There is something very different about your apartment as you walk through your front door and close it on the cold night.
Th scent of freesias and violets carries on the air, drifting slowly towards you. You breathe in deeply, closing your eyes and savouring the fragrant mix that you have come to know so well since my arrival. You leave your coat and bag on the chair by the door and a smile plays at the corner of your mouth as you hear the distant sound of running water.
You amble slowly up the hall feeling suddenly light headed as the tension of your day begins to leave your weary body. You undo the top buttons of your shirt and stand outside the partially closed bathroom door. You nudge it open with your hand, kicking your shoes and socks off as you enter. Immediately you are rewarded with the welcoming warmth of candlelight playing on the rising steam you see wafting up from the bubbly water. You are at once hypnotised by the slow tumble of the water as it hits the bubbles and splashes back up. The flames of the candles I have lining the bath edge are dancing for you. The ceiling and walls provide the stage for their sensual performance. The air is moist and the steam beads on your upper lip as you venture further into this haven I have created for us. Your shirt drops to the floor and becomes but a memory when you spy the Chardonnay and ice bucket I have laid out for us. You stand transfixed by the flickering flames reflected in the two wine glasses that keep vigil over the water from their station at the bath edge. You are vaguely aware of Jewel's soft lilt floating to you from the lounge and although Spirit has been in your CD collection for some months now you would almost swear you are hearing her for the first time.
You are brought out of your trance by the gentle caress of my fingertips on your naked stomach as I steal up behind you and kiss the back of your neck so softly you are not sure it happened at all. In my touch, as my fingers trace delicate lines up and down the skin I have come to know so well, you are suddenly aware of my depth of feeling for you. My concern for your well being, my respect for your spirit, my faith in you, all this and more is conveyed through my touch. For this one brief moment in time you are given a view into my heart, my soul and there you are most welcome to dwell. My erect nipples against your back are the first clue I give you that I stand naked behind you. Your head falls back against mine and for a moment I lose myself in the scent of your skin.
Your hands come up to hold mine against your chest before you bring each of them in turn upto your mouth. You surprise me by opening my palms and licking them with your clever tongue. There is a jolt of electricity that shoots through my body without warning and the softest of moans escapes my lips.