they found love

Adam growled as her hip brushed his pelvis and she walked into the kitchen. He stretched slightly with another growl and sat down. Jesse turned around and re-clasped her fingers between his large hands, her expression calm, her eyes hooded, showing only silver half-moons from her eyes. She smiled slightly and slid down to straddle his legs, resting her weight on his thighs. His hands untangled themselves from hers and smoothed down her sides and settled on her hips, thumbs massaging the pale skin just beneath her shirt hem. Jesse watched his eyes rove over her, a lazy smile playing about his lips told her he liked what he saw. A sudden warmth spread inside her at this sudden appreciation. She touched her forehead to his and closed her eyes, savoring his musky scent.1

All at once she felt his mouth on hers, lips pressing softly at first, tasting. She pressed back and felt herself leaning forward into him, steadying herself with her hands on his thighs. A moan escaped softly from his mouth at the pressure, and the kiss deepened. Adam’s tongue pushed through Jesse’s lips and hers through his, exploring each other’s mouths before breaking to catch their breath. Adam kissed her neck tenderly and trailed down to her collar bone before tracing back up and placing a line of kisses up her jaw line to her earlobe, nibbling lightly enough to make her giggle against his cheek. She pulled back enough to glimpse his eyes and kiss his lips again, sucking lightly on his lower lip. It was too much for Adam. He hooked his thumbs into the belt loops of her cargos and stood, steadying her as she slid off his legs, head tilted up and staring at him with a lazy smile on her lips. Adam leaned down and kissed the smiling lips as he walked her backwards.2

They paused, and Jesse arched against him unconsciously. He growled and attacked her lips, surprising her. She made a small sound and pushed back, letting his tongue invade her mouth. Her feet lifted off the ground as he lifted her around her hips and she looped her arms around his neck, burying her face near his ear and kissing softly, cooing occasionally. He rumbled as she teased him, and she felt the door to his room pushed open behind her. Goosebumps flourished on her back beneath her shirt as the darkness became more profound, and Adam’s face became more defined as he lay her gently on the bed, her booted toes resting lightly on the floor. Her boots clunked loudly as Adam stripped them off and discarded them behind him. Her socks tickled as they came off, and Jesse stifled a giggle as his fingertips brushed her toes. His hands slid up from her ankles, behind her knees, over her thighs and to her hips, sliding upwards to her ribcage and onto her arms. He kicked his own boots and socks off and climbed onto the bed, straddling her slim hips and leaning down, kissing her neck again. Jesse gave a contented sigh and felt his hands disappear beneath her shirt, thumbs tickling her ribs and then the small of her back. Her own hands rubbed the back of his neck and shoulders, releasing the tension that had always seemed to be there with her slim fingers. Jesse let her hands roam, running over the bunched muscles in his shoulders and back. She made another small cooing noise, and Adam could barely contain himself. He bit her neck lightly, making her jump beneath him and press her mouth near his ear.3

“There’s that hickey...” she murmured, and he chuckled, pushing her further onto his bed, in the same moment finding the hem of her tank top and pulling upward to strip her of the offending clothing. His breath was hot on her skin as he leaned down and kissed her stomach lightly, trailing up her ribs before returning to her lips, amazed at the softness his lips met when they caressed her skin. She sighed, and her stomach shrank, making a slight dip in the toned paleness of her belly. Jesse’s fingers caught his shirt and pulled upwards. Adam caught it around his neck and threw it into the corner, returning eagerly to the kiss the garment had so rudely interrupted. As he drew back for breath, and she lay beneath him, breathing softly, he saw something strange in her eyes.4

“What?” he murmured.5

“I’ve never done this before.” There was shame in her voice, and Adam shook his head, leaning down and tasting her lips gently.6

“That doesn’t matter, Jess.”7

“Sure?” She took one of his hands and kissed it, holding it between her palms with a worried expression.8

“Of course.” His growl made her skin prickle, and she shuddered involuntarily, eyelids fluttering in such a way that he chuckled deeply and pressed down against her. She responded by arching her back and lacing her fingers behind his neck with a hiss. Adam undid the clasp on her bra and Jesse tossed it over the edge of the bed, running her hands over his toned abdomen as he leaned down and caressed the untouched flesh. Jesse kissed his neck and worked her way up to behind his ear, nipping the lobe with her sharp teeth, making him growl into her chest. He kissed her shoulders and she pressed her chest to his, letting his arms envelope her slender back, tracing patterns down her spine. He reached the waist of her pants and she stiffened, realizing the dilemma, and promptly lay back down. Her own hands started to undo the button on her pants, but they were covered by Adam's own large, but gentle hands. He slipped the cargos to the floor and quickly undid his own. Jesse turned her head to the side, her eyebrows quivering as her eyes squeezed shut when the last layer of clothing came off both of them. Adam cupped her face with his hand and turned her head so she was looking straight up at him when her eyes opened slowly. The glowing silver orbs were shimmering with tears as they threatened to spill over.9

“You okay?” he asked softly, brushing away a stray trickle that had escaped down her cheek.10

Jesse nodded. “Bad memories,” she murmured, and blinked away the moisture in her eyes quickly.11

Adam leaned down and kissed her, taking her mouth in his in a deep passion that left her breathless when he pulled away. “I’m here. Not them. It’s just me. And I would never hurt you.”12

Jesse ran a thumb over his cheek and saw the sincerity in his eyes as she heard it in his voice. “I know.” She leaned up and kissed him, tongues colliding in the heat of the connection. He released her gently and pushed her legs apart slightly, kissing the inside of both knees, trailing down one thigh and then kissing up to her hip, pressing his cheek on the soft flesh of her stomach and listening to her breathe for a moment. He planted another kiss just below her navel and kissed his way back down her right thigh, back to her knee with another tender kiss. Jesse reached out and touched his face, running her thumb over his lips. He bit her thumb gently and she laughed softly. Adam left a hot trail of kisses from her navel to between her breasts, caressing the soft flesh with his tongue and making Jesse squirm as his hands roved over her. He kissed her neck, chest pressing neatly to hers, and nibbled her ear.13

“Okay?”14

Jesse kissed his temple and pressed her nose into his cheek. “Yeah.”15

Adam drew back and met her eyes. They gleamed, and her face was set. She trusted him. He pushed down gently, slowly. Her breathing quickened as he entered her, and her arms clasped around his broad shoulders, finger pads pressing down and making white splotches as he pushed further into her. The second time her fingernails dug into his shoulders, and she pressed her forehead to his arm, squeezing a few tears from her eyes. But she didn’t cry out, nor did she whimper. Adam pushed until he could go no further, and she quivered beneath him, shoulders shaking. He cupped her face and her eyes opened to reveal glistening bright eyes, and he couldn’t help but smile. She was his, by her choice. She gave herself to him, even with her fear and shame, and had become even more beautiful in his sight. He kissed her mouth and she pressed back as he drove into her, harder this time. He gasped when she met him halfway, and she smiled through a shuddering breath as their lips broke apart.16

“You said...” he murmured, kissing her ear.17

“I’m learning.” She arched upwards and he growled, unable to control himself any longer. Jesse’s lips found his neck and kissed in her aggravating, teasing way. He rumbled and pushed against her. Her fingernails dug deeper into his skin and she bit his shoulder, driving him forward with a snarl. Again tears leaked from her eyes, but not out of pain. Adam felt her shudder beneath him, and heard her whimper. He hesitated until she quieted, and then pushed again. She gasped and pushed up against him. He pressed his nose into her soft neck and ravished the silky skin. Jesse rolled her hips and Adam growled into her skin; she cooed.18

That was it; she had driven him over the edge.19

He thrust into her with such force she cried out in surprise and raked his back with her nails, rocking her hips upwards. His breath was hot on her neck and shoulders as their pace quickened. She turned her head, and her lips grazed his, enough to make him chase her retreating mouth and close over it, tongue massaging hers. Finally, as he pushed in again, she moaned, and her hips rolled again, unconsciously teasing him. He drew back and pulled her slim frame against his, arms clasped around her back. He kissed her damp brow and smiled as her silver eyes stared back at him, pressing her nose into his chest, inhaling his scent deeply. Adam pulled the covers over top of both of them, and felt her sigh against him. The sound of her breath was beautiful. He pushed her hair from her face and saw fresh tears. He had never seen Jesse cry this much, as little as it was, a few tears here and there. He kissed the glistening trails and her unknowingly pouting lips.20

“Okay?”21

Jesse kissed him in reply, and swallowed when she pulled back. “I’ve never been happy before now,” she murmured, and Adam couldn’t help but smile, hoping to entice her own beautiful beam onto her lips. It worked. Her eyes gleamed in their crescents as her lips curled in a small smile. Again, he kissed the smiling lips and then released her, letting her burrow into his neck. She murmured his name, and he groaned, nipping her exposed neck. She giggled against him and wrapped her leg around his. Adam inhaled the scent of her deeply, burying his nose in her hair near her neck, kissing behind her ear softly.22

“Don’t ever leave,” he said huskily.23

Jesse smiled, eyes closed, against the hollow of his throat. She raised her head, kissed his lips sweetly and settled up against him, his arm curled around her waist and up her side.24

“Not going anywhere.”25