Moment in the Sun

30. Santorini

Charlie POV

The second week of our honeymoon is spent in the Mediterranean. The sunny island of santorini gives us stunning weather, warm enough to get away with light layers of clothing most of the week and it was warm enough to use the private pool off our hotel room.

"Nick?" I call to my husband from where I'm already sitting on the edge of the pool, my feet dangling in the water. It takes him a moment to appear.

"Yes?" He leans against the doorframe, smiling at me.

"Come join me." I reach towards him at the same time that I slide into the pool. It's deep enough that I can't reach the bottom so I stay hanging onto the edge.

"Just give me a second to..." He gestures vaguely into the hotel room.

I shake my head, "You don't need to." In an awkward move, one hand still gripping the edge, I pull off my shorts and drop them on the pool deck.

His eyes go wide and he watches as I push myself away from the wall.

"Really?"

"Mhm." I bite my lip and wave him over. He makes quickly removes his clothes, diving into the pool and coming up from underneath me so that I end up in his arms, laughing.

"You make me so happy, Charlie." He tells me as I wrap my legs around his waist.

"You make me happy." I look down at him and run my fingers through his hair.

"Are we really going to do this?" His fingers slide down my back, over my ass and circle around my entrance.

"Yes, please." I breathe, pulling him in for a kiss just as he lets one finger dip inside me. The kiss muffles the moans that fall from my lips, making sure any other hotel guests nearby don't hear us. We might be in a private pool but we're still outside so we can't be too loud.

Nick works me open slow and gentle. I want more, though, than what he's giving me. And apparently my increasingly desperate kisses and harsh grip on his hair isn't getting the message through.

"Nick, I-" I manage to get out and he freezes, looking at me in concern.

"What? Did I hurt you?"

"No. I just, I want you to fuck me." I say, watching his eyes darken as he catches onto my train of thought.

"Be careful what you wish for..." He practically growls at me, moving us over to the underwater step so he can sit down. I feel my heart start to race as he gives me one last look to check that I'm okay.

"Please..." I gasp and he pushes into me in one swift motion, setting off fireworks in my brain.

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I'm laying on my back on a picnic rug at the bow of a sailboat. The sun is warm on my skin and a cool ocean breeze keeps me from getting too hot. Nick was lying beside me for a while but he's wandered off now and I saw him in with the captain last time I looked up. His genuine curiosity about everything is adorable.

We're on a six hour cruise off the coast of Santorini, my response to Nick's hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia. It's a gorgeous day and the other people on the boat are also lovely. We'd chatted with the other two couples a bit earlier in the day but they had wanted to give Nick and I some privacy for a while after they learned we're on our honeymoon. So they're lounging at the back of the boat, giving us the front to relax and enjoy ourselves.

The boat rocks violently all of a sudden and I sit up to regain my balance, seeing Nick looking at me through the window of the cabin. He raises an eyebrow in a silent question and I wave him over.