When Love Bites

11 Recovery (R)

Chapter 11 Recovery

I smiled at him. "How about some Gatorade and soup and grilled cheese while I nap a little more?"

"That works." I kissed her forehead. "Love you. Go to sleep. I'll be back." I didn't wait for her to respond. I grabbed the blanket off the back of the couch and held it up so I could cover her. I did so and left to go to the store. The trip didn't take me long but I figured I'd give her at least an hour to sleep. I grabbed the Gatorade that I remembered as her favorite, a bottle of Pedialyte that I recalled tasting alright and the stuff I needed for soup and grilled cheese. I wasn't cooking hers in butter, poor thing, dry bread for her. I chuckled. Hangovers are terrible. I got home and put the things away that needed it and brought her the two drinks.

I woke up when he came in. I opened the Gatorade when he brought it to me and drank almost all of it. I sat up and let it settle a minute. I ended up finishing the rest of the bottle. I asked him to put the Pedialyte in the freezer and went to use the bathroom. By the time I came out, he had lunch ready.

I set lunch on the table and smiled. My sandwich was golden and pretty hers was not. "I didn't think butter would be a good idea yet. Feeling any better."

"A little. Tired and my head still hurts a bit, but I haven't thrown up in a while. I could probably use a shower." I made a little face at the sandwich but sat down to eat. "This looks good. Thank you for taking care of me."

"No problem. So shower after lunch then?"

"Hmm. Yes please and snuggles?"

"Okay." We finished lunch, I cleaned up and joined her in the shower. I set an alarm for dinner and went to snuggle with her. It was warm and safe and right. So the woman I wanted to eventually marry wasn't any more perfect than I was. That was okay with me.

The snuggles were nice and warm. We hadn't really been that intimate lately. Between work, his and mine, and the tension between us recently, it had not been a priority or even a thought. We were in bed snuggling. We had both napped and I woke up with my face buried in his neck. I took that moment to nibble lightly at the skin there, careful not to leave a mark. I didn't know what I wanted, but I knew wanted some sense of normalcy.

"Hmm, don't tease." I rubbed her back gently and pulled her against me. I wasn't quite awake and hadn't worked out all of my mad.

"I'm not." I continued to work my way up his neck and to his ear. He shivered and I knew I was on the right track. I met his eyes and then captured his lips. My hands wandered where they could. I was getting heated.

"Hmm, okay." I needed a minute to collect myself, she could keep doing what she was doing while I did that. I kept my hands on her back, moving one up and the other down.

I continued to kiss him until I couldn't breathe and then I dove back in for more. I couldn't get enough of him. "God, I've missed this."

"Me too." I rolled to my back and pulled her with me. I suddenly didn't really care where it went, I just wanted her touch.

I was laying over the top of him with lust on my mind. I had full access to his neck again and took the chance to taste his skin. I trailed my fingers over his cheeks and traced the line of his beard. I straddled his waist and slid my fingers down to the hem of his shirt. I slid my hands under it and over his tummy. "You are sexy as hell, you know that?" I was very near his ear.

"Thank you. You're not so bad yourself." I put my hands on her hips and kissed her gracelessly.

I slid his shirt up his torso and pulled him to a sitting position to pull it off of him. I bit his lip before pulling back to pull his shirt over his head. I let him reclaim my lips as I wrapped my arms around his neck and tugged on his hair. Sometimes pain and pleasure go hand in hand and this was no exception. I ground my hips against him. "Need you."