The next morning Ted woke in Barney's arms. He smiled at the memory of the night before and the warmth that emanated from Barney's body pressed against his own. Sometime in the night as they had kissed and hugged and cuddled and talked they had managed to slip out of their suits and climbed into bed. Ted had done so naked, neglecting to put his boxers back on, while Barney had kept his underwear on, a very simple and yet almost elegant in appearance pair of deep navy blue briefs with white lining.

Ted's hand travelled under the blanket that barely covered their huddled bodies and grasped Barney's ass, squeezing the firm mound of covered flesh until Barney awoke, a smile on his face.

"It was real," he whispered, his eyes tracing Ted's body, resting on his face and just accepting the truth of it.

"Yes it was, and, I stayed," Ted responded, letting his hand just rest on Barney's side.

"You stayed." The words seemed to make Barney glow from within, his face lighting in joy as he pressed closer to his best friend who had overnight become something so much more. "Hmm."

"What?" Ted asked, the question plain in his eyes.

"You stayed...naked." The simple answer popped out of Barney's mouth. The way he said it seemed to imply simple freedom and a sense of overwhelming eroticism from the small act of not putting on underwear. His hands began to slowly rub Ted's body, travelling towards his penis, tracing circles over his thighs and through his trimmed pubes. He felt the small wirey hairs tickling his fingers as he brushed through them, smiling up at Ted as he felt the man begin to harden. "Somebody likes this."

"Not just this. Everything. You, Barney. I like everything with you, all that you have to offer, all that I can offer you. I want you to take it, make yours and mine ours, make us a real us, make me yours," he said, the words rolling off of his tongue from somewhere deep inside that he didn't know existed.

"Ted? Are you...ready for that? For this? Us?"

"I've been waiting for you. I'm ready for you. Everything else is a simple background to that. I want to be yours, and I know you have a few ways of interpreting that. I want all of them," he whispered, his hand pressing Barney's against his hardness, wrapping through Barney's fingers and making the man stroke him, feeling their hands wrapped around his nude member.

Barney gasped at the sensation, Ted's fingers sending currents through his hand and up his arm, the silkiness of Ted' hardness pressed against his palm so deliciously inviting. He pulled the blanket back, revealing Ted in all of his glory, reveling in the sight as the sunlight bounced off of his bronzed skin. He pressed his lips to the skin, feeling the warmth from the body below him, making his head dizzy at all of the sensations, his hand never leaving Ted's arousal. He tasted his neck, nipping at the skin before following down his collarbone, his lips kissing the small sprinkling of hair before meeting one of his nipples. His teeth scraped against the hard nub, eliciting a moan from Ted's lips. He did it again to a bigger reaction, storing the information for later. He followed the movement, his lips travelling down the torso, down his smooth abs before meeting his navel. His tongue dove in once before continuing on its journey.

He reached Ted's weeping erection, driven to swallow the swollen flesh at once but decided to continue with the foreplay. He'd had enough sex in his life to know that foreplay was a good thing, and also, he'd simply had enough sex. This was different, more than that, more than sex. He continued past his hardness, his hand still placed firmly against it, absorbing its heat, but his lips travelled lower, following the crease down to his thighs, kissing and licking and nipping at each small bit of flesh, the fine hairs teasing his lips. He made it to the man's knee, lightly sucking at the inner side, teasing the sensitive area as Ted moaned and giggled, the happy sound and arousal causing Barney's erection to press tightly against the confines of his briefs.

He kissed a line to the man's foot, kissing each toe once before moving his body back up, back to Ted's neck where he began a new line, diving into Ted's fuzzed armpits, inhaling the scent of his bodywash which was deliciously citrus, and continuing with the same motive as before until he reached Ted's hand. He sucked on each finger, teasing the areas between with his tongue, Ted gasping at the sensation and all the promise that was in the small teases as Barney sucked each digit, his eyes shining.

He pressed his lips once more to Ted, tasting the man. He tasted like coffee and chocolate, probably the only things that kept him going on late nights of planning and drawing. He loved it, it was simply Ted, the taste mixed with the passion as Ted sucked his tongue into his mouth, welcoming the intrusion as Barney tasted more.

Ted's hand crept to Barney's member, stroking the hardness through his underwear, his hand feeling both cold and warmth as he brushed over the wetness that had formed as Barney had leaked a stain into his briefs. He kept stroking, the two men moaning into each others' mouths as their kisses deepened and burned. Finally Ted pulled away, lying back and spreading his legs between Barney.

"I want you...to..." he stuttered as Barney kept nibbling his neck.

"Yes?" he almost seemed to taunt as he continued his work.

"Fuck me, god Barney, just stick it in. Claim me. Fuck me. Give it to me, all of it. Make me yours, let me feel it. I need it," he gasped out all at once, pleading and begging for it hoping Barney understood just how badly he did.

Barney reached over to his nightstand and came back with a small bottle of lube. He squirted a generous dollop onto his fingers, pressing it to Ted's hot entrance, not wanting to cause him any pain.

"Have you ever...before?" he asked.

Ted looked up at him and answered. "Twice. Once in college, with Marshall. We were drunk and wondered what it would be like. Again after I met you, a different man. He looked so much like you that I almost paid him to do it. Only those two times. Have you?"

"Never like this. Always with women. I've let a few guys stroke it or suck it but that's it. This is different. And never before with the other. I've never been...on bottom," he answered back as he pushed two fingers into Ted's entrance. It seemed to squeeze even tighter as his fingers pushed deeper, the warmth filling Ted's body as it enveloped Barney's fingers. He thrust them in a few times, letting Ted adjust to them before slowly adding a third finger and spreading them more, striking deeper inside. He hit the sweet spot, a fact he knew as soon as Ted's ass thrust up into the air, his erection almost slapping Barney in the face.

Barney struck the spot again, causing Ted to let out a gasp and the single word "Fuck!" before continuing again. He peeled his underwear off, his own hardness seeming to jump at the welcoming rush of cool air, fanning the heat that had built up. He began to lube his member up, coating it in the glistening gel.

"What about a condom?" Ted asked, a small amount of worry in his eyes.

"I use one with everyone else, and I get tested at least twice a year. I'm clean, I promise. Everyone else, but not you. For you, I don't want anything between us," he answered as he pressed against the burning hot hole, his hardness quivering at the sheer warmth that touched the head.

"I am too, I just wanted certainty," Ted told his golden lover. "Now, I'm ready. Do it."

On those words, Barney sunk his member all the way into Ted in one swift move, latching his lips onto Ted's to catch any moan or grunt, easing the man into the sensation of being filled. Ted's eyes shut as he moaned past his lips, the sound muffled by Barney's talented tongue. His hands clawed against the man's golden back, trying to catch hold of something as Barney slowly removed himself.

Barney pushed in once more, the warmth from Ted's entrance seeping into his burning member, the sensation keeping him so close to the edge. He took his time, pulling out almost all of the way until just the head rested inside the tight ring of muscle that was Ted's opening, before thrusting back inside him. It fit so perfectly against his erection, Barney was certain that Ted had been crafted for just this, for him.

His hand fisted in the man's hair, holding his head back as he watched Ted's mouth spasm in moans. He dove in, nipping once more at the man's neck, leaving hot, wet marks across his collarbone and throat. He pushed in once more, his body angling to thrust in a bit deeper, a bit harder, trying to find that spot that would make Ted moan and beg.

Ted's body reacted exactly as Barney wanted, his skin flushing as he pressed himself to the golden man above him, his hardness crushed between their skin, their chests bumping, he begged. Ted locked his legs around Barney's backside, his feet pressed tight against the man's ass as he forced himself onto the man's length, the warmth filling him as he brought it deeper inside himself.

"God, Barney! Oh-! Oh god!" he panted, his hands keeping the man pressed to him as he thrust inside of Ted.

"I know, I know. Oh baby, so good, so tight, so beautiful!" Barney responded as he thrust in once more, finally pulling himself out of Ted and flipping the man over. "Time to get what you really need, Babe. This might hurt." Barney smiled as he forced the man's knees slightly apart, pushed his back down until his chest met the mattress, arching his back perfectly so that his ass was high in the hair. He stared at Ted's ass, the hole seemingly trying to clutch at air, trying to fill itself as it begged for more. Barney's open palm met the begging ass, leaving a small red mark across a cheek, before he pushed Ted's head into the mattress.

"Here we go," he almost cried out as he buried himself entirely inside Ted's ass, filling the opening with all of the strength he could muster, pounding into Ted's beautiful, lightly tanned ass, claiming it.

"Oh! MY! GOD! You- have- you- are," he cried out as he was stretched even more. He pushed his ass up more, trying to take in even more of Barney. He felt his balls rising, the sensation rushing through his body as he prepared to cum.

"Barney, I'm!" he panted.

"I know," the man responded, grabbing the bronze cock in his hand, his delicate fingers massaging it until Ted came, crying out his name, his seed spilling across Barney's sheets. He felt Ted's ass tighten even more around his aching member, almost as if it was trying to squeeze out all of his cum into him, begging to be filled with Barney's love and cum. Barney whispered Ted's name once, almost imperceptibly, before unleashing all of his built up cum. He filled the man below him, his hot seed spilling out of Ted as the two men gasped from exhaustion.

"I don't think I can get out of bed today," Ted panted, flipping over to snuggle into the bed, sheets sticking to his skin.

"For now... We will later. But, for now, that is perfectly fine," Barney responded as he lowered his golden head to Ted's bronze chest. Sunlight danced upon their skin causing fiery light to twist across them.