More Than Darkness
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“
back. If you care,” Sands muttered as he
entered the house.
Salida still wasn’t
talking to anyone, although their reappearance was a relief.
hospital.
Sands hadn’t really
expected a response, so he wasn’t disappointed when he didn’t get one.
on the couch, leaning his head back and rubbing a hand across his face wearily.
A hand that he noticed still had a
fucking hospital ID band attached to it.
at the thing to get it off with little success.
As Aida went
upstairs to take her nap, Salida handed over one of his knives so he could cut
the plastic bracelet off.
Sands accepted it
without looking up and managed to cut the thing off without slicing his wrist
open in the process. He then set the
knife at his side gently and leaned back against the couch again.
Salida sat and
waited for something to happen. She didn’t
want to talk to Sands, even to ask what was up with Aida or what was happening
with Jeffrey. Had he woken up?
“I haven’t talked
to Jeffrey since yesterday, so everything went fucking fine at the hospital.
She hummed a
response.
“I’ve tried talking
to him, but it hasn’t worked. I’m not
sure what that fucking means . . . but I thought you should know,” he muttered.
Sands. “If anyone can tempt him out, it’ll
be me.” And then I’ll give him hell for leaving me here alone to worry.
“Do whatever the
fuck you want. I don’t care,” Sands muttered and left Jeffrey to speak for
himself if he was able.
Salida reached over
and shook his arm. “Jeffrey?
Jeffrey twitched a
little under her touch, but otherwise didn’t say or do anything.
“Damnit, Jeffrey .
. . if you don’t let me know you’re alive I’m going to make you sleep alone
until I’ve recovered from giving birth.
And that’ll be six weeks after the fact.
Now wake up.”
Jeffrey shook his
head briskly then looked over at her with slowly clearing eyes.
“Damn you!” she
yelled, immediately getting up and pacing.
“God . . . leaving me to worry and fret for the past twenty-four fucking
hours while you contentedly snooze
away.
feel him.’ Well fuck him.
and I was never going to see you again.
Damnit, don’t you ever do that to me again, you . . . you . . .” she
trailed off and threw herself back down on the couch.
I do now?” Jeffrey asked with wide eyes.
the fuck it was, but it wasn’t that. It
was different than that.
“What did you
do? What did you do?” She couldn’t believe
her ears. “First you almost die while
doing something I knew was a bad
idea, and then I don’t hear from you until right now.
was? I’d rather face bastard a hundred
times than face that again."
“It had to be done,
vixen. I’m sorry.
She grumbled
something that sounded very much like, “You’re a bastard,” then
she crossed her arms and stared at the far wall.
“Yes, I am.
his wife worry. Well, I’m sorry too,
vixen.”
She huffed, but at
least deigned to look at him out of the corner of her eye.
“You told me
fucking not to and I went and did it anyway and nearly got myself
fucking killed in the process. I was
fucking foolhardy with my life and yours and I’m sorry,” he said again.
This time she
turned her head and allowed him to see the full range of her worry, panic, and
sorrow in her eyes. She’d spent the
night staring sightlessly at the wall, hoping each hour that he would wake and
call her, and building another wall against hurt each time he hadn’t.
“Tell me, please,”
she whispered, needing to know just how badly he’d been hurt.
Jeffrey sighed and
leaned his head back against the couch as Sands had earlier, as if he were
feeling incredibly weary. “It took place
in the form of a fucking sword fight. You
believe that? I guess I need to practice
my imaginary sword fighting skills more because he was fucking beating me.”
over again behind his eyes. “He almost
fucking had me by the end. He was about
to fucking . . . take over when rnedrned the tables on him and took over
instead.”
Salida closed her
eyes and crawled over to him, resting her head in his lap.
whispered. “The moment you were hurt,
you should have come back.”
“No, I couldn’t
have. You didn’t fucking see him, vixen.
He would have tried to take over if I
hadn’t fucking stopped him. And I think
. . . he would have won,” he said softly, fingers moving to play with her hair
almost unintentionally.
“No he wouldn’t
have. I wouldn’t have let him.”
“I know.
Jeffrey murmured, looking down at her.
She leaned her head
forward and rubbed her nose against his stomach, just taking the time to
convince herself that he was really there with her.
“I’m really
alright, vixen. And I’m sorry I made you
worry.” A thought occurred to him and he
replayed her earlier words over in his mind.
been here?” he asked with a confused frown.
“Somehow he got it
into his head that he should go to the hospital since he had three seizures
while you and bastard were battlit out out.
I was against it, but that obviously wasn’t enough to keep him here.”
“He really had
fucking seizures?” Jeffrey asked with a frown, his brain hung up on that fact
for a bit and not considering the more shocking news that Sands actually,
“Oh my god,
yes. It was one of the scariest things I’d
ever seen because I had no idea what it meant.”
“Fuck me,” he
muttered. “I can’t even imagine.”
Sands?”
“Yes.
Grant in tow.”
“Fuck.
he muttered. “Did they stay the whole
night?”
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry I wasn’t
there to stop them, vixen,” he said softly, moving his fingers down her cheek
in gentle reassurance of his love and his presence beside her.
idea,” she clarified in a soft v.
that they left me with no idea if you were alright and the horrible mental
image of you waking up in the hospital and freaking out.”
“Well, I didn’t.
there until right now.”
“And you’re
alright? You’re not going to disappear
on me?”
“I . . . I don’t
think I
“Good.
“I don’t want to
worry you anymore.”
“Good, because I
was this close,” she held up two fingers, “to loosing my mind.”
“You and me both,
vixen,” he murmured softly, leaning down to kiss her hair and anything else he
could reach.
When he bent over
enough to reach her, Salida slung an arm over his neck, keeping him near
her. She never wanted to let go of him
again. Never wanted to experience the
fear of not knowing if he was coming back, and if he did, would he be the same
man she’d married.
Jeffrey relaxed
into her touch and after he had kissed her he laid his cheek against the top of
her head and just stayed there. It wasn’t
the most comfortable position, especially with his injured ribs, but he wouldn’t
have moved for anything in the world right now.
“I love you too,”
she whispered back in a turnaround of what she’d been declaring earlier.
Jeffrey started at
her forehead and worked his way down from the roots of her hair, across her
forehead and down the line of her nose, placing light kisses on her skin as he
went. He ended his kissing journey at
her lips and moved his fingers to her chin and lifted her head gently as he
kissed.
Salida
wholeheartedly kissed him back, making small, desperate noises as he took his
time exploring her face and mouth. She’d
been so certain that she’d never see him again.
So certain that something would happen at the hospital that would cause
the men to go ballistic and end either in their deaths or
incarceration. But here he was,
in her arms, his tongue sliding comfortingly against hers.
passionately.
As he kissed her,
he moved his hands to her sides and gently lifted to her to her feet and pulled
her forward so tshe she was straddling his lap, needing to hold her closer.
under her shirt and began running his hands over the skin of her back and
sides.
She shuddered,
willy aly and gratefully pressing herself against him.
as she straightened her back so her face was above his.
eyes, memorizing the look of love and lust mingled there, then
she slanted her mouth over his and for a brief while, took over the kiss.
The kiss was fire
and passion, love and desperation all mixed into one.
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He let it envelope him like flame and
responded eagerly to her every caress. He
gasped a little as she started moving against him, but didn't otherwise break
away from the kiss.
Salida pulled away
briefly to mutter, “Too many clothes,” before once again commandeering his
mouth.
He didn’t want to
break the kiss so he moved his hands down to her waist, and with a curious
dance-like maneuver with their lips still locked, he had pulled her pants down
as far as he could as quickly as he could as she did the same to him.
Settling back down
on her husband’s lap, Salida practically purred at the sensation of skin on
skin. There was something missing
and two, she couldn’t hear him talking if she monopolized his mouth.
“Talk to me,
please,” she murmured against the hollow behind his earlobe as her hands
slipped under the hem of his shirt in preparation of ripping it off.
“You’re beautiful
and you’re mine and I want you so fucking bad right now that I can almost taste
it,” Jeffrey gasped after she had removed his t-shirt.
love you so much that it hurts sometimes.
hardened arousal slowly. “I want to
thrust myself into your hot, tight grip and I never want you to let me go.
you scream mine. I want us both to
fucking let our passion engulf us. I
want to feel your fingernails on my back as I pull you closer.”
head. “I want to feel your breasts
crushed and moving against my chest just . . . like . . . this,” he gasped.
“Make love to me,
Jeffrey,” she murmured into his ear. “Please.
tilted her hips invitingly.
“I will.
until there’s nothing left . . . but us,” he murmured back, moving his hands to
her hips and moving her just so before pulling her down to sheathe her quickly on
his arousal. “Ohh,” he murmured as their
bodies were joined. “Listen to me,
vixen. Hear my voice.
mind focused on the seriousness of what he was trying to tell her as she rode
him; her every movement sensual, and oh . . . the feeling of the slight swell
of her abdomen pressing against him gave him aiousious feeling that he couldn't
really put words to except these: “I love you, Salida.
“God, Jeffrey,” she
sighed, languidly moving her hips as his hands directed her.
she threw her head back with a loud groan.
“You won’t ever
have to find that out,” Jeffrey vowed, moving to kiss the line of her
collarbone and tops of her breasts. He
nipped at the side of one breast gently before moving his head to catch one of
her nipples in his mouth and began sucking on it hard enough to eventually hurt
and bruise if he kept it up and was rewarded with hearing her moan as she
arched away from him a little to give him better access.
It was
strange. Jeffrey was hurting her with
his demanding lips on her breast, but for some reason all she wanted . . . was
more. It felt good.
shoulder and tangled itself in his hair, pressing him closer to her.
Jeffrey obliged her
hands’ movements and began suckling even harder as their bodies moved faster
together. His hands moved with her hips,
gripping them tightly and at the same time keeping her close to him so that the
sensuous friction remained between their sliding bodies.
Rolling her head so
she could look at her husband, Salida felt a sudden burst of feminine
power. The sight of his lips at her
breast, his hands at her waist . . . the feeling of him inside her and against
her . . . the sound of their lovemaking . . . they all combined to send a stab
of uncontrollable lust through her body.
Keening, she started to slam herself down on his arousal roughly,
demanding he worship the goddess she knew she was.
When Salida had
taken the passion of her movements one step further into the realms of
roughness which he so craved in sex more often than not, Jeffrey threw his head
back a little and moaned before he could stop himself,
movements. He recovered quickly however,
and began to kiss and suckle at her other breast now as his hands began to
stray from their position on her hips, moving over anything and everything as
his arousal was rocketed into pure need: need to touch her hot skin and to
taste the sweat on her breasts. Need to
smell her arousal heavy in the air and hear her mixture of gasps and moans like
music to his ears. Need to consume every
last bit of her and still more.
“Lover,” she
moaned, pulling on his hair to make him face her.
Without responding
he twisted her body roughly, moving with her as he did so, so that he could
move to push her down on the couch. It
was a bit difficult and some contact was lost in the process, but Jeffrey more
than made up for it by thrusting into her hard once he had her flat on her back
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Salida gasped, and
bucked her hips up to meet his as their mouths tore at each other, needing to
kiss but needing to breathe at the same time.
This position was
perfect for her. As she threw one leg
over the back of the couch, she wrapped the other around his waist and grabbed
his hips in her hands. Every time he
thrust into her, she held him for a moment and ground her hips against his.
With every thrust
and her delightfully wicked – but unbelievably arousing so he didn’t really
mind – movement, he felt his release draw ever closer until he was panting from
the sheer pleasure of it all. “God, I
fucking love you. s'> You make me breathe,”
he murmured against her mouth, his brain too fogged with lust to ponder if his
comment had made sense or not. After one
particularly rough movements of her hips against his,
he gasped and bit down into her bottom lip hard enough to bleed before he could
stop himself. “Sorry, sorry, sorry,” he
murmured as he continued kissing her, lag upg up the spilt blood before it
could run down her chin.
She merely wiped up
some of the blood with a finger and held it out for him, wanting to
could only watch his eyes, she’d get there.
Jeffrey immediately
took the offered finger into her mouth, not having the patience to take things
slowly as he would have liked and longer.
long after he had cleaned it of the blood before pulling away suddenly to throw
his head back and yell in pleasure and release as his orgasm overtook him
without warning.
The sight of her
husband losing himself so totally in her body was just the push she needed to
follow him into orgasm. Latching her
lips onto his neck, she moaned deeply, her hips moving frantically to wring
every last drop of pleasure from him.
Jeffrey’s yell
dissolved into moans as he continued to thrust into her as he rode his orgasm;
the feeling of her lips against his suddenly over sensitized skin sending a
wave of pleasure over him that made him shiver and gasp.
tangle of limbs and moved his head into the crook of her neck and breathed
heavily against her skin, not even bothering to attempt to try
Not minding that
she was being crushed, Salida wrapped her arms around him and simply held
him. It didn’t matter if a hoard of
police burst through the door this very second – she was not moving.
Moving his head
just enough to reach her chin, Jeffrey slowly licked the blood
careful not to lick the cut itself since it had already clotted shut.
head fall gently to her chest.
“I don’t mind,” she
sighed, utterly content. “Mmm . . . that
was good.”
“Good.
kissing a spot on her chest directly beneath his lips so that he didn't have to
move.
She stretched,
humming as an echo of her previous pleasure shivered along her spine.
“Hmm?” he murmured,
enjoying the way her body moved beneath his as she stretched.
“I’m hungry.
“Alright.
skin, not moving anything except his mouth to answer her question.
wanted to give at the moment.
“Chinese.”
“Alright.
“As soon as it can
be delivered. Unless you
Jeffrey thought
about it. “Does going out mean I have to
get dressed?”
“Yes.
arre now now. Or we can order in and you
don’t have to get dressed.”
“I vote for the
second option, then,” he murmured. “I’ll
call in a few minutes.” He settled
against her a little more before frowning.
murmured, not wanting to have to get up and go get it.
“I got it
earlier. Those parents of hers keep
calling. At least they took my mind off
all this for a little bit.”
“You talked to
them?” he murmured, thankful he didn't have to go find the phone in Sands’ room
while kitty slept.
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in, in, faster this time, and only took the shrimp far enough away from Jeffrey "I think you "Well that's This time it was Salida watched and Jeffrey let the cat Des growled, but "Well, I'd "I suppose She made a "Alright, "I'd say "Who says I As they sat and Jeffrey looked down "I can't smell "Then you "Why would a "Aren't "Depends on "Fine. "I don't know "So if you "Not exactly. "Impersonal? "Yeah, well "Why don't "They just "But why "Yeah, but "I'm not "Then what are Salida just shook "Listen. I "I know "Good. Because She smiled. "Not very. The "Well...think Jeffrey's grin grew "Think we "What's wrong "Not enough Jeffrey sighed. "Bedroom," "You demand Salida groaned and "You can leave "Don't Jeffrey rolled his "You like it "Who "I do. Perhaps "It would "Oh, I don't "You bet your "I'm so "There's no "You blow "Good. Makes Salida used her He nipped at her "Interfering?" "And who told "The little "Yeah, well "But he's Jeffrey thought about "Umm...interfering "Surely you "Umm...well, "What? What "You go stand "Supposing I "You win, I'm "How "However "True," "There's Jeffrey nodded. "I'm an Jeffrey thought "Wrong." "You ride "You supposed "Oh. Right. "You're "I'll have to "Tess is the Jeffrey thought "You're Jeffrey took a step Salida swallowed Jeffrey took "Take a step He took a step back "True. He took another "That would be "True," "You're From that point, "Umm...I was "You know, as Salida pulled away "You sound so "Well I," "I don't need "No," she "Who says I "I don't, "You think too "Jeffrey..." "I have no "It will not "Oh? Our "Oh Jeffrey smirked at "You know what Jeffrey whispered a "A Jeffrey looked up "You're too Jeffrey laughed at "I don't "Yes, wife "Get up here "I "You know what Jeffrey smirked and She grabbed his He kissed her hard "Dastard," Jeffrey laughed at Since it was Jeffrey saw what Unsure whether he'd Jeffrey let her When he didn't Before he could Jeffrey ed aed away She let her fingers touch him the first few times with no more thought than, oh, that feels good. But after her movements neither sped up nor "Oh, "You're "You know what A small, soft "You "How did I "When you "What…was the "I was not "False. No "Nuh-uh," "True?" "And why do "Because you "Close "I should…go "You wouldn't "Too…bad," "You gonna "God, I want "Too bad. "Ohh, but…I "Exactly. Jeffrey moaned. "Put me in a spanspan>"Ohhh, and "Worship your With another little Not needing to part Salida's eyes He heard none of It was the growl Finally, she He didn't let her Once she realized Jeffrey wasn't "I want to Jeffrey licked up The pace he set was Salida shivered at Jeffrey couldn't "That's Each time she did His amorous He couldn't have Salida held him, "You're "You like me "You might "Of course you "What? Oh, "If you fall Jeffrey groaned but "Jeffrey? "What do you "When you "Pretty "How "He almost Salida shivered and "I don't know "What happened "I cut off his "No. "I don't know. "It just "Then we'll "I don't want "I don't know I'll find a I know you He sounded "Don't worry "Well, I'm "If you want "I can't think "Alright. "Love you Jeffrey just nodded ****************************** Aida sat at the kitchen table drinking a glass of orange Sands had had a "Good morning, "Morning," Sands sighed, not She ignored "Come on, talk "I'm not Sands sighed. "Please, Aida. "Nothing. "Aida please. "I've been up "Please, " "But…" he "It Sands nodded and Aida came She sighed, and Sands moved a hand While he was lost Sands looked down The cat refused, Sands sighed as the ****************************** In a state of complete disbelief, Aida let herself into her "Sands?" '> Sands had fallen Aida spied her Both man and cat Smiling softly, she "What do you "Later. I Aida sat down hard ****************************** Sands wanted to climb the fucking walls he was so irritated "Oh..." "No, I "I don't want "Everyone "Yeah, well I "You're not everything. You were just asking questions and I treated you as if you were "I don't "I know. They "That's the "I "The hard ones "Maybe. That She nodded, "You…said you an> Sands took the Her smile was His smile faltered She caught his "More than you This time her smile "Now? It "Then what did "Not make "I didn't ask "I want to get "Oh...okay. "I want you to "No, I'm tired. "Then I'll She laughed and "What kind of "You're my "Ahh, nothing "It's up to Sands laughed "What'cha "Things for She frowned. " "Oh, I hadn't "Oh, well now "Sa-ands...." "Don't 'Sands' "I'll throw "Aww, why "Expecting it "It wouldn't "Well...if you "How little is "I'm talking Sands sighed. "Just a few Sands sighed. "We can talk "Are you going "You're a big Sands shook his "Close the Sands might have
until they were so irritated with me that they stopped calling.
been fun.” She rubbed her nose against
his k.
softly. “That’s my vixen,” he murmured
with a fond smile.
yawn and sighed a little, lifting his head to look at her.
vixen?” He still didn’t want to get up,
but he had to sooner or later if she wanted to eat.
hungry for some reason. Perhaps Sands
had had a big lunch. He gave that
thought a mental shrug and figured he could always find something to eat later
if he was so inclined.
Egg rolls. Shanghai
cucumbers. Mmm . . . and a piece of
their chocolate cake. I hear
reluctantly moved off of her.
leaned down to untie his shoes and remove them and his pants rather than pull
them back up. He didn’t care if every
neighbor on their fucking block was watching his every fucking move with
base. In the kitchen.”
off the back of the couch and covered herself up.
back. Don’t go anywhere,” he murmured,
leaning down to place a gentle kiss on her reddened bottom lip before turning
and walking to the kitchen to make her order.
here in twenty to thirty min, vi, vixen,” he murmured upon his return, joining
her on the couch once more underneath the blanket, but spooning against her
instead of laying on top of her because he didn’t want to crush her.
murmured, half asleep already. Still,
she made an effort to scoot back against him, having already started to miss
him even though he’d only been gone for a few minutes.
going to make me get up again to get it when it’s delivered, aren’t you?” he
murmured against the skin of her neck softly.
sighed. “Will you be disappointed if I
sleep until it gets here?”
whether I’m disappointed or not, vixen,” he said with a soft smile.
to –” she yawned in the middle of her protest, “ – I’d
stay awake.”
and sleepy in my arms. It’s kind of
nice,” he murmured, resting his chin on her shoulder.
too much?” she asked indignantly, glad he couldn’t see the smile on her face.
it when I can listen to you breathe without interruptions.”
going to give you hell for that, lover.”
it, wife mine,” he said, moving his chin off of her
shoulder so that he could kiss it before returning his head to its resting
place.
do. You know why?
loudly, “ – fundamentally wrong with you.
I’m glad that you do,” Jeffrey said with a grin.
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fingers correctly so she could use the chopsticks.
flipping one of them across the table where it hit her patient husband in the
chest. "I guess not," she
sighed. It was getting close to evening;
Jeffrey had let her sleep for several hours.
The food had gotten cold, but since they had a microwave, it wasn't a
big deal.
here," he murmured, grabbing at the wooden projectile at his chest and
gesturing for its match. She handed it over, and he took the two chopsticks in
his left hand and held them correctly, frowning a little when his hand
trembled. While his fingers were indeed healed from his stupid little stunt in
the hotel elevator-he'd have to stop by there one of these days and see if the
dent was still there-his fingers weren't as strong as they once were. Sands
wasn't really ambidextrous, Jeffrey had just refused to use Sands' hand and by
continuous use his left grew stronger. "Like this," he murmured,
showing her his hand. "It takes practice and it's alright if you don't
master it tonight. It took me awhile to learn." He handed her the
chopsticks. "Try again."
much like 'Überlebun,'" she muttered, once again trying to hold the
chopsticks properly. So far, the only
way she'd managed to eat anything with them was to stab one through a e ofe of
meat and eat it like a cabob. Once he
was done laughing, he'd corrected her.
That had been five minutes ago.
his head at her, a clear smile on his face. "You could just use a fork you
know. This is
this," she maintained stubbornly as she tried to pick up a small piece of
shrimp. When the sticks fell from her
fingers, the chunk of meat plopped back down on top of her rice.
But you may starve to death before that happens," he teased gently.
table in favor of using a fork.
"Are you going to eat anything?"
her comment before shaking his head slightly. "I'm not really fucking
hungry. I can live vicariously through
With a shrug, she enthusiastically dug into her meal.
fucking easier with a fork. I can give you more chopstick lessons later if
you'd prefer."
to a long and probing look, but finally nodded.
"How do you say chopstick in Chinese?" she idly asked.
he said after a moment's thought.
she asked. "Like the island in
know. Geography was never my strong suit," he murmured.
can say 'kuai,' but not uberlefugen?"
She took a bite of rice.
he corrected absently. "And I don't know. Because you're fucking
strange?" he said with a smile.
nice thing to say," she pouted, spearing a slice of cucumber.
"I fucking hate cucumbers. They have no fucking taste."
innocent vegetable. "These do.
sprinkled with sesame seeds. And they're
nice and fresh; very crisp." She
demonstrated.
You can fucking keep them. Enjoy."
she muttered, eating another cucumber.
"How about some eggroll?" she asked, offering him a small
piece.
eggs," Jeffrey murmured, giving her a small smile at the knowledge of how
difficult he was being, and not really caring in the least. He was having fun.
treated him to a suspicious look, and then gave a matching glance to the bite
of food. "It's filled with meat and
vegetables," she finally proclaimed.
they call it an eggroll?"
speech. Now eat."
hungry," he insisted almost petulantly.
getting fat, I'm taking you with me," she threatened good-naturedly as she
got up from the table and clambered on to his lap.
getting fat, you're getting pregnant. There's a difference," Jeffrey
murmured with his head tilted away from her before clamping his mouth shut
tight. When she tried to pinch his nose shut to get him to open his mouth, he
pinched her bare thigh. It wasn't a hard pinch per se, but it wasn't exactly
soft either.
jumped up, trying to accomplish her mission the moment he opened his mouth to
laugh. The eggroll didn't quite make it
in, but he did end up getting a tiny bite.
now?" he murmured after he had chewed and swallowed the bite of eggroll.
into her own mouth.
hungry. I'm not going to fucking waste away without your interference, I
promise."
that now. Just wait until I stop
interfering."
think I'll just stop eating all together if you stop telling me to,
vixen?" he asked with a
raised eyebrow.
that," she said innocently, sitting back down in her chair and stabbing
another slice of cucumber. For some
reason she felt addicted to the things.
what did you say, vixen?"
what I said. I don't have to repeat
myself." This was fun.
going to eat if that's what you're trying to do. I'm not hungry," he said
with a bit of wariness in his voice.
alright. You don't have to eat if you don't
want to. I'm not your nursemaid.
mein.
head up on a elbow and watched her eat with a curious
smile on his face.
she asked suspiciously. She'd never seen
that particular smile before, and being unable to identify it made her uneasy.
wasn't doing anything," he said with a half smirk. "I was just
looking at you."
jr
just look," she mumbled. "Just
because you're my husband, doesn't mean I trust you."
shouldn't, vixen. I'm definitely not to be trusted," he said with a
devilish grin. "Am I supposed to not trust you in return?" he asked
with a raised eyebrow.
trustworthy," she sniffed.
I trust you, Salida," Jeffrey said with a smile.
the look for?"
look at my wife without some dastardly ulterior motive?" Jeffrey asked
with a raised eyebrow.
it."
her frown. "I thought I was being
better," she murmured, laying down her fork.
didn't mean that. I'm sorry. I was just teasing you, vixen," he tried to
assuage her. He didn't want to get into another argument now. He had plans for
the night, and arguing wasn't in them.
be teasing if there wasn't some truth to it," she said sadly.
right now, vixen. I'm not going to fucking stand for it. I love you more than
fucking cut it out. We're fine. I'm not mad at you. I never was."
cursing again." She looked up at
him from under her lowered lashes.
words is hardly cussing, wife mine. I think I'm doing pretty well
considering."
if the children are listening."
listening then they're probably more than used to it by now, vixen,"
Jeffrey said wryly. "But alright. No cursing. I'm trying."
them to be used to it!" she shouted.
The moment her words stopped echoing through the room, her eyes grew big
as she realized how strongly she'd reacted.
won't be," Jeffrey said simply and calmly. He was surprised at her sudden
outburst as well, but didn't let it show on his face.
don't...I'm sorry," she mumbled.
"I'm not sure what happened."
about it, wife mine. I'm not mad. My ears may be ringing a little bit, but that
won't last," he said with a fond smile.
was uncalled for."
not mad. Don't worry about it," Jeffrey said with a slight shrug.
done. Or at least that she was ready to
eat cake.
cake in the refrigerator if that's what you're wanting now, vixen," he
said with a grin as he caught her looking across the table for the cake that
wasn't there.
Are you going to share?" he asked with a smirk, getting up from the table
to go retrieve her cake.
can drink from the carton."
"If that's what you want." He moved into the kitchen and removed her
cake and the milk, taking the cake out of the box and transferring it to a
clean plate with the milk in one hand and the cake and a single fork in the
"Enjoy, vixen," he said as he sat down next to her.
to have some?" she asked as she automatically leaned towards him like a
plant to the light.
by grinning and opening up his mouth in a lazy manner.
his open mouth, looked at the cake, then had an evil
thought. Breaking off a piece with her
fingers, she pretended to mildly bring it to his mouth, deviating from her path
at the last moment to rub it into his face.
Laughing, she jumped up and quickly put the table between them.
to lose your cake eating privileges for good, vixen," he drawled as he
transferred the smeared cake from his face to his mouth with a finger.
"You're going to get it," he promised, rising from the table and
taking a piece of cake in his hands. Now, he just had to get to her… He gave
chase.
as she did, but she was no longer as fleet of foot as she once was.
bugged her...especially since she knew Jeffrey would indeed pay her back.
laugh as there was the definite beginnings of a… "waddle"
in her run. "Going to get you!" he called out cheerfully, still
giving chase, but not really trying to catch her quite yet. Chasing was more
fun at the moment. Although he had to be careful not to drop the piece of cake
onto the carpet. Oh well, there was more in the dining room.
she gasped, finally taking refuge in the living room where she put the couch
between them.
vixen?" he asked innocently, hunching over a little as he was prepared to
go either direction around the couch or even leap over it depending on which
direction she moved.
dare smash that in my face."
vixen? Deciding to be hypocritical this evening?" he asked with a smirk,
chocolate crumbs and icing smears still plainly visible on his face.
one sitting there like a baby bird demanding to be fed.
sitting there and watching you play the spoiled pasha, so I simply made my
stance on the point clear. Don't!"
she exclaimed as he pretended a feint around the couch.
your feminist nature as you put it,
should also be all for equal opportunities. Hence, you get the cake." He
darted toward her again.
she shrieked, once more turning tail.
he called out with a wide grin, once more chasing after her.
slammed the door behind her -
vixen. You're not being very charitable," he called out through the closed
door. "And I don't want to break down a door again. It's really not very
much fun. Just come on out and take your medicine. Then I'll leave you to
finish your cake like a good husband. Scout's honor."
barrier. "Leave me along with the
cake, Jeffrey." Just in case he
decided to make good on his threat, Salida looked around for some sort of
weapon. There's weren't any but hand
towels.
going to happen, sugar-butt," Jeffrey drawled. "Come out of
there."
just come out of there, I wouldn't have to."
coming out," she muttered.
just a little cake, vixen," Jeffrey said with a confused frown.
to smash it in my face!" she yelled.
to me? Yes, I had planned on it," he said dryly. "But now I'm not
really in the mood. You can come out if you want. I'll keep any and all
chocolate covered confections to myself," he said with a sigh.
you." Her voice did seem to be a
little closer to the door though.
there if you want," he murmured as he ate the piece of cake he had been
threatening her with, licking melted chocolate off of his fingers. "The
cake's gone."
promise?"
sighed. "You can come out."
not going to try again?"
I'm done with cake. Promise."
his wife peeked out. "Hi.
the big bad wolf right now."
and puffing from my end, little pig," Jeffrey said with a small smile.
just barely managed to refrain from flipping him off.
thought I was getting big," and then walk back to the kitchen were she
started eating more cucumbers.
Chr-" she gave him a look. "Pete's sake, vixen. That's not what I
mean and you should know it. You're the one who made the big bad wolf
referencet met me," he muttered as he entered the kitchen behind her.
she said glumly. "Don't mind
me. Unreasonable pregnant woman, party
of four."
soft snort at that and moved to sit beside her at the table. "So, you're
not upset with me? Because I didn't mean it, Salida."
how I feel. And that's what bugs
me." She sighed, picked up the carton
of milk, and took a drink.
with it and don't worry about it so much," Jeffrey said with a shrug.
"They're called mood swings for a reason, vixen," he said with a
crooked smile.
like them." With a sigh, she gazed
at the cake, then pushed it away.
want your cake?"
Jeffrey said with a slight shrug. "Then what would you like to do now,
vixen? It's still relatively early."
care. You can choose.
out? I'll even get dressed if you want."
to go anywhere. I'm feeling lazy."
We can watch a movie if you like. There's got to be something good on considering the number of channels we have,"
Jeffrey muttered. "Anything but
Most Wanted. I've developed a disliking for that particular show."
want to do that then?"
furrowed into a frown. "What do you
want to do, vixen?"
know." She thought, but not
blindingly amazing ideas came to her.
"TV is fine, I suppose."
go curl up on the couch and I'll put your cake back in the refrigerator if
you're sure you're done with it.">
>
up. By the time Jeffrey got to the
living room, she was huddled under the blanket and lying on the couch with Des
curled up at her side.
We meet again," Jeffrey drawled under his breath as he moved closer to
Salida, Des growling at him warningly. "Ok, let's get something
straight," he addressed the cat. "Vixen is my wife first and your
mistress second. I'm not going to hurt her so just cut it out and move over."
of the shrimp from dinner and bribe her," Salida suggested, apparently too
interesting in the interaction to do more than suggest possible angles he could
take to wooing her pet.
"Fine," he murmured as he turned to go back into the kitchen,
muttering under his breath that at least it wasn't steak. He returned a few
minutes later with a couple of pieces of shrimp in his hand. "Now
what?"
down next to me and show Des you've got a treat for her."
did as he was told. "Here kitty, kitty," he muttered under his
breath, offering the cat the shrimp.
but stretched out her neck and sniffed the piece of meat he was offering.
had to tell her husband to be patient - the cat made up its mind about whether
or not it wanted to attempt to get the food.
Eventually it slowly crawled over to Jeffrey - shaking with tension the
entire time - and pulled the shrimp from his hand.
Salida before eating it.
why you're so wary of me, cat. In all fairness it should probably be the other
way around," Jeffrey murmured.
Salida hushed him. "She's terrified
of everyone. I think she might have been
abused as a kitten. She certainly hasn't
grown any since you got her for me, and the kittens are about twice the size
they were when they first got here."
Very gently she pet the animal in question.
and offered another piece of shrimp in an open palm. "I'm not going to
hurt you cat-Desdemona," he corrected with a slight shake of his head at
the whole situation.
to ensure it wouldn't be snatched back before it got the change to eat it.
twitching its tail and growling softly.
have her interest," Salida laughed gently.
good because I'm running out of shrimp," he murmured, offering another
piece to the cat.
almost immediately snatched up and eaten, even if Des did move it from his
hand.
quietly murmured, "Try petting her.
Lightly."
sniff his fingers for a moment before giving her a gentle pat on the top of her
furry head in-between her perked ears.
she growled when Salida pet her too, and stretched her neck forward until she
could steal the last piece of shrimp from his hand.
side to eat it and watch this man who was trying to
make peace with her.
call that a success," Salida said, stretching a little.
so," Jeffrey murmured as he rubbed his hands together in a vain attempt to
get shrimp juice and cat slobber off of his hands.
After a few moments he termed it a futile effort and moved back into the couch
next to his wife and pulled the edge of her blanket over himself. "So,
what are we watching now that that little adventure is over? Let me guess.
face. "I donant ant to watch
anything scary."
nothing scary," Jeffrey murmured as he took the remote and began to surf
through the channels. "News, news, some crappy action movie-notice I said
crappy-some romantic comedy, sports of every flavor, infomercials, pornos, some
sci-fi show, news, news, another less crappy action movie, commercial for home
insurance, some stupid drama, a NASCAR race, music videos, cartoons and more
news. What's your poison?"
porno, but that'd only encourage you.
Less crappy action movie."
need any encouragement? Less crappy action movie it is," he said turning
to the channel it had been on. "Ah, gratuitous
blood and violence. My favorite," he said dryly as the man on the screen
shot up a bunch of bad guys before running out of a building that conveniently
blew up just as he was leaping out of a window.
watched, Salida slowly moved her feet into his lap, making them available
should he get the sudden urge to rub her feet.
at what she had done and smirked but did what she wanted. He rubbed slowly with
pressure constantly applied so that he wouldn't tickle her. "You'ret
et
are going to end up smelling like shrimp this way, but something tells me you
don't mind," Jeffrey said wryly.
my feet," she sighed, stretching and closing her eye as she started to pet
her cat. "I can barely do
toe-touches comfortably anymore.&qu/p>
/p>
don't have to worry about it," Jeffrey said as he continued to rub her
feet with a slight smile.
private citizen own hand grenades?" Salida asked as she watched the
protagonist lob several into what appeared to be a bakery.
grenades expensive?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
where you get them," Jeffrey said with an offhand shrug.
for, and how the heck do you know where to get them?"
or don't remember prices. And I just know these things, wife mine."
wanted one, you'd just waltz out and get
Life isn't quite what you see in action movies, vixen. And besides. I wouldn't
want one anyway. Too impersonal."
so."
they don't count."
they count?"
don't," Jeffrey said with an easy shrug.
not? They have to be important to
someone, and that would also be rather personal."
they're not important to me. I don't care about them. And it doesn't matter,
anyway. It's just a movie."
talking about the movie."
you talking about?"
her head. "It's not important.
actually care about people for some reason."
care about you and the kids, and even kitty when the mood strikes me. That's
enough. I would never do anything to any of you."
that. I never doubt that.
you don't have to," he said with a small smile, leaning down and bringing
her foot up so that he could kiss her ankle softly.
you, lover?"
bad guys all get killed in the end. It's not very
sporting," he said with a sly grin without even looking up at the
television.
we could manage to find anything more stimulating to do?"
mischievous. "Oh, I think we could manage something. Like backgammon, for
instance," he drawled with a smirk even as he leaned down to kiss a line
up her leg.
could manage to find them someplace a little more private than the living
room?" If he didn't stop soon, she
was just going to turn into a pile of goo here on the couch.
with the living room? You didn't seem to mind earlier," he asked as he
continued kissing, tilting his body toward her so that he could reach better.
room to move on the couch," she muttered, placing her other foot on his
shoulder and pushing him away.
"Fine then. Where? Bedroom? Dining room table? The floor right about…here?
I'm not picky."
she said. "I demand comfort."
comfort, huh? Far be it from me to ignore your demands," he said wryly.
"Well, get going then. Or else I'm going to decide that I can make the
floor comfortable."
stood up, keeping the blanket around her shoulders.
it gave her a bit of protection against his roaming eyes, and that was worth
the extra heat. She wanted to play a
little, wanted to tease.
the blanket here, vixen. We've got blankets upstairs, I promise," he
drawled with a grin as he got up off of the couch to
follow her.
wanna," she said, picking up the pace.
"You'll peek."
eyes. "It's not like I haven't seen it all before!" he called out as
hr moved after her. "Besides. I like looking at you."
too much," she retorted, holding her head up as she climbed the
stairs. "If I look all the time,
you'll get so used to seeing me nekked that it won't be special any more.
soul."
says?" he grumbled as he followed her.
we should see if that's true or not. You
know, abstain from marital relations until one of us
either becomes a saint or explodes."
She smiled, knowing he couldn't see it.
definitely be the latter and that's not funny, wife mine," he drawled
evenly.
know. I thought it was.
it?" Reaching the top of the
stairs, she turned and wrapped an arm around his neck.
sweet…butt, I am," he murmured, putting his hands on her waist and pulling
the blanket off of her.
scared," she murmured, slowly backing up as he started walking her towards
their room.
reason to be scared. You're just going to get everything you've got coming to
you. No more, no less," he said, pushing her backwards down on the bed.
things out of proportion," she sighed, placing nibbling kisses on his
neck. "So I refuse to cooperate
with you, oh sexy tyrant of mine."
it more fun that way," he said with a grin as he pulled away from her
reach and quickly moved to restrair anr ankles at the foot of the bed. He left
her hands free and began kissing her legs where he had left off, somewhere
below her knees.
arms to push herself up and simply took a moment to stare down at his dark head
as it moved up her legs. It would be fun
to allow him to reach his goal unhindered...but not as satisfying for him.
did, then her husband enjoyed overpowering her mock resistance.
fingers into his hair and tried to pull him away.
skin before she pulled him away and then looked up at her with a wicked grin on
his face. "What are you doing, wife mine?" he asked casually.
you that you could do that, vixen?"
voice in my head that sounds ever so much like you."
it's a poor substitute to the real thing. Don't listen to him," he said,
moving to continue kissing her agaip>
p>
fun. He encourages me to play.
it as he kissed her and then lifted his head up to look at her. "What did
you have in mind, vixen?"
until you get fed up?"
can think of something better than that, wife mine. It doesn't take very long
for me to get fed up. I'm impatient."
running is out of the question. So is
wrestling. And tickling.
her eyes lit up as inspiration struck.
did you think of?" he asked warily upon seeing the glint in her eyes.
across the room, halfway between me and the wall.
its true or false.
For every time you're right, you get to take a step towards me, and for
everyone you get it wrong, you have to take a step towards the wall.
agree to this, what happens when one or the other of us wins?"
helpless. I win, you're helpless."
helpless?"
helpless you - or I - want. But
he murmured before pursing his lips in thought. "Ok. Deal. It could be
fun," he said with a final lingering kiss on her inner thigh before
getting up and moving across the room. "About here?"
good. Ready to start?"
"Give me your best shot."
excellent horsewoman."
about it. She had never mentioned anything about horses, had she? But then
again, there wasn't a lot that he knew about Tess' past. Could she have ridden
horses? Jeffrey's train of thought got derailed for a
few long seconds as he lingered over the image of his wife naked on the back of
a horse before he cleared his throat and answered. "False."
"I have no idea how to swim."
horses? Since when? And what do you mean you don't know how to swim? Everyone
knows how to swim?" he asked grudgingly but took a small step backwards.
to guess whether I'm telling the truth or not, lover."
Fine. True," he guessed with a shrug.
right."
teach you someday," he said as he stepped forward.
daughter of a drug lord, but I've never tried an illegal substance."
about what he knew of Salida's other personality-not a hell of a lot-before
answering. "True."
right." Salida laid
back on the bed as she tried to think of a tricky statement.
forward and frowned a little. Did she? He wasn't so sure. He wasn't even sure
if he enjoyed it all hif. Sf. Sure, there were some parts that could be fun,
but not all of it. He thought about asking for a clarification, but didn't.
"False."
hard. "You're correct."
game. Better to avoid topics like that.
another small step forward and stopped to think. She had never sthatthat she
didn't like guns, but then again, she had never said that she had liked them
either. She had used guns, but the subject of the usage had never been brought
up. "False."
back. I don't like guns at
all." That was still a little too
close for comfort. "It'd like to go
to the
and frowned at her answer, not knowing how he felt about that.
"False." She liked warm places.
lights. And you don't have to say
anything to that..
step back. "I didn't know that. Maybe we can go there someday."
nice. Here's something you can answer
to: I like Eskimo pies."
he said with a shrug, having no idea either way.
right."
Jeffrey started guessing more and more of them right.
closer to the bed, and more importantly, to her.
statements, but Jeffrey seemed to catch on to her game.
bed, and if she didn't think of a good one, he was going to win.
not immediately convinced to leave that cafe with you the night we
met." She was betting - hoping -
that his arrogance would make him say 'false.'
fun as this was, and as happy as I am to find out that I seem to know my wife
pretty well, I've had enough of this game," he drawled with a wicked grin
before pouncing on her and kissing her with the usual mixture of intense
passion and roughness.
as much as she could.
"Jeffrey! You're
cheating!"
surprised!" Jeffrey exclaimed with a delighted laugh before kissing her
again. "You should know by now,"-kiss- "that
I,"-kiss-"enjoy cheating,"-kiss-"vixen."
-kiss- "don't." -kiss- "I think,"
- kiss- "should win," -kiss- "by default."
speak failed miserably.
to win by default," he said finally pulling away as the need took
precedent. "I was winning by fact."
said, struggling rather ineffectually.
I should win.
this behavior."
need any encouragement?" he asked, kissing a spot on the side of her neck
behind her ear.
but," she gasped as he sucked her earlobe into histh.
much," he murmured, stopping only long enough so that he could speak
before continuing to suck on her earlobe gently and sensually, his breath hot
and loud in her ear.
still on his shoulders, no longer resisting.
"I'm going to get you for this."
doubt. But as we dised eed earlier, since there seems to be something
fundamentally wrong with me-that you so love-that pretty much appeals to me,
vixen," he said as he moved to kiss her neck again now, his left hand
moving up to caress one of her breasts.
be pleasant," she swore, relaxing into the bed for the time being as he
petted her.
definitions of what is pleasant seem to differ just a tad. But even if they
don't, I'll take my chances." He moved down to replace his fingers with
his tongue, taking one of her nipples into his mouth and rolling it between her
teeth. He was careful if it was still sore from earlier, but he didn't stop.
you'll...mmm...I'll...you know what I mean."
through her body, Salida gave up on talking altogether.
her mumbled comment and then continued his play. He had no real agenda to any
of his attentions, which led them to be random and seemingly without purpose as
he manipulated her breasts one moment, and laid trails of searing kisses across
her the the next. He only wanted her.
The specifics didn't matter.
you're making me feel like, lover?" she breathed as he trailed his way
down her arm from her hand.
"No, tell me," against her skin simply appreciating the taste of her
as he kisser.
goddess."
at her then, his dark eyes flashing. "That's exactly what you are.
Always." He started laying almost reverent kisses over her skin now that
were no less lacking in passion.
good at this," she mred red a few minutes later as he was nuzzling and
placing random kisses on her neck.
"shoushould be criminal."
that. "What would you call it? 'Intent to seduce
your wife?'" Jeffrey asked as he kissed a line across her jaw.
know. I can't think."
lips, but he moved just out of reach.
"Jeffrey," she whispered, her eyes not moving from his mouth.
mine?" he asked, kissing the line between her breasts.
and kiss me."
said innocently.
I mean. Get up .&qu."
moved his head up meet hers, and gave her a peck on the corner of her mouth.
"Was that what you had in mind?"
head and hungrily kissed him, growling as his hands encircled her wrists.
bed, but let her kiss him for the time being.
and l enj enjoying every moment of it, before pulling up for air, grinning as
she nipped at his nip as he pulled away. "Oh, you meant like
me," he drawled with a smirk, before running a thumb across her lips
slowly and watching the movement with a fixed look on his face.
she breathed, trying to regain the breath he'd stolen.
that and pressed his thumbs to her lips to silence her before kissing her on
the tip of her nose, each cheek, her forehead, even her eyelids before moving
on.
apparent that she was not going to get what she wanted by trying to force him,
Salida concentrated on relaxing her muscles and simply basking in the pleasure
he was giving her. It took a few
minutes, but eventually she was lost in his touch; his every caress elicited
some sort of sound of pleasure or approval from her.
probing fingers, but she allowed herself to simply accept his touches as her
due.
she was doing, and smiled at her before raising his head up to hers again and
giving her a slow, thorough, passionate kiss as reward. His hands roamed over
her body as their tongues dueled, and hers did the same. And still he kept
kissing her, breathing through his nose so that he wouldn't have to break away
from her again.
let her or not, Salida slowly raised her hands, letting her fingers softly
caress his neck and jaw. He was the
source of the heat that was overtaking her, and she wanted to touch it.
touch him as he kissed her, soaking up the attention like a dry sponge. Showing
her every bit of love and affection that she deserved was all
well and good, and he enjoyed doing so, but he missed the attention she
gave him in return.
protest or make her stop, her touches grew more assured and more possessive,
sweeping down his chest and belly, running up his sides, moving everywhere and
anywhere they could.
mirrored hers as they fought for the control and love of the other. He finally
moved away from her now slightly swollen lips and moved back to her neck,
determined to his leave marks upon her skin.
leave yet another hickie behind to mar her skin, Salida managed to reach
between them and brush her fingers along his arousal.
just long enough to hiss at the sudden unexpected pleasure before returning his
attention to his wife. She could tease and touch all she wanted. He would do
the same.
brush against him again, and again, and again, determined to make him pay for
cheating. an>Oan>Or at least make him a little
remorseful.
increased in pressure, he forced himself to ask. "Are
just taking your time?"
definitely trying to drive you insane," she murmured, letting her fingers
linger around his tip. "Is it
working?"
definitely…getting there. May I ask why?" He was proud of the casualness
he managed to forced into the question.
they say...cheaters never prosper."
With a wicked grin, she moved her hands away.
whimpering sound escaped him before he could stop it. "What…do you
mean?" he asked, struggling to rein in his arousal as best he could. He
wasn't making much progress. His wife was fucking wicked.
cheated," she said clearly.
"This is your punishment.
Enjoying it?"
cheat? No," he said with a frown.
jumped my bones instead of answering my last question."
question?" he asked.
immediately convinced to leave that cafe with you the night we met.
wait, true. True," he said as he attempted to move closer to her again.
she said, pushing in away. "Which
is it?"
he asked, nearly praying that he was right. Fuck, she was evil sometimes. He
loved her for it, but fuck.
you say that?" Her hands started
running along his back.
didn't know me. Because I was a stranger. Because I was just some guy in a café
that came up to you out of nowhere. I don't fucking know why."
enough," she murmured...right before she pinched his rear.
"was for cursing, and this," her hands once more moved to his
arousal, "is for a right answer."
on game shows. If I can win…under this kind of…pressure,&q he he gasped
suddenly, not quite knowing what she had done, but unable to stop the response,
"I'd never…lose," he finished a bit breathlessly.
be under this kind of pressure," she replied, squeezing him.
you if you forgot the question."
he groaned, suddenly needing to touch her, to kiss her, to take her…to do
fucking anything to her. His arousal was like a fire coursing through his
veins, and it needed somewhere to go and soon.
make me sing, Jeffrey?" she asked in a whisper as she continued her hand
job. "Gonna make me scream your
name? You gonna hold out until I come
around you and make you burst?"
to," he moaned, leaning his forehead against her chest and breathing
heavily.
good graces." Once again, Salida
removed her hands.
cheated tyle='ms='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>before! Before all of this!" he moaned.
"Not…fair. What…the fl'>fuck…do
you…want…from me?" he asked with his head still against her chest, Salida
not letting him move any closer.
mood where I'm likely to forgive you," she murmured, stroking his head and
neck.
how…am I supposed…to do that exactly?"
goddess, Jeffrey." Taking one of
his hands, she placed it on her hips.
whimpering sigh, he did as he was bid, moving one hand to her breasts and
tilting his head to that he could kiss a line down her chest. While his earlier
kisses had been lazy and random in their passion, these were fiery and
desperate, as he strove to give her what she wanted so that she would do the
same for him.
her thighs since the restraints already did that for him, he moved his head
in-between her legs without hindrance, simply breathing hard for mentment
before latching onto her clit and sucking hard. If he was hurting her, he
wasn't aware of it. His entire focus was on that one act. Nothing else entered
into it. His hands moved to brace against her hips as did so, gripping her
almost hard enough to bruise.
slammed shut as she arched up at his rough treatment.
uninhibited, and totally loving.
through his hair, scratching at his scalp, as she let out every moan and
whimper that his actions caused.
them. He took what heted ted from her and trusted that she would do the same.
He darted his tongue deep inside of her and moved a hand away from her hip to
manipulate her clit at the same time, pulling away to growl a little in pure
las has he felt her muscles let out a single spasm as a prelude to her orgasm.
He then returned his hand to her hip and his mouth to her clit.
that pushed her just enough towards the edge that she fell at the first flick
of his tongue. Crying out, she tried to
move against him, but his hands restrained her.
collapsed back on the bed, panting for breath.
catch it. Moving quickly, he was immediately on top of her, kissing her roughly
and moving against her with the same amount of force. He didn't thrust into her
yet, he wasn't so far gone with lust that he wouldn't wait until she was ready
for him-he was no rapist-but he wouldn't wait long.
she was being kissed, it took all of two seconds for her to respond, her hands
once more coming up to gently stroke his back.
The gesture was meant to be encouraging, and she certainly hoped he'd
take it that way. Despite her
satisfaction, she still felt empty.
looking for gentle. He was looking for blinding confirmation of what she wanted
because that was all that would get thh rih right now. "What do you
want?" he grit out as he pulled away from her with a hard nip at her lip
that caused it to break open and bleed again. He paid the blood no mind,
waiting for her answer.
scream," she grinned, pulling him back down to kiss her.
the blood quickly before thrusting his bloodied tongue into her mouth at the
exact moment he thrust into her, riding out their combined reactions to the
movement in the bloodied kiss.
brutal, taking all and giving nothing because he was fart tht the point of
giving now. She had taken it all and now it his his turn.
his violence, aroused and sated by it at the same time.
to wrap around him and pull him close to her, but Jeffrey had made sure they
were firmly buckled; she wasn't going anywhere.
Instead she wrapped her arms around him and simply held on, murmuring
senseless nothings in his ear as he buried his head in her neck and gasped for
breath.
keep up such a frenzied pace forever, but he was managing as best as he could.
His arousal was hot and bright all throughout him; consuming him
and leaving nothing left. He cared about nothing save for the next thrust of
his hips. Nothing mattered except that. He loved his wife very much, but not
now. Now, love didn't ever into anything. Only lust and a violent need that
left him breathless.
right," Salida murmured. "Come
for me, lover. Just fuck me.
internal muscles in an random pattern, doing what she
could to bring her husband to letiletion.
so, Jeffrey let out a ragged gasp against her skin and he managed to increase
his pace that much more until their pelvises where crashing together harshly
with each tilt of his hips. He didn't care. At this point, it felt like bliss;
pain and pleasure combined. It suddenly occurred to him that he did have
something left to give his wife, and that he was very, very close to giving it
her.her.
attention was starting to hurt, so Salida did what she could to force him to
come. As she raked her nails down his
spine, she locked her teeth onto his throat.
Not enough to draw blood, but enough to hurt nonetheless.
hoped to hold out from a barrage of sensation like that, and he didn't. He came
hard and fast with a yell that practically made the walls shake and shut his
eyes tight enough for tears to form at their corners at the sheer sensation of
it all. He gave her all he had left, and more before collapsing bonelessly just
to the side of her; his face still buried in her neck and his breath still
coming fast.
cooing soft declarations of love and satisfaction as she brushed his hair back
far enough so she could see what parts of his face that weren't buried in her
neck. Sooner or later
she'd like him to release her ankles, but she was also very content to sleep.
wicked, but that was worth it and I don't have the energy to be upset with
you," he murmured softly.
when I'm wicked. If I acted as innoc
as
as I was our first time together, I'd be dead by now."
have a point. I'm very glad you're wicked. I just decided," he murmured.
are. Now let me go and then we can dream
of being wicked with each other from the comfort of each other's arms."
your ankles. I'll do it in a minute. Don't wanna move," he sighed into her
neck without looking up.
asleep without letting me go, I'm going to wake you up," she threatened,
trying to inch closer to him as the heat of desire left her and she became
slightly chilled.
lifted his head. "Fine," he muttered, pulling up and
then he noticed that they were both a sweaty, sticky, bloody-more so in his
case by just a little from the feeling of his back-then decided he didn't care
and climbed back onto the bed next to his wife once she was freed and returned
to where he had been, burying his face in the crook of her neck and closing his
eyes, breathing in her scent.
ask him that and get an honest answer.
mean? When?" his voice came muffled from her shoulder.
fought with bastard."
bad," he murmured in a sleepy tone of v.
bad?"
fucking killed me."
pulled herself closer to him. "Are
you healed? How do you heal from
that?"
if you do. But I'm alright. Not going anywhere."
to him? I mean, he was made of things in
Sands' head. Nothing just disappears
without a trace. So what happened to what
made him?"
fucking head and left him. His body's still there. I think."
Not his . . . body . . . I don't care about that.
him crazier than the rest of you?
Where'd it go?"
Not my head. Not really."
worries me. That's all.
him?"
deal with it."
you to deal with it again. It's too
dangerous. That's been proved now."
what else to tell you, vixen," he said wearily.
cure. I promise.
but Sands."
tired. "Am I keeping you up?"
about it. I'm just fine. More than fine," he murmured with a kiss against
her neck.
tired too. Maybe we should sleep."
to talk more, it's alright, vixen. I'll tell you anything you want to
know," he said softly.
of anything else. I just want to lie
here while I listen to you fall asleep."
Sounds like, a plan," he said as he nuzzled her neck for a brief moment
before settling himself to fall asleep. "I love you, vixen."
too. See you in the morning."
against her slowly, moving to wrap his arms around her waist and his unborhildhildren almost unconsciously before drifting into sleep.
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juice when the men came downstairs. She
wasn't sure who it was, but it didn't matter either.
been trying to hurt him. Well, she
hadn't. She could play the silent wife
as well as the next woman.
brief discussion with Jeffrey earlier about needing time to talk to Aida, and
after telling Sands to leave him alone for morning activities such as showers
alone with your wife, Jeffrey had agreed and left Sands be.
Aida," he said softly, standing in the doorway of the kitchen and watching
her.
she murmured before taking another sip of her orange juice.
liking the tension between them. "Look, I'm sorry for getting angry with
you yesterday, alright? You pushed some buttons and I reacted badly. I'm
sorry."
him. He wasn't the only one that had
felt hurt by the end of their 'picnic.'
to me, Aida. I said I was sorry. I was wrong. I don't want to fight with you
any longer."
fighting, am I?"
"No. You're not talking to me, and that's worse."
want to talk about this way. She
emptied her glass of orange juice, but didn't get up.
her husband, and she got the feeling that he wouldn't let her go that easily.
I said I was sorry and I meant it. What more do you want from me?"
today. They're doing another MRI to
check the progress of everything."
She had to push herself up from the table.
Don't do this. Talk to me. About whatever you want. I won't say a word if you
don't want me to. Just talk to me. Help me work this out.
Please."
for half an hour, and I'm not a morning person.
I don't want to talk."
Aida," he asked plaintively, somewhat stricken that she still wasn't
agreeing to talk to him after all of that.
silence right now."
trailed off at the sight of her firm look and stepped aside to let her pass
faintly.
is." She couldn't back down now,
but the lost look on his face tore at her heart.
moved past her and into the kitchen, but when he got there he didn't feel like
eating anything any longer so with a final, fleeting glance in her direction,
he went outside to sit on the porch for a little while.
downstairs a half an hour later, dressed and smelling fresh from her
shower. Stopping in front of him, she
said, "I called Maria. She's going
to take me to my appointment. I'll be
back in two hours or so."
softly.
bent down to kiss his cheek. "You
hurt me too, you know. Think about that
while I'm gone." Without waiting
for him to reply, she turned and left.
to his cheek to feel at the place where she had kissed him before letting it
fall limply back at his side. How did I
hurt her? I didn't do anything to her. And now…now when I try to make things
fucking right again she just leaves and doesn't even try. Well fuck her. If she
doesn't want to talk to me, that's fucking fine. We won't talk. I didn't ask to
fucking talk in the first place. He glowered out over the yard and remained
very, very still as like thoughts raced through his
head.
in his thoughts, Obsidianpt opt out on the porch from the door that Aida hadn't
quite shut all the way. The kitten had
never been outside before in his short liand and the wide open spaces cowed him
a little. Looking around, he bounded
towards the one thing he recognized: Sands.
at the feeling of something rubbing against his hand and was more than bit
surprised to see Obsidian there. "What? What do you want? You're not
supposed to be outside, you stupid cat. Oh, sorry. Nothing's stupid. Not even
stuffed fucking animals from twenty years ago. My apologies,"
about, and butted his head against Sands' hand. &quou wau want to be petted?
Fine. At least someone will get what he wants this morning," he muttered
as he stroked the cat's small head gently. "Don't come out here again.
It's not safe. I don't care if you've got sharp teeth
and claws. It's just not safe. Stay in the house. Go on, get back inside,"
he nudged the kitten in the direction of the door.
hooking its front claws in Sands' pant leg as if it intended to climb up if
Sands wasn't going to pick it up. It
mewled and wiggled its haunches in preparation of making the leap to Sands'
lap.
kitten bounded up on his lap with all of his pointy ends thrust forward. The
cat didn't seem to notice his master's discomfort and circled up in a small
ball of black fur and proceeded to purr loudly. "Alright fine. You can
stay," Sands muttered before petting the kitten again. As if I have a
choice in the matter. Little bossy ball of fluff. Obsidian just kept purring.
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house after waving good-bye to her friend.
Sands was nowhere to be seen, or anyone else for that matter.
hand. He had to.
she called as she moved into the back of the house.
into a state somewhere between daydreaming and sleep as he sat on the porch and
waited for his wife to return with Obsidian still on his lap. He stirred
slightly when he heard someone calling his name, but didn't open his eyes.
husband through a window; he was still out on the porch, and there was a cat in
his lap. It was a darling sight.
sleeping. "Sands!" she called
again, moving on to the porch. "I'm
back."
started awake, and man suffered as cat retaliated against the interruption with
his claws and jumped off of Sands' lap and ran into
the house. "Ouch. I hadn't noticed," Sands muttered.
sat down on his recently vacated lap and leaned against his chest.
want?" he muttered with a frown. "I thought you didn't want to
fucking talk to me? That you preferred silence? Well fine. Have it your way.
I'm going inside. When I decide I've had enough of silence, we can talk
again." He moved her off of him gently and set
her down on the porch before rising to his feet and stretching a little from
being in one position for so long.
news," she said softly.
would prefer silence right now," he muttered darkly and went into the
house.
in the chair he'd been sitting in. She'd
just been starting to get excitedan san style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Now
she was numb. Trying not to get too
upset over her husband's behavior, she slid the two plastic slides out of their
envelope. One was dated a month ago, and
one today. Both were of her frontal
lobe. Both had a light-colored mass on
them. The one from today was smaller
apparently Sands didn't care.
sit on the porch and stare blankly at the back yard, not noticing that the
neighbor woman had witnessed the entire exchange.
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and restless. He was pacing a circuit across the living room, clenching and
unclenching his fists as he went and muttering to himself in a soft voice.
He cursed himself as ten kinds of moron for escalating things but he couldn't
make himself go back out to her. But he couldn't stay in here like this either.
He figured he had two options: either suck it all up and go talk to his wife or
go for a fucking drive or something. Anything to get out of the house for
awhile. He was leaning strongly towards the latter, but sense and love for his
wife was png hng him in the former's direction. "Fuck." He headed
back out on the back porch. "I've decided I don't like silence that much.
Too many complications," he murmured as he moved to stand at her side.
she said, her throat tight.
moved into another chair a few feet away from her. "I'm sorry. I'm a
fucking asshole for dumping all of that on you. I'm sorry. You were trying to
make up and I ruined it."
understand. That's alright.
you to leave me alone," he said softly, looking down his feet for a long
moment before giving her a sideways glance.
wants time alone at some point or other.
You have every right to that if you want."
don't. Not now."
alone right now. And I'm not pressing
you for anything."
about to turn me over to a firing squad after you got your answers. I'm sorry.
I don't-I don't mean to."
understand it," she murmured, looking out at the garden.
topic I choose isn't on your list of what's acceptable to talk about, you get
upset. I'm your wife.
should. But-I'm sorry. You're right."
part that hurts. I can deal with your
anger - it's a natural response. But not
being trusted enough...?" She let
the sentence trail off. "We're both
getting used to this being married gig, I suppose."
I've ever known. You just have a knack for asking the hard questions," he
said softly.
are the ones that count."
doesn't make them any easier to answer."
allowing him that one, but otherwise remained silent.
had news?" he prompted gently.
handed over the envelope. "See for
yourself."
envelope and slid it's contents out onto his lap
before holding up the two scans next to each other. "What am I looking
at?" he asked softly. He looked at the scans, and then looked at the top
where the date and name of the patient were clearly printed. "These are
yours?" he looked at the mass of white on each scan. "The
tumor," he murmured under his breath before looking at the newer scan
closely. The tumor was smaller. "It's smaller." For a long second he
didn't know how to react. His emotions were all over the place today for
whatever reason. He finally managed to settle for as bright a smile as he could
give in her direction. "You're beating this fucking thing."
slower in coming and smaller when it arrived, but it was there.
a bit at her words, but he managed to keep it up. She deserved it. "Yes
you did. You told me and I believe you will beat it. I really do."
falter though. "What?
can possibly imagine. Don't doubt it for an instant, spitfire," he said
with strong conviction.
was bigger. She left her chair and
seated herself in his lap again.
"Wanna make that pie?"
hadn't crossed my mind, no."
you want to do?"
pie?" he replied innocently.
what you didn't want to do.
out of here for a little while. I'm feeling restless," he murmured.
come with me, Aida," he said with a frown as if that should have been
obvious from the beginning.
around."
stay."
softly combed his hair with her fingers.
"Get out of here, my love.
Go run around and bring me something back.
you."
something?" he asked with a grin just barely on the sly side.
husband. You should know the kind of
stuff I like. Although I believe you
still owe me a few pairs of totally innocent pajamas..."
fun then. Fine," he said with a small smile.
you," she said as she planted a big wet kiss on his forehead.
softly and wiped his forehead off with a face scrunched up as if to say 'eew,
girl germs' or something equally immature. "I won't be gone long, Aida.
going to get?" she asked teasingly, refusing to get off his lap
you," he said with a mischievous grin. "And for me."
smile.
thought of that. I was just wondering if
these were the sort of things that wouldn't blush if my parents saw them."
I have to get you some things like
that. It wouldn't be fun otherwise."
me. It's not going to work, wife mine," he said with a
anything like that away, so don't even think about it."
would you go and do a thing like that for?" he pouted. "You're no
fun. We're married, Aida. They're
going to expect a certain amount of that, you know. But fine. If you want to
keep them from certain aspects of
your life, that's your decision to make. Just…you may want to make sure they
stay out of Jeffrey and sunrise's room."
and seeing it on the coffee table are two entirely different things," she
informed him.
be on the coffee table," he reasoned before sighing. "Fine. No fun
purchases to freak out the parents. I'll be good."
promise to be at least a little
discrete while they're here..."
little?" he asked a bit warily. "Are we talking like celibacy? Or
like no sex on the dining room table? Because I'm not sure I like the idea of
the first one very much, spitfire," he said with a quirked eyebrow.
no R-rated moves on the daughter in front of her parents.
allowed to wander under tables and such."
"They're not staying long, right?"
days, and not overnight at the house. In
fact, I'm going to try to keep them out
of the house as much as possible, but it'd ude ude not to invite them over at
least once."
"Alright fine. I…suppose that's fair."
about specifics later though," she assured him, placing another kiss on
his forehead. "You wanted to go
out. So go."
to get up and let me?" he asked wryly when she didn't move
strong man. Stand up yourself."
head with a short laugh and grabbed a hold of her before standing up; lifting
her into his arms as he did so. He then walked back to her chair and set her
down in it. "I'll be back soon. I love you. Oh, and don't let that cat of
mine get outside again."
door and he won't be able to."
made mention that he hadn't been the one to leave the door open in the first
place but he decided it wasn't worth arguing about. "I'll be back in a little
while." With one final glance in her direction, he went back into the
house, walked through it and out the front, got into his car and drove off.