Her eyes closed, feeling his lips brush across her stomach. So soft. So warm. Her hands went to the back of his head, pulling him gently to her, anticipating where his mouth was moving to next.
She forced herself to open her eyes and look down at him. The top of his head. A glimpse of his warm brown eyes. A hint of a smile across his lips as he showered her body with kisses. It would be too easy to lose herself in the sensations and close her eyes in ecstasy, but she wouldn't allow herself to. Too many times in the past year she had closed her eyes and remembered his kisses. She had been with other men. Too many other men. Not that she had gone very far with many of them. Usually she just ended up thinking about him. About those tiny little kisses that he was now showering her body with. And she couldn't enjoy being with someone else. But a few times, she had been with someone who had reminded her a little of him, and she had been able to manage it. To just close her eyes and think about it. Remember. Pretend. And while she was always gripped with shame afterwards for doing it, for at least a few very pleasant moments she had been able to be back exactly where she longed to be. In his arms.
But now, she was back there for real. So she forced herself to open her eyes and look at him instead of reveling in the sensation of his warm mouth as his lips traveled further down her body. His hair was thinner. And quite a bit more gray. Had it really been that long? She liked the gray. She even liked the new lines fanning out from his eyes when he smiled at her. But the tan was a little unsettling. She didn't want to think about the happy things that happened in his life without her. The trips to the beach. The candlelit dinners. The kisses that didn't include her. She couldn't let herself think about those things. This was all that mattered.
He kissed his way back up her body , flicking his tongue across her nipple before making his way to her neck. Mmmmm Pressing his lips to the soft flesh where her neck met her shoulder, gently he nibbled. She shifted slightly and pressed her legs together, feeling herself get wetter as his teeth grazed her tender skin. She wanted to cry out... to beg him to slide up on top of her and press into her but she knew it would do no good. They were still a very long way from that. First there was the touching. The kissing. The reconnecting. It had been too long but she still remembered the way that he would delight in torturing her until he couldn't take it any longer.
The kisses. Lips to lips. Barely brushing against each other, parting lips, gently sucking at her bottom lip. The tip of his tongue tracing her lips, then parting them slightly. She felt herself melting into his kiss as their tongues entwined and began the slow dance that would lead to their bodies doing the same dance.
"I need to tell you something," he started.
"No," she whispered, closing her eyes, never breaking the kiss. She remembered the cards. Secrets revealed, sending chills down her spine. Secrets seemed to always have a way of not being good news. "Later," she whispered thinking that she could handle anything he had to say, as long as she got to make love to him first. Even if it was just one last time.
He understood. She felt his reluctance to keep quiet but she also knew that he understood what she needed. Just for now, he was thinking. And it was ok between them. Everything unspoken, like nothing had ever happened, like no time had passed as he slid on top of her, pinning her to the bed with his weight. She sighed that little contented sigh and he remembered what it felt like to be home. His hands moved from her shoulders, stroking the length of her arms, finding her wrists. His fingers wrapped around both wrists and simultaneously lifted her hands above her head, pressing them to the bed. For a moment he longed for the ropes. For the leather cuffs. Just the thought of having her bound to the bed in front of him was more than he could bear. He wanted her helpless and at his mercy. He wanted to drag his fingertips over her soft flesh and feel goosebumps form. He wanted to feel her body rise up off the bed, silently begging for more of his touch. He wanted to taste her and feel her wanting to move against him, unable to control the pressure and speed. He wanted to make her want him more than she had ever wanted anything. Definitely next time, the ropes would come out. It was long overdue.
But tonight wasn't the night for that. Tonight he just needed to be inside of her. Inside of her body, so soft and warm and wet. Inside of her brain. Inside of her heart. Tonight he needed to lose himself in the pleasure. In her love.