Viscount (Steve Rogers AU) 18+

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They'd made a makeshift bed on the rug by the fireplace, spending most evenings tangled in one another, the comfort of sheets and pillows making it more romantic. The servants had learnt not to bother them between certain hours unless they were called for.

"I had an invitation from Lord Sousa today..." Steve admitted as they lay there enjoying the ambience of the evening and the crackling of the fire. Her head was rested on his chest, however she now lifted it slightly to look at him.

"And what did you reply with?"

"I haven't yet". He told her, "I wanted to see whether you wanted to attend considering how Peggy behaved toward you at the garden party".

Jocelyn sat up and pulled the sheets around her, Steve trailing his fingers over the exposed skin of her back. "As much as I don't want to, it would make her see that she's won when trying to humiliate me. We should go, plus it would show everyone else in society that too. They would only gossip about why we are not there.

Now he sat up behind her, kissing her neck. "Good point. But I don't wanna accept an invitation without talking to you first".'

"That's sweet of you my love, but it's ok".

Of course Peggy would be floating around, flaunting her growing stomach, and of course she wouldn't hesitate to do so in front of Jocelyn. Still no child or any inkling of pregnancy had shown itself, and she was now questioning whether she had been blessed with the ability to bear any children at all.

Steve could see the light in his wife's eyes dimming by the day. There was only so much that he could say before he was repeating himself though. The doctors that she had seen had all said the same. To be patient. To give themselves time. They had concluded that she was still within the childbearing age, so therefore her body was able to perform the duty.

He would admit that he'd had a moment to reflect on the situation, and had worried about how Jocelyn would cope if they were still childless and their friends around them were producing children. It had lowered his spirits just thinking about it.

"When is the ball?"

"Next week".

"Plenty of time to prepare for the overbearing attitude of my cousin then". Joss smiled and now turned, manoeuvring herself to sit astride his lap within the sheets. "All will be well".

He knew she was only saying that to hide her true feelings, but he simply nodded and kissed her gently. "All is well when I have my wife on top of me". She felt him harden beneath her more, and then lifted herself up slightly, sinking back down onto him with a delicate gasp. "And even better when she's moaning with enjoyment with just one touch of my cock".

He could say the most scandalous of things to her and she liked it, never actually thinking something like that could render her in the ways that he could. 

But they did. 

"Easy sweetheart, no rush". He encouraged, feeling her tighten. 

With a few more thrusts, he released into her while she came around him - the pair both staying put like Doctor Banner had instructed could help work until she lifted herself from him. Grabbing her robe, she pulled it around her however she was quiet. 

"Joss...tell me what you're thinking". He watched her as she curled up in the armchair opposite where they'd made their bed on the floor. 

She simply watched the flames flicker away in the fireplace. 

"I'm thinking of whether it worked this time around, and that perhaps tonight could be the night it happens for us". 

If it didn't anytime soon then she knew that society would have something new to talk about when it came to her.