***All characters in this story are 18+. These are fictional characters that I made up. Any resemblance or likeness to anyone in real life is purely coincidence.***
***This is the 2nd installation of Ark and Allie's story. Please read Pt. 1 if you haven't. Thanks for the support :).***
Several hours later, Ark woke up and opened his eyes to see his bedside lamp still on and he could see the bedside clock reading 3:30am. He felt much better than he did a few hours before and he stretched a little as the memories came flooding back. It had been a long time since his blood sugar had tanked like that and he was pretty sure if it had been anyone else that witnessed that, other than family, they would have probably run away. Like sobriety, his diabetes was something he silently dealt with. He felt ashamed, he saw it as weakness. He felt embarrassed that had happened in front of Allie, she was too special, and he didn't want her to see him so weak.
He ran his hands over his arm, and re-discovered the IV port that he had forgotten the EMT's installed last night. He smoothed his hands over his chest and remembered how Allie's hands felt on him last night. It wasn't even sexual touching, she was just innocently tracing his tattoos on his chest, but her touch felt like waves of warmth and comfort. Her spirit was like a healing spring and, despite whether she was trying to or not, she was healing him. He didn't usually operate with this- or any level- of intimacy with anyone. But she had found a crack in his armor and she was flooding him with her light
He slowly rolled over and prepared himself for the potential that she wouldn't be there. To be fair, she wasn't obligated to still be there. But he prayed that he would see her when he opened his eyes. He settled into his pillow, with his eyes still closed. He hadn't been this scared to open his eyes since he was a kid and was afraid of the dark. Through sheer force of will, he opened his eyes. He felt tears of relief sting the back of his eyes when he saw her. He couldn't believe she stayed. She slept in his shirt, in his bed, wrapped up in his sheets and blankets. Her long hair was splayed over his pillows and a few strands hung in front of her face.
He scooted closer to her and debated touching her at all. She looked so peaceful and still. He didn't really want to wake her up, but it had been a few hours since they had touched, and his body longed for her. He gently swept her hair from her face with his fingertips and tucked those strands behind her ear. She looked like perfection and fantasy, mixed with innocence and a spark. He was starting to understand how love songs were written- he'd never been compelled to write one before, but she made him want to try.
Just laying here with her in the quiet, with the world still shrouded the darkness of night, he felt like they were in a sanctuary of some kind. For the next few days, they could just be together. They didn't have anywhere else to be. He hadn't had that in so long, it felt strange. But he was supposed to be in California with family and he had blocked off that time. Now, he could spend that time with her. It was the only holiday gift he was getting this year- and it was a big one, he didn't think he would ever ask for anything else.
Her eyes suddenly fluttered open as he watched her. Her clear blue gaze locked on his immediately and he watched as panic quickly transitioned to concern and then quickly transitioned to relief. She immediately scooted closer and wrapped her arms around him. He wrapped his arms around her too and held her close. He could tell she had been worried and scared and he felt bad about that.
"Hey, you." He said in a sleepy, raspy whisper, as he buried his face in her neck and her hair surrounded his face. He breathed in her scent and felt his entire body relax.
"Hey." She answered back. He felt her body relax a little as she melted into him.
"You look like you are feeling a little better." She said as she moved her hands over his shoulders and biceps.
"I do." He agreed. He narrowed his brows and looked at her in quiet disbelief. "I can't believe you stayed here all night."
"Why?" she asked. "I wanted to make sure you were okay. I've been up and down all night making sure you were okay. I was checking your pulse, measuring your heartbeat, making sure you were still breathing. I've been standing guard over you all night." She smoothed her hands from his arms to his chest and she covered his heart with her hand. "Death was going to have to go through me before it got to you." She laughed a little. Ark immediately recognized the warrior in her. She was a little Viking in her own right, and he swelled with pride for her.
"No one has ever done that for me before." He said as he reached up a hand and stroked her cheek.
"I was worried about you." She looked into his eyes with concern.
"I'm not used to that." He said with a heavy degree of sadness. "Thank you for everything you did last night. I don't think I can really describe how much that meant to me." He choked on the words a little. Real emotion bubbled up on him and he wasn't prepared for it. He hadn't asked for it and he hadn't expected it, but she had proven herself to him last night. She was someone who could be trusted and for him, that list grew a little shorter every day.
"I would do it again in a heartbeat, Ark." He seized the moment and kissed her while she looked up at him. He grabbed the comforter and pulled it up over them and he moved himself to cover her as she tucked herself beneath him. The way they moved together felt practiced, coordinated and natural. He couldn't explain it, they hadn't even known each other for a full day yet. He pressed the hard mass of his chest against hers. Her hands moved up his stomach, over his sides and then moved around him and climbed his back. Each time her hands discovered a place where she hadn't touched him before, she tried to memorize it with her hands.
The years and years of drumming left him with a divinely muscled back and arms with wide shoulders. Being underneath him like this was all-consuming, yet he was gentle and didn't hurt her at all. The heat of his body enveloped her and she gave in to the warmth. He kissed her deeper and settled a little more weight onto her. She welcomed him as her legs spread and made room for him to kneel between them.
He kissed her with a measured intensity. He wanted to devour her and make her his completely, but he also wanted to savor her. He felt a primal frenzy for her, it was a hunger, low in his belly that demanded to be satisfied. It wasn't the same thing as needing to fuck her- he just needed HER. He needed her connection and he needed her energy in his veins. The notion that he couldn't live without her anymore nagged at him. It replayed in a loop in the back of his mind. The thought of her ever being with someone else was unacceptable. The thought of ever kissing anyone else seemed impossible. They could never be the same after this. She was changing him, straight down to his DNA. He was falling for her and he knew he couldn't stop it.
He kept his movement deliberately slow. He was very aware of how big he was and if he didn't move conscientiously, he knew he could hurt her. He supported himself with one arm and ran the other hand down her body. He passed by her breast, he wanted to touch it but he resisted. He reached lower and ran his hand along her thigh that was currently curled up and resting against his waist. His hand roamed lower and he felt the curve of her ass cheek and he felt his body react to hers, but he decided to ignore it. He wanted her to set the pace. If left up to him, this would be over too fast. He pulled his hand back up to her thigh and gripped it and pulled it closer to him.
He felt her fingertips slip below the waist of his pants. The movement was small, and she didn't take them any lower, but his entire body felt like it was engulfed in flames of need. He groaned as she touched him there for the first time and waves of goosebumps and static radiated from her touch. He pressed himself against her a little more and moved his hand from her thigh and let it slowly travel up her side until it found her breast. He gently cradled it through the flannel shirt and then tightened his grip slightly. 'So much for letting her set the pace' he thought to himself.
She breathed a little heavier when he squeezed her breast and she reached up between them and unbuttoned a few of the top buttons on the shirt. She spread it apart and he stopped kissing her to watch. He groaned with approval and appreciation and slipped his hand inside to touch her bare skin. She moaned and pulled him back down to kiss her. He felt her nipple harden against the palm of his hand and he moved his hand to cradle the sensitive point in the nook between his thumb and forefinger. He softly squeezed her nipple and she moaned against his mouth.
"You are incredible..." He growled as he tore his mouth from hers and trailed it down her neck. "Tell me where you like to be kissed..." he whispered. She touched the bottom of her neck, between her collar bones. He immediately took his mouth there and she moaned and felt herself melt into the bed a little bit when he did. He moved a little and settled a little deeper between her legs and she felt his hardness press against her. It was thick and long and bigger than anyone else she had been with before. He let his mouth roam lower and she rolled her body and exposed more of her neck to him. He happily took more of her as she offered it. He kissed her, grazed his teeth over her and continued massaging her breast.