Come On Closer Come on closer

I want to show you

What I'd like to do…

I stir the chocolate mixture slowly, thinking about nothing. I like baking; it surprised most people, because I was never a very girly girl.

But it's relaxing.

And… I'd never tell anyone this, but I find it really sexy.

Sensual.

You sit back now

Just relax now

I'll take care of you

I don't know why. Maybe because it's rich, and thick, and creamy.

Or because you can do it and forget everything else and concentrate on getting it just right.

Or maybe… Maybe because it's a lot like sex.

Hot temptations

Sweet sensations

Infiltrating through…

Sweet sensations

Hot temptations

Coming over you…

Rich, creamy, thick, sensual, sexy, hard work but definitely worth it.

I pour the mixture into the cake dish, setting it on the counter to wait until the oven is warm.

And think about us. Him.

Going to take it slow babe

Do it my way

Keep your eyes on me

My husband.

Your reactions

To my actions

Is what I want to see

Severus Snape.

Rhythmic motion

Raw emotion

Infiltrating through

Sweet sensations

Hot temptations

Coming over you…

Today is our one-year anniversary.

You know how people say that once the honeymoon is over, everything goes bad?

Liars.

Well, okay, maybe it went bad for them, but it didn't for us. It wasn't exactly peachy, but we still love each other.

And I know why.

And now your satisfied

The twinkle in your eye

Go to sleep for ten

We have an arrangement. Nothing spoken, of course. That would be too embarrassing. And then it would be complete, different somehow.

No, it's unwritten, unspoken, unmentioned in anyway.

But it's there.

It's what tells us we can go sleep with anyone else, flirt, kiss, go the whole way.

It's strange. Most women would freak out if they knew their husband was sleeping with other people. But it's calming in a way.

Knowing he doesn't expect so much of you.

It's also a challenge.

And anticipating

I will be waiting

For you to wake again

Because you've got to be better than anyone else. Have to make them want to have you, take you, instead of them.

And I've never been one to back down from a challenge.

So, I'm going all out tonight, for our anniversary.

No, not doing the candlelit dinner with two-dozen roses and a bubble bath.

I'm making a cake. Chocolate. His favourite.

Hot temptations

Sweet sensations

Infiltrating through

I must be doing something right. Because every night he comes back to me, and he says he loves me.

And I say it right back. And we both mean it.

We just need that little bit of freedom.

Sweet sensations

Hot temptations

Coming over you…

But there are some rules.

We never sleep with anyone else at night, at least not when the other one is at home. We always go out during the day, or when the others away that night, but never, ever when they're at home alone.

And we never bring someone back to the house. It's just… disrespectful.

But other than that we're free. But we know there's only one of the other, and they're the only one. The only one we care for, the only one we'd die for, the only one we love.

And that's probably why we do this.

Because it doesn't feel like we're cheating, because it's just sex with other people. No emotions, no feelings, no strings attached. So we can do it without betraying the other.

Hot temptations

Sweet sensations

Infiltrating though

When I think back to the men and women I've shared, no one compares.

The men- they were good. Some were really good. Excellent, even. And there was that one woman who loved to love me. That was nice, receiving and not giving.

But it's the giving that I like, with Severus. The knowledge that I'm doing it just as much for him as I am for me.

And it doesn't matter if he does well or not in bed (though he is excellent when he's drunk. All his inhibitions disappear, it's savage and wonderful) it's the fact that there are feelings with it. I never sleep after having sex with anyone else. I leave once we're done, go back home and have a shower.

But we can lie asleep together as long as we want, us two. It's beautiful.

Sweet sensations

Hot temptations

Coming over you…

People have seen me with other people, and I suppose people have seen Severus with other people.

I guess they all think we're cheating, without the other ones' knowledge.

Because they don't know about the arrangement.

Hour after hour of sweet pleasure…

I hear the door click open and know who it is. Only he knows the password to our rooms. I smirk- jeez, I'm getting more like him everyday- and make sure I look okay. Lingerie straight- check. Hair done- check. Sexy pout- check.

Perfect.

I continue to stir the icing for the cake, blissfully unaware, on the surface, anyway.

Underneath I'm a bundle of nerves, every nerve anticipating…

After this I guarantee you'll never want to leave

I hear him pull off his jacket and hang it on the hook in the lounge room, then he comes into the kitchen.

The oven is ready, so I pick up the brown cake and open the door, sliding it into the oven with a soft metallic sound as the metal of the cake tin hits the metal of the oven rack.

All the while I'm giving him a good view of my lace-clad posterior, and he's taking full advantage of it.

Close your eyes and think about what I'm about to do

I turn around and I know he's been looking. And he knows that I know he's been looking. And I know that he knows that I know he's been looking.

Our marriage is full of mind games.

Sit back, relax, I'll take my time, this loving is all for you

I dip my finger in the thick, brown icing in the silver bowl on the bench and bring it to my mouth, sucking it all off, keeping my eyes on him all the time, and his on me.

Hot temptations

Sweet sensations

Infiltrating through

"I made us a chocolate cake. Want some?" I ask innocently, dipping my finger back in the icing and holding it out.

Sweet sensations

Hot temptations

He leant forward and licked it off, eyes on mine the whole time. I close my eyes and whimper the smallest, breathiest sound.

"Severus,"

It's our undoing. He pushes me up against the bench, growling as he assaults my mouth and neck, my décolletage and my-

Oh lord. I'm so glad I decided to just wear lingerie.

Our kiss tastes bittersweet, tastes like love, and passion, and just that little hint of chocolate cake.

Coming over you…

'Come On Closer' – Jem.