Cabin Fever

by Felicity Heaton

  She was so engrossed in watching the smooth movement of his thumb.

  She looked at her arm as he wiped it again with something and then stuck a wide sticking plaster over it.

  Jack smiled at her as she looked up at him.

  "All fixed.” He let his eyes meet hers and then realised that she wasn't letting go of his hand.

  Putting the stuff back into medical kit, he placed it down beside the bed and then looked at her. She was still watching him, her long brown hair tumbling messily down around her face and her eyes wide with what looked like wonder.

  "I get the feeling you've done that before.” Kate felt oddly calm as she looked at him. Now that he'd sewn her up, all the panic had left her. No. All the panic had left her before that. It had left her the moment she'd leant into him and breathed in his warmth. It had left her the moment she'd watched him gently stroking her hand with his thumb.

  He nodded.

  "Only to myself.” He gave her a little smile and brushed the hair from her face, pushing it behind her ear.

  Swallowing down her nerves, Kate drew her hand that was holding his backwards, keeping her eyes locked with his as she forced him to come towards her. Her gaze dropped to his mouth as he neared her, and she noticed that he wasn't questioning what she was doing. Glancing up at his eyes, she found him staring at her lips, his eyes hooded and full of desire as he edged towards her.

  Looking back at his mouth, she remembered how she'd felt when he'd been this close to her back at her cabin.

  His lips still offered her one hell of a kiss.

  And this time she was going to take it.

  Closing her eyes as her lips met his, she breathed in sharply through her nose and felt a wave of goose pimples erupt on her skin, sweeping up her arms and down her spine as his mouth moved against hers. She leaned into the kiss, her tongue sweeping along his lip and another wave of tingles racing through her as he did the same to her and their tongues touched. She felt as though she couldn't breath as he deepened the kiss, fusing their mouths together passionately and wrapping his free arm about her waist. She couldn't get past the intensity of her feelings. It was as though she was drowning in them as her stomach flipped and danced with warmth and her heart expanded.

  Jack kept his eyes firmly shut as his lips played tenderly against hers and savoured the way she tasted. Each time her tongue ran along his lower lip, a jolt danced down his spine, and it only added to the fire that was spreading through his body. He'd forgotten how good a kiss could feel, bad memories had tarnished them for so long, but Kate seemed to chase them away until there was only her and it felt as though this was his first kiss.

  Kate's breathing hitched in her throat as he broke the kiss and looked down at her. The soft light from the candle was playing on his face, accentuating his sculptured features as his eyes narrowed gently on hers.

  Her stomach swirled with nerves as he moved closer to her. There was something about the intensity of the atmosphere between them that made her mouth go dry and her heart race. She looked into his eyes for what seemed like the longest time as she realised what was happening. This wasn't going to be about satisfying their desire for each other. This was going to be about making love and getting closer.

  Her eyes followed his hands as he removed his jumper and then looked down at her again.

  Fingers trembling, she kept her gaze locked on his eyes as she eased his t-shirt up, gradually exposing the milky skin of his stomach and the taut muscles of his torso. She frowned at the bruises marring his perfect skin and when she looked up into his eyes for an explanation, she found his look had turned awkward again.

  "I was caught in the blast ... thrown against a tree,” he explained as her fingers continued to dance lightly over his ribs and up to his chest. Her frown intensified and he placed his hand over hers, curling his fingers around it. “I'll be okay."

  She closed her eyes and leant towards him as he released her hand. Pushing his t-shirt up as best she could, she followed it with soft wet kisses on his skin that she hoped would ease his pain a touch.

  Jack inhaled deeply as her lips met his body, teasing him with their warmth and their wetness. His head fell backwards as he peeled his t-shirt off over his head and then looked at her, finding her eyes large and tender as she ran her hand up his body, and slowly rose to stand before him. He watched her fingers as she unbuttoned her jeans and gradually pushed them down, revealing her shapely form to him. His eyes traversed the curve of her waist as it dipped inwards and then swelled out into her hips, her soft breasts rising and falling with each steadying breath.

  Kate felt the heat in her stomach increase as he narrowed his eyes on hers, his head tilting gently as his lips played into an affectionate smile. She struggled to breathe under the intensity of his look, his feelings so easily readable in his expression. Taking a step forwards, she pressed her hand to his chest and coursed it upwards, settling it around the back of his head as he dipped it and rolling her head to one side as he breathed softly on her neck between kisses.

  Her body warmed as he held her against him, tingles racing along her spine and causing her to melt into his arms. She licked his shoulder, kissing along it towards his collarbone and following that to his neck, mirroring the kisses that he was placing on hers.

  Jack closed his eyes tightly as she sucked on his skin. He could feel her lips brushing against him, her blunt teeth nipping gently and stirring the fire in his veins.

  "Kate...” Jack breathed into her ear.

  "Jack.” She kissed his jawbone and pressed her cheek against his.

  Taking a step back, she ran her hands down his body as he stood watching her with a hawk like expression, his eyes closely following her every movement. On reaching his belt, she deftly unbuckled it and popped the top button of his trousers. She gritted her teeth against the pain in her arm as she pulled them apart, rapidly popping the rest of the buttons in quick succession.

  He arched a brow as she slowly pushed his trousers and underwear down his legs, and his eyes darkened with desire as she came level with his length.

  Wrapping her lips around his still hardening cock, Kate rolled her eyes closed as Jack moaned above her. Her thighs ached and she squeezed them together to make the most of the feeling dwelling there as she ran her tongue around his soft head.

  Jack caught her under her chin and gently drew her back up, making her stand before him as he raked his eyes over her body and breathed heavily. Reaching around her, he unhooked her bra and slipped it off her, exposing her pert breasts to the cold cabin air and watching her nipples instantly harden. He dipped his head and kissed around them before tugging one into his mouth as he pushed her panties down to her ankles. His eyes closed as she held him against her, her fingers grasping his hair as she arched her back and tensed beneath his hands where they were holding her waist.

  Kicking his feet out of his trousers, he caught hold of her and scooped her up, settling her down on the bed.

  Kate focused on him as her heartbeat accelerated and her breathing came faster. The room was cold, the chill of it combining with the heat of her desire and making her body flush with waves of goose pimples as she waited for him to make a move.

  He knelt on the edge of the bed, kissing upwards from her feet and slowly coming to settle between her thighs. She could feel his length against her and smiled warmly as his eyes came level with hers, his cool, hard, body barely brushing her warm skin as he looked down at her.

  Staring into her eyes for a moment, Jack swore his heart had leapt into his mouth at the tender look that she was giving him. He bit his lip and watched her do the same, showing him that he wasn't the only one that was nervous about letting their feelings come out to play.

  He dipped his head and pulled her lower lip into his mouth, sucking on it before pressing his lips against hers. She kissed him back instantly, her tongue slipping easily into his mouth and tangling with his, fighting against him as she arched her body into him.

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lowing the kisses, he smiled as she whined, her body pressing hard against his and showing him how desperate for contact she was.

  Kate rolled her eyes closed as her fingers played in the short hair on the back of his head, her lips aching under his gentle kisses and her heart expanding with every second until it felt as though it was going to burst.

  Moving her hips up to meet his, she rubbed herself gently against his length, teasing him with her body as she melted under his tender kisses. She shuddered when his hand slid down her body, and around her thigh.

  "Do you have any...?” he asked in a breathy whisper.

  It took her a moment to realise what he was asking. A sense of disappointment filled her when she realised that she didn't have a condom on her. When she'd been packing, there had been no men involved in her master plan. She tried to remember the last time she'd taken the pill and realised that she hadn't taken one since the storm set in. She gave him a sorry look and felt terrible when she saw his eyes fill with regret. Hers widened.

  "Luck be with us,” she said and leaned over towards the edge of the bed. Her hip rubbed against his body while she rummaged about in the drawers beside the bed.

  She grinned when she found a box near the back of the top drawer and lay back on the bed, her brows knitting while she tried to find the expiry date. Lord knows when the last time the Frakes’ were here, or when they last had sex.

  Jack's hand appeared in view and she let him have the box. He tipped the contents out onto his palm and picked one of the shiny foil packets up. He smiled. Relief coursed through her and she grabbed him around the back of his neck with her good hand and kissed him hard. He moaned against her lips and she rolled her eyes closed when his body pressed into hers. Her body ached in response, begging him to get closer to her and sate her desire for him.

  Jack pulled back and breathed heavily while staring into her eyes. They were dark in the dim light and full of hunger. His whole body tensed when she ran her fingers lightly down his back to his buttocks and cupped them. Her lips parted, her tongue sweeping along them and making his desire soar.

  He had to have her. There was no point in denying his feelings for her any longer.

  He tore the condom packet open and quickly slipped it on, desperate to be inside of her.

  He dipped his hips and held his length in his hand, slowly guiding it into her velvety depths and sighing out his breath as their hips gradually met and he was encased in her.

  Her eyes closed and she smiled wide as he settled as close to her as he could get.

  Keeping his mouth playing tenderly with hers, Jack leant down on his elbows, carefully avoiding hurting her and himself as he slowly thrust into her, enjoying the quiet intimacy of being with her. Kate opened her eyes and pulled her head back, her eyes meeting his as he moved against her.

  He gently smoothed her hair as he curled his hips against hers, and her soft brown locks fell through his fingers like silk as their bodies brushed against each other. When she smiled back at him warmly, he dipped his head and caught her kiss-swollen lips again.

  Kate sighed into his mouth as his movements became stronger, and the cold of the room was forgotten. Their skin began to stick to each other as they moved together, and she raised her hips to allow him deeper access as she arched into him. Her hands gripped the bed sheets and the pain of her shoulder disappeared under the intense feeling of pleasure.

  Jack rained kisses down on every inch of her that he could reach and then kissed her fervently as her thighs squeezed him tightly, and her muscles tensed around his length, heightening the sensation of being inside her.

  Kate moaned up at him as he frowned, his eyes closed and lips parted in concentration. She bucked her hips and milked his cock, clenching it as he thrust into her and trying to make the most out of their coupling. Her body flushed with a prickly heat and her thighs quivered against his as it swept through her, setting her aflame.

  She arched into him, her body moving against his as she let out a long moan and he kissed her, teasing her with his tongue and building up the anticipation until it was a tightly wound ball in her stomach that made her frantic for release.

  Jack groaned low in his throat and thrust harder into her, his desire for her building as his emotions became sucked into the moment, intensifying everything. Pushing up inside her again, he opened his eyes and watched her face as she bit her lip, her brows furrowed in concentration. He could feel her tightening around his length and knew that she was as close. He wanted to see her eyes, wanted to be lost in them as they tumbled over the edge together, and needed to know that there was more to this than just desire.

  Balancing on a precipice and waiting to fall, Kate met his eyes and felt her heart swelling again.

  Running her fingers down his cheek, she sighed up at him when his length slipped into her and her muscles tightened hard around him as the feeling in her stomach exploded, making warmth run through her body and melting her in the process. His eyes captivated her as she came, her muscles milking him and her feelings rising to the surface.

  Jack swallowed hard as he watched her emotions playing out in her eyes. Willing himself to stay fixed on them, he thrust into her, concentrating on how delicious she felt around him. He frowned as he kept his eyes locked with hers, watched her brows knit and her lips part as she flung her head back and breathed hard. Clenching his jaw, he moaned harshly as he came, his hips slowing as it swept through him. He breathed heavily, his heart hammering against his chest, and marvelled over how he felt. In all his life, he couldn't remember ever feeling so close to someone as he felt to her right now. He'd never felt like this. He'd never thought it was possible.

  Kate craned her neck and kissed him gently, her tongue running along his lower lip before she captured his mouth with hers. She savoured the feeling of their bodies being still entwined. She felt as though she was melting underneath him, like he'd reached in and caught hold of her soul and had touched it deeply, tenderly. Her heart leapt into her throat and she smiled as he pulled away, his expression reflecting the feelings that she was experiencing.

  Pulling him down to her, she rested his head against her neck and sighed as he kissed it and then rolled off her. She moved onto her side and snuggled up to him when he held his arm out in an invitation.

  Cradling her head to his chest as she lay beside him with her arm resting across his stomach, Jack gently stroked her forearm with his fingers as he looked at the plaster covering the wound, and then closed his eyes and listened to her shallow breathing as she drifted off to sleep.

  Chapter 17

  Kate found herself smiling as she awoke. She stretched and then winced as her arm ached, and the events of yesterday came flooding back. Realising that she was alone in the bed, she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Jack where he was standing by the window looking out of a gap in the black sack that was covering it. She wondered how long he'd been there.

  Her turned to face her and smiled warmly.

  "It's been quiet all night,” he said.

  She slowly sat up, holding the warm blanket around her body, and frowned at what he'd said.

  She frowned at what he'd said. All night? Had he watched over her all night long? Looking harder at him, she could see the tiredness written all over his face, the dark circles under his eyes reflecting his lack of sleep and the stress that he was under.

  "Didn't you sleep at all?” She hugged her knees to her chest with her good arm and gave him a concerned look.

  "I couldn't ... you understand.” Jack knew that she did. He could see it in the slight smile that she was giving him, as though he was an angel for wanting to look after her. What man wouldn't want to look after her?

  Moving across the room, he sat down on the bed beside her and smoothed her hair. Her eyes met his and it was clear to him that she was searching them to see if what had happened last night had meant something.

  He pressed a soft kiss to her lips and closed his eyes as she responded.

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he smiled as he pulled back and looked deep into her eyes.

  He smiled briefly and then looked at the window again, his brows knitting as he thought about what he had to do.

  "What's wrong?” She placed her hand over his, holding it gently as he sighed and continued to stare at the window.

  "I need to get to my car."

  "You can't ... they're out there. You'll never make it."

  He could hear the note of panic in her voice. She was doing an admirable job of trying to hide it, but it was there.

  "I'll be okay.” He placed his hand over hers and lightly squeezed it. “I won't be long. Just stay here. If anyone comes, go into the attic. There's a hatch to it in the hall."

  Kate didn't like the fact that he seemed to have it all planned, and that those plans included what to do if the men came to the cabin. It made her feel uneasy. The fact that he had figured out what she needed to do made it seem inevitable that they would find her, and that it would be when he wasn't here to protect her. Maybe he was just ensuring that she knew what to do if it did happen, for his peace of mind when he was gone. Maybe it didn't mean they would come.

  As she realised that he was leaving, she gave him a small smile that silently conveyed that she would do as he asked and then watched him go. She stared blankly at the wall opposite as she listened to him walking down the stairs and then heard the back door close.

  Huddling up inside the blanket, she frowned as her ankle ached and her arm hurt. She looked down at the covers and then at her clothes where they were strewn across the floor.

  Last night hadn't exactly been planned. She'd lost herself in the moment and hadn't been able to stop when he'd responded to her move.

  A smile teased her lips as she thought about what had happened and then faded as she wondered if it had changed anything. He'd kissed her goodbye. Did that mean something? It felt as though it meant something.

  It had been a long time since she'd been with a man, but she didn't remember it ever feeling like it did last night. It was more than just sex. Her smile widened. It was making love. He'd made love to her.