In the game 'Blood and Thunder', the night of Christmas Eve, 1987.

It was time for bed, though the arcade was closed for the holidays. Set and Sorceress had already showered and changed into their respective nightwear, among other sleepy-time preparations before slipping into their rather large canopy bed, which had red satin sheets and pillows.

Sorceress lay there cuddling Set close to her as her mind was riddled with nagging thoughts. Their first Christmas together was going well, as far as she was concerned, but she had been getting increasingly comfortable in sharing all aspects of her life with him. He was normally a selfish guy, a fact he would freely admit, and for some reason he seemed proud of it. The problem? He hadn't asked her about the prospect of sex even once. She squeezed him a little closer, her heart racing at the thought of it. I know he loves me, but there is something wrong with this.. Doesn't he want more too? Roxie said I should just make a move, but-

"Is something the matter?" Set asked in a loving, yet tired tone as he hugged her around the middle and yawned. Something has to be bothering her..

Sorceress briefly scrunched her face up, not really wanting to talk about it. Well there's no avoiding it now, is there? Still though.. "Not really.." 'Not really,' my ears. She sighed tiredly into Set's hair, then rested her chin on his head, "Set.. Don't you ever think about.. 'doing it'?"

Set stifled a laugh and beamed, "Is that what's on your mind?" He forced himself to stop grinning when he saw the concerned look on Sorceress' face. He raised one of his hands from her side and stroked her cheek, then her hair. "I think about it a good bit, yeah. I just didn't want to bring it up in case you weren't ready. It'd have made things real awkward, right?" More awkward than talking about it right now, that's for sure.

"It's okay? Isn't it?" Sorceress asked nervously as her heart raced even more than just a moment before, "I-if we do it, I mean."

That's sort of a silly question to ask a man. "I'd like that, actually," Set chuckled, "..Did you want to do it now?"

"Obviously," Sorceress said as she rolled her eyes and a modest smile pursed her lips, "..How did you want to start?"

"Good question," Set sighed as he rolled onto his back and scratched his head. His messy black hair was even more of a mess than usual. Neither of us has any kind of experience here.. He sat up and took a deep breath, "Well, how about I try a few things and you tell me if you don't like it? Seems like a sensible approach to me.."

Sorceress giggled slightly and raised her head, resting it on her raised hand. "You.." she sighed, "You can be so selfish.."

"Is that an invitation?" Set beamed.

Sorceress puffed out her cheeks as she exhaled, "..Yes.." I'd rather be the one 'in control', but maybe just this once..

Set chuckled, somewhat taken aback by that answer. I wish I had some kind of response for that. He simply cracked his neck and knuckles.

"Really?" Sorceress asked while raising a mildly amused brow. Is he even taking this seriously? Is he trying to embarrass me?

"I'm just messing around," Set chuckled as he put his hand on her shoulder and softly pushed her onto her back, then tenderly kissed her lips, "You said I could be selfish, so I'm gonna be selfish until you tell me to stop."

"Gee, thanks," Sorceress scoffed playfully as Set began to run his hand down her side, down to her thigh as he continued to kiss her. She was 'ready' for this, and yet she still couldn't help but feel anxiety welling up inside her at the fact that they were actually about to do it.. And then there was how unpredictable Set was. I hope he doesn't do anything weird..

Set didn't look it, but he was much more nervous than Sorceress. He didn't show it, of course; He figured that putting on a confident front, as usual, would at least make it seem like he was fully prepared for this type of situation. He casually snaked his hand in from the bottom of Sorceress' lacy, crimson nightgown and slowly slid it back up her side as she mumbled something, muffled by their kiss. "What was that?" he asked through his constant, teasing grin as he broke away. He was very obviously enjoying every second of this, after enduring for what had felt like centuries.

"N-nothing.." Sorceress said sheepishly while taking a deep breath. He is trying to embarrass me..

"Oh.. Okay," Set beamed, practically radiating his false confidence like a beacon in otherwise pitch black darkness. He was always rather surprised at just how much Sorceress usually let him get away with. This was more so the case now where he was essentially given free reign. The only problem with that was his concerns about potentially making that one wrong move, whatever it might be, and never getting this kind of opportunity again. Set laughed, feeling a bit like he had already failed when he asked, "Would you prefer if I took it off? Or did you want it to stay on?"

Sorceress smiled a subtle, shy smile and sighed, "Aren't you supposed to be selfish?"

"I could go either way," Set chuckled as his heart pounded in his ears, which suddenly felt as though they were on fire. In mere fractions of a second, which felt more like a full minute to him, he debated his options, making the decision he would ultimately take much more complex than it needed to be. Well, I've never seen her nude.. His smile widened; Rather than a teasing grin, it was warmer now, a mature sort of smile. He steadied his balance as he lifted his other hand to gently grab the other side of Sorceress' nightgown and eased it up slowly.

Sorceress took another deep breath and swallowed hard as she reluctantly sat up and raised her arms so that Set could fit her nightgown over her head. Once it was off, her long, deep blue hair fell in front of her face in a messy array as Set placed the nightgown gently on the side of the bed. She smiled a little more confidently, feeling more at ease. It was a surprise, to her, that she felt this comfortable so suddenly. It was in part due to Set's sudden change in attitude, she reasoned, though the rest remained a mystery. She couldn't admit it out loud, but she had worried, for a while, that he might have used his blanket freedom to just outright rip her clothes off. He's so unpredictable..

"You're beautiful," Set breathed without hesitation as he slowly kissed Sorceress' neck through her hair. He worked his arms around to her back, wrapping her into a delicate hug as she slid her hands to his lower back.

"You're.. grey," Sorceress teased through a whisper at his neck just below his ear, which made Set burst out laughing.

"Yes, yes I am," Set beamed as he slowly broke away and ran his fingers through Sorceress' hair to get it out of her eyes, "Thanks for noticing."

"C-can we start yet, Darling?" Sorceress asked with a sheepish smile, "I just, um.." Darn it.

Set slowly clutched his hand to his heart and gasped in a teasing way, "You are so selfish."

"Laugh it up," Sorceress beamed shyly as she nudged his hand over his heart and pushed him down onto his back, "I'm going to even the score, Mr. Warlock. This is your punishment for getting too cocky."

"Punish me more, Ms. Sorceress," Set teased as he rested his hands under the back of his head as Sorceress began to blush more than before, "I've been a bad boy."

Sorceress' blood was practically boiling in her veins; That's how it felt, at least. Set always managed to one-up her in teasing matches and it was a little frustrating for her. She didn't normally mind it that much, but she still felt like putting him in his place sometimes. She smirked in mild, playful annoyance and leaned down to kiss him as she unbuttoned his navy blue pajama shirt, pushing all of her nagging thoughts aside as best she could.

Set grinned on her lips as they deepened their kiss, pausing only to breathe. He didn't mind the sudden role inversion in the slightest, even when she slapped his hands away as he reached for her breasts.

Nope. He's 'punished'. Sorceress kept Set's hands pinned down on the bed's red satin sheets behind his head as she broke their kiss to tenderly lick his neck.

Set was almost too worried to comment this time, thinking Sorceress might not follow through if he said anything, but he couldn't help but articulate his thoughts. "You know," he started boldly before taking a quick breath.

She continued to lap at his neck, though slower. What?

"If you wanted to punish me-"

Here.. Sorceress bit into his neck mid-sentence, which prompted him to yelp.

"Ahahahouch- I love you.." Set beamed as he closed one of his eyes due to Sorceress' long hair coming dangerously close. Whenever she bit him like that it always hurt like hell, but he felt an equal amount of pleasure as well. It was an intoxicating balance that he couldn't get enough of.

"You'd better, after all I put up with," Sorceress chuckled as she licked his neck clean before the wound closed up on its own, "..I love you too, Darling." She sighed contentedly and finally released his hands as she ran hers down past his chest and stomach, and easily undid the knot on his navy blue pajama pants.

She's more bold than I expected; Probably shouldn't say that out loud.

Sorceress eased off Set's pajama pants, exposing his pair of loose grey and blue plaid boxers. She smirked at him as she leaned down over his chest, keeping herself propped up with one hand as she simply rested her other hand on his boxers, ready to milk this -pun intended- for everything it was worth.

Set smirked back in retaliation as he partially sat up and leaned on his elbows to keep himself propped up. "So what else did you have in mind, Honey?" He leaned up just a bit more; Their faces were no more than a few inches apart. His self-confidence had a way of sapping all of her own sometimes; As if for some reason he had all the answers even when he couldn't possibly.

"I guess we have to have a tie-breaker?" Sorceress chuckled sheepishly as she leaned down and slowly pecked at his lips. She wanted to continue being the one 'in charge', but also didn't want it to be her fault if things didn't go according to plan.

"Am I still 'punished'?"

"No.. Not anymore." Not right now, at least.

"You know, for a punishment, that was rather lenient.."

"W-" Argh, this is so corny.. "Would you punish me then, to show me how it's done?"

"It's gonna be torture.." Set beamed as he tickled her ribs with one of his hands, still propped up by the other, "Are you sure?"

"Ah!" Sorceress giggled as she trapped his hand between her chest and arm, the one which was until then used to rest her hand on his boxers, "Yes, I'm sure.."

"Then lay down, and I'll give you a special lesson." To the best of my abilities, at least.

"Very well," Sorceress said as she scoffed through her nose before laying on her back, her hands resting on her belly. She smiled up at him as he hovered over her, though that anxiety crept back into the forefront of her mind. What's he gonna do now? She swallowed hard when Set placed his hands around the sides of her lacy black panties with a glint in his eyes.

We've both been waiting for this, haven't we? Set easily placed his fingers around the inside of her panties and slid them off slowly, though the thought had crossed his mind to just yank them off to freak her out a little. Wouldn't be very gentlemanly though, now would it?

Sorceress heaved a shaky breath as Set dropped her panties onto the floor; She remained motionless as if it were some sort of challenge of endurance.

Set leaned over her, using one arm to steady himself as he wiggled the fingers of his right hand. He flashed her a grin as he placed his hand between her legs and eased his two middle fingers into her, palm facing upward. Sorceress suddenly gasped through her nose, clearly not expecting that. The sudden jolt of pleasure came as a total surprise, especially with how it was delivered. Without thinking, she had grabbed his hand, though Set simply tilted his head to the side. "What?" he laughed, "Is something wrong?"

Sorceress blew out a harsh breath through one side of her mouth as she let go of his hand, "..I-I was just surprised.. Go on." Is this what I'm in for? Geez.. She put her hand back over her other and decided that she wasn't going to move it again until Set was done 'torturing' her.. And she could tell it would be torture, but a heavenly torture unlike anything she had experienced before; She only knew she wanted more of it, and deeper. She wished that she had met him sooner, as she wasn't the sort of girl to do this kind of thing on her own.. though she was also beginning to wish that she was.

Set nodded at her with a knowing smile as he slowly pulled his fingers nearly all the way out before they entered her again, deeper than the first time. Sorceress had allowed him to be selfish in mostly whatever way he wished, though in his mind he was actually being rather generous. Who knows how long I would be able to last anyways? He repeatedly, and gently, pumped his fingers inside her as deep as they would go as he continued thinking to himself while she was distracted with trying not to squirm in place. She deserves so much better than me. I couldn't even count all of the hard times I've given her on both hands; Having only eight fingers total doesn't help either. I shouldn't be worrying about it this much. She loves me. Look at how far we've come.. His fingers gradually began to budge into her faster as his insecurities began to mount one by one.

Sorceress heaved another shaky breath, unsure of how long she'd been holding it unknowingly. She squeezed her hands over her abdomen and curled her toes. She didn't understand how she could've gone so long without experiencing something like this. What did I ever do to deserve him? Sure he's stressed me out on more than one occasion, but- She let out the subtlest of moans that Set would consider a game over to hear again a fair deal. Before long, she was about to lose it; She tightly shut her eyes and ever so slightly spread her legs as her breathing quickened. It's a sin that I'm the only one feeling good right now, but- She didn't want him to stop, even if it would mean that they would both feel this way in a matter of seconds anyway. As she climaxed, she relished in the realization that selfishness does indeed have its perks.. Not that she was unaware of this before. In this context, and to this extent, however, she never would have guessed without experiencing it firsthand. Her whole body shuddered due to his handiwork and she collapsed into a fit of giggles.

Set beamed at her, realizing he must've been doing something right. That's lesson one.. Might be too corny to say. He decided not to say anything and just kept going even though his arm was long since getting tired.

"S-set, stop," Sorceress giggled again as she grabbed his hand. He's crazy. She took a deep breath as she finally got him to be still. "I.. I really shouldn't keep you waiting.." He's looking at me with those eyes again.

"Don't feel bad about it," Set chuckled as he bent down to sweetly kiss her lips a few times, "Although I guess you must want the real deal by now.." Too conceited? I do think I did pretty damn good.

"Unless you want me to return the favor.." Sorceress breathed with a wide, nearly exhausted smile, "'Torture', whatever." She ran her fingers through her hair to get it out of her eyes.

"I'm gonna be straight with you," Set said with a sheepish smile, "I don't think you should turn the 'torture' back on me just yet.. Unless you really wanna wait a few minutes for me to get ready again."

Sorceress gasped, "Not a few minutes?!"

"Shush," Set laughed, "I'm serious. I'll get real lazy too."

"Well if that's the case I should've done you first."

"But you wanted me to torture you," Set laughed.

"That sounds so wrong."

"You're right. It does."

"Well come on," Sorceress giggled as she patted his thigh, "I'll just have to make up for it later, I guess."

"Works for me," Set beamed as he kissed her again before sliding off his boxers and dropping them on the floor. Like she needs to make anything up to me though.. Not that it should matter, or that either of them had a frame of reference to compare with, but by real world standards, Set was a little larger than average despite his short stature.

Sorceress cleared her throat and swallowed hard as she shyly eyed him up. By the way she was acting, she gave the impression that everything that had just happened, hadn't just happened. No, I can't stay shy about this. Snap out of it, girl.

Set carefully positioned himself between Sorceress' legs and entered her, though he took his time, and went in as deep as he could. It suddenly felt as if all was right in the world, as cliched as it might sound; All of his worries simply melted away as their very codes intertwined. In fact, his mind drew a blank when he tried to remember why he was worried in the first place. He lovingly gazed into her eyes, and could tell that she felt the same.

Sorceress patted him on the rear as she scoffed through her nose; A clear signal to 'get on with it' if ever there was one.

I do all the work around here. Set chuckled and pulled back, making sure to catch every sound and facial expression Sorceress made. So beautiful. He lifted her leg and rested it over his shoulder as he budged into her once more, harder. He kissed her leg as he continued to move into her again and again in a slow and steady pace.

Sorceress stifled soft moan after moan with one of her hands as best she could. She was worried that her cyclops servant, Roger, might be in a room nearby. Until then she didn't think that it would even be necessary to forcefully keep her voice down in her and Set's mostly unplanned Christmas activity.

"So what if he hears?" Set teased as he kept moving into her, careful not to push himself over the edge too soon. So long as he doesn't barge in. He kept Sorceress' leg propped up over his shoulder with one arm, while his other hand explored up and down her belly. He was having a hard time keeping up his smug grin just as much as she was having a hard time staying quiet.

Sorceress shot him a confused, pouty expression before laughing. You're being ridiculous.

"I'm being ridiculous, don't mind me," Set laughed as he moved her leg from his shoulder and turned her so that she was laying her side. I would love to make her scream though. He laid down beside her against her back and reentered her from behind. He kissed her shoulder blade as he began to caress her breasts, something he was denied before.

Sorceress began to wonder if Set was perhaps a little too good at this for having no prior experience, but shrugged it off. It wasn't a bad thing by any means. I won't complain about that, but-She turned her head back at him, put her hand on his chest and smirked as she pushed herself away.

"Hey, I was using that," Set teased.

"I want to be the 'user' for a while, not the 'used';If you don't mind," Sorceress scoffed as she tapped his nose with her pointer finger. She kissed him fervently, her hair falling into his face as she pushed him onto his back for the second time and straddled him. Enough was enough; She needed to put him in his place.. at least for the time being. She felt as though if she didn't set the precedent now, then she would end up always playing second fiddle to whatever wild idea he came up with. I'm going to enjoy this.

Set flinched as Sorceress eased him into position and pushed him into her as deeply and swiftly as she could. This was a war of endurance that she planned to win. As she continued to pull back and press into him, she leaned upward and slid her thumb into his mouth, which he began to suck on with a glint of playful annoyance in his eyes. He didn't exactly want to relinquish control of the situation like this, but he had already resolved to only be as selfish as she would allow. When Sorceress puts her foot down, you listen, because she wears heels. This is fun regardless. To test the boundaries she had put in place, he extended one of his hands upward to grab her breasts one more time.

Sorceress shook her head in disapproval and grabbed his arm. "Access denied," she teased, having every intention of maintaining absolute control over him. She turned his wrist upward and bit into it tenderly before lapping up his lifeblood as it slowly flowed to the surface of his skin and into her waiting mouth.

Set groaned as the sensitivity of his arm felt as though it was amped up tenfold. He could feel both extreme pleasure and pain shooting through his arm in constant, throbbing jolts as his blood was pulled out through his wrist. It was somehow more intense than when Sorceress would bite him on the neck, though he couldn't begin to guess why. He wanted to clench his teeth shut, knowing full well that his endurance was nearing its end.

Sorceress smirked at Set, sensing how close he was to losing their little game. She licked his wrist clean, though droplets of blood dripped from the corners of her mouth. She removed her thumb from his mouth and ran her fingers through his hair, "It's okay, I'll allow it." No need to hold back.

Set was relieved, though disappointed that it was almost over. His breath hitched as he tightly clenched his teeth, and his hand formed a fist around portion of the red satin bed sheets as he lost the last shred of control he still had. Though he was done, Sorceress still wasn't.

Sorceress leaned down to kiss Set again, one hand on his chest and the other on side his neck. She lifted his head up as she wormed her other arm from his chest to his lower back and continued to force him into her again and again as quickly as she could, for as long as she could while he was still hard.

Set breathed deeply as Sorceress slowly pressed him deeply into her core a few more times as she finally finished. "..Merry Christmas," he laughed as she laid them both down.

"Merry Christmas," Sorceress breathed as a satisfied smile played on her lips. She ran her fingers through her hair to get it out of her eyes one more time as they gazed at each other with all the adoration in the world.

"So what made you finally bring it up, if I might ask?" Set teased as he tickled her ribs.

Sorceress giggled and patted him on the hand as she rolled onto her back. She stared at the ceiling briefly and sighed, "Roxie and I were just talking the other day, that's all.."

"Oh really?" Set chuckled as he remained on his side, facing her, though he propped himself up with his elbow, "What secrets have you two divulged to each other, I wonder?"

"You are so nosy."

"And selfish. Spill," Set beamed.

Sorceress laughed, "Fine, but you better not tell them I said anything."

"I swear, I won't."

"Good," Sorceress beamed as she ruffled Set's hair, "I was just.. worried about you, because you never expressed any kind of.. desire, and asked what it was like for her."

"And?" Set laughed. Worried about me? Aww..

"She just told me they hadn't done it yet either, but she was gonna do it with him as a Christmas surprise, that's all."

"So how long has it been bothering you? How much have I missed out on?"

"We, Darling. We missed out on a couple of weeks, maybe? N-nothing too major."

"Well hopefully we'll be better at communicating such matters from now on," Set beamed as he tenderly kissed her lips and lightly licked his blood from the corners of her mouth.

"I don't think we'll have to worry about it anymore," Sorceress chuckled as she sat up and put her nightgown back on, "Just don't go telling anybody, okay?"

"I wouldn't embarrass you out in public."

"You liar," Sorceress scoffed playfully as she remembered all the times he made a scene out in Game Central Station. She rolled her eyes and put on her panties as Set, too, put back on his clothes.

"Not about that sort of thing. You know what I meant."

"Well I do now," Sorceress said as she kissed Set on the cheek before they settled back under the sheets, "We'd better get some sleep for whatever event they've got planned tomorrow.. Goodnight, Darling."

"Goodnight, Honey," Set said sweetly as he cuddled up next to her, "Sweet dreams."