13 February 2015

Six Lovers

1. Love in Captivity
Arthur and Guinevere (Merlin)

“We’ll be fine, Guinevere. I promise you. I won’t allow...”

“Won’t allow them to rape me? Shame me in front of their comrades for sport? How will you stop it, Arthur? Like me, you are a prisoner.”

“I am the future king of Camelot. I still have some say over my destiny and the destiny of my subjects. Lord Branor is a scoundrel but he will not risk my father’s wrath.”

“Lord Branor can do what he likes with me and there is nothing to stop it. King Uther will not avenge me, not even for your sake. Especially not for your sake.”

“Guinevere,” he pulled her close and tried to comfort her but the truth was she was right. Lord Branor, their captor, would ransom Arthur but he would do as he wished with Gwen. Not even he could stop it.

The moment they both dreaded came two hours later when the door of the room they were being held prisoner in opened and three guards came in, swords drawn.

“Lord Branor would have the girl,” one of the guards said.

“Over my dead body,” Arthur answered, standing in front of Gwen, shielding her with his own flesh. Would they cut him down to get at her, to fulfill their lord’s wish?

“Move aside, Prince Arthur. Lord Branor will have what he desires, even at the spilling of your blood.”

“Take me with her,” he said. “She is my subject. I should see what is done with her.”

One of the guards nodded at another. He disappeared and the remaining guards waited, swords drawn, ready for Arthur to put up a fight. Minutes dragged by like hours before, finally, the other guard returned.

“He will see you both.”

Gwen’s grip was tight on Arthur’s arm, her fingers like a vice, as they were led through the chilly, dank corridors to a set of double doors. They opened and both Arthur and Gwen were pushed into an antechamber illuminated by tall column candles that flickered in the cold air that blew in through the many cracks in the walls. A girl emerged from the bedchamber, naked except for jewels that adorned her pale flesh.

“This way,” she said.

Gwen was struck by how dead the girl’s eyes looked. She moved with feline grace but her eyes were void of all feeling, all signs of emotion. How she must have been used, Gwen imagined, to have such a look of defeat in her eyes.

Lord Branor was a massive man, muscular and tall, but he’d gone soft around his middle. He lay now, naked, on his enormous four poster bed, watching as Arthur and Gwen were led in.

“So. You wish to see what will become of your serving girl?” Branor asked, his tone cruel and cold. He nodded to three young men, also as dead in the eye as the girl was. “I planned to have them fuck her.”

“Lord Branor, I would ask you to reconsider. Guinevere is an honorable young woman who has served my family well since her youth. Please, do not--”

“You are alive but for my mercy!” Branor shouted, enraged. The naked servants gathered in the room seemed to shrink in on themselves, fearful, though their faces remained stony as ever. Gwen’s fingers dug into Arthur’s arm but she couldn’t help herself. She was even more fearful of what would happen than they were.

“Yes, you have been very merciful,” Arthur said, attempting to placate the madman. Arthur gazed down at Gwen. It was no secret to those who knew them best, especially their friend, Merlin, that they were in love. He didn’t bother to hide that from her now, that look of tenderness that was reserved only for her. She felt her grip relax. As long as she always had that love she thought she could be strong and face whatever came her way.

“Ahhh…I see…”

Branor was watching them, and now a wicked smile played at his scarred, hairy face. “You’re in love with the serving wench.”

Arthur looked away from Gwen and straight into Branor’s eyes. He prayed that the truth wouldn’t arouse even more cruelty in the man.

“It is true. I love her. I beg you, sir, do not shame her. Do not rob her of her dignity and her virtue by having these men lay hands to her.”

Branor considered it and then finally, blessedly, nodded. “Very well. They will not lay hands to her. You will.”

“What?” Arthur asked, his heart pounding hard within his chest. “Me?”

“You love her, she clearly loves you. Have you not taken her before?”

Arthur wanted to spit at the man, tell him that what he’d done with Gwen was none of his concern, but that would only arouse ire and bring Gwen harm.

“I have. It is a private act.”

“Not tonight,” Branor laughed. “Come to my bed. Have her for my enjoyment and I will spare her the indignity of the touch of another man.”


Though Gwen was grateful no other man would lay hands to her she was horrified at the thought of being with Arthur in front of others, for their lovemaking to be something that was perverted for a perverse man’s pleasures, but it was the best either of them could hope for. She would be naked that night and nothing was going to spare her that. It was better that Arthur was the man who took her than a stranger.

Now she lay on Branor’s bed, her dress gone, a simple shift all that covered her form. She prayed Branor kept his hands to himself. The idea of him touching her made her belly roll with revulsion.

“Remember my love for you,” Arthur whispered, before leaning in to kiss her.

“Enough with the whispers. When you speak, speak clearly, man,” Branor warned.

Arthur nodded his understanding and pulled his shirt from his head. He was determined to forget the circumstances of this union with Gwen and concentrate only on her, and his love for her, to the exclusion of all else. If he didn’t he would never be able to complete the act and the woman he loved would be raped.

Once his shirt was gone he relieved Gwen of her gown, leaving her naked on the massive bed, next to Branor’s equally naked body. He was fully erect now, and the naked girl that had greeted him now massaged his admittedly impressive member, her small hand moving slowly over him. Arthur ran his hands down Gwen’s body, and she closed her eyes, making every effort to block out every other sound and every other person in the room save for Arthur.

It began to work. She was able to see only one man, the man she loved, and look into his eyes to make him the only man in existence in that moment. The feel of the pad of his thumb rubbing light circles around her erect nipples elicited a sigh from her. She moistened, feeling Arthur press light kisses down her chest, and her belly, until he found the sensitive bud between her legs.

She tasted as she always did--sweet, like her soul--and Arthur satisfied his thirst for her until he felt her hands come to rest in his hair. His chin glistened with her juices when he sat back to unfasten his trousers. He was vaguely aware that the naked girl now had Branor’s cock in her small mouth but it did nothing to arouse him. All he cared about was making this as tolerable for Gwen as possible.

He took her legs and lifted them, pulling Gwen close to him until his member came to her entrance and she guided him in. He slowly pushed inside, and she welcomed every long, hard inch of him until he was firmly sheathed within her. The moan that came from her lips was real, and every gasp that fell from her mouth as he moved within her was genuine.

Gwen’s eyes fluttered open as Arthur thrust his hips and their gazes locked. His heart filled with love for her as she caressed the powerful hands that had wielded swords into battle for the glory of Camelot. She tightened around him, feeling his breath quicken, hearing his moans elongate as he neared climax. As much as she loved Arthur she knew she wouldn’t find satisfaction, not truly, not in this circumstance, but she could fake it well enough.

Not for the first time in their lives Arthur threw his head back and stiffened as he spilled his seed deep within her. It was only the feel of Branor’s hot breath on her neck that tore her attention away from Arthur.

“You have the love of a prince, serving wench,” he said, his breath hot and stinking. “Use it wisely.”


It wasn’t until they were back in their chambers with word that King Uther had sent the ransom Branor demanded that Gwen could relax. They would be released the next morning. She lay in the bed, in Arthur’s arms, smelling her scene on him, and his scent on her, feeling his seed still thick within her. Would it create life? She didn’t know. All she knew for certain was that they were going home and she would be able to forget the horrors of this night.

“I love you, Guinevere,” Arthur whispered. “I’m so sorry you had to suffer such humiliation.”

“No, Arthur. You spared me humiliation,” she said, absolving him of what had happened, though she knew that he was not the kind of man who would rest until he knew revenge on Branor for daring to embarrass her. She snuggled close to him and kissed his cheek.

“Arthur?”

“Hm?”

“I love you, too.”

...


2. Round Two
Clark and Chloe (Smallville)

“Clark, I don’t think this is such a good idea.”

Clark looked out over the edge of the bridge. It was understandable that she’d be hesitant. He was invulnerable. She wasn’t.

“That’s a long fall.”

“You don’t trust me to catch you?”

She looked up at him, somehow managing to convey both anger and trust in one glance. “Of course I trust you! I just don’t like falling.”

“I’m pretty sure I can fly if I know I have to reach you no other way.”

“And if you’re wrong I go splat!”

“I won’t be so far away that I won’t be able to reach you by running. Chloe, trust me.”

She finally nodded. “Okay. I’ll trust you.”

She trusted Clark through six consecutive falls from the bridge. He caught her every time but it was beginning to hurt every time she landed, even with his strange ability to displace impact that should, logically, cause her great harm. A sudden stop in Clark’s arms shouldn’t have been any different from a sudden stop hitting the ground yet he managed to keep any harm from sudden impact from hurting her.

“Clark, I need a break,” she said. “My back and legs are killing me.”

“I don’t understand,” Clark said, perplexed, while they sat down on the edge of the bridge. “I should be able to fly to catch you.”

“The last time you flew, what was going on?” Chloe said, her mind on her studies. She was in college now and she needed to dedicate more time to her classes than she did. Being the best friend to the world’s savior could stretch a girl thin, especially when she was trying to become a journalist at the world’s greatest paper, the Daily Planet.

“I was...um...well, I didn’t fly. I floated.”

She blinked at Clark. He was caging and that was annoying her. “Clark, what the hell were you doing that made you float? Just tell me.”

He had started to blush. He stared down at the water that was rushing over the rocky soil beneath the bridge. She was going to give him a verbal lashing if he didn’t open his mouth.

“I was in the loft and I was, uh, I was...”

She suddenly understood and rolled her eyes. “Beating off?”

“Don’t say it like that!” he said, embarrassed.

“Oh, grow up. We’re adults now, Clark. You really should quit being so Victorian about matters of sex. I’ve noticed all your new abilities revolve around your libito.”

“How so?”

“Your x-ray vision. Your heat vision. It starts off around you being horny until you can learn to control it.”

She had a point and Clark wasn’t sure how to acknowledge it without actually saying it right out. How was he supposed to actually tell her that he was ‘beating off’ to a fantasy of her? He knew he didn’t have to tell her but he did know that Chloe could read him like a book and he was afraid she’d figure him out pretty quickly and that could lead to issues with their friendship.

“Who were you thinking about?”

“Does that even matter?”

Chloe shrugged. “I guess not. Lois?”

She was smirking, knowing full well he wasn’t into her cousin that way. Well, not that way anymore than any young man would be into a beautiful young woman. Still, he didn’t care for her insinuation because it was very close to the truth--she’d picked someone in the family, at least.

“No, not Lois.”

“Lana, then.”

He side-eyed her, unable to stop himself, and Chloe picked up on it. Damn it. Why was he like an open book around her.

“Not Lana,” she said, her eyes squinting at him. He swore she had x-ray vision and she could see right through him.

“Me?” she said after a moment.

His deepening blush and his hurried climb to his feet gave him away.

“You were masturbating to me?” she said, and then burst out laughing.

“Shut up,” he mumbled, his face feeling like it was on fire and his eyes itching with the need to release heat. Being horny wasn’t the only thing that set off his heat vision. Embarrassment did too.

“Sorry,” she giggled, and then calmed down. She became very serious--for all of three seconds--before bursting into laughter so hard she actually doubled over. He stood there nodding his head, his jaw clenching.

“You go ahead, Chloe, get your laugh out.”

“I’m sorry,” she said, a hand on her belly. “Um…where were you doing this? Your room?”

“No! Mom’s in the house. Plus, I told you.”

“Clark, she’s not in your bedroom. It’s okay for you to masturbate--”

He was already shaking his head. Such a prude.

“You said you were in the loft, I remember now.”

He nodded, wishing he could fly. God, he wished he could fly so he could zip away from her right then and there.

“Take me back to the loft. I have an idea.”

“What sort of idea?” he asked, panicked.

“You asked me to trust you and I jumped off a bridge to do it. Now it’s your turn. Trust me.”

She jumped into his arms and he caught her, looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then zoomed off toward his house. This mode of travel was Chloe’s favorite. She didn’t feel much, other than a tug, but the world literally went into a blur for a few moments. It only took about five seconds to get to the loft and Clark was setting Chloe on her feet.

“It’s a good hot day so this will be easy,” she said, and reached for the hem of her shirt. She started to pull it off.

“Chloe, what are you doing?” Clark asked, panicked.

“I’m helping. Or I’m trying to.”

“I don’t think this is a good idea.”

She rolled her eyes. “Clark, I know you don’t want to see me as a sexual entity--”

“If I didn’t I wouldn’t…you know…to pictures of you.”

“What picture?”

He mumbled something suspiciously like I don’t know before shrugging.

“Clark, just tell me!”

He walked over to the small table beside the overstuffed couch and pulled out a photo album. In it was a photo of Chloe from the previous year out at Crater Lake. She’d allowed Lois to talk her into wearing a two piece and no wrap and she stood on the dock, looking down into the water that she’d just climbed out of. She had to admit, though, it wasn’t a bad picture. She liked her legs. She had good, strong legs.

“You have awesome legs and a really good belly,” he said softly. Too softly, in Chloe’s opinion, and she felt herself shiver despite the warmth of the day.

“How often do you peep?”

“Never!” he said, looking scandalized at the idea he’d use his x-ray vision to violate her privacy.

“Clark, I’m kidding. Stop being so skittish.”

“Says the girl standing in my loft with no shirt,” he pointed out.

"Okay, you've got a good point. Look, Clark, I know you're worried about messing up our friendship, I worry about that too, but if this helps you learn to fly imagine how it'll help you help others."

"So...you getting partially naked is for the good of mankind?"

"No, me getting totally naked is for the good of mankind. Like I said, trust me."

Clark swallowed and looked away while Chloe pulled her clothes off. He kept peeping, super fast so that Chloe couldn't track him, not that she would have minded. She wanted him to look at her. He knew that. It just wasn't easy for him to get there, at least openly, with her.

"Okay, Clark. Sit down. I have something in mind. Go on. Get on the couch and take off your shirt."

Again, Clark swallowed, feeling his mouth go dry. He kept an ear out around the farm. Nobody was approaching on the drive and his mother wasn't home. Lois was at the Talon, snoring during an afternoon nap. Nobody was going to catch them at it. They were alone.

"What are we doing?"

"I want you to get back to that point where you found yourself floating. Was it when you climaxed or before?"

"Before. Right as I was getting there."

"Okay. Let's get you there."

Now that Clark was topless Chloe reached out and undid his jeans. She unzipped him and he helped work his jeans down off his hips. Clark was still flaccid, not looking at Chloe directly, and he still had an impressive member. Chloe was quite excited. She'd always wondered if Clark was a grower or a show-er. Now she was going to find out.

"Clark, it's okay to look at me. Take one for the team," she said, winking at him, helping him relax.

"Okay."

Clark was going to need help. Chloe could tell, so she did something that made his eyes pop out of his head. She put her feet up on the old trunk that acted as a table and reached between her legs. Her eyes were locked on Clark's cock, which was starting to grow. It was large enough flaccid, but it grew to an enormous size when hard. He was nearly eight inches and he was thick.

"Jesus, Clark..." Chloe said, looking at his swollen member lying on his naked flat belly. It was flushed red and it jerked eagerly as he watched her rubbing her clit.

"You're wet..." he said in a lust-strangled voice.

"You're hard. So hard..."

Her fingers worked faster, rubbing side to side. Clark reached up and took himself in his hand, gripping his erect cock and working it. Chloe felt herself moisten even more at the sight. She'd give anything to taste him, to run her tongue over the head of his dick and taste the tiny drop of precum that had beaded there.

"Fuck..." Clark said, watching Chloe work herself while he pumped his dick faster.

"Slow down, Clark. Remember you're trying to get to that point but you don't want to rush and miss it."

He removed his hand, with effort, and took a few deep breaths. Chloe continued to rub at her pussy. She dipped three fingers in and Clark breathed in the smell of her arousal, feeling his cock ache and his balls tighten while he listened to the moist sound of her digital penetration. She'd never been more beautiful as she was now, her head thrown back, her eyes closed, her fingers bringing pleasure to herself.

Unable to stop himself, Clark reached out and pressed the pad of his thumb over the swollen nub of her clit. Chloe gasped at the feel of his finger against her. Her eyes flew open and she looked him in the eye.

They'd just crossed a line for certain.

Clark picked Chloe up and put her on his lap. She straddled him, feeling his member hot and throbbing against her own aching clit. She slowly moved against him, her small hands gripping his powerfully broad shoulders. She could dig in as much as she wanted and she knew it wouldn't hurt.

"I can't penetrate you," he said, his lips inches from hers. "I could lose control, hurt you," he said.

"I know. It's okay."

Even with their lips this close Chloe didn't expect Clark to slip his tongue deep into her mouth. The kiss was very slow, very intimate, their tongues rubbing sensually together, their breath mingling in fast, shallow gasps while Chloe picked up pace. Clark's big hands came to rest on her hips, rubbing around until he gripped her ass and began moving her against him at the pace he needed.

"Chloe..."

He'd never wanted to feel someone from the inside so badly. He was lost in another kiss, feeling himself inch closer to release, when her warmth was suddenly surrounding him. Their eyes locked and Clark felt himself start to panic. She was taking him in, inch by inch, slowly, adjusting to his girth as she slid slowly down on him.

"I need to feel you," she whispered. "I've always wanted to feel you, to know this."

His hands stroked her back, her legs, ran up over her shoulders, caressing her while she rocked against him, slowly at first, then faster.

"Clark..."

She was close. He could feel her pulse beating harder. Her breath was picking up and he urged her to move faster. He wanted so much to lay her down and pound into her but he knew he would have to let her keep control. He was afraid to even help by thrusting upward. He may lose control and if he ever hurt her he would never forgive himself.

The walls of her pussy fluttered around him. Her juices coated his member as she came, her cries filling the hot, humid air of the loft. He kissed her neck as she continued to pump her hips, moving faster, harder, squeezing him and driving him to climax. He felt his orgasm rush through him and deep into her and it was the most wonderful, erotic thing he'd ever known.

...

"I didn't fly," Clark said.

He and Chloe were now dressed and sitting in the kitchen with leftover fried chicken, potato salad, bread, a cheese plate, and anything else they could find for a post-coital snack.

"Well, I did," Chloe said, smiling shyly. "Sorry. I tried to help."

"You took one for the team," he winked.

"Maybe Lana can--"

"I think we should take a nap after we eat," Clark said, cutting her off. He didn't want to talk about Lana. She was with Lex. She'd made her choice. Now he'd made his.

"A nap?"

He nodded. "Maybe after that we could go for round two? In my bedroom."

"You're serious?" she said, a drumstick halfway to her mouth. She was so cute. She was so right for him.

"What we did...it felt right," he said slowly. "I don't want it to be over. If you don't."

"No, I don't want it to be over," Chloe said, a smile splitting her face. She wiped her hands and stood after they finished eating.

"Round two, huh?" she said.

"Already?" he asked, scooping her up and carrying her up to his bedroom, to his bed, where he lay her down and felt her wrap her legs around him.

It was time for round two.






...

3. Panties
Rick and Michonne (The Walking Dead)

The tiny box on Rick's bed was wrapped in white tissue paper with a red ribbon tied prettily around it. He picked it up, curious who it was from and why it had been sent. It wasn't his birthday. It wasn't a holiday, at least that he knew of, and he found himself standing there confused and hesitant.

Finally he just decided to unwrap the box and opened it. Inside was a photograph of a pair of sexy red panties. There was a note with the picture.

Want to see them on me? Come to
the warden's office tonight at nine.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Michonne

Rick read the note over a couple of times. He couldn't quite believe what he was reading and he began to wonder if it wasn't some kind of prank. Michonne was sending him an invitation to sex? Michonne? He wracked his mind trying to remember anything that had ever happened between them that would indicate she had an interest in him that way.

Perhaps, Rick thought, she wasn't interested in him all that much. The pickings were slim nowadays and perhaps she had an itch she wanted to scratch. He certainly had an itch to scratch, and he'd thought about approaching Michonne before, but he'd never had the guts to do it.

What if he went to the warden's office and she wasn't there? What if he opened the door on a group of his friends, laughing and pointing, because he'd gone to the office to get some touch from one of his best friends?

Indecisiveness wasn't usually something Rick suffered from. He was a leader, or at least he had been, and he knew the importance of making a decision and sticking to it. Go or don't go. What would happen if he went? He'd end up fucking her if this wasn't a prank and then where would that leave them? If he didn't go he'd run the risk of hurting and embarrassing her. Then where would they be left?

Rick's eyes were drawn to the picture of the red panties. He could just see them on her. God, it was a beautiful thought. All that smooth skin, that firm body, tucked into these tiny red, partially transparent panties…

He made up his mind easily enough with that image in his mind. He was going.


Freshly showered and wearing clean clothes, a tee-shirt he found kind of tight but hoped she'd like, Rick made his way to the administration building after leaving Judith with Carl in his cell. He saw golden, flickering light beneath the door of the warden's office. He swallowed, nervous, and put his hand to the doorknob. He hadn't actually had sex in a long time. He'd masturbated but that was a completely different experience from sex, and his hand shook slightly as he opened the door and peered in.

There wasn't a group of friends inside playing a gag on him. There was only Michonne, leaning against a desk that had been covered with a white sheet, candles set up on either side of her, casting the room in a soft golden glow that reflected beautifully off her smooth, rich skin. She wore nothing but the panties and a matching bra. They were gloriously transparent, hiding little, if nothing at all.

"Come in," she said in a soft, throaty voice.

Swallowing again, Rick entered the office and shut the door behind him, careful to lock it behind him, and rubbed his sweaty palms on his jeans.

"They look great," he said, embarrassed by how choked his voice sounded. He felt like a virgin, for fuck's sake, about to get laid his first time.

His stomach clenched when Michonne pushed away from the desk and came to take him by the hand. She moved around him, running her fingertips over his chest and back as she walked in a circuit around him.

"I didn't think you'd show," she said.

"I almost chickened out," he confessed.

"So did I."

"What…where did this--"

"Shhh…Let's talk about it later."

"Okay," he answered, nodding.

He couldn't believe he was about to cross that line with Michonne. There'd been a kind of unspoken agreement that they were friends, allies, but they'd never be more than that. Then he'd gotten her invitation and agreed to it, changing everything between them.

Michonne lifted his shirt over his head while he toed his boots off. Her fingers made quick work of his jeans, lowering them, her eyes glued to every inch of his body as she undressed him. When he was naked before her she finally looked up to meet his gaze. She dragged her fingers lightly over his lips, over his ever thickening beard, and then down his chest. Her thumbs rubbed over his nipples and Rick watched as hers hardened.

Very gently he reached out, still amazed this was happening between them, and caressed the soft flesh of her lower back, pulling her closer. He gently kissed her forehead, and peppered her face with soft kisses until she turned her lips to his. There was no hesitation. Their desire to feel something good, to feel each other, didn't allow for closed-mouth kisses. He plunged his tongue into her mouth, tasted her, and felt Michonne press her body against him, eager for the feel of him against her.

Rick backed Michonne toward the mattress that had been laid out on the office floor, covered in a crisp white sheet, and eased her down until she rested with her head on the pillow. His lips thirstily drank her in as he kissed from her neck down the center of her chest, stopping to lap at her hardened buds through the flimsy material of the bra. She gasped at the warm, wet feel of his tongue, and it excited him, urged him to kiss ever lower, over the flat plane of her belly to the dark patch between her legs.

God, she smelled so good. Soap mixed with the heady scent of her arousal drew a moan from Rick's lips. He watched the material slicked with her juices. He watched her as he played a thumb over her swollen clit. Michonne rewarded him with a low moan that sent a shot of need straight to his burgeoning erection. He hardened, fast, feeling that sweet ache of need pulse through him.

He peeled the panties off slowly, pulled them down her long, muscular legs, enjoying the sight of her soft curls between her legs. Her ass…glorious was the only word to describe it, so wonderfully round and firm. He watched as she lifted, her stomach muscles contracting as she sat up, and pulled the bra off, flinging it elsewhere, uncaring of where it landed in the face of Rick lowering his face between her legs to nip and kiss at her thighs.

She sighed when he first tasted her, licking and lapping at her wet folds, moving ever closer to her clit until he claimed it between his lips, sucking, drawing a long, low moan out of her. Michonne's fingers came to rest on his head, entwining them in his hair while her hips lifted from the mattress, eager for more pressure. Rick obliged, suckling harder, feeling himself get even harder at the taste of her. He was lost in the moment, licking and sucking, his tongue moving fast until she tugged at him, asking him to stop.

"I need you," she whispered.

It wasn't until that moment that he realized they didn't have a condom. It wasn't until that moment that he realized he didn't care. He wasn't stopping. He couldn't. The need in him was too much. He positioned himself between her legs and enjoyed the feel of her legs wrapping around him, urging him close until he sank inside of her.

She took every single inch with a low moan on her lips. She felt so good, so comforting, her body tight and wet around his hardened length. It felt so good he was almost afraid to move, afraid he couldn't hold it together. He rocked slowly, concentrating on holding out until he got his bearings. He didn't want to disappoint her. He didn't want it to be over too soon.

The slow roll of his hips slowly increased. Michonne wrapped her arms around him, making him feel needed, wanted. He cradled her, his lips brushing softly against hers on occasion while he moved inside her, feeling release build deliciously inside. Michonne's gaze was steady, her hips rolled with his, meeting his thrusts with the same enthusiasm he felt, until she closed her eyes and gave in to the moment. He felt her flutter around him and it was then that he knew it was okay to give in too. He vaguely thought he should pull out but he knew Michonne wouldn't allow it. She kept her legs wrapped around him, continued meeting his thrusts even as she cried out from the pleasure he brought her, until he stiffened, feeling the rush of his orgasm move from his tight, aching balls, through his cock, and deep into her.


Rick lay beside Michonne, naked, stroking her arm sleepily as she cradled next to him under the blankets she'd brought.

"You said we'd talk," he reminded her.

"Mmmm," she answered sleepily. "I wanted you. I had a feeling that maybe you wanted me too. I thought Valentine's Day was as good as any to make a move since I didn't think you were going to anytime soon."

Rick chuckled. "You're right. I wouldn't have. I didn't think you thought of me that way."

"I do. I don't open up easily. You don't either. I think that's kind of why we made a good match tonight."

He kissed her forehead, feeling her drift off. He hoped she heard him when he said, "Not just tonight. Every night, from here out."

Her lips curved in a smile and she drifted off in his arms, the sound of his heartbeat steady and strong beneath her.

12 February 2015

The Good Life - Chapter Eleven



Daryl Dixon had developed a shadow.

Rick watched as Jack followed Daryl everywhere he went. Rick was sure it would annoy him but to his surprise Daryl took to the boy. There was also a good deal of bonding between Jack’s sister, who wanted to be called by her full name, and Sasha.

“Li is what Tom made everyone call me. I prefer my real name,” she’d said.

“Can I come?” Jack asked, when Rick told Daryl he needed help out by the shed.

“Not this time, buddy,” Daryl answered.

Jack hung his head. “Aunt Kyla said I was pestering you. I’m sorry.”

Daryl bent forward, putting himself at eye level with the boy. “You ain’t a pest. This here is just grown up work is all. I’ll be back for dinner and if your aunt don’t mind you can come out on rounds with me.”

“Can I Auntie?” Jack said, brightening.

“I don’t mind. Just make sure you do everything Daryl says.”

He nodded eagerly. “I will, I promise.”

“Ok. Now go help Aaliyah with chores. She’s in the kitchen with Maggie.”

Jack’s face turned bright red at the mention of Maggie’s name. The boy had an obvious crush on her. He looked both excited and petrified at the idea of being around her as he headed off to the kitchen to help.

“If he starts to annoy you let me know. I’ll distract him,” Kyla said.

“He’s a good boy. I don’t mind. What happened to his father?”

“He died fighting in Iraq when Jack was three. So...are you going to do something with Joe?”

“It’s time to burn the body,” Rick said. I don’t want to leave the job to warm weather. The smell will travel farther, maybe attract walkers.”

Kyla nodded. “Need my help?”

Rick shook his head and she went inside. He and Daryl stated toward the shed.

“If she decides not to stay she’ll take Aaliyah and Jack with her.”

“Yeah,” Daryl said, looking at Rick with a quizzical expression.

“It may be a good idea not to let yourself get attached to the boy. Even better, don’t let him get attached to you.”

“Little late. He’s glued to my hip and I know why. He wants a father figure. One that won’t beat on him.”

“Am I reading you wrong when I say it seems like maybe you want a son of your own?”

Daryl noticeably swallowed. “Maybe not. If she leaves, she leaves. I’ll just deal. Same as I always have.”

...

Michonne, Sasha, Aaliyah, Kyla, Jack, and Maggie waited for the lasagna to bake. It was the last piece in the puzzle for dinner to be put on the table. The salad was done, the garlic bread made, and the fruit punch Rosita had made was frosty from the freezer and ready to drink.

“You have such pretty hair,” Sasha said, combing her fingers through it.

“I’m never sure what to do with it,” she said, looking self conscious. “I was only allowed to wear it in a ponytail.”

“Well have a girl’s day tomorrow,” said Maggie. “We’ll go to the basement and give each other pedicures and style our hair. We’ll get all dolled up for dinner.”

“That sounds like fun,” she said. It was, Sasha realized, the most the girl had spoken since she’d gotten up that morning. She was slowly opening up.

Jack, on the other hand, remained closed-mouthed, stealing glances at Maggie whenever he thought she wasn’t looking. Sometimes she’d turn around and smile at him, making him go red as a beet, before he’d find something to stare at while he blushed.

Michonne noticed Carl hiding in the hall, doing his own fair amount of staring, as he looked in at Aaliyah. She didn’t notice or she pretended she didn’t, deciding to keep herself busy with cooking. Michonne eventually went out to the hall and looked down at Carl.

“She’s pretty, huh?” she said.

Carl nodded, looking embarrassed at having been caught red-handed. “How old is she?” he asked in a whisper.

“Fourteen. Your age.”

When he didn’t say anything else, Michonne ruffled his hair.

“We’ve got about twenty minutes before dinner is ready. You could invite her to help you take the decorations down from the tree.”

“I can’t do that,” he said, his eyes widening.

“Aaliyah?” Michonne asked, and Carl backed away as though she’d suddenly turned into a walker. “Carl needs help taking the decorations down from the tree. Think you could help him?”

“Sure,” she said, eager to help out and pull her weight around the house. She got up and came into the hall where Carl was suddenly very interested in his shoes.

“Have you met Carl? He’s Rick’s son. Carl, this is Aaliyah Edmonds. Aaliyah, this is Carl Grimes.”

“Nice to meet you,” she said awkwardly.

“You too,” he replied, equally as awkward.

“Well, off you go. Be careful to box everything up neatly for next year,” Michonne said. “And Carl?”

He turned back to face her, his face flushed. “Yeah?”

“Don’t forget to meet me tonight in the living room. You need that haircut.”

He nodded and then continued on with Aaliyah.

“Oh, excuse me,” Tara said.

Tara had almost ran face first into Kyla, who stepped back to allow her entry into the kitchen. Tara had a difficult time looking Kyla in the face. Instead her eyes tended to hover somewhere around her neck or just above her eyes.

Kyla offered a hand. “Kyla Wyatt. Nice to meet you.”

“Tara Chambler. Same,” she said, shaking her hand. She then scurried past Kyla into the kitchen where she grabbed some of the punch Aaliyah had made.

Kyla looked to Michonne. “I know this is a really personal question so I don’t blame you if you don’t want to answer but…is Tara into women? She seems awfully shy around me.”

Michonne made a noncommittal shrug. “Would it bother you if she was?”

Kyla smiled shyly. “No. I’m gay so it would be fine with me.”

This time Michonne smiled. “Well then. You have something in common with Tara it would seem.”

She winked at Kyla and then headed back into the kitchen to make small talk with the others.

Rick and Daryl were late to the table. They’d each gone up to their rooms to change clothes and wash up. Michonne was glad. They’d smelled like burned flesh when they came in. There was no trace of it now. After dinner the men helped clear the table and get the kitchen cleaned up before they headed down to the basement for a game of pool and some drinks before they had to begin doling out guard shift duties.

Michonne and the other women retired to the living room while Carl invited Jack and Aaliyah to the TV room for a movie.

“Keep it PG-13, okay?” Kyla said. “Nothing too violent.”

“Aw, I wanted to watch Fast & Furious,” Aaliyah said. “Please? It’s the last one they made before everything bad happened.”

“How do you feel about that movie?” Kyla asked Michonne.

“I don’t have a problem with it. We’ve seen worse,” Michonne said.

Kyla nodded. “Okay. You can watch it. Then you have to get ready for bed, okay?”

Aaliyah nodded.

“I wanna hang out with Daryl.”

“You’ll see Daryl soon enough when you go out on rounds. Go watch the movie until he’s ready.”

By the time Daryl was ready for his rounds Jack was fast asleep. Daryl carried him up to bed and then dressed for the cold. He’d be out in it for a few hours. He met up with Michonne and Sasha in the hall.

“What do you think? They gonna be a part of the family?” he asked Sasha.

“I really believe they want to be. They don’t quite trust us yet. Kyla is especially wary but that’s to be expected considering what she’s been through,” Sasha answered.

She made sure Daryl’s jacket was snug and cold air couldn’t get in. Michonne watched them together, a smile on her face, feeling happy that they’d found love together in such a trying world. She wondered how long it would be before they, too, were sharing the news of a little Dixon on the way.

Maggie emerged from her room looking pale and her eyes red. “I’m ready,” she said to Daryl. They were partnered up for the evening to do rounds. Maggie was determined to be useful on the wall but at the moment she looked ready to pass out.

“You don’t look so hot,” Michonne noticed.

“No, I’m fine. Just a little nauseous,” she said.

“You can get an upset stomach at any time when you’re pregnant,” Sasha said. “My cousin Gerdie was sick all hours of the day and night from her second month to her eighth month.”

“I’m ready to go,” Maggie said, and then bent forward to vomit onto the floor. They all danced back to avoid getting the sick on their shoes, their faces scrunching up at the smell.

“Thank God these are parquet floors and not carpet,” Sasha said dryly, with a shake of her head.

“I’ll mop this up and be right out,” she said between retches.

“You’re going to bed,” Daryl said. “That’s all there is to it.”

“You can’t…boss…me…” Maggie tried to say, but now she was dry heaving.

“Bed,” Daryl, Sasha, and Michonne said at once.

“I’m useless,” Maggie said miserably.

“Nonsense. You make a delicious lasagna,” said Michonne, before she looked to Daryl. “You okay out there on your own?”

“I should be,” Daryl said. “I got my crossbow, my knife, a gun, and a radio. If I get into trouble I’ll call for help. ‘Sides, towers one and three are manned. I’ll have somebody close by at all times.”

“I’ll be out to relieve you in four hours,” Sasha said, and kissed him goodbye. “You get her into bed. I’ll clean up this mess.”

“No, I’m gonna clean it,” Maggie said, swaying on her feet.

“You are so damn stubborn,” Michonne said, shaking her head.

“But it’s my mess. I should clean it.”

“I got it, now go,” Sasha insisted.

Kyla stood in the doorway and watched them interact. It was then that she knew these really were good, caring people that she didn’t have to fear. She was supposed to stay in her room at bedtime so she closed the door before they noticed her. When she climbed into bed she fell into a sleep that was the most peaceful she’d had since the turn happened. For once she wouldn’t have to worry about some man coming into her room to molest her. She didn’t have to worry that one night one of the kids would be the target instead of her. She’d finally found a place she could call home for both herself and her niece and nephew.