Warning. This chapter has guys having sex together. If you don't like the idea of gay love please don't read this.

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Two large, white pillar candles burned softly on the nightstands on both sides of the bed. Sitting up in bed, Aaron watched him as he slowly made his way over. Daniel’s eyes flared at the site of his lover’s firm chest and belly, the bed sheet barely covering his loins. The golden candlelight cast Aarons face in shadow though Daniel could feel his burning gaze sliding up and down his naked body as he stood nervously by the bed.

“You look breathtaking,” Aaron said, his voice husky with emotion. “Come lay down. Or is this too much for you and you’ve changed your mind?”

“I’m OK, it’s just that I’ve never slept naked with anyone before.”

“You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to. If you’re not ready then you’re not ready.”

“I am ready,” Daniel assured him, sliding under the covers, not touching him but close enough that he could feel his body heat.

Aaron stretched out besides him. “Come here.”

Afraid to breath, Daniel scooted closer and Aaron slid an arm under his neck. Their eyes locked. Aaron’s lips parted like he wanted to say something, and then closed again.

‘Such a beautiful mouth,’ Daniel though. ‘So perfect.’

His lips hungered to feel them. He moved closer for a kiss but Aaron pulled back slightly. “Before we start I want to be sure you’re really ready to go all the way. I’ll try to be gentle but I want you Daniel, badly, and passion is a strong emotion.”

Desire like nothing he had ever felt before bubbled up inside Daniel as he gazed deep into Aaron’s sparkling blue eyes.

“I’ve dreamed of this moment my whole life. Do whatever you want Aaron, I’m yours.”

Untangling himself, Aaron sat up and took him by the chin in a hard grip before leaning down so they were face to face. In an instant Daniel was so physically excited it made him dizzy. Aaron’s eyelids lowered halfway, and as if mesmerized, Daniel felt his eyes fall closed. When Aaron’s mouth struck it was powerful, deep and sensuous—not a sweet, tender first kiss at all but a hard, hungry attack. Daniel heard himself whimper and his arms went up around Aaron, up his long back. He parted his lips and felt Aaron’s tongue enter, caressing almost desperately.

Moaning, Daniel slid his hands down to his lover’s buttocks and squeezed them hard. Aaron responded by shifting his weight more fully onto him. They broke the kiss to take a breath and then began again. It was so hard it hurt a little but that only made him feel a more desperate yearning. He wanted Aaron to enter him, to make love with him until they passed out. As if reading his mind, Aaron broke the kiss and slid his smooth face across his cheek, whispering wonderful things. When his mouth was at his ear he murmured, “I want you, Daniel…” and kissed his neck, sucking a little fold of flesh between his lips, pressing but not quite biting.

A chill shot through Daniel and he shuddered with pleasure. “Aaron…if you don’t take me I’ll lose my mind,” he breathed. “Oh please…please…”

Aaron silenced him with an open-mouth kiss. As their tongues met they were seized by a storm of lust – legs thrashing, arms gripping, their bellies and chests writhing against each other. Daniel felt Aaron slip a hand between his buttocks, fingers carefully slipping between the tight folds. Wrenching his mouth from Aaron’s, he gasped for breath, uttering moans of ecstasy as the muscles of his buttocks quivered in welcome of the invasion.

“Does that feel good?” Aaron asked against his ear.

“Oh yes,” he gasped. “Everything you do feels wonderful.”

“Ready to take it a step further?”

Daniel’s eyes widened as Aaron reached over and retrieved a tube of lubricating jelly from the nightstand. He gasped and pushed his hips forward as Aaron applied some jelly between his buttocks, a finger exploring tentatively at first before working its way deeper.

“It might hurt a bit at first. I’ll stop if you don’t like it,” Aaron said.

“I want everything. I don’t care if it hurts.”

“OK. Roll over.”

Daniel did as instructed and felt Aaron straddle his thighs. “Now just relax,” came the gently warning. “It shouldn’t hurt if you relax.”

A great shudder wracked his body as he felt the head of Aaron’s sex make its first penetration, pause then began a long, slow entrance inside him. Biting his lip Daniel lifted his hips to him, trembling, his muscles working hungrily to hasten the union. Unable to keep silent he uttered a groan of pain and pleasure as he pressed backward and lifted himself on his hands.

He felt Aaron’s hands on his buttocks, trying to control his straining efforts. “Take it easy baby. It’ll hurt if you go too fast.”

Daniel dug his fingers into the bed and pushed himself upright on his knees. “It hurts,” he cried. “It feels like you’re tearing me apart. I don’t care. Go on. Do it.”

Uttering brief, strangled sobs, Daniel bore down hard, rotating his hips as he tried to impale himself completely. His sobs became uncontrollable but something seemed to give way and they both cried out as Aaron pulled him down onto his lap, plunging his full length into him. Daniel’s sobs turned into choking laughter and his head fell back against Aaron’s shoulder as he abandoned himself to the leaping flood of another orgasm. Aaron raised him so that only the head of his sex remained inside him and then pulled him close so that his sex surged through him in one huge thrust.

“Oh yes.” Daniel moaned. “It’s unbelievable. I can. I can do it.”

Taking the initiative, he repeated the movement, his hips working with abandon as he explored the pleasure of this unknown exercise. Aaron moaned deep in his throat and lunged forward, pushing Daniel down so that his head rested on his folded arms, and took final overwhelming possession of him. Daniel offered no resistance to the onslaught and his cries came in unison with Aaron’s as frenzy seized them and they rushed headlong together towards an unimaginable climax. At last Aaron uttered a great shout as he came in a bursting release then toppled over and lay heaving on Daniel in a tangle of arms and legs.

“Did you come?” Aaron asked, his lips moving against Daniel’s cheek.

“Yes, with you. The other times were nothing.”

“Good,” he said with a kiss before slowly withdrawing himself and getting off the bed. “Come, let’s wash up.”

Getting slowly to his feet, Daniel followed him into the bathroom. Aaron tossed him a washcloth but kept his back to him as he washed. Worried that he had done something wrong Daniel quickly cleaned himself and left the room.

‘Oh god, what if I wasn’t good,’ he fretted, going over to the bed. ‘He seemed to be enjoying it. Maybe I was supposed to do something also.’

In the soft candlelight he could see stains on the sheets, some dark enough to look like blood. Refusing to dwell on it he sat on the edge of the bed and pulled a sheet across his lap. Soon Aaron stepped from the bathroom with fresh bed sheets in hand. Daniel quickly averted his eyes and clutched at the sheet as Aaron walked over to him. A strong yet tender hand cupped the side of his face, almost making him burst into tears.

“What’s wrong Daniel?”

Swallowing hard, Daniel looked up at him with stricken eyes and voiced his fears. “It was all right wasn’t it? I mean you’re not sorry are you?”

“Sorry! Good lord. It was wonderful, baby,” Aaron said, kneeling down so they were eye to eye. “Why would you think I’d be sorry about making love to you?”

Fighting back tears, Daniel leaned forward so his forehead rested against Aaron’s. “I don’t know. It’s just that this was my first time and didn’t know what to do or how to do it. Then after, in the bathroom you didn’t say anything or look at me so I thought maybe I did something wrong.”

“You didn’t,” Aaron reassured gently. “I turned my back to you because my cock was dirty and I didn’t want you to see. Trust me baby, you were great and I loved every minute of it.”

With tears rolling down his face Daniel moved closer for a kiss. Their mouths met, opening to each other in a deep kiss that lasted many glorious minutes before Aaron pulled away.

“Help me make the bed. It’s late and I have work tomorrow.”

Wiping his eyes, Daniel stood and took the clean sheets while Aaron pulled the dirty ones from the bed and tossed them in a corner. Together they fixed the bed, blew out the candles and crawled under the covers. Aaron wrapped an arm around his waist, pulling him close. Content and warm, Daniel snuggled closer, resting his head on Aaron’s chest. Lulled by the soft beating of his lover’s heart, Daniel closed his eyes and surrendered himself to a blissful sleep.