Firefly

Eleven

A/N: Short but sweet.

Two Years Later

June 2006
1:00 AM

I was laying in bed trying to keep my eyes open while I waited for Joel to get home. We were in this tiny, crappy little apartment. The bed was uncomfortable and it was fucking hot being the end of June. I was laying there in only one of Joel's t-shirts, the blankets were kicked on the floor an hour ago. I couldn't fall asleep when Joel wasn't here. I sighed and turned onto my stomach and bent one leg up, hugging one of the pillows. I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep.

I don't know how long I was in a light sleep but I woke up when I felt the bed dip beside me and a hand ran up the back of my thigh. I opened my eyes to see Joel looking at me with tired eyes. "Hi," I whispered. "Sorry. I didn't want to wake you." I shook my head and sat up a little. Joel shifted and started to take off his boots. "How was your day?" I asked, sitting up on my knees and moving behind him to rub his shoulders.

"It was the same as every other day...long. What about you?" He asked, standing to unbuckle his belt. I stay sitting on my knees. "It was the usual. One of the guys couldn't take the hint that I'm not interested in him..." he stopped what he was doing and looked at me. "Stop. I took care of it, Joel. You can't go beating every guy up that's attracted to me," I said. He raised his eyebrow and finished taking his pants off. "Wanna bet?" He asked, leaning down and kissing me. "I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself."

"Hmm...I don't know about that." He climbed onto the bed, laying me flat on my back so he was above me. "I don't need my scary boyfriend protecting me from little boys." He pushed a piece of hair from my face. "Scary? I'm not that scary." I let out a loud laugh, "not scary? Are you kidding me?! You have a resting bitch face that says "look at me and you die." People run in the other direction when they see you." I leaned up and pecked his lips.

"We should get some sleep," I said. He hummed and kissed me again, kissing down to my jaw to my neck. "Yeah, we should go to sleep. But I haven't seen you since like six this morning." His hand came down to my thigh, moving down to the bend of my knee and pulled it up around his waist. He rolled his hips, one hand slid up under the shirt of his I was wearing. "I think this needs to come off. It's too hot for it anyway." I sat up just enough for him to push the shirt up and over my head.

"I think it's only fair that yours comes off too." He hummed and pulled his shirt over his head. "Better?" He asked, leaning down and attaching his lips to my neck. He trailed them down my neck to my chest until his lips attached themselves to my right nipple. His tongue swirled around it before he flicked it and then scrapped his teeth over the hardened bud and moved to the left one. He continued down to my stomach until he came to the waistband of my underwear. "These gotta go too."

He hooked his fingers into the sides and pulled them down and off me, throwing them behind him. He attached his lips to my skin again and trailed further down, spreading my legs wider. He trailed a finger through my lips, humming at how wet I was. I gasped when he sucked my clit into his mouth, flicking his tongue. My head fell back, my hand found his hair and pulled, with a moan of his name on my lips.

I was getting closer and closer to falling over the edge when he pulled away. "No. Why'd you stop? I was so close!" He smirked at me as he pushed his boxers down, kicking them off. "Joel, it's not fun-" a gasp turned into a loud moan as he pushed himself inside of me. "Shh. These are thin walls." He attached his lips to mine, pulling almost all the way out and slowly pushed back into me. He swallowed my moans, thrusting into me slow and hard. Hitting the same spot over and over.

The band in my belly grew tighter and tighter threatening to snap when he pressed the pad of his thumb to my clit and drew lazy circles. Hooking his arm under my knees and pushing my leg to my chest, going deeper while still hitting that special spot only he could find. I could tell he was getting closer to his release by the way his thrust became more sloppy. My walls tightened around him as I came undone. Hot ropes of his cum landed on my stomach as he pulled out at the last second.

Our breaths were labored, his forehead rested against mine, lips connecting in a soft kiss. Then he got up, disappearing for a few seconds before coming back with a warm washcloth and cleaning me up. He pulled his boxers back on and helped me pull his shit over my head. "What're you doing?" I asked. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, bent over digging in the pocket of his bag he had brought over. "I found something while I was outside the walls. Made me think of you."

I sat up, crossing my legs. "You got me something?" I asked. He shrugged, "not a big deal. Just thought- I don't know what I thought. I just saw it and grabbed it." He pulled out a small box and handed it to me. I gently took it in my hands and looked down at it. "You gonna open it?" I looked up at him, smiled, and opened it. Inside was a firefly charm on a gold chain. "Oh, my god. Joel...it's beautiful."

The moonstone made it look as though the firefly was glowing. "Thank you. I love it," I whispered. I took it out of the box and handed it to him before turning my back to him and pulling my hair out of the way so he could put it on. Once it was clasped I turned back around and pulled him to me, connecting our lips. "I love you. Thank you." He hummed and pulled me down so my head was on his chest. "I love you too, firefly."