Imperfect For You (Ft. Ariana Grande)

[silentdelirium]

The afternoon light slanted through the warehouse windows, turning the dust motes into something worth photographing. Drew Edwards checked his phone for the fourth time in six minutes, then forced himself to set it face down on the conference table. The screen was dark anyway. No texts. No calls. Three months of preparation had led to this moment, and now that it was here, he could not decide if he wanted it to begin or to evaporate entirely.

He had spent a ton of money on the oak table alone. Dark oak, reclaimed from a demolished church in Pasadena, sanded until it felt like silk under the palm. The conference room was glass walled on three sides, industrial minimalism, the concrete floors polished to a sheen that reflected the rigging above. Afterlight Studios began and ended with him. No assistant to greet people in the front room. No interns to fetch coffee. When potential clients asked about his team, he told them the truth: he was the team. Hired hands helped him, he had regular production partners. But the creative work, the ideas, they all came from Drew’s head. Most of them walked. The ones who stayed understood that they were paying for vision unfiltered.

His phone buzzed against the wood. He grabbed it too quickly. A spam text about car insurance. He deleted it and set the phone down again, this time with the screen facing up, the way a man might arrange a mirror to catch a glimpse of something he was pretending not to watch for.

The door opened.

She entered first, which was wrong. He had expected handlers, a wall of security between her and the world, but Ariana Grande walked through the door of Afterlight Studios like she owned the building already, like the professional skirt that went about 5 inches above her knees and the oversized cardigan were armor she had decided not to wear today. Two bodyguards followed, broad and silent, and a woman with a tablet, her assistant, who looked at everything in the room except him.

Drew stood. He was six foot two in his boots, lean from soccer and insomnia, the tattoos on his arms visible because he had worn the black t-shirt she would later tell him to wear again. His hands were steady. He had practiced this.

"Ariana. I'm Drew."

She removed her sunglasses. Her eyes were brown and sharp and evaluating, too large for her face in the way that made cameras love her and made her look, in person, like she was constantly surprised by the world. She was smaller than he expected. They always were. But the presence was massive, filled the room, pushed against the glass walls.

"I know," she said. "I've seen your work, and I’m excited to see what you have for me. I think you’re the right person to take me into this next phase of my career.”

She turned to the bodyguards and assistant. "I'll be fine. Wait outside."

The broad men looked at him, then at her, then at the room with its single exit and its glass walls and its lack of hiding places. They left. The assistant hesitated, then followed. The door clicked shut, and they were alone.

Ariana took in the space. The whiteboards with their choreography diagrams, the inspo boards pinned with fabric swatches and photographs of his grandmother's hands, the desk cluttered with cameras and dance shoes and the debris of a vision that required no committee. She walked to the conference table and ran her finger along the oak, testing it.

"The space is small," Drew said. "But my ideas don’t know that."

She looked at him then, really looked, and he felt the weight of it. Her gaze traveled from his face to his arms, the ink that mapped his history, the muscle definition that spoke of hours spent moving his body through space with precision.

"I can see that," she said.

The heels of her shoes clicked against the concrete as she moved toward the window. The afternoon light caught her ponytail, turned it bronze, and he thought of the way light behaved in the late hours, the golden hour, the time when everything looked like a photograph waiting to be taken. She smelled of vanilla and something else, musk or expectation, the perfume he would later learn was Cloud, the one that lingered in the elevator after she left and made him think of her for hours afterward.

She turned back to him, and the distance between them was exactly the length of the conference table, and neither of them moved to close it.

"Show me what you have," she said.

They walked into the conference room, where the oak table held the future of the tour, or at least the first draft. Drew spread the mock-ups across the surface with the reverence of a man laying out cards for a game he was not certain he could win. The stage designs were beautiful, he knew that much. The lighting plots showed her bathed in gold, then amber, then the soft rose of a sunset that would never actually fall inside an arena. The choreography diagrams pinned her to the stage, safe and grounded and contained. Looking at them now, he could see the problem. They were perfect, but they were also dead.

Ariana stood at the edge of the table, her arms crossed, her weight shifted to one hip in a stance that suggested she was prepared to wait all afternoon if necessary, but would prefer not to. The afternoon light had shifted, casting her shadow long across the concrete floor, and she watched him with an expression he could not quite read. Not bored, though. Assessing. The way a woman might assess a dress in a store window, wondering if the cut would flatter or betray.

Drew stepped back from the table. The presentation was not working, and he knew it, and she knew it, and the knowing sat between them like a third person in the room. He needed to show her, not tell her. The words were failing, had failed before he opened his mouth, and so he did what he had always done when language abandoned him. He moved.

He stepped toward her, and she did not step back. That was the first thing he noticed. The second was the height of her, the way she had to tilt her chin to meet his gaze, the top of her head reaching slightly below his shoulder in the heels she wore. He placed his hand at her waist, his fingers spreading against the fabric of her tank top, and he rotated her, gently, showing her the angle he had drawn on the paper, the way her body would face the audience in the vision he had constructed.

"The stage extends," he said, his voice lower than he had intended, the vibration of it moving from his chest into the space between them. "Into the audience. You're with them. Surrounded by them."

He adjusted her stance, his hand sliding from her waist to the curve of her hip, positioning her weight on the balls of her feet, the way a dancer prepares to move. His thumb pressed into the fabric, feeling the heat of her through the cotton, and he did not remove it. The touch lingered. Professional distance had been breached, and neither of them moved to restore it.

"Intimate," he continued, his eyes on hers now, not on the stance he was adjusting. "But controlled."

She didn’t look away. Her eyes were brown and covered with something darker, and they held on to his with an intensity that made him aware of his own breathing, the pulse in his throat, the tattoo on his wrist that caught her attention a few times, and then returning to his face.

"Is this how you direct all your artists?" she asked. Her voice was quiet, conversational, but there was an edge to it that he felt in his spine.

"Only the ones who challenge me," he said.

Her mouth curved, not quite a smile, something more dangerous than that. "Then you should see me when I'm not being polite."

She stepped back, and his hand fell away, and the air between them cooled where his palm had been. She walked to the edge of the table, her finger tracing the edge of a rendering, the gold light captured in ink that would never match the reality of her under actual bulbs.

"And?" she asked, not looking at him.

"And," he repeated, his voice rougher now, "that's the vision. You. The music. The crowd. Connected as one."

She turned to face him, her arms crossed again, but the posture was different now. Not closed off. Ready. "It's really beautiful," she said. "But It's also safe."

The word landed like a stone in still water. Safe. He had spent months building safe, had constructed it with precision and care, had made something that would not fail, would not embarrass, would not risk. He had built a cage and called it a stage.

"Safe," he repeated, not a question.

"Safe," she confirmed. She stepped toward him again, closing the distance he had opened, and she was close enough now that he could smell the vanilla of her perfume, the warmth of her skin beneath it. "You're careful."

"With you?" He asked.

"With everything." Her eyes held his, unblinking, unafraid. "I want to see you stop being careful."

The challenge sat in the air between them, heavy and alive. He felt it in his chest, the invitation to drop the precision, the control, the safety he had wrapped around himself like armor.

"You have three days," she said, her voice dropping to match his, the register of secrets and bedrooms. "Show me dangerous. Show me what I'd be terrified to do every night. Show me what I can't control. Be courageous and let your mind run wild. That’s the Drew I want to work with."

She turned toward the door, her hand on the frame, and she looked back at him over her shoulder. The light caught her ponytail, turned it bronze, and her eyes were dark with something he could not name but wanted to.

"Also," she lingered, “You're polite.”

Polite. He was taken aback by the adjective. He replied, "I'm professional."

"I want you to stop being both."

The door clicked shut behind her, and he stood alone in the room with the renderings of a tour that was already dead, and the heat of her waist still burned against his palm, and he knew that everything had changed.

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THREE DAYS LATER
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The blue hour had faded to dark by the time Drew heard the door. He had spent three days rebuilding everything, sleeping in four hour stretches on the couch in his office, waking with choreography diagrams stuck to his cheek and the taste of adrenaline in his mouth. The studio smelled of cedar and coffee and the particular ozone of equipment that had been running too long without rest. He had not changed his clothes in thirty six hours, but he had showered, and he wore the black t shirt again because she had told him to, and because he wanted her to know that he listened.

The door opened.

She entered alone. No bodyguards, no assistant with the tablet, no sunglasses hiding the pop star. Ariana Grande walked into Afterlight Studios wearing a simple slip dress the color of bone or old photographs, and he could see immediately that she wore nothing underneath. The fabric moved against her body as she walked, catching the work lights, revealing and concealing in equal measure. Her hair was down, not the ponytail, and it changed her face, made her look younger and older simultaneously, made her look like a woman who had decided to be seen rather than to perform the act of being seen.

"You came alone," he said. It was not a question.

"We agreed," she said. "No costumes. No audience. Just..." She did not finish the sentence. She did not need to.

Drew moved from behind the table. The mock ups were gone, replaced by a single rendering, larger than the others had been, showing a structure he had designed in the sleepless hours, a rigging system that would allow her to rise above the stage, to float, to surrender the ground and trust that she would not fall. He had built a model from wire and thread, small enough to fit in his palm, and he set it on the table now, a tiny architecture of ascent.

"The last pitch was safe," he said. "This one isn't."

"Show me," she said.

He stepped toward her, and she did not step back. The dress was silk or something like it, cool under his hands when he placed them at her waist. He could feel the heat of her through the fabric, the absence of anything between her skin and the material, and he kept his hands there longer than necessary, longer than professional, long enough to let her feel that this was different.

"You're not just performing songs," he said. His voice was lower than he had intended, rough from lack of sleep and want. "You're telling a story. Personal. Intimate. Yours."

He rotated her gently, showing her the angle of the harness he would build, the way her body would face the audience, open and vulnerable and suspended. His hands moved from her waist to her ribs, spreading to measure, to demonstrate the support he would construct, the rigging that would hold her.

"These visuals let you bring it to life," he said. "The audience doesn't just hear you. They enter the story with you. They rise with you. They fall with you."

His hands slid to her hips, positioning her weight, showing her the stance she would need to trust the harness, to trust him. His thumb pressed into the silk, feeling the bone beneath, the muscle, the life of her.

"The story is you," he said. "The visuals just make it visible."

She was looking at him, not at the model, not at the rendering, but at his face, his eyes, the way he spoke about her work as if it were a living thing he had studied and loved and wanted to serve. Something shifted in her expression, some wall lowering, some recognition dawning that had nothing to do with the rigging or the stage or the tour.

"No one's ever," she said, and stopped. Her voice was different now, not the performer's voice, not the challenging voice, but something raw and surprised. "No one's ever understood it that way before…"

"I see you," he said. "The story. All of it."

The words hung between them, heavier than the demonstration, heavier than the professional distance they had both pretended to maintain. She was looking at him as if she were seeing him for the first time, as if the three days of waiting had been a test he had passed without knowing he was taking it, and now the reward was this, her face open and wanting, but also fearless and anticipating.

"I've never," she said, and stopped again, and he did not ask her to finish because he knew, he could feel it in the heat of her waist under his hands, in the way she leaned into him rather than away, in the charge that had transformed from professional tension into something that would destroy them both if they did not act on it.

Then, he kissed her. Not in a gentle, tender way. It was the collision they had been avoiding since she walked into the studio three days ago, the collision of two people who had been waiting for someone worth matching energy with, and the kiss was filled with hunger.

Her hands gripped at his shirt, pulling him closer, her mouth opening under his, the silk of her dress sliding under his palms as he gathered it, as he lifted her onto the conference table, the same oak where he had spread the safe renderings, and now she was the rendering, she was the dangerous vision, and he was showing her what he had meant by ascension, by surrender, by trust.

He lifted her onto the conference table, the oak cool against her thighs through the silk, and the kiss deepened, became something that would not be contained by mouths alone. Her hands were at his belt, his at the straps of her dress, and they were pulling, urgent, the silk sliding over her head, revealing her to the work lights and the glass walls and him.

He looked at her the way he had looked at the light in the late afternoon, the way he studied things he wanted to remember, and she let him, she did not cover herself, she let him see her as she had never let anyone see her.

"Tell me what to do," she said, and it was not a request for instruction but a challenge, a declaration of who would lead and who would follow.

He understood. He stepped back from the table, his shirt unbuttoned, his jeans undone, and he stood before her, ten inches hard and waiting, and her eyes widened, not with fear but with appetite.

"You like watching?" she asked, sliding down from the table, her knees on the concrete, her hands at his hips.

"I like seeing you take it," he said, his hand moving to her hair, gripping, guiding.

She looked up at him, her mouth inches from him, her eyes holding his, competitive, taking her time. "How much do you want me to take?"

"All of it," he said. "Show how dangerous Ariana Grande can be."

She took the tip of him into her mouth, just the head, her tongue circling, teasing, testing. She pulled back, looked up at him, her hand stroking the length of him. Then she took him deeper, an inch, two inches, her mouth stretching, her eyes beginning to water.

She pulled back, gasped, breathed, and went down again, deeper this time, three inches, four, her tongue working the underside, her hand stroking what she could not yet take. He gently pulled at her ponytail, then pushed her head down to take more each time she swallowed his rock hard staff. As she pulled back, her eyes watered, her lips swelled, and she looked at him with challenge and desire.

“Fuck,” she thought to herself, “I love how he's challenging me. He's turning me on so much.”

She went down again, five inches, six, her throat relaxing, her eyes watering more, her hand gripping his hip for balance. She pulled back, gasped, stroked him, her spit making him slick. Then she took him deeper, seven inches, eight, her throat opening, her eyes streaming now, her nose almost touching his muscular abdomen.

She held there, swallowing around him, her throat muscles working, and he groaned, his hand tightening in her hair, his head falling back. She pulled back, gasping, stroking him, her eyes watering but triumphant, her chest heaving.

"You're really big," she said, her voice rough.

"I've never been this hard," he said, his voice strained. "You're driving me fucking crazy."

Ariana smiled, wicked and pleased, her plump lips swollen and her eyes streaming but triumphant. "You have no idea how much I love hearing you say that. Let me show you what else I can do."

Then she took him again, deeper than before, nine inches this time, her throat opening fully, her lips stretched around him, her eyes watering but determined, and she held him there, all ten inches, swallowed, and he felt the build, the edge approaching, his balls tightening, and he stopped her, lifted her, pulled her up from her knees before he could finish.

"Fuck. Not yet," he said, his voice rough. "I'm not done with you."

“Good, because I want you to fuck me.” Ariana quickly retorted.

He lifted her back onto the table, spread her legs, and entered her slowly, inch by inch, watching her face, watching her eyes open wide, and watching her mouth fall open as he filled her.

“Oh fuck,” Ariana moaned.

Then, he began to move, deliberate, controlled, his hands at her hips, setting the pace, each thrust deep and measured. The sound of his muscular thigh crashing into hers filled the empty conference room. The table vibrated with each thrust.

He started to pump faster, allowing her to get used to his size. He also needed to pace himself, knowing he wanted to savor the feeling of her tight pussy wrapped around his cock for as long as he possibly could.

"Look at me," he said.

"I am," she gasped, her right hand gripping the table edge, her knuckles white. Her left hand moved up to his face, stroking his right cheek and firm jawline.

"Don't look away." He pleaded passionately.

She held his gaze, her eyes dark, her breath coming in ragged gasps as he moved inside her. He adjusted his angle, finding the spot that made her gasp, that made her eyes roll back, and he settled into a rhythm, pounding into that spot, relentlessly, as the table shook beneath them, her breasts bouncing with each thrust.

"Harder," she said, her voice breaking. "Don't hold back."

He pounded even harder, watching her face, watching her build, watching her climb toward the edge. He felt her tightening around him, felt her walls gripping him, felt her climbing higher and higher, and he kept the rhythm steady, merciless, driving her toward the peak.

“Oh, fuck! Yes,” she said, “Right there.”

The chemistry between them was flourishing, every second was building towards a peak that would undoubtedly be satisfactory.

As he continued to pound harder and faster, he noticed her locking eyes with his, almost piercing through him, but inviting him to push her over the edge.

"I could break you," he said, his voice low, dangerous.

"Then break me," she cried, her back arching off the table, her hands gripping his arms, her nails digging in. "I'm yours."

He pounded even harder, faster, relentlessly, watching her face transform, watching her eyes lose focus, watching her mouth fall open in a silent scream, and he felt her right there, right on the edge, and he commanded, "Cum for me. Now."

She climaxed, her body convulsing, her voice breaking into curses, "Oh fuck… Drew… fuck… I'm cumming!!!" and he kept moving through it, not stopping, watching her unravel beneath him, watching her face transform into something raw and undone, and when she had finished, when she was gasping and trembling and limp, he pulled her up to her feet, turned her body around, and bent her over the table.

"You thought you were done?" he asked, entering her from behind, deep, his hand in her hair, pulling her head back.

"Not even close. Give me more." she gasped, her hands flat on the oak, her breasts pressed against the wood, her legs shaking.

He pulled her head back further, kissing her, hard, teeth and tongue and desperation, and she kissed back, hungry, demanding, her mouth open and wanting.

"Fuck me like you mean it," she said against his mouth.

"I mean everything," he said, his hand tightening in her hair, pounding into her, the table shaking, the glass walls reflecting them, his hips slapping against her ass.

"Show me."

"Feel that?" he asked, pounding, relentless, each thrust driving her forward against the table.

"Fuck yes!" she cried. "Oh my god. Please, don't stop." She yelled as her arms reached back to wrap around Drew’s neck.

But he slowed, teasing, denying her the second climax, holding her on the edge, making her wait, making her beg.

"Not yet," he said, his voice controlled, powerful. "Not until I say."

He lifted her, carried her to the chair, sat, and pulled her on top of him, and she began to grind, back and forth, not up and down yet, just grinding, her eyes closed, her head thrown back, moaning, the pleasure building deep and slow, her clit rubbing against him with each forward grind.

"Oh god! Fuck. You feel so deep," she moaned, her hands on his shoulders, her nails digging in.

"Open your eyes," he commanded. "Look at me."

She opened her eyes, arching her back, and the work light caught her, illuminated her slender body, the curve of her throat, the arch of her spine, her breasts lifted toward the light, and she was beautiful, she was ascended, she was the vision he had been trying to build.

All Drew could do was put his hand on her face, stroking her jawline gently with the care of a passionate protector, but the hunger of a lustful lover.

"I'm close," she gasped, her grinding becoming more urgent, more desperate.

She fully engulfed him and started to rock her hips back and forth slowly. She closed her eyes, and bit her lower lip, giving Drew the body language he needed to know.

"Don’t cum just yet," he said. "Grind. Take what you need."

She ground harder, moaning, the pleasure building, her hips moving in tight circles, and he watched her, felt her, controlled her pace with his hands at her hips, holding her down when she tried to speed up, forcing her to slow, to savor, to wait.

Drew leaned his head back, feeling the pleasure of her tight, wet pussy engulfing his rock hard cock, and her hips rotating to give him a feeling he had never experienced before. This was something he didn’t even know he liked, yet Ariana figured it out within their first time together.

"Drew…" she gasped, her voice breaking.

"Now ride me," he commanded. "Up and down. Hard."

She switched, began to ride him up and down, her hips lifting and falling, and he grabbed her hips, meeting her thrusts, pounding up into her, their bodies slapping together, and they found a rhythm, competitive, demanding, both building together toward the edge.

"Like this?" she gasped, her hands gripping his shoulders, her breasts bouncing with each downward thrust. “You like it, baby?”

"Exactly like that," he said, his voice strained, his control slipping. "Don't stop."

She rode him harder, faster, her hips slamming down onto him, and he felt her tightening, felt her climbing, felt his own edge approaching, the pressure building in his spine, his balls tightening.

"I'm about to…" she cried, her voice breaking.

"Wait for me," he commanded, his hands gripping her hips, forcing her to slow, to hold, to stay with him. "I want us to cum together."

"I can't… Oh fuck… Drew..." she gasped, her body trembling, right on the edge, her orgasm threatening to break through.

"Yes, you can, do it for me, I’m right there." he said, thrusting up, meeting her, holding her hips down, forcing her to wait, to hold, to stay with him, their bodies joined and trembling. "Hold it. Hold it…"

"Now…" she cried, "Drew, I'm cumming, fuck, I'm cumming… Don't stop, please don't stop…Ohhhh my goddddd!"

"Ariana… Fuck. I… I’m cumming!!!" he yelled out immediately after.

They climaxed together, her body convulsing, her walls clenching around him in waves, pulsing, and he pulsed into her, holding her down, both of them crying out, mutual, devastating, their figurative ascension complete.

Afterwards, they were tangled, sweating, the work lights harsh above them, the city dark outside. Their breathing slowed in unison, chests rising and falling together, his hand still gripping her hip, her fingers still curled against his shoulder. She traced his tattoos with her finger, learning the ink, the map of his body, and he watched her face in the harsh light, the softness there that had not been there before.

"Stay," she whispered, not opening her eyes.

"I'm here," he said.

"Don't go."

"I'm not going anywhere."

He pulled her closer, their legs tangled, their sweat cooling between them, and he thought that he had never felt this, had never been seen this way, had never wanted to be seen. He knew that everything had changed, and at this moment, at least, they were perfect, they were the only thing that mattered.

She turned her head, her eyes opening, finding his in the harsh light. "The tour," she said, her voice soft but certain. "I want this. I want everything you showed me. The floating, the story, all of it. You're the right person. You see what I can't see in myself."

He kissed her forehead, his heart still hammering. "I'll build it for you. Whatever you need."

"Build it with me," she said. "Not for me. With me."

He nodded, holding her tighter, and they lay tangled in the work lights, the vision alive between them, their immediate future waiting.

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THREE WEEKS LATER
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The rigging hung forty feet above the stage, a web of steel and cable that Drew had designed to hold her, to lift her above the crowd until she became something airborne and holy. He stood in the house seats, row twelve, center aisle, watching her run through the opening number for the fourth time, his body tense with a professional anxiety that had nothing to do with the harness safety checks he'd supervised at dawn.

She was wearing rehearsal clothes: black leggings, an oversized hoodie that swallowed her frame, hair piled into a messy bun that kept slipping as she moved. From this distance, with the stage lights bleaching her features, she looked like any other dancer testing spacing. But he knew what the hoodie concealed. He knew the marks he'd left on her collarbone three nights ago in a Santa Monica hotel room, the love bites she'd covered with makeup this morning while he watched from the bed, memorizing the architecture of her spine as she leaned toward the mirror.

"Again," her voice crackled through the monitors, sharp with the perfectionism that had made her famous. "From the top. I want to feel the lift sooner."

The dancers reset. The music cued. And Ariana Grande became something else entirely: the performer, the product, the precision instrument that had sold out arenas across three continents. She moved through the choreography with a violence that looked like grace from the audience, every gesture calculated to reach the cheap seats, every note placed exactly where it needed to land.

Drew watched her body the way he always did now. Not as a director evaluating a client, but as a man who had learned the secret language of her hips, who knew how she tasted when she was desperate, who understood that the same control she wielded onstage was the control she surrendered to him in private.

She hit the final pose, arms extended, chest heaving, and the rehearsal space went silent except for the hum of the HVAC. The choreographer said something Drew couldn't hear. Ariana nodded, professional, distant, the mask firmly in place.

Then she turned toward the house seats.

From forty feet away, their eyes met. She held his gaze for three seconds. One, two, three. Long enough to be noticed by anyone watching, long enough to be dangerous. Her tongue touched her lower lip, deliberate, visible only to him. Then she looked away, already moving toward the water bottles stacked by the monitors, already becoming the diva again, the untouchable star.

But he'd seen it. The invitation. The promise.

Drew checked his phone. Three hours until the full run-through with the band. Two hours until she was technically free for dinner with the label executives. He texted her, knowing she wouldn't respond, knowing she'd read it in the private bubble of her notifications: "You're holding back on the bridge. Show them what I know you can do."

She didn't look at him. But he saw her shoulders shift, the almost-smile she suppressed.

The afternoon stretched. He supervised the lighting cues, argued with the tour manager about load-in times, watched her run the setlist from a distance that felt like starvation. Every time their paths crossed backstage, they maintained the fiction: polite nods, professional distance, the careful language of an employer and a contracted creative. But her hand brushed his hip as she passed him in the narrow corridor behind the stage, her fingers trailing heat through his t-shirt, and he had to lean against the concrete wall until his breathing steadied.

By hour five, the tension had become something physical, a third presence hovering between them whenever they shared space. He watched her demonstrate a transition to the backup dancers, her body liquid and commanding, and he thought of how she looked when she was on top of him, when the control slipped and she became desperate, grinding, his.

She was thinking about it too. He could tell by the way she kept finding him in the crowd, her eyes dark when they landed on him, by the way she touched her own throat during the costume fitting, her fingers pressing into the hollow where he'd left marks.

The final rehearsal ended at 6:00. The crew began the breakdown, the noise of cases being wheeled away, the shouted coordinates of the load-out filling the arena. Drew was reviewing camera placements on his tablet when he felt her presence behind him, the vanilla-musk of her perfume cutting through the smell of sweat and equipment.

"We need to talk," she said. Not looking at him. Looking at her own phone, the picture of a busy artist with scheduling concerns. "The trailer. Five minutes."

She walked away before he could respond, her sneakers silent on the concrete, her hoodie swallowing her frame, and he watched her disappear through the stage-left exit, his body already hard, already knowing.

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The production trailers sat in a line behind the venue, luxury boxes on wheels, indistinguishable from the outside. Hers was the third one, unmarked, the windows tinted black. Drew knocked once, a professional courtesy, and the door opened to darkness and air conditioning and her.

She'd changed. The hoodie was gone, replaced by a cropped tank top that showed her stomach, the waistband of her leggings riding low on her hips. Her hair was down now, the famous ponytail released, the waves falling past her shoulders. She looked younger like this. More dangerous.

"Close the door," she said.

He stepped inside, pulling it shut behind him, and the lock clicked with a finality that made his pulse spike. The trailer was compact, designed for quick changes and power naps: a small seating area, a vanity with lights, a mini-fridge humming in the corner. She stood in the center of the space, arms crossed, watching him with an expression he'd learned to read over three weeks of secret hotel rooms and stolen hours.

"You've been staring at me all day," she said. Not a complaint. An accusation.

"You've been performing for me all day," he countered. "Every time you thought I wasn't looking, you were looking back."

"Professional distance," she said, her voice dropping to the register she used in bed, the one that sounded like secrets and invitations. "That's what we agreed."

"Professional," he repeated, stepping toward her. "Like that touch in the corridor? The one that almost made me hard in front of your security team?"

Her mouth curved, wicked, pleased with herself. "You liked that."

"I've been thinking about your mouth since eight this morning." He stopped a foot away from her, close enough to feel the heat coming off her skin, close enough to see the pulse jumping in her throat. "Is that what you wanted to talk about?"

She uncrossed her arms. Reached out. Her hand pressed flat against his chest, over his heart, feeling the rhythm of him.

"I wanted to talk about the fact that you've been wearing those jeans all day," she said, her fingers trailing down, over his stomach, stopping at his belt. "And I can see exactly how much you want me. Even when you're trying to hide it. Even when you're being professional."

"You're not supposed to be looking."

"Then stop making it worth looking at." Her hand cupped him through the denim, and he groaned, his hips bucking into her palm involuntarily. "See? That's the problem. You make me want to ruin everything."

"So, ruin it," he said, his voice rough.

She looked up at him, her eyes dark, her lips parted. "What if I told you I've been wet since the second run-through? Since I saw you watching me from the house seats, looking like you wanted to drag me offstage and fuck me in front of everyone?"

"I'd say you should have told me sooner."

"And what would you have done?"

Drew reached out, his hand finding her hair, his fingers threading through the waves, gripping, pulling her head back until she was looking up at him, exposed. "I would have found somewhere private and made you scream loud enough to interrupt the sound check."

She breathed out, shaky, her chest rising against him. "The crew is still outside. They can hear everything in these trailers."

"Then you'll have to be quiet," he said. "Or not. Maybe I want them to hear. Maybe I want everyone to know what you do when you're alone with me."

"You're cruel," she whispered.

"You love it." He boldly said.

She did. He could see it in her face, the way she softened and sharpened simultaneously, the way her hand at his belt grew more urgent, more demanding. This was their language: passion and seductiveness, cruelty and worship, competition, and surrender.

Ariana sank to her knees.

The trailer floor was thin carpet over metal, hard against her knees, but she didn't flinch. She looked up at him from below, her face transformed by the angle, by the power of what she was about to do, and her fingers worked his belt open with an efficiency that spoke of practice, of wanting.

"Tell me what you want," she said, her breath hot through the fabric of his briefs.

"I want you to look at me with those pretty eyes while you swallow me whole."

She smiled, fierce, and pulled him free.

He was already hard, had been hard for hours, the tension of the day coiled tight in his gut and his balls. She took him in her hand first, stroking, studying him with the same focus she applied to choreography, learning the weight and shape of him. Her thumb traced the vein underneath, pressed into the sensitive spot beneath the head, and he hissed, his hand tightening in her hair.

"Look at you," she said, her voice soft, almost wondering. "Are you already leaking for me? Already desperate for this pretty mouth?"

"Don't tease."

"That's exactly what I'm going to do." She leaned forward, her tongue darting out, licking the bead of pre-cum from his tip, tasting him, her eyes never leaving his. "Mmm. You taste like frustration."

"Ariana...babe…"

She took him into her mouth.

“Mmm, fuck,” Drew moaned.

The heat of her, the wet suction, the way she hollowed her cheeks around him: it was heaven. He groaned, his head falling back against the trailer wall, his hips jerking forward before he could stop himself. She pulled back, her hand stroking what she couldn't take, her lips swollen and slick.

"Easy," she said, looking up at him with those huge brown eyes, challenging. "Let me do this. I want to take care of you. Just watch me."

He forced his eyes open, forced himself to look down at her, kneeling at his feet in the cramped trailer, her hair tangled in his fist, her mouth inches from his cock. She was beautiful like this: powerful and submissive at once, the pop star hungry, the diva desperate.

She took him deeper.

Two inches, three, her tongue working the underside, her hand gripping his hip for balance. She pulled back, gasped, went down again, four inches this time, her throat relaxing, her eyes watering slightly. The sight of it: her lips stretched around him, tears gathering at the corners of her eyes, the determination in her face: made him throb, made his balls tighten with the need to release.

"Fuck," he breathed. "Just like that. Take more."

She did. Five inches, six, her nose brushing his stomach, the muscles of her throat working around him. She held there, swallowing, and the pressure was exquisite, unbearable, and he felt his control slipping, felt the edge approaching faster than he wanted.

She pulled back, gasping, her chest heaving, her hand working him steadily. "You like that?" she asked, her voice rough, wrecked. "You like fucking my throat?"

"I like seeing you take what you want," he said, his hand tightening in her hair, guiding her back. "All of it, now. Show me how much you want it."

"I want it," she said, fierce, hungry. "I want you to cum down my throat. I want to swallow every drop while the crew walks past this trailer and wonders what we're discussing."

"Filthy girl,” he stated. Declarative, unquestioned.

"Your filthy girl," she corrected him.

She took him again, deeper than before, seven inches, eight, her throat opening fully, her lips sealed tight around his base. She held there, her eyes streaming now, her hand gripping his thigh, and she swallowed around him, the muscles massaging his length, and he groaned, loud, unable to stop himself, the sound filling the small space.

She began to move, bobbing her head, taking him deep and pulling back, deep and back, finding a rhythm that made stars burst behind his eyes.

GLUCK. GLUCK. GLUCK.

The wet sounds of her mouth on him, the occasional gasp when she pulled back for air, the way she looked up at him with those watering, desperate eyes: it was too much, it was perfect, it was destroying him.

"Touch yourself," he commanded, his voice barely recognizable. "I want you wet when I finish."

She didn't hesitate. Her free hand slid into her leggings, and he watched her arm move, watched her eyes flutter closed as she found herself, as she began to circle her clit in time with her movements on him. The thought of her, kneeling at his feet, his cock in her mouth, her fingers on herself: it was the most erotic thing he'd ever seen.

"Look at me," he said. "Don't close your eyes. I want to see you when you make me cum."

She opened her eyes, gazing up at him through tears and desire, her mouth full of him, her hand working between her legs, and he felt it building, the pressure in his spine, the tightening in his balls, the point of no return rushing toward him.

"I'm close," he warned, his hips moving now, fucking her mouth in shallow thrusts that she took eagerly, greedily. "Don't stop. Don't you dare stop."

She moaned around him, the vibration sending shockwaves through his cock, and he felt her hand move faster between her legs, felt her urgency matching his, and he knew she was close too, knew she was going to come with him in her mouth, kneeling on the trailer floor, hidden from the world.

"Ariana..." Her name broke from him like a prayer, like a curse. "Fuck, I'm going to..."

“Cum for me baby,” Ariana stated before she took him deep again. This time, she took him all the way, her nose pressed against his stomach, her throat working as she swallowed around him, and that was it, that was the end of his control.

“Ohhhh fuck!!!” Drew raised his voice slightly, out of control, but still trying to keep his voice down so potential crew members couldn’t hear him.

He came with as he tried to muffle it, his hand gripping her hair hard, his hips jerking as he pumped his creamy release down her throat in thick pulses that she took eagerly, swallowing, milking him with her throat muscles until he was empty and trembling.

She pulled back slowly, her lips swollen, her face flushed, her eyes bright with triumph. She licked him clean, her tongue gentle now, thorough, making him twitch with overstimulation. Once she finished, she gave the cock head one sweet kiss with her perfectly glossy lips. Then she sat back on her heels, her hand still in her leggings, her chest heaving.

"Your turn," she said, her voice rough, wrecked, her eyes dark with her own need.

Drew sank to his knees in front of her, his body still shaking from the force of his release, and pulled her hand free from her leggings. He brought her fingers to his mouth, tasting her arousal, sucking them clean, and her eyes widened, her breath catching.

"Stand up," he said.

She did, her legs unsteady, and he lifted her onto the vanity, the mirror lights framing her like a halo. He pulled her leggings down, threw them aside, and pushed her knees apart, exposing her to him, glistening and swollen and desperate.

"Look at you," he said, the same words she'd used on him. "Already desperate. Already wet."

"Please..."

He didn't make her wait. He leaned in and licked her, one long stroke from bottom to top, tasting her arousal, feeling her shudder against his mouth. She gasped, her hands finding his hair, pulling him closer, and he settled in, finding her clit with his tongue, circling, teasing, the way he knew she liked, the way he'd learned over three weeks of secret nights.

"Oh god," she breathed, her head falling back against the mirror, her hips rolling against his face. "Right there. Don't stop."

He didn't. He built her slowly, deliberately, the way he built his stages: with precision, with care, with the knowledge that the foundation had to hold.

His tongue worked her steadily, his hands gripping her thighs, holding her open, holding her still, and he felt her climbing, felt her muscles tensing, her breath coming in ragged gasps.

"Drew… Baby…" She was close, he could feel it, could taste it in the way she grew sweeter, more intense. "I'm going to... fuck, I'm so close..."

He slid two fingers into her, curling them, finding the spot that made her cry out, and sucked her clit into his mouth, hard, relentless.

“Fuck, baby… Drew…I’m…cumming!!!” She came with a soft, yet throaty and raw, moan, her body convulsing, her hands gripping his hair so tight it burned, her hips bucking against his face as she rode out the waves of her release.

He gentled his mouth, licking her through the aftershocks, until she was trembling, oversensitive, pushing him away with shaking hands.

He stood, his knees aching from the floor, and pulled her against him, her naked lower half pressed to his still-clothed body, the intimacy of it somehow more intense than the sex itself.

They stayed like that, breathing each other in, the trailer quiet except for the hum of the refrigerator and the distant sounds of the crew outside. She traced his tattoos through his shirt, her fingers learning him again, re-mapping the territory they'd claimed in secret.

"We should get back," she said eventually, her voice muffled against his chest.

"Soon," he agreed. But he didn't move. He held her tighter, memorizing the weight of her in his arms, the smell of her hair, the way she fit against him.

She pulled back, looked up at him with those huge brown eyes, soft now, stripped of the diva, stripped of the performer. Just Ariana.

"Tonight," she said. "My hotel. No interruptions."

"I'll be there."

"I know you will." She kissed him, slow and deep, tasting herself on his tongue, and when she pulled back, the mask was already sliding back into place, the star returning, the distance re-establishing itself.

"Now fix your hair. You look like you've been doing exactly what we've been doing." She said as she put her hands on Drew’s muscular chest once more.

Then, she hopped down from the vanity, found her leggings, dressed with an efficiency that was its own kind of performance. Drew adjusted himself, zipped his jeans, ran his hands through his hair. In the mirror, he looked the same as he had when he'd entered. Maybe slightly more wrecked around the eyes, maybe slightly more satisfied around the mouth.

She opened the trailer door, checked the corridor, then looked back at him one last time.

"By the way," she said, her voice pitched to carry, the professional tone returned. "I think we should discuss the lighting cues for the encore. My trailer, tomorrow, same time?"

He smiled, understanding the game, loving her for playing it. "I'll bring my notes."

"You do that."

She stepped out into the LA evening, the pop star again, untouchable and distant, but in secret, his. Drew waited three minutes, counted them on his watch, then followed, emerging into the noise of the load-out as if he'd been discussing business, as if his heart wasn't still hammering, as if he didn't carry the taste of her on his tongue like a secret.

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[silentdelirium]

The Forum had transformed into something alive. Eighteen thousand bodies pressed against each other in the dark, phone screens floating like fireflies, the hum of anticipation vibrating through the floorboards. Drew sat in the VIP section, a roped off area that was saved for crew members, close friends, and family. It was close enough to feel the heat from the stage, but also far enough to see the whole picture.

He designed this. The rigging that hung above was like a constellation of steel. The lighting plots that would turn her skin to gold. The extended stage that reached into the crowd, the architecture of intimacy he had imagined, and built, specifically for her.

The house lights dropped. The crowd screamed. And then she rose from beneath the stage on a platform of white light, already singing, already commanding.

Ariana Grande was not the woman who had knelt on a trailer floor earlier that week. This was the performer, the product, the pop megastar. She moved through the opening number with impeccable grace, every gesture calculated to reach the cheap seats, every note placed exactly where it needed to land. The crowd sang along before she even asked, thousands of voices becoming one organism.

Drew watched her body the way he always did, like a man who understood the language of her hips, arms, legs, and other body parts. He knew how she tasted when she was desperate. He understood that the same control she wielded onstage was the control she surrendered to him in private.

She hit the first bridge, the one he had redesigned three times, and the crowd surged. She was perfect. The staging worked. The vision he had built for her was functioning exactly as he had imagined.

Then she turned toward the VIP section.

From 30 feet away, their eyes met. She held his gaze as she sang about positions, about wanting something real, about need. Her tongue touched her lower lip, deliberate, visible only to him. Quickly, and subtly, she winked at him. Then she looked away, already moving toward the next verse, already becoming the diva again, the untouchable star.

Drew, leaning against a wall in the back of the section, saw it. The invitation. The promise.

She ran through the setlist with a precision that bordered on supernatural. The new songs landed harder than the rehearsals had suggested. The old songs felt reborn under the rigging he had designed. And every time she passed the VIP section, every time she found him in the crowd, her eyes darkened with something that had nothing to do with the lyrics.

During "Positions," she sang the chorus directly at him. The crowd thought it was for them. He knew better. He felt it in his chest, in his gut, in the way his hands tightened on his knees.

By the encore, the arena had become a single breathing thing. She rose above the stage on the harness he had built, floating, surrendering the ground, trusting that she would not fall. The crowd roared. The lights caught her, turned her bronze and gold and something holy. And she looked down at him, suspended in air, and mouthed two words he could not hear but understood perfectly.

“Wait for me.”

The lights dropped. The show ended. The crowd became chaos, bodies moving toward exits, voices hoarse from screaming.

Drew made his way backstage as the arena emptied. He waited until the house lights came up, until he could breathe again.

The afterparty was at a rooftop bar in Hollywood, close enough to the venue to be convenient, far enough to feel exclusive. Drew arrived late, intentionally, wearing a black button-down that he had changed into in the venue bathroom. He found a corner near the bar, ordered a whiskey he did not intend to finish, and made some small talk with other crew members that were already nursing drinks.

She arrived an hour later, surrounded by the usual constellation. Assistants. Managers. Label executives. Family. Security. She wore a dress the color of champagne, her hair in the ponytail again, her face arranged in the mask of the professional. She worked the room with a precision that matched her performance, touching arms, laughing at jokes, thanking people for their support.

She didn’t look at him, though. Not once.

But her hand brushed his hip as she passed him on her way to the restroom, her fingers trailing heat through the fabric of his shirt, and he felt the message in his bones.

Soon after, his phone buzzed against his thigh.

He pulled it out, casual, like any other guest checking a notification. The text was from a number he saved in his phone as just “A.” The thread began a few weeks ago, and was kept a secret from everyone around their circle of performers.

The light illuminated the darkness of the corner that he stood in. The new message read: *"I've been wet since the first verse of 'Positions'. Fix it for me? Let’s go to your room."

Drew finished his whiskey in one swallow. He set the glass on the bar, nodded to the tour manager who was watching him with vague interest, and walked toward the elevator.

He took a car service to the hotel, some boutique place in Beverly Hills that specialized in discretion, the kind of establishment where the staff knew not to ask questions.

His suite was on the 12th floor, not the penthouse, but spacious enough to breathe. Industrial-chic decor, concrete floors, a bed that faced floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city.

He took a very quick shower, washing the venue off his skin, the sweat of the crowd, the anticipation. He dressed in dark jeans and a black t-shirt, nothing else, and waited.

The text came at 12:47 AM: "Here. Back entrance. Elevator bank."

He met her in the hallway, casual, scanning for cameras, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped thing. She stood by the elevator in an oversized hoodie that swallowed her frame, sunglasses pushed into her hair, a baseball cap pulled low. She looked like any other guest who had stepped out for air. She looked like a secret.

"You look like you're running from something," he said.

She turned. Her mouth curved, wicked, pleased with herself. "I'm running to something."

They made their way to the elevator, embracing once the doors closed and kissing quietly as the lift rose to the 12th floor. She pushed past him into the suite, her shoulder brushing his chest, her scent cutting through the hotel air. Something floral, something her.

"Close the door,” was her only command as she turned around to stare at him.

He pulled it shut behind them, the lock clicking with a finality that made his pulse spike. The city glowed through the windows, blue and white and endless.

She took a step towards him. "I have a surprise for you," she said. "Do you want to see it?"

"Show me." He said as he swallowed the last syllable.

She pulled the hoodie over her head in one fluid motion, and Drew forgot how to breathe.

The lace was black, sheer, high-cut, revealing the constellation of freckles on her wrist, the small tattoo on her ribs she had never explained. It was delicate, expensive, the kind of thing that required intention. She had planned this. She had dressed for him, thought about him while the afterparty swirled around her, while the label executives talked about sales projections and streaming numbers.

"Turn around," he said as his mouth hung open.

She did, slow, deliberate, letting him see the architecture of the bodysuit, the way it framed her spine, the muscles in her back she had built through years of dance. The lace left nothing to imagination and somehow still concealed enough to drive him mad.

"You wore this for me?" he asked.

"I put it on in the car," she repeated. "Didn't want to waste time."

He crossed to her in three strides. His hand found her waist, his fingers spreading against the lace, feeling the heat of her through the fabric. He did not remove it. The touch lingered, professional distance obliterated, the space between them charged with everything that had built since the first verse of the first song.

"You sang to me tonight," he said. Not a question.

"I sing for you every night," she corrected. "Tonight I just didn't hide it as well."

His hand slid to her hip, his thumb pressing into the bone, learning her again, re-mapping the territory he had claimed in secret. "The whole arena thought you were theirs."

"Let them think it." She turned in his arms, facing him now, her chest rising against his, the lace scratching deliciously through his t-shirt. "I only need one person to know the truth."

"And who is that?"

She reached up, her hand finding his jaw, her thumb tracing his lower lip. "The man who built the stage I stood on. The man who understood me better than anyone else ever has. The man who watched me from the crowd. The man who's going to take this off me before I lose my mind…"

He kissed her then, their energy reaching a peak that no longer needed words. The kiss was filled with hunger, with the memory of her voice singing about need, with the knowledge that thousands of people had watched her perform and only he knew what she wanted afterward.

Her hands were at his belt, urgent, practiced, and he was already hard, had probably been hard since the first verse of the first song, the tension of the day coiled tight in his gut.

"Bedroom," she said against his mouth. "Now."

He carried her to the wall beside the window, her legs wrapped tight around his waist, the lace of the bodysuit scratching against his jeans. The city glowed behind them, blue and white and endless, and he pressed her against the concrete, his mouth finding her neck, her collarbone, the hollow of her throat.

"Keep it on," he said, his voice rough against her skin. His hand found the edge of the lace, pulled it aside, exposed her to his fingers. "I want to ruin something expensive."

"You've been trying to ruin me since the first verse," she breathed, her head falling back against the wall. Her hands gripped his shoulders, her nails digging in through the fabric of his shirt. "Hours of watching me. Hours of pretending you didn't want this..."

"Oh, I wanted it," he said, his fingers sliding through her, finding her wet, ready, the buildup of the night made physical. "I wanted it the second you stepped on that stage."

"Then take it," she challenged, her eyes dark, demanding. "Stop being careful."

He entered her in one slow thrust, filling her, and they both groaned, the sound lost in the hum of the hotel air conditioning. He was thick, hard, the tension of the night coiled tight in every muscle, and she was tight around him, hot, clutching.

"Fuck," he whispered to her, his forehead pressed against hers, his hand finding her hair, gripping, pulling her head back to expose her throat. "You feel that?"

"Ooooh. Yes," she gasped, her hips rolling to meet him, to take him deeper. "Don't stop. Don't you dare stop. That feels so good, babe."

He set a rhythm, controlled, deliberate, each thrust deep and measured. His other hand found her jaw, his thumb resting against her throat, light pressure, possessive, claiming. Not enough to restrict, just enough to remind her who had her, who held her against this wall.

"Is this what you were thinking about?" he asked, his hips snapping forward, driving into her. "When you were singing to me?"

"Every word," she moaned, her hands gripping his hair now, pulling him closer. "Every lyric. I was wet before the first chorus."

"Mmm. Naughty girl," he growled, his hand tightening in her hair, pulling harder, the sting making her gasp.

"Your naughty girl," she corrected, her legs tightening around his waist, pulling him deeper. "Harder, babe. I can take it. I won't break."

“Ah yeah, that’s my girl…” He smiled in approval.

Then, he gave her harder, his hips crashing into hers, the wall solid behind her, unyielding. The lace scratched between them, a friction that added to the heat, the urgency. She was moaning now, continuous, her head thrown back, her throat exposed to his mouth, his teeth.

"You teased me all night," he said, his voice strained, his control slipping by degrees. "A sold out crowd and you were singing to me."

"Only you," she gasped, her nails scoring his back through his shirt. "Only ever you."

He felt her tightening around him, her walls gripping him, and he slowed, denied her the edge, made her wait. She whimpered, frustrated, her hips chasing his, trying to draw him back into the rhythm.

"Don’t cum yet," he said, his voice controlled, powerful. "I’m not done with you. I want to see you."

He carried her to the bed, still inside her, laying his back against the sheets, the black lace now riding up, twisted around her waist. She looked down at him, her chest heaving, her eyes dark with need, and he pulled back, allowing her to fully mount him, essentially letting her take control.

She settled over him, her knees on either side of his hips, and sank down slowly, inch by inch, taking him into her body with a deliberation that made his jaw clench. She was tight, and he was big and thick. She moved with the same precision she applied to choreography, finding the angle that made her gasp, that made her eyes flutter closed.

"Look at me," he commanded, his hands finding her hips, gripping, guiding. "Don't close your eyes."

She opened her eyes, gazing down at him, and began to move. Not up and down yet, just grinding, rolling her hips in tight circles, her clit rubbing against him with each forward rock. She couldn’t help but moan, and caress her neck, showing how much she was enjoying this.

She was setting the pace, competitive, demanding, and he let her, his hands at her hips, his eyes on her face, watching her build.

"Is that all you got?" he challenged, his voice rough, his lips devilishly smiling, his hips thrusting up to meet her, to add force to her movements.

She smiled, wicked, and began to ride him in earnest, her hips lifting and falling, taking him deep, then shallow, then deep again. Her petite breasts bounced with each downward thrust, the lace barely containing them, and she was beautiful like this, powerful, in control, using him for her pleasure.

"Show me, babe" he said, his hands sliding up her ribs, his thumbs brushing her nipples through the lace, making her gasp. "Show me how bad you want it."

She rode him harder, faster, her hips slamming down onto him, and he felt her tightening, felt her climbing, felt her right there, right on the edge. Her hand found his chest, her nails digging in, her head thrown back, her voice breaking.

"I'm close," she gasped, her movements becoming more urgent, more desperate. "Don't stop. Please, don't stop. Right there baby."

Drew grunted, and thrusted up to meet her violent slams. She was clenching, but in a way that he recognized. She was right on the edge.

Then, he grabbed her hip bone, held her firmly down as she bottomed out with his cock inside her. He gently grinded her hips back and forth, making Ariana shriek a pleasant curse.

“Ohhhhh…fu…fuck…”

"Cum," he commanded, his hands gripping her hips, forcing her to keep the rhythm, to chase it, to cross the edge. "Cum for me. Now."

“Fuckkkk! Drew, baby…I’m cu…cummminngggg!!!”

She climaxed with a cry that filled the room, her body convulsing, her walls clenching around him in waves, pulsing, gripping him like a fist. She kept moving through it, grinding, riding the aftershocks, her voice breaking into curses, his name, fragments of sound that meant nothing and everything.

He felt her finish, felt her go liquid and trembling above him, and he slowed her hips with his hands, stilled her, held her down on him, deep, fully sheathed, letting her feel him hard and thick and still ready inside her.

"Good girl,” was all Drew said, as he released his grip and released himself from Ariana’s gushing pussy.

He was still rock hard, but knew he wanted to savor this moment with his perfect little pop star.

Then, he flipped her, gentle but firm, turning her onto her stomach, pulling her hips up until she was on her knees, her face pressed against the pillows, the lace, which had fallen off her shoulders during her riding, twisted around her waist like a discarded thought. He entered her from behind in one smooth thrust, deep, filling her completely, and she gasped, her hands gripping the sheets, her back arching.

“Oh fuck! Babe. You’re so deep!!” Ariana’s cries muffled into the pillow she was turning against. “Fuck me just like this, you feel so good.”

"Who do you belong to tonight?" he asked, his hand finding her hair, gathering it, pulling her head back until she was looking at him over her shoulder, exposed, vulnerable.

"You," she breathed, her eyes dark, her lips parted. "Only you."

"You love this dick, don’t you," he commanded, his hips snapping forward, driving into her, each thrust shaking the bed, shaking her.

"Fuck yes," she gasped, her voice breaking. "Drew. Babe. Don’t stop, don’t fucking stop. That’s so good."

He kept the rhythm steady, relentless, his hand in her hair pulling her head back further, his other hand gripping her hip, holding her still for his use. He was close now, could feel the pressure building in his spine, his balls tightening, the need to release almost overwhelming. But he held back, controlled it, made her wait with him.

"Feel that?" he asked, his voice strained, his thrusts deep, slower, hitting the spot that made her moan, that made her push back against him, wanting more. "Feel how hard you make me?"

"Yes," she whimpered, her voice muffled against the pillow, her hips rocking back to meet him. "I feel it. It feels so good. I feel so full."

"Just like that," he said, his hand releasing her hair, his palm finding her throat from behind, light pressure, possessive, his thumb against her jaw. "But don’t cum just yet, baby. Wait for me."

"I can't," she gasped, her hand sliding between her legs, finding her clit, circling. "I'm too sensitive. I'm... oh god… fuck… your cock fills… me up… so well…"

He felt her tightening again, already building toward another peak, and he slowed, teased, denied her the rhythm she needed. She whimpered, frustrated, her hips chasing his, her hand working herself desperately.

"You want to cum again?" he asked, his voice low, dangerous.

"Yes," she begged, her voice raw. "Please. Please let me."

"I want you to beg me," he said, his hips still moving, slow, deep, torturous. "Tell me what you want."

He suddenly pulled out, leaving Ariana feeling completely empty. She whimpered, but the feeling lasted for only a second.

Drew, then, turned her over gently, settling between her legs, guiding himself back into her with a slow thrust that made them both groan. He settled his weight on his forearms, caging her beneath him, and looked down at her, his eyes finding hers in the dim light of the city filtering through the windows.

The pace slowed, becoming something intentional, deep, intimate. Each thrust was measured, hitting the spot that made her gasp, that made her eyes roll back, but he kept the rhythm steady, merciless, building them both toward the edge together.

"Look at me," he said, his voice soft now, rough with need. "Don't look away, baby."

She opened her eyes, gazing up at him, her hands finding his face, her thumbs tracing his jaw, his lips. She was soft beneath him now, vulnerable, the competitive edge replaced by something hungrier, something that needed more than just release.

"Flood this pussy, babe." she whispered, her voice barely audible, begging, her hips rising to meet his slow thrusts. "Please, Drew. I want to feel you. I need to feel you cum inside me."

"Not yet," he said, his voice strained, his control hanging by a thread. "I’m almost there. Just wait for me. Wait..."

"I can't," she breathed, her nails digging into his shoulders, her eyes locked on his, pleading. "I'm right there. I'm... please. Cum with me. Cum with me. Cum with me, now."

He felt her tightening around him, felt her walls gripping him, felt her right on the edge, trembling, waiting for him. And he let go, finally, his rhythm faltering, his hips snapping forward, deep, as far as he could go, burying himself in her.

"Now," he groaned, his head falling forward, his forehead pressed against hers, his eyes still locked on hers. "Now... fuck... now..."

"Now," she cried, her body convulsing, her climax ripping through her, her walls milking him, pulsing around him.

They came together, eye contact held, mutual, devastating, his release pumping into her in thick pulses as she gripped him, trembled, cried out his name, her voice breaking, raw, real. The moment stretched, hung suspended, the only sound their breathing, their voices, the wet slap of their bodies, and then they were still, tangled, sweating, the city glowing behind them, the tour just beginning, everything they had built leading to this.

He collapsed beside her, his chest heaving, his hand finding hers in the dark, their fingers intertwining, their breathing slowing in unison. She turned her head, found his eyes in the dim light, and smiled, soft, satisfied.

They lay tangled in the dark for a long moment, the city humming beyond the windows, the sweat cooling on their skin. She traced the tattoos on his forearm with her fingertip, learning the ink, the map of his body, and he watched her face in the dim light, the softness there that had not been there before.

She took his hand, her fingers finding his. His tattooed knuckles lay against her palm. She traced the ink on his index finger, the small symbol near his thumb, the script that wrapped his wrist.

"What does this one mean?" she asked, her voice quiet, intimate.

"Virtue," he said.

"And this?" Her thumb moved to the script on his inner wrist, the delicate lettering she had noticed but never asked about.

"It says ‘I love you,’ in Tagalog," he said. "In my grandmother’s handwriting."

She brought his hand to her mouth, kissed the ink there, her lips warm against his skin. He turned his palm up for her, let her see him, let her learn him.

"Your hands," he said.

She extended her own hand, the constellation of freckles on her wrist, the small word tattooed on her finger. "Not as much as yours."

He took her hand, his fingers tracing the ink, learning her in return. The constellation, the French word, the small marks that told her story.

"What does this one mean?" he asked.

"Eternal," she said.

He kissed her wrist, his lips against the ink, and they lay there, hands mapping hands, tattoos as Braille, the intimacy of being studied without being asked to perform.

"Can I stay a little longer?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

"I was going to ask you the same thing," he said.

She laughed into his shoulder. "Oh, but I have an early call tomorrow."

"I'm earlier than you, don't worry," he said. "I never sleep past my alarm."

She lifted her head, studied his face in the dim light. "Confident."

"Consistent," he corrected. "Call it, dedication to the craft."

He kissed her forehead as they drifted off to sleep for the night.

The alarm came too soon, 5:00 AM sharp, a soft chime that didn't startle her. Drew was already gone from the bed, the sheets cool where he'd been. She heard the shower running, the pipes in the wall humming their low song.

When he emerged, she was just opening her eyes, blinking against the gray morning light filtering through the curtains. He stood in the doorway, towel slung low on his hips, water still beaded on his shoulders, the tattoos glistening.

"Fuck. You're already perfect," she mumbled, voice rough with sleep. "That's so annoying."

He laughed, crossed to the bed, leaned down to kiss her forehead. "Good morning, beautiful."

"Is it?" She watched him move to the dresser, pulling on boxer briefs, then jeans, the efficiency of a man who had done this a thousand times. "You make 5:00 AM look easy."

"Practice." He buttoned his shirt, still barefoot, then sat on the edge of the bed. His hand found her hair, tucking it behind her ear. "Want some coffee?"

She stretched, the sheet slipping, reality creeping back in. "Can't. Security's meeting me downstairs in twenty minutes."

He nodded, understanding the drill, but his hand stayed in her hair, thumb tracing her jaw like he was memorizing it. "Tonight?"

She smiled, already reaching for her phone on the nightstand. "Text me."

He kissed her, slow, unhurried, the kind that said he wanted to do it again. When he pulled back, his expression turned serious.

"Be careful sneaking out," he said. "Back entrance, not the lobby."

"I know the drill."

"I know you do." He kissed her forehead once more, stood, moved to the window to check the street below, still not rushing, still present. "See you tonight, babe."

She watched him for a moment, this man who woke before dawn, who built things, who let her see him without demanding she fix him. Then she pulled the hoodie over the lace, found her sunglasses, and slipped into the morning like a secret.

[silentdelirium]

The ballroom smelled of champagne and sweat and the particular ozone of too many bodies pressed together in celebration. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the Thames, the river black and silver under the London sky, the city spread out like a map of lights. The O2 Arena sat to the east, dark now, emptying, the final show of the European leg already becoming a memory.

Drew stood near the bar, a whiskey neat in his hand that he had not touched for about 20 minutes. The party started at 11:00 PM, immediately after the final bow, and it showed no signs of slowing. Crew members laughed in clusters near the windows. Dancers drank shots at the bar. Label executives spoke in low voices about streaming numbers and ticket grosses, their faces flushed with the success of a tour that had exceeded every projection by millions of dollars.

He wore a casual black suit that he had bought for the occasion, the first formal clothing he had worn since the tour began six weeks ago. The jacket pulled slightly across his shoulders. He had filled out since the start, muscle from lifting rigging, from the physical labor of building her vision night after night.

The tour manager, Jimmy, had been watching Drew with vague interest since opening night in Los Angeles. That night, Jimmy approached Drew for the first formal time, walking over to him as he held two beers. He offered one to Drew, and smiled with teeth that were too white.

"Big night," Jimmy said. "You should be proud. The staging, the rigging, everything. Cleanest tour I've worked in fifteen years."

"Thank you, Jim," Drew said. He took the beer, set it on the bar next to his untouched whiskey. "Team effort."

"Right." Jimmy leaned closer, his voice dropping to a volume meant for secrets. "Listen, I've noticed things. The way you look at her during rehearsals. The way she finds you in the crowd. The way you both disappear at the same time."

Drew felt his pulse spike, but his face remained still. "We're professionals. We work closely together."

"Sure." Jimmy took a sip of his beer, his eyes never leaving Drew's face. "Then you won't mind that the London tabloids ran a story last week. Small ones, nothing major. Something about you two being spotted at that restaurant in Mayfair. The PR team buried it, cost us $50,000 to kill it. But I'm wondering what happens when the next story's bigger. When it's not just a rumor."

"There's nothing to complicate," Drew said, his voice steady.

"Good." Jimmy clapped his shoulder, hard enough to bruise. "Let's keep it that way. The label has a narrative. The single and available pop star. Don't complicate that narrative."

She appeared ten minutes to midnight, materializing from the crowd like she had stepped out of smoke. She wore a dress the color of burgundy, silk that caught the light from the chandeliers, her hair down in waves that brushed her shoulders. She had changed after the show, removed the performance, and became something more dangerous.

She did not look at Jimmy. Instead, she looked at Drew, her eyes dark, her mouth set in a line that meant she had made a decision.

"Come with me," she said.

Jimmy turned, his eyebrows rising, his mouth opening to speak.

She took Drew's hand. Her fingers were warm, dry, certain. She pulled him away from the bar, away from Jimmy, away from the conversation that had not finished.

"Now," she said, her voice low, for him alone.

They moved through the crowd, her hand in his, not running, not hurrying, but moving with purpose. No one stopped them. No one asked. The crew members they passed saw her face and looked away. They understood that she was done for the night and that the celebration had ended for her even if it continued for everyone else.

She led him to a private dining room off the main ballroom, a space reserved for label dinners and artist meetings, empty now except for a single table and chairs. She closed the door behind them, and the noise of the party dropped to a muffled hum.

"We did it," she said, leaning against the table, her arms crossed, her eyes bright.

"We did," Drew said. He moved to stand across from her, close enough to touch, far enough to maintain the fiction if anyone walked in.

"Six weeks," she said, shaking her head. "Eight countries. Twenty-three shows. And tonight was the best one."

"Because you were perfect," he said.

"Because you built me a stage that made me perfect." She reached out, her hand finding his, their fingers intertwining. "I couldn't have done this with anyone else. The rigging, the lights, the way you saw the show before I even knew what it was. You made this tour."

"You made it," he said. "I just gave you the room to fly."

They stood there for a moment, hands linked, the city glowing behind them through the windows. The creative chemistry between them hummed in the silence, the knowledge that they had built something together that neither could have built alone.

"I don't want to stay," she said, her thumb tracing his knuckles. "I want to celebrate with you. Just you."

"Then let's go," he said.

They found a side exit, a service door that led to a corridor, then to the street. The London air hit them right around midnight, cold and damp and smelling of river and exhaust. A black car waited at the curb, engine running, the driver holding the door.

They slid into the back seat, her hand still in his, and the car pulled into traffic, the hotel only minutes away. They did not speak. The silence was enough.

The hotel rose before them, boutique, expensive, the kind of place where the staff knew not to ask questions. They entered through the side door, the one the staff used, and crossed the lobby without looking at the desk. When the elevator came, they stepped inside, and she pressed the button for the 15th floor. Then she was in his arms, her mouth on his, the kiss hungry and desperate and filled with everything they had been denying in public.

The elevator stopped at her floor. They walked down the corridor, her hand in his, her room three doors from his, a proximity that had been arranged by her security team weeks ago and that he had never tested until tonight.

She unlocked the door with a key card that shook slightly in her fingers. The room beyond was dark, the curtains open, the city spread out below like an offering. She pulled him inside, and the door clicked shut with a finality that made his pulse spike, and then she was pushing him against the wall, her hands at his jacket, her mouth at his throat.

They made their way to the bedroom, where she pushed him onto the luxurious king size bed. Her palms lay flat against his chest, and her weight behind the shove. He fell back against the sheets, the burgundy silk of her dress riding up as she climbed over him, her knees on either side of his hips. The city glowed through the windows behind her, London spread out like an offering, and she smiled down at him, wicked, hungry.

"I’ve been thinking about this all night," she said, her fingers finding his belt, working it open with an efficiency that spoke of practice and want.

"I’ve been thinking about this all week," he said, his voice slightly cracking, his hips lifting slightly as she pulled his jeans and later his boxer briefs down, freeing him to the cool air of the room.

She took him in her hand first, stroking, studying him with the same focus she applied to choreography. Even after these few weeks, she still was amazed at his size and thickness. Her thumb traced the vein underneath, pressed into the sensitive spot beneath the head, and he hissed, his hand finding her hair, gripping.

"I can’t get enough of your cock, babe," she said, her breath hot against his tip, her eyes never leaving his.

"Fuck. I can say the same about your pretty lips and mouth," he said.

Then, she opened her mouth wide and took him inside.

The heat of her, the wet suction, the way she hollowed her cheeks around him, it was astonishing. He groaned, his head falling back against the pillows, his hand tightening in her hair. She bobbed her head, taking him deep, then shallow, then deep again, finding a rhythm that made stars burst behind his eyes. Her tongue worked the underside, her hand stroking what she could not take, and she was beautiful like this, powerful, in control.

“Fuck, babe.” Drew muttered. “You’re incredible.”

“Mmmmphmhm.” Ariana moaned with her mouth full of his cock.

This did two things. It made Drew moan with intense pleasure. The vibration around his member made his cock twitch inside Ariana’s mouth. It also awoke something inside of him. He knew their alpha energies thrived on competition. So he decided to up the stakes.


He reached for her hips, his hands spreading against the silk of her dress, pulling her up, turning her. She made a sound of protest, muffled around his cock, but she let him move her, let him position her, let him pull her over his face until she was straddling him, her knees on either side of his head, her mouth still full of him, her body exposed above him.

"My turn," he said, his voice vibrating against her thigh.

He licked her in one long stroke, from bottom to top, tasting her arousal, feeling her shudder against his mouth. She gasped around his cock, the vibration sending more shockwaves through him, and he settled in, finding her clit with his tongue, circling, teasing, while she continued to suck him, her rhythm faltering slightly, her focus splitting.

The competition began in earnest.

She took him deeper, trying to break his concentration, her throat opening, her nose pressing against his crotch. He groaned, his hips bucking upward involuntarily, but he did not stop his own assault. His tongue worked her steadily, his hands gripping her hips, holding her still for his use, while she tried to make him lose control with her mouth, her hand stroking him, her moans vibrating around his length.

"Fuck," she breathed, pulling back slightly, her voice wrecked. "You... you..."

"Can't talk babe," he stated, his voice muffled against her, his tongue never stopping. "Too busy…"

She made a sound that was half curse, half laugh, and took him again, deeper than before, her throat muscles working around him, massaging him, trying to push him over the edge. But he held back, controlled it, his own arousal coiling tight in his gut, his balls tightening, but he denied himself, focused on her instead.

He slid two fingers into her, curling them, finding the spot that made her cry out, that made her pull back from his cock completely, her hand gripping his thigh for balance. He sucked her clit into his mouth, hard, relentless, his fingers working inside her, and he felt her building, felt her climbing, felt her right there, right on the edge.

"Don't... Fuck. Babe, don't stop," she gasped, her hips rocking against his face, her hand stroking him desperately, her rhythm lost. "I'm... I'm gonna..."

"Cum," he commanded, his voice vibrating against her, his fingers pressing deeper. "Cum for me. Now."

“Ohhhh fuuuuuuuck!” She broke.

She climaxed with a cry that filled the room, her body writhing, her walls clenching around his fingers, her hand gripping his cock hard enough to almost choke it. She kept stroking him through her own release, her voice breaking into curses, fragments of sound, his name, nothing and everything. She trembled above him, her thighs shaking, her breath coming in ragged gasps, and he gentled his mouth, licking her through the aftershocks, until she was limp, trembling, spent.

She collapsed beside him moments later, her chest heaving, her hand still loosely wrapped around him, her eyes bright with triumph even in defeat. He turned his head, kissed her thigh, her hip, the sweat glistening on her skin. She tasted like salt and victory.

"Good girl," he said, his voice rough, his own need still coiled tight, ready.

She laughed, breathless, wicked, pleased with herself even though she had lost the game. "Your turn," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Oh you’re going to pay for that one."

He smiled against her skin, his hand finding hers, their fingers intertwining.
He pulled her up from the bed, his hands under her thighs, lifting her as if she weighed nothing. She wrapped her legs around his waist automatically, her arms around his neck, her mouth finding his throat, his jaw, anywhere she could reach. He was still rock hard, thick, and pressing against her as he walked. She ground down against him with each step, teasing, craving the passion and chemistry they shared.

They moved toward the window, the floor-to-ceiling glass that overlooked the Thames, the city spread out below like a map of lights. He pressed her against the glass, her back cold against the surface, her heat against his chest, and he entered her in one smooth thrust, filling her completely.

"Fuck," she gasped, her head falling back against the window, her nails digging into his shoulders. "You feel... you feel..."

"Tell me," he said, his voice strained, his hips snapping forward, driving into her. "Say it."

"So big," she breathed, her voice breaking. "So fucking big. It feels so good, babe."

He set a rhythm, controlled, deliberate, each thrust deep and measured. His hands gripped her hips, holding her still for his use, while her legs tightened around his waist, pulling him deeper. The glass was cold against her back, a shocking contrast to the heat between them, and the city glowed behind her, London spread out like an offering, like a witness.

"Look at them," he said, his voice rough, his thrusts building. "This city is full of bright lights and rich history. You gave so much of yourself on this tour and tonight especially."

"I did, I put my heart into this thing, but it doesn’t matter because at the end of the night, you’re the only one I want to share it with.," she gasped, her hips rocking to meet him, her body trembling. "You. And only you..."

"Only you," he agreed, his hand finding her jaw, turning her face to his, forcing her to look at him. "Tell me what you want, baby."

"Harder, babe," she cried, her voice breaking, her eyes locked on his. "Please. Harder. Fuck my brains out."

He gave her harder, his hips crashing into hers, the glass solid behind her, unyielding. She was moaning now, continuous, her head thrown back, her throat exposed, and he felt her tightening around him, her walls gripping him, felt her climbing toward the edge.

"Don't... don't cum yet," she gasped, her hands gripping his hair, pulling him closer. "Not yet. Save it for me. Wait. I'm... I'm so close..."

"I’ll hold it, but please," he pleaded, his voice controlled, but powerful, even as his own need coiled tight, his balls tightening, his thrusts becoming more urgent. "... Wait for me."

"I can't," she whimpered, her hips chasing his, desperate, frantic. "I can't... I need..."

He slowed, teased, denied her the rhythm she needed, holding her on the edge, making her wait. She cursed, frustrated, her nails scoring his back, her body trembling against the glass.

"Please," she begged, her voice raw, wrecked. "Please. I need to cum. Let me cum."

"Not yet," he said, his thrusts deep, slow, torturous. "Feel me. Feel how hard you make me."

"Yes," she gasped, her eyes rolling back, her body shaking. "I feel it. I feel... fuck... I feel so full."

“I can’t get enough of you. Fuck, you feel so good wrapped around me.”

Then, he carried her back to the bed, still inside her, still hard, still controlling. He stood above the edge of the bed, but she took this opportunity to show that she was not done competing.

She pushed him, her palms flat against his chest, and momentum on her side, forcing him onto his back. He fell back against the pillows, surprised, and she climbed over him, adjusting her position while she was still on top of him, still impaled on his cock, taking him deep inside her. He chuckled out loud, loving the sexual chemistry they had developed over weeks of secret trysts and hookups.

She settled onto him fully, taking him deep inside her body, and they both groaned, the sound harmonizing in the quiet room. Placing her hands on his chest, she rested her palms flat against his muscular pectorals, and then she began to move. Not fast. Not urgent. Slow, circular grinds, her hips rolling in tight patterns, taking him, feeling him, learning him again. The movements were calculated, choreographed even, just to make sure his thick cock would feel every side of her internal walls.

"Look at me," she whispered. She leaned over and her eyes found his in the dim light from the city.

"I'm looking," he said, his hands finding her hips, his thumbs pressing into her skin. "You’re so fucking beautiful. Don’t look away."

She didn't. She kept her gaze locked on his as she ground down onto him, her clit rubbing against him with each forward rock, her breath coming in soft gasps. Her hair rested on her shoulder, gently bouncing up and down with her delicate pace and movements on top of him. The pace was deliberate, torturous, building the pressure deep and slow.

"You feel so good inside me," she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

"You take my cock so well," he said, his hips lifting slightly to meet her, to add pressure. "It feels so fucking good."

She smiled, wicked and soft at the same time, and she changed her angle, grinding harder, taking him deeper. Her hands moved from his chest to his shoulders, her fingers digging in, her nails pressing crescents into his skin.

"I love how you fill me," she said, her head falling back slightly, her eyes still trying to hold his.

"Keep looking," he commanded, his hand finding her jaw, gentle, guiding her face back to his. "I want to see you. I love looking at those big, beautiful eyes."

She obeyed, her eyes opening, her gaze locking onto his as she continued to grind, slow, relentless, her body trembling with the effort of holding back, of savoring. She was beautiful like this, powerful and vulnerable at once, the city glowing behind her, her hair falling around her shoulders like a curtain.

"Fuck, I could do this forever," she breathed, her hips circling, her body shuddering. "Just this. Just you. You make me feel like the only girl in the world, even in an area full of thousands of people."

"Don’t stop," he said, his voice strained, his control slipping. "I need more. I need you to ride me."

She nodded, understanding, and she shifted her weight, her knees pressing into the mattress on either side of his hips. She lifted herself slowly, inch by inch, feeling him slide almost out of her, then she sank back down, taking him fully, completely, her eyes rolling back at the sensation.

"Fuck," she gasped, her voice breaking. "Right there. That's... that's the spot."

"Again," he said, his hands gripping her hips, guiding her. "Do that again."

She did. She lifted herself slowly, torturously slow, then descended, taking him deep, her body accepting him, her walls gripping him. She found a rhythm, up and down, slow, measured, each thrust deliberate, each descent filling her completely.

"You're so deep," she moaned, her hands back on his chest, her nails digging in. "I can feel you everywhere."

"Good," he said, his voice rough, his hips thrusting up to meet her, to add force. "That's where I want to be. Everywhere. You’re so wet for me."

“I’m always wet for you,” she moaned back. “Fuck, you feel incredible.”

She closed her eyes and tilted her head up, gasping for air while exhaling. She continued to ride him like that, slow, passionate, her eyes locked on his, the connection between them humming like a current. She leaned forward, her hair falling around them like a curtain, and she kissed him, slow and deep, her tongue finding his, her body still moving, still grinding, still taking him.

"I've never..." she started, then stopped, her breath catching as she sank down onto him again. "I've never felt like this."

"Neither have I," he said, his hand finding her hair, his fingers threading through it, gentle, tender. "Never."

They moved together, finding a rhythm that was not competitive anymore, not a contest, but a conversation, a mutual language, their bodies speaking to each other in words that had no translation. She sat back up, her hands finding his, their fingers intertwining, and she continued to ride him, slow, deep, her eyes never leaving his.

"I'm close," she whispered, her voice trembling, her body shaking. "But I don't want to stop. I don't want this to end."

"It won't," he said, his voice strained, his own edge approaching. "We have all night, and tomorrow. And the next day. But right now baby, right now I need you to cum with me."

"Yes," she gasped, her hips moving faster now, still controlled, still deep, but urgent, desperate. "Yes. Fuck, I want to cum together… Right now."

"Look at me," he commanded, his hands gripping her hips, holding her down on him, deep, fully sheathed. "Don't close your eyes."

She looked. She held his gaze as her body began to tremble, as her walls began to pulse, as the pleasure built to a peak that shattered her. She cried out, his name, fragments of sound, her body convulsing, her climax ripping through her, and she felt him follow, felt him swell, felt him release, his hips jerking upward, his seed pumping into her in thick pulses as they both trembled, shook, came apart together.

She collapsed onto his chest, her body still trembling, her breath hot against his skin, and they lay there, tangled, sweating, the city glowing behind them, the tour over, everything beginning.

Drew was the first to speak. Breathing heavily, he said, “You’re perfect.”


She turned her head, her lips against his throat, and whispered, "We're perfect."

He smiled, his arms tightening around her, his hand finding her hair, stroking it. He didn't answer, but he held her closer, and that was answer enough.

They lay tangled in the sheets for long minutes, their breathing slowing in unison, their bodies still joined, sweat cooling on their skin. The city glowed through the windows, the Thames reflecting the lights, London spread out below like a promise.

Champagne had been spilled on the carpet at some point, a $200 bottle of Cristal that neither of them would miss. Her dress lay crumpled near the door, his suit jacket draped over a chair, their clothes scattered like evidence of a crime.

She turned her head, her lips against his throat, and laughed, breathless, giddy with the aftermath of release and the success of the night.

"We actually did it," she said.

"We actually did it," he agreed, his hand finding hers in the dark, their fingers intertwining.

Drew gave Ariana a kiss on her forehead. For the first time in a while, he felt peace and comfort. As they drifted to sleep in each other's arms, both of them felt the coziness of their company. It felt like something building, something that was much stronger than either of them had initially imagined.

They slept then, tangled together, the city humming beyond the windows, the tour finally over, the morning waiting.

The London dawn came grey and beautiful, the light filtering through the curtains in soft silver tones. Drew woke at 7:00 AM, his internal clock precise even after the late night. He didn't move immediately. He lay still, memorizing the weight of her in his arms, the smell of her hair, the way her breathing matched his own.

She stirred around 20 minutes later, her eyes opening slowly, blinking against the morning light. She smiled when she saw him, soft, satisfied, no mask, no performance.

"Good morning," she whispered.

"Good morning," he said, his hand finding her hair, tucking it behind her ear.

They ordered room service shortly after, coffee and croissants and fruit they didn't eat, the tray sitting abandoned on the bed as they talked about nothing and everything all together, planning nothing, just existing in the space they had created together.

She lay on her stomach at one point, the sheet slipping, and he traced the tattoos on her back with his fingertip, learning her again in the daylight. He found the small tattoo that read Toulouse on her hand, the dog she loved, the ink precise and permanent.

"I could get used to this," he thought, the words unspoken but present, the realization settling into his chest like warmth. He didn't say it aloud. He just kept tracing the ink, kept memorizing her skin, kept choosing to stay.

[silentdelirium]

Imperfect for You - Chapter 5 - Concrete Jungle

The coffee shop sat on a quiet street in the West Village, a space no larger than a studio apartment, with exposed brick walls and windows that fogged from the steam of the espresso machine. Drew arrived shortly before 10AM, wearing jeans and a black sweater, no suit, no costume, just himself. He ordered a black coffee and found a table in the corner, a small wooden surface that wobbled slightly when he rested his elbows on it.

She arrived ten minutes later, wearing sunglasses and a coat the color of camel hair, her hair hidden under a beanie, her face bare of makeup. She looked like any other New Yorker on a Saturday morning, anonymous and free. She ordered a latte with an extra shot, tapped her phone to pay, and then found him in the corner.

She didn’t sit across from him. Instead, she slid into the chair beside him, her thigh pressing against his under the small table, her shoulder brushing his arm. She removed her sunglasses, her eyes finding his immediately, dark and serious, with a hunger unmatched.

"I missed you," she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

He turned his head, his hand finding hers under the table, their fingers intertwining, hidden from view. "I told you I would be here," he said.

"I know. But I still missed you."

They sat there for a moment, just breathing the same air, the intimacy of the small space surrounding them like a wall. The coffee shop hummed around them, laptops opening, newspapers rustling, the city waking up, but in their corner, they were silent, watching the fog on the windows, the way the light filtered through the glass, the anonymity of New York allowing them to be just two people in a room full of strangers.

"No one's looking at us," she said, her thumb tracing his knuckles.

"I know," he agreed. "It feels like we're invisible here."

"I like that. I like being invisible with you."

She picked up her coffee, took a sip, set it down. Outside, a man walked past with a dog, a woman pushed a stroller, the city moved on without them.

"It’s cold this morning," she said.

"Not in here," he said.

She smiled, small and private, just for him. "No. Not in here."

She turned to look at him, really look at him, her eyes traveling from his face to his sweater to his hands. "I like you like this," she said. "No suit. No designer clothes. Just you."

"I could say the same about you," he said. “You look beautiful on stage, majestic. But like this, no makeup, casual clothes. I think that’s when you’re the prettiest.”

"Stop," she said blushing. Then she leaned forward, her elbows on the wobbling table, her chin in her hands. "Tell me something. Something I don't know."

"About what?"

"Anything. Everything." Her eyes were bright, curious, the performer stripped away, just the woman, just Ariana, sitting in a coffee shop, asking to be let in. "Tell me about the first time you felt like an artist."

He looked at her, really looked at her, and he saw the question was genuine, not performative, not an interview. She wanted to know him.

"Well, I was 16 I think?" He said, his voice quiet, rough from disuse. "I was in San Diego. In my grandmother's backyard. I was teaching myself to dance, hip-hop, popping, and locking. I didn't have a mirror, so I used the glass door. I practiced for, like, six hours straight, didn't eat, didn't drink, I just moved my body to music. And when I finally stopped, I looked at my reflection, and I was sweating, shaking, exhausted. And I thought, this is what I'm supposed to do. This is who I am."

She listened, her eyes never leaving his face, her hand still in his, her thigh still pressed against his under the table. The coffee shop continued to hum around them, but in their corner, they were alone, two people learning each other in small increments, the city offering them the gift of invisibility, and them using it to see each other clearly.

They left the coffee shop shortly after, stepping into the morning light, the city still waking up around them. She took his hand as they walked, no longer caring about the anonymity, or perhaps trusting it more, her fingers intertwined with his as they moved through the West Village.

They talked about the buildings they passed, the brownstones with their stoops, the way the light hit the windows at this hour, the history of a city that had seen a thousand love stories and would see a thousand more. They stopped at a crosswalk, waiting for the light, and she turned to him, her face tilted up to his.

"Have you ever been to MoMA?" she asked.

"Once," he said. "Years ago. I don't remember what I saw."

"Then you didn't see anything," she said, smiling. "You know art isn't about looking. It's about feeling. I'll show you."

They arrived at the Museum of Modern Art later that morning, the crowds thicker now, tourists and locals mixing, the building a glass and steel monument to vision. They paid the admission fees, walked through the lobby, and found themselves in front of a Pollock, the paint splattered in chaotic patterns that somehow suggested order.

"It's violence," Drew said, standing in front of the canvas, his arms crossed, his head tilted. "But it's controlled violence. He knew exactly where every drop would fall."

"You think so?" Ariana asked, standing beside him, close enough that their shoulders touched. "I think he let go. I think he surrendered control and trusted the chaos."

"Is that what you do?" Drew asked, turning to look at her. "Surrender control?"

"On stage," she said, her eyes on the painting, not on him. "I surrender everything. I become the chaos that an honest performance demands. But off stage..." She turned to him, her eyes finding his. "Off stage, I want someone else to hold the structure. To build the stage so I can fly."

"Is that what I am?" he asked. "The structure?"

"You're the only one who sees me," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Not the performer. The real me."

They stood there in front of the Pollock, the crowd moving around them like water around stone, and he felt the weight of what she was saying, the responsibility of it, the gift.

They moved through the museum, gallery to gallery, talking in low voices about the art they saw. A Rothko, the color fields bleeding into each other, suggesting emotion without defining it. A Calder mobile, the balance of weight and air, movement and stillness. They disagreed about a Warhol, argued about a Basquiat, laughed in front of a Lichtenstein.

By the early afternoon, they were hungry, but neither wanted to leave the bubble they had created. They found a bench in front of a de Kooning, the paint thick and aggressive, the figure barely recognizable as human.

"Tell me something else," she said, her shoulder pressed against his, her hand finding his again, no longer caring who saw. "Something you're afraid of."

He looked at her, surprised by the question, by the directness of it. "I'm afraid," he said, his voice rough, "that I'm only valuable when I'm creating. That if I stop building, stop creating, stop performing, I'll disappear. That no one will see me if I'm not doing something."

She turned to him, her eyes dark, serious. "I hope you know, I see you," she said. "When you're not doing anything. When you're just sitting there, drinking coffee, being quiet. I see you. And in those moments especially, I know how real you are."

He felt his throat tighten, the old wound exposed, the childhood trauma of being only as good as his output, never allowed to just exist. "No one's ever," he started, then stopped, the sentence too big, too dangerous.

"No one's ever what?"

"No one's ever said that to me before," he finished, his voice barely audible.

She squeezed his hand, and they sat there in front of the de Kooning, two people holding each other up in the middle of a museum, surrounded by art that tried to explain the human condition and failed, because the only way to understand it was to live it, to sit on a bench and tell someone your fears and have them say, "I see you."

They left the museum about an hour later, stepping into the afternoon light, the city still moving, still breathing, still offering anonymity and possibility. They walked toward the Morgan Library, the next stop, the next conversation, the next layer of themselves to reveal.

When they arrived at the marble and limestone building, they marveled at the structure, a hidden gem among the glass towers of Midtown Manhattan. As they stepped inside, the city dropped away, replaced by hushed reverence and the smell of old paper and polished wood.

She led him through the museum, past the manuscripts and the drawings, until they found the East Library. The space opened before them like a secret, a room of dark wood and green silk wallpaper, bookshelves rising two stories high, filled with volumes that had survived centuries. A chandelier hung from the ceiling, casting a warm glow over the reading tables, the brass lamps, the intimate corners where scholars had sat for generations.

"This is my favorite place in the city," she said, her voice barely above a whisper, as if speaking too loudly would disturb the ghosts of readers past.

"Everyone goes to the big museums, the famous ones. But this..." She turned to him, her eyes bright in the dim light. "This is where I come when I need to remember that art isn't just performance. It's preservation. It's a memory."

They walked through the space, their footsteps silent on the carpet, their hands finding each other as they moved between the shelves. She showed him a first edition of Pride and Prejudice, its pages fragile and yellowed. He showed her a sketch by Picasso, quick lines that captured a face in five strokes. They stood in the center of the room, surrounded by the weight of human thought, and they felt small and significant at the same time.

"I used to think I had to be loud to matter," she said, her hand on a leather spine, her eyes distant. "That I had to sing, to perform, to be seen. But in here..." She turned to him. "In here, I think about all the people who wrote these books, who painted these paintings, who never knew if anyone would see their work. And they did it anyway."

"You're not like them," he said. "You know people see you."

"Do I?" she asked. "Or do they just see the performance? My voice, my outfits, and my tabloid relationships?"

"You’re right. But, I definitely see you," he said. "The woman who stands in a library on a New York City afternoon and touches the spines of books like they're holy. The woman who thinks about the quiet artists, the ones who never got famous. I see that woman."

She looked at him, her eyes filling with something that might have been tears, or might have been recognition, or might have been love.

"No one has ever seen that woman before," she thought to herself but didn’t say out loud. She simply blushed and grabbed his hand, intertwining their fingers as they walked through the rest of the space.

They left the Morgan Library about an hour later, stepping back into the city, the afternoon turning to evening, the light soft and golden. They walked down a quiet street, the buildings close on either side, the noise of Midtown distant, an intimate corridor of stone and shadow.

Then, a flash came from nowhere.

A camera, then another, then three men stepping from behind a parked car, lenses raised, shouting questions.

"Ariana, who is he?"

"Ariana, are you dating?"

"Ariana, look this way!"

Drew felt his body tense, his hand instinctively pulling away from hers, the old instinct to hide, to protect the secret, to run.

But she didn’t run.

She turned to him, her eyes finding his in the chaos of flashes and shouting. She took his hand. She laced her fingers through his, tight, certain, public. She raised her chin, looked at the cameras nonchalantly, and smiled.

Then she turned and walked away, her hand in his, pulling him with her, down the street, through the city, no longer hiding, no longer pretending, just two people holding each other up in the face of the world.

They walked like that for ten minutes, hand in hand, the cameras falling behind, the city opening before them. They didn’t speak. They didn’t need to. The public moment said everything.

They arrived at the hotel right around sundown, a presidential suite on the 42nd floor of an upscale hotel, the city spread out below them like an offering. She closed the door behind them, the lock clicking with a finality that made his pulse spike, and then she turned to him, her eyes almost pleading already, but with a tenderness that he had never seen before.

"Make love to me," she said. Quiet. Intentional. The first time she had asked for tenderness instead of competition.

He paused, understanding the weight of the request, the shift in their language, the public declaration they had just made and the private one they were about to make.

"I thought you'd never ask," he said.

He closed the space between them, and held her in embrace. He tilted his head down, looking deep into Ariana’s beautiful dark brown eyes, and gave her a kiss. The kiss was hungry, making both of them gasp for air. Behind it, felt a large amount of passion, mixed in with a little lust, and topped off with the tenderness each was craving that moment.

Then, he lifted her, carried her over to the bedroom, while her legs wrapped around his, and her arms draped around his neck, resting on his shoulders. They never broke their kiss, continuing all the way to the secluded bedroom.

He laid her down on the bed, her hair spreading across the pillows like dark water. He settled between her legs, his weight on his forearms, caging her beneath him but not trapping her, creating a space that was only theirs. The city glowed through the windows, the lights of New York spread out below them like an offering, like a witness, but they did not look at the city. They looked at each other.

"Let me see you," he whispered, his voice rough, his hands finding the hem of her sweater, pulling it up slowly, revealing her inch by inch.

She raised her arms, let him remove it, her skin bare beneath. Drew smiled in approval as she revealed her naked torso. Then she sat up slightly, her hands finding his sweater, pulling it over his head, her palms flat against his chest, learning the muscle and his ink once again.

"Your turn," she said, her fingers finding his belt, working it open with a deliberation that spoke of wanting, not urgency.

They undressed each other slowly, piece by piece, her jeans sliding down her hips, his following, the fabric pooling on the floor like shed skin, until they were bare, skin to skin, no barriers, no performance, just two people becoming visible to each other.

He settled between her legs again, his weight on his left forearm, and he used his right hand to  enter her slowly, inch by inch, watching her face as he filled her, learning every expression, every flutter of her eyelids, every parting of her lips. She was tight around him, hot, welcoming, and she gasped as he sank deeper, her hands finding his shoulders, her nails pressing crescents into his skin.

"Look at me," he whispered, his voice rough, his eyes locked on hers.

She didn’t respond, instead she just bit her lower lip and nodded. Her hips rose up to meet him, to take him deeper. "I’m here, babe."

He began to move, a glacial pace, deliberate, each thrust a conversation, each withdrawal a promise to return. He was not fucking her. No, instead, he was learning her, memorizing her, claiming her with a tenderness that spoke of everything they had not yet said aloud.

"You're beautiful," he said, his forehead touching hers, his breath mingling with hers. "I've never seen anything like you."

"So are you, babe," she whispered, her voice breaking, her eyes wet. She moved her hands to his face and shifted his head so that they could stare into each other's eyes. "Don't look away."

"I won’t," he promised, his hips rolling against hers, slow, deep, hitting the spot that made her gasp, that made her hold his gaze even as her eyes tried to roll back. "I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere."

They moved together, finding a rhythm that was not about competition or conquest, but rather, it was about presence, about being seen, about holding each other in the space they had created. She wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling him deeper, and he groaned, his control slipping by degrees, but he maintained the pace, unhurried, merciless in his tenderness.

"I'm close," she whispered, her voice trembling, her body shaking beneath him. "But I don't want to stop. I don't want this to end."

"It won't," he said, his voice strained, his own edge approaching. "We have time. We have all night. You can let go baby. Cum with me."

"Yes…oh fuck." she gasped, her hips moving with his, matching his pace, building together. "Yes. Together."

"Look at me," he commanded, his hands finding hers, their fingers intertwining, pressed into the pillows on either side of her head. "Don't close your eyes."

She looked. She held his gaze as her body began to tremble, as her walls began to pulse around him, as the pleasure built to a peak that shattered her.

“Mmmmmmmm my god! She cried out, a fragment of sound, her body convulsing, her climax ripping through her, and she felt him follow, felt him swell, felt him release, his hips jerking forward, his seed pumping into her in thick pulses as they both trembled, shook, came apart together, eye contact held, mutual embrace.

They lay still, tangled, breathing together, his weight on his forearms so as not to crush her, but still joined, still connected, the intimacy of the moment humming between them like a current. The city glowed through the windows, timeless, witness to their becoming.

He lowered his head, kissed her shoulder, the salt of her skin on his lips. He moved to her neck, learning the pulse there, the flutter of her heartbeat, the place where her breath caught when he touched her. She turned her head, found his cheek, his jaw, kissed him there, tender, grateful, her lips tracing the shape of his face like she was memorizing it.

He rolled slightly, taking her with him, so she was half on his chest, their legs still intertwined, his arm around her waist. She kissed his chest, over his heart, her lips warm against his skin, feeling the rhythm of him, the life of him, the man who had seen her when no one else had.

He traced her spine with his fingertips, learning the architecture of her, the curve of her back, the place where her ribs ended and her waist began. She traced his tattoos, the ink that mapped his history, his grandmother's name, the word for strength, the marks that told his story without words.

They lay forehead to forehead, breathing the same air, their hearts slowing in unison.

"I'm here," he whispered.

"I know," she answered.

They lay still, tangled, breathing together, the intimacy of the moment still humming between them like a current. The city glowed through the windows, timeless, witness to their becoming.

She kissed his chest again, same spot over his heart. This time, her hand drifted lower, tracing the ink on his ribs, his stomach, then finding him, soft, spent, but responsive to her touch.

"Let me," she whispered, her fingers wrapping around him, stroking slowly, teasing, bringing him back to life.

He groaned, his head falling back against the pillows, his hand finding her hair, his hips lifting slightly into her touch. "You're gonna kill me," he breathed, his voice rough.

"Never," she said, smiling against his chest, her hand working him steadily, feeling him thicken, harden, and respond to her. "Just bringing you back to me."

She stroked him for long minutes, slow, deliberate, watching his face, learning what made him gasp, what made his eyes flutter closed, what made him grip her hair tighter.

He grew hard in her hand, thick, ready, and she felt her own arousal building again, the slow coil of desire in her gut.

"He seems to like me" she stated, laughing, her voice barely above a whisper.

"He definitely does," he said, as his eyes opened, filled with that dark and hungry look that Ariana was very familiar with.

She turned to her side, guided him, settled back against him, her back to his chest, and he entered her slowly, inch by inch, filling her completely, both of them groaning at the sensation, the fullness, the return.

"I've got you," he whispered, his arm draping across her chest, his hand over her heart, feeling every beat. "Fuck, you feel so good, baby."

"Don't stop babe," she breathed, her hand finding his hip, pulling him closer.

"Mmm," he moaned in approval.

They moved together, rocking, slow waves, the rhythm unhurried, building gradually. His hand on her heart felt every surge of pleasure, his other hand sliding down her stomach, finding her, circling, adding pressure. The build was slow, torturous, each wave higher than the last, the pleasure coiling tight.

"Harder," she whispered, her voice rough, desperate. "Give it to me harder, babe."

He groaned, his hips snapping forward, driving into her, the rhythm building, the waves becoming crashes. "Like that?" he asked, his voice strained. "You want it like that?"

"Yes," she gasped, her hand gripping his arm, her nails digging in. "Just like that. Don't stop. Fuck, don't stop."

He gave her harder, his thrusts deep, measured, each one hitting the spot that made her cry out, that made her push back against him, greedy, hungry. "You feel so good," he said, his voice breaking. "So fucking tight around me."

"So do you," she breathed, her hips rolling to meet him. "You fill me up so good. I can feel every inch."

"Every inch," he repeated, his hand sliding down her stomach, finding her, circling. "You take it so well. Such a good girl."

"Your good girl," she moaned, her body trembling, the pleasure coiling tight. "Only yours."

"Only mine," he agreed, his fingers working her, his hips driving, the build slow, relentless, rising. "Tell me when you're close. I want to feel you cum around me."

"I'm close," she gasped, her voice breaking, her walls gripping him, pulsing. "I'm so close. Don't stop. Please, don't stop."

"Not stopping," he promised, his rhythm steady, merciless, building her higher. "Cum for me. Let me feel you."

"Yes!" she cried, her body convulsing, her climax ripping through her, her walls milking him. Thrusting through her orgasm, Drew grabbed her hips and increased his pace as he felt her walls clench around his member. He was close, he knew, and the grip of her pussy along with the wetness of her folds made him thrust once more and hold it.

“Oh fuckkk.” He cried out in passion as he buried himself in the petite popstar’s tight snatch. His breath was heaving, exhausted from the intense build up. Ariana’s breaths matched, also exhausted from her second orgasm of the evening. He slightly withdrew his spent cock from Ariana. She was slightly dizzy, seeing stars but quickly shifted her weight to her back so that she could embrace Drew once again.


They lay still, tangled limbs laying over each other. They both caught their breath and simply chuckled at the events that just unfolded. They were giddy, possibly drunk off of the passion they just shared together.

He kissed the nape of her neck, his lips soft against her skin, learning the curve of her shoulder, the place where her pulse beat fast and frantic. She turned in his arms, faced him, her hand finding his cheek, his jaw, kissing him there, tender, grateful, her lips tracing the shape of his face like she was memorizing it.

As he leaned over, he traced her spine, the curve of her back, the place where her waist flared to her hip, the architecture of her, the map of her. This sent a shiver down Ariana’s nervous system, stimulating her brain and reaching a tingling feeling in her limbs.
They kissed once again, passionately, hungry for more. As they broke, Drew rested his head on Ariana’s forehead, and slowly opened his eyes to find her staring at him with a dark and passionate look. She simply smiled at him.

“You’re incredible.” She whispered to him.

“So are you,” he whispered back.

She traced his chest, his stomach, finding him soft again, warm, spent from the two orgasms in quick succession. But she wasn’t done. She smiled, kissed his throat, then moved down. She kissed his chest seductively, as Drew watched in anticipation. He lips kept moving down, kissing his muscular abdomen. Now Drew was feeling his cock come back to life. Her lips were trailing heat, until finally, she took him into her mouth with a patience that spoke of wanting, not winning.

He groaned, his hand finding her hair, his body responding to her slow devotion. "You're insatiable," he breathed, wrecked.

She pulled back, grinned against his hip. She lined his cock up right next to her face and smiled, wicked and tender, as she looked up at him. "Only for you."

She bobbed her head up and down, the sounds of wet squelching filling the dark illuminated hotel room. Each time, she went deeper and deeper down, knowing how much he loved feeling his cock hit the back of her throat.

“Fuck.” Drew could only muster out, feeling Ariana’s perfect mouth orally assault his stiffening member.

She pulled back one last time, and pulled of his cock with a loud pop that echoed in the bedroom. She then kissed the head of his cock, a tender kiss, showing how much she loved his well-endowed member. He was back to full mast, surprising himself, but his eyes filled with more lust.

Then, she climbed over him, settled on his thighs, her eyes locked on his, and she ground against him, slow, teasing, letting him feel her heat until he was thick and hard and ready. Then she lifted herself, positioned him, and sank down slowly, inch by inch, taking him fully, her breath catching, her eyes closing.

"Eyes open, babe" she whispered, as his hands found her hips. "Watch me."

He obeyed, gazing up at her, and witnessed her starting to move. Not grinding, not riding, but rolling, her hips moving in slow waves, her body undulating, her hands on his chest, feeling his heartbeat, his breath, his life beneath her palms.

"You feel incredible," she whispered, her voice breaking, trembling. "So deep. So perfect."

"Perfect," he agreed, his hands sliding up her ribs, his thumbs brushing her nipples, making her gasp. "I can’t get enough of you."

“Good, I don’t want you to ever feel like you’ve had enough.” She coyly replied back.

They moved together, the rhythm slow, deep, unhurried, building gradually, each roll bringing them closer. She was torturing him, her petite body teasing him while his hard cock was stimulated by the sensation of Ariana’s tight wet pussy rotating around him, allowing him to hit every bit of her inside walls.

She then leaned forward, her hair falling around them like a curtain, and kissed him, slow and deep, her tongue finding his, her body still moving, still taking, still giving.

"I'm close," she gasped against his mouth, her walls gripping him, pulsing. "Fuck me, babe. Don't stop. Please."

He obeyed, and grabbed her hips, holding her into position. Then he lifted his hips, slowly thrusting upwards, easing himself in and out until she was prepared to receive him balls deep again.

She moaned loudly, her words reduced to sounds of pleasure. He picked up his pace, which was both torturing for her, and pleasing for him, both of them building towards a third orgasm of the evening.

Then Drew picked up the pace even more. Ariana’s eyes closed, as she leaned forward, unable to hold her torso up longer. Drew embraced her as she leaned forward, and began colliding his crotch with hers, while Ariana moaned right in Drew’s ear.

"I’m close, baby," he whimpered out, his hips thrusting up to meet her, adding more force, building higher. "Cum with me. Now."

"Yes," she cried, her body convulsing, her climax ripping through her, “Fuck, baby… come with me.”

“I’m right…fuck…there.” Drew strained, but kept up his pace, with Ariana on the edge. “Now, fuck I’m going to cum!”

“Yessssss! Cum for me, babe!!!!” She cried out as her own orgasm reached a peak, causing her to scream out in pleasure. Her inner folds then squeezed him, constricting his cock as he thrusted a few more times. Her climax proved to be too much for him, as she then milked him with her ever-tightening pussy.

“Fuuuuck!” Drew yelled out as he came for the third time that evening. Completing a trio of orgasms for the happy couple, as he held his embrace with Ariana and his cock, spent, still inside of her.

They lay tangled in the sheets, their bodies spent, their limbs intertwined like roots grown together. As the city whirred below them, the endless song of New York continued without them, the lights of the skyline painting soft colors across the ceiling. The room smelled of sweat and sex and the faint trace of her perfume.

She turned her head, her hand finding his jaw, her thumb tracing the shape of his face, learning him in the dim light. "I didn't know it could be like this," she whispered.

"Like what?" he asked, his voice rough, his hand finding hers, their fingers intertwining.

"Like... this. Like us."

He was quiet for a long moment, his eyes finding hers in the darkness. The fear was there, the old instinct to run, to protect himself from needing, from wanting, from being seen. But the desire was stronger. The hope was stronger.

"I could really get used to this," he said, quiet, afraid, the words spoken aloud for the first time, the admission hanging in the air between them like a promise, like a question.

She met his eyes, serious, hopeful, everything she had not yet said. "Stay," she said.

He didn't answer. He just pulled her closer, his arms tightening around her, his face buried in her hair, and they lay there, breathing together.

Breaking the silence, Drew whispered to her.

“Ari, baby.” He said softly.

“What is it babe?” Ariana said weakly.

“I…” he paused as he lifted her face by the chin. His gaze caught her, eyes locking together. Then, he opened his mouth.

“I love you.”

Ariana was slightly surprised, but overly joyful as her face brightened.

“I love you too, Drew.” She said out loud. They shared a kiss, before embracing, allowing the night to consume them while they drifted off to sleep.