I was laying on the moonlit bed of our recently converted spare room, looking out the low window wondering at the changes moonlight makes on the flowers and trees in full bloom in these late days of spring. The window was open letting in the cool, scent filled air. While I missed my children I was enjoying the peace and quiet of being an empty nester, of being young enough to enjoy it. Feeling so calm and at peace I dozed off.
I awake to the bed shifting under his weight. "Are you coming to bed?" my husband asks quietly with a hand on my shoulder.
I smile sleepily up at him, saying, "This is a bed."
"That it is." He says as he leans down touching the side of my face to softly kiss my lips.
His lips feel so soft against mine, so tender. For some reason this takes me by surprise. We'd been together for years and were trying to adjust to our empty nest, struggling with it if I were being honest. This tenderness, the intimacy, well I hadn't felt this in years. I sense the smile on his lips when he deepens the kiss; I embrace the feeling and open my lips as the tip of his tongue lightly probes them.
I gently pull him down to lay beside me. He is wearing basketball shorts, shirtless as I like him. We may be getting older and heavier, but he is still a handsome man, strong, muscular, and tanned with his work as a contractor. I love the way his broad shoulders and arms feel as he tucks my body up against his, continuing the kiss as his rough hand rests lightly on my soft stomach. My eyes close at how sensuous this all feels.