A true story
It is a warm summer night along the ocean, cloudless, starlit, as we pick our way along the forest path, indistinct in the dim light. The old fort walls loom up at us, elephant grey in the near-darkness. The moon will soon rise to guide our steps along the walls, turning the gloomy, ashen concrete a luminous silver.
Her hand is warm in mine, fingers interlaced as I lead her past the shadowy battlements, climbing up the worn stone stairs to the grassy plain overlooking the ocean. As we reach the top step, the quarter moon starts to appear over the treetops behind us, and the slate-coloured surface of the ocean far below glitters with its wan light.
We walk across the broad, flat grass slope in front of the old fort. I drape the blanket I carry on one arm on the gentle incline. I turn towards her, and gaze into the rich darkness of her eyes, flashing with the moonlight from under a golden thatch of hair. Gently, I cup her head in my hands and kiss her lips softly, holding the kiss as we embrace. I can feel her breathing quicken as we cling tightly, and I run my hands under her blouse, sweeping my fingers over the small of her back, pulling her into me. Her skin is like satin, warm and inviting; I playfully pull my nails lightly down her back, from the shoulder blades to her waist. I feel her shiver as she exhales a sigh. She returns the embrace, arms tight around my back.
The bottle of wine we brought sits unopened, unwanted, as we kiss deeply, lost in the moment. Small, tender butterfly kisses on her lips, her soft downy cheek, the graceful curve of her neck give way to more urgent, insistent open mouths, the tips of our tongues meeting in delicious slippery orbits. I graze her earlobes delicately, and run the tip of my tongue along its ridges and folds, as my hot breath comes in short gasps. Pulling my head back, I look deep into her lustrous brown eyes, shining in the moonlight. She has never looked more beautiful.
"I am so hungry for you." My voice is husky and thick. I can feel my heart beating faster with desire. Gently, I run my hands under her sweater, up over her bra, feeling the texture of the pattern under my fingertips. Tenderly, slowly, my hands stroke the rounded fullness of her breasts, and I feel her nipples awaken and grow firm under the rich fabric. Her eyes are half-closed, and the tip of her tongue just barely shows between her full lips.