Bickslow was cursing under his breath, when he could pull enough in that was. He'd raked his brain for a safe place to take the barrel, it had to be well away from life, taking it to town, to the guild, was just out of the question, the crap in the barrel didn't belong in the hands of the Rune Knights or council, no way.
In the guild it was a disaster waiting to happen, so he had to get rid of it. He had a few problems though. While his magic was fine, plenty strong enough for the task, his body was a different story.
It was early winter, the sun was down, temperatures were plummeting fast and he was in jeans and a long sleeved thermal shirt. His armor had been destroyed in the blast and Erza hadn't brought his spare set, she'd brought him normal clothes because, well, this hadn't been on the to do list.
If he were in his armor, his ankle length fur lined cloak, he could have drug the fucking barrel for a tour around Fiore without problems, but right now his weakened body was in agony from the biting cold, muscles that had been battered sprained or torn trying to muster a shiver.
He could see frost forming on the barrel ahead of him, and on the babies and even in his fucking hair. He was powerless to do anything though, he couldn't go back, couldn't leave the barrel somewhere to come back for later, if someone found it or an animal knocked it over or something it could be horrific.
There was a salted plain west of the village beyond Magnolia that he was passing over now. Some land dispute ages ago had resulted in a lake and the land around it getting cursed, salted so it couldn't support life.
Because there really wasn't much around it, and the cost would be high, nobody had ever bothered to go back to it and set it right, the damage had been done long ago.
If he dropped the barrel in the lake the water might help dissipate the explosion and the poison and he might be able to go home without a death toll for the night.
That was if he didn't turn into a fucking popsicle before then.
"Man, Gray you're a goddamn lunatic." He stammered. Trying to rub his arms and keep his circulation going, problem was his left arm or more precisely the shoulder that had been pierced by the hunk of wood yesterday, wasn't exactly cooperating, the chill had stiffened it to the point he could scarcely move it and when it did move the pain brought tears to his eyes, then the fucking tears froze.
"Fuck." He snarled. He saw the lake and stopped his own progress, sending Papa and reaching his limits, getting Papa out as far as he could and still have the ability to yank the soul back to its totem when the barrel was over the lake.
Once he had that worked out he gained more altitude, he couldn't be too low or the blast might knock him loose and in his current condition he doubted his agility or ability to regain a perch on his babies before he fell to his death.
So he skirted the edge of his reach and got to about 400 feet up, laying down on the totems as best he could, knowing it was his best bet of staying on them. Drawing a shaky breath he pulled Papa from the barrel to his totem and sent his babies as fast as they could go pelting back toward home. He felt the blast, heard it, even where he was he knew he was within its radius and he couldn't help that.
When the salty water hit him he cursed, it was painfully cold, and the smell of the poison was in it. He prayed the antidote he'd been given a lot of the day before would afford him some time because if not, well…shit, he was going to have one hell of a bad night.
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The authorities had collected the mages, though they asked that the little one Cobra had brought back, the one that had created the explosives and poisons, be held by Fairy Tail because they weren't sure their cells in Magnolia could hold her and the transport team that would take them all to the prison near Crocus to await trial wouldn't arrive until morning.
So they were walking along, Cobra perfectly happy to carry the still unconscious woman, following the wagons bearing the magic cuffed mages when the ground shook.
It took Erza a few second to realize a few things, one, they had not found the barrel of poison explosive Cobra had said was inside the cabin. Two all of the Dark mages had been terrified about that barrel. Three, Bickslow wasn't with them.
She searched the sky, cussing under her breath. Cobra stopped, looking back toward the Cabin that was still visible through the trees.
"Freed, take Candygirl for me would ya?" He handed her over, carefully checking her bracelets but knowing the sleep toxin he'd pushing into her would keep her out well into tomarrow.
"So, maybe we should check around for Bix huh?" He asked Erza who was now looking like she was near panic. "Yo Natsu, bring your walking torch ass over here." He called and Natsu halted, glaring at him but joining them to follow Erza.
"That shaking…the ground shook…did Bickslow take that barrel away?" Erza asked, already really knowing the answer. The dark mages had said the Barrel had started floating and that was why they'd rushed from the cabin. Bickslow had said he'd scare them out and had done so, but the barrel had disappeared and in her determination to make sure the Dark Mages were handled, she hadn't even thought to look for Bickslow.
Gods, what sort of woman didn't even think to look for the man she was in a relationship with? It was painfully cold out, Bickslow didn't even have a jacket and had been flying on his totems since just before lunch when they had started tracking the Mages.
They finally broke into a run, having no idea where Bickslow might have gone the only thing that made any sense was running away from Magnolia, because it was most likely he'd taken the Barrel as far from people as he could get it.
Erza mind was a tumble of grief, guilt and fear when they reached the village, but when she saw people gathered in a clustered at the end of the main street going through the village she picked up her pace until she was running for all she was worth, Cobra and Natsu flanking her.
Seeing them approaching the gathered people started standing "You! Please tell me you're a doctor!" One of them shouted. Erza skidded to a halt as the people parted and her eyes flew wide. Bickslow lay there half frozen, the babies scattered about him not moving.
"Fuck! Smell that?!" Cobra hissed, looking around them, every person close by had breathed the shit in, they had to act and fast. "Natsu! HEAT!" Erza shouted, gathering Bicklow into her lap and tearing his shirt open. Cobra was drawing in and expelling hard breaths and the people around them were staggering and gagging as he did. Couldn't be helped, the cure was nasty, the poison was far far worse.
Natsu lit up, and the temperature around them intensified, he shoved Erza aside, getting Bickslow pulled up against him while Cobra bent and made a face before sinking his fangs into the mans neck. Pumping the antidote his body was producing into Bickslows largest vein right through his fangs.
Bickslows clothes started steaming as Natsu and Erza sandwiched the man between them and Cobra pulled back but grabbed the Seiths wrist, pressing his fingers in bruisingly and grunting when he found a weak, but steady pulse.
"He's alive, fucking barely." He said, glancing up out of the village "He must have dumped the shit in that lake, smart ass move. Salt water will kill the toxins down faster, probably already safe to be out there, I can't smell it anymore."
Erza tried to stand while holding onto Bickslow but Natsu hoisted him over his shoulder "I've got him Erza, I'll keep him warm while we get him back to the guild.
"You can't take him all the way back to Magnolia tonight! Please, I have a couple of spare rooms…you're from Fairy Tail right? Let us put you up for the night, you can take him back tomarrow after the sun is up and the chill isn't so bad. He's hurt, hurt bad, he fell from quite a height." A man told them.
They agreed grudgingly, Erza leaving the com lacrima in Cobras hands so she could see Bickslow settled once they were in the mans house. With Natsus help she got Bickslow into a bed then shooed the Fire Slayer out so she could strip off Bickslows wet clothes and start cleaning the still bleeding bite to his neck.
Digging through the little medical kit the home owner had given her to use she put a bandage over the bite and removed the wet bandages around his leg, chest and shoulder, frowning unhappily over how pale he looked and how cool his skin was to her touch.
The door opened and Cobra stepped in "Wendy is on her way here, Master wouldn't hear of waiting and I really didn't think I should argue, not as thready as his pulse is."
"He's cold again too." Erza said, her voice breaking.
"He'll pull through, fuckers too crazy not to." Cobra huffed. Natsu slipped in, sitting on the other side if the bed across from Erza, his presence warming the room quickly.
They waited, Erza intermittently rubbing Bickslows arms to try and stimulate his body but he remained cool to the touch, unresponsive and she was afraid to do more when the man who owned the house explained that when the explosion happened Bickslow had plummeted down from the sky and crashed to the ground where they had found him right on the edge of the village.
It was likely there were new injuries, possibly broken bones, and it had taken them a while to get to the village, no way of knowing what the poison he'd been soaked in had done in that time before Cobra had pumped the antitoxin into him.
Wendy arrived with Gray astride one of the riding Elk the guild sometimes rented when members needed to cover distances quickly overland.
Erza hovered unhappily while the young Slayer did her work, frowning "He broke his arm but other than some additional bruising that wasn't there before and the hypothermia he's no worse." She said, still not happy "He shouldn't have been out…" she said quietly, they all knew there hadn't been much choice though.
The Dark Mages were all rounded up, everyone was safe again, and Bickslow had been instrumental in making that happen, not even considering him taking that barrel away and disposing of it to keep everyone safe.
Wendy mended the arm and used Natsu to bring up the Seiths body temperature and deal with the remnants of the hypothermia. Once that was done she climbed up onto the bed beside the Seith and laid down, urging Erza to do the same. "We can keep him warm." She said quietly.
Tucked in against Bickslows side, feeling his breathing lulled Erza off to sleep. She didn't stir again until she felt something moving through her hair and light was trying to get through her eyelids. Opening her eyes she saw Wendy wasn't across from her anymore and looking up found Bickslow smiling at her.
"Little squirt is gonna bring us breakfast, Gray went with Cobra and Natsu to check on the lake." He told her.
She pulled herself up a bit running a hand over his cheek, his skin was warm again, and his eyes were bright, filled with their usual mischief and humor. His hand was threading through her hair. "You look much better." She breathed, relieved.
"Well I wake up naked between two women I mean, clearly I'm doing pretty damn good." He grinned.
One of the villagers had to take some goods into Magnolia so they were able to hitch a ride on the cart, Gray took Wendy ahead on the riding Elk and Natsu and Cobra opted to walk alongside so Erza stayed in the back wrapped in a blanket with Bickslow, his babies pestering the Dragon Slayers occasionally.
Once back at the guild they checked in with a groggy but awake Lucy and a much happier Laxus.
Arrangements were made for Lucy and Laxus recovered belongings from their destroyed house to be taken to Bickslows and Erza, agreed to move all of her things from the large room upstairs down into the master bedroom with Bickslow, there was no point in trying to pretend she didn't sleep there every night now anyway.
Laxus and Lucy would stay there until their home was rebuilt.
All of that sorted out, Bickslow declared he was in serious need of his own bed and Erza took him home.
The house near Market street suddenly became drowned in activities. Wedding planning, coordinating contractors to rebuild the house, pouring over blueprints for the new house (Which Lucy fucking LOVED working on) Erza was happily looking after her recovering friends and…whatever Bickslow was, she still couldn't quite sort that out.
He had become her rock somehow, she turned to him for everything, reassurance, fun, acceptance, passion…love.
He wasn't really a boyfriend, technically they were still married too, though they had been going out on dates, and he was always open for any of her advances, when she walked up to him in the guild and awkwardly went to hug him he swept her into his arms grinning.
The day before Christmas they were at the guild early. The night had been declared a pre-wedding party and the Guilds Christmas tree was about drowning in gifts.
Cobra sat somewhat unhappy at the bar. Cera had been sentenced to 10 years for her role in all that had happened, including the deaths of two poison mages and he'd been forced to acknowledge she was not just a victim of circumstance.
Erza reviewed the plans for the evening, a little leery of the drinking games slated to start at 9. Cana had a "Couples" Drinking game planned they were doing upstairs away from the main guild area because Cana said it might get…racy.
If Cana said Racy, both Erza and Lucy had looked at each other wide eyed with nothing short of fear.
Laxus had agreed, though when Lucy had explained Canas warning he'd looked like he might reconsider. Mira and Freed were in and Erza smiled, Lucy standing while the redhead leaned down to where Bickslow was sitting at his usual table with Freed, Evergreen, Elfman, Gajeel and Levy.
She whispered to the Seith who turned to her and grinned "Well hell yeah, of course!" He agreed enthusiastically. She hadn't doubted for an instant he would refuse her.
Levy had listened while Lucy explained and had looked at a somewhat wary Gajeel and agreed for them, Evergreen shook her head "No, nuh uh, no way. If Cana says "Racy" you all may end up in some porno magazine or something, no way." She waved her hand her tone firm.
So they had their players, and at 9 pm they all ventured a little nervously up the stairs.
"I have never, truth or dare bitches, the couples version." Cana beamed as Mira and Kinana both brought up trays of shots and several bottles of hard liquor.
"In this case though, it is the couple that takes the turn, so it becomes a "We have never" instead of just I have never. Make sure you speak truthfully too, if you state you have never done something and your significant other has done it? YOU will be taking a penalty truth or dare with your partner." Cana grinned and there were a few nervous looks. Erza looked at Bickslow, leaning close to his ear "YOU are stating our never." She said firmly, on the other side of Bicsklow, Lucy was telling Laxus the same thing, leaving him grinning wickedly at her.
"Remember, if you have also never done what the person calls, you sit out, if you have done it, you drink, if one member of a pair has done it, they both drink. You can specifiy a never to be just about you and your current partner though, such as…"
Cana raised her glass to the group "WE have never tried bondage as a couple!"
Gray rolled his eyes at the hoots. Mira and Freed took shots, so did Bickslow and Erza, Levy and Gajeel, leaving the others a little surprised.
"Shit, I never thought I'd be the prude in the room, guess what we're doing later sexy?" Cana leered at Gray who grinned.
"Laxus and Lucy, my fellow non bondage enjoying prudes! Truth…or dare?" Lucy didn't really hesitate, she'd played truth or dare with Cana before, her truths were often much more mortifying to spill than her dares were to endure.
"Dare!" She said, Laxus looked surprised but really, he'd been through Canas games before too, and there was little the woman could do to get under his skin anymore.
Cana grinned, reaching into the ice bucket Mira had brought up and pulled out an ice cube, grabbing Lucys hand she made the Celestial mage lay down on the table in front of Laxus.
"Laxus…You need to melt this ice cube, on Lucys belly button and you can only use your mouth to keep it in place." She said, putting the ice cube in Lucys hand and walking back to Gray.
Lucy bit her lip, pulling up her sweater so her firm stomach was revealed. Laxus drew a breath, taking the ice cube from Lucy and holding it with his lips before bending over her.
It might have almost sounded easy, but when Lucy started feeling the cold, and writhed a little beneath him, her legs spread around him so he could reach her, Laxus very much felt the opposite of cold.
The cheers and woots and lewd suggestions for getting Lucy warm enough to speed up the process did not help either but finally the last icy water ran down the sides of Lucys body and Laxus pulled her to sit in his lap. Needing her to prevent his obvious excitement over the process from being too obvious…he was so fucking doing that again when they were alone.
Lucy bit her lip when she felt it, deliberately scooting a bit to rub against him and making him pinch her waist and growl in warning.
Levy stood then, looking back at Gajeel. "We have never had sex with each other outdoors." She said, almost squeaking out the end of it while Gajeel grinned and pulled her down into his lap, whispering something in her ear that made her blush take on a tint as dark as Erzas hair.
Lucy and Laxus drank, there had been more than one session on the deck outside at the beach house. Mira and Freed drank, Cana and Gray didn't even hardly wait to hear the whole thing before they drank, leaving Levy looking in surprise at Bickslow at Erza.
"What?! Haven't gotten to it yet, we both have long lists ok? Shit, that one's like, after the candle wax or something…" He smirked, not even bothering to dodge the punch to his good shoulder but stoically managing not to yelp, though he did grimace.
"Erza and Bickslow? Truth or dare?" Levy asked. "Levy isn't dangerous but fuckin Gajeel is evil…" Bickslow whispered in Erzas ear and she raised her chin "I fear nothing, we take the dare." Bickslow kissed her "Nice knowing you baby."
Gajeel grinned "Erza, Bickslow and I took a job a while back with Laxus and Freed, undercover work at a strip club, your man there ended up headlining…You two are going to do a pole dance….together." Gajeel stood, Slammed his hand down on the center of the table and an Iron pole formed, stabilizing itself by running through the table into the floor and up into the support beam in the ceiling above.
Bickslow grinned but the color almost drained from Erzas face for moment, that is, until Bickslow was whispering in her ear "I lead, you follow, re-quip into something sexy baby" He grin, the confidence and pure fun in his tone made her smile and in a flash she was being lifted onto the table while Cana got music ready. Re-quiping into her Bunny costume just to rub Gajeels face into what they were doing she got a kiss from Bickslow and then the music was playing.
The hoots and wolf whistles, cat calls and waving of jewel in the air just fed into it, Bix just didn't have shy in his vocabulary and embarrassment was for those who couldn't find humor in a situation by his way of thinking. He knew damn well how to dance a fucking table and Erza shocked him by being pretty fucking good on the pole.
There were screams and applause of approval when they finally stepped down after gathering their jewel and taking their bows.
Bickslow bolted to his feet then "We have never…used a whip during sex…yet" He grinned at the end and Erza smacked his ass since he was standing in front of her.
Lucy and Laxus drank, to the wide eyed stars of everyone and Lucy grinned. "I have a very nice whip thank you…and I am very skilled with it."
Laxus raised his shot with a wicked grin "Amen to that."
Cana and Gray drinking didn't really surprise anyone.
"Mira… Freed my friend, Truth..or Dare?" Bickslow grinned and Freed narrowed his eyes, it didn't matter what they took, Bickslow would make sure they suffered.
"Truth." Mira said nervously and Freed closed his eyes at Bickslows grin.
"Mira, what is Freeds favorite position for sex?" Mira blushed and Freeds forehead hit the table, his ears pink. "Ah…he likes when I ride him most…well, when Satan Soul does." She amended because Mira was always honest.
Laxus reached low and bumped fists with Bickslow before he rounded on Levy and Gajeel. "Gajeel…truth or dare big guy?" Gajeel narrowed his eyes at the Seith, not sure which would go worse, truth could have Levy tomato red for days…
"Dare." He said. Bickslow shot from the room into Laxus' office as emerged with a candy cane wrapped in its snug cellophane wrapper.
"You and Levy are going to unwrap this, and share it, but you can't touch it with anything but your mouths and you can not just crush it to powder, it has to be unwrapped in one piece or you start over."
Levy grinned but Gajeel groaned, careful precision was not really his forte.
Placing the Candy Cane in Levys mouth Bickslow stepped back.
It took three candycanes, but finally Gajeel worked out how to peel away the wrapper gently enough not to break the candy cane and the sharing part turned into some fun he didn't mind at all.
Laxus stood "We have never used blindfolds during sex." Shockingly, the only ones who didn't drink…were Cana and Gray, Cana heaving a sigh "Ok, so along with the bondage tonight…" she said patting Grays chest.
"Truth or Dare Drunk and Drunks plaything." Gray actually didn't like one bit the idea of a dare from Laxus and spoke up before Cana could "Truth!" Cana gaped at him she was actually into the idea of a Laxus dare, he always came up with nasty ones.
"Are you going through with the divorce or staying married?" Laxus dead panned. It was a truth he actually really wanted. The pair had been seeming to really enjoy being together. Especially after Juvia was sent on a 6 month mission with Sawyer, Laki and Max.
The two looked at each other, and Gray nodded at Cana who smiled over the group "We're staying married. Sorry Lu, was gonna tell you, we quit going to therapy when you and Laxus got hurt."
Everyone rose to congratulate them, and the evenings games fell apart into discussions about the wedding, the house, Cana and Grays plans to maybe have a real wedding once they screwed up the courage to tell Gildarts. The booze flowed though and the conversations got a little raunchy, and card commando broke out.
Simple rules, two players drew cards, highest suit got to give the other a command they had to follow or pay a penalty.
Clothes were confiscated, sexual positions demonstrated, and Bickslow started getting a little concerned watching Erza getting a little drunk.
So far his track record with a drunk Erza wasn't the best.
He paired up against her and drew…a fucking two of diamonds to Erzas Jack. "I command you to fulfill your duties as a husband, my clock is ticking! I demand you impregnate me!" She declared. Bickslow had a tanned, deep complexion, so when he paled, it was obvious, and he did.
It didn't last though, in spite of the shrieks from the other women, "Baby you know I love the process." Bickslow recovered but that ended the evening, because Lucy whispered something to Laxus that made him pale about as much as Bickslow had, and toss his mate over his shoulder and head outside with her. The crack of thunder let Bickslow know his house guests would probably be locked in their room upstairs by the time he got Erza home.
He wasn't wrong. Lucy had been teasing Laxus from the Ice cube on, and her little whisper "Bondage while practicing making babies." Had been the end for him.
Lucy was giggling and squirming on his shoulder as he carried her into the stately brownstone and upstairs to their room.
While they both sorely missed their own home, and Lucy was enjoying designing the new one, they honestly were enjoying living with Bickslow and Erza. The house was huge, it didn't feel crowded or awkward, they were all such close friends it had been, thankfully, an easy transition.
Lucy wriggled free once in the bedroom with Laxus trying to gather up some of her scarves to use. She used his distraction against him too.
Bickslow, had a few sets of magic dampening handcuffs. Erza said it was to control his figure eyes during sex, and Lucy had snatched a couple pair. Before Laxus realized what she was doing, she had one of his wrists bound to a bedpost while he was rifling through the nightstand.
He felt his magic dip as soon as the cool metal hit his wrist and turned, lunging after Lucy who dove across the bed. Kneeing on the bed, one wrist bound to the bed post behind him, he narrowed his eyes on her.
"I thought YOU were getting tied up." He said in a low somewhat menacing tone.
Lucy shook her head "Oh no, we didn't agree on who it would be, and I decided, it's going to be you. Now come on, lay down, lets have some…fun" She purred and he growled low but, he complied, absolutely thrilling her when he laid back on the bed and let her pull his wrist out to the opposite post and handcuffed him there.
"Ah…why magic dampening?" He asked as his magic tipped way low with the second cuff.
Lucy was climbing over him, eyes bright and dancing, "Because they're what was available." She replied.
Laxus rolled his eyes "Fucking Bix." He grumbled. Lucy ended his complaints though, standing over him on the bed and slowly shedding her clothes.
She'd never done anything quite like it with him, not even when they'd been at the Beach house, and she'd gotten pretty daring at times there.
Keeping her eyes on his she stripped down to nothing then started pulling his clothes off, grateful he'd worn a button down since getting the sleeves off with the cuffs on wasn't going to happen and she wanted access to his Godlike upper body.
It really got to her at times, he was hers, the expanse of smooth skin, hard muscle, black Tattoos, the fiery storm colored eyes she knew turned orange like a sunrise when he got really excited.
Those eyes studied her as she drank in the sight of him, letting herself just look at him while he watched her, seeing his cock move just from him seeing the lust building in her eyes.
She ran her nails over the mark on her neck and watched him, he hissed a breath through his teeth and the cuffs clanked against the iron frame of the bed as his body tensed but his eyes stayed on hers.
"Not nice…" He said dangerously. She smirked and straddled him, splaying her fingers and sliding her hands up his body from hips hips over his solid abs to the hard pectorals she dug her nails into before raking them downward, scratching over his nipples and making him groan.
The cuffs clattered again, muscle clenching, he could snap the bed in half without a drop of his magic on his weakest day, but he let the restraints keep holding him, relaxed his arms as she spread her fingers and her nails left his skin.
A moan left her lips, he felt amazing, she'd always sort of wanted to just have her way with him, explore his body without him stopping her. He was so dominant, such a powerful force, they rarely finished with her on top.
His breathing was getting labored, rasping through his lips as she played her fingers over him and she wriggled over his hips then, drawing a ragged moan out of him and another clank from the cuffs.
Her hands slid back down his body, maping his hard abs before leaning down and pressing her lips to his heated skin, when she rolled her hips, letting his erection rub between her spread thighs he threw his head back.
"Fuck…Lucy!..." The muscles over his stomach went taut and she grinned, trailing a finger down the deep V to the center, then dragging a nail up his length and smirking again when the cuffs loudly slammed against the bedposts.
"Is someone not liking the restraints?" She asked grinning. His eyes were changing, sunrise was coming, the orange starting to make the blue fade and Lucy slid down, running her hands up his hard thighs finally grasping his hips and dipping her head down over his erection, taking him in her mouth and starting a slow bobbing with her head.
"Sh…shit…Lucy…" His voice was ragged, a rumbling growl coming right after it, she knew she couldn't push him much father or the bed would be torn apart. Her tongue traced every part of his length, each vein and ridge until he was panting and finally she climbed back over him, straddling him ad sinking slowly, grasping his erection and guiding it into her before dropping suddenly, hard, down over him and making him throw his head back and curse again, his hips coming off the bed in a powerful upward thrust that made her gasp.
She rode him then, as hard as she possibly could, determined to take him to his end and her determination for that, this time, was stronger than his was to outlast her, to see her meet her end, get the cuffs off and then take her back up to her ends again but it wasn't possible, not with her straining over him, her body bending, her large breasts lifting and falling, the cuffs hit the posts repeatedly as his hands tried to close over her body, grasp her breasts, her hips.
But she took him, rode him to his end even against his own will, because he loved her, wanted her, needed her too much for him to deny her anything, even himself. And when he came she was with him, screaming out her end as he roared out his before melting down on top of him, weakly grabbing the keys from the nightstand she'd dropped them on and setting him free.
The rush of his returning magic along with his sated euphoria making him lightheaded. "Gods woman…I might have to let you do that again some time." He chuckled and she grinned, biting his neck and making him laugh.
"I will MAKE you let me do that again." She vowed.