"Okay, looks good. I'll let you two get some rest. Please give me a shout if you need anything or if you don't feel well, even if it's the middle of the night" said Kate's dad after checking all her and Sara's vitals later that evening.
"We will, thanks Dad. Goodnight, love you" said Kate. She felt a lot better now after a very long nap, a shower and some dinner.
"Amelia's down for the night. Don't worry about a thing, I'll get up for her if she wakes up during the night for any reason" said Katherine, Kate's mom.
"You're the best Mom, thanks" said Kate.
"We're in the living room if you need us, catching up on our series. We have the baby monitor with us. Goodnight!"
The parents left the room.
"Hi" she smiled and pulled herself closer to Sara.
"Hi yourself" Sara giggled and kissed Kate on the mouth.
"It's amazing to be in our own bed again isn't it?"
"It is, I missed this" said Kate turning on her side slowly. She kissed Sara, her tongue gliding gently over her lips and then making its way into the warm cavern of Sara's mouth. Sara moaned involuntarily and ran her fingers through Kate's thick hair.
"I missed us… I've missed you inside of me… everywhere" Sara whispered clinging to Kate, her fingers digging into the muscles in Kate's back. Kate's heart was hammering hard against her chest. She wanted Sara, she needed her. She was still weak and sore but the only thing that could make her feel truly alive again was Sara. "I love you" she moaned softly as Sara pushed up her t-shirt and took a nipple into her mouth.
"Hang on, let's get naked" said Kate smiling and pulled off her t-shirt. Sara followed suit and pulled off her panties too. It took a while with the full leg cast still in place. Kate turned the bedside lamp low.
"Fuck this thing" Sara mumbled.
"Take your time" Kate smiled.
"Your parents, they'll hear us" Sara whispered.
"They're engrossed in friggen Game of Thrones or something, we're good" laughed Kate.
Sara instantly returned to Kate's breasts, she hovered there for a few minutes as Kate softly moaned her appreciation. She moved down and stopped suddenly. She swallowed hard when she reached the fresh scars on Kate's abdomen and chest. She gasped softly and buried her face between Kate's breasts to hide her tears.
"Hey, it's okay" Kate whispered.
"Oh god… I almost lost you" Sara whispered and looked up at Kate, her eyes brimming with tears.
"I'm right here, not going anywhere" said Kate framing Sara's face with her hands. She gently wiped away the tears with her thumbs.
"I love you" Kate whispered.
"I love you too… so much. So, so much"
Sara put her head down on Kate's shoulder and took a minute to catch her breath as Kate stroke her hair.
Sara couldn't not touch Kate for a second longer. She kissed the spot in her neck where the pulse beat steadily but fast in anticipation.
"I don't want to hurt you" Sara whispered as she traced her hand over the prominence of Kate's ribcage onto her tight abdominal muscles.
"You won't, you feel so good"
Sara kissed Kate again, slowly, drinking her in.
Her hands ran over Kate's body, she had lost so much weight. She found her breasts, smaller now but still lovely and firm.
Sara moved her kisses slowly down Kate's chin, then her neck, her chest and then rested on Kate's breast rapidly moving up and down. She squeezed Kate's nipple and traced her tongue over the other. "Oh Sara… my love… yes baby" Kate whimpered.
Sara softly kissed the long scar under Kate's breast. The scars were still quite sensitive but Kate didn't mind and focused on the tingling anticipation in her core. Sara tried not to think about the fact that surgeons spread open her lover's ribs to access her heart and lungs, her insides. It was impossible, tears were flowing again but she kept going to give her wife some sense of normality again. She moved slowly to the long vertical scar on her abdomen. It was still fresh and red but healing beautifully. Sara gave an involuntary sob.
"I'm sorry, I must disgust you… I'm sorry" Kate mumbled through her own tears. In an instant Sara's face was hovering above hers again.
"You can never disgust me… you're so beautiful, everything about you, every inch of you, every scar is a gift of you… you're alive…. You're here…. you're mine…. Always…. You'll always stir me deeply… I cannot express in words what you do to me" Sara whispered.
"I…. I" Kate mumbled through tears.
"You're beautiful. The scars will fade. I have some myself remember…. We're going to face this together… I love you… always"
Kate held Sara tight, her chest ached with emotion. Sara slipped her hand down into Kate's folds and found her clit waiting, wanting, swollen with need.
Kate gasped sensually and threw her head back. Sara stoked slowly and gently at first. "Yes baby… yes" Kate whispered.
Sara moved down slowly, again caressing Kate's chest and midriff before making her way down to the dip where Kate's thigh met her pelvis, then Kate's sweet spot. Kate was wanting and wet, struggling to hold back her orgasm. She was breathing fast and hard, fisting the sheets below her.
Sara kissed Kate's clit softly again and again, then raked her teeth over it and started sucking gently. Kate moaned softly. Sara felt Kate start to throb and slowly pushed two fingers into her wife. Kate immediately spasmed around her hand whimpering. Her hips lifted involuntarily. "Ah" Kate gasped as pain raked through her diaphragm.
"Baby?" said Sara fast and sharp. Her heart suddenly thundering in her ears. "Oh god, did I hurt you? Oh baby" she gasped with her hands over Kate's ribcage.
"No! I'm fine… please Sara please, go on…. I can't wait… please babe" Kate begged, her eyes cloudy.
Sara slowly entered her wife again and again while rubbing her thumb over her clitoris. Kate let out a mumbled cry as she spasmed around Sara's fingers over and over again. She was shaking when she relaxed onto the bed, exhausted.
"Happy birthday baby" Sara whispered and grinned.
"God that was good…. so good… Sara… you're everything… thank you" Kate whispered, her face relaxed, glowing in the dim light.
Sara was panting now too, her own need pulsing between her thighs. She struggled up, her leg in the cast wasn't that sore anymore but it made moving difficult.
"You okay? Your leg okay?" asked Kate touching Sara's face.
"I'm okay honey… just need to… catch my breath. Are you okay?"
"Never better… never better" Kate mumbled grinning, still out of breath. She turned on her side and rubbed her hands all over her wife's body. So soft, so beautiful.
A few minutes later Kate kissed Sara again. Taking her mouth into hers. They just lay there making out for a while before Sara let out a moan.
"I want you Kate… I want you with everything in me"
Wordlessly Kate explored lower. Taking both Sara's breasts in her hands and massaging them, she kept kissing her belly, she smoothed her cheek over Sara's soft skin. Sara was trembling under her hands. There was nothing in the world other than pleasing her wife in that moment, so she did, with abundance.
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Tegan was still weak and very sleepy most of the time. The first night after discharge Tegan was out before Lindsey could even switch off the light. The next evening she was reasonably well rested and quite frisky.
"Come here gorgeous" said Tegan and pulled Lindsey closer.
Lindsey kissed Tegan softly and briefly. "Go to sleep, you need to rest"
"I've been resting for months babe" Tegan grinned.
"Tee you're still quite sick baby. I don't want to make it worse" said Lindsey getting out of bed.
"Boo… you won't hurt me… I'm fine. I swear"
Lindsey turned around and puffed her cheeks in an effort to stop the emotions over spilling.
"Hey, Linds… come here honey, are you okay?"
Lindsey sat down on the bed and put her head in her hands.
"Oh fuck" Lindsey blurted as the tears came. Everything she'd been holding in for so long just rushed out.
"Hey it's okay, shhhh"
"I'm sorry… I… I was so scared Tegan. I was so scared…" Lindsey said now sobbing.
"Linds… sweetie. Shhh. I'm here. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I scared you… again. I'm right here. I love you… I love you" Tegan kept repeating with her forehead against Lindsey's temple.
"You don't have to be strong all the time. Let me hold you Lindsey. Just hold you and be with you. We don't have to do anything. Let me show you I'm here… how much I love you… I'm right here" Tegan whispered.
Lindsey and Tegan clung to each other like never before. Tegan gently rocked her wife and stroke her back.
Lindsey relaxed a bit and eventually allowed Tegan to pull her bathrobe off. Lindsey lay back naked in the bed.
"I'm sorry… I'm really sorry" said Lindsey softly. Tegan turned on her side, the cast on her left arm was annoying and difficult to manage and her shoulder still throbbed from time to time when she moved it too much.
Tegan stroke Lindsey's face, then her chest and breasts. "Don't be…. I'm right here baby… right here. Everything is okay now" Tegan whispered. In truth, Lindsey's reaction scared her a lot. She thought about what Lindsey went through almost losing her. She would die if the situation was reversed. She closed her eyes and pulled Lindsey even closer.