Life is CRAZY right now! I'm fighting a nasty late-season cold, I just got back from a whirlwind vacation, and I'm less than two weeks away from moving into a new house! YOWZA! (Sanity is threatening to wave bye-bye to me in short order!) The ONLY hope I have to maintain it is by taking a breather, and doing a little writing in the wee small hours of the morning.

This update's a smutty one! So you know the rule! Be of legal age, or be gone! All others? Happy Reading! :D

Pepper's curled up to my side, with her head on my shoulder and her hand over the arc. I can't see if she's asleep or awake, but I wouldn't blame her if she had dozed off. The session we just had together was quite athletic, if I do say so myself. And directly after, she melted into my side, completely spent. So I think it's safe to say this is afterglow.

I've got one arm around her, holding her close, and the other hand is slowly combing through her hair. I don't want to move. This is the kind of moment I could live with her in forever, perfectly content.

I turn my head to nuzzle the top of her head, planting a soft kiss on it as I do. Just then, she moans and tucks even farther into my side. "Feels wonderful," she murmurs dreamily.

I smile. So she is awake. "I thought I wore you out," I joke.

She chuckles softly and raises her head to look at me, resting her chin on the hand she has at my chest. "You did. For the moment," she replies, smirking. "And I have the feeling you were making up for lost time."

"I was," I tell her. "Last night was rough. Not only did we not get to have celebratory sex, but I had to sleep on that ungodly uncomfortable yet ridiculously expensive sofa of mine."

She chuckles and moves to sit up. "Well, you did it to yourself," she reminds me.

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, yeah," I grumble. "But you know? That wasn't even the worst part."

Her eyebrows raise questioningly. "Oh?" she says, moving to straddle my hips. My eyes scan her body before coming back up to meet her gaze. God, she's gorgeous. And she's making me hard again. She notices, and gives me a knowing smirk.

I slide my hands up her thighs. "No, the worst part was knowing you were up here, and I wasn't," I reveal.

She winces, and inhales sharply through her teeth. "Ah. That age old predicament of being so close yet so far away?" she teases.

I nod. "Exactly," I agree. I slip a thumb down between her legs, and start to move it in a circular motion. She closes her eyes, and moans softly with a smile in reaction. Then she opens her eyes again and looks at me with building arousal. I smirk slyly.

"Come here," I murmur. She bends forward to meet my lips with hers, and I kiss her deeply, using the other hand to cup her cheek. I'm still working her body, and, after a moment, she pulls away from the kiss to inhale sharply. She sits back up and lets out a long moan.

"Mmmmm, you can keep doing that, by the way," she purrs.

I smirk in delight at what this is doing to her. "Yeah? Would you want it again?" I ask.

She chuckles softly and nods. "And it seems you could go for another round, too," she replies.

I move to sit up while holding her to me in my lap. My erection is now in a prime position to enter her as soon as she says the word. "You think? Gee, I don't know," I joke.

She giggles and bites her bottom lip. "Let's test this theory, shall we?" she jokes back, and wiggles so that her body sheaths me, and I'm buried inside of her once more. Oh yeah. She's tight, she's wet, and she's primed.

I gasp. "Wow! No hands!" I tease. "Impressive."

"Quite a feat of wonder, I know," she replies with smirk. "And...for my next trick..."

She slowly begins to rock her hips back and forth, working me now. I grunt and shudder as a wave of pleasure crashes over me. She smiles.

"I thought you might enjoy this," she said.

"And, here, I thought you were spent," I reply. I run my hands up her thighs and squeeze her ass. She wraps her arms around my neck and pulls herself closer against me, picking up the pace just a touch.

"Mmmmmm," she moans again. Then she gasps. "Oh!" she cries. Her pace quickens even more.

"Yeah. Come on, baby. Ride me," I command, my voice low and gravelly.

She squeezes her pelvic muscles at the top of each rotation, and it's driving me wild. It feels so good, that I have to consciously battle against letting the pleasure build so soon. We stare into each others eyes, her breath hitching in her chest. Then she slowly closes her eyes and drops her head back. I take the opportunity to lay soft, wet kisses down her throat, which only makes her smile and moan, eyes still closed.

I'm starting to pant now, too. We're working together, in tandem, and I can feel her skin is slightly slicked with sweat. I press my fingers into the flesh of her waist as I pull her farther into my arms, simultaneously taking a nipple into my mouth, and lightly sucking it. A breathless, "huh!" escapes her mouth, and then she moans. "Oh my God, you feel so good!" she tells me.

I raise my head to look at her and she smiles back at me, cupping my face with her hands, and bending to kiss my lips. I flick my tongue into her mouth, and she smiles in the kiss, flicking her tongue into mine in response.

I wrap my arms around her body, and move to roll us, so that she's on the bottom. She gasps, and then giggles. I smirk at her, pumping my eyebrows, and go back to kissing her. She pulls her knees back, opening her legs in invitation to me, and I move to bury myself farther inside her. My initial thrust makes her moan, as I know I've hit her g-spot dead center. She arches her back, and pulls me to her. "Yes," she pants. "Oh yes, Tony."

"Yeah, talk to me, baby," I purr. "Let me hear what you want me to do to you."

She nods, her chest heaving. "Make me cum," she says breathlessly. "Please. I need it."

"My, my, Ms. Potts. You are an in-satiable one today, aren't you?" I tease.

She chuckles bashfully. "Only because you're so good at giving me what I want," she purrs back, and I coo in approval. I crash our lips together, plunging my tongue into her mouth. We make out voraciously for several moments as I thrust inside of her, and she's getting more and more soaked by the second. God, that's hot.

She abruptly breaks the kiss, and squeezes her eyes shut. "Huh!" she chirps, as she grips my upper arm. "OH! God!" she cries out.

I nod encouragingly, and intent smile spread across my lips as I delight in watching her start to cum. I can feel her opening pulse around me, and I quicken my pace, bending down to lay wet kisses along her neck. Her fingers comb through the hair on the back of my head before she grips it, her hot breath panting in my ear as her pleasure heightens. A soft slapping sound fills the air each time our sweat-slicked skin makes contact, interrupted only by our collective panting and moaning as we make love. I see goosebumps erupt across her skin, and she shudders, a further indicator of her impending orgasm. I run my hand down the side of her body, and grip her ass. I change my tack, slowing down to thrust hard, and very deliberately inside her.

"OH! YES! OH! GOD!" she yelps, one word for every thrust. Her chest is heaving, and she's trembling. She opens her eyes (as they've been squeezed tightly shut) and looks at me. They are dark with desire, her cheeks are flushed, and her lips are parted, but no sound is coming out now except for a nearly inaudible squeak I'm sure only I, and the dogs in the neighborhood, are able to register auditorily.

I feel my own pleasure start to build in my hips, and I close my eyes, inhaling sharply. "Holy fuck, you're going to make me cum," I grunt. I start taking deep breaths, and I collapse over the top of her, wrapping my arms around her body to hold her close as I start to orgasm. Pepper's still squeaking breathlessly, her lips close to my ear. She has me wrapped tightly in her arms. We're one sweaty, fleshy, horny mass of humanity as we collectively cum, our bodies writhing and wriggling in ecstatic pleasure as we simultaneously climax.

I thrust hard again as I release inside her, grunting loudly, temporarily paralyzed with pleasure. She gasps, and I open my eyes to look at her, making sure this is a pleasurable gasp, and not one brought about by pain or discomfort. I smile at what I see. Her mouth is agape in a kind of astonishment, and her eyes are sparkling in wonderment. The corners of her lips are quirking upwards, and they slowly morph into a wide grin. I chuckle, and she pulls me to her, crashing our lips together. I moan, and wrap her back up in my arms.

The kiss slowly breaks, and we pull back to look at each other, the both of us still grinning. I bend down to bring my lips close to her ear. "I love fucking you," I inform her. She giggles, and I look at her in adoration. She's glowing with post-coital ecstasy. And she's breath-taking.

She cups my cheek, her thumb brushing over my lips. I lightly kiss it as it passes by, and she smiles at me coyly. "Well, I love that you love it so much," she replies.

I smile, and move to lie down next to her. She rolls to face me, and drapes a leg over my hip. I run my hand down her side, and around her ass, giving it a gentle squeeze. We gaze at each other for several moments, grinning like two love-sick idiots. And we both giggle at our idiocy. I lean over to kiss her lips again, and she kisses me back. When the kiss breaks, I rest my forehead on hers, lightly brushing the tips of our noses together. "I love you," I whisper.

She bites her bottom lip, and smiles. "I love you, too," she replies. I roll to my back, and she rolls to prop herself up over the top of me, looking into my eyes. I smile at her, brushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear with my finger tips.

"Beautiful," I murmur.

She smiles, and slowly lowers to kiss my lips again. It's a tender, very sweet kiss, soaked with love, and it makes me smile. When it breaks, she's smiling too, and lets out a very satiated sigh. She scoots back down to lay her head on my chest, and I wrap my arms around her. We lay in silence again, once more enjoying the afterglow.

After a moment, I speak up. "Don't take this the wrong way, as I adore what we've spent the morning doing, but," I start to say. She raises her head to look at me curiously. "Did you have anything else in mind for us to do this glorious Saturday? Or are we meant to spend it naked and fucking? Just curious," I say nonchalantly. That gets a splutter and a giggle from Pepper, and I smirk, but try to keep a straight face. "Either way, Potts, I'm game. Totally," I finish, holding my hands up in surrender.

She laughs again, and shakes her head. "Ever so eloquent," she teases.

"Hey, my brain's mush right now, alright?" I joke. "That's on you, by the way."

She scoffs, grinning. "Me?! Why is that my fault?" she asks, moving to sit up on her knees.

I shrug. "Easy. The build up of testosterone after last night. The sudden physical, sexual demand of this morning. You've got my whole system all..." I pause, rotating my hand in the air as I search for the right words. She raises her eyebrows expectantly. "Topsy-turvy," I finish.

"Are you complaining?" she asks, with a smirk.

"Definitely not. No. On the contrary," I reply, sitting up on an elbow to look at her. I lean in for a peck on the lips, and she cups my face and gives it to me. I smile when it breaks. She smiles back. "I'm simply stating that my mental faculties are...stunted at the moment. That's all."

"Hmmmm," she hums, pursing her lips, and narrowing her eyes skeptically. "I'll take that into consideration."

"Well, I hope you do," I reply, pouting at her playfully. "It's not easy keeping up with my gorgeous, but very hormonal, pregnant girlfriend's urges."

She gives me a mock look of sympathy. "Oh, you poor baby," she coos, making fun of my plight.

"I know," I pout back. "What is a poor fella like me to do?"

She giggles.

I go on. "I guess I have no choice but to adeptly, nay artfully satisfy your voracious sexual appetite. It's really for the good of mankind."

She laughs. "Artfully, you say. You're such a hero," she teases.

"I know," I tease back. "Such a personal sacrifice, too. Somebody really should give me a medal. Nobel peace prize. Medal of honor," I chatter.

Pepper laughs. "You're calling what we do a personal sacrifice?" she jokes.

I shrug. "Hey. At this pace, my goodies are getting iced down at some point during the day, Potts. I'm just saying," I retort. "It's a valiant effort I'm making here."

"Wow. You're humility is astounding," she replies. She moves to scoot off the bed. I watch as she stands up, admiring her body. "Come on, war hero. Your unborn child requires sustenance. As does his mother. My toast and tea from earlier hasn't lasted long."

"Breakfast. That's a spectacular idea," I say, throwing back the covers to climb out of bed. "But I have one request."

Pepper swivels around, and looks at me curiously. "And that is?"

I shrug, and look at her inquisitively as I stand up to face her. "We make it naked breakfast?" I suggest.

Pepper splutters, and giggles. I reach to pull her into my arms. "Come on. We're already there, Potts. Why burn the energy reserves doing something as mundane as putting on clothes?" I argue.

She exhales sharply. "Fine," she says.

My eyes go wide, and I grin. Wow, I think. That was easier than I thought it would be!

"But only because I'm starving. And right now, I wouldn't care if we were dressed like Pinkerton guards. I need food," she says, swiveling back around to head for the door.

"And once again, Mini-Me scores another home run for Team Dad," I quip. "I can tell this kid and I are going to get along famously." Pepper laughs at my joke as I follow her in all of her, and my own, naked glory downstairs to the kitchen.