His hunger could not be helped. Jacaerys had done nothing but entice him, had tugged on the very strings of his heart, had allowed Cregan to feast on the tender sweetness he had shown to him, yet his prince remained almost shocked at how starved he was. Mayhaps it was mere naivety, the prince being so gracious to his lord, unknowing how starved he truly was for even scraps of his affections. But Jacaerys was not innocent. His naive, doe-eyed farce may have everyone else taken for fools, but Cregan was no fool. The boy was a menace, beyond anything he thought possible. There was a gleam to his eyes, a sharpness in his smiles and a purpose behind all his fleeting touches that set his blood on fire. He had been patient, patient and reluctant, but a wolf could only deny a fine meal set before it for long, and Cregan's hunger had long since begun to gnaw at his stomach.
He reveled in the princeโs willingness to bare himself to him. He watched as Jacaerys tilted his head back, exposing the pale line of his throat. The moon was bright, peeking through the thick fluff of the clouds. When the moonlight filtered in through the frost-crusted window just right, the light illuminated the room enough for Cregan to see properly. The prince slid his arms around his neck, his chilled flesh a shock against his warmth, and his eyes flitted up towards his face, little of it that he could see from such an angle. The apples of his cheeks were read, his eyes big and soft, but Cregan knew better than to fall victim to such innocence. He saw the smirk that curled up on his pretty lips, and he could do nothing but feel the incessant press of Jacaerysโs hips against his groin. The dull pain of Jacaerys digging his nails into his shoulders was worth the soft, almost girlish noise that escaped his lips, and he found himself wondering what other noises he could force his prince to make.
He leaned back enough to observe the mark he had left on his throat, marring his near perfect skin, but what was love if not an everlasting mark? Marks mattered little to Cregan, he would give and bear them with pride, but Jacaerys did not seem as willing as he was. He complained of his mother seeing the mark upon his throat, which already appeared to be swelling and reddening. If Cregan simply kept Jacaerys in the north for a week or so longer, then there would be no mark to bear witness to, but he decided that the moody prince would not like to hear such words. Jacaerys spoke with a teasing lilt to his voice, but Cregan was not a man who jested often, and certainly not when he was at his most vulnerable state. โHer Grace will be pleased with the men I send to make up for my marring of her perfect son.โ He replied dryly, though his actions were not quite so bland. When Jacaerys held his arms above his head, Cregan was eager to get the prince out of his garb. So eager that something in the finely made fabric sounded as if it had torn, but Cregan cared little for the princeโs clothing. He wouldnโt be needing them for a while, anyhow.
Jacaerys exposed his torso to him, all pale and freckled flesh, unmarked and unclaimed, all for him. He wondered what he had done to deserve such a creature, but he knew better than to question whatever destiny had led Jacaerys to willingly fall into his bed. Jacaerys pressed their lips together again, and Cregan did not bar the prince from a kiss, but instead embraced him. His palm slid across his jaw, keeping his head steady as he moved his body away from him,ย parting their lips as he stood atop their bed. Despite himself, he let out a noise that could have been a whine. A displeased one, but a whine nonetheless. His jaw grew taut, frustration simmering beneath his flesh at the command, but Jacaerys had him leashed tightly. A good hound never strayed from its leash. โAye.โ He grumbled, miserably, with his arousal burning through his flesh like fire.ย
He watched, starving and desperate, as his prince tormented him with his slow actions. Sliding his trousers down the lean muscle of his legs, enticing him even more with the delicate white stockings that decorated them. He didnโt tear his eyes from Jacaerys for a moment, taking him in entirely. He would grieve any second his eyes did not spend looking at him. The animal in him scratched at the insides, howling to disobey and simply take, but Cregan was no such man. A brute, perhaps, but he was not barbaric. Not entirely. Cregan did not need to be commanded twice, sitting there for those few minutes had felt like years, and with the crown princeโs permission, he would take what was offered so readily to him without even a thought of complaint.
His arm wrapped tightly across the princeโs back, pulling at him till he settled back onto his knees. Cregan found himself giving silent thanks to his ancestors, for gracing him with the sturdiness of his frame, as it was quite easy for him to bully the prince about, palm spreading flat across his belly as he forced him to lay flat on his back. His palm cradled the back of his thigh, bringing it up to settle on his shoulder, and he tilted his head to press his lips against the fabric that shielded the flesh of his thigh from him. Well, that certainly would not do. Cregan snagged the fabric, white lace catching on his canines as he tore his head backwards, fabric tearing and shredding between his teeth. โLittle minx. These,โ he spat out the fabric that he had torn, lace sticking to his tongue before falling against the furs in scraps, โwere purposeful. No?โ He did not need to truly ask, he already knew the answer.
โBeen hungering for this for a while then, I suspect.โ He commented, pressing open-mouthed kisses to the inside of his thigh, allowing his hot breath to ghost over the swollen, leaky flesh between his thighs. โPoor thing. How cruel of me, to deny you for so long.โ He continued, holding out his palm to spit into his hand, rubbing his saliva around his fingers. Dipping his fingers between Jacaerysโs thighs, it was easy for Cregan to find what he sought, and as starved as he felt, he forced himself to be gentle. Carefully, he rubbed his thumb over the soft, heated flesh of his hole. Touching, but not quite entering.ย Jacaerys had been so cruel, forcing him to watch as he undressed himself, it seemed only fair that Cregan do something of similar torment. He leaned over his prince, taking the soft flesh of his earlobe between his teeth. โYou will be denied no longer.โ