Lady Calamity's Delights

Captain's orders (ALT BERS Chapter 45 Epilogue)

Velvet dragged Avernus to her cabin. As they entered, Avernus' attention was lured to her shining trophies and decorations; bounties she collected from all her adventures and travels. Velvet suddenly locked her cabin and leaned against the door, head lowered as she heaved a heavy breath. "You do know how to make me worry all the time, don't you?"

"Trust me. I know very well this isn't normal. But I tried my best to find my way back to you." Avernus ensured.

Velvet pulled up her head. Her hazel eyes burned in a passion that no smooth talk could tame it. "Speaking of trust... with all this 'Tia's deception business,' how do I know you're the real Avernus?"

He shook his head. "I don't know. You just do."

Unsatisfied, Velvet marched at him and stopped in a breath distance. "I'm afraid you'll need to do more to convince me."

Avernus wrapped his hand over her waist and pulled her for a sudden kiss. Velvet opened her eyes and breathed slowly as their lips parted. "I'm afraid that's not compelling enough." She whispered demandingly. "I need more convincing."

Avernus stroked her soft cheeks. "I know... I'm sorry that I left."

"Yeah... you should be." Velvet groaned and slowly pushed him over toward her bed. "Maybe you can apologize some more... here." She shoved him gently, and Avernus fell on his back over to Velvet's comfortable mattress.

Velvet climbed on top, placing her legs over his waist. Avernus could swear that Velvet licked her lips for a moment. "Do you know how painful it is to wake up all alone? You don't just make a promise and then disappear for two straight years." She said, locking her fingers over his wrists.

Avernus tried to turn the tables, but Velvet firmly pinned his arms to the bed. "This isn't what I was expecting."

Velvet lowered her lips to his ears, her breath tickling his neck. "Quit squirming."

Avernus obediently sobered. With his resistance gone, Velvet reached out to run her finger along the underside of his jawbone, making him shiver.

The humour slipped from Avernus' face, and his eyes darkened with a naked, smouldering desire for the pirate captain. "I will not trade anything for our time, not when it's led us to this moment...together, just you and me."

The chains on Velvet's emotions were torn apart. "I want you... so much." She trailed her nose close to his face, taking deep breaths of his skin before locking their lips, melting and diving into the velvety darkness of the night.

Velvet pecked his lips, savouring the tender flesh that its emptiness tortured her for two years. She was angry and grateful at the same time.

Avernus took off her tricorne hat. It was impossible to keep their hands off each other; having him right there, feeling his warmth, and the reassuring firmness of his body was all she missed.

"I love you," Avernus whispered, and she knew the next thing she missed; his sweet words, even when it was so quiet that she barely heard it. His lips flowed slowly against her lips. "I love you so much that I wanted to trade everything I had just to feel you again."

With these words, Velvet let her eyes flutter shut, enjoying the way his mouth moved, too entangled in the moment to care about anything else. Velvet slid beside him, letting their kissing go on as their hands caressed the curves of their bodies. Lost in the bliss, Velvet peeled her eyes open and noticed that the sun was gone. "Have we making out for the last hour?"

Avernus twisted his head over his shoulder to check the window and chuckled. "Maybe even a little bit more." He turned to Velvet again. "It was a great hour well spent."