He sat up, only to have Spike push him back down. “Gonna get inside,” Spike growled, his eyes gleaming. “Before my knot gets too big.”
Kai groaned. Spike grasped Kai’s ankles, parting them, fitting himself between Kai’s legs. Then he pushed into Kai, all the way until his knot snagged against Kai’s hole, thick and heavy. Kai’s breath stuck in his throat. “Get inside,” Kai growled.
Spike groaned, pressing in gently. His skin was still slick from Micah, but even then, Kai had never stretched around something that big before. He breathed steadily to relax, groaning when his brother opened him wider and wider, and finally gave a thrust, pushing his knot through Kai’s hole.
“Fuck,” Spike hissed, his tendons straining. “You’re damn tight, Kai. Like a virgin.”
Kai glared. “I am not!”
But he felt it—Spike’s knot stretching him impossibly inside, locking them together. When Spike moved, his knot tugged inside Kai, sending a jolt of pleasure through their bodies.
Spike was the first alpha to knot inside Kai, and he would also be the last.
“Mine,” Spike growled, his eyes intent with love.
Kai’s breath stuck in his throat. He caught Spike’s wrist, bringing it up against his teeth. Spike’s eyes grew wide; his chest heaved. And Micah watched them with growing delight.
“I would quit basketball for you, you know,” Kai murmured, kissing Spike’s wrist. There had been those threats from his childhood, ugly whispers that Kai would never grow up to be enough. But Kai had two loves now—Micah, and Spike. And proving himself took a backseat to that. He already had more than his dad ever did. “I don’t wanna leave either of you again.”
Spike blinked back his tears, even as he smiled. “I can’t believe you, Kai.”
“Well, believe it.” Kai exchanged a look with his brother, the alpha he’d grown up with, and trusted with all his heart. “I’m sorry I let you down. If you’ll forgive me...”
“Yeah,” Spike said, nodding fervently. “Only if you won’t be an ass again. Maybe invite us to the next game, instead of, you know, breaking things off and avoiding us.”
And maybe... there was a way they could all work things out.
Kai’s heart skipped. “Sorry,” he whispered, kissing the scent gland on Spike’s wrist. Under Micah’s fond gaze and Spike’s burning stare, Kai sank his teeth into Spike’s skin, breaking it. Blood welled up in the teethmarks when he released Spike; Kai licked Spike’s blood, swallowing it. In his chest, his instincts roared. Spike is mine now. I’m his.
Spike flushed with joy, too far away for Kai to kiss his mouth. Kai made do with a kiss on his palm, for now. And a gentle bite, a scrape of teeth that sent Spike rumbling with delight.
Kai was never breaking things off with his brother again.
“I’m so happy for both of you,” Micah murmured, his cheeks growing dark.
Yeah, Kai wanted him, too. Micah, who was selfless and strong and so damn beautiful. So he took Micah’s wrist, on the same side he’d marked Spike. Micah’s eyes grew wide.
“Yeah?” Kai asked, kissing the spot on Micah’s skin that smelled most strongly of gardenia.
Micah’s throat worked. “Please,” he whispered, taking Kai’s hand. Hope and anticipation glimmered in his eyes. “I love you.”
Kai’s heart thumped. He bit into Micah’s wrist, loving when Micah clenched around his knot, crying out softly.
Spike groaned. “You guys are so fucking sexy.” He sniffed at Micah’s nape, then glowered at Kai. “When did you realize you loved Micah? You didn’t tell me, you fucker!”
Kai blushed. “A while ago. Back when we brought him to visit Mom. When Dad came out yelling and Micah went and yelled back... fuck. Felt like I’d seen an angel.”
Spike rumbled, his eyes crinkling. “I remember that. Micah was sexy as fuck. Did you see the look on Dad’s face?”
Kai chuckled. “So is Mom still staying with him?”
Spike shook his head. “She talked to a lawyer. She said she isn’t sticking with someone who doesn’t respect her sons and their omega.” Spike gave a happy wriggle. “I love our Mom.”
“She really is great,” Micah said, his eyes twinkling.
Gods, Kai’s heart felt too small to contain what he felt for them both. The eventual dissolution of his parents’ marriage... that made his heart twinge. It had been a source of stability for him for years.
But more important than that was his mom’s happiness. And if Micah could find love at his age... Maybe Kai’s mom could, too.
Micah took Kai and Spike’s hands, meeting Kai’s gaze first, then turning so he was looking at Spike. “If the both of you are sure...”
“You want a few more bonding marks?” Kai grinned.
“Of course we’re damn sure,” Spike added, nipping at Micah’s shoulder. “But yeah, Kai and I would be happy to mark you all over. Any time. Especially between your legs. On your ass. All the sexy spots.”
Kai slapped Spike’s thigh. “Always about the sex, that one.”
“Like it isn’t for you, too!” Spike made a face at Kai.
Micah squeezed their hands, anchoring their attention back onto him. Then he blinked rapidly, a pink tinge creeping up his cheeks. “If I were to bond with you...”
They gave him their wrists. Spike nudged his against Micah’s lips; Kai dragged his down Micah’s jaw, then his chest, covering him with elm. And Micah laughed, his eyes shining with delight.
“I don’t know if I believe in myself,” Micah said slowly, taking both their hands, and kissing their scent glands. His lips were warm and soft. “But I think... I’m ready to start trying.”
Kai met Spike’s eyes, finding his own eagerness reflected in his brother. “Hell, yeah,” Kai growled, cupping Micah’s cheek. “We’ll help. Any way you want.”
“And we’ll be here to make you feel like the sexiest omega ever,” Spike murmured, kissing Micah’s shoulder. Then he coughed lightly. “I mean, if this past hour wasn’t proof enough.”
Micah turned a
