I just wanted to write a steamy Gemma-Kartik thing. Set sometime when Gemma's still at Spence and Kartik's living with the Gypsies. Kartik's POV. Oneshot. (Edit: fixed typos.)
Night has fallen on our wooded refuge, and the fires have long since faded to low, heartless flames. The sounds of the night fill my ears – wind whispers silkily through the trees, sleeping Gypsies breathe deeply, lovers sigh into each other's mouths, their blankets rustling ever so slightly. I am restless, cagey. I want a warm body curled against me, soft lips pressed on mine, long red curls to run my fingers through…
Behind closed lids, I can see her, in all her imperfect perfection.
And then she is beside me. The glow from the fire casts her thin nightgown into transparency, but she is unashamed. Her skin is warm as she reaches out, and our fingers twine together, her small hand like a delicate bird in mine. I draw her towards me, and she does not resist. Her jade eyes are soft as she meets my gaze, licks her lips, leans into me. And then her kiss, and I am lost. I pull her onto me. My hands are tangled in her unbound hair, locked in flaming tendrils. Her lashes flutter against my eyelids – the feathers of angels. Her lips on mine are sweet, hungry, soft and warm. I bite her lip and she sighs, a sound that fills my ears like the roar of the ocean.
Her fingers are on my chest, tracing the contours of muscle and teasing me with feather-light touches. My hands are on her – everywhere. Her supple skin is like silk beneath my fingers, the swell of her breasts like the sweetest fruit. I follow the long lines of her legs over the gentle curve of her hips, drawing the hem of her nightgown slowly higher. Her jade eyes flutter open in shock when I press my hand to her in the most forbidden of touches, but then she softens, and her smile is warm as her fingers drift to the top of my trousers, fumbling with the laces…
And then I wake. I am alone, but for her taste on my lips, the ghost of her scent and the whisper of the tent flap as it swings softly against the other, unfastened…