Finally, Alex reached for Teren’s buttons, and this time she wasn’t stopped.Button by button, she opened the shirt and pulled it away from Teren’s jeans. Finally, the last one slipped through, and she pulled her head up and stared into the blue eyes as she pushed the shirt from Teren’s shoulders.
“Hey, that’s not fair, you’ve got a tank top on.”
Teren laughed, and pulled Alex in for another kiss. She slid her hand up under Alex’s sweater, letting her hands caress soft skin as she lifted the material. With Alex partially bent to kiss her, it didn’t take much to pull the sweater over her head, and off her arms. It joined Teren’s shirt at the foot of the bed.
Teren teased Alex’s sides, brushing her fingers against her ribs, until she squirmed.
“No tickling, Ter.”
“Why not?”
“Cause.” She looked into the blue eyes again.
“Cause why?”
“I — ” Alex stopped. “I don’t know, just cause.”
“Okay.” Another kiss.
Alex’s hands lifted the edge of the tank top, gently drawing it up. Teren held the kiss as long as she could, pulled back and raised her arms. Alex pulled the tank off and dropped it, not caring as it slid to the floor.
“Oh, and a bra underneath two shirts. Tsk.” She reached for the hook in the front of Teren’s sports bra, but her hands were held to her sides. Teren leaned in and kissed her stomach gently, looking up into the fiery green eyes.
“I love you, Alex.”
Alex swallowed. “I know.”
Teren frowned. It wasn’t the answer she’d been expecting, or hoping for. “How did you know?”
“You told me. In Germany. When you were lying in that hospital bed. You whispered it just as you fell asleep.”
Startled blue eyes widened. “I don’t remember that.”
“I didn’t think you did. That’s why I didn’t say anything. I figured it could have been real, or simply a response to almost dying. I didn’t want to get my hopes up.”
Teren smiled at her. “How could I not love you? Everytime I’d get crazy, you’d be there.”
“And everytime I’d have nightmares, you’d hold me.”
“I couldn’t do anything else. I wanted to take them away, but I couldn’t.”
Alex nodded. “I know. I loved you for that.” She smiled back. “And for everything else as well.”
She leaned down again, feeling Teren’s strong arms go around her, hands warm against her back.
“Alex?”
“Yes?”
“Why do you wear bras without hooks?”
Alex laughed. “They’re more comfortable.”
“Yeah, but they’re harder for me to take off.” Teren finally stood, pulling the offending garment over the blonde head and tossing it to the floor. “Better.”
She sat down again, and caught Alex’s hand as it reached for the hook on Teren’s bra. Wrapping one arm around Alex’s thighs, and the other just above her waist, Teren turned, pulling the smaller woman with her. Alex landed on her back, directly into the center of the bed.
“Much better.”
Alex grinned up at her, then closed her eyes as Teren lowered her mouth again.
Soft brushes across the sides of her breasts caused Alex to inhale deeply, as did the feeling of Teren’s mouth once again returning to her throat. This time, however, it didn’t stop there, but continued on, down to the hollow between her breasts, and back up the other side. Alex moaned, her fingernails trailing across Teren’s back.
Keeping her touches gentle, Teren slid her hands down and around Alex’s breasts, cupping them, holding them. Her mouth met Alex’s soft lips once more, then descended, this time trailing around the outside of her breasts, moving slowly.
Alex was beginning to squirm under this gentle attention, and her hands flexed time and again. Finally, she reached for the hook to Teren’s bra, this time opening it with a single twist, and letting Teren’s breasts fall slightly forward. She cupped them lovingly, pressing them up and squeezing gently.
Her grip got stronger as she felt Teren’s mouth finally cover her nipple.
“Teren — oh, please.”
She left one hand stroking Teren’s breasts, and used the other to run her hand through the dark hair, pressing down slightly. Teren refused to increase the pressure, and simply held her position, teasingly, until she heard Alex groan again. Then she moved to the other nipple to give it the same treatment.
She continued teasing Alex’s nipples, while her right hand slid down across the flat stomach, and slipped in between the jeans and skin. Using a fluttering movement of her fingers, she tickled her way from side to side, across the front of Alex’s belly.
Alex couldn’t think. All she knew was that Teren was driving her mad. It was frightening for a moment, the intensity of her need, and she gripped hard at Teren’s shoulders. Slowly, the blue eyes raised to hers, and Teren’s lips came willingly back to caress Alex’s.
Finally, her hand slid the button through the hole, and began to pull down the zipper in Alex’s jeans.
Alex lifted her hips, but Teren ignored her plea to take them off, instead easing herself down the smaller body, spreading more kisses across the soft skin. When she reached her lover’s navel, Alex reached to push her jeans off her own hips.
Teren looked up at the green eyes. “No. Let me.”
“Then do it, please?”
Teren smiled. “In a minute.”
Alex groaned.
Teren folded back the material, exposing blue cotton briefs. She smiled, and gently pulled them down. Then starting at Alex’s waist, she kissed her way to the bottom of the ‘V’ and back up. Only then did she give in and hook her fingers under the jeans, sliding the denim down Alex’s legs, taking her underwear with them.
Gripping the blankets with her hands, Alex panted, trying to get more air into her lungs. She had never felt so loved, yet so very vulnerable. As Teren’s hands stroked her hips, her lips kissed the inside of Alex’s thighs.
“Relax, Alex.” She trailed her tongue along a corded muscle in Alex’s leg. “Relax.”
Alex nodded, but couldn’t help jumping every time Teren touched her. She felt so open that it scared her, and for a moment she thought of stopping.
Teren saw the fright in her eyes, and pulled herself back up Alex’s body. She kissed her mouth again, gently, stroking her hair with one hand while leaning her weight on the other.
“Are you alright?”
She received a nod in reply, but frowned when the green eyes wouldn’t meet her own.
“Alex?”
Her eyes closed, and Alex took a deep breath before opening them to stare into the electric blue she loved. She felt better with Teren next to her, and she calmed, her breath coming easier.
“Sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Teren sat back on her heels, pulling Alex up with her. “I’ve got an idea.”
She had Alex stay sitting up, then reached behind her to move the pillows. Sliding in behind her lover, Teren leaned her back against the headboard, and stretched her legs out on the bed, pulling Alex back between her denim clad thighs. She leaned forward slightly, her mouth close to Alex’s ear.
“Should I take my jeans off, first?”
Alex shook her head. “Not yet.” She gave Teren an embarrassed smile. “I kinda like the feel of them against me.”
Teren grinned and kissed her ear. “Okay, cross you ankles over mine. Yeah, that’s good.”
Reaching forward, Teren trailed her hands down from Alex’s collarbones, over her breasts and across her stomach. She stroked the soft skin inside her thighs, and kissed the sensitive spot behind her ear. Keeping her movements slow and tender, she followed the same trail again, this time coming closer to the area between Alex’s quivering legs.
Soon, Alex was panting again, practically begging. Teren’s touch, and her kisses, combined with the words she whispered hotly in Alex’s ear, were enough to drive her partner beyond anything but need.
Alex cried out as Teren gently entered her, stroking the velvet warmth she’d been slowly edging towards.
With one long arm wrapped around Alex, holding her arms still, Teren kept whispering, talking to her.