2. Relax
"Binders, binders, binders..." Kevin commented in his majestic, general-like way as he entered Jackie's office and found her working on her latest guidebook masterpiece. She smiled, keeping her eyes on her work as he approached. She wouldn't stop until she finished making notes on her current draft. "I should buy you a copier." Kevin said as he surveyed all the pages. It looked like a chaos of paperwork to him, but Jackie had it all perfectly sorted. "We'd save a bundle and you wouldn't have to run back and forth to the printers all hours of the day."
"I would go crazy if I didn't leave the house every once in a while. You know that." Jackie chided him lightly. She paused for a moment, and turned to look and smile over her shoulder at him so he would know she was just joking.
"Hmm..." Kevin murmured thoughtfully, coming right up behind her and placing his big strong hands on her shoulders. "It looks very informative, Mrs. Clarke."
He started to massage her without really thinking about it. Immediately Jackie closed her eyes and relaxed, letting his fingers work their magic. He saw her writing hand lose its grip and go limp, and it made him smile. He pressed his thumbs firmly into the tissue between her shoulder blades and her spine, looking for the knots. Jackie moaned and let her head tilt forward, and Kevin moved his thumbs in circles, getting deep into her muscles.
"A little higher..." Jackie said quietly, and Kevin complied. "Ohhhh, right there..." she moaned when he found just the right spot. Kevin's smile widened, and he pressed harder. "Ah-" Jackie cried out, almost in pain because he was attacking the knots like it was a mission.
"You're tense, sweetheart." said Kevin. "You should take a break."
"A general's wife doesn't get breaks." Jackie replied, some of her words coming out as strained sighs.
"Yes they do," Kevin told her, elongating the first and third words for emphasis. "Even if the general has to order her to take one."
"Since when do I take your orders?" Jackie purred, smirking as her head lolled back and forth with the motion of his hands.
"A man can dream, can't he?" Kevin joked, and that made Jackie chuckle. "You should take a day, go to a spa with Denise. Get pampered."
"Mm, no." Jackie whined. "It's better when you do it."
Kevin chuckled appreciatively. "But I don't always have these quiet moments to give you. Have you noticed how much of the time we have together is spent schmoozing with politicians?"
"Mm," Jackie agreed. "And when we're not attending the parties, I'm planning them."
"Or putting together your epic binders." Kevin added. He leaned down to kiss the top of her head, never stopping the massage.
"This is what keeps it all running smoothly." Jackie reminded him.
"They'd be lost without you." said Kevin. "And so would I. That's why I don't want you to burn out."
"I won't." Jackie assured him. She didn't like the warning tone of his voice, and he knew better than to bring it up. To make it up to her, he intensified the massage, getting deeper with his thumbs and causing the pleasure of healing pain to blossom in those muscles. "Unnnnnhhhhhh," Jackie moaned loudly. "Shit..." she muttered inside a breath.
Kevin's eyebrows rose. "You sound more relaxed already." he joked.
Jackie grinned. He was the lucky man that got to hear her say those special words.
"It feels amazing. Don't stop."
She felt him lean down close, so he could speak softly in her ear.
"If I keep going, the neighbors might think we're doing something else."
"Mmnn..." Jackie chuckled and kept grinning. "They might if they could hear us. The house is so big even without the yard."
"Do you like it?"
"The house?"
"Affirmative."
"I love it."
"Seems like even more for you to take on, with the fixes and renovations." Kevin commented, hinting at his worry over her work load.
"It's all part of the master plan." Jackie said clearly and confidently, with control over her voice. She found he was more easily convinced when she spoke that way.
"The master plan..." Kevin echoed. He knew what she meant. It seemed sometimes that everything she did was in service of his career. He wondered if she was finding fulfillment of her own.
Jackie turned slightly in her seat, sensing his doubts. Kevin paused the massage and looked down at her. He had no doubt in her capabilities. He just needed to know that she was happy. The look she gave him was calm and reassuring, accentuated by Jackie placing one of her hands on his.
"We're going to get you that third star." she said, even more confident than before. The glint of ambition shone in her eyes and it was reflected in Kevin's eyes.
"You don't think we're jumping heads here?" he asked.
The playful kitten, the one that whined for attention and cuddled up to him in bed, disappeared for a moment. Jackie's lips pursed just so, pouting as she thought of the words that Kevin wanted to hear. He didn't think they were jumping heads, and he didn't care. He just wanted to hear her explain it in her own words. He loved how she put it.
"If the Holdens really wanted to be in this house, they'd already be here." she said. "Claudia Joy would be putting these binders together instead of me, and they'd be schmoozing the senators and community leaders in our place. They don't have what it takes, Kevin. We're doing the Army a favor by pushing our way up, and pushing hard. They need you, and they need me."
Kevin smirked, satisfied, and he placed his hands on the back of her chair, bending over so he could get closer to eye level.
"Do you know how sexy you are when you're confident?" he asked, looking right into her eyes.
"It's why you married me." Jackie, her sweet smile returning with a little tilt of her head. She saw Kevin's silent chuckle and she held his loving gaze.
"Stand up." he said.
"Is that a direct order?" Jackie asked with one eyebrow raised, a very amused smile overtaking all her features. She tried to stifle it, but he had that look in his eyes. "You could at least say please." she said primly.
"Please." he said in a very controlled tone, his smirk threatening to turn into a smile at any moment. Jackie aquiesced, and Kevin stood up. As soon as she was out of her seat he pulled the chair far away from her desk and moved toward her. He caught her delighted smile just before he took her mouth with kisses. In no time at all they had their arms wrapped around each other, but Jackie protested when Kevin lifted her up to sit on the edge of her desk.
"Kevin, no!" Jackie pleaded, her adorable tone doing nothing to dissuade him. He plopped her down, and she looked worriedly at the stack of binders to her right.
"It'll be worth it." he said confidently. His one hand held the side of her head tenderly, and the other hand stroked her opposite thigh from knee to hip and back again. They could already imagine what it would feel like with her skirt gone, but there was no way Jackie would risk losing any of the work she'd done that afternoon.
"Mm-" Jackie couldn't speak when he pressed his lips to hers. "Mmmnn..." she moaned when he opened her lips with his tongue and kissed her mouth as deeply as he'd massaged her shoulders. Her hips moved toward Kevin, as if she had no control over them. She tried to brace herself against her desk, but her hand found a pile of papers instead of the hard wood surface. The stack began to slide, and Jackie remembered where they were.
"Mm, no!" She pushed at Kevin's chest, and he laughed. "Not here!" Jackie insisted, her eyes widened as she smiled at his seeming amusement.
"You won't let me sweep it all onto the floor and take you right here on the desk?" He asked, knowing the very idea would horrify her.
"Kevin!" Jackie exclaimed.
He laughed, but he stayed close. "I'm taking you one way or the other." he said in a low tone that almost made her forget again. "Just tell me where."
He kissed her lips again, expressing his desire and intoxicating her with it at the same time.
"Oh." she said softly, when he released her mouth and kissed her neck. "Um..." she struggled to think. Bedroom was too far. "The dining room." she said in a rush. "I was going to clean it later anyway."
Kevin lifted his head. "Expecting company?"
"No, not today."
"Good."
His intoxicating closeness retreated, leaving Jackie needing more. Taking her by the hand like a gentleman, Kevin helped her off the desk. After two steps Kevin smacked her on the ass, out of appreciation for it and also to get her moving toward the dining room table.
"Honey!" she scolded him with a grin. "You're going to have to try extra hard to make me forget about all the work I have left to do on those books."
"Hike up your skirt and take a seat, I'll make you forget your own name."
"Kevinnn..." Jackie murmured, not to scold him but to express her surprise and delight. He'd gotten her to take a break, he wasn't going to let her go back to work that easily. When she got to the dining room table she turned and did as he suggested, pulling up the hem of her skirt while he watched. He got closer and helped push it up to her hips. She held up her skirt while he pulled her underwear down her legs. She stepped out of them one foot at a time, and they left her panties there on the floor.
"Now relax." Kevin said to her, dropping to his knees and staying there. Jackie leaned against the edge of the table, half sitting. "Close your eyes if you have to." he told her, because relaxing was not an option here.
"Yes sir." Jackie murmured in a naughty tone, smiling when his eyes darted up to glance at her. The wicked look he gave her caused a reaction that he tasted when he buried his face there between her legs. Jackie was vocal with her pleasure, taking advantage of the big empty house. He pressed deep with his tongue, and she scraped his scalp with her fingernails, her whines and moans filling the room and urging him on. He made it last, building her up slowly so her climax would be as satisfying as possible. The closer she got the less control she had over her body. She fell back on her elbows and her hips ground against his face. His hands held her waist, his arms underneath her legs on both sides. The way he held tight to her, controlling her enough to keep her in place, was as hot as everything else he was doing to her. Her body twisted slightly when she felt her orgasm coming, and she held the back of his head gently as she came.
"Hmmnn..." Jackie moaned when it was over, her whole body shaking from being in one position too long. Kevin groaned as he stood and straightened, his own body protesting from kneeling for an extended period of time. Jackie glanced at his crotch, and she could see clearly that she wouldn't be going back to her office study quite yet. Still catching her breath, Jackie pawed gently at his chest as he unbuckled and unzipped, preparing to take her body a second way. She made soft sounds of encouragement as he positioned himself, and loud sounds of approval when he grabbed her hips and stuck it in. She clung to his neck as she said his name and told him how good it felt, and he rocked both her and the table in response. He sigh-moaned over and over until Jackie's body made his body reach its peak of pleasure.
She continued to cling to him after he was finished, nuzzling their faces against each other like she did after every intense encounter.
"You feel better, don't you?" Kevin asked, stroking the skin on her thighs as she adjusted to life back on earth.
"Mmhm." Jackie nodded and smiled. "I bet you do too."
"Fuck yes, I do." he sighed. Jackie giggled, her smile like the sun after a heavy storm. Kevin gazed into her eyes and finished catching his breath. "Come on, take a shower with me." he suggested casually. "Then we can take a nap."
"Kevin..." Jackie said, warning him that she wouldn't, she couldn't do that.
"We'll set an alarm." he said reassuringly.
With her defenses low, and her desire to remain in Kevin's arms at an all time high, Jackie begrudgingly complied with his latest demands. His 'demands' were just a small way of repaying her for all her hard work and effort. She knew that in her heart.
