The sound of a key in the lock took her by surprise. It was him, of course, but she wasn't expecting him, not tonight. She felt a surge of adrenaline; her chest tightened. She was aware of her nipples hardening.
He opened the door and walked in. Locked the door behind him. Smiled. "I didn't -" she began, but he silenced her with a finger to his lips.
She was still sitting at her desk -- an unread e-mail on her computer, a half empty glass of wine beside the keyboard. Enigma was playing on the stereo. She watched as he removed his shoes and walked across the living room. He pulled her to her feet, took her right hand in his, brought it to his mouth, and kissed it, kissed the back of her hand. Never taking his eyes off her, he kissed again, a wet kiss, his lips soft. She could feel his teeth, the tip of his tongue, the bristly hair of his moustache.
Still looking straight into her eyes, he began to kiss her wrist, her forearm. Then she felt his tongue lick the sensitive crook of her arm. Goosebumps formed on her back; her nipples were taut.
Now he was kissing her throat, licking the skin, occasionally biting her: not hard enough to hurt, not yet -- just enough to make her close her eyes. She could feel a delicious bloodrush of arousal begin to glow between her legs.
He still had yet to speak, but when he reached her ear he whispered, "I love you, Christie." Then he sucked her earlobe into his hot mouth, tugging at it with his teeth, before licking all around and finally inside her ear.
Suddenly their passion exploded, and in a blink they were kissing -- hard, deep, wet, open-mouthed, tongues wrestling, teeth clacking. Hand behind her head, he grasped her hair and pulled her hard into him. His tongue probed deep into her mouth. He drew back to suck her bottom lip into his mouth, and bit -- harder this time, hard enough to elicit a groan from her, a groan muffled by his mouth. She bit back, nipping at his lip and causing him to pull her face even harder against his own.
They kissed for... minutes? hours? She had lost track of time. But suddenly he was kissing her throat again, kissing and now biting the tender flesh. She felt a sudden sharp stab of hot pain as his teeth grabbed a tiny pinch of her skin.
His hands were on her breasts now. She felt him pulling up her shirt until it was around her neck, felt him licking and kissing the tops of her breasts, the rest of them still hidden under her bra. There was urgency to his movements now. His fingers slipped inside her bra, at the bottom, and pulled the cups up and over her breasts. She felt the cooler air on her nipples.
Now his hands covered her breasts, gently squeezing them. His fingers pulled at her hard nipples. He bent forward and took her right nipple into his mouth, sucking hard at the tight nubbin of flesh, pulling with his mouth. He rolled the nipple of her other breast between his thumb and index finger. Without warning, at the same moment, he bit down, hard, and pinched, hard, and she cried out in pain, or pleasure, or both.
She was wet now, and her knees felt weak. They were still standing and she was about to pull him over to the futon couch, when he stopped sucking. Her nipple popped from his mouth with a wet pop. He raised his head and kissed her again, gently, then slowly began to drop to his knees, trailing kisses down her body as he descended.
Then he was on his knees before her. Looking up into her eyes, he unsnapped the top button of her jeans, and slowly pulled down the zipper. He reached behind her and pulled the jeans down, over her ass, past her hips, and down to her feet. She stepped out of them, first her left foot, then her right.