Chapter 7 Claiming My Two-Spirit
Thomas approached Shining Fish in front of their teepee, pleased by the other man's cute, nervous little smile of greeting. They entered the deer hide structure together and he placed his things on the ground before turning to face the man that he had chosen for his mate.
"Do you like it, Thomas?" Shining Fish asked him shyly, looking up at him with eyes expectant of an answer.
"Yes. Everything looks wonderful," he replied, though he never shifted his gaze from the other man. "You look wonderful, Shining Fish. You are glowing."
Shining Fish blinked, blushing at his heartfelt words and ducking his head for a moment before looking back up at him. "Thank you, Thomas. I am just so happy! If there is anything that you wish for me to change?.."
"No, sweetheart," Thomas stated, reaching out to touch Shining Fish's shoulders lightly before drawing him close and into his arms. "I would not change anything about you, or our home."
Then he lowered his mouth down to cover his, kissing Shining Fish gently, his arms further enveloping the smaller male. Shining Fish shivered in Thomas's affectionate hold, returning the kiss but allowing Thomas to lead as the man should, feeling protected and warm, loved in his embrace.
After the kiss naturally came to an end Thomas led Shining Fish by the hand over to their deerskin bed, guiding him carefully down onto his back and kneeling beside him. Shining Fish smiled, beginning to remove his own clothing, looking up at him in confusion when Thomas reached out to stop him.
"Let me," Thomas said gently to explain, pleased when Shining Fish nodded in obedience.
Thomas undressed his two-spirit wife. He set aside his clothes and moccasins before gazing down at Shining Fish, studying his body in the bright white beams of light shining down through the top of their teepee.
"Thomas? What is it?" Shining Fish asked him uncertainly in response to his intense expression as he looked at his dark skinned nakedness.
"..You are so beautiful," he replied after a moment, his eyes moving up to his face out of instinct, wanting to be polite despite his physical attraction and desire. After all, he loved and respected this man. "Caring and kind. I love you, Shining Fish. I am not even sure where to begin to pleasure you. I want to do right by you."
"Thomas?.." Shining Fish whispered with a blush and a soft-eyed smile.
"Yes, love?"
"Hold me?"
Thomas's hesitation because of his uncertainty left at once in response to his request. "Always."
He shed his own clothing quickly and laid down beside Shining Fish, reaching out to take the other man back into his embrace. Thomas pulled him in close against himself, pressing their bodies together and lowering his head down to place his lips against his in a tender and clearly loving kiss. Shining Fish relaxed into the kiss with a soft sigh, his eyes fluttering closed and his body quivering with pleasure in response.
"..Thomas.." he whispered when Thomas ended the kiss, his arms going around his husband's neck, clinging to him. "I love you. ..Please!"
"Shhh," Thomas soothed him, his fingers and hands gentle and caressing as he touched him, exploring his body curiously. "Be calm, Shining Fish, sweetheart."
Shining Fish nodded, consciously relaxing his body to let Thomas have his way with him. Thomas smiled down at him, lowering his mouth down to his wife's chest, gently pressing his lips to each of his small and sweet dark nipples. Shining Fish gasped softly, watching in shock as Thomas then closed his mouth over each of his nipples alternately, sucking on them both lightly for a few moments before his lips smoothly moved down along Shining Fish's chest to his belly.
"Thomas! ..What are you doing?" Shining Fish asked him, obviously uncertain and nervous.
"Loving you, my wife."
"But, Thomas.. This is not- I should be pleasing you with our union.."
"But you are pleasing me, Shining Fish," Thomas said honestly, his expression bewildered as he looked at him. "I do not understand. I want to touch you this way. Is that wrong to your- our people? How can love be wrong?"
"No. It is not wrong, exactly.. But the typical roles of husband and wife.."
"Are you saying a husband should not care for his wife? That he should not tend to her needs as well and worship her body with his love for her? I may have been sheltered in England, and so was a bit naïve before our arrival here. But I do not believe that for one moment, Shining Fish. I wish to love you this way. Is it alright with you?"
Shining Fish blinked, flushing in reaction to his kind words and intense expression as he looked at him. "If- if that is your wish, my husband."
"It is, my wife."
Shining Fish's body quivered in reaction, pleasure filling his eyes as Thomas touched him all over with his hands and mouth, yelping softly in shock when Thomas reached out to take gentle hold of his stiff length. He moaned softly, helpless not to when Thomas's fingers brushed between his thighs, his silky skinned palm moving up and down in a smooth, pleasurable stroking motion.
"T-Thomas!" Shining Fish gasped out, his slender hips shifting needily. His back arched instinctively and his eyes widened. His mouth was open as he panted softly, his sweet pink tongue revealed inside.
Thomas couldn't resist the alluring sight of the other male's mouth, so he leaned closer still to kiss him, caressing his tongue with his while still stroking his intimate place tenderly.
Shining Fish cried out into his mouth, whimpering quietly as his hips wriggled, jerking sharply when he abruptly spilled his pleasure over his husband's hand. "Ahhhh!"
Thomas pulled back from the kiss to look down at him, staring, clearly mesmerized by the sweaty and heaving body of his chosen mate. "Shining Fish, you are so beautiful. I love you, sweetheart."
Shining Fish looked up at him with a smile, his naked form still quivering as he nodded, his eyes filling with tears of obvious joy. "I love you, too, Thomas. I have always loved you."
The two men kissed again, Shining Fish gasping softly when Thomas slid a finger slicked with oil from the small blue clay jar that John had given Thomas between his lower cheeks and into his virgin channel. Thomas slid his finger in slowly, watching his lover's face, careful not to hurt him while he searched for what John had told him about, rubbing over it lightly with his fingertip when he found it.
Shining Fish yelled out in response, whining and panting as his hips shifted into his husband's intimate touch. If it wasn't for that small movement Thomas would have thought it was a yell of pain it was so loud. Still, he wanted to make sure of his mate's comfort in this new situation.
"Are you alright, Shining Fish? Should I stop?"
"No! Do not stop, Thomas, please! I need you! It feels wonderful. How did you know about this?"
"John- Sunshine gave me some advice. It was.. strange to speak about, but I wished to do the best that I could for you. It is your first time, and I do not have experience, either. It was necessary. I want to please you, Shining Fish."
"You already have, just by being you. Please, Thomas, I.." Shining Fish blushed before continuing, "I need more of you.."
Thomas nodded, adding a second finger slowly, feeling Shining Fish's body open to him, his tight muscles rippling along Thomas's fingers as he shook and whimpered softly with the pleasure of it all.
"T-Thomas!" he whispered, staring up at him with needy sea green eyes, gasping softly when he slipped in a third finger to stretch him further. "I love you! P-Please, my husband!"
Thomas withdrew his fingers carefully, feeling his heart squeeze in his chest in response to the soft cry of loss Shining Fish made when he did so.
"Shhh.." Thomas soothed, reaching for his husband now, taking him in his arms with clear tenderness. "I am here, sweetheart. Be calm and let me in. I love you, Shining Fish."
Shining Fish nodded, slipping his arms around Thomas's neck and shifting his legs up so they encircled his mate's waist, opening himself for Thomas without reservation.
"Are you scared?" Thomas asked him gently as they stared into each other's eyes with longing.
"Yes. A little. Are.. are you?"
"Yes. But I have also never wanted anything more in my entire life," Thomas confessed to him. "A kind, beautiful person who loves me, just for being who I am. I never thought I would find you, but I am so glad that I did. I just had to go to another world to do it. You are so perfect, Shining Fish. Perfect for me, as well. There is no one else like you."
"Thomas.. I feel the same. We were always meant to find each other, to be together. Please, Thomas, make us one being forever!"
Thomas nodded in response to Shining Fish's plea, placing his left hand on his lover's right side, his right hand on his left hip. He lifted up Shining Fish's leg on his left side then, positioning himself at the oil-damp opening to Shining Fish's body and beginning to push into him slowly.
Shining Fish gasped softly, clinging tighter to Thomas as pain filled his eyes, but he did not fight him, embracing the pain of their first time that united them as husband and wife in the eyes of their people.
Thomas stilled when he was fully inside Shining Fish, his whole body shuddering at the intense feeling of being embraced within the body of his mate.
"T-Thomas!" Shining Fish panted, shaking beneath him as he spoke softly. "I- It hurts, but do not stop. I need you to find your pleasure within me!"
"Of course, my love," Thomas agreed with a smile before beginning to move in earnest. "As it pleases my wife, so it pleases me."
It only took a few moments for Thomas to achieve his pleasure, closely followed by Shining Fish finding his release again, after which the two of them lay in comfortable silence enjoying the afterglow while holding each other close. They then slowly drifted together into sleep, both of their hearts filled with the peace of their love.