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G is for Gentle.
"Jay…" Emily warned, grabbing her girlfriend's wrist where it had crept under her shirt.
JJ mustered up the most innocent voice she could manage, even as she pulled her hand out of Emily's grasp and continued the journey up to rest against the other woman's breast. "Yes?"
"You're supposed to be taking it easy."
"I am!" JJ responded. "I've just seen this movie before and you're sitting there looking so worried and I want to show you that I'm fine!" Emily just looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "Don't you want this?"
"You know we shouldn't," Emily responded, her voice cracking slightly as JJ's fingers found her nipple.
JJ smirked, knowing she had won. "Says who? We haven't been case-free and kid-free on a weekend in so long. Don't you think we should take advantage?"
"You have a concussion!" Emily argued, even as her body shifted of its own accord, pushing her chest into JJ's palm.
"I had a concussion," JJ stressed. "Thirty-six hours ago. It's basically just a bruise and a slight headache now." She paused, planting one knee on the couch cushion as she swung her body around to straddle Emily's lap. "And you know what they say is good for headaches?" she asked, her voice dropping an octave.
"Advil and rest?"
JJ fought the urge to roll her eyes, instead leaning in closer and ghosting her lips up Emily's neck before panting out a warm breath against her ear. "Orgasms," she whispered, feeling Emily's nipple harden even more against her hand.
"JJ," Emily began, gasping as she felt JJ's other hand play across the muscles of her stomach before palming her other breast. "It's not that I don't want to. Believe me, I do. It's just…don't you think we should give you another day or two to heal? I mean, you were pretty banged up. When I saw you lying there, I thought…" she trailed off, squeezing JJ's hand.
"I'm not asking you to bend me over the desk or fuck me up against the wall or anything like that," JJ smirked, hearing Emily's quiet gasp. "Just some gentle love-making on the couch is all."
"But if your headache gets worse – "
"It won't."
"Or if I hurt you in any way – "
"You won't."
Emily sighed, reaching her own hands up to cup either side of JJ's face. "I'm powerless to resist you," she whispered in return.
"I know. Now kiss me."
Emily's hands moved slowly down JJ's body, settling on her hips as their lips met in a slow, languid kiss. "I love you," Emily spoke quietly. "And I am so, so glad you're okay."
"I really am," JJ promised, her own hands moving to play with the fine hair at the back of Emily's neck. "It's gonna take a lot more than some psycho with a metal pipe to take me away from you."
"Good," Emily nodded, moving her lips to kiss down JJ's jaw and throat, her hands sliding into the other woman's back pockets even despite the somber mood that had settled over her. "Is this okay?" she asked a moment later.
"Emily," JJ groaned, tilting her head to the side to expose more of her neck. "I'm not gonna break. I want you – need you - to touch me."
"I am."
JJ scoffed. "Barely."
"Is this better?" Emily asked, one hand sliding up the curve of JJ's backside, sliding under her shirt.
JJ grabbed at Emily's other hand and took it in her own, pushing it down the front of her pants and into her underwear. "This is."
"Jesus, Jay," Emily gasped, fingers sliding through the wetness she found. "You could've told me you were this ready."
JJ grinned, her hips jutting forward in an attempt to increase the contact with Emily's fingers. "What do you think I've been…" she trailed off, moaning quietly as Emily slipped two fingers inside, "…doing?"
"Sorry, babe," Emily smiled sheepishly. "I just want to make sure you're okay and – "
"I know," JJ interrupted. "And I am, I swear. Please, Em."
Emily began to move, gently thrusting her fingers as much as the cramped space inside JJ's pants would allow. "Lay back, baby," she whispered, her other hand remaining on JJ's back to guide the other woman to lie on the couch. Hovering over her, Emily placed a gentle kiss against JJ's lips, feeling her gasp as she withdrew her fingers.
"Emily," JJ whined, hips jumping again, seeking out any additional stimulation.
"I've got you," Emily whispered, moving down JJ's body and hooking her fingers into the waistband of her pants, pulling her underwear down with them. She paused, staring in awe at the woman below her.
"Em?"
"You're beautiful." Emily placed a gentle kiss against the bruise on JJ's forehead before adjusting her body further down the couch and settling between the younger woman's legs. "Is this okay?"
JJ nodded, spreading her legs wider as Emily placed a row of kisses up one thigh and down the other. "God, Em," JJ groaned when Emily's mouth finally landed at the apex of her thighs, sucking the flesh into her mouth. "You're incredible."
Emily moaned in response, and JJ felt the vibrations throughout her whole body. She resumed placing gentle kisses against JJ's center, poking her tongue out to lick slowly. This wasn't just about making JJ feel good, but about showing her how much she was loved, cared for, how much Emily couldn't possibly imagine her life without JJ in it. "I love you," she whispered, sliding her hands under JJ and raising her up to meet her mouth. "I love you," she spoke again as JJ's back arched. "I love you," she said, sliding two fingers back inside.
"C'mere," JJ said in response, reaching her hands down to run across Emily's hair and shoulders, urging her up until they were face to face again. "I wanna touch you too."
Emily's eyes fell closed as she hovered over the other woman, feeling JJ's lips on her neck, her hands pushing her pants over her hips, her fingers gliding through the wetness between her legs. It wasn't every time that they made slow, gentle love together like this, so close, so intimate, but after the events of the last thirty-six hours, they both knew how bad Emily needed to feel this connection, to have the proof of JJ's safely beating heart right there under her own. "I love you," she spoke again, as JJ entered both her body and her soul. "I need you. I need you forever."
"I'm okay," JJ promised again. "I won't leave you."
"I can't do this without you," Emily spoke, hating the neediness in her voice even as her breath hitched, the feeling of JJ moving below her and inside her the reminder she needed that everything was okay.
"You don't have to."
Emily took a deep breath. She'd had a plan, but then the case happened, and JJ had taken that hit, and she needed to do this now. Right now. "Jennifer…"
"I'm here."
"Marry me."