twizt312. I felt bad for him, but it had to be Freed because he is... himself.
savygirl1515, The Fakhouri Legacy, Slayercrazy. Thank you So much! The love of my readers fuels my story.
Morenoel. Thanks. I love their little family. The more characters I add the harder it is to give them all justice though.
Illustre, NinjaKitten93. I had something else entirely planned and mapped out for those three. I was just as surprised as everyone else when I found them like that.
RosesMcKellar. Super manly! Lol. Laxus wouldn't let it go though. He is allergic to PDA.
Unoyoko94. He was mostly asleep, but it will be bouncing around in his head like a little rubber ball.
Fairy Tail was created by the great Hiro Mashima, and he still owns it. I'm just playing verbal action figures with them.
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"Lucy. Lucy." Lucy just wanted the voice to go away. She was comfy and warm. "Lucy!" The voice was whisper yelling now.
"Cosplayer, if you don't answer her she will just keep getting louder." Curse the stupid voice. It woke up Bickslow too.
"Whad'y'wn't."
"Lucy, wake up." That was a different voice. She cracked her eyes open and lifted her head enough to see the door. Evergreen and Meredy were peeking through the cracked door.
"What? What is it?"
"Are you still coming with us?" Evergreen sounded tense. "We want to get to Porlyusica's and back before the streets get busy."
"Evergreen doesn't want to get caught." Evergreen shoved at Meredy who just giggled.
"Right. Yeah. I'm coming. Is there coffee?"
"We'll stop at the little cafe down the street and get some."
"Ok. Just... Give me a minute." She could still hear them whispering and giggling after they closed the door. She groaned as she started to roll out of bed, then yelped as Bickslow's arm caught her around her waist and yanked her back against him. As nice as it was curled up against him she had promised Evergreen she would go with her this morning. "Bixy..." She gasped when he started laying a trail of kisses along her neak. He hummed in a way that made her shiver and nipped lightly at the tender skin just below her ear, causing a tiny moan to escape her. His chuckle said he was quite pleased with her reaction.
"Morning, Cosplayer." She bit her lip to contain her shudder as his sleep roughened voice rumbled in her ear, vibrating through her where he was pressed against her back.
"G-good morning, Bickslow."
"I don't want you to leave."
"I noticed. If it weren't for Evergreen needing me I would stay right here for as long as you wanted." She tipped her head to give him better access as he started nibbling and kissing at her neak again.
"Mavis, you taste good." Her laugh turned into a gasp as he latched onto her neak and began to suck. She moaned and her back arched, quite against her will. He released her skin with a chuckle and nipped at her earlobe. "You should probably get up before I can't let you."
"You... you already... didn't let me. You have to let me go for me to get up."
"But I don't want to."
"Let me go and I will find myself a sexy little dress while I'm out with the girls today and you can take me clubbing tonight." His arm was yanked away from her and he all but shoved her off the bed. She giggled as she snatched her bag up from the corner it still sat in and made her way to the bathroom to get ready for her day.
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Bickslow turned his face into his pillow and groaned. He had never made a habit of telling his body no when a willing woman was involved, and a week spent almost constantly in very close proximity to a very flirty Cosplayer was getting to him in the worst way. He was dating an angel. A precious, cuddly, doe-eyed, innocent, golden angel. And she was fucking evil. He still wasn't really sure if she was being evil on purpose, or if torturing him was just a naturally occurring thing with her.
Maybe he should rethink his approach to this relationship thing. He was trying to start with just that, their relationship, instead of fucking them both into oblivion the way his body really wanted to. Lucy deserved better than that and, damn it, so did he. He wasn't just a womanizing playboy and she wasn't just a fine peice of ass. Not that she wasn't fine, because she was. She was a fine as fuck, gorgeous, edible, smoking hot sex goddess. Damn it! This train of thought was not helping!
He threw off the blanket and jumped out of bed. He had to think about something else, other than his beautiful blond girlfriend, who just turned on the shower, on the other side of a thin door he knew was unlocked, and was probably stepping , naked, into the steaming water. He paused at his bedroom door to listen for a moment. Evergreen and Meredy's voices were in the living room. He probably broke some sort of record with how fast he got into a cold shower in the guest bathroom.
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Lucy had started her shower with the water about three degrees shy of scalding. By the time she was done it was freezing cold, and not because she ran out of hot water either. Bickslow had wound her up like nobody's business before she had escaped from his bed. It had been all she could do to close the bathroom door behind her and not, well, 'imitate Baby Straus'. Which he had specifically asked her not to do. She didn't know what trusting her sexiness ment, but was going to trust his judgment and not attack the poor man.
She wasn't blind. She could see the want in his eyes when he looked at her. Sometimes it was strong, sometimes just in the background, but always he wanted her. She wasn't stupid either. The pervy comments were part of his mask yes, but he had worn it so long it was a part of him. His reputation, which he had pretty much admitted was an accurate representation of the truth, said he hopped into bed with any girl who winked at him, so she knew he wasn't shy, at least not like that.
He had to have a reason for seeming to hold back. It was either a brain reason or a heart reason. Which ment either he would get over it, or they would talk about it. She had felt how much his body was not what was holding him back rubbing against her backside while he assaulted her neak. Remembering that whole experience set her face on fire.
Speaking of which... She glanced in the mirror. Yep. He left a hickey. What was she going to do? It wasn't bad. As far as hickeys went it was pretty subtle. Should she cover it up? No. They were dating. She was his Cosplayer. She would wear his mark proudly and anyone who had a problem with that could go fuck themselves. In fact, she was going to wear her hair up today.
She couldn't help but grin as she pulled her hair up and fastened it with a ribbon. She dug in her bag untill she found a bright pink tank top and her denim skirt. She was going cute and casual today. After strapping her keys and whip to her hips she returned to the bedroom to find it empty. She felt a little disappointed at Bickslow's absence, even knowing he wouldn't have gone far. Lucy took a moment to make up the bed before shoving her feet into the boots, that had somehow found their way here even though she had shed them at the party last night, and heading for the sound of her friends voices.
"So of course he..." Whatever they were gossiping about was put on hold when she entered the room. "Lucy! Good morning. Did you sleep well? Your princess in shining armor carried you back last night. It was so adorable!" Lucy just rolled her eyes at the giggling pinkette.
"Oh I don't know, Meredy." Evergreen caught Lucy's chin and tipped her head to the side to study the mark on her neak. "I'm not sure how much sleep she really got last night." Meredy's giggle was just as evil as Evergreen's grin.
"For your information, ladies, that happened after you woke us up this morning."
"Well that explains why Bix was looking blue around the edges when he breezed through here a minute ago."
"Wha... nevermind. Where did he go?"
"Backyard." Evergreen gave her a look like she should have known that, then seemed to have an 'aha' moment. "Oooh. Yesterday was your first day back and you've never... Girl, brace yourself!" Evergreen had a big smile on her face as she dragged her to a curtained window next to what Lucy assumed was the back door. "Now before I open this I just want to say that, even though Bix is like my brother and I don't see him that way, this has to be one of the most appreciatable things I've ever had the chance to observe." Evergreen pulled the curtain aside and Lucy felt her eyes grow wide and her breath caught in her throat.
The back yard looked like some sort of industrial style jungle. Metal posts and beams and crossbeams were scattered all over the place. Some stood alone, some in clusters and groups, and some were chained together. She couldn't begin to imagine what most of them were for. That wasn't what she had her eyes glows to though.
Bickslow was out there, shirtless, hanging by his feet from a horizontal pole, with his eyes closed, doing some sort of upside down sit ups. Mavis, the man was, just, gorgeous. Lucy's brain completely shut down. All she could do was stare as the early morning sunlight seemed to make his tan skin glow. She wanted to touch him so bad right now her fingers were twitching.
"He's just finishing his warm-up. Just wait. It gets better." He let his arms hang loosely and she really, really wanted to run out there and run her tongue over those perfectly chiseled abs and maybe take a bite out of him. His eyes opened, and he reached up to place his hands on the bar outside or his feet and slowly lowered his legs. Lucy shivered. His back absolutely rippled when he moved.
He began to pull himself up untill his chin was even with the bar. Lucy couldn't breath as she watched the muscles in his shoulders bunch and shift. Suddenly he dropped and began to swing, higher and higher, untill he swung right over the top. Once, twice he went over before he flung himself off, only to catch a hold of a higher bar several feet away and swing himself up and over that one.
"Wow. You got yourself a super sexy man right there, Lucy." Lucy nodded slowly.
"He does this every morning when we are home. He sleeps in the first day back from a job which is why you didn't get to see this yesterday."
"Evergreen... I think I may die."
"Yeah, but you will die happy. We should probably pick up some potions from the old bat today, so you don't end up like me.
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Bickslow was in a one handed handstand on his high bar, trying desperately not to think about his girlfriend or the words he had heard her whisper last night, when he heard the back door open and close again. He finished his count, then dropped his second hand to fall into his dismount routine. Only once he was safely on the ground did he look at the house. Lucy was leaning back against the door with a strange expression on her face. His feet carried him to her without conscious thought.
"You ok babe?" She nodded, drawing his attention to the mark he had left on her neak. He felt a deep sense of satisfaction and pride that she hadn't hidden it or covered it up. She had even pulled her hair back as if she was showing it off. He reached out and gently ran the tips of his fingers across the darkened skin.
She lunged at him. He had to take two steps back to keep from falling as she wrapped her arms and legs around him and kissed him. He was very glad his back slammed into one if the upright poles in the yard, because her next move would have taken him to the ground otherwise.
She spread her hands out and ran them over his bare shoulders. Once they came to his chest she dragged her nails lightly all the way down to his stomach. He groaned. Holy hell. He didn't know what he had done to get this kind of reaction from her, but damn if he wasn't beyond thrilled with the situation. He tightened his grip on her. The kiss only ended when they ran out of air.
"Damn, Cosplayer." He rested his forehead against hers. "You are so fucking amazing."
"Fucking amazing or..." He cut her off with another kiss. He knew where she was going with that.
"Babe," He was gasping when they came back up for air. "You should really go. Evergreen remember?" She growled at him, but started peeling herself off of him. Once her feet were on the frowns he turned her toward the house and gave her a little push. "Have fun. I'll see you at the guild for lunch."
"Stay sexy, Doc!" She gave him a wave over her shoulder. He ran his hands over his face. That cold as death shower earlier had been a complete waste of time.
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To be continued