LoveBite [2]

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Satine stands at the sink to do the dishes, when Wanda steps in the kitchen behind her, making her smile, while biting her bottom lip.

"Wanda." She sings softly and she turns to her with a small smile of her own.

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to be my maid of honor?" She turns around to hold the counter behind her, wearing a cheeky grin, and her eyes slowly go wide.

"Are you serious?" She asks with a pout and her hand to her heart and she nods surely. "Oh, my God, of course." She agrees and pulls her into a gentle hug. "Thank you so much."

"Oh, thank you." She chuckles. "I mean, I knew you'd say yes, but I figured I would ask anyway." She nods sideways, making her smile.

"Of course, you did."

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Satine steps into the bedroom and closes the door back up behind her. She makes her way to the other side of the room to place her hand on Peter's shoulder from where he sits at the desk with his computer.

"I asked Wanda about the maid of honor." She states softly with her cheek against the side of his head and he slowly smiles slightly. "She said yes."

"Good." He reaches up to hold her hand, while she gently rubs up and down his arm. "Honestly, I'm surprised you went with her instead of Lexi."

"I know." She agrees. "Something was telling me to go with Wanda, though. And Nat's like a mom to me, so not her."

"Who were the other three, again?" He furrows his brows.

"Wanda, Yelena, Lexi, and MJ."

"Right." He nods and she grins a bit. "The obvious choices."

"Mhmm." She hums a quiet exhale.

He turns his head to press a kiss to the back of her hand before he turns back to his school work. She watches for a moment and closes her eyes, while burying herself in his hair.

"You spend so much time on this stuff." She complains in a quiet tone.

"I know, I'm sorry." He states softly.

"Why don't you try giving it a little break?" She hopes with a small shrug and his brows wrinkle in hesitation. "Maybe just a few minutes?"

"Baby, I can't mess up, so close to graduating." He shakes his head and she hangs hers a bit. "I only have two weeks left."

"... Okay."

She stands up straight with a saddened and disappointed sigh and he quickly looks up at her. He slowly wraps his arm around her waist and grabs her hip to turn her around and pull her down to his lap.

"I have, possibly, an hour, maybe even half, left and then I'm done." He pushes her bangs out of her face. "So if you just here with me, it'll be done so fast, you won't even realize it." He shakes his head and she sighs again. "Satine, I'm sorry, but you know how important this is."

"I know, but two weeks is a long time and..." She hesitates as he tilts his head. "I miss you." She nods and his face fades to sorrow. "I mean, you're here, but you're not...here."

"Love, we are getting married in four months." He nods with gently raised brows. "I am here every moment you need me. Every time, I would push this all away for you in a heartbeat, if I needed to. You will always come first. And, while I do this, you still have a dress to pick out." He states surely and she nods. "A dress that I know you will look wonderful in for the rest of our lives. But in the meantime, I need you to wait for me." He nods softly. "Be here with me right now and, when I'm done, we'll do whatever you want."

"... Where do you want me?" She asks and he slowly grins.

"Here." He nods. "I want you right here." He helps her to stands and pulls her back down to straddle his lap. "Stay here, while I finish this and then I'm all yours. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Oh, come here." He chuckles a pout, while pulling her closer.

"Okay." She whimpers and throws her arms around his neck.

She folds her legs up, ankles hooked with his thighs to keep them up, and he quickly hugs tight, gripping her shoulder and hip. He drags her body into his, lifting her for a moment, so as to make sure she doesn't leave as he relaxes her on top of him.

He places his hand on the back of the head to place a kiss to side before he turns back to the screen and scooches the chair closer to the table.

He had been right about the finishing touches only taking between a half or full hour. And, all while Satine stayed put, attached to him, like a loving leech. She even kissed his neck a few times and all it did was make him smile.

"Satine." He whispers, while closing the computer and she hums in response. "What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know." She smiles a bit and he chuckles.

"You want to do something, but you don't even know what?" He stands and holds her up on his waist.

"You figure it out." She lightly hits his back and he shakes his head with a grin.

"Come on," he drops her down to her feet, "let's go watch a movie."

"I knew you'd figure it out." She nudges his arm and turns around.

"Wait." He takes her hand and pulls her back. "Hold on." He places his fingers under her chin to pull her into a gentle kiss as she steadies her tripping feet. "I'm sorry for not spending as much time with you as I should." He nods softly. "And, I promise, once I'm done with school, you can have all the time with me as you want."

"What about the job?" She asks, while holding his arms.

"I quit." He nods and her brows wrinkle as she shakes her head, like she is about to speak. "It's okay." He shakes his head. "I didn't even like it, it was just a temporary bank, so that I could..." He shrugs slowly. "Treat you." He nods and she grins a bit. "And propose to you." He chuckles with a grin, making her smile. "And, that is the most important thing to me. Marrying you is my top priority and then...the honeymoon." He nods and she gasps.

"The honeymoon." She sings in realization. "I forgot about those."

"I've been thinking about that for four years, Princess." He shakes his head with raised brows and she breathes a smile.

"Quit calling me that." She barely stomps her foot with an amazed chuckle. "You're going to make me melt."

"That why I do it." He nods softly and releases her and she smiles. "I do it for you."