Loving Lucas (6 page)

follow through with his intentions.

Soon. Damn soon. He needs it and so do I
.

The hand caressing Lucas’s cheek slipped behind his

neck to play with his hair and Lucas moaned at the touch.

“I have all sorts of fantasies about you and me, baby,

and all sorts of games I want to play.”

“You do?”

“I’ll tell you more of them. Later. Maybe when I can do

something about them.”

56

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Lucas nodded, watching him closely for a moment,

before he stood suddenly and crossed the room, where he

locked the door.

“Luc, what are you doing?”

“Returning a favor.”

Nicholas frowned, not certain what that meant, as Lucas

returned to the bed. But before he could ask, Lucas leaned

down and teasingly kissed him. Nicholas instantly reached to tangle a hand in the silky blond hair.

It was the first time Lucas had ever initiated a kiss and it was incredible.

When he pulled back, he smiled and Nicholas licked his

lips, wanting to pull Lucas back to him, but Lucas stepped

back slightly.

“Luc….”

“It’s been a while, so I might not be as good at this as

you.”

Nicholas’s eyes widened as Lucas reached for the covers

and pulled them back and Nicholas felt his heart kick

against his chest.

“You…you don’t have to do this. I mean, I want you to.

God, I want you to, but you….”

“Don’t have to.” Lucas smiled. “But I want to. If that’s

okay with you.”

57

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

“Are you kidding? Of course it’s okay.”

“Good to know.”

Lucas smiled again, slowly, sensually, and Nicholas

wondered if a person could come just watching the man he

loved smile.

Shifting a little, he watched as Lucas crawled onto the

bed, straddling his legs, careful hands reaching for the hem of the barely-there, paper-thin hospital gown.

“As you said last night, there it is.”

Biting back a groan as his rigid cock was revealed, he

focused on Lucas, watching Lucas’s reactions, becoming

more and more aroused as he did. He couldn’t believe this

was actually happening. He briefly wondered if it was just a dream, a wonderfully vivid dream, and he prayed with all his might that it wasn’t.

He’s about to touch me. Finally
.

“Luc….”

“No talking. Just enjoy this. I know I will.”

Those words alone were nearly his undoing and he

couldn’t bite back his strangled cry as Lucas leaned down

and slowly ran his tongue along the base of Nicholas’s

straining shaft. Nicholas tangled one hand in the sheets.

One touch, and he was ready to fall apart.

58

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Clearly sensing the impact his touch had, Lucas moved

one hand to cup Nicholas’s balls while slowly sliding the

length of Nicholas’s cock into his mouth.

Surrounded by warm, wet heat, feeling Lucas’s tongue

began to lick and swirl as he slid his lips up and down,

sucking and licking, Nicholas clenched his eyes shut,

wanting the moment to last, but it had been so long since he had been touched by anyone other than himself.

And this was Lucas. His Lucas was touching him,

sucking him off.

“Luc…. Oh, Luc, I’m…come….”

Head thrown back, he cried out as his body convulsed in

pleasure and he spilled into Lucas’s incredible mouth.

Body humming, it was several minutes before he came

back to himself, to realize Lucas had pulled the gown back

into place, but still straddled him, red lips curved into a smile.

“Christ….”

“Enjoy that?”

“Enjoy is one word for it.”

Lucas slipped from the bed and crossed the room to

unlock the door, before moving back to the side of the bed.

“I’ve never had a fantasy about us in a hospital bed, but

damn….” He shook his head with a grin.

59

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

“Yeah, well, you’ve been in a hospital bed too many times

during the past six months, so don’t start developing some

strange fetish.”

“Okay, forget hospital beds, love. Any bed will do.”

“Nic.”

He knew Lucas was starting to think too much, but he

was determined to stop him before he could do one of his

emotional disappearing acts.

“For now, this bed is big enough for two, so what’s say

you curl up beside me and we take a nice little nap.”

“I guess I could do that.”

“Good.”

Carefully scooting over, he made room for Lucas, who

stretched out beside him, and Nicholas leaned in for a quick kiss.

“I love you, Luc,” he whispered, falling into beautiful blue eyes as Lucas smiled at him.

“I love you, too, Nic. I always have.”

Tugging Lucas closer, Nicholas held him tight, swearing

to himself that, no matter what, come hell or high water he wouldn’t ever let go.

60

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

HE couldn’t believe he had been so damn stupid, trying to

kill the fucking cop in broad daylight, with witnesses milling around.

After all his careful, organized planning, he had put

himself and everything at risk because he hadn’t been able

to control his emotions. Seeing Lucas with another man had

been too much and it really wasn’t fair.

Lucas was supposed to be alone; Lucas wasn’t supposed

to be happy.

Bastard will pay for that. Wait and see. I’ll kill his lover in
front of him after I make him watch me make Lucas mine

again.

Somewhat comforted by the thought, he sat alone in the

dark, not willing to turn on the lights in the small hunting shack he had broken into. He didn’t want to do anything to

draw attention to his hideout while he laid low for a bit and plotted his next move. He knew he was lucky he had found a

place that offered food and no nosy neighbors. He really

61

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

didn’t want to kill anyone but Lucas and his stupid lover,

but if anyone forced his hand, Riley was willing to end more lives.

Sitting on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket he had found to

ward off the chill, he tried to calm himself, tried to reason that all was not lost.

He would just sit tight for a day or two and then make

his move.

Lucas will be expecting me now, but that’s okay. He’ll

think his cop boyfriend will keep him all safe, but I’ll show
him. I’ll show both of them
.

But first, a smile came to him and he decided maybe he

hadn’t messed up so bad after all.

Maybe he could play a little cat-and-mouse game with

Lucas, just to add to his torment, keep him on edge and

afraid.

Thinking about the prepaid cell phone he had stolen,

Riley decided to do just that.

Tomorrow, I’ll place a little call to Lucas, just to say hello
and ask how his lover boy is doing
.

Stretching out, he closed his eyes, certain his dreams

would be deliciously sweet.

62

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

“LUC, you don’t have to babysit me.”

“Funny, but I recall saying something similar to you

recently.”

Nicholas scowled, but Lucas laughed as he stood beside

the sofa in his apartment, looking Nicholas over carefully, wondering if the doctors had released him a little too soon.

Maybe another day in the hospital would have been a good

idea. He did have a concussion, after all, and the area

around the bandaged gash on his forehead was discolored,

but he insisted his shoulder didn’t hurt that much and the

doctor assured Lucas there would be no lasting damage.

“Does Sasha mind running everything herself today?”

Nicholas asked, pulling Lucas from his concerns, and he

smiled.

“Are you kidding? She told me to get up here, lock the

door, and rock the bed.”

“You know, I love the way that girl thinks.”

Lucas rolled his eyes. “Please, don’t encourage her.”

“How about I encourage you instead?” He patted the spot

beside him on the sofa. “Come on. Sit down with me. I

promise, I won’t bite. Unless, of course, you want me to, in which case, all you have to do is say the word.”

“Nic.”

“I’m teasing. No pushing, I swear it.”

63

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

“I know. I trust you.”

At that, Nicholas held out a hand and Lucas accepted it,

allowing Nicholas to pull him down beside him, wrapping an

arm gently around his shoulder. “This okay?” He turned his

head, nuzzling the side of Lucas’s neck as he asked and

Lucas moaned and nodded.

“Really okay.”

“Good.”

Another moan escaped him when Nicholas began

teasingly kissing his neck and Lucas dropped his head,

allowing more access as his eyes closed.

Trying to form a rational thought around the pleasure,

he placed his hand, palm open, on Nicholas’s muscular

thigh, his fingers gripping when Nicholas nipped at his ear.

“Nic, I…I’ve been…been thinking….”

“And there’s the problem, babe. You think way too

much.”

“I’m being serious.”

“So am I.”

Nicholas began trailing light kisses downward toward his

collarbone and Lucas shifted, the pressure against his jeans becoming decidedly uncomfortable.

“I’m trying to tell you I thought about what you said last

night.”

64

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Slowly, Nicholas lifted his head to look at him and Lucas

smiled when their eyes met. “You said I should let you in,

give you a chance to prove you won’t walk away.” He drew in a breath. He felt like he was walking a tightrope with no net below him and if he fell, there was no chance he would

survive, but he still had to take the risk because Nicholas was well worth it.

He was only sorry it had taken him so damn long to

realize that.

“Luc, what are you saying?”

“I’m saying I love you, Nic, and I want to be with you. I

have to admit, I’m scared to death, but I can’t ignore this any longer and I don’t want to ignore it.”

“You mean it? You’re ready to try?”

Lucas smiled slowly, nodding. “I can’t say I won’t freak

out from time to time….”

“We can deal with that. If you’re willing to give us a real chance.”

“I am. And I’m sorry I’ve made this so hard on you, Nic.”

Shaking his head, Nicholas claimed his lips in a hungry,

almost desperate kiss that Lucas melted into. When Nicholas pulled him even closer, Lucas took the hint, shifting until he was straddling Nicholas’s lap, their bodies eagerly pressed together.

65

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Moaning as Nicholas’s tongue slipped into his mouth,

Lucas tangled both hands in thick black hair, desperate for more, aching to be closer.

I want this. I want it so much I can’t pretend anymore.

A strangled gasp escaped him as the kiss broke and

Nicholas began kissing down his neck as his hands slipped

to Lucas’s ass, pushing him down and grinding their

straining erections through the thick denim. He could feel

heat flooding through him; every nerve ending was alive and he wanted more. He wanted to touch Nicholas in all the ways he had dreamed about for years now, but even as that

thought filled his mind, the shrill ringing of the phone

demanded his attention.

“Ignore it,” Nicholas advised, feasting on his neck, and

Lucas sighed.

“I can’t. Could be Sasha.”

Pulling away slightly, but making no move to remove

himself from Nicholas’s lap, Lucas reached for the phone,

answering it on the fifth ring.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Lucas.”

Any warmth he had felt seconds earlier faded and icy

cold settled over him, seemingly freezing his blood at the

sound of the voice that still haunted his nightmares.

“Riley….”

66

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Without realizing it, he slipped from Nicholas to sit on

the sofa, still close to him, hand gripping the phone as

Nicholas came quickly alert.

“You seem surprised to hear from me, Lucas. You knew I

was in town. I made that clear.”

“Riley, you have to stop this.”

“How’s your boyfriend? Didn’t hurt him too badly, did I?”

“What…what do you want?” He closed his eyes, sick to

his stomach, mind filled with memories that were dark and

horrifying.

“What do I want? What do you think I want?”

“Riley….”

“I want you dead, you son of a bitch. I want you to pay

for what you did to me!”

Jumping slightly when Nicholas placed a hand on his

back, Lucas opened his eyes, allowing Nicholas to pull the

phone away from his ear slightly, so he could also hear what Riley was saying.

“You think you suffered last time? Just what ’til you see

what I’ve got in store for you.”

“Listen to me, Riley. Don’t do this. Don’t waste a second

chance….”

“Fuck you! Don’t talk down to me or act like you care!

You don’t care!”

67

Loving Lucas /
Lisa Marie Davis

Lucas closed his eyes, trying to remain calm, knowing he

couldn’t panic, that it wouldn’t do anyone any good.