from myself and the late great @von--gelmini
A bit from the unfinished book that WOULD have been Book Number Six In This Series.
But believe me... it stands alone.
“So, I have a request,” Peter said, having spent all of dinner and the rest of the evening working up the nerve to say that sentence.
He promised himself he’d be manly about it.
He wasn’t. He delivered his manly line in the safe place in the crook of Tony’s neck.
But he had to ask now because the evening was over and they were headed toward the bedroom. If he didn’t ask now, he wouldn’t have the opportunity to ask. But suddenly Peter had cold feet.
Tony had been so romantic since their trip compound, so tender. Since they had gotten back together, really. And Peter was absolutely not complaining. And he adored the gentle, loving sex. Loved hearing Tony’s voice crooning to Peter and calling him ‘my virgin’ (an endearment Peter secretly treasured.) Suddenly, Peter wasn’t sure if this was such a good idea.
Tony stroked the back of Peter’s hair, fingers tangling loosely in his curls. “You can always make a request, Pete. I encourage them, in fact. I wanna know everything that you like. Even everything that you fantasized about and might just want to try. If we try something and either of us don’t like it, then… obviously we talk about it. As if we wouldn't. Since I can’t seem to shut up around you.”
He smiled, though Peter, his eyes buried in Tony’s neck, couldn’t see it. “And you can always talk to me from right where you are,” he whispered. “I kinda love that.”
First Peter sighed in contentment. It was good when Tony reminded him this hide-in-the-neck habit he had, as embarrassing as it was, was okay.
Then he took a deep breath and did his level best.
“You’re so sweet and gentle, and I really like it…” he said, running one finger up his lover’s bicep. “But I was wondering…”
Oh god, this was hard. And so damn easy to just let Tony take over (after all the man was good at it!) and avoid all this unnecessary effort. Still, school was becoming stressful for the first time in his life. That was as good an excuse as any.
“Oh god. I was wondering, could you…”
He would have just given up then. But now he was blushing furiously, and Tony was bound to notice. So, what the hell? He went for it.
He put both hands on Tony’s waist, sticking his fingers through belt loops and whispered, “Could you just… fuck me? I mean, really pound me?
‘Non-romantically,’ he was about to say, but that wasn’t even a word. There was a word he was looking for, though, and it was silly that he couldn’t just say it.
He took a deep breath and tried again.