Setting up your razor-wire shrine (Closed RP: River and Stephen Maturin)

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River was silent as she led Stephen into their bedroom, not looking at him. "Get undressed and lie down on the bed." Her voice was empty of everything but the words. She ignored him and went to get the barbed wire--- this time remembering to set the ward on it, the same one that they used on the scalpel.


((OOC: Angst. Blood-play. Bondage. Punishment. Barbed wire....

... in other words, business as usual. R+ for all of the above.))

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Every disrobing was like a gift. There had to be some kind of magic that would vanish clothing more efficiently, but charms were not his area of expertise, and he had to wait (impatience mixed with anticipation mixed with appreciation) for her to remove the dress and come back to him. He had not been cold before, but he missed the warmth of her body when she drew back, and welcomed its return. His lips parted softly under hers, not passive but not demanding either.

It was as close to balance as they could come.

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Someday, she thought, she wanted to dance naked for him--- not a strip-tease, just her body bare all over to his eyes as she danced; she loved the feel of his eyes on her, a kind of caress in itself, a level of appreciation no one else had ever given her body: a doctor's eye and a killer's and a lover's all at once---

But not today; not now. Now--- now, she covered his mouth with hers, sliding her tongue in between his parted lips, fitting her body over his, matching arms to arms and legs to legs, reveling in the feel of bare skin on bare skin as they tasted each other.

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"Shall we stay like this a while?" Stephen asked, when the kiss finally broke for air. He wanted her, he knew she knew it, but he wanted this too, to be calm and quiet together.

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River smiled down at him. "If you want." She could feel him wanting her, could feel his conflicting desires, and at the moment it didn't matter to her which they satisfied--- there was time for both, after all, if they wanted it. She lowered her head to rest on his chest, nestling in against him. "This feels good. But then, so does making love to you." She kissed his neck gently, her mouth instinctively finding his pulse.

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Stephen closed his eyes. When they left the secrets board he could not have hoped for such a result as this. "I love you," he said. "I want what you want."

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River shivered empathetically at his thought. "Love you too. Didn't... think... this would happen either. Glad it did." She raised her head to kiss him. "Let's... just be like this for a while?" They were usually so desperate for each other that sex was almost a necessity; moments like this were a luxury to be savored. Even if they hadn't just gone through... what they had.

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He held her close. "I could stay like this for a very long time, I think."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"So could I." River sighed contentedly, relieved, and relaxed on top of him, going boneless, dead-weight against his chest. "I love you, my husband."

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"You said that only a moment ago, and I have not forgotten just yet," he teased her. In truth he could not hear it too many times. "Do you need something for your eyes, though, querida?"

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River just smiled, picking up on thought as well as word. "They're all right," she said. "Though if you wanted to kiss them better..." She closed her eyes and tilted her face up to him.

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

"With all my heart." They were the gentlest, lightest kisses possible, and the delicate skin of her eyelids felt excessively warm under his lips. Poor dear creature.

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

She sighed with content at the touch of his lips and the tenderness in his thoughts. "I should kiss your wrists better too," she whispered, snuggling in against him.

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

"You may if you like." He offered one up for her inspection. There were small pinpricks where the sharp ends of the barbs had grazed or slightly pierced his skin, but nothing terrible.

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She brought his arm around so that she could cradle his wrist in both her hands. "I warded the wire this time," she said softly, "so these shouldn't be infected." She pressed barely-there kisses against his skin, working slowly, thoroughly around his wrist.

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"You are too good to me." The significance of the gesture far outweighed the minor irritation of her kisses brushing against abraded skin.

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"I love you." She drew back. "I won't do the other side, since it doesn't actually... feel good... to you." She lowered her head, finding his pulse with her lips, relaxing against him.

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"Mmm." So nice. "I think this is why I married you." For some reason, the concept brought to mind the associated topic of the planned public wedding, which brought to mind his conversation with Simon. "Your brother knows about the barbed wire. How did that happen?"

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"I didn't tell him," River said hastily, in an I'm-crazy-but-not-that-crazy sort of tone. "Maybe he talked to Satan--- the one we got it from as a bribe, I mean? Or someone else who was at that sorting?"