.* this is gonna be a good chapter I can feel it!*

(Brick pov)

His only thoughts after the mall were "Please dear God don't pitch a tent in front of the kids!" because she looked absolutely fantastic in that bathing suit. He looked nervously to his brothers who just smirked. Sometimes his respect for Blossom and her need for distance made him the nicest and unluckiest guy in the world. Forcing himself on her would drive her away from him. He knew she didn't trust men with her in that way.

But oh boy had he wished she did at that moment because he would have been making her feel like the only woman in the world. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her it was toture to himself. He focused his time on the kids, they were a welcomed distraction because he was starting to bond with them. After her sisters left the house, he ended up bringing them to bed, tucking them in. He sat there smiling at them as they fell asleep. They felt like so much like her, they felt like his...

She was damaged by the man he envied for years, because he took her away from him and ruined her self esteem. He could tell that she wasn't comfortable in her own body and the thought made him want to shoot him. She was beautiful before and absolutely stunning now, she was and still is what he'd imagine to be perfect and everything else in between.

When passing by her room, after putting the kids to bed, he saw she was packing everything she bought for the trip, blushing at her bathing suit. As she finished packing her smile came back. His fingers twitching aching to touch and caress the beautiful woman in front of him and show her how beautiful she was. He shook away those thoughts and turned to walk away from the room until her voice talking to him made him freeze.

"Brick? c-can I help you?" She blushed smiling up at him. He turned around walking completely in her room looking her in the eyes and sighed. He hoped she'd take this without finding him creepy. "The bathing suit... Don't be sorry for how you look in it..." She looked at him in shock. "Blossom... Having your babies did your body well... You're very beautiful so carry it more confidently... Trust me when I say that Bloss I'm definitely not lying... Just think about that.. Goodnight I guess..." He smiled turning to leave until a pair of soft slender arms wrapped around him. "Thank you..." her voice was a whisper of emotion and longing. He didn't want to move, standing like a stone he puts his hands on her arms. The contact almost to much to take due to the building tension in his lower half. Having her clinging to him like this wasn't helping his physical restraint at all.

"Blossom...I want you to look at me..." He didn't recognize his own voice saying this. She walked in his line of vision looking up at him. "Who's the asshole who made you feel like you aren't beautiful?" He looked at her eyes now glimmering with apprehension. Brick lifted a hand to her cheek. "Because they're completely wrong and I want to punch them in the face for ever telling you that you aren't..." After he said this she hugged him and buried herself in his chest. Her breasts pushed against his stomach, her bralessness didn't go unnoticed. He hoped his now full state of "appreciation" for her touching him would go unnoticed. He couldn't really help it, it had been quite a long time since he's felt this way physically. He did't want to scare her away.

(Blossom pov)

After watching him and how he earlier in the day took to her babies with a determination she'd never seen before, his compliments just felt different to her. What she'd been harboring for him was now hitting her fully. When he told her those things just now, it made her feel less unsure. Not like the one's she'd get from her family didn't matter. It was just knowing that he really felt that about her, it made her mind shut down. While she was hugging him, she wondered why he was so still... He had never been shy about her touch, so why would he now? He was definitely attracted to her she could tell already from the way he looked at her. Hugging him now felt different to her, like she needed more contact.

It was like before she was confused and now he wasn't giving her enough. He was letting her hug and nuzzle him all she wanted, without laying a hand on her like she did with him. She didn't know why, but she started to feel frustrated with his lack of touch. Her thoughts clouded her head flooding it with new emotions. 'Come on... Touch me! Do something... Please... So it's no longer just me...' Her mind screamed.

When she hugged him closer she felt why he was so distant and blushed, he'd been trying to keep her away from the affect of her physical contact now poking her stomach. He was doing it for her comfort, but now that she knew how much he wanted her... she couldn't pull away. She hid her face further to disguise her blushing as well as her now unsteady breathing. She hasn't felt wanted by someone like this in a very long time.

Her legs start to tremble when she feels him wrap his arms around her and his nose nestling into her hair. She could feel he was very nervous. She felt the uncontrolable want to let him touch her. His shallow breathing now became ragged, his fingers careful and unsure began rubbing her back. The tender touch caught her body off gaurd, it's been so long since she's let somebody so close. But why did Brick feel so right? She has to stop herself from moaning by the open door because her body craved touch of some kind from someone, but she wanted... No, she needed more. She was playing a dangerous game and she knew it, the way her skin buzzed was a telltale sign.

He became a little more bold, hands rubbing her shoulders in a slow message. It was like he read her mind, like a book only he could understand. That's when her legs gave out, he fell with her purposely softening her landing. Her body began latching on to him, she was sitting on his lap buried in his chest. She smelled his comforting scent and she closed her eyes, she let herself feel his body pressing against her sensitive areas. Nobody has ever been this effective on her just by touch alone, as well as his complements... They simple and effective to her. She couldn't stop herself from wanting this contact. She hadn't realized how much she missed it and didn't feel herself begin to moan until it escaped her lips. How far was she gonna let this go.

His body completely stiffened in every way. Blossom heard his heart rate spike. "Blossom I... I hope that this isn't overstepping boundaries for you..." His voice was a strangled whisper. She shook her head and brought her face to his neck burying herself in his soft skin. He hugged her body closer to his. "Blossom... Is this what I can give you until you trust me? Do you want me to touch you? Because I can... I don't care... I- I just want you to tell me? I can't hurt you... Not like he did... Not like this..." He sounded timid but his arousal was clear as day, and pressing against her. He was beyond anything she could handle emotionally at this moment. On a higher level of physical need, he was everything she needed. It had been over four years and her body responded on its own.

Without her control her hips started moving, her pants creating a dull sensation. Just this friction was enough to burn her inside out. She heard his breath hitch, his hands shook. "Ye- yes please, I'm so lonely..." Blossom whimpered, almost crying. This wasn't just physical to her right now, it was also mental. She just needed to feel wanted right now. His breathing quickened and his hands now traveled down her back gripping her rear. Her head buried further into his neck, her lips now planting soft kisses. "You're. So. God. Damn. Beautiful..." He couldn't stop himself anymore, tiping her face to his, he kissed her passionately. Blossom responded in kind, tentively letting him explore her mouth. Her arms wrapped around his neck, letting him move his hands to her rear end again. He stood up and carried her with him to her bed, closing her door along the way.

He began lowering her onto the bed, he began to grind himself into her, removing his lips from from hers to trail kisses down her neck. Blossom now without restraint moaned at the contact. Her body was on fire, her mind was reeling. Feelings forgotten were now remembered, her body's natural response to it was far beyond her control now. And this unplanned and timid intimacy between the two was so much a shock to her and she felt herself climbing. His hands began roaming her clothed torso.

Reaching the hem of her shirt he paused, his body froze. He looked like he was holding back quite a lot. "Ca- can I... You know... Se- see your..." His unsure question made her melt inside. He didn't just rip her clothes off like an animal, he was trying to be respectful. She hadn't had someone else look at her in this state since her body changed from her kids, but the longing in his eyes was too much for her to deny him a chance. She nodded and felt him began to lift her shirt. When her bare torso was open to him, he looked absolutely lost in her before taking her shirt off. Her hair had fallen out of its clip, into a cascade of shiny orange hair.

Blossom wanted to see him too, she knew physically she was was beyond attracted to him, she always had been and she wondered what he looked like under his baggy night shirt, wondering if he changed too. She timidly removed his shirt and looked at him in lost wonder. He was absolutely gorgeous to her, his body sculpted and defined but more mature and littered with tiny imperfections. When she looked up at him, she felt her mind come back. Brick's eyes were asking what she wanted from him.

Was she ready to let this happen, was she ready for sex right now? Could she handle it right now? Sex lead to emotional connections right? This morning she was so unsure, but after he completely unasked for did several things for her. He stayed with her father, helped her out, he listened to her pain, he comforted her, he actually spent time with herself and her kids by his own choice. She could let him in one step further...

Her body screamed it's pleading frustration with her to let this man give her what she physically had been longing for. She knows that if she was going to do it, it had to be him. He was the only man at the moment that she could trust physically enough to finally quell the four year aching in her belly and her crave for someone to start getting close again. "I have an IUD... It got put in after I had kids..." her eyes reached for his, she finds surprise. "Blossom... Are you sure that you want this from me? We just got to see each other again... I can't lose you again before I even get the chance to-" Blossom put her finger over his lips. "Even if this happens I won't walk away from you... That'd be cruel Brick... You've earned my trust in this aspect alone..." She felt herself panting heavily in need.

"Christ Blossom how long has it been? For you to let me do this with you is very... Unexpected... Think about it first..." He sat up completely looking her in the eyes. "Four years Brick, believe me when I say that nobody but myself dares to touch me like this... You don't know how much I need this... Please... You're the only one I've been physically comfortable with in all these years..." The emotions in her answer showed her loneliness, how timid she was, her need for him to do something. He looked at her in fear and determination, flipping them over so she was sitting on him. " Jesus that's terrifying and arousing all at once, but I can manage... However, I'll let you know now that if you want this then I want you in control... Not me... If this is what I can give you right now... Then I want you to be your own woman and take it, and I WILL NOT touch you at all without your consent..." His passion for her safety made this decision much easier for herself to make. She took his hands and placed them on her chest.

The way he looked at her eyes now, it lit a fire inside them. She gave him the answer, now what was he going to do?

He scooted back to lean against her headboard. He leaned slightly forward and began kissing and sucking on her collarbone. She began to move her hips against him again. Tilting her head back she was so ready for this. When his mouth traveled downwards and stopped, she felt her left nipple in his mouth and the right between his fingers. He was so gentle with her, he wasn't going to hurt her. She rose off him, beginning to remove her pants. He got the hint and started to remove his. Blossom looked down at him in fascination, the tip of his arousal poking through his boxers.

His hand moved down her front, reaching in between her legs. He looked at her in absolute shock obviously from her now soaked panties. " Blossom you're... You're so god damn ready... Oh my god..." His fingers began to rub her through the clothes still covering her. Blossom began to moan and mewl, grinding herself into his touch. She felt him move her panties to the side, inserting a finger and beginning to move it experimentally. Blossom fell forward, held to his chest by his free hand. "These rooms are still soundproofed from when you and your sisters lived here..." He whispers into her ear, causing a shiver to go down her spine. When he inserted another finger, Blossom began to feel herself build up, her body moving with him.

He didn't stop his fingers, and began stroking her familiar bundle of nerves with is thumb. Her breathing quickened and her legs started shaking, her body almost reaching the top. "Come on Blossom... let it go..." His soft words of encouragement tipped her over the edge. She cried out feeling herself crumbling in his arms. He let her ride it out for as long as she could stand and removed his hand to give her a minute to come back to earth. She saw his hand now glistening with her and what he did with her. She still needed more, that wasn't enough. She finally removed her damp panties and looked him in the eyes, both now shining with lust. She felt his hands brushing her thighs as he removed his underwear as well.

She wrapped her arms around his neck again, kissing him with a new found urgency and longing. He grasped her hips and moved her over him and his waiting erection, the tip brushing against her sensitive opening making her eyes shut and a long groan escape her lips. He pulled his lips away from her "This is is your chance to stop if you want..." His voice betrayed his words, he wanted this just as much as she did. Wordlessly Blossom began to sink down onto him, his eyes slammed shut and a groan now came from him.

(Brick pov)

She'd not been exaggerating when she said four years, she was so tight he hoped he wasn't hurting her. When she was completely full of him she stilled for a second, he assumed that it was to get used to him. As she started to move he had to hold back, he loved her so much and being inside her was like a thousand volts of electricity through his body. He slowly started to meet her body with each movement and when continuous moans started to leave her lips he let himself get lost in her. It was phenomenal just feeling her soft, smooth and supple body as it connected with his was the most bliss he'd felt in his life.

What he didn't expect was her starting to call out his name. The sound of his name leaving her lips while in absolute pleasure struck a chord inside his chest. She was so beautiful, so sexy, and right now she was his. Her hair cascading down her body, her breasts bouncing and moving as their hips met. Sex with her felt so natural to him, like his body was made to be with hers. Knowing he couldn't last forever he moved his hands to her hips he started to quicken their pace little by little until her sounds became more desperate, more breathy. He knew she wasn't far either, angling himself he found what he was looking for and felt her tightening around him and a sobbing scream of her release echoed through the room. He felt himself twitch and release inside of her with a loud groan. She fell on top of him, and started to catch her breath.

After a few minutes of silence she spoke "I'm sorry..." he didn't expect that. "Why in the world are you sorry? I can definitely say I'm not mad about what just happened Blossom." Her sigh of relief could be heard. "I just feel like I used you... because I don't think I can handle an emotional connection right now, but my body couldn't stop after I felt how much my touch affected you..." her eyes shone with concern.

"I understand why Blossom, your broken and I get it I don't want anything more... certainly not yet... I wanted to give you that physical relief because I felt your need radiating from your body... I had to show A LOT of self restraint now and since the bathing suit incident at the mall... believe me when I say that I wanted to do that..." His eyes burned into hers. "Thank you..." Blossom smiled and hugged him closer. "If you want to do that again... by all means I am more than willing!" he smirked and she rolled her eyes.

"That could be arranged because the kids are in a room with dad two floors down from mine..." Blossom blushed her fingers tracing his skin. "That's some dangerous information that you just gave me there leader girl..." He wrapped his arms around her, after pulling the blanket over them. "I don't think I can handle going without it now that you offer it willingly..." Blossom giggled. "That's an amazing sound right there..." He nuzzled himself into her hair. "What is?" Blossom raised a brow. "Your laugh..." He yawned, and flipped them so he was cuddling her. He saw her blushing and cuddle his chest. " Goodnight Blossom..." He said in a soothing tone. "Goodnight Brick..." Blossom said softly. He felt her breathing start to become slow and steady breaths. Her warmth against him made him start to dose off and fall into his own state of slumber. At least he could have her one way.

.*I wasn't aiming to have them intimate by now but this ads a more deeper and now sexual tension between the two reds! hope you enjoyed this chapter I'll be posting more from this story because writing this chapter started my creative flow again!*

to be continued!