Maybe the stars align and maybe I call you mine
Pairing: Joel Miller x f!reader
Summary: an unexpected trip in the middle of the night makes you realise that stargazing can be even more fun.
Warnings: +18 smut, MDNI, age gap, no outbreak, dbf!Joel, Joel is 56 (s1 Joel), reader is in her early 30s, flashbacks to when reader was younger; soft!Joel, handjob, oral (f!receiving), fingering (f!receiving), dirty talking, praising, pussy pronouns and dick pronouns (sue me), touch starved!Joel, public sex, mention of piv sex, use of pet names (darling, sweetheart, babe, honey, babygirl, princess, angel, my good girl), use of âdaddyâ
Word count: 4.4k
Notes: third part of âDonât call me kid, donât call me babyâ, can be read as a standalone too. The space book mentioned is âOur solar systemâ by Seymour Simon, first edition 1992 đȘ - the green sky photo in the moodboard is a NASA image - lyrics in the title are from âElectric Touchâ by Taylor Swift
Dividers credits: @cursed-carmine , @cafekitsune
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âWhy arenât you in bed?â
âDarlinâ, I could ask you the same thing.â
Youâve found him pacing in the living room, lights off.
You can see the outline of the shape of his nose, as he once again takes other few steps, lowering his head this time.
âWell, I couldnât feel you in bed anymore, so I got up.â You shrug, now standing by one of the couches, gripping your hand there.
He doesnât answer though to your question, Joel simply nods and remains silent.
You let him take his time, just watching him curiously and trying to take any hint.
No laboured breath, no trembling from his hands.
Heâs alright, you think, and thatâs already a relief.
You keep quiet, thinking it might help to have someone just being present with him.
âWanna go for a ride?â He says out of the blue, stopping his pacing.
And god only knows what time it is when you get outside in the humidity, holding yourself in one of his hoodies and getting into his truck.
âWhere do you want to go?â You ask, Joel getting on the road, lights passing over you now in the silence of the night.
âSometimes I would just go to a drive by and get some coffee.â
You nod, spending the rest of the trip in silence, glancing at his side profile every now and then. You havenât been able to look properly at his eyes, and you realise that you donât know if heâs cried.
When you get there he doesnât even have to ask you to remember him your order.
âAlright, coffee for me,â he settles his coffee in the console in the middle, then handling you your drink, âAnd iced caramel macchiato with two extra shots of coffee for you.â
âDid I get it right?â He wonders, feeling your judgemental look.
But you break out giggling, âYes, Joel, itâs the right one.â
He holds a hand on his chest, laughing with you, âYou scared me for a moment there, imagine if I had gotten it actually wrong.â
âYou could never, Joel, you know me far too well,â you giggle, taking a sip of the drink.
Itâs true, he knows you so well and he can definitely remember your favourite colour, your favourite movies and songs, and your favourite coffee order of course; he cares way too much to ever forget any of that, just like you remember his favourite perfume, or the way he takes his coffee, way bitter than yours, never with sugar.
Joel gives you a smile, drinking then a bit his coffee, âI could never forget any of that.â
âSo this is your usual night?â You ask, knowing that sometimes he would be up very late, as he would pick up the phone when you were calling him in the middle of the night, to hear his voice, to hear what would bring you safety.
âWell, sometimes yes.â
Never a man of many words, not out rudeness but just as way of being quieter, of not wanting to take up too much space.
âSo you come here and then you go straight home? Whatâs the plan?âÂ
Joel sets the drink in the centre console, âOh no, I keep drivinâ after, thereâs actually a beautiful place where I usually go to,â he checks his old watch, âAnd in some hours we could be able to see the sunrise from there.â
âIf youâre tired we can go home, though.â He rubs your knee, your thumb brushing on his hand.
âIâm alright, Joel, just keep driving.â
And Joel actually enjoys this so much, he enjoys driving at night, the world asleep and it feels like heâs the only one awake. Heâs never shared these trips with anybody else, not even his previous partners would come with him.
But you do.
Of course you do, Joel thinks to himself as heâs taking a turn on the left, the material of the steering wheel smoothing under his palms. Youâve always enjoyed the night too, and staying up late. The late night calls, or even when you would be spending a night at his home and he had to bribe you in all the way to convince you to go to sleep.
Night owls, he remembers, thatâs how people more active at night are called.
And maybe itâs because you too have always needed a little peace, that peace that only the night can bring.
And at night even the secrets come out from the hiding.
âYouâve asked me why I was up.â Joel brings up the topic again.
You nod from your seat, glazing at his side profile.
âWell, it- itâs been happeninâ the past few years. Ya know, Iâve been alone for quite a while, havenât shared my house or my bed with anybody else,â he starts, keeping the speed steady on the long road.
âAnd at night I would just wake up, like my body was searching for something, like it was lacking someone.â He pauses for a moment, pondering if he did the right thing by telling you.
âI know it sounds weird, but youâve asked and thatâs the truth.â
He grips more the steering wheel, you can see the veins more prominent now.
âYou would wake up because you were lonely.â You whisper, understanding what he meant.
You brush your thumb on his arm, âBut now youâre not alone anymore, Joel, Iâm right there next to you.â
Joel nods, bringing your hand to his lips to place a soft kiss there, while keeping his eyes on the rod, âI know, sweetheart, I know.â
âBut this is new,â he continues, âYouâve been staying at mine just for a couple of weeks, I guess the body still keeps the count and old habits are hard to die.â
He turns one more time, the tyres hitting a pebbled surface, black hickory trees all around, until he reaches a more open place; the trees are left behind, reaching a clearing with an open view.
âWeâve arrived by the way,â he turns off the engine and heâs ready to leave the car when you gently grab his arm.
âJoel, wait,â you urge, âYou know that you will leave these habits behind someday, because Iâm going to stay.â
Joelâs look softens, leaning in for a kiss, cupping your cheek, âWhat have I even done to deserve you,â he whispers over your lips before kissing you again.
âNow letâs get out of the car, I wanna show you something.âÂ
You jump out of the car, the door closing echoing in the silence of the night.
âLook up, darlinââ.
And itâs beautiful, you donât think youâve ever seen stars being so bright and being so many. With all the lights of the city it is difficult to actually see them well, but here... here the sky is pitch black and the stars shine bright.
You stay both in front of the hood of the car, Joel pointing at the constellations.
Orion, Cassiopeia, Scorpius, Taurus.
âAnd look, what star is that?â Joel points a very bright one.
You touch the charm on your necklace.
âThe North Star.â You utter, staring up in awe.
âYep, the most beautiful one.â
But Joel is not looking up anymore. heâs looking at you. Youâre the brightest star to him.
You can feel his look on you, and you finally turn at him, Joel ducking a bit his head because heâs been caught staring.
You smile at him, leaning onto him.
Joel slouches his arm around your shoulders, kissing your forehead.
Youâve always loved stars, he knows that, you would always stay with your look up in the sky at night, pointing at them.
Joel remembers that time you found a book about space at his house, light steps reaching him in the kitchen with the book in your arms, which looked even bigger than you.
âOops here ya go, darling.â He had said, catching it just in time before it would land on the floor.
âWhatâs this, Joel?â You had asked, sitting at the kitchen table, tracing the colourful planets on the cover.
âCan ya read that for me?â He asked, pointing at the title, knowing that you were learning to read.
âIt says our solar system.â
âYes, good job!â
And that is how you spent the whole afternoon going through those pages, looking at the photos, Joel occasionally helping you with the reading and with understanding what everything meant.
âWhy does it say that the sun is old? And there are so many zeroes,â You had pointed at a line next to an image of the sun.
Joel was sat at the table with you, having forgotten about anything else he had to do in the house.
âHere, look,â he had pointed at the long number, âIt says that itâs four and a half billion years old, and yeah thatâs a lot of zeroes! But it will still live for a veeery long time.â
That afternoon you learnt all about the life stages of the stars and the names of the planets from the solar system, Joel patiently helping you with all the harder parts to read.
At night you had fallen asleep on the couch with the book still beside you, still open on a page about stars, and thatâs the day youâve fallen in love with them.
âYou gave me this.â You utter from his shoulder.
âWhat, babe?â
âThis passion for the stars, itâs your making.â You smile, Joel feeling a warmth in his chest.
You pause for a moment, âYou know someday we should go to the planetarium,â
And Joel lights up, âYeah I would love that.â
âItâs a date,â you whisper to him, smiling over his lips as you lean in for another kiss.
Ending up kissing the man of your dreams under the stars? Life really has some plans of its own.
âSo have you ever taken someone else here?â The curiosity creeps in, tilting your head at him.
And Joel knew this question was coming.
âNo, darlinâ,â he shakes his head, back of his fingers stroking your cheek, âYouâre the first one.â He lets out, whispering, giving this secret to the night.
âYouâre gonna ask me why now,â he precedes you, leaning more onto the hood of the car, looking up at the stars.
âBut I know why.â
He turns at you, holding himself in the old plaid shirt heâs wearing, your studying look on him and he feels like youâre reading his mind.
âThis whole thing, the trip with the car at night and coming here when thereâs nobody else is your... itâs your peace, and it feels more intimate than anything else.â Your voice low, just in case the wind could take your words and bring them away.
Joel achingly nods, he might know you well but you know him well too.
âThat still doesnât explain why bringing me here.â You take his chin, parting your lips and going for another kiss, âWhat makes me so special, Joel?â
Joel is way too gone for you, the list would be so long.
âYouâre my girl.â He simply lets out, drunk in your touch on his cheek.
âDonât try that, thereâs more.âÂ
âYouâre my babygirl.â The words roll off his tongue easily, arm swinging around your waist.
You smile over his neck, kissing his pulse, âAll of this feels more intimate than anything else?â You reach his ear, and flirting under the stars might be another first.
âThis feels more intimate than having me spreading my legs for you on your couch?â You recall that first time, Joelâs body visibly trembling at the flashback.
âOr than me calling you daddy?â You tease, and you bump onto his unforgiving sweatpants and heâs gonna be in some trouble really soon.
Joel grips his hand onto your hip, grabbing the hoodie.
He curses under his breath, hating himself for the way he involuntary thrusts towards you, bumping onto you.
âOh no, what is happening here?â Your voice naive on purpose, reaching for his sweatpants, your hand gently palming him.
And heâs hard as hell.
First time touching him like this and itâs happing out in the open, the stars being the witnesses.
Joelâs hand falls on the hood of the car with a thud, squeezing his eyes shut.
âFuck, darlinâ,â he groans when youâre not moving your hand, just letting it there over him.
And this is a lot of fun, you think while smiling amused by his reaction.
âIs there any chance that someone is gonna come here?â You ask, Joel shaking his head, almost unable to speak.
Youâre bringing him to his knees and he still has all his clothes on.
âUh no, âs just a-â he takes a breath, as your thumb is going over his length, two layers of tissue between your fingertip and him and yet itâs driving him over the edge.
â- a hidden place, never met anyone here.â
âOh thatâs a relief.â You let out, your hand going under the waistband of his sweatpants, pulling them just the right amount to touch him more closely this time.
Joel almost jumps at the touch, itâs been a while.
He thrusts against your hand, âDarlinâ, what are you doinâ?â His eyes wild.
âYou know what Iâm doing,â your hand properly closing around him, Joelâs head coming forward, exhaling a moan.
The thrill of doing something like that out in the open runs in your veins, biting your lip at the thought.
âWeâre gonna have to pull these off, donât you think?â Your breathing over his neck, closing your lips over his pulse.
Joel nods, obedient like youâve never seen him.
You roll them down just a little more, just to see him in his boxers, your hand still placed over him.
âAre you scared of me seeing you, Joel?â Your other hand taking his chin, letting his look on you, his lips parted as heâs trying so hard to think about a response.
Which shouldnât be that difficult, but his brain is a puddle, a place where heâs responding to your touch only.
He eventually shakes his head, âNo, âm okay with that.â, wishing his voice sounded less like a moan.
Your fingers start to trail a little away from his boxers, not without a complain from Joel.
Your fingers curls on his abdomen, shifting his plaid shirt, and then going down until his trail, tracing the path until the waistband of the boxers.
âLet me see him now,â your voice dripping in desire, twitching at the idea of holding him properly and finally seeing him.
Joel curses under his breath the moment your hand slips under the waistband, only to pull those boxers down.
And itâs been a while since heâs been looked at, itâs been a while since his last partner.
Your jaw slacks open when heâs finally in full display, and your imagination could have never given it justice.
Heâs big, with a vein crossing it, already able to tell thatâs pulsing like crazy.
Joel has flinched away for a moment, instinctively reaching for your hand, his trembling fingers wrapping around your palm.
âItâs alright, Joel, youâre so fucking gorgeous.â You make sure to say, brushing your thumb over his knuckles, and heâs never felt exposed like this.
He doesnât understand the sudden trembling, he doesnât understand the way heâs pulsing like heâs never been touched by a woman.
But the moment your hand gently wraps around him, everything clicks.
Everything becomes clearer and blurrier at the same time.Â
Itâs because itâs you.
His chest raises and falls quickly the moment you start moving your hand, slowly stroking him, just to see what he really likes.
His vein pulses under your palm, and your hand becomes sleek in his precome, wetting your hand to give him even more pleasure.
âHow does it feel, Joel?â
And Joel thinks he might be on another whole universe, but nothing could prepare him for what you have in mind for him.
He nods, like a reflex more than a proper answer, âJust so good, sweetheart, youâre so good to me.âÂ
You smile up at him, trying to look away from his length, otherwise you will get on your knees in a second.
âYeah right, Joel, now imagine where else you would feel really good.â You start teasing him.
You reach his ear, âImagine you were thrusting not in my hand, but in me.â Joel shuddering already at the thought.
âImagine to sink in me and stretch me with this big boy,â your hand leaving his just to hover on his hip, trying to keep him somewhat still.
Joel grunts, thrusting so much in your hand to the point his body hunches over yours, that his head falls onto your shoulder.
âYou would get in so well, I would be so wet for you, daddy.âÂ
Joel fucking lose it, his body hunches more over you, shocked by a convulsion of pleasure, a lightning in his system, moaning loudly and having no control left over himself.
Your hand gets covered in his warm cum, getting it on his shirt and the on your hoodie and sweatpants too.
Itâs been so long, itâs all he can think of, your hand still safely wrapped around him.
Your free hand reaches behind his neck, now leaving him kisses over his beard, âYouâre so gorgeous, all for me and all so gorgeous.â
Joel whimpers, even more desperately when you leave him, when heâs left without touch.
You messily clean your hand on the hoodie, after all itâs his hoodie, and all of sudden Joel is cupping your face.
His warm lips are over yours in a second, demanding them, breathing you, breathing in the woman that just made him come under the stars.
He leaves you breathless and leaves you with the wanting for more.
But Joel is pulling up his boxers and sweatpants, that vision disappearing from you.
âJoel,â you whine, the older man wanting to attribute that to tiredness and not a desire for him.
âYou know youâve been the first to touch me after such a long time, uh sweetheart?â
âWell, Iâm glad,â you let out in a breath, and now that youâre not focused on him anymore only youâre noticing how wet you got.
You might be dripping through your panties and sweatpants, closing your legs to stop feeling it but getting the exact opposite feeling instead.
âOh honey, we should take care of ya now.â
His hand hovers your thigh, soon getting it on your centre, his palm over you.
âSheâs gettinâ really wet, right babygirl?â He coos, his voice casting the ultimate spell on you.
You give him a nod, not able to lie, heâs probably feeling it all.
âIâve got an idea.â He says, taking your hand and you follow him blindly until the door of the backseats, opening it and taking out a big blanket.
He soon closes the door again, looking at him a bit confused.
âI have a truck, letâs make good use of it.â He winks at you, and you never thought that something like that would be so hot.
âAll for you, princess.âÂ
And god, you could come just at the way he treats you, as heâs showing you the back of the truck open the back and the blanket draped on its floor.
âWhat do you even have in mind,â you utter, smiling and being so drunk in him already.
âJust a princess treatment, now lay down for me.â He brushes your back, taking then your hand and helping you up.
He even moves you as he pleases, until your legs are dangling from the truck.
Joel sets himself between your legs, your arms swinging around his shoulders as he hovers you.
He hesitates to kiss you, just letting go of all uncertainties the moment he sees your blissful look.
And there is so much passion in the way he kisses you, balancing himself with a hand next to your head.
Your fingers brush on his peppered beard, that soft hair under your palms, until he leaves you; his wet lips go over your neck, breathing in your heat.
And your hands get lost in his hair the moment he goes lower, kisses over your hoodie, making you giggle when he reaches your tummy.
It doesnât take long before he takes off your sweatpants, now tracing your leg with his kisses, soft pecks being placed on your skin.
Your start pulling off your panties before he can even think of that, Joel smiling over your thigh and helping you taking them off, placing them on top of the sweatpants next to you.
You push your heels on the edge of the truck, your converse anchoring there.
âSheâs so pretty,â Joel sighs, his thumb exploring your folds, separating them and crouching down to give you a better look, âSheâs so wet for me, darlinâ.âÂ
You already whimper at that, Joelâs thumb exposing your clit, his pad doing precise movements over there, precise circles as if he has memorised what you need.
He sucks a bit the inside of your thigh, making you widen your legs, kicking a bit your leg and he has the most satisfied look on his face.
Joel kisses your skin until he meets your centre, looking up at you before his thumb circle over your folds, leaving place for his warm and wet tongue.
He licks and sucks, alternating them in an excruciating shot of pleasure, relentlessly going over your clit; he feels it becoming more swollen, all for him and him only, your entrance begging for something, closing and opening around nothing.
He leaves you to take a breath, panting but he could never get tired of it, kneeling down and bringing his hands behind your knees, calloused palms claiming them.
âLegs over my shoulders now, angel.â
You obey blindly, and Joel pulls up your legs keeping both his hands on the back of the thighs, digging his thumbs onto your soft skin.
You can feel the humid air hitting you, before Joel tongue swirls again over you, soft and decisive at the same time, wanting to take everything from you.
You try to move your legs, to widen them to have more, but Joel keeps you in place, sinking his tongue in you as to give you a response, your moans becoming louder, thanking that nobody will hear that.
Your whimpers and moaning are all he needs, he knows it wonât take long.
Youâre dripping over his mouth, his moustache and soon over his chin too.
There is something not so elegant about the way heâs circling his tongue around your lips, before taking your clit between his lips, curling them and sucking on it.
You have to hold back a scream, even though you know nobody would hear it.
âYou should- you should fill her good, daddy.â You moan, thinking of having that cock spreading you open.Â
But all you feel is his finger draping over your lips, tracing their shapes, before dipping into the wetness, making you whine both in pleasure and frustration.
âI want you, Joel, I want him.â You pledge, almost on the verge of tears, moving messily against his mouth.
And thatâs all that Joel needs to know that youâre not ready for that, not tonight.
He lets go of your legs, just placing them again over his shoulders, his finger going in again and itâs so easy that itâs frustrating to you.
Your hand wraps around his wrist, trying to pull him closer, but Joel remaining steady, just dipping more his finger, watching your mouth open in pleasure.
âYeah thatâs right, babygirl, thatâs all ya need.âÂ
He lets another finger in, stretching you so well, his thumb going to press and circle over your clit now that his mouth is not gracing you anymore. Joel keeps thrusting his fingers, all coaxed so well, almost taking them out only to push them back in.
He curls them inside, pulsing inside you, hitting your sweet spot.
âThere ya go princess, daddy knows what ya need.âÂ
That phrase alone sends your body into shock, thrusting over his fingers, a series of âJoelâ and âdaddyâ screamed into the night.
Joel lets you come down from it before taking his fingers out, rubbing your hip and your waist, before you get up and reach for him.
He hugs you tight, wrapping the blanket around you at best, kissing your cheek, your neck, your forehead.
âMy good girl,â his sweet words reach you between a kiss and the other.
He strokes your back covered by the blanket, feeling your ribcage still expanding quickly, âYouâre alright, my angel, youâre alright.â
You close your hands behind his neck, your legs wrapped around his torso, and your vision going a little blurry for the tiredness.
He lifts you up, clutching more your hands on his neck, taking some of his curls in your fingers.
âLetâs get into the car.â He utters, swinging open the door of the backseat, where he easily lay you down.
Your panties fall from the blanket, Joel taking them before they can touch the floor of the car.
âUp, babe,â he lets your panties on your thighs, thanking that youâve lifted your hips and he can pull those panties up on you, âGood girl,â he kisses your hip, searching then for the sweatpants.
He pulls them up too, then wrapping you again in the blanket.
It wouldnât be too safe to drive with you laying in the backseat, so he helps you to get in the passenger seat, closing then the door and quickly reaching his seat.
The last thing you see before falling asleep is the orange rays of the sunrise falling on his profile, bathing him in a warm light.
âBabe, weâre home.â
You feel his warm hand on your shoulder, slowly blinking your eyes open.
The weak sunlight makes you squint a little, adjusting to that after the darkness.
âWas that all a dream?â You stretch your limbs, the blanket falling from your shoulders.
And Joel shakes his head, kissing your forehead.
âDefinitely not a dream, darlinâ.â
And you both think that youâre so ready for a life together that always feels like daydreaming, thatâs all you will ever need.
After all, thatâs how you had been imagining your life with him: a blissful dream.
















