[ Though he wants her very much, the throb of hot blood under her fragile skin almost driving him to distraction for all his long-learned control, Armand holds back as they move together. Instead, he passes the tips of his teeth over her throat, tastes her with little laps of his tongue and sucking kisses. While he does it, he reaches down to gather the fabric of her nightgown, pulling it up, then to undo his own trousers. ]
I love you.
[ He says it, soft and breathless, to say it, to hear himself say it, to hear what her heart does when he says it. Like a child practicing at his prayers, learning it by rote. Lauralae knows him and understands him and adores him anyway, despite it all (though not all, not all of the secrets, not the ghosts that linger -- he tries not to think about those). They are the same, he and Lauralae. She can help him and he can help her; together, they can be better than they were supposed to be. ]
I love you. [ Again, as he pushes his trousers down onto his thighs and slides between her bare thighs, finding her bare beneath her nightgown. ] I love you.
[ He moves against her, rolling his hips, then into her, into that warm tight wetness in the same moment his teeth pierce her throat and her bright sparkling blood begins to flow into his mouth. ]
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I love you.
[ He says it, soft and breathless, to say it, to hear himself say it, to hear what her heart does when he says it. Like a child practicing at his prayers, learning it by rote. Lauralae knows him and understands him and adores him anyway, despite it all (though not all, not all of the secrets, not the ghosts that linger -- he tries not to think about those). They are the same, he and Lauralae. She can help him and he can help her; together, they can be better than they were supposed to be. ]
I love you. [ Again, as he pushes his trousers down onto his thighs and slides between her bare thighs, finding her bare beneath her nightgown. ] I love you.
[ He moves against her, rolling his hips, then into her, into that warm tight wetness in the same moment his teeth pierce her throat and her bright sparkling blood begins to flow into his mouth. ]