Mercenary Trust (14 page)

“
Instead of saying all those things, maybe just shut up and do me,”
Daniel suggested, a saucy grin clear as day on his face. “I trust you.”

Nick felt a slow smile begin to spread on his face.
“Even if I go in bareback?” He asked teasingly.

“
Have you been tested?”

“
Just last month. We always need to get physicals. It’s part of the job.
I’m negative.”

“
Right. Then I don’t see any problem with that,” Daniel answered, leaning
back happily. “I’m negative, too.”

“
I’ll do it only if you’re comfortable with it, though,” Nick added in.
He didn’t want to feel like he was coercing Daniel into such a risky situation.
“I know that you trust me, but I don’t want to take advantage of that—”

Daniel stuck his tongue out at Nick. “Just shut up and
make love to me already, Castillo. We don’t have all night.”

Nick chuckled. “Sir, yes, sir.”

It was amazing what those simple words could do to
Nick’s libido. Daniel was perfect. Maybe it was all an effect of that feeling
you get when you first meet someone you like, or maybe it was just human nature
to think that someone new and exciting was, well, perfect. But at that moment,
Nick didn’t care. To be honest, Nick didn’t think he would care about that,
ever
.

So long as he had his
querido
, nothing could bother him.

A slightly bossy, slightly needy, incredibly receptive
boyfriend with a good sense of humor was a hundred times better than he could
ever have imagined.

Nick grabbed the triangular tube of slick right from
the side, and basically slathered the gel-like liquid over his shaft. Pressing
the tip of his cock right against Daniel’s shaft, he smiled. “Hold your legs up
a little.”

Daniel followed, hoisting his thighs up on either side
and giving Nick the berth he needed to start to thrust. So he did, first by
wrapping a slick hand around his shaft, and then by pressing his cock right
against Daniel’s rosebud.

They both took a deep breath, and then Nick plunged
in.

Thank God Daniel had stretched and lubed himself
before this. Nick didn’t know if he was going to be able to stop himself from
going fast. He was already on edge.

In one slow, continuous thrust, Nick pushed all of
himself into Daniel until his balls pressed up against the underside of
Daniel’s rear. And in spite of the fact that the man had stretched himself, he
was still really tight.

Nick’s body quivered at the feeling of that warm, wet
depth enveloping him.

Daniel’s face was a plethora of emotions. His eyebrows
were furrowed. His lips were parted wide, like a little O, and his grip on his
thighs quivered just a little. Nick could even see Daniel’s toes curl slightly.

“
Daniel,” Nick whispered like some kind of gentle prayer. Leaning over,
he spread kisses wherever he could. From Daniel’s lips, down his neck, and to
the small buds of Daniel’s nipples before attaching onto them and suckling very
gently. Daniel’s body arched slightly outward, as if meeting Nick’s touch. He
wrapped his fist around Daniel’s cock tightly, not quite jerking him but not
too tightly as to squeeze. It was just enough, just
barely
enough, to let Daniel feel the warmth and smoothness of his
palms. “Daniel…”

“
I … I don’t think I’ll ever get used to how big you are,” Daniel said,
his voice almost breathless, a wide smile clear on his face. “I can feel you
twitching inside me.”

“
You’re really tight,
querido
,”
Nick whispered. “Are you sure you’re not a virgin?”

“
Oh, definitely sure,” Daniel answered back. “If I was, you’ve made sure
I’ve been completely debauched.”

Nick growled playfully. He started to rhythmically
thrust his hips in and out, consumed only by the sound of Daniel’s stifled
whimpers and moans.

Daniel was biting down on his lower lip, holding as
tightly as he could on his thighs and spreading his legs nice and wide. Each
thrust was a smooth, gentle glide, sending a zing of pleasure all the way from
Nick’s dick up his spine.

Slowly, and ever so steadily, Nick’s pace went from
even
and smooth
to faster and faster, until the sound of wet skin smacking against skin rang
throughout the room. The more pleasure fogged his brain, the harsher his
thrusts went, until his balls were clapping against the bottom of Daniel’s ass
with every thrust he made.

But the rougher he was, the higher Daniel’s moans.
Nick was about to make a mental note of how good it sounded. High pitched,
almost to the point of girlish, it tickled Nick’s fancy that he could make
someone basically sing out in pleasure. Then again, the touchless orgasm Daniel
had earlier was a pretty good boost for his ego, too.

The feeling of skin against skin, without any rubber
or latex constraining his erection, was amazing, too. Sex in general felt good.
But sex with someone you trusted seemed to feel even better. And there were
perks, too.

God, why did he ever settle for mindless one-night
stands when he could be having sex like
this
?
And Daniel didn’t even flinch, the faster Nick’s thrusts became. In fact, Nick
could even feel Daniel grow aroused once more. Not only that, but he was
leaking pre-cum.

Nick was really putting his athleticism to good use,
too. His thrusts were harsh and fast, like a plane accelerating until he
finally lifted off, or like a piston pump slamming nice and hard down into the
engine. Nick’s hands went straight for Daniel’s thighs, and he hoisted the
man’s legs up with his bare hands, setting them on either one of his shoulders
and continuously slamming into him, quite literally plowing him with frantic,
needy thrusts.

Sweat dappled down his temples, forming on his neck
and chest as he stared down at Daniel’s face. His eyes opened. In that moment,
their gazes met.

And that was all Nick needed to finally unleash the
torrent of seed that had been building inside him. He gave a long, guttural
groan as spurt after spurt of white hot heat filled Daniel’s rear. He could
feel lightning bolts coursing through his body. His body twitched. His lips
quirked into a wide, contented smile.

It wasn’t until minutes later, after being completely
immersed in that moment of bliss, that Nick realized he’d toppled over Daniel,
and that he had Daniel’s legs wrapped around his waist. Also, his fist was
definitely wetter and stickier than it was just minutes earlier.

“
Let’s give this a shot, Nick.”

Daniel’s words were like a salve that started to warm
and soothe Nick’s heart. With a happy little grin, he pressed his cheek against
Daniel’s chest and nuzzled.

“
I’m ready to receive all your crazy,
querido
,”
Nick replied. “Hit me with your best shot.”

“
You’ll regret saying that in the future,” Daniel whispered. “Because if
I had my way, I’d never let you go. I’m a serial monogamist.”

And the crazy thing was that Nick didn’t mind all of
this at all. At that moment, all he felt was a sense of peace he never knew
existed before.

So he pressed a kiss on Daniel’s lips, gentle and
soft. He then whispered,

“
Mail, motherfucker.”

Daniel snorted. “Oh my God, shut up. I’m regretting
this immediately.”

“
Tough luck, no take-backs.”

Epilogue

 
“
So Thad is going
to have to live with a cast for a little while for his bones to set. I had some
friends help me get that going for him, and he’s also willingly consented to
being medicated by me for a little while.”

Cece’s voice basically dripped excitement and
anticipation as she grinned at Thad, who was sitting by the kitchen counter
awkwardly. In the presence of his ex, his ex’s new boyfriend, and a group of
ex-Marine mercenaries, Nick might’ve been nervous, too.

The debriefing was going along well. Cece was standing
in front of them, right in front of the large glass doors heading towards the
backyard. People were peppered all around the room, sitting or standing or
leaning against the wall. Nick was right beside Daniel, who tried to have a
polite amount of distance between him and Thad. The television screen had some kind
of slideshow presentation in it with pictures of Cece applying bacterial
disinfectant to a bunch of different wounds, probably all Thad’s.

“
Guillory has some wounds that I tended to, nothing that a few stitches
didn’t patch up, but he’ll be out of commission for a month or so while those
wounds heal. Don’t get yourself shot at and we’ll be all right.” Cece ended her
presentation and sat down, a contented smirk on her face.

“
Excellent, Dr. Savard, thank you so much for your help throughout all
this,” Captain Hennessey said. “Truthfully, I thought this was going to be a
difficult debrief. I’m glad that you’re all well and dealing with this okay.

“
I have some announcements to make,” Captain Hennessey said, placing his
hands behind his back and placing himself in an at-ease position. Clearing his
throat, he continued. “I’m electing to keep Guillory out of the crossfire for
the next few months while his wounds heal. In addition, Thad Langham will be
under Unit Alpha’s protection for the foreseeable future, until we focus on the
next half of Castillo’s mission.”

“
What about that crazy secretary with the bomb strap?” Pace asked. “If I
hadn’t gotten there in time, everyone would have been blown apart.”

“
Seraphina,” Thad said, piping up from where he sat. He shifted
awkwardly. “Seraphina is their codename. They’re women my father trains from a
young age as his select unit of bodyguards. Their cover is that they’re
secretaries, and for the most part, they
do
work as secretaries in Langham and Durr. As you can see, they’re lethal,
although ultimately the most lethal thing about them is that to my father,
they’re disposable. That’s why they fight so dirty. If they fall, they have to
die. But they take everyone along with them.”

There was an awkward silence that reigned over them.
It seemed like every jaw in the room dropped.

Caleb was the first person to fill in the silence.
“That sounds like some fucked up fetish fantasy shit.”

“
I agree,” Cece chimed in.

Captain Hennessey cleared his throat, obviously in an
attempt to steer the conversation back on track.

“So it seems
that
this situation is far graver than we thought, and if
we throw him back into the fold at Langham and Durr, he might end up hurt, or
worse. Tobias Langham is still at large. In fact, some of my intel suggests
he’s fled the country for the time being, especially considering what’s
happened to the Langham and Durr building. Richard Durr has decided to
disappear as well. And since Guillory will be out of commission these next few
weeks, I’m electing that he be the one handling babysitting duty. Keep
yourselves out of trouble, and you’ll both be fine. I’ll look into these …
Seraphina?” He turned to Thad, who only gave a single, curt nod.

“
Okay,” Kristian said. The room remained quiet. Captain Hennessey looked
around and took a deep breath. He was about to continue speaking when Daniel
cut through the quiet.

“
Why did he coerce you, of all people?” Daniel suddenly asked, turning
towards Thad. Nick blinked. It felt like the awkwardness in the room spiked up
a couple degrees. “Why you? Why did your father coerce and blackmail you? Why
his son?”

Thad’s eyes widened. “Do you really want to know?” His
voice was soft.

Daniel took a moment, but ultimately he nodded. Nick
wrapped his arm a little tighter around Daniel.

“
At the beginning, he was threatening to kill the people around me. His
own wife, my mother, was first. Then he said he would kill you. He said he
would bring the whole world down around me, and I believed him. I didn’t want
to lose the people I loved,” Thad explained. “Through the years, I got in too
deep. His coercion shifted. Once I started doing his bidding, I was an
accessory to his crimes. Furthermore, he had fabricated evidence against me,
and connections with very powerful people. No one was going to believe me if I
fought back. I suppose this was why he used his son. He didn’t really love
anyone. That was proven the day he killed my mom and made it out to be some
kind of accident.”

“
When we went to her funeral?” Daniel asked, his eyes wide with surprise.

“
Yeah,” Thad replied. “I knew it wasn’t an accident.
That’s just one of
the stories. But anyway, somewhere along the way, I knew I still loved you, but
not in the way we both would have wanted. I still held on to the belief that I
could feel that way for you again, but over time it became less about wanting
to protect you and loving you and more about protecting myself. I was scared. I
was afraid. That day when you caught me cheating, it was my way of letting you
go. I purposely made it so that you would have caught me. And I know it was
fucked up, and I know I should have been honest, but if I’d told you, you
wouldn’t have believed me, would you?”

Daniel looked at him, and the frown on his face grew
and grew until he turned away and replied. “No.”

“
That’s the gist of it, Daniel. For what it’s worth, I’m sorry for
hurting you. But I still think it was the kindest thing I’ve done rather than
make you stay with someone like me.”

Thad turned to look away, and it looked like he was
gritting his teeth. Daniel looked at him, and then up at Nick.

“
Thank you,” Daniel said softly.

Thad gave a little shrug in response, took a little
hold of the glass of water in front of him before drinking a bit, and that was
that.

Captain Hennessey shifted his weight from one foot to
another before he spoke. “Anyway…”

He then cleared his throat. There really
was
no way to come back from such an
awkward conversation in the middle of everyone present.

“
I know we’ve only been here for a couple of weeks. The entire team isn’t
even here yet, but we were given this large parcel of land as a base of
operations, and the most that we’ve been able to do is to fix up the house.
I’ve called in some favors to help us develop the rest of the ten acres of
space that we have—”

“
Ten acres?” Daniel sputtered. His eyes went wide. “Where did you get
that, so close to the city?”

“
Lockhart’s uncle owns all of this land, and he graciously donated it to
us,” Captain Hennessey said, clearing his throat. It looked like his face was
turning a little red.

“
Yeah, provided you go on a date with him,” Caleb muttered. “Come on.
He’s like, a hundred. How many years does he have left to enjoy? How many guys
has he got to enjoy left, huh?”

“
Be that as it may,” Captain Hennessey said suddenly, as if to derail the
topic. “I’ve called in some favors, and I think we can use the rest of this
space well. The house is a good start. We have a lot of rooms for all of us and
anyone else we might like to bring into the fold. We’re basically a single
house in an expanse of land. So we’ll be making this house bigger and using up
half the acre. That means no more makeshift command centers in the middle of
the kitchen during a crisis. Let’s all be thankful for a place we can probably
put a helipad in, or something.”

“
We’re gonna be living in a mansion. In a suburb of duplexes and single
family homes,” Caleb pointed out. “Not conspicuous at all!”

The comment seemed to have made Thad smile just a
little bit. There was a glimmer there, a spark, that Nick immediately
recognized when Caleb’s gaze met with Thad’s.

Oh boy.

“
Well, the rest of it is going to be a training area, an armory, clinic
space for Dr. Savard, who’s joining us, and then we’re keeping some of it
natural and undeveloped. Did you know we’re right next to a natural spring?
Yeah, it was an underground river but the dome collapsed, leaving behind a body
of water. Which is also a natural spring, by the way,” Captain Hennessey said,
the corners of his lips turned up in the slightest of smiles. “That doesn’t
mean a lot to you now, but when you start bringing dates here, you’ll thank
me!”

Pace rolled his eyes. “That’s if we’ll ever get dates.
Nick’s the lucky one. Maybe I should go check out our neighbors…”

Nick shook his head. “Nah, don’t. Mostly oldies and a
lot of families with little kids. If you want a date, head into the city.”

The captain cleared his throat. “Last thing on the
agenda is Evan Turner. He’s back with the authorities now, but they told me
they might require our services with regards to him in the future.

“
I haven’t spared many details about Evan because I wasn’t told much,
either. Even though I’m your liaison to finding work with these government
agencies, I’m not on their payroll, so anything that’s kept classified from you
is probably also kept classified from me.”

The group seemed to ponder on that for a few moments.
The silence hung heavy around them, and Pace seemed to have frowned a little
bit deeper at the captain’s words.

“
Hang on. Cece, you’re quitting your job as a medical examiner?” Daniel
asked. “What about not wanting to deal with people?”

“
Are you kidding? Yes, yes, I am quitting my job. This is the job of a
lifetime,” Cece said in her trademark deadpan. “A house full of hot gay guys
who won’t even touch me, let alone want to see me naked, but I get to see all
of them in their delicious, visceral, masculine glory?
And
I get to pull bullets out of them? It’s a woman’s dream come
true.”

Nick leaned in to whisper into Daniel’s ear. “Is she
joking? Because I feel like she isn’t.”

Daniel shrugged before he replied. “It’s hard to tell
sometimes with Cece. Just be glad she hasn’t started any physical examinations
yet.”

“
Well, Dr. Cecilia Savard, it’s nice to have you on the team,” the
captain said suddenly, nodding his head. The other guys nodded along, giving
slight, sheepish grins.

“
Do I get a cool nickname?” Cece said, one of her trademark large, creepy
smiles appearing on her face.

“
Er, no, we don’t really have any code names in the unit,” the captain
added, clearing his throat. Even the captain seemed flabbergasted. “It’s just
Unit Alpha, and you’ll be our physician.”

“
That’s no fun. And here I was about to call myself Murdermouth. Oh, or
Blood Orphan.”

Pace raised his hand, like a student in class. “How
about Dread Doctor?”

“
Don’t encourage her!”

The group of them shared a laugh. Nick smiled, looking
around. A few months ago, they were six guys and their captain. Now, they had a
doctor, a new mission, and most importantly for Nick, he now had Daniel.

What more could he want?

The End

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