The door slammed behind her as she stomped into the house, and he looked up from the set list he was reviewing in surprise. She was a bartender at a punk rock bar downtown. Some days were worse than others.
"I had the WORST fucking day." She snarled as she stomped into the kitchen, angrily throwing open the door of the refrigerator and snatching a can of Rainier beer, before thinking better of it, and replacing it with a 22oz bottle of Arrogant Bastard ale instead. She was wearing a tight Bad Religion t-shirt, and her short black hair was styled in a fairly tall faux hawk. She tried to act so tough. He knew better.
"What'd you do?" He asked, coming up behind her as she dug through the silverware drawer for a bottle opener. "Pour some irate customer the wrong drink?" He laughed, but it caught in his throat as she spun around, her bright blue eyes reflecting his imminent death. Her glare was less threatening as she had to look up at him, with all the fierceness she could muster with her 5'5". He was 6'3", and built very solidly. Years of moving music equipment had developed broad muscular shoulders, making him almost twice her width, as well close to a foot taller than her.
"Whoa, babe." He touched her shoulder, gently, his voice soft and unobtrusive. "Whoever pissed you off, it wasn't me. Okay? What happened?"
Immediately, all the rage drained out of her face, and she slumped back against the counter. "It was just a stupid off day. I couldn't do anything right. I couldn't find anything. I tried to serve someone a martini with no vermouth... can you imagine? My cook was late and I had to make someone a burger, and I burnt it. I broke a full bottle of fucken Sailor Jerry's and I bet you anything I'm going to get in trouble for it, if I don't get written up, I'll at least have to pay for the loss... I didn't even pour a shot of it. And my SHOES!" Her lower lip started trembling.
"Aww, baby girl, don't cry."
"And, and, when I was clearing off a table, some guy grabbed my ass, and then I didn't know which guy it was, and so I kicked out the whole party, and they got all pissed at me, and they had a tab, and I had to pay it..." She buried her face in her hands, and he pulled her close.
"Shh, it was just a bad day," she took a deep breath, her head pressed against his chest. He was so much bigger than her, and the warm, manly scent of him calmed her. He kissed the top of her head through her hair. "Tomorrow will be better."
"I hope so." She mumbled against his chest, and he laughed. He grabbed her hips and lifted her easily, sitting her on the counter. He raised an eyebrow at her, as tears started rolling down her cheeks and she laughed softly, wiping her eyes. "I... I just get so sick of it, sometimes."
"Sometimes shit days just come with the job, babe. I know you like being a bartender. And it's nice for us that you work there, we end up working together at least a few times most months..."
"I know, I know, it's not like I want to quit... I just wish it was different."
He kissed her lips, tasting the salt of her tears. "It's alright, baby girl. Everyone has shit days. That's why you have me to come home to, to make you feel better."
"Oh?" She laid her head on his broad shoulder, her feet dangling off the counter. "How you plan to do that?" She took a long chug off the large bottle in her hand, obviously thinking he might need a little assistance from the Arrogant Bastard in order to make her feel better.
He wrapped his strong arm around her, so she was cradled against his shoulder. "You think I don't know how to make my girl feel good?" he tweaked her nipple, and she looked up at him, his gentle eyes were gazing into hers, and there was a smile playing about his lips.
She stroked his cheek, rubbing her hand across the rough beard that ornamented his chin. "I know how you make your baby girl feel good." She murmured, smiling at him.
"You want me to make it better, huh, baby?" he asked softly. "You want daddy to make you feel better?" He ran his hand down her side, sliding his fingers up under her shirt.
She pouted a little, playing along. "Yeah, daddy. People were mean to me today, and you weren't there to protect me." She ran her fingertips absently along the large soundboard that was tattooed down his forearm.
"But I'm here now, baby." He kissed her, pulling up her shirt. "and I'm not going to be mean to you at all..." he nipped at her breast, playfully. "not unless you want me to."
She laughed. "You already make me feel... oh..." she trailed off as his lips enveloped her nipple, sucking on it sweetly. "oh... honey..." she found her hands in his hair, and her soft gasps were driving him insane.
He scooped her up in his strong arms, kissing her as he carried her into the other room, depositing her rather unceremoniously on the bed.
She giggled, holding her beer up proudly. "Didn't spill a drop."
He was putting some music on the mp3 player, he knew the music that would soothe her.
She lay back on the pillows, drinking off her beer, grimacing at the heady bite of it.
Suddenly, guitars enveloped her, and she closed her eyes. The melodic grit of Jeremy Enigk's voice also seemed to wrap around her. She smiled softly, pleased that he knew the tones that calmed her soul.
She stretched, reaching her fingers up over her head, and pointing her toes down to the foot of the bed. She felt him climb in bed next to her, and turned immediately into his arms, pressing her face against the breadth of his chest. He stroked her hair. "it's alright, baby girl. Everything's okay now. Daddy's here, and everything's okay now."
She lay back, staring up at him. It'd been almost a year now, since they met at the bar one night when they were both working. He was running sound for the Supersuckers, and she was pissed that she was stuck behind the bar when she wanted nothing more than to be in the mosh pit.
At the same time, he was captivated by her attitude, her tendency to pogo whenever she had a spare moment, and her attentiveness to the people around her. So many people in her business seemed to hate every time someone asked them for something, and she just seemed happy to be occupied. Her feet spun and stomped in heavy boots, and she appeared to know every word to the songs 'Pretty Fucked Up', and 'Born with a Tail'.
After the show ended, he stayed at the bar well past last call. Even after the equipment was all loaded, and all her work was done, they sat at the bar, talking for hours about shows and music, tattoos and skateboarding. She was almost a decade younger than him, only 25 to his 34, and loved his stories about the early punk scene in the area that she'd missed out on. He realized that a lot of her attraction to him came from the daddy issues she'd developed in childhood, but was unaware that she was drawn in by the gentleness and the intelligence in his eyes, the juxtaposition of him.
And now, all this time later, it still amazed her. She ran her hand up his cheek again, his eyes took her in, and then his mouth captured hers, and she was moaning against his lips.
He toyed with her breasts, rubbing the flat of his palm in circles over her pierced nipples. Making her tremble. Making her make those little moans and gasps against his mouth that he loved.
He reached around her shoulders, lifting her to his mouth, devouring her mouth with his own. And then lower, his breath hot on her neck, his tongue tracing a trail with a destination.
He took off her boots, and rolled down her tights. He lifted her short pleated skirt, and paused for a moment, admiring her black thong. He pulled it up, snug against her pussy lips, and then to the side, as he bent down, turning at the last moment and lathing his tongue against her thigh. She moaned, partially in pleasure, partially in disappointment. He kissed and licked sweetly over her thighs, until she was trembling. "Please, please, Daddy..." She whimpered.
He growled slightly, licking up her bare slit. He breathed deeply. The smell of her was heady, and he found himself mindlessly devouring her pussy. The taste of it, the smell and flavor of her, felt as if they were driving him insane. He was drunk on her pussy, on the feel of her small feet on his broad shoulders, her hands twisting in his hair as she arched her thin hips up to his face.
He moaned, and she yelped, he was rubbing his tongue across her clit, and her body bucked as the vibration rushed through her. "Oh god, yeah." She gasped.
He pulled her tightly to him, and her hands left his hair as he got up on his knees and her shoulders fell back on the mattress. Growling softly now, he licked up and down her labia, sucking them into his mouth, and playing with her with his tongue. He loved the taste of her. He fell on her clit, sucking it hard and wrapping his lips around it.