humor. The man was sensuous and kind and made Danny want to do anything for him.

“All right then.” Carefully, he pushed a second finger in and pulsed both fingers in and out together, enjoying the sounds of Dave’s pleasured moans.

Dave lowered his face back down to Danny’s and took his lips in a searing kiss, plundering the soft crevices of his mouth with his tongue. Several moments passed before he pulled away again, his blue eyes dark and smoldering.

“Danny, I gotta have you inside me,” he panted. “Is that all right with you?”

Dave’s fevered request sent darts of excitement skittering through Danny’s body, and his erection surged. Yet, at the same time, he paused. This wasn’t what he’d expected. Or what he’d imagined himself doing. His fantasies had always included Dave taking him and being on top.

Dave brushed a fingertip across Danny’s cheek. “Something the matter? You don’t want it?” Then he grinned. His lids lowered. “I know, you thought I’d be the wild stallion and mount you.” He leaned forward and kissed Danny’s lips. The kiss was brief but hot. “I want to make sure you’re good and ready for that, Danny. Besides, even a stallion wants to get ridden once in a while.”

Dave fell silent. The pad of his thumb moved back and forth across Danny’s cheekbone. There was something in the tone of Dave’s voice, a hesitance. Danny suspected it had something to do with that the bit about his life he’d shared earlier.

“Hey, Danny, do you want to? I sure do.” He reached down, closed his large hand around Danny’s wrist, and guided his fingers back to his hole. Dave groaned at the contact.

“Yes, I want to,” Danny breathed as he pressed his fingertips against the puckered hole. I... um....” His fingers slipped from Dave’s behind, and he rested his hand on Dave’s hip, overcome suddenly by the shy insecurity he so often felt. “I don’t want to be bad at it.”

Dave stroked his cheek and kissed him again. “You won’t be.” He lifted his face away and disengaged his body from Danny’s, rising up on hands and knees. “Have you ever done it with a woman?”

He nodded. “I had a girlfriend a long time ago.”

“What do you call the woman’s business, you know, in those Chinese terms?”

“There are a few names, but one of them is the cinnabar cave.”

Dave chuckled. “Very nice. Well, just pretend you’re sinking your dragon into the cinnabar cave, and do the same thing, okay?”

He nodded again, his pulse throbbing madly.

Dave gestured with a nod of his head. “Come up here first, and I’ll give you some lubrication.”

Wordlessly, Danny rose up on his knees, moving so his erection brushed Dave’s lips.

Dave opened his mouth and took Danny deep inside, the flat of his tongue, hot and moist, anointing the length of Danny’s c**k.

Danny moaned, his bones melting and his toes curling from the incredible suction of Dave’s mouth. His hands came to rest on Dave’s soft hair, following the movements of his head as Dave deep throated him. Already, the pressure of orgasm began to build deep in his groin.

As if sensing Danny’s need, Dave pulled his mouth away and grinned at him. “I think you’re good now.”

Danny looked down into his eyes, smoothing his hands backward over Dave’s scalp. He leaned down and kissed him, a brief but tender press of his lips, then moved around behind him.

Dave’s broad back heaved, the movements causing the dragon tattooed on his skin to appear as if it were beating its wings. Danny reached out, smoothing his hands over the inked muscles in sensuous circles. His movements caused the length of his erection to press between Dave’s buttocks. A zing of pleasure shot through his groin at the intimate contact. His breath caught in his throat. Never had he experienced such incredible sensations.

Sliding his touch to Dave’s hips, he massaged them, his fingertips teasing Dave’s buttocks.

Dave moaned and arched his back, pushing his backside more firmly against Danny’s c**k. “Don’t wait too long,” he said over his shoulder.

His breathless words caused tingles of heat to cascade through Danny’s body. Obediently, he slipped his fingertips into the crevice and found the small opening. He pushed the swollen head of his c**k gently in, urged on by Dave’s groan. The tightness of Dave’s ass rubbed the head pleasantly, causing Danny to suck in his breath.

“That’s it, Danny. Yes.”

Closing his eyes, Danny gently began to ease his c**k deeper into Dave’s ass.

“Don’t worry about hurting me.” Dave’s voice was tight with pleasure. “I like it hard.”

Danny looked at him for another moment, then took hold of Dave’s hips and pushed harder. Dave’s tight passage swallowed his entire length until his body met Dave’s. He was inside Dave, deep inside, a part of him.

Danny’s eyes fluttered closed, and he withdrew and plunged again. The sensation engulfed his entire body, radiating through the invisible parts deep inside that weren’t only physical.

“Danny!” Dave’s voice carried to his ears through the haze of ecstasy building inside him. The sound was sweet and passionate, not requesting anything of him but their mutual pleasure.

Danny leaned over and pressed his lips against Dave’s back, tracing the design of the dragon with the tip of his tongue as he continued his strokes in and out.

Dave clenched his inner muscles. The sensation gripped Danny, and he cried out, the delicious pressure building rapidly.

“Harder, please,” Dave whispered.

Danny complied, lifting away from Dave’s back and anchoring his hands on Dave’s hips. Dave was supporting his own weight on one hand and was stroking himself with the other. His muscles clenched Danny’s c**k again, and he jerked suddenly.

Dave groaned, his body sagging. He pushed down again into the mattress, and Danny realized he’d just climaxed. His own climax was building rapidly, and with a few more strokes, the explosion came, emanating from deep in his groin. The sensations shook him. He squeezed his eyes shut, feeling his seed fill Dave’s tight passage. He clenched Dave’s hips until the last wave had passed.

With their bodies still joined, Danny bent over Dave again, locking his arms around him, pressing his lips to the dragon tattoo. Dave’s chest heaved under his hands, and Danny felt Dave clasp his hand, rubbing Danny’s knuckles in a caress. Slowly, he felt Dave lowering his body onto the mattress, bringing Danny with him. “Stay like that, Danny,” he whispered.

Happily, Danny obeyed, the length of his body on top of Dave’s. He rested there, loving the feel of Dave’s muscles, warm and hard, against his, Dave’s back rising and falling against his chest. The tiny movements rubbed Danny’s c**k, still buried deep inside Dave. The intimacy was sweet, intoxicating, and Danny wished he could stay like this forever. Gradually, however, his erection softened and slipped out.

Dave turned over and reached out for him, and Danny collapsed gently into his arms. Their bodies were damp, and their bare skin fused together. Dave’s musky scent permeated the air, increasing the languor that was overtaking him. Dave nuzzled his cheek. “I hope that was good for you,” he said softly. “It sure as hell was for me.”

Danny cupped Dave’s damp cheek, testing the heaviness of the stubble under the pad of his thumb. “It was incredible. Thank you.”

Dave’s lids were half-closed. His freckled skin was flushed. He leaned in and pressed his mouth to Danny’s, lingering. He slipped his tongue in and lazily tasted him. Finally he pulled away and smiled. “Anytime.”

“I still hope you’ll want to do that to me....”

Dave touched his cheek again. “I do want to, Danny. It’s just, I’m big and heavy. You’re no doubt a complete virgin with that, and I really don’t want to hurt you.” The edge was back in Dave’s voice.

Danny frowned. Dave was a protective man, but did he really need to go so far? “I’m sure you wouldn’t hurt me.”

Dave shook his head. “Look, it has nothing at all to do with you. Believe me. You’re one of the hottest guys I’ve ever met. A nerdy Bruce Lee.” He grinned and passed his hand down Danny’s arm to his hip. “I’m sorry if I’m coming off as weird. I sure as hell don’t mean to.” He kissed Danny again, a reassuring kiss that also conveyed Dave’s essence: that of a protective man who did what he thought was right even if he risked rejection.

The understanding touched off a wave of affection through Danny’s heart. Reaching up, he passed a hand over Dave’s short hair.

When Dave pulled back from their kiss, Danny could see the emotion in his gaze. More charged energy seemed to pass back and forth invisibly between them. “How do you feel about going back to sleep?” he asked softly.

Danny’s heart melted at the question. “I feel good about that.”

“Great. I’ll be right back.” Dave rolled to his side and rose from the bed. Danny watched his tall, muscular form as he went, his broad back with its dragon tattoo flexing as he made his way to the bathroom.

Danny’s heart fluttered, and his body still sang from the intimacy of moments before. He glanced at the clock on his bedside table and smiled to himself. By the looks of things, he wasn’t going to be up to go help Meg open the store.

Yes....