This chapter contains talking about sex and some shenanigans but nothing toooo explicit? Just thought I'd plop a warning up top to be on the safe side lol

Chapter 23

Jack wouldn't say that she had absolutely no experience when it came to romance and sex - she'd had crushes when she was human, given and gotten kisses from both boys and girls (the latter mostly when she'd been pretending to be a boy), and her mother had made certain to explain to her what a marriage bed entailed, if only so she could protect herself from anyone unscrupulous.

None of that had really applied after losing her memories though, and being a winter spirit that hardly interacted with other spirits let alone humanity because no one could see her definitely put a crimp in any sort of relationships she had, platonic or otherwise. That was not to say that she was completely clueless as to what sex was, since being invisible to humans and unable to directly interact with them did not mean that she couldn't see them and what they were doing.

For the most part she just ignored it, because while most of the time it kind of looked like the humans were having fun (and the times when one of them obviously wasn't led to Jack learning that her staff was definitely solid enough to knock someone out with) it also looked pretty messy. To each their own, but it wasn't something Jack considered to be as great as some thought, even if she had had a partner to practice with.

Now, Jack wouldn't exactly consider herself a connoisseur of what is and isn't fun, but she definitely has a ranking of the funnest things she's ever done. Previously the top spot went to the village wide snowball fight she'd instigated in Massachusetts half a decade ago, followed by the time she 'accidentally' pushed Pitch out of a tree and he went face first into a snowdrift. God, that was absolutely hilarious.

As of one week prior, Jack had moved kissing Pitch to the top of the list. This was quickly replaced with kissing Pitch specifically with tongue, then kissing while sitting in his lap, then kissing with her shirt and his robe off, and then-

Well, you get the picture.

It was a fun week.

Nearly everything Jack does and feels when it comes to Pitch is specific to him only, and sex is no exception. Kissing and touching him, and having him touch her in return is something that if it were any other person would make her feel nauseous. She's unsure if it's because of their previous friendship, the feelings they have for each other, or just the fact that she trusts him. Whatever it is, she thinks as she watches him sleep next to her, she wouldn't trade it for the world.

She brings up one hand to gently touch the bite mark visible on his shoulder, feeling a warm thrum at the memory of having put it there while holding Pitch close, trying to bury herself in him as he did in her. There are multiple such marks on both their bodies, as they had come together in ways both soft and hard over the past few days as they figured out what they liked.

"Monstrous little thing," Pitch murmurs without opening his eyes.

"You like me like that," Jack replies with a smirk, pressing her thumb down hard against the mark. "You like that I bite back."

Pitch opens his eyes, and the dark look in them sends a shiver down Jack's spine. "You're not wrong," he purrs, content to let her poke and prod at him for now, a slumbering beast biding his time. "Soft as snow and hard as ice, my beautiful contradiction." He hums, an almost fervent look in his eye. "My queen."

Jack almost laughs but the sound is swallowed as Pitch takes her mouth in a hard kiss, rolling to cover her smaller body while he looms over her, a curious shadow or two nipping at her skin. "The cold," she gasps out when they finally break apart, Pitch pressing bruising sucking kisses against her neck, "and the dark. They go together, don'tcha think?"

Pitch grins up at her, one long hand splayed across her hip and stomach while the other braces against the bed. "We'll make such beautiful things, Jack," he promises before trailing down her body to worship her as a king should his queen.

Jack knows they will.

Ok so update day will be changing to Sunday as that seems to be easier for me than Saturday lmfao Curse working a full time job orz even if the money is good.

Little shorter this week, but there didn't feel like a natural way to transition from this to the next part of my outline without making the chapter lopsided so it's a bit short. Hope y'all enjoy it anyway!