'Oh God, God God!' I cover my face with my palms, sinking my teeth into my own hand as he plunges his tongue over me, withdrawing and circling slowly before taking me completely in. I might pass out.

My hips rotate in time to his tempo, seeking further friction, his palm spanning my stomach to keep me from bucking under him. Why did I ever run? Of all the stupid things I could do, running away from this man would get the gold.

He lifts his mouth and blows a cold stream of air across my flesh before returning to his inexorable pattern of torturous pleasure. When my head start thrashing and I make a grab for his hair, he increases the power and I detonate around him, pushing my hips up on reflex and shouting out on a rush of desperate breath. He closes his mouth around me, literally sucking the pulses out of me as I shake like a leaf and my back arches to breaking point.

Harry moans in pure gratification. 'Hmmm, I can feel you throbbing against my tongue, baby.'

I can't even talk. The influence he has over my body is extraordinary. I don't think I'm weak, I think he's too powerful – he definitely holds the power.

My over worked heart starts to steady its beats, as I weave my fingers through his hair, relishing in his attentive mouth dropping tender kisses down the insides of my thighs, nibbling and sucking as he goes. We're in tender lover mode, but for how long could be anyone's guess. I'm not going to try and kid myself that I've heard the last of my contraventions from last night, but I'm quite content to lay here with Harry nuzzling between my legs for as long as he'll allow. And that's another thing: it's always on his terms.

I hear him laugh lightly as he kisses his way up my body until he finds my lips, sharing my release with me, brushing his soft lips over mine as he gazes down at me. My arms find his shoulders and accept his weight as he buries his face in my neck and sighs, his raging arousal thumping lightly against my thigh. I shift my hips so it falls between my cheeks.

'You make me so crazy mad, baby.' he breathes into my neck, lifting himself to get the lube and slowly driving into me on a stifled moan. I whimper, gripping every muscle around him. 'Please don't do that again.' He reaches down and snakes his arm under my knee, pulling it up to drape my leg over his shoulder before bracing his upper body on his forearms. Slowly, he withdraws and lazily works his way in again, his eyes fixed on me.

'I'm sorry.' I murmur, circling my hands in his hair.

He pulls back, driving forward on a moan. 'Louis, everything I do, I do to keep you safe and to keep my sanity. Please listen to me.'

I moan on another deep, delightful plunge. 'I will.' I confirm, but I'm aware I'm raging with pleasure, my erection coming back to life and, once again, he can make me say anything he wants. I don't need keeping safe – except, perhaps, from him.

He gazes down at me. 'I need you.' He looks despondent, throwing me out completely. 'I really need you, baby.'

I'm mindless on pleasure, totally swallowed up by him, but he can't keep saying things like that – at least not without elaborating. He's making my brain a knotted mess of coded statements. Is he getting confused with needing and wanting? I'm past the wanting stage and only mildly afraid that I've let myself fall into the realms of really needing this man

'Why do you need me?' My voice is broken and husky.

'I just do. Please, don't ever leave me.' He plunges forward again, enticing a collective moan.

'Tell me.' I all but groan, clenching at his shoulders, but ensuring I keep my eyes fixed on his. I need more than his confounding brainteasers. These shallow waters are becoming muddy as well.

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