Reciprocity
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 K.I. Lynn

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At the beginning of her story, I couldn’t decide if Noah was a little shit back in the day, but by the end, I had a feeling he knew it was exactly what she needed at the time.
“Teacups!” Lila’s face lit up and she pulled on me again, heading straight for the end of the line.
After spinning and spinning and almost making me sick, we got off. My stomach turned a few times, but after a drink and a snack, it settled back down. We sat at a café and watched the people walk around, taking a nice break. I stretched—my body snapping, crackling, and popping. We still had a lot of park to cover, and I couldn’t wait to take her to Space Mountain.
After another pass of Cinderella’s Castle and a few other small attractions, we entered the line for Space Mountain.
“Okay, now you’re the one that’s full of excitement.”
I realized then I was bouncing on the spot and shrugged at her. “Mom and Dad brought Erin and I here probably twenty years ago. Erin and I went on it about five times. It is by far the best coaster I’ve ever been on. It’s awesome.”
“What is it?” She snickered at me.
“It’s awesome!” I threw my hands up in the air and did a little dance.
And it was. As soon as we were off, Lila grabbed my hand and ran back to the end of the line. By the third time, the sun was setting and we were both dragging. We decided the day was done.
“Oh, wait!” I pulled the photo ticket from my pocket on our way out.
“What’s that?”
“The photo number.”
“We had a photo taken?”
I grinned. “Oh, yeah. After we got off Splash Mountain.”
She blinked at me, confirming that I was right—she was lusted out and not paying attention to anything but what I’d said to her.
We walked over to the photo booth, and I handed the attendant the ticket. It took him a moment to find it, and the moment it popped up on the screen, I knew I had to have it. Lila gasped.
“We can’t get that!”
It was f**king perfect. She was so alluring my dick was getting hard just looking at it. Her cheeks were pink, lips slightly parted, eyes heavy-lidded.
“Oh, yes, we are!” I reached into my wallet and pulled out my credit card.
“No!” She tried to wrestle the card out of my hand, but I held it high up.
I nipped her neck, and she squeaked, backing up enough for me to get the card to the sales associate.
“I’m putting it on my desk so I can look at it all the time.”
Her eyes bugged out of her head before she jumped onto the counter and tried to grab the card back. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her down, laughing at the lengths she was going.
“You can’t.”
“Oh, yes, Honeybear, I can and I will. You can’t stop me.”
She folded her arms across her chest. “I can burn it.”
I pouted and gave her my best puppy dog eyes. “Would you really do that to something I love so much?”
She pursed her lips and whimpered. “But it’s so embarrassing.”
“Think of it this way—I’ve never asked for naked pictures, so let me have this.”
The sales clerk snickered. He’d been having as much fun as I was, laughing at her reactions. Her bottom lip jutted out and she looked to the floor.
“I’ll buy you mouse ears.”
Her gaze narrowed on me as she thought about it. “All right, but I want some Minnie ones with a pink bow.”
I smiled. “I saw a princess one with a tiara.”
“Don’t push it.”
Once she saw a crown on some purple printed Minnie ears, she changed her tune and forgot all about the photograph I was carrying around.
When we got back to our room, we pulled up the room service menu and picked a few items. We were both too tired to get dressed up and go out. Besides, we had another day ahead of us.
Lila was sitting on the bed, staring out at the park and the castle while we waited. “Today was the best.”
I nodded as I shed my clothes. “It was. But I’m not sure who those loonies were.”
“What loonies?”
“The ones that looked just like us, but acted nothing like us.”
She threw her head back and laughed. “I don’t know who they were either, but they sure looked like they were having fun.”
“Fantastic time.”
She smiled and played with my fingers. “Thank you.”
“You don’t need to thank me.” I moaned as I lay down on the bed. It felt so good to get off my feet.
“Yes, I do.” She crawled next to me.
I moved my arm behind my head. “Why?”
“Because you’re always so good at knowing what I need.”
“I think that’s luck.”
She shook her head. “No, it’s more than that.”
“You always know what I need.”
She snorted. “A pu**y?”
I chuckled. “Well, there is that, but there is also so much more.”
Her fingers caressed my cheek. “I love you.”
I captured her lips with mine. “I love you, too.”
The sun was blinding me, waking me from my nice Lila-in-a-Playboy-bunny-outfit dreams. I grumbled and reached for her to snuggle with, but all I felt were cold sheets. I propped myself up on my elbows and looked at the empty spot where my wife should’ve been.
“Lila?”
“Yes?”
I turned around to find her sitting at the desk with her laptop open. She had one of the hotel robes on, her hair wet from a shower. I rubbed my face, then sat up, a yawn escaping as I stretched.
“What’re you doing?”
“Well, I had an idea.”
I stood and walked over to her. “Yeah?”
She turned the laptop toward me. I blinked at the screen, my brain still foggy with sleep. It took me a second to put the letters together into words and then for it to sink in.
“Universal Studios?”
She nodded. “I had my day, and now it’s your turn.”
I shook my head. “Baby, I don’t need a turn, but I would love to go there.”
“Ride some big coasters.”
“They have that Marvel section?” A smile grew on my face as I looked at all the coasters. “Okay, I take that back—I need a turn.”