From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 19:57:55

*looks up from the book he's reading* *sets it facedown on the bed*

*dashes all but the last five steps to the door, which he takes nice and slowly*

*runs a hand through his hair*

*opens the door* Melian. I wasn't sure if you'd make it.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 20:03:25

*feels her breath catch in her throat when she sees you*

*recovers quickly enough* Yes, I almost didn't. Everything worked out well in the end, though.

*leans against the doorframe and looks at a point just over your shoulder*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 20:08:55

*pulls the door open a bit wider and steps back slightly as he does*

*in case you wanted to, you know, come inside. or whatever*

Clearly it was all unnecessarily troubling. I... *his face working to form the words* ...shouldn't have doubted you.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 20:12:28

Yes, well... *frowns a little* I understand. You were only doing what you thought best.

*slowly takes a few steps inside the room and then turns to face you* Have you been having a nice holiday, at least?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 20:17:39

*scratches his head* He just seemed...so certain, I guess. I don't know. *shrugs*

*closes the door like it's a totally absent-minded thing he's doing. that he's not paying the slightest bit of attention to.* *leans against it* It's been pretty relaxing, I have to admit. As long as my palace is still there to go home to. It's still there, right?

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 20:22:51

And it never occurred to you for a second that you should take my word over his, did it? *shrugs* I understand.

*takes a seat on the edge of your bed* *smiles a bit* Everything is in order. Besides, you needed a vacation. You don't relax nearly as often as you should. Lúthien hasn't been causing you too much trouble?

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 20:30:49

*walks over and stretches across the bed to retrieve his book, close it, and set it on the nightstand*

*rolls onto his side and props himself up on his elbow, facing you* *hesitantly* Not too much trouble, no. Although she brought a hopefully ex-friend along to dinner tonight. *distastefully* A friend who is also a boy. It was a bit harrowing. *actually means it was harrowing for him*

You don't relax

*softly scolding* I could say the same for you. You're the one who runs that house. How have you fared, my lady?

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 20:37:35

A boy? Oh my. *laughs softly* I'm impressed with the self-control you must have shown. Are you holding up okay after the ordeal?

How have you fared

*glances over at you for a moment before looking down*

Well, I must say. Though, perhaps a little lonely?.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 20:42:18

*can't tell whether or not you're mocking him* *a little defensively* I can't have been that bad. *nods his head toward the door* She's in there sleeping and hasn't run off to the Órë equivalent of Angband or anything. Yet.

a little lonely

I'm thrilled sorry to hear it. *honestly* I do not sleep well when you are unhappy, Melian.

*briefly touches your hand where it rests on the bed*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 20:49:37

*smiles* No, of course not. But I have no doubt you wanted to be quite bad. *reaches out and briefly touches your forhead* I'm pleased that it went well, is all.

*looks down at their hands together*

I do not sleep well when you are so far away. *lays back and rests on her elbows* Perhaps we will both sleep well tonight, then.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 20:55:37

*wryly* You'd best ask Lúthien how 'well' it went before making any judgments. I wish she'd put her trust in me no matter how unfounded it may be.

*reflexively brushes your hair back from your face, letting his fingers linger a moment on your lips* *silently marvels at how soft they are*

I think we just might.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 21:00:50

She'll give a glowing report, no doubt. *teasing smile* As long as you didn't threaten to castrate the boy.

...You didn't did you?

*takes your hand and gently kisses the fingertips before entwining her fingers with your own*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 21:05:53

*moves slightly closer to you*

*reviews the dinner conversation in his mind* I was working up to that when you got to the hotel, actually. No. No, I did not. I may have threatened to eat his liver. Possibly.

*is pleasantly surprised--really, really surprised--to find himself becoming incredibly aroused by the lack of alcohol smell on your breath*

*leans down and lightly brushes his lips over your cheek, your mouth*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 21:11:07

You are a man of many surprises.

*reaches a hand up and rests it on the back of you neck, rubbing tiny circles there* *pulls you closer for another gentle kiss*

*looks into your eyes* I missed you so much.

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 21:16:43

*smiles softly* I try my hand now and again.

*moves his body halfway over yours* *splays his fingers across your collarbone and runs them slowly downward, over your breast and belly and along the curve of your hip*

And I missed you, my beautiful, brilliant queen.

*kisses you more deeply*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 21:22:06

*moans into your mouth*

*runs a hand down your side to your waistband and slips her fingers under your shirt, running them across the skin there*

Elwë Elwë Elwë

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 21:27:32

*arches into your touch with a low sigh of pleasure*

*places gentle kisses down your neck* Melian...my love...my darling...

*pushes the strap of your dress off your shoulder and lets it fall just enough for his mouth to reach the top of your breast*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 21:34:50

*hears a gasp escape her lips as she feels your words* My everything...

*slowly works your shirt up and over your head and then runs her fingers through your hair as you kiss her*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 21:43:05

*falls onto his back, pulling you on top of him*

*rubs his hands along the backs of your thighs and slides them under your dress*

*lets his kisses grow more urgent, more demanding by the minute*

*moans your name* All these years...you're the only one. My only, Melian..Melian...

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 21:49:04

*spreads her fingers across your chest, running her hands down across your nipples to rest over your ribs*

*kisses you deeply, pressing against you*

Every day I need you more. Every day I want you more.

*kisses along your jaw and down your throat to the center of your collarbone*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 21:57:14

*feels his skin warm wonderfully beneath your touch and hardly dares to believe he's hearing your words*

*slowly undoes the buttons on your dress, savoring the sight of bare skin revealed with each one*

*allows only enough separation between their bodies and searching lips to work your dress up and finally off, his hands heavy*

I breathe for you. You undid me from the first.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 22:03:21

*feels suddenly shy under your gaze and distracts herself by brushing her lips against your ear*

You changed my world, Elwë. You changed everything. It was I who was undone.

*connects her mouth with yours again, kissing deeply while fumbling with your belt like a foolish teenager*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 22:17:42

*settles his hands in the small of your back and lets them drift over your smooth flesh from shoulder to thigh, massaging gently but insistently*

*finds the million things he wants you to hear, to know running together in the face of his desire*

*cups your breast in his hand and circles his thumb over your nipple*

*lifts his hips to allow you to push his trousers down, his heart racing*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 22:24:49

*finds that, when it comes down to it, there's only one thing she really wants you to know* I love you.

*takes you in one hand and strokes you firmly, but slowly*

*rests her face in the crook of your neck and murmurs nonsense against your flesh, finding the heat of your skin irresistable*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 22:33:52

*barely resists the urge to thrust into your hand, his fingers fondling your body more restlessly in response*

*sinks his other hand into your hair, intoxicated by its clean scent*

*gasping* *with abandon* I love you...I love you...I need you...I love you...

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 22:40:02

*kisses your lips before rising up to lower herself onto you*

*gasps at the sensation* It's... so long...

*begins to rise and fall torturously slowly, tracing the outline of your face with her fingertips while leaning down to kiss you again*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/13/2007 22:54:03

*releasing a breath he didn't realize he was holding* ah! *grasps your hips tightly and falls into rhythm with your movements, biting his lip to force himself to go slowly*

*feels every inch of his body alive with the unbearable pleasure of you*

Yes...yes...kiss me...

*parts your lips with his tongue and languidly tastes you*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/13/2007 23:03:15

*explores your mouth with her own tongue, breathing in your scent and relishing your taste*

*guides one of your hands down so it is pressing against her and rocks against it as she moves a little bit faster*

*finds it harder and harder to have regular breath*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/14/2007 10:11:45

*rubs you thoroughly, his fingers picking up speed with the movement of your hips*

*feels the pressure building in his body seemingly from head to toe*

*holds you against him though your closeness is becoming torturous*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/14/2007 10:41:21

*grasps your shoulders for leverage as she begins to pick up speed*

*is on fire from head to toe*

Elwë, Elwë, Elwë

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/14/2007 10:45:41

*his voice strained* Oh, Melian...my goddess!

*plunges deep within you, his body and his fingers frantic*

*gasps as the pressure finally breaks, sure he's freefalling through open air*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/14/2007 10:50:30

*cries out your name one last time before going silent and gasping for air*

*closes her eyes, seeing brilliant flashes of color behind the lids*

*stops moving and just holds on to you* My Elwë

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/14/2007 10:57:41

*gradually slows his movements, the urgency receding, if not your exquisite heat*

*lets his head fall back against the bed, his eyes closing*

*takes in and slowly releases a shaky breath*

*cups your face in his hands and reaches to you for a silent kiss*

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/14/2007 11:09:51

*kisses you softly and rests her forhead against yours, gradually regaining her breath*

*eventually moves off of you and lays to your side, resting her head on your chest and listening to your heart beat*

*finds comfort in the realness of the sound*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/14/2007 11:27:36

*traces shapes on your arm with his fingertip*

*sighs a sigh of perfect contentment*

*sincerely on every level* I'm glad you're with me.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/14/2007 11:44:20

*places a gentle kiss on your chest before lifting her head to gaze at you*

I wouldn't ever wish to be anywhere else. Not ever.

*snakes an arm across your stomach to hold you closer to her*

	From: sindacollo	Date: 02/14/2007 11:48:45

*cradles you more tightly in the crook of his arm*

*drops a kiss on the top of your head*

*smiles and murmurs sleepily* Good. Wouldn't let you anyway.

	From: queenmelly	Date: 02/14/2007 11:59:40

*sighs happily*

*closes her eyes and relaxes against you, feeling as at peace as she has in a very long time*