Unlikely Meetings

CHAPTER 9 - FIRESIDE CHATS

Plates were cleaned and a cast iron pan was seasoned and hung above the wood powered stove, leaving the couple to sit silently on Max's small yet comfortable loveseat. Sig and Sauer had laid down in the late night on Max's bed and were quickly asleep from the excitement of meeting Eli. The tv above his wood burning heater played a show neither of them cared about as they primarily focused on each other with Max working some stress out of her exposed shoulders. The fire caused their shadows to dance across the back wall as she leaned back into his ministrations. "You're really good at this. If you ever stop being a pilot you could always become a massage therapist."

Max rolled his eyes as he manipulated the cables of muscles that made up her shoulders causing her to moan lightly and her head to hang loosely. "If that happened I'd probably just fall back to being an electrician." She leaned back into him, letting her spine meet his clothed chest. "Getting comfortable?"

Looking back over her shoulder her crimson eye met his before she leaned back a little further to have her thin scaled lips meet his. She pulled back for just a moment to say only one sentence. "It's colder here than my place, keep me warm?"

With a nod their lips met again with one of Max's hands coming to cradle her cheek with his other hand sliding down her body until it reached her trim hip. "Of course Eli. It's the least I could do." She spun in place using her strong tail to flip herself onto her stomach and press her chest into his. Her upturned snout tickled his cheek as he tilted his head to accommodate her differently shaped head.

His hand rose to the side of her rib cage feeling the intricate landscape of smooth scales under his calloused hands. Their cool surface felt like river stones in early spring under his hands, sapping away his body heat as she held her body as close as possible to his. "I like this." In between pecs across his lips, she spoke. Her voice a hushed whisper letting her breath dance across his skin and short stubble. "Max I-"

Her voice caught in her throat as his hand reached just under her armpit with his thumb caressing the side of her breast. Her eyes went wide before they slammed shut in an instant and threw her head back. Her jaw flapped open and fell to the side playing dead. Max just stayed still while she stayed limp with her black tongue hanging limply from her jaw. Max was confused as he held her close and this time not worried about his own knees. Instead every ounce of his attention was focused on the woman still currently in his arms. She was breathing and he could still feel her heart beating rapidly against his chest, so the worry of a medical fault was quickly washed away. After another few moments of Max staying silent while holding his scaly partner, he noticed one of her eyes cracked open and was staring at him with a sliver of deep red. "Are you alright Eli?"

Snapping shut again, she resumed playing dead in his arms as he chuckled into the air between them. He let her get as comfortable as she needed for her to stop playing dead in his arms. The blush that could be seen across her inner neck flushed her scales from their natural light gray shifted to a dark pink before she spoke with a slight lisp due to her tongue still hanging out. "Not falling for it huh?"

Max just laughed lightly as he hugged her close, not noticing her hands flying up to cover her face in embarrassment. "Is everything alright? I didn't expect that kind of reaction from us just being so close." Diving back into his shoulder Eli peppers his neck with light kisses and flicks of her tongue.

"I get...nervous. I want to tell you but-" Max interrupts her musings by planting a light kiss on her scaled lips. Her body relaxed again into his body as they simply began to enjoy each other's company.

His hand came back up to hold her cheek in a loving manner as his blue eyes stared into her ruby pools. "You don't have to, I think one of us breaking down tonight is enough." With her head falling back into the nape of his shoulder Max planted one final kiss on the top of her scaled head. "Let's just enjoy the rest of tonight. No pressure at all."