Chapter 33:

Chapter 33:
“I’ll go order while you get into something less stuffy and then you can come help me decide what our movie lineup should be,” -Cassidy

Cassidy:

Remington is nervous about taking things all the way with me. Our wolves followed their instincts, but this is different. We have been snuggling and true to his word, he cancelled arrangements to sell his penthouse and move to Mammoth Falls. Fred said he will go to Mammoth Falls as he had originally planned and will set up the office there. They will have daily phone or video briefings and we will have meetings virtually or in person at one office or the other at least once a month, if not more often. 

I told Lady Bat Blood about Remi and I and she congratulated me and told me it was about time we sorted this shit out. Apparently, she has been shipping us for a while and Remi’s outburst before I left just solidified what she had already suspected. I am clueless, as always. I just never saw what is obvious to others, I guess. 

Tonight, is movie night for Remi and I and, since we are discussing moving in together, I asked him to spend the night at my place and help me sort through stuff, and I suggested we see where things take us, sexually. He’s in agreement, but I won’t push him if he loses his nerves.  

“You do remember me telling you I prefer to top?” Remi asks after I suggest he get comfortable while I order. 

I am wearing loose grey sweats and a tank. He’s still in his work clothes, so a very posh suit. 

“Remi, I remember you telling me, and I remember your wolf fucking mine. I’ve never been fucked by a man, but…well, look in the top drawer of the left hand bedside table, you’ll see,” I chuckle and push him towards my bedroom.  “Oh! Is sushi and teriyaki good for you? That is what I’m in the mood for.”

“Yeah, that’ll be good for me. What is it? Is that your toy drawer?” Remi asks.

“One of them,” I reply with a toothy grin. 

“And you wonder why I am nervous,” he snorts and laughs.

“I’ll go order while you get into something less stuffy and then you can come help me decide what our movie lineup should be,” I suggest. 

I am really hoping he’ll let me take this further than the rest of this past week, where he stops as soon as my hands approach his waistband. Our scent is fading and I need to mark him with my scent again. I hope he feels the same way. Either way, he’s here for dinner, a couple movies and some snuggling and he’s sleeping in my bed tonight. Speaking of dinner, that won’t happen if I don’t order, so I sit on the sofa and pull up my food ordering app and go to the place I prefer for sushi. They are easy to order from, close to my place and have delicious food. I place the order then wait for Remi to join me.

When he steps out of my room, I take in the view of his slender body in a tight, dark green t-shirt and loose sweatpants. He’s adorably shy, but more than that, he’s sexy. He has far more sex appeal than anyone else I know and he doesn’t even realize it.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Remi ventures.

“What? Like you are the single most delicious and tempting thing I have ever seen?” I chuckle.

“I was going to say, ‘like I’m on the menu’, but that will do,” Remi squeaks.

“This is me, Remi. I have been snuggling you and watching movies with you for a decade. You don’t need to be shy. Sure, I hadn’t realized how my thoughts and feelings for you were or could be so much more, but  always thought you were a n attractive guy, it’s just that I used to hide behind couching it with words like ‘objectively’ rather than admitting that I want you in my bed,” I reply.

“Yeah, I know, but it doesn’t make it any easier now that I know this is real…that you and I are a couple,” Remi says in a soft voice as he sits on the sofa near me  and then inches closer.

“We are more than a couple, we are fated mates. I love you Remi, now what kind of movies are you in the mood for?” I ask. 

“Do you think you could handle some gay rom coms?” Remi asks.

“I’d love to give them a try…we are a gay couple,” I say with a smile. “I know rom coms are our thing, but I had never thought to see if you wanted gay ones.”

“I never would have asked, but since we are together…” Remi lets the end trail off as his eyes dart to my lips. 

I lean in and kiss him. It’s just a brief kiss, because I want to see what is available to stream. ‘Woof, Simon’ and ‘Alex, Strangewolf’ are the top two on the list. Both of us have heard of them, so we put them on the list of possibilities and browse some more.  Finally we pick one to start from the list we made, and dinner arrives. 

We listen to music and chat idly about our week and work while we eat. It feels so normal and natural, like it always is with us. This is how it used to be, before the tension and stuff got in the way. This is the way I prefer us to be. 

“So, you are sure you want to move into my place, not sell both places and get something new?” Remi asks.

“Well, you only have one spare room, so if we start a family we’ll need somewhere larger eventually, but for now, it is perfect,” I reply. “You have an amazing view of the Yearlish Chasm on one side and then you look out over the rest of The Edge towards the Greenway Park and then the main part of the city beyond. It is wonderful.”

“But it is nice here, too,” Remi says. 

“Yeah, but I don’t have as great of a view, or that balcony and slider for your plants. I have some decent windows, but what you have at your place is better,” I reply.

We get the movie started and Remi leans against me as we watch. I lean to kiss him after a while and he kisses me back. The kiss gradually deepens and Remi cups my cheek and slowly moves into my lap. I wrap my arms around him and slide my hands down his lean body, pulling him closer and grabbing his small, round ass and he moans into my mouth. I can feel his hard length pressed against mine. Remi’s hands tangle in my hair as his tongue twirls around mine and I nearly ready to burst. 

Suddenly a knock on my door startles me.

“Are you expecting anyone?” Remi asks in a breathy voice.

“Just you, Baby,” I reply.

The knock sounds again, almost impatiently. 

“You should get it,” Remi suggests.

I pull the door open and Shana is standing there with her hand on her hip and an accusing expression.