[For Shadow]

[theirlawyer]

Ainsley normally had issues with saying too much and not stopping soon enough and going on and on and on and now, to her horrible surprise, it seemed like not only was she talking entirely too much, but she was also telling the truth. And while that wasn't so bad around people who already knew her political and personal leanings, there was a teensy, tiny, little problem.

That happened to be her personal life.

And oh, God, she was so not looking forward to any of those questions. It wasn't as if she wanted to hide, either. That would just make her look more guilty as she'd grown used to seeing certain people every day, especially now that she lived in a hut far, far closer to them.

Like a certain man she happened to be dating. There was that issue, of course.

Oh dear God in heaven, why couldn't Ainsley have just been struck mute?

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[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

"I would stay here." His voice was quiet but sure. "There's nothing for me back home, not anymore. Here there is."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

She sighed, again in relief. It had been the answer she wanted and she'd already known it, somewhere deep down. It was just nice to hear it aloud. "I'm glad," Ainsley admitted. "I honestly don't know what I'd choose. Home is home, but here...I've found things here I never thought I could have."

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

Shadow nodded in agreement and ducked his head, still pretty sure he was smiling like a goofball.

After a moment, he asked her. "Are you happy here?"

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"Incredibly," she exhaled the word without a single moment of doubt and she smiled, happy to get to say that. "And a lot of that has to do with you, you know," she pointed out.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

Shadow smiled at her with warm gray eyes. And, yeah, the fact that he knew she was being absolutely.truthful helped too.

"Yeah? Good. Good. Me too."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley exhaled and her mouth formed a perfect 'o' as she beamed at him. "So, do you want to keep walking or should we just go home at this point?"

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

"I want to go home. If going home also includes sex with you, because at the moment, I would really, really like to." He paused and then flushed as he scratched his hand over his head. "And that last bit wasn't supposed to come out, so...bear that in mind."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley couldn't help her broad grin. "Well, I do think that on this occasion, having sex would solidify the words we've exchanged. It's ritualistic, almost, and very much deserved," she continued, truthfully. "Shadow, wanna go home to my place and have sex?" she offered.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I absolutely want to go home and have sex," he agreed with a decisive nod. It was probably a good thing they hadn't exactly gone far on this walk of theirs. He took her hand and started walking her back to her hut, but couldn't help asking. "What particular would you like to get up to when we get back?"

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"Well," Ainsley said, thoughtfully, her mind racing through about a dozen possibilities, but the only one that came out was, of course (of course!) the truth. "I do really have this fantasy about riding you that's yet to come to fruition and really should."

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

"We really really should," Shadow agreed fervently with a nod despite getting momentarily distracted by just the idea of that. And also Ainsley thinking about it at all, which is both unsurprising and really hot.

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley just smiled a very heated and sly smile, as if all her thoughts were coiled up inside of her and she tugged him along with slightly more speed. "I'd say I spend about twice a day, if not three times picturing that very image in my mind."

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

Shadow couldn't help the small sound that slipped out of him at that, at the thought of her thinking of them like that every damn day. He swallowed as they got to her house and opened the door for her. "So what're you going to think about when we've already done it? Or will this just make you think about it more?"

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"Well...I'm not exactly ruling out the notion of being blindfolded during the act," Ainsley copped to admitting, her cheeks going a very flushed color as she kept talking. "I've read so many articles about the senses being heightened when the eyes are closed and I have always, always been curious as to what sex would be like with a blindfold on."

She went into the little home, immediately picking all the assorted clothes off her bed and making it, just to give the slightest appearance of neatness.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

He went in after her and shut the door, managing to wait until she was finished with the bed before taking a few quick steps over to her and catching her in a kiss.

"We can do the blindfold next," he murmured against ehr mouth as he put his arm around her waist and pulled her flush against him. "We can do it all, everything you think about."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley leaned into his body, back arching as her front pushed against him and she gazed up at him with her mouth parted, her eyes wide. "Let's start with the riding and then move on to other activities," she decided, leaning up on her toes to kiss him desperately, a flush to her cheeks that wouldn't go away.

She pulled away from the kiss with a murmur of longing, a smile on her lips. "What do you want to do, most?"

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

"Let's." He kissed her again, mouth open against hers as he slid his hands under her shirt to run them up along her sides so he can push it over her breasts.

"I want to go down on you," Shadow murmured against her mouth without reservation, though there's no telling if he'd have said it otherwise, if she hadn't asked him.

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley felt her whole body shiver at the words and her eyes shut as she kissed back, moaning with agreement at her approval of the idea and how she definitely could encourage him along with that. "Please, yes," she exhaled against his mouth, leaning down to the bed and grasping a fistful of his shirt in the process.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

With a soft sound he followed her tug toward the bed, leaning over her as he they kissed deeply. His hands pushed her shirt up higher, reluctantly pulling away just long enough so he could urge it up over her head and off. "You're so beautiful," he murmured as he leaned in to kiss her again, wide hands skimming down over her breasts, her back. It was hard to resist the urge to just press in too close and too quickly. They had time, enough time, all the time in the world. "You're so- fuck, Ainsley."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley was breathing deeper as she leaned back, her shoulderblades pinching together slightly as she arced her shoulders and watched him with half-lidded eyes, feeling the praise on her own lips. She ran a splayed palm up his chest and tilted her chin up to capture an even deeper kiss, moaning softly. "So're you," she murmured quietly.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

He gives himself over into the kiss with a groan, holding her close as he palms her breast through her bra. The bandages rasped against the fabric as he rolled his thumb over her nipple as he nipped lightly at her bottom lip.

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"Are your hands going to be okay, doing this?" Ainsley asked breathlessly, feeling the bandages on her skin (evoking goosebumps along her arms) and she reached back with an arch of her back to slowly unhook her bra and get it to the side.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

He nodded and then pulled his shirt up over his head and off. It was only the one palm he couldn't really use; they'd be alright.

After getting his shirt off, he looked at her for a moment, breathing hard. "Okay. On the bed with us."

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"The bed is a very good place," Ainsley agreed breathlessly, glancing behind them and sitting herself down before wiggling her way up to just sit at the head of the bed and wait for him, her knees drawn together and ankles far apart. "What are we doing first?"

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

He slipped his shoes and socks off then clambered onto the bed with her. "First, I think, we're going to get the reset of our clothes off, rather than put it off and make them a bother later," Shadow pointed out, and then the honesty business forced him to add a moment later. "Also, you naked is one of my favorite things, and I'd like that to be the case for as long as possible."