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In all honesty, Henry thought that after getting married to Alex, their sex life would be a little more tame and calm. After five years of being together, various kinks and fantasies, he really thought that marriage would bring out the vanilla in them both. Don't get him wrong, he absolutely adored when it was just him and Alex in the heat of the moment. Whether it was slow and sensual love making on a Saturday morning or an intense fuck after a long week that leaves them both deeply satiated, Henry loved every moment he shared his body with Alex. Even more so, not that they are married.

However, it seems like the universe would never stop surprising him. And by the universe, he means Alex.

Many months into their marriage, they have settled down in their home in Texas. The house was as big as anyone could imagine, with a backyard that could host a football match (you mean soccer, babe) and a front yard that could host their entire circle of family and friends (and our 10 future kids, baby) easily. Henry couldn't be happier. He has stepped back from his role as a prince after Philip and Martha had their son Louis and threw his entire focus and attention to the youth shelters with Pez and, of course, his book. Alex has been steadily working towards becoming partner at the law firm.

Everything was perfectly as normal as it could be. 

Which is why when Alex came home on a Friday evening telling Henry that he wanted to edge him for the entire day, Henry spat out his tea. 

“Have we just forgotten any types of greetings now?” Henry croaked, snatching a tissue to wipe uselessly at his t-shirt. 

“Dearest Husband-” Alex belts out.

“Oh, my fucking christ-”

“How do you do, on this fine evening?”

“I will literally bite off your arm, Alexander.”

Alex continues on like Henry isn't talking.

“I was wondering if you'd be amenable to edg-”

Henry smacks his hand over Alex's mouth. Alex's eyes shine with mischief.

“Fine, you absolute demon!”

“Knew you'd see things my way, babe,” Alex licked Henry's palm but that stopped bringing a reaction out of Henry ages ago, he simply wiped his hand on Alex's suit pants.

“Do I want to ask why you came home thinking about me edging you? Should I be concerned, love?” Henry pulled Alex's feet up to his lap, sliding off the white socks from Alex's feet and wrapping his hand around the marks left on Alex's ankles by the tight socks. Alex let out a groan as he threw his head back against the couch.

“You shouldn't be concerned, baby, I'm like low-key obsessed with you.”

“Darling, we are married.”

“Yeah, exactly.”

Henry shook his head in adoration.

“So you want to elaborate on that thought?”

“I always wanna elaborate on my thoughts, babe,” Alex smiled lazily as he unbuttoned his white shirt.

“I'm all ears, then.”

“I just– I want you to edge me however you like and not tell me when you'll let me cum,” Alex looked at Henry with eyes that grew darker after every word he uttered. “You can tie me up, leave me hanging or if you want to tease me for hours, you can do that. Or you can just do whatever you want, get creative.”

“And just for my own curiosity, when should I let you cum?”

“Well, that's the fun part.”

Alex pulled his legs off of Henry's lap and bent them under him, surging towards Henry until their noses were touching. Henry's arm immediately wrapped around his waist, pulling him closer. His body hummed with how close Alex was to him. A natural reaction, really.

“When you decide that I can cum, I want you to not stop after.”

Henry stopped breathing for a few seconds.

They have discussed this before but usually it was Henry who wanted to be so overstimulated that he cried after every orgasm. Henry loved that thin line between pleasure and pain and how Alex would wring out orgasm after orgasm from him until he would cum dry, his entire body trembling after his multiple releases.

While Alex bottomed as often as they'd both like to, testing his limits like that was actually new for them.

Henry already felt giddy with power.

“How many times do you want to cum after?” Henry asked, the words murmured against Alex's lips.

“That's for you to decide, baby, you know my body as well as I do, maybe even better,” Alex played with the hair that curled around Henry's neck, twirling the short strands between his fingers. “Well, that or if I safe word.”

“You promise you'll use your safe word then? No pushing your limits?” Henry squeezed Alex's hips.

“I promise, baby.”

“Anything else?”

“I want you to be mean to me.”

“Alex,..”

“Please, I promise I'll stop you if I can't handle it,” Alex looked at him, eyes wide and pleading. Henry was helpless and gave a nod. Always giving in when it comes to Alex.

They sealed the deal with a kiss. A slow kiss that made Henry's insides turn into liquid gold. Alex was opening up beautifully against him, his body turning to putty in his hold. Henry couldn't get enough. 

“Wanna go upstairs?” Alex whispered when they separated, eyes closed and already so far gone.

“Hmm, no.”

Alex opened his eyes, frowning.

“What? Why?”

Henry smiled as he pushed himself to stand up, leaving Alex to sway slightly on the couch.

“Let's have dinner, won't you cook something for me, love?” Henry knew he was playing dirty, but Alex literally asked for it. “Get creative,” he had said.

“You seriously want me to cook you dinner now?” Alex seemed confused by the turn of events. Henry could see the obvious tent in the front of his pants. He bit back the urge to just unzip Alex's pants and take him right then and there.

“Yes, love, I'm starving!”

“But–”

Henry was suddenly up in Alex's space again, pushing him back against the couch with both of his legs bracketing him.

“What's your safe word?”

Alex gulped.

“Austin”

“Perfect, get started on dinner. I've got some things to do and then I'll join you when food is ready, alright?”

Alex simply nodded.

Henry patted his cheek and just like that left him all alone on the couch.

Henry walked upstairs to their bedroom, heart already beating faster than normal. Ideas running through his brain at lightning speed. He went to their dressing room, pulling out a black shirt and matching black trousers. He stepped into the ensuite bathroom, taking a quick shower before stepping into his outfit. He pulled out a black belt that he knew would accentuate his waist just so and styled his hair back the way Alex loved.

He moved to one of the closets they had in their dressing where they kept anything related to their sex life. The shelves were lined up with various bottles of lube and boxes of condoms. Then the drawers were packed with different sex toys. Henry picked up a black vibrator, switching it on to check that it's charged. He bent down to the spreader bar that was in the bottom of the drawers and the matching hand and leg cuffs. He took one bottle of lube and moved back to the bathroom.

The bed was perfectly made, Henry removed any extra pillows that might get in their way before placing the lube on the nightstand, hiding the vibrator in the drawer and putting the spreader bar on the bed itself. When he seemed satisfied with everything he took a minute to take a deep breath and center himself.

This is going to be a good night.

Alex went to the other bathroom downstairs and washed up a little before getting started on dinner. He decided that pasta with red sauce was the perfect choice for tonight, with just enough chili that Henry could tolerate. He moved around the kitchen with ease, pointedly ignoring how he has been sporting a semi-hard on ever since Henry left him on the couch. He brought out the ingredients for the meal and put the water to boil for the pasta. Within less than an hour, the sauce was ready and so was the spaghetti. As he started getting the table set, Henry walked downstairs.

“Perfect timing, dinner's ready, baby,” Alex said without looking up.

“Thanks, love.”

Alex's gaze roamed over Henry's body.

He felt himself get hot under his collar, his pants already getting tighter around the crotch. The black shirt that Henry was wearing fit just perfectly so, the sleeves rolled up and showing off his forearms, the pants hugged his pretty ass and the belt around his waist making him look delicious. He watched as Henry pulled a chair and sat down, elbows resting atop of the table. Waiting.

“Wine?” Alex offered.

“No, thank you, love. Water is fine for tonight.”

This did nothing to calm down Alex's racing heartbeat.

Alex plated their food and placed one plate in front of Henry, before he could do the same for himself, Henry's hand went around his waist and then ever so subtly below his belt. A light squeeze to his ass cheeks that made him gasp and almost lose his grip on his plate. 

“Thank you for dinner, darling, I'm sure it tastes amazing.”

The touch left as soon as it came, Henry turned back to his plate and started twirling the spaghetti in his fork. Alex finally moved to sit in front of him. It took him a few minutes to get started. What the hell has he gotten himself into?

They ate in relative silence, only the sound of their cutlery echoing in the house. Alex was almost done with his food when he felt something touch his thigh. He jumped slightly in his chair, Henry's bare foot was lightly grazing the inside of his thigh. 

Up, up, up and slowly with the point of his toe, he traced the outline of Alex's dick through the material of his pants. Circular motions that made the fork fall from Alex's hand with a loud clang on the plate. 

“Ah!” Alex's breath hitched, he squeezed his eyes shut, thighs spreading and almost lifting up to chase the friction. It was humiliating but Alex was desperate already.

Henry sat there, paying him no attention. Eating his dinner as if he wasn't torturing Alex across the table.

“Henry, please,” Alex clenched his fists on top of the table.

“Finish your food, dear.”

And with that, Henry removed his foot from between Alex's legs. Alex didn't know whether he wanted to cry in relief or frustration.

Henry placed his cutlery neatly on his plate, Alex didn't realize that he had finished. He wrapped his fingers around his glass of water and drank it slowly, eyes never leaving Alex. Alex couldn't help but feel envious of a stupid glass.

“Hen-”

“Would you like me to tell you what I'm going to do to you as we go or would you like to be surprised?” Henry held the crystal glass as if it was nothing, swaying it carelessly. 

“I don't think I would last long if you actually tell me beforehand, H.”

“Well, that's too bad, love, I'm going to tell you anyway.”

“Fuck, Henry-”

“Shush, now, none of that.”

Alex could feel his heart beating in his ears.

“I brought out the spreader bar.”

Jesus tits.

“The matching black cuffs too, I've been dying to try them on you. I bet they are going to look so good on your skin, your wrists and ankles will be all red after I'm done with you.”

Alex wiggled in his chair, his mouth parting with each breath he took.

“I'm going to tie you up, on your back, all laid out and pretty for me.”

Alex was afraid if he clenched tighter into the white cloth on the table, it would tear.

“And then I'm going to play with your pretty cock for as long as I like, my love.”

“God fucking hell,” Alex's head swayed forward, breaking the intense eye contact.

“Eyes on me, Alexander, I'm not done talking,” Henry stood up from his seat and crossed over to Alex, pulling his head up with his chin. 

“Fucking fuck-”

“Every time I bring you to the edge, I want you to thank me for not letting you cum,” he traced Alex's jaw delicately. “And every time you forget to do so, we're just adding that to your list of ruined orgasms for the night. What do you say, love, hm?” Henry pinched his chin a little, hazel eyes twinkling with mirth. 

“Yes, fucking green, Henry. Please.”

“Such a good boy for me,” Henry leaned down and let his mouth hover above Alex's parted one. A shiver ran through Alex as the praise sunk in his brain. Warmth spread through his body, the need to just be good for Henry. He stayed still, waiting ever so patiently for Henry's next order or action. Henry dug his fingers in his jaw, blunt nails almost leaving an indentation on Alex's cheeks.

“Open.”

Alex's mouth parted wider. 

Henry placed his knee between Alex's thighs, making Alex spread them further to accommodate him. He kept his mouth open as Henry ordered.

“Tongue out, my love.”

Alex's tongue lulled out, he must look obscene. The humiliation burned up his skin, but he guessed that this was only the beginning. 

The saliva fell from Henry's mouth, directly on Alex's tongue. Alex tried to close his thighs, feeling already too close to his release from this alone. Henry's knee stopped him from making any movement, leaving him to kick his feet helplessly.

“Swallow.”

Alex did. A moan was ripped from his throat. 

They have never done this before. Alex felt his insides turn to hot liquid. 

“Show me.”

Alex opened his mouth, he was panting before Henry stole that very breath by licking into his mouth and kissing him deeply. Henry tangled his fingers into Alex's curls, tugging on them the way he knew he liked. Alex clutched at Henry's sides, scrunching the material of his black shirt in between his fists.

“Henry, baby,” Alex said in between kisses. “I need-”

“I know what you need, darling,” a sharp bite to Alex's jaw had him whining.

“What do you want me to do then?”

Henry hummed in reply.

“How do I earn it?” Henry paused his nipping at Alex's neck, Alex could feel him smiling as his nose touched his cheek.

“Absolutely nothing.”

“What?” 

Henry moved his mouth away from the side of Alex's face, his nose was touching Alex's, cupping Alex's cheeks between warm palms.

“You're not going to do anything, darling. You're just going to sit there and take it,” he wrapped a hand around Alex's neck. “You’ll take whatever I give you.”

“Baby.”

Henry nodded, fake sympathy in his eyes.

All of a sudden, Henry's fingers tightened in his hair, hauling him from his seat, making him let out a loud yelp at the stinging pain. Henry wasn't pulling too hard on his hair, definitely not enough to break any strands but hard enough for Alex to feel it and follow him up the stairs to their room.

He fell unceremoniously on the bed, his chest rising and falling rapidly as Henry came closer to the bed, eyeing him like a predator about to catch his prey. 

“Strip.”

A snarky comeback died on Alex's tongue as he saw Henry picking up the spreader bar. He silently unbuttoned his shirt and threw it away, then his pants, he paused as he reached for his boxers.

“All the way, Alexander,” Henry replied without even looking at him. 

There Alex laid on the bed, stark naked and waiting for Henry to take. 

Henry eyes the four cuffs on the bed, black leather with silver clasps. An idea struck him. He attached two cuffs to the spreader bar and clasped them around Alex's ankles and pushed back, bending Alex as far as his flexible body could go.

Alex held up his hands, waiting for the cuffs to go around his wrists.

Henry pulled out his belt from around his waist in one swoop, he watched as Alex's eyes widened at the action. He took Alex's wrists and put them beneath him, wrapping the hard leather around his wrists, with Alex's full weight on top of it, he was completely restrained, his arms pulled tight under him.

Because Alex's arms weren't tied to the spreader bar, he had to get creative with keeping Alex's legs spread wide for him.

“Where are you going?” Alex asked when he pulled away, eyebrows furrowed adorably. 

“I'll only be a second, love,” he patted Alex's thigh before moving to the dressing room. He rummaged in his drawer for a tie before settling on the black satin one. He went back to Alex on the bed and silently pushed him up until he was closer to the headboard. He tied the tie in the middle of the spreader bar from one end and the other to the headboard. 

Henry sat back on his heels, admiring the way Alex was laid out for him. Naked and vulnerable and all his.

“How are we feeling, darling?” Henry ran his hands through the fine hair decorating Alex's thighs. There was so much skin on display for him to touch, it almost distracted him from what he had planned for the night. 

“Good. Really good,” Alex rasped. Henry tried hard not to feel smug at how gone Alex looked already.

Henry leaned over Alex, bending down so their faces were mere inches apart. He placed both hands on the back of Alex's thighs, pushing them back until Alex's knees were almost beside his ears. The muscles of Alex's thighs stretched to their limit, making Alex's breath stutter in his lungs. 

“Imagine if I were to fuck you like this, love,” Henry positioned his clothed dick right against Alex's. He watched as Alex's cock dribbled pre-cum steadily as he grinded against Alex slowly. “I would be so deep inside of you from this angle.”

“Hen-Hen-”

“I would reach all the way up here,” Henry trailed his hands to Alex's lower stomach. The touch was so light, but it had Alex squirming under him. A litany of “Henry, fuck and please” fell from Alex's lips. 

“Look at you, I'm barely even touching you and you're so fucked out,” Henry chuckled. He gave one last slow grind with his hips before moving away altogether.

“No, no, no, please!” Alex's hands that were tied underneath him closed over nothing, his feet thrashed in the air as he tried to bring Henry closer to him.

“Shhhhh,” Henry's warm palm came on Alex's thighs, stilling his movements. “We're just getting started, my love.” Alex let out a few whimpers before he settled back on the bed, Henry's hands soothing on his body.

Henry slowly moved his hands from Alex's thighs and down to his ass. He slowly kneaded the meat of Alex's ass cheeks before trailing his index finger to Alex's balls. The touch was teasing, feather like and barely giving Alex any friction. But Alex felt like he was pulled taut, sensitive and hyper aware of his body and everywhere Henry was touching him. Henry moved his finger to Alex's cock, hard and flushed at the tip. He traced the vein that ran through the underside of Alex's cock, ignoring the hiss that Alex let out. Henry silently reached for the lube and squeezed a good amount onto his hands, warming it up between his fingers before closing his fist around Alex's cock. He slowly stroked Alex's length.

“Oh, fuck, yes!” Alex panted, body vibrating with anticipation. Henry's fist was barely circling his cock, the touch too gentle and too loose for it to actually do anything to relieve him. “Henry, tighter, please!” Henry tightened his fist and continued to stoke Alex's cock at a steady pace. He felt Alex's cock pulse in his hand, drooling pre-cum all over his hand and making the slide easier. He thumbed at the slit, running his finger around the foreskin and twisting his fist. Despite Alex behind almost immobile, he was doing the most effort in pushing up his hips to meet Henry's fist.

“You close, love?” 

“So close, baby,” Alex threw his head back, giving Henry a full view of the flush that spread from his cheeks down to his chest. 

“Can you cum on three?” 

“Yeah, yeah!”

“One.”

“Hen, baby, don't stop!”

“Two.”

“Cumming!”

“Three.”

Alex screamed as Henry let go of his cock all of a sudden, leaving him teetering on the edge and thrusting in the air. He let out pitiful noises, mourning the orgasm that was just snatched out of his reach.

“It seems like you've forgotten our little game for tonight, love. What do you have to say to me?”

“Oh god, I can't– I can't, Henry-”

“Alex.”

That was his last warning.

“Thank–thank you!”

“What are you thanking me for, Alex?” Henry pressed.

“Thank you for not letting me cum.”

“Shhhh, that's a good boy,” Henry touched Alex's thighs, they were trembling and a little sweaty with exertion. “You're doing so well, darling.”

“Kiss me, please,” Alex pleaded and who was Henry to deny him such a thing?

He bent over Alex's heated body, he pushed his curls off of his clammy forehead and kissed him softly. Chaste and lovely, too sweet for what he was just doing to Alex's body a minute ago. He let Alex get lost in the kiss, pouring out everything into it. He let Alex slip his tongue in his mouth, letting out the littlest gasps in between wet kisses.

Henry touched Alex's cock softly, fingers dancing over his shaft, “Ah, fuck, Henry!” Alex pulled out from the kiss, panting at the effort of reaching for Henry while being tied down. 

“Your vocabulary has definitely downgraded tonight, love,” Henry gave his cock a handful of light strokes. “Do you have any other words for me?” Henry didn't let him reply, lowering his mouth to be at level with Alex's dick. He closed his lips around the head and delighted in the tell that left Alex's mouth.

“Fuck!”

Henry almost wanted to laugh, it came out as a moan with his mouth full of Alex's cock. The vibration seemed to drive Alex insane. He pulled out and gave kitten licks to the head of Alex's cock, pushing his tongue into the slit. The bar that held Alex's feet apart made clanking noise as Alex threw his feet helplessly. 

“Need you to cum in my mouth, Alex love,” Henry pulled off Alex's cock for a second, letting drool pool in his mouth before letting it drop over Alex's cock. The sight was deranged and maybe disgusting but Henry didn't care. “Want to taste you so bad,” Henry knew what he was doing. Alex had always told him that his dirty talk was always enough to make him cum. He was pulling every trick he had up his sleeve.

“Henry, please, I'm so close, baby. Want your mouth on me, please. Just a little longer.”

“You are going to cum in my mouth?” Henry hollowed his cheeks, taking Alex into his mouth deeper, his lips were stretched obscenely around Alex's length, making sure to take all of him to the back of his throat. He felt Alex's hips twitch, trying to thrust his cock into Henry's mouth. 

“Can I cum?” Alex sounded a little wet. “Baby, please, please,” Henry nodded as he bobbed his head on Alex's length.

“Ah! Yes, yes, yes!” 

Henry let go of Alex's cock with a loud pop that was drowned by Alex shouting in frustration as Henry ruined his second orgasm. He watched as Alex's toes curled in the air, his tied hands grabbed a hold of the bed sheets underneath him, his knuckles were almost white. A sheen layer of sweat covering his chest now and his body shaking with every breath he took. Alex's head was thrown to the side as he tried to get himself under control, upon closer look, Henry found a few tears clinging to his lashes.

“Doing alright, love?” Henry's hand found Alex's chin as he moved his face towards him. Alex's lips were bitten red, his face a pretty pink that Henry adored and his eyes glassy.

“You– you said I could cum,” Alex said, he sounded pathetic to his own ears but he couldn't acknowledge that, not with the way he felt his head fill with cotton and his mind shutting down and his focus zeroing to this moment alone. Just him, Henry and this bed. 

“I didn't say anything, my love,” Henry wiped the tears from under Alex's eyes.

“You nodded!” 

“I can't really nod with my mouth full of your dick, Alex.” 

“Motherfucker.”

“Mouthy, aren't we?”

“You deserve it,” Alex rolled his eyes and still pushed his cheek closer to Henry's palm like a petulant cat. 

“Do I?”

“Mhmm.”

“Well, I guess, you don't really want to cum tonight,” Henry slowly backed away from Alex.

“What? No, Henry, come back, please!”

“Aren't you forgetting something?” Henry reached for the lube again. He coated his fingers with it and then threw it somewhere on the bed. 

“Every time I bring you to the edge, I want you to thank me for not letting you cum, and every time you forget to do so, we're just adding that to your list of ruined orgasms for the night,” Henry had said.

“Fucking hell! Thank you, thank you, thank you,” Alex tried to reach out for Henry, seemingly forgetting how tied up he was. “Henry, please!”

“Bit too late, darling, I'm afraid.”

He trailed his clean hand over Alex's thighs then followed that with kisses and bites that made Alex gasp. He wasn't sure whether he wanted more or less of Henry's hand on him. Once Henry was sure Alex was not going to jump at being touched, he circled his rim with his middle finger.

“Ready?” Henry murmured, dropping the act for a second.

“Yeah, please.”

Henry pushed his middle finger inside slowly, Alex sighed at the intrusion. It has been a while since Alex had bottomed so Henry was a little cautious as he slid his finger in and out of Alex's ass. A few minutes passed before Henry added a second finger, the stretch made Alex twitch for a bit before settling back and letting Henry stretch his hole to his liking. Henry crooked his fingers upwards, the pads of his fingertips lightly petting Alex's prostate. Alex let out a series of “ah, ah, ah”s every time Henry pushed his fingers deeper.

“C'mon, fuck me, please, I can take it.”

“No, love, you're going to cum just like that,” Henry pulled out his fingers and before Alex could protest, he pushed a third finger inside of him. 

“Ah, I can't, Henry, please, touch me, please!”

“You can beg all you want, my love,” he continued to finger Alex, alternating between careful jabs at his prostate and scissoring his fingers so Alex could feel the stretch.

“Tell you what, love? If you fuck yourself on my fingers, I'll let you cum,” Henry kept his hand still. 

“Henry, I can't–”

“Sure, can, darling,” he smacked Alex's thigh, “C'mon, move it.” Alex let out incoherent noise as he tried to ground his hips against Henry's fingers. 

“That's good, darling, keep going,” Henry took mercy on him and pointed his fingers so that every time Alex moved, he would touch that bundle of nerves inside him. “Move those hips for me, Alex, fuck yourself on my fingers.”

“I can't, Henry, I can't move!”

“That's too bad, love,” Henry said in mock sympathy. “You don't want to cum?” He made a move to retrieve his fingers.

“No, no, no, please, I wanna cum so bad,” Alex clinched down his hole on Henry's fingers, trying to keep him inside.

“Show me then,” he almost sounded bored. Alex let out a frustrated sound as he tried to ground his hips down on Henry's fingers. He kept his fingers bent as he leaned over Alex, his eyes were closed and his face was scrunched up in concentration. Henry bit down on his neck, teasing the delicate skin between his teeth. “Close, darling? I can feel you clinching so tightly around my fingers, I wish it was my cock.”

“Henry, please, please, please!”

“Almost there, my sweet, you're going to cum so hard, can you feel it?”

“I can, I can, baby, I'm so, so close!” Henry hummed in reply as he moved off of Alex and sat between his spread legs.

“Three.”

The veins on Alex's neck were protruding as he threw his head back in ecstasy.

“Two.”

Alex's mouth opened around a silent scream.

“One.”

Henry took out his fingers from inside Alex.

“Fuck! No, Henry, Henry, please, I can't do this!” Alex was openly crying, throwing his head to the side as he sobbed and hiccuped.

“Shhh, you're being so good to me, my love,” Henry placed his hand on Alex's abdomen, his touch grounding and calming. He kept murmuring sweet praises as Alex tried to come back from the edge of another ruined orgasm. “What do you say?”

“Th-thank you.”

Henry took note of how slurred Alex's words were. He didn't egg him on further.

“Alex, can you give me a colour?” Henry tried to bring Alex's face closer to meet his eyes.

“No, no, fuck you, I can't,” Alex said wetly.

“Alexander, I said give me a colour.”

“I'm– fuck– yellow.”

Henry patted his cheeks, kissing the tears away. “Thank you for telling me that, darling. Can you tell me what's wrong?”

“My–my arms are numb. I still want to be tied but may–”

“Shhh, it's alright, I got you,” Henry wiped his hand on the bed sheets and moved to untie Alex's wrists. “Lift up your hips for me,” Henry meticulously untied the hard leather from around Alex's wrists, Alex groaned as they fell limply at his sides. Henry took one wrist at a time, rubbing over his arms trying to get the blood circulation back to normal.

“Better?” Henry asked as he placed Alex's arms gently by his sides.

“Yeah,” he offered his hands again for Henry to cuff them back in place. It made Henry's heart skip a beat or two. In awe of the complete trust and submission in this simple act. He quickly removed the tie from the bar and clicked the cuffs in place. He clasped the cuffs around Alex's wrist. Alex yanked at them for a bit, testing their durability.

“Okay, green.”

“You sure?”

“Kiss me, please.”

Henry leaned over Alex's tied up limbs, the angle a little strange. The metal clinked as Henry closed the distance between them. He kissed Alex slowly, taking the time to suck on Alex's bottom lip and give it a little bite just to hear Alex gasp like he always does.

“Love you– love you so much, baby,” Alex gasped into Henry's mouth. He tilted his head to the side, deepening the kiss and sliding his tongue alongside Henry's. 

“So sweet for me, love,” Henry whispered.

Alex was so lost in Henry's lips that he didn't hear the faint buzzing sound getting closer. Henry kept kissing him, distracting him from everything around him while he reached out for the vibrator on the bedside table. He switched it on to the first setting and while Alex was unaware he pressed it to his balls. “Ah! Fuck, Hen!” Alex's eyes were screwed shut, muscles going tense at the vibrations on his balls. Henry didn't let him go too far, kissing him and swallowing his noises until they turned into high-pitched moans.

“This enough? Do you want higher? Or on your cock?” Henry asked, his voice breathy while mouthing at Alex's throat.

“Yes!”

“Yes, what, darling? Pick one or you don't get to cum at all.”

“Too sen–sensitive, can't–”

“Can't choose?” 

“Please, please!”

Henry didn't move the vibrator from where it was nestled against Alex's balls. After all, Alex didn't exactly pick what he wanted.

“You're so close, love, aren't you?”

“Yeah, so close, baby!”

“Beg for it. Beg me to cum, Alex.”

Alex writhed underneath him, too lost in the sensations overwhelming him. “Please, please, let me cum, Henry. Baby, please, I want- I need it so bad!”

“So pretty, love, you sound so pretty. All for me, hmm?” Henry cooed at him. 

“You, only you!”

“Let go, come on, darling,” Alex gasped, his release was so close he could almost taste it. 

So close.

Until it wasn't. 

“God! Fuck, please!” Alex screeched when Henry pulled the vibrator away from his balls. His limbs were flailing around in the spreader bar, Henry barely ducking out of the way so he didn't get kicked. “I can't, Henry, stop, please, I can't go on!”

“Colour?”

“Fuck you! Is that a color?” Henry chuckled, a little too mean if you ask him.

“Not quite, my love.”

“Fucking green, you absolute asshole!”

“And what do you have to say to me?”

“Thank you but also I fucking hate you,” Alex sniffled.

Henry moved closer to Alex once he calmed down enough. He was met with Alex's pink cheeks and tearful eyes. A devastating combination that made Henry want to abandon all of this and just take Alex right then and there. “I know, you're my good boy, though,” he ran his hands through Alex's wet curls. “You can take it, can't you, love?”

“Henry, I don't think I can– ah!”

Henry pressed the vibrator to Alex's cock head. It was switched off but just the touch made Alex hiss at how sensitive his cock was. It was almost turning purple at the head, it must hurt at this point. 

“Had enough fun yet?” Alex gritted.

“Oh, you're plenty of fun, darling,” Henry left a kiss on Alex's left knee. “Unfortunately for you, I can't get enough.”

“Hen, please,” Henry moved the head of the vibrator against the underside of Alex's cock, still switched off and torturing Alex with anticipation.

“Which setting do you think it'll be when I switch it on?”

“I– huh?”

“Which setting will it be when I switch the vibrator on, Alex?”

“I don't,” Alex stammered. “I don't know.”

“How about if you guess correctly, I'll let you cum?”

“Fuck, Henry, I can't think!”

“There are four intensity levels, so your odds aren't that bad,” Henry trailed the vibrator upwards towards Alex's thighs slowly then down back again on his cock. “Come on, love, you better pick a number or else you've got no chance of cumming tonight.”

“Fuck, alright, four. The highest setting.”

Henry pressed on the vibrator four times, bringing it to its highest intensity and pressing it to the space between Alex's balls and the base of his cock. He watched as Alex tried to get away from the intense vibrations, no sounds were coming out of his mouth at this point. His cock was leaking steadily and pre-cum was gathered in a small puddle on Alex's abs. 

“Beg me for more, Alex.”

“M-more, m-more.”

Henry moved the vibrator to the head of Alex's cock and watched as a full body shiver ran through his body. His eyes never left Alex, watching every miniscule reaction he had. His eyebrows furrowing and his lips catching between his teeth.

“That was such a lucky guess, darling.”

“Hnngg!”

“Come on, don't be like that, I'm being nice,” Henry momentarily moved away the vibrator and watched Alex's eyes widen in panic.

His lips were moving around a word.

“Austin!”

Henry threw the vibrator somewhere on the bed and cradled Alex's head in between his hands.

“Alex–”

“Please, please, make me cum right now, Henry, I can't–I can't–” Alex sobbed openly into Henry's hands.

“Shhhh, shhh, I got you, alright?” He wiped Alex's tears with one hand while untying him from his cuffs with the other hand. “Is this better? How do you want to cum, love?”

“Anything, just like this– just please, no more, Hen baby,” Alex's hands clutched Henry's black shirt. 

“I promise, no more, do you want me to keep going now?” 

“Please,” Alex kept clinging to Henry's shirt as Henry took his length into his hand. He didn't need any lube, the slide was equally heavenly and torturous. “Please, please, please,” Alex kept chanting incoherently as Henry stroked his cock at a steady pace and twisting his wrist. It took him half a dozen strokes for Alex to arch his back.

“Cum for me, Alex. You've been so good to me, love.”

Alex's orgasm took over his body, he felt like a guitar string pulled too tight. And finally, he snapped. A hoarse scream clawed its way out of his lungs as he orgasmed and his cum splattered over Henry's fist and his stomach. His hips moved uncontrollably to prolong his orgasm for as long as possible. Henry kept his fist around him until he started whining. 

Alex finally slumped backwards, boneless and satisfied. Henry threw the spreader bar off the bed and placed the vibrator somewhere on the bedside table. He grabbed the sheets and wiped down the cum from Alex's stomach before pushing it somewhere but the end of the bed and wrapping Alex up in his arms. 

A minute passed.

Then another.

Only Alex's loud breathing was to be heard in the room. That and Henry's heartbeats in his own ears.

Alex felt like he was floating into nothing. Like his brain had been detached from his body and he was free falling. The only thing that was keeping him on earth was Henry's strong arms wrapped around his middle. He slowly registered Henry's voice, like he was speaking through a wall. When in reality he was just beside him, his lips touching his ears with every word he whispered.

“-so good to me, darling. You were perfect, my perfect boy. Thank you so much for trusting me like this and giving me your body so freely. I love you so much, Alex.”

“Hen-”

“Yes, my love?” Henry didn't move an inch, still pressed closely to Alex. His chest to Alex's side, his fingers in Alex's hair petting him. Alex's eyes were still closed, lips bitten raw and his cheeks flushed with tears streaks on them. Henry had to remind himself over and over again that these weren't bad tears. 

“Wan–wanna cum again,” Alex finally opened his eyes, blinking away the tears that were clinging to his lashes. His eyes were clear and bright, looking at Henry with so much adoration that it made him swallow around nothing, throat too dry for such emotion.

“Alex, you– you passed out on me,” he brushed Alex's curls away, tucking them behind his ear.

“You promised.”

“Are you sure you want this? This was really intense, you used your safe word.”

“Because I promised you I would use it if I couldn't handle it anymore,” Alex was almost whining. 

“Can we take a break first? Just water and a snack?”

“Water and a protein bar or else I'm jumping your bones, Fox,” Alex bit down on the closest thing to him which was Henry's chin before leaning up to kiss him. The kiss didn't last long, Henry pushed him gently to lay down while he made his way to the mini fridge in their bedroom. He pulled out a water bottle and unwrapped a protein bar. 

“Here you go, love,” he uncapped the water bottle and watched Alex drink more than half of it in one go then handing it back to him. 

“Drink.”

“I will later,” Henry dismissed it, but Alex's hand on his wrist was quick.

“Not later, now. If I'm taking a break then so will you,” Henry wanted to shake the concern off, however, Alex was staring him down and he looked quite determined so he just drank the rest of the bottle. He refused to eat a bite of Alex's protein bar, too riled up to even think about eating. He stayed silent as Alex finished up and drank some more water. 

“Alright, break done, let's keep going.”

“Are you certain?”

“Babe, I'm literally hard right now, what more do you want me to do?” Alex pointed at his dick and true to his words, he was hard, cock standing proudly with absolutely no shame like he hadn't just cum his brains out.

“God, you're so demanding,” Henry said, putting his knee over Alex's waist and straddling him. 

“I know what I want,” Alex shrugged.

“And what is that?”

“Make me cum again.”

Henry gave his cock a light slap making Alex yelp at the unexpected pain.

“What the fuck?”

“Where are your fucking manners?” Henry said, his voice clipped and leaving no room for any snarky comeback that Alex may have had.

“Sorry, sorry.”

“Mhmm, I guess.”

“Can I ask something?” Alex said timidly.

“Go ahead.”

“What are you gonna do? Are you gonna tie me up again or will you fuck me or–”

“None of that, you're just going to cum for me, Alex love. Plain and simple.”

“Oh, um–”

“Let's get started, shall we?” Alex waited for a beat or two before he started shifting underneath Henry's gaze. Neither of them moved to do anything.

“Get yourself off, Alex.”

Alex was confused to say the least.

“Just like that?” Alex asked, double checking just to be sure.

“Just like that.”

Alex slowly slid down the bed, Henry moving along with him as he laid down comfortably. He wrapped his hand around his cock, stomach clenching the moment he touched himself. He stroked himself, once, then twice, wincing at how dry it was.

“What's wrong?” Asked Henry.

“It's too dry.”

“I can help with that,” Alex thought Henry would hand him the lube but instead he leaned down to be close to Alex's dick. Slowly Henry spat on Alex's cock, the spit falling over his length and stopping where his hand was wrapped around himself.

“Jesus fuck!”

He stroked himself faster, too aware of Henry's burning gaze on him. It didn't make him shy away, no, it drove him closer to the edge.

“Fuck, I'm so close already,” Alex let out a string of moans.

“You can cum whenever you want, love.”

It took him a couple more strokes before he was fucking his own fist and cumming all over himself. Once the last wave of his orgasm died down, he started moving away and wiping his hand on the sheet.

“I didn't say you could stop,” Henry said, arching a perfect blond eyebrow.

“But–”

“You wanted to cum, Alexander, didn't you?” Alex only nodded in reply. “So, go ahead, cum again for me.”

“Henry, I can't– it's too much, give me a small break at least.”

“No, I don't think so,” Henry leaned over to grab the vibrator and immediately placed it on Alex's cock. “Here, let me help.” Alex yelped, his hands shooting to hold onto Henry's wrist.

“Ah, hurts–Henry, fuck, stop!”

“Colour, Alexander?”

“Fuck! Greengreengreengreen!”

“Be a good boy and let go of my hand, then, or do you want me to tie you up again?”

“No, no, I can be–I can be good,” Alex moved his hands with too much effort, he grabbed the bed sheets tightly as he struggled under Henry's weight on him. Henry moved his body down and rested it around Alex's upper legs instead.

“Rub yourself on it, love, show me how badly you want to cum,” Henry ordered.

“Please,” Alex begged, he didn't know what he was begging for. It was one thing for Henry to make him cum while he lays there and takes it, but it was a whole other thing to make his body move and make himself cum on purpose.

“Move, Alex,” Henry repeated, his voice low and dangerous.

With a loud groan, Alex started to move his hips upwards, making the vibrator slide over his cock from the base and all the way to the tip. He did it once again, even when the stimulation made it feel like he was being pricked with a thousand needles. It was too addictive.

“See? You do want to cum, love,” Henry placed his unoccupied hand on Alex's hip, helping him move up and down.

“It's too much, it's too much, fuck!”

“Don't be dramatic, look at you leaking all over my hand.”

“Mmmm!”

“I said, look at yourself, Alex,” Henry dialed up the intensity one more level. Alex barely had time to look down at his cock before his body tensed up and his cock gave a pathetic spurt of cum on Henry's hand and the vibrator.

Henry could hear Alex mumbling something, when he switched off the vibrator, he could hear a chanting of “please, please, please,” falling from Alex's lips. His voice was gone and he had tears streaming down his face. Henry moved off of him to undo his own pants, he dragged his underwear down and his hard cock sprang free from its confines. He had been hard for too long, his underwear had a big dark patch on it from how wet he had gotten. He knew he wouldn't last long the moment he touched himself.

“Mmhhh, Hen–”

“Yes, love?”

“Green.”

Henry swallowed audibly. Alex blinked slowly and finally looked at him.

“Are you sure? We can stop here, it's been too long– I don't want–” Henry was grabbed roughly by his shoulder and fell on top of Alex.

“‘nside me, Henry, please,” Alex didn't let him reply, kissing him with no coordination or whatsoever, open mouthed and too much tongue.

“Oh, darling, you're so desperate for it,” Henry bit down on Alex's neck, tangling his fingers in Alex's hair and pulling on the strands to give him more access. He felt Alex nod underneath him, incapable of forming words anymore.

“Please, Hen, need you.”

Henry didn't waste too much time, slicking his cock up with a bit of lube and pushing two fingers inside Alex. He was still stretched from earlier but he still needed to make sure he wouldn't hurt him.

“Ready, swear it, baby, c'mon,” Alex wrapped his legs around Henry's waist, pushing his heels into Henry's ass, urging him on. 

“Fuck, alright, alright,” he lined up his cock and slowly slid inside Alex. Alex let out a long moan at the intrusion, his body trembling under Henry. Alex's hand went over Henry's back, digging his fingers into Henry's shoulder blades through his shirt. Henry almost hoped they'd leave a mark.

“Hen–Hen– baby, you feel so good,” Alex mumbled, his eyes were almost completely black, his pink lips parted as he let out little gasps. Henry was hovering over him, keeping himself so still until Alex adjusted to the stretch. Alex clinched around for a second making him gasp and lean forward to capture Alex's lips in a kiss.

“Love this, love being inside you, darling,” Henry trailed wet kisses down Alex's neck.

“Move, baby, please, wanna feel you.”

“Shhh,” Henry grinded against him, not moving his hips away but only canting them against Alex, making him feel his entire length and how the tip was nestled against Alex's prostate perfectly. “Feel that, love?” The slightest of movements made Alex's breath hitch. He must be so sensitive after all of this, Henry thought. And yet he still wanted Henry inside him. The thought drove Henry insane.

“Want you deeper, fuck, wanna feel you in my throat.”

Henry grabbed the back of Alex's thighs and silently placed his legs over his shoulders. He bent Alex to his liking, almost making his knees touch his ears. 

“Fuck!” Alex held onto Henry's forearms. Henry slid an inch or so deeper. It felt like he was reaching somewhere that Alex never knew existed. “You're too deep, fuck, fuck,” Alex shook his head and leaned back to try and catch his breath.

“Want me to pull out a little, love?” Henry said, already knowing the answer. Alex shook his head silently. “Is this deep enough for you?” He only got a strangled scream in reply. Henry pulled out just a bit and thrusted inside again. “Can you feel me,” He placed his hand on Alex's lower belly. “Right here?”

“Fuck! Fucking hell, Henry please!”

“Describe it to me, tell me how it feels, Alex.”

“‘s like– it's like you're rearranging my–my insides,” Alex's cheeks burned at the words coming out of his mouth. Henry found it fascinating that he could still blush after all that. “It feels– ah fuck– like you're carving a place in–inside.”

That was enough for Henry to start thrusting erratically, driving them both quickly towards the edge.

“Made for me, Alex,” Henry ran his mouth. A mix of obscene words, love confessions and praise falling from his lips as he fucked Alex nonstop.

“Cum for me, baby, want to feel you cum inside me,” Alex met his thrust with the little effort he still had in his body. 

“Ah, ah, Alex!”

Two more thrusts and Henry was cumming deep inside of Alex. The squelching sound was loud in the room as Henry filled Alex's ass with his release. He looked down at Alex and wrapped his hand around his neglected cock, the moment he touched him, Alex screamed and tried to get away from the touch.

“One more, Alex,” Henry said, stroking Alex's cock slowly. “Come on, darling, one more for me.” 

“No, no, no, Henry, please, I can't go again,” Alex squirmed underneath him but he knew it was useless. Henry had him trapped under him.

“I think you've got one more left in you,” he tightened his hold around Alex's dick and stroked him purposely. He bore no mind to how Alex was digging his nails into his forearms.

“You're so–ah!”

“I'm so what, darling,” he pushed into Alex slightly, he was too sensitive and his cock was mostly soft but he pushed through to bring Alex to that edge one more time. 

“So mean!”

Henry smiled, leaning to whisper against Alex's ear.

“You asked for it, my love. You told me to be mean to you,” his strokes didn't falter once, keeping a steady pace that drove Alex crazy. “This is me being mean, love. The question here is, would you ask for this again? Have you had your fill or do you want more?” 

“More, want more, Hen!”

“Let go for me, Alex, I'm right here,” Alex's body shook violently in his hold as his orgasm took over him. He was silent, mouth opened wide and his eyes squeezed shut. His cock twitched in Henry's hold, he was milked dry at this point, barely any cum spurted out of him. Henry kept holding him close through the aftershocks, kissing any batch of skin he could get his mouth on and running a soothing hand over his body.

When Alex's body settled down on the bed, he slowly pulled out of him, careful to not jostle him any more than necessary. He tucked himself back inside his boxers and heard Alex let out a whimper at the empty feeling, tears were leaking from his eyes as his legs fell limp at an odd angle. Henry rearranged him properly and placed half of his weight on top of Alex. When he was the one who went under, it always helped to have Alex's weight on him. It grounded him and brought him safe to the surface. He hoped he was doing the same thing for Alex.

After around twenty minutes, Henry brushed his lips against Alex's ear and scratched his scalp with his blunt nails. “Alex, love,” Henry whispered. “Come back to me, darling,” he kissed the tip of Alex's ear. “You were perfect for me, my love, I love you so much.”

“Mmmhh,” Alex let out a noise, calming down Henry's heart. “Baby,” Alex rasped.

“Yes, my love, I'm right here with you, you're safe. I got you.”

“You got me,” Alex mumbled.

“I do, love, come on, won't you let me see your pretty eyes, hm?” He kissed Alex's forehead and his brows until he slowly blinked and opened his eyes.

“Hey,” Alex moved his hand to hold onto Henry's that was resting on his cheek.

“Hey you, what do you need, love?” 

“Water, please,” Henry made a move to get up but Alex tightened his grip on him. A momentary panicked look in his eyes.

“I'll only be a second, darling,” he kissed Alex's knuckles until he eased his grip on him and let him leave the bed. He came back a minute later with water and helped Alex drink it all. 

“How are you feeling?” Henry wiped away the water droplets that clung to Alex's lips and chin. 

“Like I could sleep for fifteen hours straight or write a ten page essay on how perfect you are,” he trailed his fingers over Henry's arms. 

“Definitely the first one,” he kissed Alex's nose and watched him scrunch his face adorably.

“Can you take off your clothes?” Alex tugged on Henry's shirt. “Wanna feel you.”

“We need to wash off actually,” Henry said but obliged anyway and started unbuttoning his shirt and taking it off.

“Do we have to?” Alex brought his fingers to Henry's collarbones and buried his nose in his neck.

“You'll hate me when you start feeling dry cum inside of you,” he indulged Alex for a few minutes, letting him run his hands all over his skin.

“I would never. Love you too much, dry cum and all.”

“So romantic, as always, my love,” Henry chuckled against Alex's neck before hauling himself up despite Alex's noise of disapproval. He put his arm under Alex's back and brought him into a sitting position.

“Ah man,” Alex chuckled.

“What?” Henry paused and looked up at Alex in alarm.

“I don't think I can move my legs,” his cheeks were bright pink. Henry couldn't resist kissing him softly. God, he loved him so much.

“You're so fucking adorable and I love you,” he kissed Alex's cheeks before putting his arms underneath Alex's back and thighs and carrying him up to his chest. Alex's arms went around his neck immediately, looking at his husband with so much love and wonder. 

“This is very sexy, y'know that right?” Alex said.

“Is it?” Henry asked as he moved them to the bathroom. 

“Extremely, like if I wasn't fucked into oblivion I'd be getting on my knees for you right now,” he delighted in the blush that spread down Henry's neck. “How can you blush after what you just did like half an hour ago?” Alex exclaimed.

“Get on the toilet, you cretin!” Henry laughed as he slowly lowered him on the toilet to pee. He plugged the tub and switched on the hot water, he splashed some epsom salt and swirled his hand into the water to help it dissolve. He heard Alex flushing the toilet and sitting down on the edge of the tub with a hiss. Henry sat down beside his feet as they watched the water fill the tub. Henry took Alex's hand in his, peppering kisses on his knuckles, his wedding band and the inside of his wrist. They stayed like this for a while, the sound of the water running filling the bathroom. Alex guided Henry's head until he rested on his knee and he brushed his hair back. 

“You did so well, baby, thank you,” Alex bent down and kissed his temple once then twice. “You were perfect, I loved every second of it. I love you so much, Henry.” Henry couldn't help but tear up at Alex's soft praise, his heart felt too big for his chest at that moment. He turned his face to place a kiss on Alex's knee before moving to face him.

A few minutes later, Henry's back was resting against the tub and Alex's back was resting against his chest as they relaxed in the hot water.

“Do you want to tell me how you felt about all of this?” Alex's fingers were running slowly over Henry's arm that rested on the edge of the tub, leaving wet trails after his touch.

“Mhmm, I loved you like this,” Henry began. “I love you in every way I get to have you but this was different.”

“Different how?”

“I don't know how to say this without making it sound odd,” Henry said.

“Make it sound odd, I don't care, baby,” Alex turned around slightly to face Henry.

Henry tangled his fingers into Alex's wet curls then tenderly caressed his cheek. “You just submitted so beautifully for me,” Henry caught the moment Alex's breath hitched. “I fear I might be obsessed now that I got a taste of it.”

“Yeah?”

“Mhmm, it was exhilarating, having you under me so incredibly willing and so pliant in my hands,” Henry tilted his head to the side in thought. “It was a little scary but I trusted you completely to tell me if it was too much or if you wanted to slow down.”

“I trusted you too and you knew exactly what I needed and you gave it to me,” Alex kissed Henry's palm softly before entangling their hands together.

“So you'd be alright if we tried this again?” Henry asked.

“Baby, I want to do this again,” he straddled Henry, not caring about the water splashing over the tub. “Over,” he bit Henry's collarbones. “And over,” he kissed the bites that were a little pink on Henry's pale skin. “And over again.”

“Alright, alright, settle down,” he brought Alex down on his thighs. 

“Y'know, you only came once this entire night,” Alex's hand wandered south but Henry held it in his gently.

“And it was amazing and satisfying because I was bloody edged the whole night with you, in case you haven't noticed,” Henry pinched Alex's side and his loud laugh echoed in the bathroom.

“Oh, I have noticed,” Alex smirked as his nose touched Henry's. “You tried to look all calm and collected but I could see how you were so far gone for me,” he grabbed the hair by Henry's neck and crashed their lips together. He licked into Henry's mouth, claiming him again and again.

“I never try to hide how utterly gone I'm for you, love.” 

“Embarrassing for you really,” Alex teased and Henry smacked his hip lightly.

“Come on, up you get, love. You're all pruney,” he helped Alex up by steadying him around the hips and draining the tub. He switched on the shower and stood behind Alex and squeezed his shampoo in his hands before massaging it into Alex's hair.

“Mmmhh, feels good,” Alex leaned closer to Henry's touch. “You take such good care of me, sweetheart.”

“I love taking care of you, love,” he kissed Alex's shoulder softly before making him rinse off the shampoo.

“I can finish up, it's okay,” Alex made a move to take the conditioner but Henry patted his hand away.

“You're not doing anything for the rest of the night,” Henry said with finality.

“You're spoiling me, baby.”

“Good, you deserve it.”

Henry quickly washed himself off, stopping in between each minute so Alex could kiss him as much as he wanted. He let Alex touch him to his liking, knowing that it grounded him and brought him back from that cloudy space he was so deep in earlier. After that Henry dried Alex off and then himself before he left Alex on the chair in front of the vanity to change the bed sheets. He took the vibrator to the bathroom so he could clean it later, tucked away the spreader bar and the cuffs and finally put on a new set of bedsheets and pillow cases.

“Want to wear something or are you comfortable like this?” Henry was drying Alex's hair gently before throwing the towel somewhere in the direction of the hamper. 

“Maybe just your hoodie?” Alex asked.

“Of course,” he took the detangling brush and gently worked on the knots in Alex's curls before taking a good amount of leave in cream and applying it to his hair. He went to grab the hoodie and put on his underwear and an old t-shirt that belonged to Alex.

“Do you need anything else?” Alex buried his face in Henry's stomach and rubbed his cheeks on the soft cotton of Henry's t-shirt. 

“Mmmm, no, just want you to hold me for hours,” Alex mumbled, voice gentle and almost sleepy.

“Try and stop me, love,” he kissed Alex's damp curls before pulling him to their bed.

They got comfortable in the middle of the bed. Henry on his back with Alex on his side and pulled to his chest. He wrapped his arms around Alex and started rubbing his back absentmindedly.

“Are you sure you don't want any painkillers? You must be sore, love,” Henry mumbled into Alex's hair.

“The hot water helped, but maybe in the morning?” 

“Whatever you need, darling.”

“Just you, baby, only need you.”