Chapter 8 - Ice and Chocolate

"Don't worry, I have a few talents I haven't shown you yet."

"I like the sound of that." Remus grinned as he settled back into bed. He took hold of Rosemary's hips to draw her down to him.

"Not yet." She said moving her hips out of his grasp with a suggestive wiggle. "I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?" Remus called out after her.

"We need accessories." She announced over her shoulder as she bounced out of the room.

"Oh no… No!" Remus tried to catch her before she left. He'd had quite enough of Muggle 'accessories' for one night, thank you very much. "Merlin preserve me, I'm in trouble now." He said shaking his head.

'What the hell is she up to this time?' he wondered.

He stowed his wand under a pillow as Rosemary entered the room empty handed and with a distinctly devilish look on her face. She went into a dresser drawer and retrieved a scarf, which she carefully folded into a long strip.

'I'm doomed.' He thought as she crawled into bed with the scarf.

"Do you trust me?" She asked in a seductive tone that made him think that maybe he shouldn't.

"Yes?"

Rosemary laughed at his trepidation. She gently placed the scarf over his eyes and tied it behind his head.

"Can you see?"

Remus shook his head to indicate that he couldn't.

"Good. You're going to love this." She whispered in his ear and then she was gone. He was aware of the sound of his own heartbeat as he lay alone, blindfolded in the bed. The anticipation alone was arousing. He heard her quietly padding into the room with what sounded like glasses clinking against each other.

"I have some surprises for you." She said as she placed the items next to the bed.

'Silly Muggle.' he thought as he smiled broadly, 'Don't you know that I don't need to see what you've got to know what it is?' Remus felt that the balance of power had shifted in his favor. He discretely sampled the scents around him.

"Mmmmmm" Remus moaned as he placed the first scent. 'Undoubtedly chocolate! Dark and semisweet if I'm not mistaken.--Slightly toasted aroma, as if it were…melted! So far so good. What else? Almonds….but too strong to be almonds. Almond oil. That's it! Hmmm, that has interesting possibilities. -- One more thing -- Faint scent of chlorine and minerals. Definitely Muggle tap water. But it didn't sound like water when she carried it in. It sounded like….ice?! Don't know how I feel about that.'

"Chocolate, almond oil and ice, right?" He said smugly and quite amused with himself.

"Oh sod off Remus. You're no fun at all." Rosemary said with a chuckle as she pulled off his blindfold and threw it over her shoulder. "I figured you'd get the oil and the chocolate, but honestly, who can smell ice? I was hoping at least that would be a surprise."

"I have a feeling that it's going to be." He laughed. "May I know what your intentions are?"

"My intentions? Well, aren't we formal." She said as she lay down on top of him resting her chin in her hand. "Mr. Lupin, I assure you that my intentions are nothing but decadent and dishonorable." She teased as she lightly ran a chocolate covered finger down the center of his lips. Remus let out a low growl as he caught her finger gently between his teeth. Their eyes locked as he circled her finger with his tongue and sucked all of the chocolate off of it. He kissed her fingertip before releasing it.

'Oh my god. Heart racing--breathing shallow--flooding all over myself. Add index finger to list of new erogenous zones.'

"You're delicious." He said with a wolfish grin. "I could eat you up."

"You already have. Twice."

"I have an insatiable appetite." He said shifting his hips under hers so she could feel his desire pressing up against her belly.

"So it would seem." Rosemary said with an impressed glint in her eyes. "However, tempting as your offer is, it's my turn to entertain you, so I'll thank you to keep your talented mouth to yourself -- at least for a little while."

"Here." She said rolling off of him and handing him the small bowl of chocolate. "This is for you."

Remus had hardly imagined that such a thing was possible, but he was actually disappointed that someone was giving him chocolate. "Oh, I thought that you were going to do things with this."

"I am, in a way. What I have in mind requires your cooperation. I ask you again, do you trust me?"

"Yes."

"Enough to come out of yourself and show me what lurks behind those gorgeous amber eyes?"

"Yes." He answered knowing it was what she wanted to hear. In truth revealing his private thoughts made him very uncomfortable.

"Excellent! Here's what we're going to do. It's really quite simple. You're going to show me where you want to be touched by putting chocolate on the spot. I'll stay in that spot until you show me that you want to move on by putting chocolate somewhere else. This can be a safe, ordinary romp in the sack or everything you've ever wanted. It's up to you. Are you game?"

'No, no, no. I'm not even the slightest bit interested in playing this game. If I play it safe she'll think I'm boring; if I don't play it safe an entire universe of possible rejection opens up.. One potentially embarrassing request per night is my limit.' Remus thought to himself. The trick was going to be getting out of the situation without ending up on his knees apologizing again. He doubted the potion prick could save him twice in one night.

"I have a better idea." He said, passing the bowl of chocolate back to her. "Why don't you decide where the chocolate should go? Wouldn't that be a better way to show how much I trust you?" He offered hopefully.

"You know it's not." Rosemary said shaking her head. "You might want to rethink your position. I'm a Muggle of unknown proclivities and I have ice in my arsenal."

"I have a wand in mine." Remus smirked as he reached behind the pillow and brandished his wand like a rapier.

Rosemary yawned delicately to demonstrate that she was unimpressed. "Your wand won't work on me."

"It'll work on ice."

She eyed him suspiciously. "You wouldn't dare."

"Oh yes, I most certainly would." He said slowly, looking her straight in the eye. His face was a portrait of seriousness but his eyes betrayed his amusement.

'Oh my!' Rosemary felt a shiver run through her body. She found Remus' sudden display of assertiveness exciting. Her reaction did not escape the keen senses of the werewolf. He tapped his wand on the bowl and the ice shifted as a few of the cubes on the bottom melted.

"You dared!" Rosemary looked from the bowl back to Remus who gave her a look that clearly challenged her to do something about it. She smiled down at him wryly. 'Fine. You want to play it that way…let the games begin.'

"I believe you have some chocolate for me." He teased.

"You want chocolate? I've got your chocolate right here, mate." She flicked a finger full of the gooey, warm liquid at his face, spattering him from his hairline, across one eye and over his nose. Remus wiped the chocolate off of his eye and licked it from his fingers. He grinned evilly as he casually touched his wand to the bowl of ice again and melted all of it.

Rosemary's eyes narrowed. "Now you're really asking for it." She said as she sat back on her heels, straddling his hips. She picked up the bowl of chocolate and moved it menacingly in her hand. Her brief delay was her undoing. She felt his body tense for action and reacted quickly, but Remus was quicker. Before she knew what hit her she found herself flat on her back with the entire contents of the bowl splattered all over her. She felt the warm liquid running down the sides of her face and into her ears and her hair. Her neck and chest were chocolate drizzled confections for the wolf's fodder.

Rosemary opened her mouth to protest but her words were muffled by Remus' mouth crushing down on hers. Unlike the gentle, controlled kisses earlier in the night, this kiss exuded raw power and strength. He devoured her mouth, tasting every surface inside of it. He broke off his kiss to lick and suck the chocolate off of her neck, nipping her where her neck and shoulder met. Rosemary gasped, not at all sure if it was an expression of pain or pleasure.

His mouth hungrily followed the trail of chocolate down to her chest. He roughly caressed her full breasts. He rolled her pink nipples in his fingers, sucked and nipped at them. He paid close attention to what her body was telling him, careful never to cross the line between excitement and actual pain. He filled his hand with cold water left from the ice he melted and trickled it over her breast.

Rosemary inhaled sharply from the shock of the cold. The unbelievable sensations of his mouth, the warm chocolate and the cold water had Rosemary writhing with pleasure. She didn't know it was possible to feel so aroused.

Remus' senses drank in her arousal and it fueled his own. He didn't just want this woman; he needed her like he needed air. Their earlier activity did nothing to take the edge off his desire. If anything, the memory of what it felt like to be inside her with her legs wrapped around him and her hands caressing his back made him want her more. His carefully maintained control was shattered when she raked her fingernails across his back and rocked her hips beneath him.

"Oh gods Ro, stop me." He moaned as he entered her. Their joining brought gasps of shock and pleasure from both of them.

"I…can't" Rosemary breathed into his ear. Aside from her trembling she lay stock still beneath him. She was too afraid to accept him and too aroused to push him away.

"Please Ro," He pleaded. "you've got to help me out here, even if it's just to tell me 'no'."

"No." She whispered without conviction into his ear. He tentatively began to pull away, stopping short of completely removing himself. He was sorely tempted to plunge back into her when Rosemary shifted her hips and completed the separation of their bodies.

Remus rolled off of Rosemary feeling very conflicted. His body burned with a desire that he was grateful, considering the Ministry's draconian penalties, would not be fulfilled.

"There will be other nights." Rosemary whispered in his ear as she showered gentle kisses on his neck.

"Please, stop. That's not helping." He said struggling to regain his control.

"No." she said, this time with conviction.

"No?! Do you have any idea what will happen to me if we go through with this?"

"Shhh." She hushed him as she moved her kisses down his chest, teasing his nipples as he had teased hers. When she ventured lower to the hard muscles of his abdomen he realized that she had something completely different in mind. She smiled as she felt his body relax to accept the pleasure she was offering him.

He shuddered as she ran her tongue lightly up his length, before taking just the tip in her mouth. She swirled the tip with her tongue before releasing it.

"Don't stop." He moaned.

"I'm not going to." She replied. "I need you to warm the oil up to body temperature. Can the mighty wand handle that?"

"What's the oil for?" He was both excited and uncertain.

"That's for me to know and you to find out." She said playfully.

He hesitated.

"Just DO it."

"Yes Ma'am!" He said with a laugh complying with her request. He was so glad that he did as she grasped him with her lithe fingers which were now warm and delightfully slippery from the oil. Her hand worked his length while her mouth resumed its tantalizing activities at the head. His hands grabbed fistfuls of the sheets as he restrained himself from thrusting into her mouth.

"It's OK for you to move all you want. Just don't grab my head." She told him as she broke contact just long enough to oil the fingers on her other hand. He tried a few experimental thrusts to see if it really was OK. He found that the way she moved her hand and her mouth in opposite directions really did allow him to move all he wanted without hurting her.

He rocked his hips as he felt her snake her other hand down under his testicles. His breathing became more rapid as she gently cupped them and rolled them in her hand. Her hand moved down further and began to massage the sensitive area behind them.

"Oh gods that feels good. I'm so close."

She slowed the movements of her mouth and her hands to prolong the act for him. Looking down, she saw the muscles in his legs and feet tense as he approached release. She slipped her finger into the tight muscles of his rear passage and grazed it over his prostate.

'Sweet mother of Merlin, what a feeling!' He'd heard that touching a man on his inside was intense, but he never dreamed that it would feel this good. He thrust himself wildly into her mouth. Every thrust increased the unbelievable sensations that he was experiencing within and outside of his body. With great heaving breaths he came into her mouth. It was the most powerful orgasm he could ever remember experiencing.

He pulled Rosemary up and held her close until his heart rate slowed enough that he was fairly certain that he wasn't going to drop dead on the spot. "Where did you learn to do that?" He asked her.

"I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you." She joked.

"I told you!" He said, feigning indignity.

"No you didn't. I guessed."

"True enough." He conceded as he took her face in his hands and gently kissed her. He began the subtle touches of satisfying her when she took his hands in her own.

"I'm fine."

"You couldn't possibly be. I want to do this." He said tenderly.

"Right now all I feel is sticky." She said as she fingered the chocolate that was now hardened in her hair.

Remus chuckled. "Let that be a lesson to you. In hand to hand combat you never hesitate. Consider that your first DADA lesson."

"Thank you Professor Lupin. I'll try to remember that." She laughed.

"Come with me. I'll start a shower for us." He said leading her to the bath.

The chocolate streamed off of their bodies as they embraced under the hot, steamy water. The most deeply sensuous moment for Rosemary was when Remus washed her hair. She loved the feeling of his strong hands massaging her head, but even more she loved the feeling that someone was taking care of her.

"Ro?"

"Mmmmm" She was too absorbed in the feeling of his hands to respond with actual words.

"If you don't mind me asking, what was the ice for?"

Rosemary chuckled deeply. "You, fool of a man that you are, melted the best blow job of your entire life."

"Do you mean to tell me that what you just did to me wasn't."

"That was standard. I've got more advanced moves in my repertoire but, unless you have the stamina of a seventeen year old, that will have to wait for another night." Rosemary stretched under the water. Her body felt stiff and sore but incredibly satisfied.

"How do you feel?" He asked her.

"Wonderful, but very tired. It must be four in the morning."

"Then I suppose I should tuck you in for the night. Wait here for a moment. I'll be right back." He said as he left the shower. He returned shortly thereafter with two large, warm towels. He wrapped one around her body and used the other to dry her hair. "It's past your bedtime." He teased as he scooped her up in his arms and carried her back into the bedroom.

Rosemary was surprised at the ease with which he carried her. His lean muscular body was unnaturally strong. He surprised her yet again when he laid her in a bed which was magically cleaned up and warmed like the towels. Rosemary never felt more comfortable in her entire life.

"I want you to know that I really do love you." He said as he climbed into bed next to her and pulled her close.

"I know you do." She said as she smiled up at him.

"I hope someday you'll feel the same way about me."

"Who says I don't?"

"Do you?" He asked hopefully.

"I honestly don't know what you would call how I feel for you." She said quietly. "I've been in love before, at least I thought I was, and it didn't feel like this."

"How do you feel?"

She paused for a long moment before answering. "You have to understand that for my entire life I've felt like I was neither here nor there. Like I didn't belong anywhere. I could see the entire magical world but I couldn't be part of it because I didn't have any magic of my own. Hell, I don't even make a proper squib. Muggles thought I was insane. No one else shared my reality. It was like a piece of me that would make everything make sense was missing."

"I can understand that. I know exactly what it's like to live a different life than everyone else and to be looking in from the outside." He answered sympathetically.

" Exactly. But that changed when I met you. When I saw you for the first time I felt….I don't know how to describe it….whole. I felt like somehow you would be able to make everything make sense."

"Wow." He was somewhat taken aback by her response. "Why did you feel that way?"

"That just it, I don't know! To tell you the truth the feeling was so sudden and so strong that I thought you were the first wizard who managed to hex me. That's why I was daring you to try to hex me at the table. When you couldn't I was right back to being confused by my feelings. I knew how I felt but I didn't trust it. Does that make any sense?"

"Yes, actually it makes a lot of sense." Remus stroked her face gently. "Do you trust it now?"

"More and more with every passing moment." She answered moving closer into his embrace. "Are you OK with this or do you think I'm a complete nutter?"

Remus lifted her chin and kissed her softly. "I'm very OK with this. I just wish you told me two hours ago." He said with a smile. "You really know how to torture a guy Ro……Ro?"

"You make me feel whole as well." he whispered softly to the woman sleeping peacefully against his chest.

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Special thanks to my wonderful beta Jiffy who once again has come up with some great suggestions!

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