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"My job was more interesting." He finally looked at you, and even through the black fabric covering his eyes, you could feel the weight of his attention. "You didn't feel it? The cursed energy spike?"

"I felt it." You stayed near the entrance, keeping professional distance. This was the game you two had been playing for months. Proximity and withdrawal. Professional courtesy stretched thin as wire. "I also felt the second spike that felt suspiciously like you showing off."

Gojo laughed, loud and genuine. The sound bounced off the metal walls. "Showing off? Me? Never."

He started walking toward you. Not the casual stroll of a man finished with work. Something more deliberate. His hands were in his pockets but his shoulders had that particular set that meant he was focusing his technique in a specific way.

You stepped back and hit something that shouldn't have been there.

The air behind you had gone solid. Not a wall. Something stranger. You reached behind you and your hand stopped exactly six inches from your back, pressing against nothing, fingers spreading against an invisible surface that gave slightly under pressure like memory foam made of static.

"Gojo."

"Yes?" He kept coming. Ten feet away now. Eight.

"What are you doing?"

"Finishing the mission." He stopped three feet from you. Close enough that you could smell his cologne, something expensive and subtle that always made you angry because it suited him so perfectly. "Perimeter security includes securing threats, doesn't it?"

"I'm not a threat."

"Aren't you?" He tilted his head. The blindfold was maddening. You couldn't read his eyes, couldn't tell where exactly he was looking, though you felt the scrutiny like heat on your skin. "You've been a threat since you transferred to Tokyo. Standing in those briefings. Asking questions with that voice. Wearing that uniform like you own every room you enter."

Your hand was still pressed against the barrier behind you. You pushed harder and felt the strange physics of it push back, not resisting exactly but absorbing, stretching, keeping you exactly where you were.

"Let me go," you said.

"Say please."

"Go to hell."

Gojo smiled, slow and sharp. "See? Threatening."

He took another step. Two feet of charged air between your chests. You could see the pulse in his throat, steady and strong. Your own heartbeat was doing something less dignified, hammering against your ribs like it wanted escape.

"This is inappropriate," you managed.

"Absolutely." He agreed easily. "Want me to stop?"

You should say yes. The word was right there, ready to be spoken. Professional lines existed for reasons. He was your superior in the field, the strongest sorcerer alive, a man who treated most of existence as a temporary amusement. Getting involved with Gojo Satoru was the kind of mistake that ruined careers and complicated missions and left you picking up pieces of yourself for years afterward.

But your mouth wouldn't form the word.

Gojo waited exactly three seconds. You counted them in the space between heartbeats. Then he raised his hand and you felt the pressure shift behind you, pushing you forward until you stumbled, catching yourself against his chest. His other arm came up, hand settling against the small of your back, pressing you close but not close enough.

"Gojo."

"Still not please," he murmured. His mouth was near your ear. You could feel his breath stirring your hair. "You're usually more polite in the office. What happened to that professional demeanor you wear like armor?"

You tried to push back and found the barrier had moved, now pressing against your shoulder blades, holding you suspended in the space between Gojo's body and his technique. Infinite pressure. The mathematical impossibility of being unable to move closer or farther away, trapped in the exact distance he chose.

"I could break this," you said, though you weren't sure you could. His Limitless was absolute when he focused it.

"Try." His hand at your back traced upward, following your spine with maddening patience. "Show me what you've got. Impress me."

You gathered cursed energy in your palms and pushed against his chest. The technique absorbed it, redirected it, turned your own power into harmless warmth that dissipated against his shirt. He didn't even rock back on his heels.

"Again," he whispered. "Harder."

You hit him with everything you had. The warehouse lit up with blue light, cursed energy crackling between your hands and his body. Gojo made a soft sound, not of pain but of satisfaction, like a man tasting something excellent. The barrier behind you flexed and held, keeping you trapped in the storm of your own making.

"Good," he said when the light faded. "But not good enough."

His hand moved from your back to your jaw, fingers tracing the line of your cheekbone with a gentleness that contradicted the violence of your imprisonment. You were shaking now, adrenaline and something else mixing in your bloodstream, making your hands tremble where they still pressed against his chest.

"You're shaking," he observed.

"Let me go."

"Not yet." His thumb found your lower lip, pulled it down slightly, examined you like you were a puzzle he was solving. "I want to see something first."

"What?"

"How long you can last."

He lowered his head and stopped exactly one inch from your mouth. You could feel the heat of him, could taste the mint on his breath, could see every detail of his skin up close. The scar at the corner of his lip. The faint shadow of stubble along his jaw. The way his throat worked when he swallowed.

But he didn't kiss you.

Instead he held you there, suspended in that impossible space, while his free hand traveled down your side, over the curve of your hip, down your thigh. The barrier adjusted behind you, tilting you slightly, forcing you to rely on his support or fall into the infinite.

"You're cruel," you breathed.

"I'm thorough." His fingers traced back up, slow enough that you felt every millimeter through the fabric of your uniform pants. "Do you know what I see when I look at you? With these eyes?"

"The blindfold is still on."

"Doesn't matter." His hand stopped at your waist, thumb circling a spot that made your breath hitch. "I can see your cursed energy flow. I can see your heartbeat in the way your energy pulses. I can see exactly where you're hottest, where you want me most, where you're practically begging for touch."

He demonstrated by pressing his thigh between yours, applying pressure exactly where you needed it. The barrier kept you from rocking into him, kept you from finding friction, kept you desperate and still and completely at his mercy.

"Gojo, please."

"There it is." He smiled against your cheek. "That word I was waiting for."

But he still didn't give you what you wanted. His hand slid up under your shirt, palm warm against your stomach, moving upward with excruciating patience. You arched into his touch and felt the infinite push back, holding you in place, denying you even the small satisfaction of movement.

"Please what?" he asked.

"Please touch me."

"I am touching you."

"Properly." The word came out desperate, broken. You didn't care. The barrier was humming now, vibrating against your back, and you could feel his technique responding to his focus, adjusting in real time to keep you exactly where he wanted you. "Gojo, I swear to God."

"Wrong deity to invoke." His hand finally, finally cupped your breast, thumb dragging over the fabric of your bra with enough pressure to make you gasp. "I'm right here. No intermediaries required."

He kept you there for what felt like hours. Touching everywhere except where you needed him most. Building pressure with his hands and his mouth and the impossible physics of his technique until you were whimpering, actually whimpering, against his neck. The barrier behind you had gone warm, pulsing in time with your heartbeat, responding to your cursed energy signature like it was alive.

"Beautiful," he murmured against your hair. "Absolutely beautiful. Do you know how long I've wanted to see you like this? Desperate and begging and completely mine?"

"Then take me," you managed. "If you want me, take me."

He pulled back just enough that you could see his face. The blindfold was still in place but his expression was raw, stripped of the playful mask he usually wore. He looked hungry. He looked dangerous. He looked like the strongest sorcerer alive who had finally decided to claim something he'd been coveting from a distance.

"Say it again," he demanded.

"Take me."

He snapped his fingers.

The barrier dissolved instantly. You stumbled forward into him, finally able to close the distance, and his arms came around you, lifting you up, guiding your legs around his waist. He walked you back against the concrete wall, the real wall this time, cold and solid behind you while he was hot and hard against you.

His mouth finally found yours. The kiss was devastating, thorough, the kind of kiss that rewired your nervous system. He tasted like electricity and mint and victory. You clung to his shoulders and he laughed into your mouth, triumphant and wild.

"Hold on," he warned.

Then he was moving against you, grinding in exactly the right rhythm, using his strength to hold you suspended while he drove you toward the edge with nothing but friction and intent. The wall scraped your back through your shirt but you didn't care, couldn't care, too focused on the building pressure, the impossible tension he'd spent so long cultivating.

"Gojo, I'm going to—"

"Yes." He bit your jaw, your throat, your shoulder. "Let go. I've got you. I've got you completely."

You came apart with his name breaking across your lips. He held you through it, kept you safe and suspended and exactly where he wanted you, riding out the aftershocks with his mouth against your pulse point.

When you could breathe again, when the world stopped spinning, you realized he was still hard against you, still holding you up like you weighed nothing.

"My turn," he said softly.

He lowered you to the ground, steadying you when your knees threatened to buckle. The concrete was cold under your palms as you braced yourself against the wall, watching as he freed himself from his pants with efficient movements. He was gorgeous in the moonlight, unfairly so, all lean muscle and pale skin and arrogant confidence.

He turned you around gently, guiding your hands to the wall, pressing against your back until you were leaning forward, exposed and vulnerable and still trembling from your first release.

"Tell me if it's too much," he whispered against your neck.

Then he was pushing into you, slow and steady and impossibly filling. You gasped at the stretch, at the heat of him, at the way he paused halfway to let you adjust. His hands found yours against the wall, fingers interlacing, holding you anchored while he started to move.

Without the barrier, without the infinite distance, he was overwhelming. Every thrust drove you against the concrete, his chest pressed to your back, his breath hot against your ear. He was talking, you realized, low and constant, praising you and describing exactly what he saw with those eyes, how your cursed energy was spiraling around them both, how beautiful you were, how perfect you felt around him.

"Harder," you asked, and he groaned, the sound raw and broken.

He gave you harder. His pace stuttered, lost its rhythm, became desperate and chasing. You pushed back against him, meeting his thrusts, and his grip on your hands tightened to the point of bruising. You wanted the bruises. You wanted the marks. You wanted proof tomorrow that this had been real.

"Close," he warned. "You with me?"

"Yes. Yes, Gojo, I'm—"

He shifted his angle and hit something that made white light explode behind your eyes. You cried out, loud and unrestrained, and he followed you over the edge with your name breaking across his lips like a prayer or a curse.

Afterward, he held you up. You were both shaking, leaning against the wall for support, tangled together in a way that would have been embarrassing if you had any dignity left. He pressed kisses to your shoulder, your neck, the shell of your ear. Gentle now. Almost tender.

"That was," you started, then lost the words.

"Yes," he agreed.

He helped you adjust your clothes, fingers lingering at your waist, your hips, like he couldn't quite stop touching you. The blindfold was still on, you realized. He'd done all of that without ever removing it.

"Gojo."

"Mm?"

"Take off the blindfold."

He went still. For a moment, the playful energy drained away and you saw something vulnerable underneath. Then he reached up and pulled the fabric away, revealing eyes that glowed in the darkness, blue and infinite and currently focused entirely on you.

"Hi," he said softly.

"Hi."

He smiled, real and unguarded. "Still want me to let you go?"

You looked at him. At the strongest sorcerer alive who had just spent an hour proving he could hold you forever if he chose. At the man who was looking at you like you were the only thing in the world worth seeing.

"No," you said. "Not yet."

He kissed you again, slow and sweet and promising.

He poured the fresh water. It cascaded over your scalp, hot enough to pink your skin. His fingers followed, working the jasmine oil through your hair with a patience that felt almost violent. He separated the strands one by one, mapping the shape of your skull like he was memorizing scripture.

You had stopped asking why he did this three weeks ago. The answer never changed. You were dirty. The world was dirty. He was cleaning you for himself.

"Do you know what today was?" he asked.

"Tuesday."

"Tuesday," he repeated, like you'd said something profound. "I walked through the city today and felt nothing. Not satisfaction. Not anger. Just..." He searched for the word, breath ghosting over your damp hair. "Silence. Then I thought of you, sitting here with your books and your cold tea, and I felt something again."

You hated this part. The confession. Like you were his priest instead of his prisoner.

"Don't," you said.

"Don't what?"

"Don't tell me. I don't want to know what you do out there."

His hand tightened. Not enough to bruise. Never enough to bruise. Just enough to remind you that he could.

"But you do know," he said. "You've always known. You just pretend otherwise because it makes the nights easier."

He was right. Of course he was. You'd seen the news reports the first month, piecing together the bombings and the "gas leaks" and the sudden disappearances of entire boards of directors. You'd cried then. Screamed at him through the locked door. He'd waited it out, patient as stone, and when your voice broke, he'd slid a tray of warm milk and honey through the gap.

You stopped watching the news after that.

Geto finished with your hair. He wrapped a towel around your head, not rough, not gentle. Efficient. Like you were something precious he was putting away.

"Stand up," he said.

You did. The yukata he'd given you slipped off one shoulder. He didn't fix it. His eyes tracked the bare skin, the collarbone, the hollow of your throat. He looked at you like he was starving and you were the only thing on the menu.

"Come."

He led you to the bedroom. Not his bedroom. Yours. A space he'd carved out in the compound with shoji screens and futons softer than clouds and windows that looked out on a garden you couldn't reach. The walls were paper thin. You'd learned to recognize his footsteps in the hall, the particular weight of his stride, the pause before he entered.

He sat on the edge of the bed. You stood in front of him, still dripping, still half-naked.

"You're shivering again," he observed.

"It's cold."

"It's twenty degrees."

He reached up and undid the towel. Your hair fell around your shoulders in dark waves. He ran his fingers through it, spreading the strands across your back like a fan.

"Beautiful," he said. Not to you. To himself.

You'd been here six months. Six months of this ritual. The washing, the combing, the way he touched your face like he was checking you were real. Sometimes he left after, returning to whatever passed for his real life. Sometimes he stayed, sitting in the corner chair while you pretended to sleep, watching you with an intensity that burned.

Tonight felt different. The air in the room was heavy, charged. He hadn't touched you beyond the hair, beyond the casual brush of his knuckles against your jaw, but you could feel it building. The question that had been unasked between you since the night he carried you out of that burning warehouse.

"Suguru," you said.

His eyes snapped to yours. He didn't like when you used his name. It made him human. It made this real.

"Take off the robe," he said.

Your hands moved before your brain caught up. The silk slid to the floor. You stood in front of him in nothing, vulnerable, exposed, and he looked at you like you were the weapon.

He reached out. His palm flattened against your stomach, warm and rough. He spread his hand wide, spanning from hip bone to hip bone, and pressed his forehead against your sternum.

You froze.

He was breathing hard. In the six months, he'd never put his mouth on you. Never kissed you. Never done more than comb your hair and touch your face and sit in the chair like a sentinel.

"Please," he whispered into your skin.

You didn't know what he was asking for. Permission? Forgiveness? Absolution?

Your hand moved. You touched the top of his head, the black silk of his hair, and he shuddered. Actually shuddered, like you'd struck him.

"Don't," he said, but he didn't pull away.

"Don't what?"

"Don't be kind. I can't bear it if you're kind."

You kept your hand there. You felt him unraveling under your palm, this man who commanded armies, who killed without blinking, who had built a religion around his own hatred. He was coming apart because you touched his hair.

"Look at me," you said.

He did. His eyes were blown wide, black swallowing the brown. He looked young. He looked terrified.

"I want to see you," you said. "All of you."

It was the wrong thing to say. You saw the moment the last thread snapped. His hands moved to his own robe, tearing at the knot with fingers that shook. He stripped it off and threw it aside and then he was kneeling in front of you naked, scarred, marked.

You'd expected smooth skin, the body of a monk or a fighter. What you got was a map of violence. Scars crisscrossed his chest, his shoulders, his stomach. Some were neat, surgical. Others were jagged, angry. A particularly bad one ran from his left hip to his ribs, raised and pink.

He watched your face, waiting for the disgust. When it didn't come, he laughed, hollow and broken.

"See?" he said. "See what I am?"

You didn't answer. You reached out and touched the hip scar. His whole body jerked. You traced it upward, feeling the texture of ruined skin, the way it dipped and rose. You mapped the smaller ones, the burns, the cuts, the places where curses had tried to tear him open and failed.

"Stop," he said, but his voice was wrecked.

You didn't stop. You moved to the scar on his collarbone, the one that looked like a bite mark. You pressed your thumb into it and he groaned, head falling back, exposing his throat.

"You're killing me," he breathed.

"Good."

The word surprised you both. His eyes flew open. You saw the war there, the battle between the man who wanted to worship you and the monster who wanted to consume you.

The monster won.

He grabbed your waist and pulled you down onto the bed. The force knocked the breath from your lungs. He was over you in an instant, caging you in, his scarred chest pressed against your bare breasts. He was hard against your thigh and he didn't hide it, grinding down with a desperation that bordered on pain.

"Tell me to stop," he demanded. "Tell me to stop and I will. I'll go back to the chair. I'll never touch you again. Tell me."

You looked up at him, at the sweat on his temples, the way his hair curtained around your face like a veil. You thought of the silence he'd described, the empty streets, the blood on his hands you pretended not to imagine. You thought of the milk and honey. You thought of the way he washed your hair like it was holy.

You wrapped your legs around his waist.

He made a sound like a wounded animal. Then his mouth was on yours, finally, finally, and it wasn't gentle. It was teeth and tongue and claiming, him trying to crawl inside you through sheer force of will. His hands roamed everywhere, rough, possessive, touching every inch of skin like he was branding you.

"Mine," he growled against your jaw, your throat, your breast. "Mine, mine, mine."

"Yours," you agreed, and the word felt like a surrender and a victory all at once.

He entered you in one hard thrust. No warning, no preparation, just the sudden stretch and burn of him filling you completely. You cried out, nails digging into his back, feeling the scars under your fingers as he started to move.

He wasn't careful. He wasn't kind. He fucked you like he was trying to prove something, like he was trying to erase the distance between saint and sinner, captor and captive. The bed slammed against the wall. The paper screens rattled. Somewhere in the compound, someone probably heard, but neither of you cared.

"Look at me," he ordered, gripping your chin. "Look at me while I ruin you."

You looked. You watched his face as he moved inside you, the slack-jawed pleasure, the way his eyes rolled back when you clenched around him. He was beautiful like this. Terrible and beautiful.

"Say it again," he demanded.

"Yours."

"Again."

"Yours. I'm yours."

He groaned and dropped his head to your shoulder, his rhythm faltering, becoming erratic. His hand slid between your bodies, finding the place where you joined, then moving higher to press against your clit. He rubbed you in tight, desperate circles, his fingers slick with both of you.

"Come for me," he pleaded. "Please. I need to feel you. I need-"

You broke. The orgasm rolled through you like a wave, starting where he touched you and radiating outward until you were shaking, crying out, clenching around him so hard he cursed.

He followed you over the edge, burying himself deep and spilling inside you with a ragged shout that sounded like your name.

Silence.

The room smelled like sex and jasmine and sweat. He collapsed on top of you, heavy and warm, his heart hammering against your chest. You could feel him still twitching inside you, the aftershocks making him shiver.

For a long time, neither of you moved. Then, slowly, carefully, he rolled off you. You expected him to leave, to retreat to the chair or the hall or the world he was burning down one building at a time.

Instead, he pulled you against him. Spooning you from behind, his arm a steel band across your waist, his face buried in your clean, combed hair.

"I warned you," he whispered, voice thick with exhaustion.

"Warned me about what?"

"That I'd damn you."

You were quiet. Outside, you could hear the wind in the garden, the distant sound of the city, the world turning regardless of what happened in this room.

"I damned myself," you said.

His arm tightened. You felt him smile against your neck, sharp and sad.

"Then we're in hell together," he murmured. "And I intend to keep you here forever."

You closed your eyes. His hand found yours under the covers, lacing your fingers together, scarred skin against smooth. You didn't pull away.

Somewhere in the compound, a clock struck midnight. A new day. New ghosts waiting to be made.

But here, in the dark, with his heartbeat syncing to yours, you pretended you were the only two people alive.

"No," you said, spinning again. "Just bored."

"You have three spreadsheets to finish."

"They can wait."

The silence stretched. You heard him close his laptop, the soft click echoing in the open space. When you looked over, he was standing, rolling up his sleeves with methodical precision. One fold. Two folds. The pale blue shirt tightening across his shoulders as he moved toward you.

Your stomach flipped, but you kept your expression insolent. "What? Going to fire me?"

"Fire you?" He was behind you now. You felt the heat of him, the sheer size of him blocking the light. His hand came down on the back of your chair, stopping your spin. "No. I have a better idea."

He gripped your arm - not hard enough to bruise, but firm, unyielding - and pulled you up from the chair. You stumbled a little in your heels, but he was already guiding you forward, around the partition that separated your desk from the rest of the floor.

"Nanami -"

"Quiet."

He pushed you over your own desk. Your palms hit the wood surface, your cheek pressing against the cool laminate. You heard the sound of your pencil cup tipping over, pens rolling across the surface and onto the floor. His hand was between your shoulder blades, holding you down with a weight that made your breath catch.

"You've been testing me all day," he said, voice low and even. His other hand moved to your hips, hiking your skirt up with rough efficiency. "Acting out. Being disrespectful."

"I was just -"

"You were being a brat."

Your panties were around your thighs before you could argue, the air conditioning hitting your exposed skin and making you shiver. You heard the clink of his belt, the zipper of his trousers. Your heart was hammering against your ribs, a mix of indignation and arousal flooding your system so fast you felt dizzy.

"Nanami, someone could -"

"The security guard is on the first floor," he said. "The cleaning crew comes at ten. We have time."

He kicked your feet apart, spreading your legs until your stance was obscene, your heels clicking against the floor. You tried to push up on your palms, but his hand between your shoulders pressed you back down, cheek flat against the desk.

"Stay there."

The first touch of his fingers made you gasp. He was checking if you were ready, sliding through your folds with a clinical detachment that was somehow more humiliating than if he had been gentle. You were wet - embarrassingly so - and you heard him make a soft sound of acknowledgment, like he had expected nothing less.

"You've been thinking about this all day," he said. Not a question.

"Fuck you."

"That's exactly what I'm going to do."

He pushed into you in one long, hard thrust. No warning, no teasing. Your mouth opened on a silent cry, fingers scrambling for purchase on the smooth desk surface. He was thick, stretching you open with a burn that made your eyes water. He didn't give you time to adjust. His hands gripped your hips, fingers digging into the soft flesh, and he pulled back only to slam forward again.

The desk screeched against the floor.

"Quiet," he ordered, though his own breathing was coming harder now, controlled but ragged at the edges. "Unless you want the entire building to know you're getting fucked like a desperate little brat over your own desk."

You bit your lip, tasting blood. He set a punishing pace, each thrust driving the air from your lungs in sharp exhalations. You could hear the slap of skin against skin, the wet sound of your body taking his, the creak of the desk under the force of his movements. It was too much and not enough, the angle hitting deep inside you, sparking something that made your legs tremble.

He leaned over you, his chest pressing against your back. You felt the scratch of his stubble against your ear, the heat of his breath.

"Is this what you wanted?" he asked, voice rough. "Attention? My hands on you?"

You shook your head, but your body betrayed you, pushing back to meet his thrusts.

"Liar." He bit your earlobe, not gentle. "You've been dripping for it since morning. I could smell it on you in the conference room. Could see it in the way you looked at me when you thought I wasn't paying attention."

His hand moved from your hip, sliding around to find you. His fingers were precise, circling your clit with the same focus he applied to everything - spreadsheets, contracts, your body. The dual sensation of him filling you, stretching you, and the pressure on your sensitive nerves had you seeing stars.

"Nanami - please -"

"Please what?" He didn't slow down. If anything, he fucked you harder, the desk inching across the floor with each impact. "Please stop? Please more? Use your words, or I'll leave you like this."

"More," you gasped, hating how needy you sounded. "Please, I need -"

"What do you need?" He was panting now, the controlled mask slipping. "Tell me exactly."

"Make me come," you whimpered, the words torn out of you. "Please, Kento, I need you to -"

He groaned, low and guttural, and the sound of his first name seemed to break something in him. He stopped playing with your clit and gripped both your hips, pulling you back onto him with a force that made your teeth clack together. He was hitting that spot inside you, over and over, relentless, driving you toward the edge with brutal efficiency.

The orgasm hit you like a freight train. Your back arched, a strangled cry escaping your throat before you bit it back down. Your body clamped down on him, muscles fluttering and contracting, and he cursed, his rhythm faltering.

"Fuck," he gritted out. "Fuck, you feel -"

He didn't finish the sentence. He drove into you one last time, burying himself to the hilt, and you felt him pulse inside you. The heat of it flooded your senses, the wetness spreading as he filled you, his grip on your hips tight enough to leave marks you would see tomorrow.

For a long moment, neither of you moved. Your chest heaved against the desk, your cheek still pressed to the wood, your hair a mess across your face. He was heavy against your back, his forehead resting between your shoulder blades, his breath hot through your blouse.

Slowly, carefully, he pulled out. You felt the loss immediately, the emptiness, and then the trickle of warmth down your inner thigh. You didn't have to look to know what he had done. The thought sent another shiver through you, post-orgasmic and raw.

He stepped back. You heard him fixing his clothes, the zipper of his trousers, the clink of his belt. You stayed where you were, suddenly unsure, your legs shaking too much to support you properly.

"Come here," he said, and his voice was different now - softer, the edge gone.

You pushed yourself up on trembling arms, turning around. He was sitting in your desk chair, looking as composed as ever except for the flush high on his cheekbones and the slight disarray of his hair. He held out his hand.

You took it, letting him pull you down into his lap. He arranged you carefully, your skirt still hiked up, your panties still twisted around your thighs. You expected him to fix them, but instead he just held you, one arm around your waist, the other hand stroking up and down your back.

"Too much?" he asked quietly, his thumb tracing circles against your spine.

You shook your head, leaning into his chest. You could hear his heartbeat, still elevated but slowing. "No. It was... good. I liked it."

"You were pushing me on purpose."

"Maybe."

He huffed a quiet laugh, the sound rumbling in his chest. "Brat."

"You knew what you were getting into when you hired me."

"I did." He pressed a kiss to your temple, then another to your jaw. His hand moved to your thigh, not sexual now, just soothing. The warmth of his palm against your skin was grounding. "The bathroom down the hall has a shower. I'll take you there in a minute. Clean you up."

"You don't have to -"

"I want to." His tone brooked no argument. "And then I'm taking you home. You're sleeping at my place tonight."

You pulled back to look at him, surprised. "I am?"

"Yes." He adjusted his glasses with his free hand, looking at you with that serious expression that had first drawn you to him. "I want to make sure you're alright. And I want to wake up with you. No arguments."

You smiled, small and tired and genuinely happy. "No arguments."

"Good." He stood, lifting you easily despite your protest, and set you on your feet. He pulled your panties up with gentle hands, fixing your skirt, smoothing your blouse. He looked you over critically, then nodded. "Presentable enough to get to the bathroom. Come on."

He took your hand, interlacing his fingers with yours. You walked together through the dark office, past the empty cubicles and the silent conference rooms, your footsteps echoing in the quiet. Your body ached in the best way, marked by him, filled by him.

At the bathroom door, he paused, looking down at you with those serious eyes that weren't quite so serious anymore.

"Next time you want my attention," he said, "just ask. You don't have to spill coffee on my jacket."

You laughed, the sound bright in the empty hallway. "Where's the fun in that?"

He made a sound, a dark chuckle that was more of a rumble in his chest. "Don't play dumb with me. I saw you with Gojo." His lips brushed the sensitive skin of your neck, not kissing, just hovering, a threat and a promise. "Laughing at his stupid jokes. Touching his arm. You looked real cozy."

A shiver, part fear, part anticipation, ran down your spine. This was the unspoken rule of your arrangement. You were friends with benefits, a convenient outlet for each other's needs. But there was a territorial line, and you had just danced all over it with Gojo Satoru, his frat's resident golden boy and Sukuna's not-so-friendly rival.

"He was just being friendly," you managed to say, your voice smaller than you intended.

Sukuna's grip on your hip tightened, his fingers digging into the flesh through your thin dress. "Friendly? Is that what you call it?" He finally closed the distance, sinking his teeth into the curve where your neck met your shoulder. It wasn't a gentle nip. It was a possessive bite, sharp enough to make you gasp and arch against him, a clear mark of ownership. "He looks at you like he wants to eat you alive. And you let him. You fucking encouraged it."

He pulled back just enough to look at you, his dark eyes burning with an intensity that made your stomach clench. The smirk was gone, replaced by a raw, unfiltered jealousy that was both terrifying and intoxicating. "You have a smart mouth on you when you're talking to him. Let's see how smart it is when I'm fucking it."

There was no more preamble. He hauled you away from the door, his movements rough and impatient as he practically dragged you across the room to his bed. His space was typically messy, clothes on the floor, textbooks pushed haphazardly on his desk, but right now, all you could focus on was the king-sized bed with its black comforter.

He shoved you down onto the mattress, and you bounced once, your dress riding up your thighs. He was on you in an instant, kneeling over you, his powerful thighs bracketing your hips. He grabbed the hem of your dress and yanked it up over your head, the action so forceful it made your teeth click together. The cool air hit your skin, and you were left in just your flimsy lace bra and panties.

"Look at you," he murmured, his gaze raking over your body. "All dressed up for someone else. Did you wear this for him?"

"No," you breathed, shaking your head.

"Liar." He leaned down, his hands planted on either side of your head, caging you in completely. "You love the attention, don't you? Love knowing all those guys downstairs want to fuck you. But you're mine tonight." He lowered his head, his mouth crashing down on yours.

This wasn't the usual kiss you shared. It wasn't lazy or exploratory. It was a punishment. His lips were bruising, his tongue forcing its way into your mouth, claiming every inch of you. He tasted like beer and something uniquely him, a dangerous spice that made your head spin. You kissed him back, your hands coming up to tangle in his pink hair, pulling him closer, needing more of the rough treatment he was doling out.

He broke the kiss, panting, his chest heaving. "That's it. Fight back. Show me that attitude." He reached between you, his fingers hooking into the cups of your bra and pulling them down, exposing your breasts to his hungry gaze. He didn't bother with the clasp, just ripped the delicate fabric, the sound of tearing lace filling the room. "Much better."

His mouth was on your breast then, hot and wet. He sucked your nipple into his mouth, his tongue swirling around the peak before he bit down, hard enough to make you cry out. The pain was sharp, electric, shooting straight to your core. He soothed the sting with his tongue, only to move to the other breast and give it the same treatment. He was marking you, leaving his claim on your skin in the most primal way possible.

"You like that, don't you?" he grunted against your skin. "Like when I'm rough with you. Like when I remind you who you belong to."

You couldn't form words, only a strangled moan as he moved lower, his mouth tracing a path down your stomach. He hooked his fingers into your panties and ripped them away too, the flimsy lace no match for his impatience. He spread your legs with his knees, his gaze falling on the slick evidence of your arousal.

"Fuck. You're soaked. All this from a little bite?" He smirked, the first hint of his usual arrogance returning. "Or were you thinking about Gojo while I was watching you? Thinking about him touching you like this?"

"Never," you gasped out, the thought genuinely repulsive.

"Good answer." He lowered his head, not giving you any warning before his mouth was on you. He ate you out with the same ferocity as his kiss, his tongue lapping at your clit, his fingers plunging into you without preamble. He curled them inside you, hitting that spot that made your vision white out, his mouth never ceasing its assault. It was too much, too fast, and you were already hurtling towards the edge.

"Sukuna," you moaned, your hips bucking against his face. "Please..."

He pulled away just as you were about to cum, leaving you panting and desperate on the bed. "Not yet," he said, his voice rough. "You don't get to come until I say so." He stood up, stripping off his own clothes with quick, efficient movements. His body was a work of art, all hard muscle and sharp lines, tattoos covering his arms and chest. His cock sprang free, thick and hard, already leaking precum. He gave it a few lazy strokes, his eyes never leaving yours.

"Turn over," he commanded.

You hesitated for a fraction of a second, and his eyes narrowed. "Don't make me ask twice."

You scrambled to obey, flipping onto your stomach and rising up on your hands and knees. The position was vulnerable, exposed, and it sent a fresh wave of arousal through you. You felt the bed dip as he got behind you, his hands gripping your ass cheeks, spreading you open.

"Look at this pretty little pussy," he murmured, his thumb brushing over your slick folds. "All ready for me. Ready to be reminded who fucks it right."

He lined himself up with your entrance, and for a moment, you thought he might just slam into you. But he didn't. He pushed in slowly, inch by torturous inch, letting you feel every thick ridge of his cock as he stretched you open. It was a different kind of torture, a slow, deliberate claiming that was just as possessive as his earlier roughness.

"Fuck, you're tight," he groaned once he was fully seated inside you, his hips pressed against your ass. "Always so fucking tight for me."

He started to move then, his thrusts deep and punishing. He set a brutal pace, his hips snapping against yours, the sound of skin slapping against skin filling the room. Each thrust drove the air from your lungs, pushing you closer and closer to the edge again. His hands were on your hips, holding you in place as he used your body for his own pleasure.

"Is this what you wanted?" he growled, his voice strained with exertion. "To be fucked like this? To be put in your place?"

"Yes," you cried out, your fingers clutching at the sheets. "God, yes."

"Say my name," he demanded, his rhythm never faltering. "Let me know who's fucking you."

"Sukuna," you moaned, his name a prayer on your lips. "Sukuna, please..."

"Please what?" he grunted, leaning over you, his chest pressing against your back. His teeth found the back of your neck, biting down hard enough to leave another mark. "Please let you come? Is that what you want?"

You could only nod, your ability to speak completely gone.

"Beg for it," he commanded, his thrusts becoming even harder, more erratic. "Beg me to fill you up."

The words, raw and filthy, spilled from your lips without thought. "Please, Sukuna. Please fill me up. I want it. I want you to come inside me."

That was all it took. With a guttural groan, he slammed into you one last time, his cock twitching as he spilled himself deep inside you. The feeling of his hot release flooding you was enough to send you over the edge, your own orgasm crashing over you in a blinding wave of pleasure. 

Your muscles clenched around him, milking him for every last drop as he continued to rock into you, drawing out both of your releases. For a moment, the only sound in the room was your combined, ragged breathing. The party downstairs seemed a world away, its muffled beat a distant, irrelevant echo.

He collapsed against you, his weight heavy and grounding, his forehead resting between your shoulder blades. You could feel his heart hammering against your back, a frantic rhythm that was slowly starting to calm. He stayed inside you, a possessive, intimate connection that spoke volumes more than words ever could. You could feel the warmth of his release spreading, a liquid claim that made a fresh, softer wave of pleasure roll through you.

"Mine," he muttered against your skin, the word a low, possessive rumble. It wasn't a question. It was a statement of fact, as undeniable as the marks he'd left on your neck and breasts.

He finally pulled out, and the loss was immediate and sharp. You felt the trickle of his cum escape, sliding down your thigh. Before you could even process it, he was flipping you over again, his hands surprisingly gentle as he maneuvered you onto your back. He loomed over you, his dark eyes still burning with that intense, jealous fire, but now it was mingled with something else, something softer, more sated.

He looked down at you, at your flushed skin and the bite marks blooming on your flesh. A flicker of satisfaction crossed his face. He leaned down, not to kiss you, but to trace the teeth marks on your breast with his tongue. The gesture was strangely tender, a stark contrast to the roughness of moments before.

"You look good like this," he said, his voice a low murmur. "Marked up. Fucked out. All mine."

You didn't have the energy to argue, even if you wanted to. Your limbs felt like lead, your body thrumming with a pleasant, bone-deep ache. You just watched him, your breath still coming in shallow pants. He shifted, moving to lie beside you, propping his head up on his hand to look at you properly. He reached out, his fingers tracing the line of your jaw, then down your throat to the dark hickey on your neck.

"He'll see this," Sukuna said, his thumb stroking the mark. "Gojo. He'll see it tomorrow and know exactly what it means."

A part of you, the part that had been enjoying the attention downstairs, should have been annoyed. But lying here, in the aftermath of his possessive fury, you couldn't find it in you to care. There was something thrilling about being the object of his jealousy, about being wanted so fiercely.

"Maybe I'll just wear my hair up tomorrow," you found yourself saying, a small, challenging smile playing on your lips.

His eyes narrowed, the softness in them hardening instantly. "Don't fucking push me," he warned, but there was no real heat in his voice. It was more like a weary acceptance of your nature. He knew you. He knew you liked to play with fire, and he was always more than happy to burn you with it.

He leaned down and finally kissed you, a proper kiss this time. It was slow and deep, a thorough exploration that tasted of him and you and sex. It was a claiming, but a different kind. It wasn't about punishment anymore; it was about reaffirmation.

"You drive me insane," he murmured against your lips. "You know that, right?"

"The feeling's mutual," you replied, your voice still breathy.

He kissed you again, his hand sliding down your body, over your stomach and between your legs. His fingers slid through the mess there, the combined slickness of your arousal and his release. He watched your face as he did it, his gaze intense.

"So messy," he said, but he sounded pleased about it. "I like it. I like knowing I'm dripping out of you." He pushed two fingers back inside you, and you gasped at the sudden, intimate intrusion. He curled them, pressing against that sensitive spot, and your back arched off the bed. "Think you can take more?"

You could only nod, your body already responding, waking up again under his skilled touch. He worked you slowly, methodically, building the pleasure back up from a simmer to a boil. It was a different kind of torture this time, a patient, deliberate one. He was in no rush. He had all night to remind you exactly who you belonged to.

He shifted, moving down the bed until he was settled between your thighs again. He looked up at you from his position, a wicked glint in his eyes. "Let's clean you up," he said, before lowering his head and licking a broad stripe up your slit.

The sensation was electric. You cried out, your hands flying to his hair, your fingers tangling in the pink strands. He ate you out with a renewed hunger, his tongue delving into you, tasting you both. It was filthy and intimate and so incredibly hot. He lapped at your clit, sucking it into his mouth, his fingers still working inside you, stretching you, preparing you.

He was building you towards another peak, and this time, he didn't stop. He didn't tease. He pushed you relentlessly, his mouth and fingers working in perfect, sinful harmony until you were shaking, your thighs clamping around his head as you came with a sharp, broken cry. Your vision went white, your body convulsing with the force of it.

He didn't let up, drawing out your orgasm until you were a whimpering, oversensitive mess. Only then did he pull back, his face glistening. He crawled back up your body, his expression smug and triumphant.

"Taste that?" he asked, leaning down to kiss you again, letting you taste yourself and him on his tongue. "That's us. That's what you are when you're with me."

You were boneless, pliant, completely at his mercy. He could have done anything to you in that moment, and you would have let him. He seemed to know it, too. He settled between your legs again, his already hard cock nudging at your entrance.

"One more time," he said, his voice a low promise. "I'm going to fuck you full of me again. And when I'm done, you're not going to be able to think about anyone else for a week."

He pushed into you, and this time, the slide was easy, your body welcoming him in. He filled you completely, a perfect, aching stretch. He started to move, his thrusts slow and deep, grinding against you. It wasn't the frantic, punishing pace from before. This was something more deliberate, more thorough. He was taking his time, savoring the feel of you, imprinting himself on your very soul.

He hooked your legs over his arms, folding you nearly in half, changing the angle so he was impossibly deep. Each thrust hit your cervix, a dull, pleasurable ache that was quickly building into something more.

"You feel that?" he grunted, his rhythm steady and unrelenting. "That's me. All the way inside you. Where no one else gets to go."

You could only moan in response, your hands clutching at his shoulders, your nails digging into his skin. He was right. In this moment, there was no one else. No Gojo, no party, no world outside of this room. There was only him, and the way he was making you feel.

He reached down, his thumb finding your clit and rubbing slow, firm circles. The added stimulation was enough to send you hurtling towards the edge again. Your body tensed, your muscles tightening as the pleasure coiled in your belly, hot and tight.

"That's it," he encouraged, his voice strained. "Come for me again. Let me feel it."

His words were your undoing. You shattered, your orgasm tearing through you with an intensity that left you breathless. Your inner walls clenched around him, and he groaned, his own control finally snapping. He slammed into you, his thrusts becoming erratic as he chased his own release.

"Fuck," he gritted out, his head thrown back. "Take it. All of it."

He came with a deep, guttural groan, his cock pulsing as he spilled himself inside you for the second time. He collapsed on top of you, his body shaking with the force of his release, and you held him, your limbs wrapped around him, both of you completely spent.

You lay there for a long time, a tangled, sweaty mess, the only sound your slowly steadying breaths. The bass from the party downstairs had finally stopped, the house falling silent. He was still inside you, a warm, heavy weight that you were reluctant to lose.

He eventually stirred, pressing a soft kiss to your shoulder before carefully pulling out. He rolled onto his side, gathering you into his arms and pulling you against his chest. You rested your head on his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart.

"You're an idiot, you know that?" he said, his voice a low rumble against your ear. There was no malice in it, just a familiar, exasperated affection.

"Look who's talking," you mumbled back, your eyes already drifting closed.

He chuckled, the sound vibrating through his chest. He pulled the blanket over both of you, tucking you in. "Stay tonight," he said, not a question, but a quiet command.

You both settled into comfortable silence, just enjoying the proximity after days of separation. His hand slid down your side, resting possessively on your hip, thumb stroking circles through the thin fabric of your loungewear.

"You know," he said suddenly, voice dropping to that low register that always sent shivers down your spine, "I've been thinking..."

"Dangerous," you teased, shifting to look up at him.

His eyes held an intensity that made your breath catch. "About what we talked about last month. About... starting a family."

Your heart rate picked up. "Oh?"

"Yeah," he continued, fingers tightening slightly on your hip. "I can't stop thinking about it. You, round with our child. Watching you grow. Knowing we created something together."

Heat bloomed across your cheeks and chest. "Satoru..."

"Is that a yes?" he asked, already knowing the answer but wanting to hear it anyway.

You nodded, unable to form words as his eyes darkened with desire.

"Good," he breathed, capturing your lips in a deep, claiming kiss that left you breathless. "Because I have every intention of breeding you properly tonight."

The explicitness of his words sent a jolt straight to your core. His hands roamed your body as he deepened the kiss, mapping every curve as if memorizing you all over again. When he finally pulled back, you were panting, lips swollen and cheeks flushed.

"Bedroom," he commanded, though his tone was soft, almost reverent.

You didn't need to be told twice. As you rose, he scooped you into his arms, carrying you bridal style toward your shared bedroom. The gesture made you giggle despite the arousal coiling in your belly.

"Always the romantic," you teased, wrapping your arms around his neck.

"Only for you," he replied, lowering you gently onto the bed before following you down, caging you beneath his body. His weight was comforting, grounding, and you arched up to meet him as he captured your lips again.

This kiss was slower, more deliberate. His tongue explored your mouth as his hands began working at the hem of your shirt, breaking away only long enough to pull it over your head. His gaze softened as he took in the sight of you, reaching out to trace the lace of your bra.

"So beautiful," he murmured, fingers deftly unhooking the clasp. "And soon, you'll be even more beautiful, carrying our child."

The thought made you ache with want. His hands cupped your breasts, thumbs brushing over your nipples until they pebbled under his touch. You gasped as he lowered his head, taking one into his mouth, tongue swirling around the sensitive peak.

"Satoru..." you breathed, fingers tangling in his hair.

He hummed against your skin, switching to the other breast, giving it the same attention. "So responsive. I love how your body reacts to me."

His hands continued their exploration, sliding down your stomach to the waistband of your pants. He looked up at you, seeking permission, though you both knew he didn't need to ask.

"Please," you whispered, lifting your hips to help him remove the last barrier between you.

He stripped away your clothing with practiced efficiency, then his own, until nothing separated you. His eyes roamed your naked form, dark with hunger and something deeper - something like worship.

"Perfect," he breathed, settling between your thighs. "Absolutely perfect."

His fingers found your folds, already slick with arousal. He teased you gently, circling your clit without quite touching it, until you were writhing beneath him, desperate for more.

"Patience," he chided softly, though his voice was strained with his own desire. "I want to savor this."

When he finally slid a finger inside you, you moaned at the stretch. He worked you open slowly, adding another finger when you were ready, scissoring them to prepare you for what was to come. All the while, he watched your face, committing every expression to memory.

"You have no idea how much I've wanted this," he confessed, curling his fingers to hit that spot inside you that made you see stars. "Coming home to you every night, knowing you're mine... and soon, you'll be carrying my child."

The thought was overwhelming. Your hips bucked against his hand as he increased his pace, thumb finally pressing against your clit. The dual stimulation sent you spiraling toward release, your body tensing as pleasure washed over you.

"Satoru!" you cried out, arching off the bed as waves of ecstasy crashed through you.

He didn't stop, working you through your orgasm until you collapsed back against the sheets, panting. Only then did he withdraw his fingers, bringing them to his lips to taste your essence.

"Delicious," he murmured, positioning himself at your entrance. "And all mine."

You nodded dazedly, still recovering from your orgasm. "Yours."

With a slow, deliberate thrust, he entered you, filling you completely. The stretch was exquisite, and you wrapped your legs around his waist, pulling him deeper.

"Fuck," he breathed, burying his face in your neck. "You feel incredible. So tight, so wet... made just for me."

He began to move, setting a rhythm that was both punishing and tender. Each thrust drove deeper than the last, his hips hitting yours with a sound that was almost obscene in the quiet room. Your hands roamed his back, nails scraping lightly against his skin, earning a groan of approval.

"Like that," he encouraged, capturing your lips in a messy kiss. "Mark me. Show everyone I belong to you."

The possessiveness in his tone sent another wave of arousal through you. You met his thrusts eagerly, bodies moving together in a dance as old as time. His hands gripped your hips, holding you in place as he increased his pace, driving into you with renewed urgency.

"Going to fill you up," he panted against your ear. "Make sure it takes. Want to see you swollen with our child, everyone knowing you're mine."

The explicit words combined with the deep, rhythmic thrusting pushed you closer to the edge again. You could feel the coil tightening in your belly, your body responding to his every word and touch.

"Satoru, I'm close," you gasped, fingers tightening in his hair.

"Come for me," he commanded, voice rough with desire. "Come around my cock. Let me feel you."

His words were your undoing. With a cry, you tumbled over the edge, pleasure flooding your senses as your muscles clenched around him. He followed moments later with a groan, burying himself deep inside you as he released, his warmth flooding your core.

For a moment, you both lay panting, bodies tangled together in the aftermath. Then he shifted, rolling to his side but keeping you connected, still inside you.

"Not done yet," he murmured, already hardening again inside you. "We have all night. And I'm not stopping until I'm sure it's taken."

You laughed breathlessly. "Insatiable."

"Only for you," he replied, beginning to move again, slower this time, more deliberate. "Only ever for you."

The night stretched on, a blur of pleasure and whispered promises. He took you again and again, each time more possessive than the last, marking you as his in every way possible. By the time dawn approached, you were exhausted, sated, and thoroughly claimed.