"This is SO nice" Catherine said as she exhaled slowly, with her eyes closed. "I don't think I ever wanna get out of this thing" she continued as she slid down further in the Jacuzzi, causing her body to be entirely in the water, with only her head poking out. Steve smiled at her in amazement, her perfect body totally visible in the clear water right in front of him, a little skinnier than he remembered. His gaze went down from her face, to her perfectly shaped breasts, over her stomach and further down when she caught him looking "Like what you see, sailor?" she said with a smile on her lips, eyes still closed "very much so, Lieutenant" he answered, not one bit ashamed of the fact that he was checking her out. "Well.. why don't you come a little closer then, you might be able to see better up close" she dared and Steve didn't need to be told twice.
He got up from his spot of the other side of the whirlpool and scooted closer to her side, grabbing her legs and pulling her slightly so they would slide right over his, causing her to basically sit right on top of him. He took a long, hard look into her brown eyes before closing the distance between them and kissing her passionately. Steve placed a hand on her neck, holding her close while their tongues interacted just the way they had the previous nights. When Catherine pulled away a bit to catch her breath she looked him deep in his blue eyes, the world fading around her and all there was was him, the love of her life. Catherine felt a tear dwell up in the corner of her eye out of the sheer happiness that he caused with his presence. He had always been everything she ever wanted, and she just now realized that all the waiting, all the heartbreak and the not-knowing had been worth it as they were leading up to this moment. With him in this hotel room. Just the two of them with an eternity to go.
"Never let me go" she pleaded, her words barely a whisper, as she kissed him deeply, grabbing on to him "I never will… ever again, Cath" he replied as soon as their lips parted, truth and promise in his tone, he meant what he said. "I love you so much, Steve." She said firmly as she leaned back in his embrace "I've never stopped loving you. I'll never stop loving you" she said with tears now rolling down her cheeks as she smiled at him "I don't ever wanna be without you again" she confessed, unsure of where this bravery to lay her heart out on the table suddenly came from, afraid that this little I-want-it-all-confession might scare him away.
Steve didn't know what to say. This was all very new to him, even if it was exactly what he had been dreaming of since the day she told him she was going to Nepal. "Cath, I… " he started out, taken aback by her sudden outbreak of those words but entirely in awe of her ability to confess her love like that, after all that had happened in the past. He felt exactly the same way. He was just never good at saying those words out loud, especially in such depth that she had just done.
Catherine felt him hesitate with his reply and she decided she did not want to wait for it. If that was all too much for him to handle, then at least she was honest at last. She desperately grabbed at his neck and pulled his lips towards hers, covering Steve in a deep, meaningful kiss. If this scared him away, she was going to give him her all once more – no regrets about words not being said or actions not being taken this time. She was going to show him just how deep her feelings are and she was not going to back out of this, ever again. This was not going to be a "casual thing" anymore – he was going to propose for God's sake - so Catherine felt like it was her time to make a move and if he needed to hear that she loved him every single day for him to finally be able to say it back to her without cringing, then that was what she was going to do.
She kissed him deeper and harder, scooting all the way over to his side of the Jacuzzi until she sat right on top of him, closing the very last bit of distance their bodies held, until they became one.
Catherine moaned at the feeling of him deep inside of her, when he stopped his motion. "Wait" he said breathless between kisses when he pulled slightly "You don't have to say anything, Steve" she interrupted him, stopping him from continuing as she wasn't sure she wanted to hear what he had to say. Catherine quickly tried to close the space between them again, when Steve pulled back at their lips touching. "I just wanna look at you for a second" he whispered, locking his eyes on hers, when he tilted his head slowly, kissing her ever so softly as If it was the last thing he'd ever do.
"God, Cath" he said as he let out a breath "You are everything. Everything I could have ever wished for in my life" he continued, words just above a whisper when he kissed her slowly again. "And I love you too. I'm sorry I have such a hard time saying it out loud, but I do love you, Cath. Don't ever doubt that" he said when he finally closed the space between them, crushing into her with their tongues intertwining, desperately kissing her.
Catherine felt a rush take over that she had not felt in years and that only Steve could make her feel. She felt a warmness within her as she listened to his words that made her heart beat at a hundred miles an hour. When he closed the gap between them, she lost herself in the moment, giving her all to him – for this moment and all the moments that are about to come.