hell_in_highheels | [oom] New Moon

She leads him a few steps into the study, where the lights are low and the music is a bit louder. Not much, but enough.

She turns and steps in close, guiding his hands to her hips. Dancing, in this case, is simply standing close, swaying in time to the music. It's easy enough to follow the rhythm of her body.

The backs of her knuckles caress along his jawline, and then her hands are stroking the nape of his neck, marking his hairline, urging him down to her. This close, he fills her senses, and she inhales his scent, her eyes closing as she rests her temple against his cheek.

This is simple enough that he remembers it quickly, hands and arms wrapped around her and holding her close. He presses against her, frowning at the feelings swirling through him, worry and anticipation and love and a little bit of fear. This can all go so wrong.

This can all go so very right.

He breathes in the very human smell of her, wanting to remember it.

She can feel the vague tension in his body, and holds him close, melting against him from shoulder to knee.

She wishes she could tell him it will all be all right, but she knows that's not entirely true. Things will go wrong, but they will be inconsequential in the long run. She knows, without knowing how and without needing to know how, that together, they are strong enough to weather any storm.

She sways to the music, nuzzling along his jaw to his chin, rubbing her lips over the scruff there.

She knows about irrational fears. All she can do is be there for him on the other side, and trust that he will be there for her.

Right now, all she wants to do is lose herself in how good he feels in her arms.

The latter, at least, he can accommodate, especially with her nuzzling hitting all the triggers to be an affectionate alpha. It's not something he has an issue with.

"I love you." And as much as he nurses the secret fear he might lose her over this, he does want to try. Because she asked him to.

He swallows. "Where?"

"I love you, too, Richard."

The truth of that is reinforced by her scent washing over him.

"You always stop yourself, when we're making love. I thought you might -- that we might..." Her voice trails off as her hands tighten on him.

"River..." He hadn't thought she'd ask for there.

"River, biting you there has nothing to do with drawing blood and everything to do with claiming you. I restrain myself because I don't want the blood smell...confusing me about what I'm doing."

She still smells like food. As long as she smells human, she'll smell like food. Drawing blood there when his control is already so thin is just asking for trouble.

He's not certain he's comfortable with doing it sober and at new moon, either.

"Well, then," she whispers against the hollow of his ear, still moving to the music. "Failing the presence of endorphins to dull the pain, where and how would you suggest?"

That, too, is a valid point.

Though, "How deep of a bite do you think it has to be?"

He had thought a simple nip would do it, but he supposes it would be better to be through the first time and not have to repeat it later should it not take.

"I don't know. I was hoping your instinct would guide us." She nips at the side of neck, breathing in his scent.

The whole discussion is making her tremble with anticipation. Her hands move over his shoulders, feeling the strength and power of him. She wants him, and she just wants it done.

He lets out a sharp whine (hey!) at the nip, jerking his head away. "I've never bit anyone," he admits. "And I'm rather not keen to repeat any of the methods I've seen." Then again, these are completely different circumstances from that. He frowns, trying to think of what might trigger the instinct to add to pack.

Perhaps she's right. Perhaps it is in the throes of passion and he's just misconstruing it because 'bite' has always meant 'food' before.

"You may have a point there, though."

She pulls back to look into his eyes, tilting her head at him a bit. "Listen to you, sounding all scientific."

Her eyes are bright and she smiles at him, her hand reaching up to touch his cheek.

"Instinct, love."

He gives her a dry little look.

"That's what I'm getting at. The only time I want to bite you is when I'm little more than instinct." He pauses. "I'd still rather nip your shoulder or sommat, though. For scarring reasons at the very least."

The other reason being in case he's wrong.

Her smile softens and her eyes search his face.

"I'm not worried about scars. And I'm not worried about you mistaking me for a bite of dessert. I trust you, Richard. With my life. And I trust your instincts."

And that's the difference between them, isn't it? He doesn't trust his instincts. Not that much, and she can see that on his face in the worry and doubt there.

At the same time, she seems to have her heart set on him doing it a certain way, and neither does he want to disappoint her. She only gets this opportunity once.

"Why don't we try and see what happens," he suggests at last.

She nods, her eyes closing for a moment. "And if it's not the right time, I trust you to know that, too. All right?"

She leans into him again, winding her arms around his neck and pulling him down to whisper against his cheek.

"I love you, Richard." I love you.

Love you. It occurs to him this would be easier if he didn't. He wouldn't worry so much, then. Or at all.

He focuses on her scent again, gently nuzzling the line of her jaw.

Love and longing, concern and worry, passion and desire and joy. The same scents he smelled on her that second night, standing at his door at midnight.

She dances in his arms, kissing his cheek, breathing him in even as her heart races.

He spoke of claiming her. She wants that. She wants to claim him as well, in her own way.

He follows her jawline down, then abruptly cuts up before he can reach her chin. The kiss is long and slow, firm, but not particularly fierce.

That will come later.

Her eyes close as she meets his kiss. Her embrace tightens on him at first but gentles as it continues, her body melting against him.

Breathing him in, she lets him fill her senses.

He pulls her against him, fitting her from against his own. He breaks the kiss to plant small, gentle ones up her cheek and across the bone under her eye until he reaches her ear.

He whurfles into it, ducking his head a bit to get at the scent pocket behind, where the pulse was.

She grins broadly at the whurfle, laughing under her breath, her head curling towards him. One hand caresses the nape of his neck, fingertips tracing spirals.

The feel of his breath sends a cascade of goosebumps down her throat and across the tops of her shoulders. She takes a deep breath and sighs, a deeply contented sound.

That's not a bad sound. There are others she could be making, though.

"Bed?" he murmurs before gently scraping teeth against her neck in little nips.

The question sends a shiver through her frame, the sensation only heightened by the feel of his teeth. Her scent flares with the wild hunger she feels for him. She pulls away just enough to meet his eyes, hands fisting in his shirt. Her voice is thick with emotion.

"Yes, please."

"All right."

The only warning she gets is a little mischievous grin.

Then in one smooth, quick movement, he's swept her up into a fireman's carry and headed off towards the bedroom.

Dom perks his ears as they exit the study. The alphas are being silly again.

"Richard!"

She barely gets out a gasp before she's upside down over his shoulder, her heels kicking in free air. She's grinning, laughing breathlessly, her fists pounding playfully on his back.

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