Not the Average Fairy Tale Ending

By: Blu

Author's Note: Now that I've figured out a way to use my computer again, I decided to write a HMC story. Don't worry, I'll go back to my YYH story soon, I just needed to take a break and get my brain thinking again. And I do that by writing another story. This might be a multi-chapter story, but for now it'll be a one shot. It just depends on what you guys think of it. ^^ BTW, this story takes place right after HMC and before Castle in the Air.

I don't own any of the characters. I'm very close to owning Howl, if I could only get rid of Sophie, lol.

The 1st and maybe only chapter:

Howl and Sophie had been officially married for only two months now, but Sophie was quite upset with him. She never got to see him because he was always gone somewhere, and whenever he was home, he would always be sleeping.

One morning while working in the flower shop, Sophie saw a young couple holding hands and lost in each other's eyes. She sighed, "Now why can't Howl and I be like that?"

"Like what?" came a voice from behind her.

"Oh, Howl, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to see the King to talk business with him?" she asked, while continuing to arrange some flowers.

He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, "I thought you'd be happy to see me once in a while. So I asked Michael to cover for me so that I could spend some time with you." He whispered in her ear, occasionally nipping at the lobe.

She always hated when he did this. They'd been married for two months and she wouldn't him go any farther than kissing her cheek. He was still waiting for her to give him the okay, but would play these little games with her to speed her up a bit. Those little games and tricks would drive her crazy, but she regained her cool. "Well, you picked a terrible time, I have to have this flower arrangement done in an hour for a customer." She got her self out of his grip.

"Well, it's nearly lunchtime, I think you should come back to the castle and take a break and tell those flowers to arrange themselves."

She was about to tell him no, but changed her mind once he grabbed her hand and gently kissed each knuckle. "Fine. But only for lunch, I'll need to come back and check on the other flowers too." She walked away from him and but the 'closed for lunch' sign on the door. Hand in hand, the two returned to the castle.

When they arrived, Sophie noticed that everyone was gone. Usually Michael and Calcifer always around the castle at lunchtime, since it was their favorite part of the day. "I know where you sent Michael, but why isn't Calcifer here?" Sophie asked.

"He said he was going out sightseeing. You know, he always wants to explore new places, and now that he's free, he likes to go and do that. I'm actually quite glad we're the only ones here right now." He smirked.

"Why?" she asked, not liking the sound of his voice. "Why are you happy that no one else is here? It makes the castle seem too quiet."

" Well, if everyone was here, I wouldn't be able to spend time alone with you." He purred.

"But Howl, I said I'm not" she was cut off by the instant motion of his lips pressed against hers.

She was about to move away and impale his head with a frying pan, when she found herself wrapping her arms around his neck. She would've thought it to be a spell, if she hadn't seen people doing this before. She wanted the feeling to go on forever, and it got even better when Howl gently coaxed her mouth open and deepened the kiss.

After a few more seconds, Howl pulled away gasping for breath, "I'm sorry Sophie, I shouldn't have done that when you didn't want me to. I think it would be better if you went back to the shop now before I do anything else."

"No Howl." She said plainly, despite the emotions that were running through her body. " Come here please. I want to tell you something." She took his hand and led him over to the workbench and he say down. She explained to him, "Howl, you probably think that by the way I act around you that I don't love you. But the truth is, I love you so much that I have trouble showing you how. But I didn't want to do anything serious right away because I wasn't sure if you really loved me or not, and I didn't want to feel used by you. But now I know how you feel and I want to tell you that I'm ready."

"I'm glad to hear that love, but you don't mean" this time, he was the one that got cut off. He had to admit that he was surprised at Sophie's talent. For somebody whose first kiss was only five minutes ago, she was catching on quickly. But despite her innocent attempts to seduce him, he had to pull away. "I admire your wanting me so quickly Sophie, but don't you want to be more comfortable the first time? You know it's going to hurt either way, but laying on the workbench might make it feel worse."

"I don't care about being fancy and comfortable. I'm fine right here. And I don't care if it's supposed to hurt, if I survived being an woman for who knows how many months, then this shouldn't be much of a problem. "

"Well, okay then love. You asked for it." He grabbed her and pinned her under him. Then began to kiss her gently, then quickly deepened it. Sophie moaned quietly and let Howl have his way for awhile.

They slowly moved upward into a sitting position as she took off his black coat and threw it across the room Then, she started to unbutton his white shirt. He grabbed her hands and trapped them above her head. "Not fair." He breathed "You're getting ahead of me."

"Shut up Howl," she reached over and kissed him again. He used one hand to keep her hands up and the other to start moving the material of the green dress off her shoulder. Then he began kissing the exposed skin.

Sophie was in paradise. She'd never felt this way before. When he found the sensitive spot on her neck she let out a loud moan and whispered his name.

The loudness of the yell caused Howl to jump slightly and fall off the bench, taking Sophie with him. He was able to unbutton the top part of her dress but still had the undershirt on. He trailed his hands on her body causing her to laugh and cry out at the same time.

Finally, she was able to get on top of him and trail light kisses on his bare chest.

They were carrying on and such when they heard the door open and Michael and Calcifer were standing there looking at them with surprised looks on their faces.

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Author Note: Ha ha! Did I get the good cliffhanger? I wonder what they'll think. I hope they find some way to get out of this one. But you won't know until you review. So do it! Now!