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The sun had just barely begun to crack the horizon, the birds already chirping in the somewhat warm morning, dew hanging off the underside of grasses and leaves, cool to the touch. Winter was creeping up in Liyue, but the Harbor - being situated near the mouth of the bay - was still warm, and it would hardly get cool as the end of the year came closer. The lights hanging up around the buildings and arches were still on, lighting the pathways around the city to make sure no one stumbled and hurt themselves in the dark. The market was already buzzing with merchants setting up their booths for the day, fishermen coming from the port, carts and wagons transporting goods from the wild coming in to deposit at said booths. The early morning risers were already walking about, taking advantage of the less busier market to get their shopping for the day done and away with.

Within a dark room a story up from one of the main pathways, soft shuffling could be heard as an occupant moved around. The curtains were still draped, promptly stopping any of the early sun rays that managed to escape from behind the horizon and into the homes of the Liyue Harbor residents.

On the bed with most of the covers peeled back, laid a small lump, mostly curled in on itself with golden hair splayed around it.

Lumine was on her side facing away from the window, her knees drawn up slightly, her hands pulled close to her bare chest, a fine silk cover coming up to her hip to hide the rest of her body from view.

Childe, who was quietly getting ready for a meeting he had to attend, walked around the bed to get to his socks, sitting at the foot of the bed to get them on. Standing back up to move over to the bedside table to put on his gloves, Lumine made a small noise as she shifted, no doubt waking up from the loss of his touch along her back.

After Teucer had been packed away on the first ship back to Snezhnaya, Childe was drowned in work that he couldn’t miss on. Admittedly, the whole thing with Teucer got Lumine and Childe talking again. The blond had kept her distance, not wanting to be dragged into anything else, and because the betrayal still stung, even though she had been anticipating it. Whatever time he had off, which was rare at the time, he spent it searching for Lumine and spending time with her, no matter how reluctant she had been. She had been actively searching for a way into Inazuma, and she would be lying if she said she didn’t completely mind his company every once in a while.

They had gotten closer, but it had been excruciatingly slow, Lumine not wanting a repeat of the Golden House, and not yet trusting him. She hadn’t wanted to trust him. Not after that. But it happened anyways. Regrettably or not.

Eventually he was called back to Snezhnaya to deal with matters he had to be there in-person for, and he had to leave immediately. As he said his farewell’s to the blond, he promised he would send her a few letters, which was said with a wink. She hadn’t believed him at all, but when she showed up to the inn she was staying at just slightly outside of the Harbor one night two weeks after his departure, and was given a letter with her name written elegantly on with no other indicator of who the letter was from, she knew.

He described how bored he was there, and how he had almost gotten into a physical fight with one of the other Harbingers, who he described as ‘small and fiesty’. He told her about how Teucer had been disappointed when he showed up at the foyer of his house without a pretty girl wrapped around his arm, and proceeded to remind her that if she didn’t follow through with her promise, her pinkie would die off and so would her tongue.

At the bottom of the letter, it was signed with a ‘Your’s Truly, Childe’. There was no indication on how she could send a letter of her own to him, which in all honesty has been a bit of a let down.

At least once a month, he would send a letter to her, sometimes with little trinkets in them for her, which she thought was cute, but she never uttered a word of it. She would find them in the oddest places. Once when she stayed at Wangshu Inn, where Huai’an had handed her a small white envelope after a conversation between them at the front desk. He had mentioned how a Fatui member had dropped it off, with the directions of keeping the letter until the recipient came around for it. Another time at Liuli Pavilion when Paimon had dragged her in after convincing her that they deserved a treat after such hard work. Or the time that Zhongli had indiscreetly slid her the envelope at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, a knowing look in his eye.

For two months she didn’t receive any letters, as she had managed to find a way into Inazuma. She was too busy to even think about the letters that she was missing out on back in Liyue, her lower back sore from all the hard work there was to be done there, her cold sweat dripping from her forehead.

Returning to Liyue after a few weeks in Mondstadt once she had come back from Inazuma, she had found four out of the six letters she was sure Childe had sent. Opening them in her dark room at the inn she was staying at after Paimon had gone to bed brought a blush to her cheeks, and a warmth in her chest.

They were all some of the older letters he had sent during her time in Inazuma, and she was hoping that she would come across the most recent ones, not for the first time wishing he had sent a location for her to drop off letters if she wanted to reply to him.

Lumine guessed she could have dropped them off at the Northern Bank, but she didn’t want to risk it being opened before it got to him. If his letters weren’t being snooped on, she didn’t want hers to be either.

So to say when she found his most recent letter two weeks after he had sent it, it had sent a panic through her. In his letter he said how he would be docking back in Liyue soon, around two weeks time from when his letter was being sent. That gave her no time to prepare to see him again, and it made her nervous, making her feet feel like as if they were lead.

Did she want to see him again? Of course, but she wouldn’t admit that out loud. She knows she had fallen for him in the course of his letters being sent to her, and it was nerve wracking that she would be seeing him again so soon, with no time to prepare and get her nerves under control.

It was the afternoon after when she was wondering the Harbor, looking at all the stands to see what they had for that day, when she caught glimpse of a familiar wild orange mop of hair, blowing in the wind from the bay.

If she got too nervous and hid in her room for the rest of the day, well, she wouldn’t say.

It was the following morning when she felt a gaze on her back, a familiar scent of fresh water and breeze with that of musk, all underlined by a dash of cologne.

“Hey girlie.” She didn’t expect to hear his voice softly in her ear, two octaves lower than he usually uses. Jumping in her boots, she swiftly turned to see the redhead smiling at her, his arms behind his head in a carefree stance.

“Childe.”

“I didn’t see you at all yesterday. Were you hiding from me?” Yes, the reply was at the tip of her tongue, but she refused to say it out loud and give him the satisfaction.

Her eyes grazed his form, taking him in. Seeing him again in person instead of behind her eyelids when she was alone was almost a shocker, and once again a warmth spread in her chest.

“I didn’t know you were arriving so soon.” Continuing to walk down the pathway, Childe fell into step with her.

“Did you not receive my letter?”

“I did. Two weeks late, actually. I didn’t know you would turn up so soon though. You didn’t give an exact date.” Lumine regretted sending Paimon off with Xiangling earlier that morning. She could’ve used her filling in the lulls of their conversation.

“Hmm. No matter. I have the day off to get myself properly situated, let me treat you.” His warm voice soothed her, if she was being honest with herself. It sent tingles down her spine and to the tips of her fingers. Just a few months ago she wanted to punch him in the face for just speaking.

“No need-“

“I insist.”

Looking over her shoulder at him, his blue eyes were on her already, a small smile playing on his lips. His hands were clasped behind his back, his chin tilted down to the side so he could watch her.

When she took too long to reply, he took it as an affirmation and placed his hand on the small of her back, sending sparks throughout her body once more. If she shivered slightly at his gloved touch, she blamed it on the slight breeze.

When he said he would treat her, the better word would have been ‘spoil’. She refused his suggestions but it was futile. Her lunch had been delicious and fulfilling at Third-Round Knockout, where she let herself loosen up, and they exchanged stories from their time away. Of course, Childe couldn’t tell her what he had been doing in Snezhnaya regarding the Fatui, but he told her about his time that he spent with his family that he didn’t include in his letters. She in turn told him about her time in Inazuma and the time it took her to find a way in. They roamed the Harbor slowly, eyes towards the expanse of water, blending in with the bustling crowd.

“Where’s your elf fairy friend?” Childe spoke up during one of their lulls, making Lumine look over her shoulder at her vacant side that Paimon usually took over.

“With Xiangling. Left this morning to help her get ready for a competition she is to be a part of. You know her and food.” When Lumine looked up, she saw something flash in the redheads eyes, but it left as soon as it came. She couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

“Ah yes. The foodmonger.” Childe got a swipe for that one.

The sun was setting, and Lumine was getting ready to retire for the day when Childe held his hand out at the base of the stairs leading to Feiyun Slope.

“Dinner, pretty girl?” Looking down at his hand and back up to his face, Lumine hesitantly took his hand, knowing very well that she shouldn’t and ended their outing there. She felt like something was gonna happen, whether good or bad, but she didn’t know what.

Once they were at the top of the stairs, Childe led her to Liuli Pavilion, where he apparently already had a reservation for two.

“When-?”

“This morning.” Once seated in the room, and tea served in front of them, Lumine looked up at the harbinger, who had his head resting in his hand, watching her, his eyes dark.

“How did you know I would agree? I could have said no.”

“I would have convinced you to go out with me, girlie.”

Burning her tongue on the tea, her gold eyes wide. Zeroing on the man in front of her, she caught his smirk.

“You took me out on a date?” She was proud her voice didn’t shake as she spoke. She was a warrior, a strong woman, and she was reduced to bare nerves when she was around him.

“We have been, but I’m glad you noticed.” Smiling at her, he leaned back as they were served, wine glasses placed next to their dishes. Muttering his thanks, Childe picked up his chopsticks with ease. He had been practicing.

With a blush high in her cheeks, she popped a Jade Dumpling into her mouth, her eyes looking up to peek at the man across from her. They ate in relative silence, but it was comfortable. It didn’t press down on their shoulders or crushed their chests, it was warm and gentle on their skins; the best word really was a comfortable silence.

With good food sitting in their bellies, and their wine glasses refilled, Childe signed contently and laid back, his gloved hand holding the stem of his wine glass delicately. Swirling his drink, he brought the rim to his mouth, his dark gaze settled on the petite female across from him. There was something swirling in his blue eyes, raking over her body as she sat there with her wine glass on the table. When there was a tingle in her lower belly, she quickly brought the wine glass to her lips and downed half of it in one go, which earned a chuckle from the redhead.

“Thirsty, girlie?” Wiping her bottom lip, she sported a shy smile, hiding her face by looking down at her lap.

Lumine didn’t want the day to end. Night had already fallen upon the Harbor, but the longing she had felt for the man while they were off leading their own lives resided in the middle of her chest, almost as if between her breasts, wanting to come out and spill on the table before them.

“Hiding from me, pretty girl? Look at me.” His voice was smooth, tone lower than he usually uses, his voice only meant for her. Picking her head back up to look at Childe, sne noticed he had moved, his forearms gracing the table, hunched over to get closer to her, his wine glass held between the fingertips of both hands before him.

Once again his gaze was heavy, sending shivers across her skin as he licked his lips, a sly smirk slowly spreading across his face.

Downing what was left of his wine, Childe stood up from his seat and slowly rounded the table to her, as if stalking his prey. As he went, his fingertips grazed the mahogany table until he stopped before her, extending his hand in a silent invitation.

She shouldn’t. She already spent more time with him than she should, and yet-

And yet it wasn’t enough. Wasn’t enough to make up for those months apart, with only one sided letters to keep her hoping and burning. And longing. She had a feeling that if she took that hand and continued that night, there was no going back. It was a nosedive all the way down into an abyss, with no clear end in sight. It was dark down there, ominous, unknown, and yet-

And yet.

Tipping her head back to drink the last of her wine, there was no hesitation when grabbing his hand, unlike outside by the foot of the stairs.

She was diving headfirst, but she would enjoy the freeing feeling of freefalling.

Pulling her up, her chest came into contact with his solid frame, no sense of space between them. Leaning down, Childe whispered in her ear, making her lower belly spark once more. She felt hot.

“Let’s talk somewhere privately.”

Lumine knows she shouldn’t, and hell, if Aether was here he would have Childe’s head before he had Lumine’s. But that longing in her chest just wouldn’t let it go.

Being lined up against his body felt good, the proximity choking her.

“Alright.”

There was no going back now.

But she didn’t think she would want to.

The light breeze from the bay traveled up into Feiyun Slope, where it felt nice on her heated skin. The large hand that sat at her lower back kept her hyperware, and chilled her when it slid slightly lower, just above her tailbone.

Realizing quite late, Childe was leading her to the inn he was currently staying at. Once inside, he flickered the lights on, lighting everything in a warm glow.

“Make yourself at home.”

Taking her time in looking around the room, out of the corner of her eye she could see Childe taking the mask from his hair off and placing it on the dresser. He buried his hands into his hair and fluffed out the side that was plastered down, and Lumine couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like if she hurried her hands in his hair and raked her nails across his scalp. Would he groan? Would he pull her hair? Press her up against the wall and have his way with her?

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she was led further into his room by a hand to her elbow, a smile on his lips.

“Don’t be shy.”

She knew she was playing a dangerous game when she sat on his bed, the soft silks covering the bed sinking as she perched on the edge.

Childe shed his grey jacket, and was left in his red button up shirt, and it looked good on him. Sitting in a chair across from Lumine, he stretched out, his arms going back to rest behind his head, his gaze unwavering as he took the woman sitting on his bed.

“Why didn’t you give me a place to write letters back to you?”

The question was out before she could reel it back in. Looking back up to take in his shocked expression before he schooled it, she felt a blush spread across her shoulders. His eyes shot down to the rosy tone of her shoulders, distracted by how it looked good against her soft skin, and wondered how it would look like if her entire body was dressed in a similar flush. Be it from embarrassment… or pleasant exertion.

“I didn’t think you would want to reply. So to spare myself the… disappointment, I left it open.” When Lumine continued to stare at her hands in her lap instead of him - probably from embarrassment - Childe stood up and took a seat next to her, their knees knocking against each other. “Girlie, look at me.”

When Lumine refused to look up, the redhead put two fingers to her chin and turned her head to look at him. When their gazes met, there wasn’t sadness there. Childe knew what it was, but refused to get his hopes up.

“Hey girlie. Talk to me.”

Instead of replying, Lumine bit her lip, her eyes flicking down his face before they made contact again, her cheeks slightly reddening.

There was almost no room between them. They shared the same air, the warmth between them sending shivers across both of their flesh. This close, Lumine could smell him better; it was warmer now, the fresh water almost turning salty, as if it was from the ocean, and the clear breeze the soft winds of the seaside. His musk now overpowered the cologne he had rubbed into the side of his neck, and she longed to bury her head in the crook.

In the dim lighting of the room, his eyes were dark, and she could now discern what that look in his eyes meant.

Desire.

That was enough to loosen her lips.

“I missed you.”

It was whispered in the silence between them, but it was incredibly loud to them both.

Biting the tip on his glove and throwing it over his shoulder, Childe’s right hand made a home under her jaw, the raw skin on skin contact setting off fireworks behind her eyes.

“Tell me to stop if you don’t want this.” Whispering against her lips, Childe took the plunge for them. Slotting their lips together, he groaned as she whimpered, his thumb under her chin to keep her there.

With her hands on his chest, she slid them up and around his shoulders to his nape, before her fingers tangled themselves in his wild orange mop.

It quickly escalated.

Straddling his lap, Lumine ground down onto him, causing a groan to come from the man under her. She sighed into the kiss as she felt his desire for her, and she continued to tease the both of them by sliding herself across his hardening length, her skin on fire where his bare hands touched her.

It was history from there. Childe was just glad that they didn’t get noise complaints from the bed frame hitting the wall continuously that night. That or he got lucky with no neighbors either side at the inn.

Childe smiled to himself as he recalled the day before, bending down to kiss the blond’s bare shoulder.

“Good morning.” He whispered it against her warm skin, the skin soft under his lips.

She only groaned her complaint back at him, grabbing at his collar and trying to pull him back into bed.

“Sorry girlie, I can’t today. Have a meeting.” Kissing her forehead, he made his way down her face before he got to her lips, taking his time.

“Stay a little longer.”

Childe was weak for her, but he knew his duty had to be fulfilled. He had to initiate the new recruits, and he still had to make his way over there.

But it was early, wasn’t it? He could spare a few minutes. Entertain the beauty in his bed a little longer.

Letting himself get pulled back down onto the bed, Lumine immediately inserted one of her legs between his, plastering herself to his side as one hand sneaked into his shirt. Her bare breasts dug into his side, drawing his attention from her slightly cool hand against his warm skin.

“How do you feel?”

“Sore.”

He chuckled at that, as his bare fingertips drew circles into her back. Propping herself on her elbow, she hovered above him, her hand retracting itself from under his clothes to his jaw, moving his face to look away from her so she could bury her face in the crook of his neck, where she sucked and nibbled on a mark she created the night before. Groaning out his appreciation, his free hand grabbed onto her thigh, causing her to bring up her knee into his crotch, rubbing his hardening length.

“Sweetheart I can’t…”

“Just a few minutes late won’t kill them.” Her hand that held his jaw traveled back down to grab at him through his pants. “Play with me.”

With that Childe flipped them so he was above her, her legs falling open obediently for him as he settled between them, his tongue already making itself a home in her mouth.

Her moans spurred him on, his hands coming down to massage her breasts as she grinded up into him, the only fabric keeping them apart was that of his pants and of her panties. Continuing to play with her chest, Childe kissed down her neck, sucking and biting wherever his mouth could get too, loving the way she arched her back for him.

“Childe, don’t tease-“

Continuing his way down, he sucked a nipple in, swirling his tongue around the hardening bud before he sucked on it, biting it gently before he kissed it. Kissing around her breast, he left lovebites in his wake. He played with the swell of her chest, feeling her writhe under him, her ankles hooking behind his back.

He gave the other nipple the same treatment, sucking on it until it was raw and had her fingers pulling his ginger hair. Weakly thrusting against her clothed sex, he continued his way down, kissing her flat stomach and biting down on her hip bone, which made her roll her hips against him. His fingers hooked on the edge of her lace, pulling it down as he continued to kiss further.

Kissing her outer lips, he moved down the inside of her thigh, making her whine. Smirking in the crook of where her thigh and pelvis met, he kissed her sex again before moving to the other thigh, loving the way her fingers pulled at his unruly mop, and her nails dug into his scalp.

“Childe, please! Please.”

Teasing her a little more, he continued to kiss her outer lips, sometimes further up where her clit was hiding, or further down where her entrance clenched around nothing. He didn’t go further than that, just enjoying the way she arched under his ministrations without the need to dig in.

On his third time kissing her downwards, he felt her slick against his lips, causing him to groan. Impatient himself, he buried his tongue in her in one go, moaning as he felt her clench around him.

He ate her like he would a full delicious three course meal. He took his time loosening her back up, took her inner lips and sucked on them then moved to suck on her clit, tongue circling it before he licked one broad stripe up her pussy. He held onto the outside of her thighs, her legs clenched around his head as he ate her out. He could feel the strain, but it was sexy; he loved feeling her tense up. As she clenched down around nothing, he sped up on his ministrations, hearing her moans come faster and higher pitched as she came, muffled as they were by her thighs against his ears. Kissing her one more time, he sat up, he looked down at her splayed across his sheets, her chest gasping from her orgasm. He smiled at Lumine, her juices covering his chin but he didn’t complain.

“Feel good?”

She hummed her reply, grabbing onto his collar and bringing him down to kiss him, despite her juices coating his face and tongue.

Her legs came around and hooked behind his back once more, keeping him in place, not letting him escape just yet.

“More? I got to go, girlie.” There was no concern in his voice, just teasing.

“I want you inside.” That made him laugh, going back to kissing the side of her neck.

“But aren’t you sore from last night?”

Pulling Childe up so she could whisper in his ear, she bit his earlobe that harbored his earing softly.

“I want you to come inside so I’m not lonely while you’re gone.”

That riled him up. It ripped a growl out of him, and had him biting down on her neck harder than before. Arching up into his touch, her hands in his hair tugging, her lip caught in her teeth.

Childe grabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head, a flint in his eyes as he snarled. Discarding the brooch that pinned his scarf to his jacket, he unhooked his scarf from below his shoulder pad, ripping it free and wrapping it around her wrists and the headboard.

“Oh, I’ll make you remember the shape of my cock.”

Two fingers found themselves in her velvet warmth, hooking and thrusting just right that had her arching, her hands grabbing around nothing as she clenched around his fingers.

Mewling at the feeling of him rubbing her walls, she pushed down to meet his thrusts, her breasts rising and falling with her harsh breathing.

“Good girl.”

She whined at the praise, clenching on his fingers again to let him know it’s wasn’t enough anymore. Inserting another finger, he picked up his pace, the wet sounds driving him mad. Soon enough he was rubbing that bundle of nerves inside her that drove her mad. As he rubbed her from inside, his thumb stretched to touch her clit, rubbing his thumb in circles that had her crying out.

It was enough to send her over the edge again.

Slipping his fingers out, he undid his belt as she came down from her high, her eyes lazily watching him as he struggled, a small smile on her lips as he finally managed to undo his belt and zipper, shoving his pants and underwear out of the way, his cock standing proudly against his stomach. The relief was immediate, and before he could have a few seconds for himself to calm down a bit, Lumine was already pulling him in with her ankles.

“Inside.”

Smirking at her, he rubbed his length along her sex, collecting her juices and teasing her clit with his head. She whined as she tried to thrust down, her hips held still by his hands.

“Good girls wait.” Whimpering at his comment, she laid still, feeling his cock slide between her folds. He lined up and pushed the head in slightly before taking it back out, doing so several times that it had her head spinning. She pulled at her restraints but it didn’t give in.

Finally pushing in all the way, he easily bottomed out, as she was still loosened up from their activities the night prior. They both groaned as he sunk in, his hands grabbing onto her hips tightly to stop himself from just pounding into her. His hands went behind him to unhook her ankles, bringing her legs up over his shoulders so he could hold onto her thighs. Starting up slow, he pulled out completely so just the head was in, before he sunk back inside, her warm velvet walls accepting him so easily. His deep thrusts had her moaning softly, her nipples hardening once more, her back arching to get him to sink in deeper.

“Oh Childe-“ moaning his name, he gave a sharp thrust, which felt like it rattled the inside of her head.

Slowly picking up the pace, Childe kissed the skin of her legs, nipping the flesh softly as the sound of skin on skin filled the room, which was now bathed in the warm early sunlight from the rays that managed to dodge the curtains.

Lumine wanted her hands to roam the expense of his chest hiding under his clothes, she wanted to claw at his back till it bled because she knew he loved it, she wanted to pull at his hair and dig her nails into his scalp and drag down-

Slipping out, Childe changed their position so her body was on its side, one leg against the sheets while the other still stayed over his shoulder. Slipping back inside, he went deeper, his head kissing her cervix. Biting her lips, she couldn’t even tell him to move before he was pounding into her, her breath being stolen from her lungs in one fell swoop.

Throwing her head back, she clenched her eyes shut as Childe basically drilled into her, pushing past her cervix every few thrusts, making a chill crawl up her spine.

“Such a good girl, taking my cock so well.”

She nodded quickly, the skin on her lip protesting as she bit down harder, her eyes still squeezed shut as he grazed that spot within her.

“Look at me.”

Barely managing to open her eyes, she made eye contact with the man above her, and her heart picked up pace as he smiled down at her. Rolling his hips to make sure he hit that spot, he watched contently as her eyes rolled back for a second before she looked back at him, her mouth now hanging open as she moaned.

Slowing down, he grabbed her thigh hard so he could thrust sharply into her a few times, watching as he punched the air out of her lungs. He felt her clench around him, and he knew she was close.

Slipping back out, Lumine groaned, disappointed in the emptiness she felt.

Lowering himself so they were chest to chest, Childe flipped them over so now Lumine was above, her hands still tied to the headboard. Planting his feet on the bed, he grabbed Lumine’s hips and lowered her onto him, letting her sink onto his girth. Due to still being tied, she was forced to lay on him, her arms on either side of his head. The perfect position to kiss, though. So that’s what she did, as he started thrusting into his lover once more.

In this position he was hitting her spot repeatedly, and it made her mad. At that point Childe was the one kissing her neck, making more marks as she lied limp in his arms, taking everything he gave her like the good girl she was.

“Fuck. I’m close.” He whispered in her ear as he picked up his pace, the wet sounds of their coupling driving him closer to the edge.

“Childe! Childe- inside! Inside!” Chuckling into her neck at her frantic reminders, he picked up his pace even more, determined to coat her inside in his come.

His orgasm knocked him hard, his hands no doubt leaving bruises on Lumine’s milky hips as he held on for dear life, coating her insides with himself, shoving himself as deep as he could go in her in this position.

That seemed to be the last straw for Lumine as she locked up and came once more, clenching tightly around him, which sent another wave through him into her.

They gasped for breath together, the sweat on their foreheads sticking their hair to their faces. Childe kissed her as he softened inside her, relishing in the way she burrowed deeper into his arms and neck. Reaching up to the headboard, he set her arms free, which she then used her newfound freedom to dig her fingers into his hair and softly rake her fingernails downwards, sending electricity through his bones.

He could feel their juices start to slide down his shaft and onto him. Looking out the window he groaned out with a soft ‘fuck’. Holding her to his chest, he flipped them over, and softly placed the blond back on the bed, who stretched her arms and shoulders. Slipping out of her warmth, he watched as their combined juices started to slowly slide out of her, sending another wave of arousal through him that he couldn’t afford.

Watching in amusement as she clenched around nothing as he cleaned himself up, she whined once more.

“When are you coming back?”

Getting up from the bed, he fixed his attire before he fixed his scarf back onto his person, but this time with the distinct smell of them.

“Soon girlie. Got carried away with our fun so I’m behind now on my schedule, but I’ll be back after noon.”

Rushing around the room to finish getting ready, he bent down to kiss her goodbye once he was all fixed up, his cologne causing her to wind her arms around his neck, bringing him in so she could whisper in his ear.

“I’ll be waiting for you.” Licking the shell of his ear, he caught movement from the corner of his eye. Her hand went between her legs so she could push his escaping release back inside, causing a deep groan to surface from his chest.

That was an image he wouldn’t be able to get rid of.

If he stumbled to the meeting place an hour late with love bites littering his neck where everyone could see and hair a wilder mess than usual, no one said anything. In fact they looked away, embarrassed for him.

If he stumbled back to his inn after all his duties were taken care of and he caught Lumine completely bare with two fingers inside herself moaning his name, well…

That’s for only him to know.