Contains: Slit Play, Tentacle Dicks, Diphallia, Handjobs, Oral Sex, Fingering, Frotting.
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There is something different about the moon when you're in love. Aster had enjoyed it well enough before; a pretty thing that was a constant no matter where he surfaced when the whim arose. With Malik had come a shift.
Maybe it was because all the poems and songs about the moon resonated now. Perhaps it was seeing its light reflected in the eyes of someone whose gaze he never wanted to leave him. Or playing off of skin he wanted to kiss. Either way, Aster lived for cloudless nights spent laying out on the beach, basking in the cool glow with the man he loved.
Aster had a particular liking for a secluded spot near the lighthouse that Malik kept with his older brother. He had washed up there not long ago; frightened, confused, and in pain after getting hopelessly tangled in a rogue fishing net. The sun had been harsh, beating down and suffocating.
He may have died there had it not been for Malik rushing down, gently but urgently cutting him free, and keeping up a string of reassurances despite not knowing if the merfolk shared his language. Aster remembered being carried back into the sea, his arm around his rescuer's shoulders as he looked up into his handsome, focused face.
He had turned tailfin as soon as he was able and swam away without a word; whether it was because of the residual fear or embarrassment, he did not know. It took a few days for Aster to work up the nerve to return to the area and thank Malik properly. And not long after that to confess his adoration for the man; a human, no less. Aster had grown up on cautionary tales about the two legs but never really bought into the idea that they were all so terrible. Now he knew for certain.
Aster was pulled out of his reverie by the sensation of a gentle hand running from his upper to lower back. It paused just where the silvery scales of his tail began. The scents of his lover and the salty sea air mingled pleasantly in his nose. They hadn't been able to be together in a while due to a run of horrid weather; the sad reality of a love between one of the sea and one of land. As much as Aster enjoyed quiet, close company, he couldn't ignore his urges.
His own hand and memories--however vivid and wild--had far from satisfied him those two weeks.
He hummed, smiling wide and moving his fingertips over the dark brown skin of Malik's chest. As they slowly trailed, he took in every detail; the mole between his pecs, the small scar over a rib he still didn't know the story behind. The breath was calm; he would fix that.
Aster moved lower, hearing a sharp inhale as he reached the waistband of Malik's bright pink shorts. He toyed with it, slipping slightly underneath.
"Are you just going to count the stars all night?" he asked.
The smile was obvious in Malik's voice.
"Why would I when the only one that matters is right here?"
Aster chuckled. Big sap, he thought as warmth fluttered through him. He lifted his head from Malik's shoulder to speak in his ear, lips close to brushing the shell.
"Can I touch you?"
Malik nodded nearly imperceptibly, throat working. "Yeah."
Together, they worked Malik out of his shorts and underwear, leaving him naked on the sand. Aster teased his hand over Malik's abdomen and down his thigh, watching the base of his cock twitch from the simple touch. He took it into his webbed hand and began to slowly stroke.
As Aster laid his head back down, his keen senses picked up on the quickening of Malik's pulse. Always so excitable, he thought. Especially after some time apart. Aster was one to talk; he could already feel a needy throb beginning to overtake the deepest parts of his slit. From this angle he could look down his lover's chest and stomach to watch his hand moving up and down the thickening shaft, teasing in its languid pace.
Malik took in a breath, releasing it shakily. A moan followed it as Aster brought his mouth to his neck. He kissed and licked under his jaw and down the length of it. Aster's nostrils flared as he ravaged the heating flesh, his eyelids flickering; if there ever had to be a warning about the two legs, it should have been about the potency of their pheromones. The heady scent of his arousal was thrilling, leaving Aster gasping even before he began to grind his leaking slit against Malik's hip.
"Aster," Malik breathed. "Getting so worked up just from touching me? You're already soaked."
Aster whimpered as he felt himself dribble more. "Missed...you."
"I know...I know...me t--fuck."
Malik's cock was full; heavy and hot under Aster's palm. He began to lightly thrust into the slick, webbed grip. The movements of his hips screamed for a quicker pace and Aster obliged, pulling a louder moan from him. Beads of precum leaked down over Aster's fingers with every upward stroke. A slick, rhythmic noise filled the air. The increased wetness aided the motion, the slight twist of Aster's wrist made smooth and seamless.