by M. J. Duncan
The encumbrance of bags and instruments and that bloody bouquet was enough to put a damper on the desire pulsing between them long enough for them to make it up the two flights from the street to her front door, and Mallory sighed with relief when she shoved it open. “Finally,” she muttered, echoing Addison’s sentiment from the car earlier.
Addison just hummed in agreement as she dropped her bag and the bouquet on the floor and turned to grab the lapels of Mallory’s jacket and pull her into a scorching kiss. Mallory barely had the self-awareness to set her violin on the apothecary’s table in the entryway before Addison pushed her back against the wall beside the front door, though she let her kit bag slip carelessly from her shoulder as she grabbed Addison’s hips and urged her closer, delighting in the soft sounds of pleasure that Addison made as they kissed and the way she arched against her.
Coats were shed between increasingly desperate kisses and left in forgotten puddles in the entryway as Mallory let the press of Addison’s lips and the touch of a hand on her side steer her backwards down the hall toward the bedroom as they continued trading deep, hungry kisses that made her head spin. Trusting Addison to lead, she let her hands wander over soft fabric and subtle curves, coaxing soft sighs and moans and whimpers from Addison’s lips.
The light from the hall and the soft glow of the city beyond the window were more than enough to guide them to the bed, and Mallory shivered when Addison pulled her to a stop beside it. Their next kiss was so slow and full of longing that it made Mallory’s knees weak, and she could only nod when nimble fingers toyed with the single clasp at the back of her neck as Addison whispered, “Please?” against her lips.
“I’ve been wanting to do this all night,” Addison confessed in a breathy whisper as she pinched the clasp open. She guided the straps slowly over Mallory’s shoulders before letting them fall, and a look of pure adoration softened her expression as she cradled Mallory’s breasts in her hands.
Mallory gasped as she felt the swipe of Addison’s thumbs over her nipples tug between her legs, and her back curved to leave room for those wonderful, wonderful hands between them as she took Addison’s face in her own and pulled her into a searing kiss.
“You are so beautiful,” Addison breathed, squeezing Mallory’s breasts as she dragged her thumbs over her nipples.
“Addy…” Mallory’s voice trailed off into a groan as Addison’s fingers closed around her nipples.
“I want you,” Addison moaned against Mallory’s lips as her fingers relaxed, leaving Mallory’s nipples throbbing. “Please let me have you?”
The tenderness in Addison’s plea and the fact that she even thought to ask for permission sent a pleasant warmth through Mallory’s chest, and she nodded as she captured Addison’s lips in a slow, deep kiss. Addison’s hold on her breasts became firmer as she used that hold to turn her until the backs of her thighs hit the side of the bed, and her hands fell to Addison’s hips, holding her close as Addison’s lips began burning a delicious trail across her cheek.
She turned her head as Addison’s mouth moved lower, dragging a wet, breathy kiss over the hinge of her jaw, and her eyes fluttered shut at the feeling of dull teeth nipping at her pulse point. Her hold on Addison’s hips tightened as she continued to tease the sensitive spot, long fingers tweaking and rolling her nipples in exquisite harmony with every kiss and suck and bite, leaving her a gasping, trembling mess. “Please, Addy…”
Addison blew out a ragged breath and dragged the tip of her nose over the spot she’d been teasing, and blinked as if trying to stir herself from a fog as she lifted her head to capture Mallory’s lips in a searing kiss.
“Please,” Mallory repeated, taking Addison right hand from her breast and pulling it around her back to the lone zipper holding her dress in place.
“Oh, Mal,” Addison murmured as her fingers pinched the small tab.
Mallory ran her hand along the length of Addison’s arm as the zipper began to loosen, and tangled her fingers in Addison’s hair as their lips came together once more. Their tongues slid sensuously around each other as the Addison tugged the zipper slowly lower, and a light shiver traveled up her spine when the dress finally fell to the floor, and cool air washed over her skin. The skirt of her dress had been so tight that only the flimsiest of thongs wouldn’t show beneath it, and she groaned at the feeling of Addison’s hand caressing her ass. Her stomach clenched when the light touches turned into a firm hold drawing their hips together as Addison’s mouth slanted over her own, and she dragged her fingers from Addison’s hair to the zipper nestled between her shoulder blades.
A breathy whimper of encouragement spurred her onward, and she flicked her tongue over Addison’s lips as she eased the thin straps from her shoulders. Addison fell into her arms before the dress had even hit the floor, and quiet moans tumbled against parted lips at the first heavenly feeling of skin against skin. Desire blazed between them as the last of their clothes were pushed to the floor, and Mallory’s breath caught in her throat when a firm hand on her hip pressed her back onto the bed.
Her right hand found Addison’s side as they moved, holding her close, asking her with a touch for what she needed. She sighed at the feeling of Addison’s body pressing her back into the mattress as one long, long leg slid between her own, and her hand on Addison’s side drifted lower to grab and squeeze and pull her closer. The press of Addison’s thigh against her clit was exquisite, and she delighted in the moan that rumbled in the back of Addison’s throat when she arched against her.
“God, Mal,” Addison husked as she ground their hips together, and a small, pleased smile curled her lips at the way it made Mallory whimper. “So beautiful…”
“You are,” Mallory whispered. She wrapped her free hand around the back of Addison’s neck and guided their lips back together as she rocked her hips to meet Addison’s next slow grind.
They fell into a rhythm that was theirs alone as they arched against each other, trading slow, deep kisses that had them gasping against each other’s mouths as their bodies sought the closeness their souls desired. They came together again and again and again, hips rolling, chests arching, thighs flexing in a simple, sensual dance that was the most beautiful thing Mallory had ever experienced, and the absolute rightness of the moment sent her heart fluttering into her throat.
Addison seemed to feel it too, because her voice trembled ever so slightly as she murmured, “Look at me,” against her lips.
Mallory blinked with the effort it to comply, and then her breath caught when their gazes locked and she saw the absolute love shining in Addison’s eyes. “Oh…”
Addison smiled and brushed a kiss over her lips. “That’s it, sweetie.”
“Oh, Addy…” Mallory ran her hand through Addison’s hair as they continued to move together, the roll of their hips becoming slower and more deliberate as they stared into the other’s soul. Never in her life had Mallory experienced such a powerful connection with a lover, and as she stared into dark, fathomless eyes that seemed to glow with the heat of a hundred suns, she knew it was because this was the soul that was meant for her.
She stared into Addison’s eyes, utterly transfixed as she rocked against her, mouth open, breath coming hard and fast and ragged as she rode the wave of ecstasy building inside her, and bit her lip as she struggled to stay her own release long enough that they could fall together.
“Mal…” Addison pressed a hard kiss to her lips. “Please…with me…”
Mallory clung to Addison even tighter as their hips pressed together in a continuous grind, and groaned when it became too much to resist any longer. She whimpered as the universe tilted and she tumbled into ecstasy, her broken cry of pleasure echoed by Addison as she trembled against her with release.
She cradled Addison in her arms as their heartbeats slowed, and when the haze of orgasm finally began to fade, twisted her hips to roll them over. A gentle, awed smile curled her lips as she stared down into Addison’s eyes, and she sighed a
s she dipped her head to capture her lips in a tender kiss. “That was…” her voice trailed off as she struggled to find even a single word that could possibly come close to describing what they had just shared.
Addison’s eyes softened with her smile as she ran a light hand over Mallory’s jaw. “Perfect. It was absolutely perfect.”
Mallory’s eyelids fluttered as she leaned into the touch, and she nodded as she brushed an adoring kiss over Addison’s lips. “It was.” She kissed her again. “You are,” she whispered as she pressed her lips to the corner of Addison’s mouth. “So perfect,” she breathed against Addison’s cheek. She sealed the words with another kiss before she moved lower, taking her time to taste and savor and worship, delighting in Addison’s soft sighs and quiet moans, reveling in the knowledge that she was the one coaxing such incredible sounds from her perfect lips.
She cupped Addison’s breasts as she teased her nipples to tight points with light licks and heavy sucks that had Addison writhing beneath her. Long before she was ready to move on, a gentle hand against her head, shifting hips, and gasped pleas urged her onward, and she moaned softly as she shifted to slide her other leg between Addison’s as she dragged her lips over twitching abdominals that flexed beneath the touch, and used her knees to guide Addison’s legs open as she nipped at the sharp point of Addison’s hipbone.
“So beautiful,” she murmured as she dragged the tip of her nose along the line where Addison’s leg and torso met, and she couldn’t contain the whimper that escaped her when soft curls brushed against her cheek.
“Please, Mal,” Addison moaned, her hips lifting pleadingly as Mallory settled between her legs.
Mallory wrapped her arms around Addison’s thighs and tugged her open wider, and her heart fluttered into her throat as she dipped her head to breathe, “Oh Addy…” against sensitive nerves before laying a soft, reverent kiss to the spot. Her eyes rolled back in her head at the sound of Addison crying out in pleasure as she arched against her mouth, and she nuzzled closer as she sought to find out what other heavenly sounds she might be able to coax from her lips.
Mallory came awake slowly, the light flooding her bedroom coaxing her from sleep even as she snuggled closer to Addison. They had traded places while they’d slept, so that instead of holding Addison she was curled into her side, her head pillowed on the plane of Addison’s chest with her right arm thrown over her waist and their legs tangled together. It shouldn’t have been nearly as comfortable sleeping position as it was, and she smiled at the sound of Addison’s strong, steady heartbeat beneath her ear. Happiness bloomed in her chest as memories from the night before flashed across her mind, and she sighed as she brushed a kiss over the subtle swell of her breast.
“That feels nice,” Addison whispered.
Mallory hummed as she curled her hand around Addison’s waist and pressed a lingering kiss to her breast. It felt pretty incredible to her, too. “I’m sorry, darling. I didn’t mean to wake you.”
“You didn’t. I was dozing…” Addison stretched her legs beneath the sheet that was puddled near their waists. “The light woke me up,” she elaborated as she relaxed. “Otherwise I think I could have slept all day.”
Mallory’s eyelids fluttered at the feeling of Addison’s fingers combing through her hair, and she caressed Addison’s side as murmured, “Do you want me to close the curtains?”
“No.” Addison groaned and arched her back so her breast was lifted in front of Mallory’s mouth. “I’ll sleep later. Please, continue what you were doing.”
The smokiness of Addison’s voice sent a pleasant shiver down Mallory’s spine, and she pushed herself up onto her left forearm to give herself a better angle nuzzle Addison’s breast as she asked playfully, “This?”
The hand in her hair tightened for the briefest of moments as Addison’s back bowed just that little bit further, and then relaxed as she sank back into the bed. “Oh, yes...” she purred, her left leg sliding out invitingly as her arm fell at an angle off to her side, leaving herself completely open to Mallory’s touch.
Mallory’s pulse tripped over itself at the sight of Addison’s submission, and she dipped her head to drag the tip of her tongue over Addison’s nipple. Her right hand slid from Addison’s hip to her left breast as she fluttered her tongue against the hardening nub, and her eyes fluttered shut at the way Addison whimpered her name when she sucked the nipple between her lips. The sounds of Addison’s pleasure were as much of a turn-on for her as the physical evidence of it, and Mallory eagerly lost herself in both as she sucked and nipped and pinched and rolled Addison’s nipples, her mouth and hands switching back and forth with the ebb and flow of Addison’s gasps and moans until an insistent hand urged her to move on.
She framed Addison’s ribs with her hands as she began laying a trail of wet, reverent kisses along the defined line of her abdominals, loving the way they flexed and twitched beneath her lips. Her hands found Addison’s waist as she dragged her teeth over a protruding hipbone, and she couldn’t contain the soft moan that tumbled from her lips when she finally eased between her thighs.
“God, you’re beautiful,” she murmured as she lowered her mouth to slick, swollen folds, and her eyes fluttered shut at the breathy, ragged cry that spilled from Addison’s lips when she pressed a lingering kiss to her clit.
She wrapped her arms around Addison’s legs as she settled onto her stomach and began coaxing the sensitive bundle from hiding with the tip of her tongue, bathing it with light licks and slow swirls to match the roll of Addison’s hips. Her touch became firmer as the speed and the force of Addison’s movement increased, kissing and licking everywhere Addison’s body asked her to, and her stomach clenched at the feeling of Addison’s hands curling around her own as she pressed her tongue inside her.
“Please…” Addison moaned, her back bowing off the mattress as she strained against Mallory’s mouth, muscles clenching, trying to draw her deeper.
Mallory groaned as she pulled herself closer, using her upper arms to support Addison’s ass, holding her off the bed as she and thrust into her again and again and again until Addison’s hips stilled and she came with a shuddering moan that made Mallory’s eyes roll back in her head.
Mallory pulled back just enough to ease Addison through her release with soft licks and tender kisses, and when Addison went lax in her arms, spent and boneless, she pressed a reverent kiss between her legs before lowering her back to the bed. She dragged the back of her hand over her mouth as she shifted her weight to her knees and smiled at the utterly blissed-out look on Addison’s face as she leaned in to capture her lips in a slow, deep kiss.
“Please wake me up like that every day for the rest of my life,” Addison murmured as she pressed a hand against the small of Mallory’s back and urged her closer.
Mallory moaned at the feeling of warm, slick arousal against her skin as her hips settled between Addison’s thighs, and she nuzzled Addison’s cheek as she confessed, “I would love nothing more.”
Addison’s eyes crinkled with happiness as she curled a hand around Mallory’s neck and guided their lips together. “Good.”
The kiss started tender and sweet but quickly became something much more heated and serious, and Mallory sighed as she allowed the hand on her neck and the legs hooked around her hips to guide her over onto her back.
“I want you,” Addison whispered against her lips as she eased her knees between Mallory’s thighs and guided them open wider.
Mallory groaned and lifted her chin to capture Addison’s lips in a searing kiss as a light hand swooped down her side and over her hip. “I’m all yours, darling,” she breathed as nimble fingers dipped between her legs.
Addison’s eyes softened wither her smile as she brushed a kiss over Mallory’s lips. “Oh, Mal…”
Mallory gasped as Addison’s fingers began gliding in soft circles over her clit and hooked her knees around her hips. Her heart felt like it was trying to fly out of her chest as Addison’s nippl
es dragged over her own, and she whimpered softly when fingers dipped lower, pushing lightly as a playful tongue flicked over her lips. “Please, Addy.”
“What do you need, sweetie?”
Mallory grabbed Addison’s wrist beside her head as she used her legs to pull her closer as she rolled her hips pleadingly. “You.”
“You have me.” Addison brushed their lips together. “You have me,” she repeated as she kissed her again.
A broken sigh tumbled from Mallory’s lips as Addison’s fingers eased inside her, and she relaxed her hold on Addison’s hips as she opened herself to her touch, wanting to take her as deep as she possibly could. She stroked Addison’s side with her free hand as they fell into an easy rhythm, letting it drift down to the top of her ass with every thrust and higher along her ribs with every retreat, and smiled into their kiss as Addison’s touch became stronger, more demanding until she abandoned her slow caress to hold on to Addison’s hip as the fire in her belly began to spread.
“That’s it, beautiful,” Addison encouraged huskily, nuzzling Mallory’s cheek.
Mallory to Addison as the fingers inside her curled and light flashed behind her eyes, and she gasped Addison’s name as she came, her orgasm washing over her in waves as Addison’s stroke gentled and slowed to ease her through the length of her release.
“Forget what I said earlier,” Addison murmured against Mallory’s lips when she finally relaxed beneath her. “I want to wake you up like this every day.”
Mallory laughed and looped her arms around Addison’s neck to pull her down on top of her. “Whatever you want, darling,” she breathed as she lifted her chin to capture Addison’s lips in a deep, searing kiss.