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Part 4 of 5

(Prompt – Sunrise)

Before Sunrise

Friday 16th April 1982 - Early Morning

The room was in semi darkness, a testament to the early hour, as Gene yawned; sleep pulling him back under, his mind not caring what had momentarily woken him. Then he heard it again, a sleepy little sigh that definitely hadn't come from him. The previous night came back to him in a rush; what he'd done; what they'd done and he swallowed hard before looking down at the sleeping woman curled up against him, nothing more than a dark figure in the early morning gloom.

But he didn't need the light to see her; the image of her body was imprinted on his mind forever. It hadn't been a dream. He'd spent the night with Alex again.

The repercussions of what they'd done, and this time both mostly sober were so huge that he couldn't even wrap his mind around them at this early hour. But he knew he wasn't sorry, would never be sorry for what had happened.

Alex blinked slowly. The warm body she'd been wrapped up with all night had shifted and that was what had woken her. She lifted her head, her eyes meeting his. His face was hard to see, bathed in shadows, but his eyes still seemed to burn into hers and she realised that although the unbearable tension of not knowing what there was between them, was gone, she wanted him now as much as she ever had.

The silence stretched out between them as they watched one anothers faces for a sign of what came next. They had unconsciously moved together during the night, their legs tangled together, Gene's hand resting lightly on Alex's hip.

Alex realised that she was holding her breath, afraid that the slightest movement might break the spell between them, and she didn't want to break it, she wanted more time, with him, to not have to face up to what they had done and to just bask in it.

Speech seemed to desert her and she quickly tuned out her mind, which was struggling to wake up and scold her for being so stupid as to give in to her urges with a senior officer.

Gene watched her closely, seeing all the thoughts going through her mind as clearly as if she were speaking them. He sighed and opened his mouth to speak but before he could utter a word, she lifted her hand, pressing her finger gently to his lips, and shaking her head almost imperceptibly.

Once she knew that he wasn't going to speak, Alex let her finger trail over his jaw and down his throat, leaning in to brush her lips over his, once, twice, her heart speeding up as his arms moved around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

Unlike the previous night however, their kisses were soft, gentle, teasing and testing one another, tongues stroking together as their hands began to roam one another's bodies.

As Gene moved, Alex felt the heat rise within her, her body knowing him instantly and wanting him as much as she had the previous night. She tilted her head and deepened their kiss as he moved over her, lifting her leg so he could slide between her thighs, her hand moving into the soft thickness of his hair. She moved onto her side wrapping her leg around his waist, murmuring his name as he moved against her.

"Alex," he whispered against her lips as he eased inside her, the evidence of the previous night's activities making it easy to do so. His hands roamed over her back as they rocked together, a slow easy rhythm, almost like a dream in the early morning gloom, taking them both to a place between sleep and waking where they could just be together.

She opened her eyes to see him gazing down at her and found that she could hardly breathe as they held one another's gaze, both hoping that the other knew what was deep inside their minds; their hearts.

She lifted her hand to his face, caressing his cheek as they made love slowly, with none of the rushed fierceness of the previous night. She thought in that moment that she could stay locked together with him like this forever.

Gene knew that no amount of alcohol, nicotine or any other vice he could think of would ever provide him with the same high as the feeling of her clinging to him, her big hazel eyes full of an emotion he thought he'd never seen before. It moved him in a way that scared and exhilarated him at the same time and he shifted slightly as his thrusts grew harder, faster, wanting to see her come apart because of him.

Alex gasped as he sped up the pace, feeling the heat begin to spread through her body, her cheeks flushing deep pink as she arched her body up to meet his, pressing her lips to his throat, her nails digging into his back as her body began to tingle with pleasure

Gene felt her body begin to tighten around him and gritted his teeth as he tried to hold back, knowing it wouldn't take long as their movements increased. His hand slid down from her back, moving between their bodies to where they were joined and stroking softly over her clit, feeling her nails digging deeper into his back. That was all it took for Alex and she cried out his name as she bucked up against him, seeing stars as red hot pleasure washed over her.

He hissed as she held him in a vice like grip, but the sound of his name on her lips was his undoing and with a hard thrust he was following her over, muttering her name into the soft skin of her shoulder, his whole body trembling with the feeling.

After what seemed like forever, he lifted his head from her shoulder, his lips finding hers in a soft, slow kiss. Alex bit her lip to stop herself speaking, not wanting to ruin the moment with words, not even knowing if there were any that could convey how she was feeling.

She winced slightly as Gene pulled out of her, not used to the exercise; watching him warily as though expecting a smart comment but none came.

As soon as he got his breath back, Gene turned his head to look at her. She looked so unsure and he wished with all his heart that he could reassure her, but he just didn't have the words, so he turned to face her, his arm sliding around her waist. "Go back to sleep, Bolly," he murmured, his voice still thick from sleep. "It's early."

A small smile crept onto her face, and in the early morning half-light, she allowed herself to just go with it, settling back down in the bed with Gene at her back. Sleep came almost instantly.

TBC...