Sergio languidly ran his hand across the expanse of Hazel's back, fingers just grazing the skin. "April 19th, 1872."
Hazel sighed, arching ever so lightly into his touch. "It was warm that day. I remember the sun peeking out at the same time I woke up, or maybe it was the sun that caused me to rise. Either way, it was early, and I was up and doing chores within ten minutes. My mother teased me for being a minute slower than the day before. It was a good day."
He tilted his head, seemingly satisfied with the answer, and rested his hand on her shoulder.
She lazily turned until she was on her back rather than on his stomach, her hand now resting on his chest as she gazed up at him. They watched each other for a moment, and then Sergio grinned, lightly grabbing for Hazel before he spun her around twice to lay beneath him again.
She squealed a bit and laughed, settling into the mattress as he laid a fraction of his weight on her. They laughed together, and then Sergio bent his head down, and allowed his lips to meet hers.
This was how they'd spent the better part of the evening before both tumbling into sleep at about four in the morning. Although if they were being truthful, it was how they'd spent the better part of most evenings since moving in together.
Hazel, for once in her life, felt like things were finally coming together. She'd spent the better part of four centuries floating around the Americas, and floating around the various partners she'd scooped up along the way, but none of it had made her happy. She was about to finally make the leap to a different continent altogether when she'd run into Sergio, who seemed disgruntled enough about the state of world governments over the last two hundred years that Hazel figured they had something in common: they hated the man.
But nearly three centuries between them did that to a person.
Sergio had been on the run when he'd met Hazel. There was another werewolf in Prague he owed quite a bit of money to, and Los Angeles seemed like an interesting enough place to hide out for a few years. He'd been grateful to Hazel for taking him in after they met at an open mic night, and even more grateful to find out she wasn't human either. Creatures like them tended to stick together, it was safter that way.
The two had started off as roommates, and for months, things ran pretty smooth. Sergio had a tendency to leave dishes in the sink, and Hazel never cleaned the bathrooms, but other than a few haphazard annoyances, the two of them got along.
Sleeping together had, quite frankly, been an accident. Not that either of them seemed to regret it.
This particular morning was a great morning after several others. In fact, it had been one of the best weeks the pair had had in a very long time. Not only had Hazel landed a contract with a small publishing company for an article series on new art movements, but Sergio had been promoted at work, and soon, the two would be able to afford an even bigger apartment.
Life was good.
And right now, the feeling of Sergio's hand tracing down the side of her body down towards her warm thighs was even better.
Hazel let out a soft sigh, her arms wrapping around his neck as his hand fell between her legs. She grinned, clamping her thighs together for a moment. But a soft growl from deep in Sergio's chest sent a warm bolt of electricity straight through her body, and she relinquished, letting his hand part her long legs.
She felt him fumble for a moment, but then his fingers were right where she wanted them, and she let out a soft moan, already enjoying the feeling of him teasing her. The touches were so light, dragging and prodding lightly until he increased the pressure, rubbing slow circles. Then he bent his head down to the curve of her neck, grinning as he bit the soft flesh. Then his lips were tracing down over her collar bone, her chest, and to a nipple that hardened quickly beneath the warmth of his lips.