Lately I've been on a roller coaster
Tryna get a hold of my emotions
But all that I know
Is I need you close

~

"You've been thinking," Kenneth finally spoke as he closed the door behind him and Rin after entering her office. "About the kid."

Rin had been extra quiet after Ezra's execution. Unusually quiet. And there was a distance look in her eyes that caught Kenneth's attention. It was his job to know her and tend to her so he couldn't help but bring it up.

"No," Rin simply answered as she sauntered toward her desk in the darkness. She stood in front of her desk and tapped on the glass surface with her long nail as she stared out the window. "I am thinking about my daughter. She surprised me."

"You expected the kid to kill him." Kenneth shed his suit jacket and laid it over his arm as he remained by the door. "The fact that he didn't means your plan to get rid of him has been derailed."

Rin sighed, her tapping fingernail speeding up with her thoughts. "Zoe said she didn't want the boy I would turn Teddy into. That means she didn't want him to be a killer and I thought getting Teddy to kill Ezra would push Zoe away from him. She was suppose to be terrified and appalled and run from him on her volition. But she killed Ezra herself.... I wonder what went through that pretty little head of hers when she snatched your gun off you."

"If I had to guess, knowing Zoe, she is so in love with the boy that she thought killing Ezra herself would save Teddy somehow. She is terrified of you hurting him," Kenneth offered as a theory.

"How would taking his kill from him save him? If she keeps sabotaging him, he will become less useful to me. Stealing his pin, killing Teddy's target... She keeps getting in his way. Wouldn't that prompt me to hurt him? Because he keeps failing." Rin asked as she turned around to lean back against her desk and cross her arms over her chest. Even in the darkness, Kenneth could see a clear frown painted across Rin's face.

Kenneth hesitated to speak but he knew he would have to. They were already too far into this conversation to turn around now. He just didn't feel right letting Rin into Zoe's head when that girl was so guarded already. And Carmen would certainly be disappointed in him if she knew how cooperative Kenneth was with Rin. He should be leading her astray so Rin didn't mess with Teddy or Zoe anymore, but Kenneth knew better. Any ounce of defiance and he would end up eaten by sharks in the middle of the ocean just like Ezra.

"That is Zoe's attempts to save him. Stealing his pin was like cutting your ties to him. Stealing Teddy's kill tonight was to push you to throw him away. Even if you punish him for failing and then toss him to curb, that would be less painful that keeping him here for the rest of his life. And that's what Zoe is trying to save him from. Zoe is going to keep stepping between you and Teddy until you give up on him because she knows what this line of work is like. She knows it's dangerous and she doesn't want Teddy trapped here like the others."

"Nobody is trapped here. If they wanted to leave, they would. The only problem is that none of them are strong enough to," Rin spat in retort.

Kenneth gave a simple nod and let his eyes linger on his shoes. Rin's logic was always twisted but she believed her twisted ways so truly that they couldn't be questioned so he simply agreed with her. He felt trapped, but that wasn't something he would ever say out loud. It wasn't all bad, of course. Kenneth enjoyed getting to live in luxury and travel the world and never have a care in the world.

The only problem was that he didn't have anything to care about because Rin wouldn't allow it. Her, her family, and her business were the only things that made up his purpose in life and that is what made him feel trapped.

Rin was silent as she considered the plausible half of Kenneth's theory. If Zoe really was in love with that boy and complained to her about turning him into something she didn't want, everything Kenneth was saying made sense. Zoe was desperate for Rin to find Teddy useless so that he could run free. She wanted to pry Rin's hands off of him so he would be safe in Ohio, as a regular high school boy, not a killer. But Rin was trying so desperately to turn Teddy into a killer so that Zoe would let go of Teddy.

They were fighting over possession of the same boy in their own special ways for their own very different reasons. And now their plans were crossing over at the most inopportune times, making everything cancel out and become a waste of time. Rin simply had to figure out how to correct all of this so she could gain favor again. Working against her daughter was nothing Rin ever had to do before though. Zoe was family. She was suppose to be on Rin's side, unconditionally.

"Do you think she is doing this to defy me?" Rin asked as her frown deepened into appalled shock. "Has she turned rebellious?"

"No. Zoe knows better," Kenneth quickly disagreed as he lifted his gaze to Rin again. "I don't think she is doing this in spite of you, because no matter what, she is loyal. I think she is just so in love with Teddy that she would rather go against everything she's ever believed in, in order to keep him safe, because she is also loyal to him."

"Hm... That is certainly interesting..." Rin stood again and slowly rounded her desk, each step echoing through the silence. "I knew she thought she was in love with him. I mean, she's a little girl. She doesn't know any better, no matter what I've tried to teach her, but... to give him her loyalty... I did not see that coming, I'll admit. And it has been quite awhile since someone has caught me off guard like this."

"This is your daughter we're talking about," Kenneth pointed out with a humorous chime to his words. "If anyone was going to be capable of catching you off guard, of course it was going to be your own blood."

Rin granted a single laugh. "I suppose that makes sense. I built her, after all."

Still, Rin couldn't shake her shock. She had a plan this entire time that only had one, single path. Teddy was suppose to kill Ezra, without any demands from Rin, so that Zoe would run into the arms her mother and say she was right about everything and would never defy her again. Zoe didn't want a killer and Teddy was suppose to be one, so why did Zoe turn around and shoot Ezra herself? Rin had nothing to gain from that because Zoe wasn't working for her in that moment, she was working for Teddy.

Because that boy has her loyalty.

But Zoe should have learned by now that nobody besides her own mother is allowed her loyalty.

"This will not do," Rin declared with renewed motivation. "Zoe is my daughter, my blood, my heir. She will be loyal to nobody but me, especially with a gun in her hand. I don't care what it takes, she will be mine only."

"So what are you going to do?" Kenneth asked.

"I will just have to find out everything that she wants and everything she doesn't want and then, turn Teddy into everything she's ever known to be bad and make me look like everything that's good. It will be harder than simply getting rid of him, but that would only lead her to hate me, even if she did still listen to me. And I need her unconditional loyalty above all. This might actually turn out to be a fun little game of possession." Rin couldn't help but smile.

"Maybe so." Kenneth reached to open the door of Rin's office and gave her a respectful bow before he left. "Goodnight, Rin. I wish you a good nights rest."

"Of course."

-

Teddy stepped into Zoe's room with hesitance, looking around to see it empty, and pushed his luggage inside. He left the luggage, closed the door, and stepped towards the open bathroom. Zoe was inside, in front of the vanity and the giant mirror as she stared at herself in silence. Even as he took a cautious step in the doorway, Zoe's eyes stayed locked on her reflection as her brush strokes through her hair again and again and again. She was in a trance, completely zoned out, probably unaware that Teddy was even near.

There was still blood on Zoe's face and bloody fingerprints on the sleeve of her dress. She hadn't seen the blood on her until now, since this was the first time since he was injured that she saw her reflection. Luckily, Teddy had already been tended to since then. He could only imagine what was going through her head though. Zoe didn't want Teddy to get any blood on his hands because of her. He knew that was what she was terrified of the most. And then, like a tragic piece of poetry, it was the blood on his hands that had dirtied her.

"Zoe," Teddy gently called, watching her eyes curiously lift to meet his in the mirror. "Are you sure you want me to stay here tonight? I bunked with some of the other guys last night, I can do it again."

"No. I want you here," Zoe softly said. She returned to brushing her hair and staring at herself, her eyes unfocused and distant.

"You want me here so you can keep an eye on me or because you want to be with me?" Teddy asked with a forced chuckle. Zoe didn't answer but the slight wander of her eyes at least let him know that she processed his question. He was becoming worried and it was eating away at his insides. Even if he was scared of the answer, he had to ask the question, "what do you want, Zoe?"

Frankly, there was no harder question to answer.

All of her life, Zoe had become used to not getting what she wanted. When she wanted to play with the other kids when she was young, she didn't get to. No parties, no field trips, no other girls in her ballet class, no friends during work, no sleepovers. Zoe didn't have a childhood because she had been working since she was seven years old. Every relationship with a friend was built to further her social and/or business reputation. And that seemed to be mutual, which just didn't seem fair.

Even when it came to the darker side of Zoe's life, there was no choice. The men she watched die all her life didn't have a choice. Whether she watched them die was never her choice. She didn't want to come face to face with the random women her father entertained himself with, but they appeared all the time, everywhere. She didn't want to follow her mother around like a trained puppy. She wanted independence. But there was never a day in her life that Zoe didn't do something that Rin wanted, even if she wasn't around.

Everyday of Zoe's life was not hers.

That was until she somehow managed to convince her mother to let her go to public school. It took years and very tactical means of persuasion, but she managed it. And then, finally, Zoe got to do something she wanted and she got it all to herself. A nice town in the middle of nothing special, where she didn't know anybody, her mother couldn't drag her around, her father didn't have to be burdened with her existence, and she didn't have to see anybody die. It was perfect.

Zoe had the friends she always wanted after that. She got to go to parties, she got to gossip about useless drama, she always felt safe, she got to talk to and hang out with anybody she choice to, even Teddy. It was hard sometimes, but Zoe expected that. She was in a completely different environment than she was used to, of course it was going to be difficult to adjust to. But it was all hers. All of it. The problems that made her cry, the inside jokes with her friends that made her laughter, the man she fell in love with even though everyone warned her not to.

Not a single thing that she did in Ohio was anybody else's choice.

So why was Zoe running from that place? Why did the boy she fall in love with run here? How did she end up losing her sense of comfort and safety in a place that was foolproof? Was it her fault? Zoe made decisions all on her own for the first time in her life and it put her back here, in a worse situation than when she began. Maybe her mother was right about her not knowing what was right for her because she never had to worry about it. Maybe Zoe didn't know what she needed, and therefore, didn't know what she wanted anymore.

"Come here," Teddy's voice broke through Zoe's thoughts and then she was gently being turned around, surprised that Teddy was suddenly standing beside her when she hadn't even seen him move.

Teddy carefully slipped Zoe's brush out of her hands, set it on the bathroom vanity, and raised his hands to her face so he could wipe his thumbs across her cheeks. It wasn't until he spread her tears across her face that Zoe realized she was crying. She couldn't feel it. She couldn't feel anything at all. Her heart wasn't pounding, her throat wasn't clogged with an unbroken sob, her hands were steady and her body stiff. She wanted to be flooded with pure joy when Teddy tended to her like this, because he wouldn't have a few long months ago, even though she always wanted him to, but she didn't feel that rush.

"I'm sorry, Zoe. You know that, don't you?" Teddy whispered, his big hands cupping her face as he stared into her eyes with pure sincerity. "I would have never asked you to do what you did for me tonight, but that doesn't mean that I'm not eternally grateful. You're my hero, Zoe."

"I didn't have a choice. If you had killed him, it might have hurt you, and then my mother would put a collar on you and I would have gone insane," Zoe said.

"So... you don't regret it? Because I don't want you to." Worry was stirring even more violently deep inside Teddy's guts.

Teddy wanted nothing more than he wanted Zoe, and he wanted her to be okay. He wanted her to be more than okay. He wanted her happy and thriving and carelessly blissful. If she sacrificed that for him, it would weigh on his shoulders and eat him alive until the bitter end.

"Regret?" Zoe asked, her eyes visibly glazing over as her thoughts consumed her from the inside out.

It would be foolish to regret killing Ezra. He deserved to die and it was only fair for her to finish what she started. It would be more fitting to regret the day she stepped foot into Hudson High School. It made more sense to regret the day she had such unfounded confidence in that decision. It made more sense to regret letting someone see her cry and then running into the arms of that person.

That wasn't how she was raised. That wasn't normal. Everything she did on her own was wrong and it was because of the first wrong decision she ever made that led her here.

"I'm sad." More tears rolled down Zoe's face as her voice broke.

"Why, baby? Talk to me," Teddy softly begged, wiping her tears as they fell and accidentally smearing the blood across her face.

At this point, he simply had to reach for a hand towel and clean her face himself, so he didn't have to watch her tears mix with his blood. Surely, it pained Zoe even more to be crying into his blood. So Teddy quickly wet a hand towel and began wiping her face as she silently cried and sniffled.

"I did everything wrong and the only thing I have done right, since leaving my mother's side, was killing someone. And that's not right..." Zoe's glistening eyes raised to Teddy's as he gently brushed the wet towel across her cheek. "So what's wrong with me?"

"Nothing is wrong with you. Not one goddamn thing," Teddy said. "I don't care what anybody says. I don't care what's right or wrong. You, Zoe, are the only good thing I have known in years."

"That's not true... You hated me. You pushed me away over and over again and I never listened to you. I ruined your life."

"No, you didn't, Zoe. I promise you, that's not true. If anything, you saved it." Zoe shook her head and dropped it in shame but Teddy forced her to look up at him, a fierce sincerity in his eyes that looked stubborn and unmoving. "Listen to me, Zoe. I won't let you believe you ruined anything, because it's not true. You're the one that brought my family back to me. You're the one that brought light back into my life again. You reminded me what happiness was like. You gave me friends, something I've never even had before. You've granted every single wish I've ever had since I lost my mother. That was all you, Zoe."

"But it came with a price. An expensive one," Zoe whimpered.

"What price? Undying, forever and always, all consuming love? I'll live." Teddy smirked playfully.

"No, you idiot. Your soul." Zoe pounded her fist weakly against Teddy's chest. She could feel the tears now. She could feel the pain and the heartache and the misery. "It's hers now and I don't know how to save you. You're trapped now because of me and I can't even fix what I broke."

"That's a small price to pay to have you, even for a single night. If someone had warned me back then that I could escape her, but never have you, I wouldn't have changed a damn thing." Zoe met Teddy's eyes again, feeling her heart being swayed by his words. He could see it in her hug, beautiful, brown eyes that he was finally breaking through to her. "I could say it in a million cheesy ways, Zoe, but the easiest way to say it is just.... You're everything I've ever needed in my life and I don't care how many wrong decisions you or I had to make for us to end up here, because it was all worth it as long as we're together."

What do you want, Zoe?

Nobody had ever asked her that. Not a single person.

But Teddy did. Because he loved her. Truly.

"The price may seem insignificant to you, but I have lived my whole life like this. It has been pure hell since the very beginning and it only seems to get worse and worse and worse. It's never ending torture, never ending pain. It has ruined me..."

Teddy gulped and felt his spine stiffen. He couldn't imagine this going down the right path but he was so very desperate for it to, so he kept his eyes locked with Zoe's. He wasn't going anywhere until she pushed him away. He promised her that and he meant it.

"And yet... you seem to be the only good thing holding me afloat in this sea of darkness. So if I have to be here, I should cling to you, right?" Zoe's hands flattened against Teddy's chest and she focused on the way his heart pounded relentlessly against her palm. He was warm, he was alive, and he wasn't one of the monsters tormenting her.

Teddy reached for Zoe's hand on his chest, holding it there with his familiar stubbornness. "That's right. Never let me go and I won't ever let you go either. Just like we promised before. Remember?"

"Just like we promised..." Zoe whispered.

Zoe was scared. Terrified, even. The trembling had returned to her hands and she could see it as she raised them to Teddy's face, but she didn't let it stop her. She loved Teddy. He made her feel safe, he accepted her in her entirety, and he cared about what she wanted. He was everything she never had. Maybe all of her other wrong decisions were haunting her and causing her to drown, but he would keep her afloat. She trusted him to because he promised it and he never would have before.

Reluctantly, Zoe stood on her toes to close some of the distance between her and Teddy as her eyes flickered between his pitch black ones and her plump, tempting lips. Nothing had ever felt more right than that night they shared together. She wanted that back, now more than ever. It kind of scared her, because she was still doubting her decisions, but she tried to convince herself that something this good couldn't possibly be wrong. No matter what, choosing Teddy wouldn't be wrong.

Teddy let Zoe move on her own. He didn't move forward and plant his lips on hers, no matter how badly he wanted to. This was Zoe's choice and she had to make it. If she was going to embrace him, that was going to be her choice and nobody else's. The selfish side of him was praying relentlessly for it, but he tried not to make it obvious. As badly as he wanted her, he wanted her to want him more. She was the one that left, she was the one terrified of making the wrong decision, she was the one that had to close the gap between them.

And luckily, she did.

Very gently, Zoe pressed her lips to Teddy's and let her eyes flutter shut as she forfeit herself to him. Teddy could feel it in the way the tension in Zoe's body faded away and her stiff fingers relaxed against his face. In a silent question of reassurance, Teddy moved his lips over Zoe's to see how she would respond to him. Without any reluctance this time, Zoe kissed him with more fervor and even licked at the seam of his lips to delve even deeper. She had made her decision and Teddy was all kinds of happy.

With a rush of relief and rejoice, Teddy wrapped his arms around Zoe's petite waist and pulled her into him as he deepened the kiss. Zoe's arms and legs wrapped around him before she was pinned between his firm body and the hard wall against her back. The anticipation of what was coming next made Zoe whimper against Teddy's lips and he moaned hungrily in response. They both remembered their last night together very vividly and were equally excited to return to such bliss.

It had been months, after all. At this point, it was impossible to resist the temptation to recreate that night after pining over each other for so long.

"Oh, wait..." Zoe whispered as she pressed her hands flat against Teddy's chest.

Teddy broke from her lips to look into her eyes but was careful to keep her pinned against the wall. He forgot how erotic it was to have her like this, her limbs wrapped around him and body pressed against his. It was reminding him of all the things they did that night and it was turning him on more and more. Teddy fought himself though. Zoe demanded they pause and he would listen, even if she was about to change her mind and tell him to go sleep with the rest of the guys.

"Is your hand okay?" Zoe asked with worry swirling in her big, brown eyes. When she reached for it, Teddy let her examine it and the bandage wrapped around it.

"It's fine. Already stitch up and numbed to all hell. Can barely feel my fingers," Teddy chuckled, relieved that she hadn't changed her mind. His words didn't seem to reassure Zoe so he gently grazed his numb fingers across her bottom lip as he stared into her eyes. "It's fine. It doesn't hurt and I'll be careful."

"Okay..." Zoe nodded, gulping through her breathless pants. "It's just.. I worry.."

"I know you do."

Teddy planted his lips on Zoe's again, kissing her patiently and tenderly. Every single shift of his lips made Zoe's heart skip a beat. She was undeniably excited, and it was made obvious when her hands went to his shoulders and she gripped at his jacket. She was holding on to him, bracing herself for the amount of pleasure he was able to deliver. Teddy's patience disappeared in an instant as he bite her lower lip and slip his tongue into her mouth.

Zoe moaned and gripped Teddy's firm biceps as she tried to keep up with his new, lustful pace. She missed the way his plump lips melded so perfectly with hers and the way his tongue so smoothly played with her own. Even his body against hers, their hips brushing, hands caressing each other. She missed his smell and his natural, charming, masculine aura that she found so comfortable and safe. She missed his smile, his laughter, that happy glint in his eye that he couldn't hide, even if he wanted to.

"I missed you," Zoe whispered breathlessly between kisses. "So much."

"God, Zoe, you have no idea..." Teddy moaned. One of his hands glided up the outside of her thigh and settled on her ass. He was so thankful she was wearing a dress. Along with the beautiful femininity it graced her with, it also was so much easier to touch her. "I thought I would go insane if I never got to have you ever again."

Zoe didn't like to think of Teddy in pain because of her, but it did make her smile to know that he never stopped wanting her, because she never stopped wanting him either. They really were helplessly in love with each other.

Zoe savored the way Teddy's big hand grabbed at her flesh as his lips found her neck. He was still gentle but less patient as he lathered her in wet kisses and nibbled at her skin. His hands glided up her waist, pushing up her dress as they went, as his fingers remapped the canvas he once got to explore. She was still just as small and skinny as before. But she was warm and soft and he loved feeling her ribs expand with every heavy, lust-filled breath she took.

Teddy managed to find the clasp of Zoe's bra and he quickly fumbled with it to remove the article of clothing from her body. Zoe arched her back to give some assistance, giving a breathless gasp when it came undone and Teddy's teeth nipped at her skin.

"The dress should go first," Zoe suggested as Teddy dragged the straps of her bra and dress down her arms. Zoe found it a bit backwards for Teddy to go for her undergarments first when it would be easier to get the dress out of the way.

"No," was all Teddy growled in response. He liked the dress. She looked pretty in it and he liked the idea of fucking her in it.

Teddy plucked the bra from within Zoe's dress and tossed aside, his mouth watering at the sight of her nipples pushing against flimsy, floral pattern. She looked so delicate, like a porcelain doll, but Teddy knew better than to believe that, which turned him on even more. Teddy anchored his arms around Zoe's petite waist as he kissed just above her breasts and carefully placed her on the vanity so she had a secure place to rest as he reached for her panties and dragged those down her legs as well.

The fact that they were about to have sex right in this bathroom made Zoe giggle with excitement. She also found it amusing how determined Teddy was to fuck her with her dress on. He looked like he was enjoying himself as he slipped her neckline down to expose her breasts, leaving the flimsy, ruffled fabric bunched up from her ribs to her thighs. Zoe had to admit, it was oddly erotic to know he wanted her so badly that he couldn't even bother undressing first.

Zoe softly gasped at the feeling of Teddy's hands cupping her breasts and the way his fingers purposefully grazed her hardening nipples. And when he kept teasing her with his fingers, again and again, Zoe whimpered and slipped her hand under his jacket to claw at his shirt. She wanted to feel his skin so badly, even if fucking in their clothes was a tempting concept. Teddy granted Zoe's wish by separating from her long enough to shed his jacket and tear his shirt over his head.

Teddy returned to her as quickly as he had disappeared and Zoe was happy to feel his skin, even if she didn't get the chance to admire his nakedness. Teddy took her breast in his mouth, one arm anchored around her back to keep her close, as the other groped her other breast. She fought a moan by biting down on her bottom lip but the weak noises kept itching at the back of her throat. Every stroke of his tongue over her sensitive nipple and graze of his lips across her flesh made Zoe's entire body react with excitement.

Teddy was so good with his mouth, it was such a turn on. He made her so weak that she couldn't fight the breathless gasps and whimpers of ecstasy. Her need for him was only growing, causing her nails to claw at his shoulders and her legs around his hips to pull him impossibly closer. Teddy was entertained by Zoe's impatience and he wanted the same thing she wanted, but he wasn't done with her yet. Zoe was very rarely rewarded with positive reinforcement in her life so Teddy wanted to reward her with exactly what she wanted right now.

Teddy carefully angled Zoe's hips on the edge of the vanity and slipped his hand under her dress and between her thighs. Zoe locked up with a shocked gasp at his touch, her squirming ceasing but her heart hammering even quicker. He smiled against her skin, his teeth grazing across her chest as he found her other breast and let his fingers trace the smooth petals of her entrance and play with her wetness.

As he explored and teased her, Zoe's legs slowly parted even more to welcome even more of his touch and Teddy savored every second of the way she yielded herself to him.

"Please, Teddy..." Zoe softly moaned. Her nails dragged down the length of his arm until her hand was on his, urging him forward. "I need you. I need you so badly."

"Careful not to make too much noise. Okay, baby? Your beautiful voice will echo and I don't want anybody besides me listening to you moan," Teddy whispered as he trailed his lips back up to Zoe's lips.

Zoe nodded in agreement, her bottom lip finding its place between her teeth before Teddy stole it from her and captured her in a deep, passionate kiss. She was in a trance in seconds but the intrusion of his finger inside of her still made Zoe gasp. Teddy opened his eyes to admire the erotic expression of satisfaction on Zoe's face before he kissed her again and gently began thrusting his finger into her as his thumb started drawing quick circles over her clit.

Zoe arched her back as moaned into Teddy's mouth, completely forgetting about the part where she had to keep quiet. Every time a high pitched sound tried to escape her, Teddy caught her lips in an attempt to swallow it, but he kept his thoughts focused on pleasing her. He loved the way her restless hips responded to his touch and how shamelessly she sought out more pleasure. When her moans turned to whimpers, Teddy took her unspoken cue to insert a second finger, and then she was moaning again.

"That feels good, Teddy... That feels so good. Don't stop," Zoe moaned, one hand anchored around his shoulders as her other clung to his arm for dear life. She could feel her orgasm rapidly building with every strum of her clit and thrust of his fingers and it was making her desperate for release. "Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop. Please, Teddy..."

Every word Zoe spoke and every moan she made was like listening to an actual angel from heaven. She sounded so erotic yet adorable at the same time and it was making Teddy's growing erection twitch and stir against his jeans. He was desperate for some relief but he tried not to think about it. He only wanted to pleasure Zoe right now, and then he would worry about the impatient cock in his pants that was reacting to every noise Zoe made and every clench and quiver or her core around his fingers.

"Anything you want, baby. Anything for you," Teddy whispered into Zoe's ear before he started nibbling on it and sucking on the sweet spot just below it. "I want you to come for me, Zoe. Come for me, baby."

Unstoppable, blissful, wildly erotic noises erupted from Zoe's throat as she squirmed against Teddy's hand and chased her orgasm. It only took a few more rapid thrusts of his fingers and strokes of his thumb before Zoe was falling apart at the seams. Her noises silenced for a moment as her orgasm crashed mercilessly through her from head to toe, but then they were back and louder than before. Teddy found himself smiling like a fool but still moved his injured hand to clasp over her mouth as his other helped her ride out every single ounce of bliss her orgasm carried through her.

Zoe was greedy, holding Teddy's hand against her soaked core as she savored every wonderful feeling that his fingers gave her. She held onto the wrist of the hand across her mouth as well and let herself moan into it as she squirmed on his fingers. Zoe wasn't often shy or embarrassed, and even though she always thought stuff like this would be embarrassing, it never was. She wanted to feel good and she knew Teddy's ego inflated when he managed to accomplish that, so she felt no shame in letting him know by moaning his name and grinding on his fingers.

When the pleasure faded enough for her thoughts to become coherent again, Zoe let her head gently fall back against the mirror behind her and locked eyes with him. She was breathless, her face flushed, and she felt a little high off her orgasm, which all made her smile. So much of the tension in her body had been relieved, or at least eased, and she felt good. Teddy made her feel good. He always did.

"Thank you," she whispered.

Teddy shook his head, gently slipped her fingers from her core, and grazed his lips over hers. "It's my pleasure." And then he was kissing her again.

Zoe moaned against Teddy's lips and snaked her fingers around the back of Teddy's neck to keep him close. There was a possessive satisfaction of having him in her hands and running her nails down his neck, to play with the necklace she gave him. Now Teddy was the one moaning and kissing her with even more fervor, desperate to completely consume her with just his mouth. He loved the way Zoe touched him and the feeling of her nails tickling and clawing at his skin. It made his cock jerk against his boxers.

When he couldn't hold back any longer, Teddy reached for his pants and the belt around his hips, never breaking the kiss as he tried to maneuver the belt buckle free. Eventually though, his multitasking faltered and he managed to dig a piece of metal from his belt into the palm of his injured hand. His hand was completely numb but he managed to strike it in such a way that he awoke a very painful nerve that shot up his arm like electricity.

Teddy broke from Zoe's lips with a hushed curse as he looked down at his bandaged hand. Worry instantly distracted Zoe from what they were doing and she clasped his hand in hers as she examined it, worried there were would be a new rush of blood staining his bandage or dripping down his arm. She didn't see anything but his hand was trembling with the pain. Zoe pouted and brought his palm to her lips so could hopefully kiss his pain away.

"You can stop if it hurts, Teddy," Zoe said.

"I don't want to stop. I want you." Zoe could tell by the look in his eyes that he was more pained by the thought of stopping their evening so quickly than he was by his hand. It made her smile.

"If you're hurt though, I don't want you to push yourself. You've done enough already." Teddy opened his mouth to argue that he was fine but Zoe cut him off before he could. "Let me take care of you now."

Teddy could feel his erection pulse with excitement at Zoe's proposal. The images flashing through his head weren't things Teddy needed convincing of, but the sly, sultry, beautiful smirk on Zoe's face was very persuasive. The playful glint in her eyes held so many unspoken promises that got him all breathless and excited, he couldn't think about anything else.

"You're unbelievable. And I love you for it," Teddy declared before he captured her in another, passionate kiss.

Zoe shamelessly indulged in the pleasure of Teddy's lips but didn't let them get too distracted. "Do you want to fuck here or on my bed?"

"The bed." Teddy declared and easily lifted Zoe off of the vanity counter. As much as he liked their heated, rushed make out session in the bathroom, it wasn't the most comfortable and accommodating place.

Zoe squealed as she was lifted so easily into the air and clung to Teddy so he didn't drop her as he strutted out of the bathroom and across her room to get to her bed. She crashed into her fluffy duvet with Teddy on top of her and giggled. She remembered giggling the last time they did this too. Zoe just had fun with Teddy. All the time. She didn't know why but she enjoyed his company more than she enjoyed anybody else's, especially when they were doing dirty stuff like this.

"Oh crap!" Zoe blurted and slapped a hand over her mouth as her other dragged the neckline of her dress over her breasts. Her eyes looked frantically around the room. "They're cameras in here."

"So? We have cameras at home too." Teddy shrugged. "Nobody actually monitors them, do they?"

Zoe gulped and curled her fingers into her palm. "Not usually. They're just for safety purposes. But my mother saw the footage from the last time we did this so I wouldn't be surprised if she was keeping her eye out..."

Teddy propped himself up so he could look for the cameras in Zoe's room. There were only two that he could see, and could probably see them. He was uncomfortable at the idea of Rin watching him and Zoe have sex but he wasn't surprised either. It would explain why she kept referring to the more intimidate side of their relationship. She obviously knew more than she cared to explain in detail.

Teddy peeled himself away from Zoe and collected his discarded shirt and jacket from the bathroom. The first camera he spotted was above her bedroom door, facing towards the bathroom and probably missing sight of her bed. He gave his leather jacket a toss and it hooked onto the camera like a coat rack, successfully shielding them. Teddy turned to the second camera that was above the bathroom door and pointed directly at Zoe's bed and the rest of her room. He tossed his shirt and successfully covered that camera too.

Zoe didn't catch a good glimpse of shirtless Teddy before, but now she could see all of his new muscles as he moved about her room and it was making her mouth noticeably flood with saliva. He wasn't huge like a body builder but he was thicker for sure. His abs were no longer just faint outlines of something that could be there because they were there. And his chest was bigger, his shoulders broader, arms a bit bulkier. The wounds on his arms that were wrapped in bandages still worried Zoe but he didn't seem to mind them.

And he was still wearing the necklace she bought him, which made her heart flutter gleefully in her chest. The expensive shine of the necklace against his dark skin made him look like a model. He was so attractive, Zoe couldn't understand how she managed to steal his virginity before anybody else.

"That's it," Zoe whispered from her bed. "That should be all of them."

"Are you sure?" Teddy sauntered back towards Zoe, smirking when he noticed just how flushed she looked. "No cameras hidden in a plant somewhere? There's not a plushie recording everything we say to each other?"

Zoe tipped her head upside down to look at the stuffed animals sitting against the pillows of her nicely made bed. As ridiculous as it sounded, she actually wasn't sure if one of her stuffed animals was wired to listen to her. It wasn't completely unfathomable. So Zoe turned over on her hands and knees and reached for the stuffed animals to throw them across the room. She even made a point to stare at the teddy bear Kenneth gave her on her birthday long and hard before she tossed it.

"I only trust one Teddy Bear and he's not stuffed and sewn together." Zoe muttered as she turned over again, resting against her elbows as she gave Teddy a playful smirk.

"You might actually be the cutest person I've ever met." Teddy moaned as he crawled over Zoe, easily eclipsing her figure with his much broader one. "And the only one I will ever allow to get away with calling me a Teddy Bear."

Zoe laughed, her bright smile so contagious that Teddy found himself reflecting the joyful expression. He was a breath away from kissing her before she whispered, "did you bring any condoms?"

"Just one."

"That will do. Where is it?"

"My back pocket. In my wallet." Teddy said.

Zoe reached around Teddy's figure and nibbled on her bottom lip as she fumbled with the pocket of his jeans. She managed to get a grip on his wallet and pulled it free, but not before giving his butt a pinch. Teddy flinched and groaned at Zoe, glaring at her as she giggled and beamed happily up at him. He gently caressed her jaw in his hand and grazed his thumb over her bottom lip as he admired her giddy smile. She seemed to get extra playful when it came to sex and he found it irresistibly adorable.

Once Zoe had the condom, she stuffed Teddy's wallet back into his pocket and set the condom aside. He was about to ask what she was doing before she put her hands on his chest and suddenly pushed him. Teddy collapsed sideways and Zoe quickly straddled him, turning him the rest of the way on to his back as she did. With Zoe on top of him, she slipped the sleeves of her dress back over her arms but let rest around her biceps instead of her shoulders before she began undoing his belt.

"No condom? You trying to make a baby, Zo?" Teddy joked, his hands settling on her thighs with the the hem of her dress tickling his fingers.

"No." Zoe shot Teddy a playful glare and began shuffling his jeans down his legs. "We're gonna do other stuff first. And then we can get to the condom."

Zoe rid Teddy of everything but his necklace and placed herself between his legs as she reached for his erection. The second it was in her hand, Teddy sharply inhaled and held that breath like his life depended on it. Zoe chuckled at his reaction as she began to stroke him with the lightest touch possible, which was already making him squirm. She wasn't giving him enough. Her touch was so light, it almost felt nonexistent, and it was messing with Teddy's head.

"You're tense," Zoe whispered as she laid her palm out on his abs and let her hand slid up his naked torso. "Breathe and relax."

Teddy released his breath as his head fall back, his hips raising in a gentle thrust in order to find Zoe's hand. "I've been dreaming about this for months, Zoe. I don't think relaxing is an option."

"Well try," Zoe playfully demanded.

Teddy took a few concentrated breaths as Zoe continued to stroke him with slow, gentle, torturous strokes. He was twitching and pulsing between her fingers, silently begging for relief, and the sadist inside Zoe was kind of enjoying it. She liked knowing she could affect Teddy like this, knowing he wanted her so badly, knowing he dreamed about her touching him. Even hearing him moan with a mixture of pleasure and pure frustration was wildly entertaining.

Since it had been months and Teddy was such a generous lover, Zoe decided to take her time with him. She gave him more purposeful strokes but just enough to give him a consistent flow of pleasure without pushing him too close to the edge. With her other hand, she ran her nails playfully up and down Teddy's abs before she dragged them down his thigh with more pressure. His thighs quivered at the feeling, he hissed a curse under his breath, and covered his face with his hands.

Zoe continued to tease him with her nails as she let her eyes wander and admire him. She really liked all his new muscles. He looked delicious. His muscles complimented his little happy trail and the combination made him look extra masculine. Strangely enough, Zoe also liked the hair his happy trail led to. It was obvious that Teddy kept himself well groomed and Zoe liked that. He was clean and neat, not too wild or neglectful of his hygiene.

It made Zoe feel a bit more comfortable when she took Teddy into her mouth, although that pulled Teddy out of the comfort zone he had placed his mind in, in order to stay calm and collected. Because the second he felt her mouth wrap around his length, a loud groan escaped him, his hips thrusted involuntary, and his legs were squirming again. Zoe lifted off his length with a giggle and gave his thigh a squeeze to silently instruct him to calm down and sit still.

When Teddy managed to still once again, his chest rising and falling a little quicker than before as he stared at the ceiling, Zoe continued. She took it slower this time, as to not startle Teddy. His hips still twitched but he forced himself to remain still as Zoe slid his length into her mouth. She could feel his cock react to its surroundings, jerking with excitement and leaking precum on to her tongue. Zoe could feel how tense the rest of Teddy was so she began rubbing her hands over his skin to soothe him.

Slowly, Zoe began to bob her head over his length and play with the rhythm and the motion of her tongue as she went. Internally, Teddy was cursing a million different ways and talking himself down from the edge when he got too close. Luckily, when he did get too close, Zoe seemed to sense it and slowed her rhythm to allow him to pull himself back. But every time he hit the back of her throat or felt her tongue stroke the head of his cock a certain way, Teddy swore he was going to explode.

"You're still tense.." Zoe breathed against Teddy's length as she held it gently in one hand and ran her tongue up the vein on the underside of his cock.

Teddy loudly groaned as his hips involuntarily jerked. His good hand reached to seep into Zoe's hair. "I'm trying not to come, but.... everything you're doing feels so fucking good... I swear I'm going to lose it any second."

Zoe giggled and gently kissed the head of Teddy's cock, causing a bit more precum to spill from him as his fingers tightened in her hair. He wanted to be inside her mouth again and feel all of her warmth and her saliva and her tongue. But even more than that, he wanted to be properly inside Zoe. I wanted to be planted between her legs and thrusting into her over and over again until he forgot what his own name was.

"Let's just fuck, then. Before you lose it," Zoe said and bit gently at Teddy's pelvic bone.

Teddy looked at Zoe to see her climbing on top of him as she ripped the condom wrapper open, his fingers slipping from her hair. She looked so majestic as she tossed her golden locks aside and began rolling the condom on to Teddy's length, as if she had done it a thousand times before. Teddy was so enamored by the sight of her, he nearly lost himself in his admiration. Even when her big brown eyes lifted to meet his, he was still so captivated.

Zoe was so pretty, so sweet, looked so delicate, and yet there was a deeper part of Zoe that was the strongest, most fearless badass Teddy had ever met. The ruffled, floral sundress and heels might make her look like a delicate princess but she wasn't afraid to grab a gun and kill someone that deserved it. She was incredible.

"You're perfect. Did you know that?" Teddy reached for Zoe's face and held her gently between his palms.

"You're only saying that because I'm about to sit on your cock." Zoe smiled, the expression lighting up her face and complimenting all her adorable features.

He laughed at the lewd words falling off her beautiful lips. "I'm not just saying it, Zoe. I think you're incredible, and I mean it. I love you."

Zoe leaned down to brush her lips over Teddy's, playfully nipping at his bottom lip as he tried to kiss her. "I love you too, baby," she whispered.

There was something about the amount of passion and lust in Zoe's voice and the nickname she used that shot a surge of wild need through Teddy's entire body. He moaned at the sound of her voice and pulled her into a kiss so powerful that Zoe's playfulness vanished and all she could think about was Teddy's mouth and his skillful tongue. There was so much passion and meaning behind the rhythm of his lips that Zoe didn't feel like playing anymore. She just wanted him.

Without wasting anymore time or breaking the kiss, Zoe carefully positioned Teddy at her entrance and lowered herself on to him. The fit was a little too tight for comfort so she worked him into her slowly and carefully. Luckily, Teddy already prepped Zoe, preparing her to fit him and getting her wet, so it didn't take much work. Besides, feeling his cock probe at her entrance excited her so much that she was welcoming him in no time.

Meanwhile, Teddy was practicing his patience and distracting himself from the need to thrust into her by focusing on her lips and her tongue and how sweet she tasted. His hands still gripped at her thighs and the fabric of her dress, relieving some of the uncontrollable need in his muscles.

When Zoe was fully seated on his length and he could feel her warm, wet walls clenching around, Teddy could feel his self control dissolve in the blink of an eye. It felt so good to be inside of her, to feel her body against his, and have his mouth on hers. Everything was driving him wild. Teddy lost himself and thrusted into Zoe without restraint, earning a whimper than he worried was caused by pain until she moaned and ground her hips into his.

"I want to be gentle. I want to go slow." With one arm around Zoe to keep her pinned on top of him, Teddy used his other to brush her hair away from her neck and hungrily nip at her. His hips wouldn't stop moving but he had at least enough control to keep his thrusts somewhat shallow. "But holy shit, Zoe, you feel so fucking good. I can't stop."

"Don't stop. Never stop," Zoe breathlessly commanded, her hands on either side of Teddy's head as she enjoyed the toughness of Teddy's lips and teeth on her neck. "I'm all yours."

"Fucking hell..." Teddy growled.

Teddy slammed his hips into Zoe's, causing an erotic yelp to erupt from her. Teddy slammed into Zoe again and again, his possessive grip around her body unyielding, just like the pace of his thrusts. Zoe tried to match Teddy's rhythm but he was doing so well on his own that she was crying out in pleasure and cradling his head in her arms like it was the only thing keeping her planted on earth. Teddy didn't care how much noise Zoe was making anymore because he couldn't even hold back his own moans.

They would just have to deal with the teasing later and worry about the pleasure now.

"Fuck, Teddy!" Zoe cried as she felt her orgasm building at a rapid speed. She could feel every inch of him rubbing against her walls and hitting her in all the right places. He fitted inside her like a perfect puzzle piece and it was driving her crazy. "Right there, Teddy. Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop..."

Teddy was seconds away from his orgasm. He could feel it dancing right on the edge, ready to spill over any second. He didn't want to come before Zoe though. The prideful side wanted to know he made her come twice before he got to, so he continued to thrust relentlessly into Zoe until she was quaking on top of him and riding every ounce of her explosive orgasm. He could her explode with her orgasm when everything got warmer and wetter and she clenched around him to milk him of all the pleasure he was willing to give.

The feeling of her clasped so tightly around his throbbing length and milking him so demandingly pushed Teddy easily over the edge, and then he was coming too. The rhythm he had created suffered as he came but Zoe still mewled blissfully into his ear and whispered his name over and over as he rode out his release. The sound of his name on her tongue and the beautiful noises coming from Zoe made everything feel so much better and Teddy felt like he was drugged, floating on cloud nine with angels all around him.

"Fuck... I love you, baby." Teddy groaned with a few more deep and desperate thrusts of his hips. Zoe was so wet, it was addicting being inside of her. His cock was still twitching and leaking, the pleasure of his orgasm very slowly fading. "I love you so much. You feel so good, you sound so beautiful, I can't get enough of you. Don't leave me this time. Please, Zoe."

"I'm not going anywhere," Zoe whispered and gently caressed Teddy's head. Neither of them had let go of each other and Teddy was still slowly moving inside of her. Neither of them were going anywhere. "I'm right here. I'll always be right here, Teddy."

"Thank god." Teddy sighed and nuzzled against her throat, where he had bitten her countless times already. There was going to be a mark for sure, but Teddy didn't feel guilty. He wished he could mark Zoe from head to toe so he could leave apart of himself on her skin all day, every day.